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HomeNewsLast Epoch Last Epoch lays out plans for a big patch this week and new end-game content laterThe action-RPG is one of the most-played games on Steam right now The action-RPG is one of the most-played games on Steam right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Eleventh Hour Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Eleventh Hour Games Having launched out of almost five years of early access last week and quickly become one of Steam’s current most-played games, fantasy action-RPGLast Epochhas laid out initial plans for post-1....

HomeGuidesLast Epoch Last Epoch: Best Rogue builds and skillsLearn the best builds and skills for the Rogue class in Last Epoch Learn the best builds and skills for the Rogue class in Last Epoch Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Eleventh Hour Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Eleventh Hour Games Wondering what the best Rogue builds and skills are in Last Epoch?The Rogue class inLast Epochis well practiced at the traditional roguish art of slicing and dicing everything in close proximity with a dagger and bow....

HomeNews Life is Strange and The Expanse devs lay off 20% of studio in second wave of job losses in under a yearDeck Nine blame “the game industry’s worsening market conditions” Deck Nine blame “the game industry’s worsening market conditions” The developers behind theLife is Strangeremaster, spin-offsBefore the StormandTrue Colors, andThe Expanse: A Telltale Series, Deck Nine, have laid off 20% of the studio’s staff due to “the game industry’s worsening market conditions”....

HomeNewsInkbound Monster Train devs’ turn-based co-op roguelike Inkbound exits early access into 1.0 this AprilBringing a new questline, final boss and quality-of-life updates Bringing a new questline, final boss and quality-of-life updates Image credit:Shiny Shoe Image credit:Shiny Shoe Almost a year after it launched into early access,Inkboundwill release its full 1.0 offering this April. The cooperative mixture oftight turn-based combatand roguelike progression from the folks behindSlay the Spire-rivallingdeckbuilderMonster Trainwill mark its full release with a new questline and final boss for its story, as well as a bunch of other additions and improvements....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 New Helldivers 2 patch fixes Super Credit bugs plus “Riddler” glitch that allowed infinite orbital lasersMicrotransaction purchases will now appear as they should Microtransaction purchases will now appear as they should Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation The AFK glitch - if you missed it,the option to boot players who are AFK was introduced last week- has also been encumbering confusedHelldiverswith giant purple question marks, and has accordingly become known as the “Riddler glitch”....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, February 28)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #262 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #262 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....

HomeNewsOverwatch 2 Overwatch 2’s Season 10 plans to drop group restrictions, as Competitive overtakes Quick Play in popularityDevs will also change rollout of future Hacked events to avoid disrupting Quick Play matches Devs will also change rollout of future Hacked events to avoid disrupting Quick Play matches Image credit:Activision Blizzard Image credit:Activision Blizzard Changes toOverwatch 2’s Competitive system in its most recent Season Nine has seen the ranked mode overtake casual Quick Play as the most popular way to play the hero shooter sequel....

HomeNewsPowerWash Simulator PowerWash Sim’s Warhammer 40K DLC is out now, and good enough to make you like Warhammer 40KThe Imperium is indeed glorious, and reasonably priced The Imperium is indeed glorious, and reasonably priced Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Square Enix Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Square Enix You play as a tech-priest starting on, essentially, their first day on the job cleaning the huge war machines of the Imperium. If you’re reading this website it’s likely that you have some familiarity with Warhammer 40K, as I do, and so you know of the Space Marines, but here you’re hosing down some of the vehicles and larger war mechs that, when rendered in plastic miniature form, cost a lot of money....

HomeNews Remedy now own all of Control - including sequel and multiplayer spin-off - after buying rights from publisherThe studio previously acquired all of Alan Wake in 2019 The studio previously acquired all of Alan Wake in 2019 Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Image credit:Remedy Entertainment To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Control turns five years old this year, having shifted over four million copies in that time - a number that2023’s Probably Best GameAlan Wake 2is closing in on quickly as the studio’s fastest-selling game to date,even if it’s still yet to turn a profit....

HomeReviewsStar Wars: Dark Forces Remaster Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster review: a handsome glow-up of LucasArts' classic, if now rather creaky Star Wars FPSSmuggler’s run Smuggler’s run Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Nightdive Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Nightdive Studios A long time ago on a desktop far, far away, my family once owned a demo disc for the originalStar Wars: Dark Forces. I cannot remember for the life of me which level(s) it contained....

HomeNewsStellaris Stellaris launches expansion subscription offering access to all DLC for £8.50 per monthBut you need to buy the game first, and keep nothing if you stop paying But you need to buy the game first, and keep nothing if you stop paying If you were to buy everyStellarisexpansion and content pack separately at full price, it would run you £227.62. To make that perhaps a little less daunting, Paradox have launched an optional monthly subscription service that gives you access to all the expansions....

HomeFeaturesMilitsioner The devs of surreal escape sim Militsioner explain how they’ve shrunk their giant ambitionTallBoys cut their voice recognition feature and added a tutorial TallBoys cut their voice recognition feature and added a tutorial Image credit:TallBoys Image credit:TallBoys Having said that, I’m not entirely surprised that Vladimir Semenets, the lead game designer ofMilitsioner, sits in front of me on Zoom and tells me how they initially envisioned a six-month project, “something very fast”....

HomeNewsParanormal Activity: Found Footage. There’s a new Paranormal Activity horror game in the works from the creator of The Mortuary AssistantTeaser trailer is appropriately unrevealing Teaser trailer is appropriately unrevealing Image credit:DreadXP Image credit:DreadXP Paranormal Activity: Found Footage - Reveal TeaserWatch on YouTube Paranormal Activity: Found Footage - Reveal Teaser Found Footage is out in 2026. Naturally, it draws heavily upon DarkStone founder Brian Clarke’s experiences withThe Mortuary Assistant: in the announcement release, he observed that “we’re taking what we learned during the development of that title and cranking it up with a more reactive and horrifying haunting system”....