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HomeNewsMoonlighter 2: The Endless Vault Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is the sequel to the shopkeeping dungeon crawler, out next yearService with a smile Service with a smile Image credit:Digital Sun Image credit:Digital Sun This time around, white-haired hero Will and his companions are “stranded in a mysterious dimension in the village of Tresna”. Will simply cannot wait to get back to more retail work, and soon discovers “a tantalizing opportunity to return home, thanks to a curious relic collector”....

HomeNewsSpaceCraft Northgard, Dune and Wartales devs Shiro Games reveal sci-fi MMO SpaceCraftComing to early access in 2025 Coming to early access in 2025 Image credit:Shiro Games Image credit:Shiro Games 4X strategy and RPG stalwarts Shiro Games have announced SpaceCraft, a “massively multiplayer management and crafting adventure” set in Normandy during the Middle Ages, haha, of course not - it’s set in space. They won’t be winning the T.S. Eliot poetry prize with that title, but I guess it gets the job done....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Thu, December 5thNYT Connections hints and answers (Thursday 5th) NYT Connections hints and answers (Thursday 5th) 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! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 5th December?We’ve got your back. Our tips below will help you solve today’s Connections in a jiffy....

HomeNews Predator and Friday The 13th devs IllFonic have “refined” an unspecified number of jobs out of existenceA few more layoffs before Xmas A few more layoffs before Xmas Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment / IllFonic Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment / IllFonic Friday The 13th: The Game andPredator: Hunting Groundsdevelopers Illfonic have announced that they’ve laid off an unspecified number of staff as they “re-align” to “a refined strategy”. No reasons for the layoffs are given in the statement, beyond a cursory gesture towards “the state of the industry”....

HomeNews Probably-magnificent mystery house puzzler Blue Prince will release in spring 2025Drafting the room with the release window Drafting the room with the release window Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury Dogubomb’sBlue Princeboastsmy favourite shapeshifting house in a video game, which admittedly isn’t setting a very high bar. Perhaps surprisingly, most video game houses do not shapeshift. Despite being made out of pure imagination and carbon emissions, they remain nostalgically shackled to the limitations of brick, mortar and Euclidean geometry....

HomeNewsCitizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Spacefaring RPG Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector gets a release date: January 31st 2025Starward ho! Starward ho! Image credit:Fellow Traveller Image credit:Fellow Traveller Ah, it feels just like yesterday whenCitizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vectorhadaround a year of development time left. Actually, I’d say it feels like it precisely around February 2nd of this year. Well, would you look at that. It seems making excellentRPGs isn’t Jump Over The Age’s only skill....

HomeNewsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a bodacious turn-based battler from the Clickolding devsComing in 2025 Coming in 2025 Image credit:Strange Scaffold Image credit:Strange Scaffold Tactical Mutant Ninja Turtles? Turn-based Mutant Ninja Tactics? I’m undecided, but its actual name is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, so maybe I should just call it that. It’s just been announced and it’s coming to PC next year....

HomeFeaturesDune: Imperium The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 5thWe built this treehouse on a bed of sand We built this treehouse on a bed of sand Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Hang on, before you enter today’s door, take off your shoes at do– Ach, it’s everywhere. Take off your socks as well. Damn, it’s in all my trouser pockets and– How did it get in my ears? I hate this stuff....

HomeReviewsThe Thing: Remastered The Thing: Remastered review: a fantastic remaster of a game best observed from a distanceKurt Sussel Kurt Sussel Image credit:Nightdive/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Nightdive/Rock Paper Shotgun Nightdive, you done good.The Thing: Remasteredis an ultra-sharp and commendably playable update to a game that history will remember as ‘actually a pretty good pick at Choices when you really just popped in to get some Revels but got embarrassed when the till staffer said “is that everything?...

HomeNewsTotal Chaos Total Chaos is a grimy horror FPS from the Turbo Overkill devsOriginally conceived as an overhaul mod for Doom 2 Originally conceived as an overhaul mod for Doom 2 Image credit:Apogee Entertainment Image credit:Apogee Entertainment I think It’s safe to say that Trigger Happy Interactive’s upcoming survivalhorrorTotal Chaosis a bit of a palette change from their last offering - the frenetic, neon-drenched, chainsaw-leggedTurbo Overkill. Still, it’s not often we see psychological horror combined with ultraviolence, and anything that gives off even a whiff ofCondemned: Criminal Originshas my attention....

HomeGuidesInfinity Nikki What is the fastest way to farm Bling in Infinity Nikki?Learn how to farm Bling in the millions every day Learn how to farm Bling in the millions every day Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames What is the fastest way to get Bling in Infinity Nikki?As a gacha game, Infinity Nikki is of course brimming with different confusing currencies. But Bling is simple and easy to understand - it’s the most basic currency, used for pretty much everything from purchasing new outfits and abilities to unlocking new skills in the Heart Of Infinity skill tree....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1265): How to solve the Thursday December 5 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 5? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 5? 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!...

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Wilds Yes, Capcom heard you loud and clear about the dodgy hitstop in Monster Hunter Wilds beta - and they’ve tweaked it for the full releaseBonk Bonk Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom Monster Hunter Wilds: 4th Trailer | Release Date Reveal (Extended Kut)Watch on YouTube Monster Hunter Wilds: 4th Trailer | Release Date Reveal (Extended Kut) “Some of the changes in the hitstop were obviously intentional, and some were not implemented due to the settings of the game,” director Yuya Tokuda said at a recent press event,via GamesRadar....