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HomeNews “The past four years of our work stand to just simply break” Image credit:Team Folon Image credit:Team Folon To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Fallout: London had finally been given a solid release date at the end of last year, after almost five years in the works from a team of over 50 core developers and 200-plus contributors....

HomeReviewsGoblin Stone Goblin Stone review: turn-based charm spells only last so longGoblin’ up my patience more like Goblin’ up my patience more like Image credit:Orc Chop Games Image credit:Orc Chop Games These outings see your six goblin troupe exploring the land and fighting turn-based battles, collecting both base building resources and personal treasures. There are also more unique encounters, like testing your party’s stats against a trio of rogue chefs wielding a mysterious ham....

HomeFeatures Hands on with Frostpunk 2 reveals a wasteland that’s more about wheelin’ and dealin’ than mere survivin’Still plenty of ways to make children miserable, though Still plenty of ways to make children miserable, though Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios My city has become far too egalitarian for the Icebloods. Marxist policy choices mean the faction are now protesting in my coal mines, shutting down a vital heat pipeline and fomenting further dissent among the now freezing broader populace....

HomeNews Just Cause developers Avalanche have unionised, covering over 500 employeesAgreement will take effect from this time next year Agreement will take effect from this time next year Image credit:Avalanche Image credit:Avalanche To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The deal will take effect from the second quarter of 2025 - this time next year - and will aim to “standardise frameworks around essential areas such as salaries, benefits, employee influence and career support” according to Avalanche’s announcement....

HomeNews And thank you for all the words Image credit:Old Book Illustrations Image credit:Old Book Illustrations Now, sadly, she is departing RPS for a new adventure. Come say thank you and farewell. For the past three years, Katharine has been the driving force behind Rock Paper Shotgun. That includes launching series likeThe RPS 100, theTime Capsules, theGame Club, theBestest Best Readers' Editions, and many more, while supporting the team in the expansion of podcasts, Indiescovery, the return to a fully remote team, and yet still much more....

HomeNewsLawBreakers LawBreakers is staging an unofficial comeback, five years after it (and its makers) shut downThe gravity-defying debut FPS from Cliff Bleszinski’s studio The gravity-defying debut FPS from Cliff Bleszinski’s studio Image credit:Nexon Image credit:Nexon Official LawBreakers Gameplay Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube Official LawBreakers Gameplay Reveal Trailer LawBreakers launched in August 2017, at which time ourLawBreakers reviewsaid “its zero gravity segments offer something that no other FPS can, and everywhere else it’s a solid, polished shooter....

HomeNewsLethal Company Lethal Company’s first update in months makes it harder to be a shovel-armed killing machine or speedrunnerMore entities due in future updates as developer shifts away from adding endgame content More entities due in future updates as developer shifts away from adding endgame content Image credit:Zeekerss Image credit:Zeekerss Co-opsmash-hitLethal Companyhas received its first update in a couple of months, and it’s a biggie! Version 50 brings a new map and some new creatures to contend with, alongside some changes that make being a shovel-wielding monster-slayer or speedrunning the game a bit less easy....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, April 15)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #309 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #309 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....

HomeNewsPool of Madness Image credit:Bit Golem Image credit:Bit Golem It’s not every day you get to use both the ‘sports’ and ‘horror’ tags for the same game.Pool of Madness, an upcoming eldritch pool game where your surroundings get more bizarre and maddening the longer you play, is the latest game to crowbar Lovecraft into a place where no Lovecraft existed previously. It’s also the latest game to make me, someone who’s ostensibly had enough Lovecraft for one lifetime think: actually, yes, go on then....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Flintlocks and chainsaw bayonetsI go on Twitter so you don’t have to I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:Ludic Studios Image credit:Ludic Studios Asa fan of parrying projectiles, I do like thatTokyo Underground Killer(coming to Steam) demonstrates a risk around the reward of returning bullets with your katana: Unsolicited gifts will be returned to the sender, no exceptions.#screenshotsaturday#videogames#fps#gamedev#tokyo#japanpic.twitter.com/A1oABXwx5L— Phoenix Game Productions: Tokyo Underground Killer (@PhoenixGP_JP)April 13, 2024...

HomeNews The Fallout TV show gave the Fallout games a huge player bump, as everyone remembers they like FalloutFallout 4, New Vegas and 76 have more than doubled their players on Steam Fallout 4, New Vegas and 76 have more than doubled their players on Steam Image credit:Amazon Image credit:Amazon Steam DB’s Xeet compared onlyFallout 4,New Vegasand live service ‘em upFallout 76, but you can give it a check to see that even the older, pre-thesda Fallouts andFallout 3have had a big jump....

HomeNewsKingdom Come: Deliverance 2 The Maw - 15th-20th April 2024This week’s least boring videogame releases, plus our weekly liveblog This week’s least boring videogame releases, plus our weekly liveblog Image credit:Chet Van Duzer/Wikimedia Commons Image credit:Chet Van Duzer/Wikimedia Commons Here’s a question that’s been haunting me recently: Videogames - will there be more of them? I’m afraid I don’t have time to find out right now. Instead, here are some upcoming releases....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1031): How to solve the Monday April 15 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for April 15? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for April 15? 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!...