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HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 is expanding yet again with 12 new subclasses, including drunk monks, teleporting beekeepers and shadow sorcerorsAlso a photo mode Also a photo mode Image credit:Larian Image credit:Larian Way back in June, treacherous, fickle Larian declared thatBaldur’s Gate 3patch 7 would be theirfinal handover to playersof the well-good D&D RPG, with the focus then shifting internally to Larian’stwo currently untitled new game projects. CEO Swen Vincke did, however, caveat that while the overall level of post-release support would be “diminished”, there would be a few more updates....

HomeNewsBeff Jezos Simulator Beff Jezos Simulator lets you indulge in the fantasy that billionaires actually do any workI love fantasy games I love fantasy games Image credit:JoyJutsu Games Image credit:JoyJutsu Games Also, coincidentally, all things you can doin the demoforBeff Jezos Simulator. Now, worksimulation gamesaren’t my absolute favourite. But, hey, I do love a good fantasy game. And what spellbinding vision of a farflung reality could be more fantastical than a game in which a billionaire actually does some work?...

HomeNewsStarCraft Blizzard’s old manual art is a real nostalgia tripAhh… That’s the stuff! Ahh… That’s the stuff! Image credit:Blizzard Image credit:Blizzard I’ve gone on record as not being a huge fan of the artstyle choices used in the newWarcraft I & IIremasters. It’s crisp and readable, sure, but I’m never exactly thrilled to see all the roughness of older sprites completely done away with, especially when I always felt some of that ruggedness was the point....

HomeFeaturesFoxhole I play Foxhole as a pacifist medic who refuses to carry a gun but the enemy doesn’t seem impressedTrust me, I’m sort of a doctor Trust me, I’m sort of a doctor Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Siege Camp Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Siege Camp Another explosion sends the bodies flying. “Has anyone been here long enough to tell me what the hell is going on!?” the sergeant yells....

HomeFeaturesTowers Of Aghasba I simply can’t continue with Towers Of Aghasba’s survival checklist, but I hope you canThere’s something buried beneath the sticks and stones There’s something buried beneath the sticks and stones Image credit:Dreamlit Inc. Image credit:Dreamlit Inc. Back in January I wrote a (supporters only) post about how tired I am of allsurvival gamesstarting off the same. Here’s the gist of it: I’ve had enough of gathering rocks and sticks to make a crafting bench, from which I’m forced to build a hut and so on....

HomeNewsThe Cabin Factory In assembly line horror The Cabin Factory, you search freshly-built holiday homes for ghostsGenius loci Genius loci Image credit:Future Friends Games Image credit:Future Friends Games The Cabin Factory is described as a horror game but it’s sort of about deciding whether you are, in fact, playing a horror game. There is indeed a factory and it does indeed produce cabins - jolly, Center Parcs-style affairs made of big, merry logs, which roll up fully constructed on a conveyor belt....

HomeNewsDiablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred Man in charge of Diablo thinks we should start calling games that he thinks are like Diablo ‘Diablo-likes’How… diabolical How… diabolical Image credit:Blizzard Image credit:Blizzard The genre of ‘ActionRPG’ is supremely annoying to write about, because the term can mean different things to different people, but here’s how I see it:Diablo 4and similar games, such asPath Of Exile, are ‘ARPGs’. Which stands for ‘Action RPG’. But Zelda games are ‘Action RPGs’, which is a totally different genre that you could, if you felt like it, also shorten to ‘ARPG’....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Thu, November 28thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #535. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #535. 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 28th November?...

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld’s next major update brings an island “six times the size” of its last effortIncluding new tower bosses, vicious pals, and more mystery stuff Including new tower bosses, vicious pals, and more mystery stuff Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair Palworlddevelopers Pocketpair have revealed a new major update, which introduces “the largest and harshest” island in the survival game’s history, together with new tower bosses and new pals. As for everything else… that’s a secret, but you can expect a “large amount of new content”, and we’ve got a few images to speculate over....

HomeNews RPS Asks: Are Steam sales still as exciting as they used to be?I vote no, but I’m old and no longer with it I vote no, but I’m old and no longer with it Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun It’s almost the end of November, which means it is technically but not spiritually still autumn. It is spiritually winter, the season of wearing gloves and using my phone’s flashlight to look for my dog’s poos in the long grass....

HomeDeals Save $1,000 off this decked out Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 gaming PC for Black FridayThat’s a lot of power. That’s a lot of power. The Alienware Black Friday sale is well underway, and you can get your hands on some very tasty gaming PCs for a huge discount this year. Our top pick from this sale is theAurora R16 RTX 4090 Gaming PC for $2,999.99. That’s a gigantic $1,000 saving on a powerful out-of-the-box gaming PC....

HomeNews That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefitLawyering intensifies Lawyering intensifies Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve An on-going lawsuit against Valve about Steam’s “anti-competitive” practices and especially, its infamous 30% per-game revenue cut, has taken an interesting twist. According to a report, it’s now a class action suit that could benefit any developers or publishers who have sold a game over the Steam store on or after 28th January 2017....

The Beastmaster of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, part one: How to make friends and eviscerate peopleNo guns, no knives, only beasts No guns, no knives, only beasts Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World At last, I’ve engineered my first monster vs. man battle, but my lack of healing items means I can’t risk hanging around to watch....