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HomeNewsElden Ring Elden Ring 2 isn’t in development right now, but From Software do have several other games in the worksMiyazaki isn’t directing all of them Miyazaki isn’t directing all of them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco TheElden Ringseries will live on, but Elden Ring 2? That’s slightly more in doubt. So says Hidetaka Miyazaki, the original Elden Lord, in a new interview about From Software’s current projects, which apparently span a variety of genres....

HomeFeaturesTwo Point Museum Here’s me getting overly excited about the new one-way doors they’re adding to Two Point Museum, plus an interviewAlso: colour customisation! Also: colour customisation! Image credit:Sega/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Sega/Rock Paper Shotgun “If, two months ago, you’d been told to close your eyes and imagine a Two Point game about a museum, you’d come up with something at least 85% identical toTwo Point Museum,” wrote James,previewingishly. After spending a few hours with a beefier build, I’m inclined to agree....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 3rdNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #540. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #540. 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! It’s a simple premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly difficult at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known trivia....

HomeNewsCreeper World IXE One of strategy gaming’s true oddballs returns in Creeper World IXE, which pits starships against oceans of wrathful gloopFleet vs flow Fleet vs flow Image credit:Knuckle Cracker Image credit:Knuckle Cracker When I downloadedCreeper WorldIXE’s demo, I had it pegged as a bizarre original. It is, in fact, the latest in a series of real-time strategy games in which you position turrets and terraform maps to repel surging, simulated tides of purple liquid....

HomeNewsHeart Of The Machine The robotic overlords of strategy-RPG Heart Of The Machine have graced us with a release dateVery generous of them Very generous of them Image credit:Arcen Games / Hooded Horse Image credit:Arcen Games / Hooded Horse We don’t know yet if the AI revolution of our reality will go full Skynet or simply end with the robots unceremoniously dumping us like a sad Joaquin Phoenix. But at least video games can help us speculate....

HomeFeaturesTactical Breach Wizards The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 3rdOpen a door, exit via a window Open a door, exit via a window Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Ruddy hell, It’sTactical Breach Wizards! Nic:I’ve obviously spent a lot of words already this year yapping about how much fun I had with the turn-based puzzles of Tactical Breach Wizards, but I didn’t realise quite what an evangelist for it I’d become until I watched it get utterly snubbed at several awards ceremonies....

HomeNewsTic Tactic Tic Tactic turns the world’s most boring game into a promising roguelike deckbuilderNought-cross-lightning Nought-cross-lightning Image credit:unbreaded / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:unbreaded / Rock Paper Shotgun How many twisted adults were born from the experience of being bullied via the medium of tic-tac-toe? We’d be better off without this game. But look! Here comes Tic Tactic to shake things up with a touch ofBalatro. In this roguelike deckbuilder, each round of noughts and crosses is an individual skirmish in a vengeful duck’s quest against some murderous chickens....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1263): How to solve the Tuesday December 3 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 3? 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!...

HomeNewsWarcraft 1 Remastered You’ve got ten days to pick up the original Warcraft I & II from GOG before Blizzard pull them, but GOG will support their preservation foreverThey’ll still work work They’ll still work work Image credit:Blizzard Image credit:Blizzard In response to a decision from Blizzard to pull the originalWarcraft I & IIfrom GOG later this month, following the release of the remastered versions, GOG have updated their preservation policy....

HomeNewsHalf-Life 2 ‘Stop talking s*** about us’ - Half-Life 2 mod blacklists a handful of YouTubers as ‘anticitizens’ and blocks them from playingDis-content creators Dis-content creators Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve There is some spiteful drama in theHalf-Lifemodding scene this week. The developers of a heavily criticised mod forHalf-Life 2are intentionally blocking a small number of YouTubers from playing that mod, using Steam IDs to effectively blacklist and ban specific people from running it....

HomeDeals Black Friday? Never heard of it. But the Asus ROG Ally is £100 / $150 off on Cyber MondayIt’s the faster Ryzen Z1 Extreme version, too It’s the faster Ryzen Z1 Extreme version, too Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun I had a horrible dream last night that I had to spend a whole day, as well as a good chunk of the preceding week, rounding up discounted PC hardware....

HomeNewsWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republic City builder Workers & Resources finally brings socialism to the USA and UK with latest DLCOut 13th December Out 13th December Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, the Warsaw Pact-era city-building sim from 3DIVISION and Hooded Horse, is getting eight new maps scattered across the globe. These include a map set in the Eastern United States, from approximately New York State down to North Carolina, and another one set in Rock Paper Shotgun’s very own United Kingdom, where Karl Marx wrote most of his best stuff....

HomeDeals Cyber Monday slices up to 38% off the HyperX Pulsefire Haste, a lovely lightweight wireless mouseJust £42 / $50 for one of the featheriest cordless mice in the business Just £42 / $50 for one of the featheriest cordless mice in the business Image credit:HyperX Image credit:HyperX If you want your next gaming mouse to be the sort of thing that feels like it might float off your desk and into the empty blue sky, disappearing forever, then have a look at this hereCyber Mondaydeal on the HyperX Pulsefire Haste....