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HomeNewsDreams PlayStation’s creative game-making toybox Dreams apparently almost made it to PC, but now it’s deadPC port with ray tracing support said to be cancelled alongside layoffs at developers Media Molecule last year PC port with ray tracing support said to be cancelled alongside layoffs at developers Media Molecule last year Image credit:Media Molecule Image credit:Media Molecule A PC version of Dreams, the PlayStation 4-exclusive toybox-slash-game creation platform from LittleBigPlanet makers Media Molecule, was nearly completed before being cancelled late last year, according to a new report....

HomeFeatures What’s better: instant-death bottomless pits, or being able to reroll your build?Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Instant-death bottomless pits The death hole is a clumsy tool, some might think. An improbable punitive pit the level designer created simply to kill you dead....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#963): How to solve the Wednesday February 7 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for February 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for February 7? 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!...

HomeNews Multiple staff said to have lost their jobs at Visual Concepts Austin Image credit:2K Image credit:2K Visual Concepts Austin, the 2K Games studio behind sports franchises including WWE and NBA, as well as last year’s kart racing gameLego 2K Drive, has reportedly laid off a number of employees. The cuts come fewer than six months after the last round of layoffs at the Texas outlet. To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeNews#Drive Rally #Drive Rally blends WRC seriousness with arcade cheerA delightful blend A delightful blend Image credit:Pixel Perfect Dude Image credit:Pixel Perfect Dude In 2021 I went through a bit of a rally phase with WRC 9, as I discovered the joys ofwatching people play rally games beautifully. And as much as I enjoyed my brief stints with those semi-realistic rally games, I’ve since longed for more of a blend between a rally-er and a colourful arcade jaunt....

HomeNewsMiniatures Assembling furniture is anything but “wholesome” in this fantastic Steam Next Fest demoI’m really excited for Miniatures after playing this I’m really excited for Miniatures after playing this Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Other Tales Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Other Tales Interactive You know those wee indie games about opening boxes and organising items and assembling furniture and they’re all very cute and colourful and fun and “wholesome”?Miniaturesis not one of those games....

HomeNewsBore Blasters Bore Blasters and its mix of Vampire Survivors meets Dome Keeper is, dare I say it, a blastIt’s coming out March 8th, but you can play its Next Fest demo now It’s coming out March 8th, but you can play its Next Fest demo now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/8BitSkull Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/8BitSkull Many a Survivors-like has come and gone over the last couple of years, butBore Blastersmight be the first one that’s really struck a chord with me....

HomeNewsCrusader Kings III Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive A Paradox game? Getting DLC? You are pure joshing, you are simply having me on. But no! It’s true!Crusader Kings 3is getting another year of updates, including two full expansions. The first of them, Legends Of The Dead, introduces the Black Death and will release on March 4th. Crusader Kings III: Legends of the Dead - Announcement TrailerCrusader Kings 3: Legends Of The Dead trailer....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 sequel taps Fable, Control and Dishonored expansion writerAlongside other new hires Alongside other new hires Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED ACyberpunk 2077sequel, currently called “Project Orion”, is currently in the early stages of development at CD Projekt Red’s new Boston studio. Today, CDPR announced several new high profile hires were joining the project, most notably Anna Megill. Megill, who will serve as lead writer on the project, has previously worked on games such as Control,Dishonored: Death Of The Outsider, and the upcoming Fable reboot....

HomeNewsDusky Depths Dusky Depths is an oddly relaxing name for a roguelite bullet hell about escaping a dead planetComing soon, has a demo Coming soon, has a demo Image credit:Bow Echo Games Image credit:Bow Echo Games Dusky Depths - Nextfest February 2024 TrailerWatch on YouTube Dusky Depths - Nextfest February 2024 Trailer Levels are that nowadays ubiquitous, reassuring mix of generated and “hand-crafted”, with the option of blasting the terrain into a preferred shape, though I wasn’t able to do this using the few guns I gathered during my demo run....

HomeNewsEcho Point Nova Echo Point Nova is an open world FPS with hoverboards, floating islands and sledgehammersLatest demo includes a boss, new weapons and Steam Deck support Latest demo includes a boss, new weapons and Steam Deck support Image credit:Greylock Studio Image credit:Greylock Studio Aside from pistols, shotguns and rifles, you’re equipped with a grappling hook, an aerial dash and a jet-powered hoverboard. These traversal tools allow no end of ramp jumps, aerial combos and in my case, wall-running desperately around the rocky undersides of islands after missing a handhold....

HomeNewsElden Ring Elden Ring is getting a free-to-play mobile version with in-app purchases, according to reportsMeanwhile, sneaky Steam updates point to impending Shadow of Erdtree release Meanwhile, sneaky Steam updates point to impending Shadow of Erdtree release Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Perhaps they can add some newbosses- a giant, ironclad gacha machine on corpse-legs that showers you in rotting gacha balls, perhaps? We should probably note that Genshin Impact is rather good, for all its microtransactions andrecent reports of voice actors going unpaid for months of work- if the rumoured free-to-play Elden Ring captures something of the same spirit it could be a surprise hit....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 has human game masters who tweak your co-op fights in real-timeFor better and worse For better and worse Image credit:Playstation Image credit:Playstation In arecent interview with PlayStation Access, deputy game director Sagar Beroshi talked about the influence they have taken from tabletop games, and how that influence extends beyond Warhammer 40K-style cape-wearing super soldiers. “In a lot of tabletop gaming you have a dungeon master or a game master, right?...