HomeHardwareFeaturesDragon’s Dogma 2 Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC performance issues are a draggin’ slogTweaking settings only goes so far Tweaking settings only goes so far Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Dragon’s Dogma 2is anRPGof manyadmirable qualities. I’m especially attached to my Arisen’s current pair of Pawns, one of whom speaks with the wonderfully stretched intonations of a pitch-shifted Matt Berry. Sadly, none of its achievements pertain totechnicalfidelity. While decent-looking, Dragon’s Dogma 2 takes some serious hardware to maintain consistently smooth performance, with lowered quality settings lending only the most limp-wristed of helping hands....

HomeFeaturesEverdeep Aurora Everdeep Aurora is Hollow Knight for people who love Game Boys and are weary of combatI can dig it I can dig it Image credit:Ysbryd Games Image credit:Ysbryd Games Everdeep Aurora - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Everdeep Aurora - Announcement Trailer There’s a guy with the head of a shark, a tetchy underground gardener who scolds you for stepping on the flowers, a bull-headed blacksmith, and your friend the frog, who is embarked on their own parallel downward journey....

HomeFeatures For a best-case scenario future, generative AI must put creators at its heartWhat happens if everything to do with generative AI goes right? What happens if everything to do with generative AI goes right? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun In Part 1,Our Generation, we looked at what we mean when we say ‘generative AI’. In Part 2,The Art Of The Steal, we investigate the issues of how generative AI is currently trained to produce art and creative work....

HomeGuidesPalia How to get Leather in PaliaHere’s how to get Leather in Palia Here’s how to get Leather in Palia Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Singularity 6 Corporation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Singularity 6 Corporation Looking to get Leather in Palia?As with mostfarming RPGs, Leather is a valuable crafting resource inPalia. You’ll need a good stock of Leather to craft some of the most important recipes like the Worm Farm and Glow Worm Farm....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, March 20)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #283 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #283 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....

HomeNewsAlpha Protocol Obsidian’s espionage RPG Alpha Protocol returns to store shelves after four years in license hellMaybe still my favourite Obsidian game? Maybe still my favourite Obsidian game? Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Alpha Protocol - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube Alpha Protocol - Launch Trailer You must make him look absurd, that’s just the rules, sorry |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Alpha Protocol is also offputting and frustrating, mind. Thornton starts out so inept that he’s barely able to shoot a gun straight, so please do trust me when I say you can eventually become the world’s most absurdly overpowered secret agent/mass murderer....

HomeDeals One of the best cheap microSD cards is even cheaper for Amazon Spring Deal DaysNab up to 22% off the speedy Samsung Evo Select Nab up to 22% off the speedy Samsung Evo Select Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Amazon’s big sale events, as overfrequent as they are, do at least reliably provide the discerningSteam Deckowner with good opportunities to grab a newmicroSD card. Case in point,Amazon Spring Deal Days– which launched today – has some alluringly low prices on the me-approved Samsung Evo Select....

HomeNewsOverwatch 2 Overwatch 2 Season 10 will unlock all current heroes and make future additions freeAlongside changes to Mythic skins, earning coins, and maps Alongside changes to Mythic skins, earning coins, and maps Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment In what’s quite the shake up forOverwatch 2, Blizzard have announced that starting with Season 10, all of its heroes will be unlocked for all players. And this includes all new heroes going forwards, too, so the next hero Venture will unlock immediately for everyone when the latest season drops....

HomeDeals Psst, one of Intel’s low-key best gaming CPUs is down to £108 for Amazon Spring Deal DaysA bargain (and all-time low) price for the Core i5-12400F A bargain (and all-time low) price for the Core i5-12400F Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun While there are minor thrills to be had finding the very latest PC hardware in theAmazon Spring Deal Dayssale, don’t underestimate the draw of an older favourite emerging with a new, knockdown price....

HomeNewsStardew Valley Stardew Valley’s huge update 1.6 brings new items, pets, and progression, and more players in co-opLive now on Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, though not Game Pass yet Live now on Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, though not Game Pass yet Image credit:ConcernedApe Image credit:ConcernedApe Eight years after launching,Stardew Valleyjust keeps getting bigger and bigger. Update 1.6 arrived yesterday, with enough changes that the patch notes are 7308 words long....

HomeNewsThe Callisto Protocol The Callisto Protocol’s action-roguelike spin-off is to Hades what the sci-fi horror shooter was to Dead SpaceWith added cel-shading With added cel-shading Image credit:Striking Distance Studios Image credit:Striking Distance Studios After channelling the atmosphere andgory terrorofDead Space(though alas, not its reception) in 2022’s sci-fi horror shooter,The Callisto Protocolis apparently now looking to the likes ofHadesto inspire a new roguelike spin-off set in its universe, currently codenamed Project Birdseye....

HomeNews Ubisoft revealed an AI NPC prototype at GDC and everyone online made fun of itNEO NPC is currently showing off some not-so-great dialogue NEO NPC is currently showing off some not-so-great dialogue Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Still, the internet made good hay from the prototype image Ubisoft shared onXitter, as many peopletooktheopportunitytomake funof the dialogue from Bloom, a prototype man in a prototype beanie who wants to be your friend....

HomeNewsMarvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Image credit:Marvel/Skydance New Media Image credit:Marvel/Skydance New Media We’ve known that a Marvel game from former Uncharted writer-director Amy Hennig has been in the worksfor years,learning in 2022that it will focus on Captain America andBlack Pantherduring World War 2. Thanks to aproper revealduring today’s State of Unreal event, we now know that it’ll be calledMarvel 1943: Rise of Hydraand we’ll be able to play it sometime in 2025....