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HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest patch improves smooching, idle animations, and a bazillion other thingsEveryone’s elevated their tonsil tennis game Everyone’s elevated their tonsil tennis game Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest update has, as per most of their updates, a colossal number of improvements. Notably, there are new animations for folks who hunker down in your camp and a speedier way to dismiss unwanted companions....

HomeNews Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco Coming off of 2022’s biggest game inElden Ringhas been a tricky time for Bandai Namco, it seems. The publishers have announced that they have cancelled “at least” five games in the works to help overcome a significant drop in income over the last year, adopting a new approach to development that will focus on quality. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsLooking for some tips to get started in Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon?...

HomeNews Hello Neighbor’s creator is making a Home Alone-esque game that looks a lot like Hello NeighborRBO is in playtest on Steam right now RBO is in playtest on Steam right now Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild This might include the original creator Nikita Kolesnikov, as (still under the auspices of TinyBuild) he’s made a new thing. Currently onSteamfor playtesting, the project currently known asRBOisn’t falling far from the home invasion tree, as players will either be a home-owning Protector - a McCallister, if you will - or anIntruder, or Wet Bandit....

HomeNews Metro Exodus is getting a sequel, shooter’s devs confirm - but only “when it’s ready” (hopefully before 2033)Last mainline entry in series has shifted 10 million copies in five years Last mainline entry in series has shifted 10 million copies in five years Image credit:4A Games Image credit:4A Games To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, February 16)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #250 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #250 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....

HomeNewsPalworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Palworldis stepping up its efforts against cheats and hackers in the coming weeks, with the developers of the hugely popular Pokémon-a-likesurvival gamesaying they are focusing on stamping out ne’er-do-wells on its official servers. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Pocketpair admitted that their Pokémon labour and gun-factory simulator was suffering with cheaters on its public serversshortly after launch, with hackers reportedly killing other players - despite there technically being no PvP in the game - and stealing their things using various glitches....

HomeHardwareFeaturesSkull and Bones Skull and Bones’ PC performance is mostly smooth sailing, but do stow it on an SSDC: shanty C: shanty Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Because it’s somehow my job to worry about the technical fidelity of electronic toys, I’ve been eyeing the long-overdue arrival ofSkull and Boneswith some nervousness. After nearly adecade of delays, you’d probably just want to get it out the door, right?...

HomeNewsStreets Of Rogue 2 Streets Of Rogue 2’s latest dev diary is a crash course in proc-gen map buildingThe new word on the street is CHUNKS The new word on the street is CHUNKS Image credit:tinyBuild Image credit:tinyBuild The firstStreets Of Roguewas an RPS favourite when it launched back in 2019 (we literallycouldn’t stop playing it), and we’ve known for a while now that its sequel,Streets Of Rogue 2, is due to arrive later this year....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#972): How to solve the Friday February 16 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for February 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for February 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!...

HomeHardwareNews A Reddit user’s ant-infested PC has destroyed my hopes for a real life Discworld computerTurns out a computer full of bugs is not a good thing Turns out a computer full of bugs is not a good thing The Discworld series is one of slightly metafictional adult fantasy. Inhabitants of the Disc operate sort of parallel to our own existence, and there is frequent leakage between the two. Some of the earlier books imagine Hollywood, shopping centres or rock and roll (“music with rocks in”) as sort of magical parasites or “wild ideas” in the wrong place and time (and universe)....

HomeNewsDiablo IV Diablo 4 is coming to Game Pass on March 28thSubscribe to hell Subscribe to hell Image credit:Blizzard/Glass Cannon Unplugged Image credit:Blizzard/Glass Cannon Unplugged Diablo 4is headed to Game Pass, Microsoft have announced. It’ll be the first Activision Blizzard game to arrive on the subscription service since Microsoft acquired them, and it’ll arrive on March 28th. Diablo IV is Coming to Game PassA trailer announcing Diablo 4’s arrival on Game Pass....

HomeNewsDisco Elysium Disco Elysium expansion reportedly cancelled, with a quarter of staff at risk of redundancyThird project canned in three years, sources say Third project canned in three years, sources say Image credit:ZA/UM Image credit:ZA/UM A standalone expansion forDisco Elysium, codenamed X7, has reportedly been cancelled and a quarter of developers at developers ZA/UM are at risk of redundancy. Around 24 employees are said to be affected, according to “sources close to the matter” who spoke toSports Illustrated’s video games site....

HomeNews Embracer have laid off 8% of their global workforce since their “restructuring” began"Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation." “Our overruling principle is to always maximize shareholder value in any given situation.” Image credit:Embracer Image credit:Embracer Embracer havereleasedtheir interim financial results for Q3, October-December 2023, in which they share details of the conglomerate’s on-going efforts to “restructure” and reduce their massive debts, to the tune of hundreds of layoffs over the past year....