HomeNews The Maw - 18th-23rd March 2024Our weekly news liveblog, and the week’s most appetising game releases Our weekly news liveblog, and the week’s most appetising game releases Image credit:John Hamilton Mortimer/Wikimedia Commons Image credit:John Hamilton Mortimer/Wikimedia Commons It’s GDC week over in San Francisco at the moment, and such a high concentration of video game developers in one place can only mean one thing:The Mawhas turned its ever-dribbling gaze to America’s west coast, and is preparing to bask in all the fresh learnings being shared about how last year’s best video games were made and created....

HomeFeatures To understand the future of generative AI, we need better language to describe itOur new series about generative AI and its use in games suggests some words to use Our new series about generative AI and its use in games suggests some words to use Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’ve ever tried to play a hardcoreRPGthat’s way above your brain’s pay grade, or got lost in tutorials that use complicated words and bizarre jargon, then you’ve probably felt right at home reading headlines about AI recently....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1003): How to solve the Monday March 18 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for March 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for March 18? 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!...

HomeNews You’ll soon be able to play GOG games away from your PC through Amazon LunaGOG teaming up with Amazon’s cloud gaming platform GOG teaming up with Amazon’s cloud gaming platform While cloud gaming is very much not at a point where I want it to be the main way I play games, if I ever will, I do appreciate having the convenience as an option. Being able to play a game away from my PC can be handy....

HomeNewsZenless Zone Zero Zenless Zone Zero’s next closed beta is coming, along with new gunner character and their shape-shifting pistolSign-ups are now open Sign-ups are now open Image credit:HoYoverse Image credit:HoYoverse HoYoverse have announced that sign-ups forZenless Zone Zero’s next closed beta test are now available. While the start and end dates of the next closed beta haven’t been unveiled just yet, we do know that there’s going to be a new character to play, a new faction, new missions, and overhauls to the game’s combat and exploration....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, March 17)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #280 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #280 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....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1002): How to solve the Sunday March 17 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for March 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 17? 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!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, March 16)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #279 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #279 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....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1001): How to solve the Saturday March 16 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for March 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 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!...

HomeNewsSaviorless Cuban dark fantasy metroidvania Saviorless gets an April release dateExplore and survive the Smiling Islands Explore and survive the Smiling Islands Image credit:Dear Villagers Image credit:Dear Villagers Saviorless grabs me for a couple of reasons. Firstly there’s the development team’s choice of inspirations: platformers such asEarthworm Jimand Demon’s Crest on the one hand, and on the other, comic books, stained glass windows and 19th-century symbolist art. I am keen on all these things....

HomeFeaturesWarhammer 40,000: Darktide Darktide’s melee combat is a rhythm game in disguiseStab, slash, it’s all in the mind Stab, slash, it’s all in the mind Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fatshark Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fatshark I know that “Made one guy admit he was wrong about a subgenre” isn’t the kind of achievement they put in accolade trailers, but I must creditWarhammer 40,000: Darktidewith tearing apart my blanket dislike of first-person melee fighters....

HomeReviewsDeath of a Wish Death Of A Wish review - a brutal and beautiful experimentLiving on a prayer Living on a prayer Image credit:Syndicate Atomic LLC. Image credit:Syndicate Atomic LLC. Combat is such a routine activity in video games that it often doesn’t feel much like conflict at all. It’s just something done to move the simulation along - a propulsive chore stripped of drama or significance or lasting emotion beyond a vague desire to see what lies beyond whatever it is you’re trying to kill....

HomeNewsArctic Eggs Fry bacon, sausages and cigarettes to escape an Antarctica where eggs are illegal in this surreal sci-fi cook-’em-upArctic Eggs’ low-poly graphics and moody dystopia recall the first Half-Life, with added frying pan Arctic Eggs’ low-poly graphics and moody dystopia recall the first Half-Life, with added frying pan Image credit:The Water Museum Image credit:The Water Museum To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies....