HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2’s latest patch adds blizzards and sandstorms, rebalances bunker and personnel missionsArrowhead think you’ve been having too much nice weather recently Arrowhead think you’ve been having too much nice weather recently Image credit:PlayStation Image credit:PlayStation So, how was everyone’s long weekend? I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I think I may have even sensed the fading ghost of an immeasurably whisper-thin ray of sunshine at one point....

HomeNews Hide among NPCs and knife your pal in this free same-screen multiplayer murderfestNeon Knives first came out in 2022 but it’s still neat Neon Knives first came out in 2022 but it’s still neat Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Cookie Crayon Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Cookie Crayon Hey, do you like going shoulder-to-shoulder with a pal to battle in same-screen local multiplayer games? Follow-up question: do you enjoy deceiving your pal while trying to uncover their own deceit?...

HomeFeaturesJump Ship The game formerly known as Hyperspace reannounced for 2024 early access release Image credit:Keepsake Games Image credit:Keepsake Games It’s a pretty minor fire, mind you. A combusting deep dish doesn’t place very highly on the list of possible ship emergencies next to, say, your reactor coughing up nuclear rods, or your engines running out of juice because some oaf hooked up too many turrets to the aforesaid reactor. But if you leave the fire unchecked, perhaps because you’re busy disposing of radioactive waste or vengefully unplugging half the point defences, it’ll eventually singe your ship’s health to nothing - insert appropriate Steam achievement pun and/or Klingon proverb....

HomeNewsContent Warning Monster-filming horror game Content Warning is free to download for the next few hoursLaunch your SpookTube career for nada, 2nd April only Launch your SpookTube career for nada, 2nd April only Image credit:Landfall Publishing Image credit:Landfall Publishing If you’re partial to the grim delights ofPhasmophobiaand not averse to the sicko enjoyments ofLethal Company, you might like newhorrorgameContent Warning, which kind of blends the two and has the additional virtue of beingfree on Steamtill 9am PT/5pm UK on 2nd April....

HomeNewsPO’ed Nightdive Studios are bringing back 90’s shooter PO’ed in all its frying-pan wielding gloryReheated Reheated Image credit:Nightdive Studios Image credit:Nightdive Studios It’s usually better when writing about games to defer to personal experience before regurgitating marketing, but in the case of bizarre and deeply intriguing 90’sFPSPO’ed, the trailer thatSTAR WARS: Dark ForcesRemaster studio Nightdive released over the long weekend contains a quote that sums up my memories perfectly: “First game I ever owned and played on my PS1,” says quote-ee matt....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, April 3)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #297 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #297 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....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: What’s a three-day lag when there are all these games to admire?I go on Twitter so you don’t have to I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. Well, on Tuesday this week, thanks to the four-day Easter weekend....

HomeReviewsSons of Valhalla Image credit:Pixel Chest/Hooded Horse Image credit:Pixel Chest/Hooded Horse Like an aggressively competitive thane at a reindeer-piss guzzling contest, 2D tac-and-slash rogueliteSons Of Valhallanever lets up the pace for even a moment. Whether you’re charging across its pixel-art battlefields slashing and burning increasingly tough-to-crack strongholds, or making quick decisions to get the upper hand in its tug-of-war tactics, the only times Thorald is not doing cool violence, commanding others to do cool violence, or upgrading his camps so that he may act in cooler and more violent ways, is when he’s restoring stamina with a cool slug of mead or violently gnawing at health-boosting meat....

HomeNews The Maw - 2nd April-6th AprilOur weekly news liveblog, with this week’s gamiest videogame releases Our weekly news liveblog, with this week’s gamiest videogame releases Image credit:Wikimedia Commons/José Guadalupe Posada Image credit:Wikimedia Commons/José Guadalupe Posada New week, new PC games! It’s another mercifully brief four day week in the UK due to reasons of religion, so let’s roll with an appropriately snappy intro that avoids any extended digressionary preambles about, oh, I don’t know, magpies fighting outside my flat this morning....

HomeNewsRental This spooky bunny horror game is free, but you can buy a cool zine to support the devsI approve of Rental, and their zine I approve of Rental, and their zine Image credit:Animita Project Image credit:Animita Project I likehorror, I like bunnies, I like cool little games. Hey, y’here that,Rental? You’re alright, kid. It’s a free (free!) little game originally made for2022’s 32bit jamthat takes about 20 minutes to play through, wherein you play a child rabbit who has arrived at a holiday cabin with her family....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hint and answer #1018 (April 2 2024)Stuck on the Wordle word for April 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for April 2? 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! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?...

HomeNews Final Fantasy 14’s FF16 crossover, with a Torgal mount and minion up for grabs, kicks off tomorrowSic ‘em Sic ‘em Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Final Fantasy 14’s crossover withFinal Fantasy 16, as teased last year, arrives tomorrow. The crossover between theMMOand latest single-player entry in theRPGseries has the usual selection of goodies up for grabs, including a very cute minion, a not-so-cute (but still kind of cute) mount, some Clive-cleavage armour and more....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, April 1)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #295 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #295 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....