HomeNewsShadow the Hedgehog Keanu Reeves to play Shadow in the Sonic 3 movie as Sega announce the Year of ShadowI’ll take it over another year of mass layoffs I’ll take it over another year of mass layoffs Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega I’ve been watching this year’s ostensible “major” news developments - the launch ofa Fallout TV show, the impending release ofShadow Of The Erdtree, to pick a couple - with a sense of zealous disapproval and weary resignation as to the hubris of human beings....

HomeHardwareFeaturesManor Lords Manor Lords performs fine on Steam Deck – it’s the controls you’ll want to watch out forContort your thumbs now, my lord Contort your thumbs now, my lord Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The current input setup for the Steam Deck is, most part, functional. You can move the camera with the left stick and prod the cursor around with the right trackpad and spin tannery plots around with R2, which is right-click for some reason....

HomeNewsNo Rest for the Wicked (2024) No Rest For The Wicked launch trailer drops as devs promise no microtransactions, always-online or anti-cheatA triple whammy A triple whammy Image credit:Private Division Image credit:Private Division As a big fan ofOri And The Blind Forest, I amveryexcited for Moon Studios' new ventureNo Rest For The Wicked, an onlineARPGwhich swaps the cutesyness of Ori and that ickle wickle forest for top-down fights against abominations slathered in muck and entrails....

HomeNewsStar Wars Outlaws No, Jabba The Hutt isn’t a Star Wars Outlaws season pass or special edition exclusiveUbisoft clarifies that Gold and Ultimate edition only grants access to a bonus Jabba mission Ubisoft clarifies that Gold and Ultimate edition only grants access to a bonus Jabba mission Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Following a mild-to-moderate outcry, Ubisoft have clarified that queasy worm gangster Jabba The Hutt isn’t, in fact, aStar Wars Outlawsspecial edition or season pass exclusive....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, April 16)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #310 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #310 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld CEO says “many” clones of Pokémon-with-guns game are coming, with “Genshin Impact-level” successorsWorking with budgets ‘ten times larger’ than Pocketpair, apparently Working with budgets ‘ten times larger’ than Pocketpair, apparently Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair Palworld, the viralsurvival gamethatstirred up controversy(and found plenty of success) on the back of being a Pokémon-a-like - with added guns and factory labour, mind - is now due to become the inspiration for its own generation of clones, according to the head of its developers....

HomeFeaturesStill Wakes The Deep “In obscurity comes horror,” says lead designer Rob McLachlan Image credit:Secret Mode Image credit:Secret Mode Set in 1975 on an oil rig in the Scottish North Sea,horrorgameStill Wakes The Deepis less about supernatural events, and more about the people who experience them. Here, that’s Scottish electrician Caz McLeary and the crew of the Beira D rig. In bringing the rig to life, The Chinese Room turned to archival footage, oil and gas legislation, blueprints, and photographs....

HomeNews Text Vault-Tec’s number from the Fallout TV show to get a potential teaser for a November announcementDon’t call the number if you’re around other people, though Don’t call the number if you’re around other people, though Image credit:Amazon Image credit:Amazon I sort of reject that theFallout TV showhas Easter eggs hidden in it because it, as a whole, is the equivalent of one of those fancy Hotel Chocolat ostrich-sized patisserie collection bastards that cost 40 quid....

HomeNewsFallout The Fallout TV show might have answered a decades-old question in the video gamesWho shot first? Who shot first? Image credit:Amazon Image credit:Amazon With the arrival of Amazon’s Fallout TV series last week came the dropping of another bombshell: the possible truth behind a mystery that’s gone unanswered in the video games for over 25 years. Before you read on, please bear in mind thatspoilers for the Fallout TV show’s season one finale follow!...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1032): How to solve the Tuesday April 16 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for April 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for April 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeNewsWorld of Warcraft World of Warcraft’s next expansion The War Within will run a beta before launch, and you can sign up nowFirst instalment in Worldsoul Saga trilogy due to arrive sometime this summer First instalment in Worldsoul Saga trilogy due to arrive sometime this summer Image credit:Blizzard Image credit:Blizzard World of Warcraftis setting a whole new story arc in motion with its next expansion, The War Within. If you can’t quitewait until this summerto see what the first chapter of the new Worldsoul Saga trilogy has to offer, you might not have to wait so long....

HomeNews Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail benchmarking tool has players happy with its new playable catmomsTeeth remain an issue for some Teeth remain an issue for some Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix AsMMORPGFinal Fantasy 14’s upcoming Dawntrail expansion gets ever closer, Squeenix have released a benchmarking tool that lets you see how your rig might handle its graphical update. Not only that, but it also lets you sample the new female Hrothgar playable race....

HomeNews Former Blizzard boss reckons you should be able to tip developers ‘another $10 or $20’ on top of $70 games“I know $70 is already a lot, but it’s an option at the end of the game I wish I had at times. Some games are that special” “I know $70 is already a lot, but it’s an option at the end of the game I wish I had at times....