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HomeNewsChildren Of The Sun Stylish sniper puzzler Children Of The Sun just got a horde mode update and a hefty Steam discountMore sun for your money More sun for your money Image credit:Devolver Digital Image credit:Devolver Digital I just played the neon bathroom graffiti on magic mushrooms stylings ofpuzzlegameChildren Of The Sunfor the first time last night, and it is very much my thing. It’s glowy! It’s violent! It’s thinky! You canbeabullet,andthenyou can beanother bullet!...

HomeFeatures The reforging of the Rock Paper ShotgunLock, stock and a trip to the archives Lock, stock and a trip to the archives Image credit:Samuel Johannes Pauli / FreeMyCollection.com Image credit:Samuel Johannes Pauli / FreeMyCollection.com Here is how I think everything really happened back in 1872, theactualyear RPS was founded. One darkling day in November, the Founders - starry-browed Sir Alec Walker, Mad MC Meerjohn, time-travelling cowboy Slim Jim Rossignova and Kieron Gillen, who I gather was a magic horse of some description - were wandering in the forest fastness of Errour....

HomeDeals The RTX 4070 Super is hitting new price lows for Black Friday, so snap them up before RPS staff doRace ya Race ya Image credit:Zotac Image credit:Zotac System requirements are on the rise, and a glut of recent PC facepunchers has left some of the RPS treehouse wondering if it’s time for agraphics cardupgrade. Being a helpful colleague and a handsome friend, I dutifully informed them that the highly capableNvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Superis currently getting theBlack Fridayprice cut treatment, with Zotac’s Twin Edge model dropping especially low in both the UK and US....

HomeNewsHalf-Life 2 Valve added an invisible wall to this sewer pipe in Half-Life 2 in their anniversary update - but it only annoyed speedrunnersTubular Tubular Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Valve “We do primarily use older builds, most often ones from 2012-2013, especially at the top level,” says speedrunner “Peng”, who currentlyholds the world recordfor completing Half-Life 2 in under 38 minutes....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1257): How to solve the Wednesday November 27 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for November 27? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for November 27? 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!...

HomeNewsMass Effect Former Mass Effect director cancels his next sci-fi game as his studio closes before it is fully revealed"Funding shortfall" to blame “Funding shortfall” to blame Image credit:Humanoid Origins Image credit:Humanoid Origins “Earlier today, we informed our staff that Humanoid Origin will be shutting down,” said the post. “Despite efforts to shield the studio from broader challenges in the industry, an unexpected shortfall of funding left us unable to sustain operations....

HomeNewsNew Life I want to remove this horrible demo from my Steam library, but my body won’t let meI just want my old life back I just want my old life back Image credit:eagerbeavergames Image credit:eagerbeavergames When and where did theSteam demoforhorrorgameNew Lifefirst find its way to me? When did its non-descript, black hooded protagonist first wriggle, with the transgressive delight of an unbidden slug between naked toes embarking on a 2am fridge odyssey, into the as yet uncolonised crevices of my ‘demos’ library?...

HomeNewsBladesong Image credit:Mythwright Image credit:Mythwright Video games in general have a surplus of weapons. It’s gotten to the point that if I had any freelance budget, I’d commission somebody to count them up. Just give me an approximate running total for the industry at large, so that whenever next a shiny-eyed producer regales me with the prospect of enchanted lazurite rapiers at a preview event, I can quietly ask how many enchanted lazurite rapiers we’re talking about, then open my laptop and generate a scrolling image akin to thosecomparison pages for stars and planets- a cosmic mountain of points and pommels, with the new game’s armoury forming a pixel-wide foothill in the bottom left corner....

HomeNews Madonna, Dark Souls and Mario meet in a sweet and confounding swimming experiment based on a PS1 obscurityDolphindie gaming Dolphindie gaming Image credit:Hatim Benhsain Image credit:Hatim Benhsain In Benhsain’s rework, b.l.u.e. has become a game about games swimming through each other. Levels from the original Legend Of Water appear within it via emulator, but they’re molten and deferred and spliced with other media to the point that you can’t really call this emulation (let alone piracy)....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, November 26thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #533. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #533. 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 26th November?...

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III Omens Of Destruction brings hot gnoblar on gnoblar action to Total War: Warhammer 3Plus the series' 100th legendary lord Plus the series' 100th legendary lord Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly Here are some orc names I quite like. Haters will tell you these “aren’t real orcs”, but those fools are forever trapped in a stifling prison forged from the failures of their own imaginations. Suck it, haters:...

HomeDeals Tell game-install-size inflation to sod off with the 1TB WD Blue SN850 SSD, now £47 / $55 for Black FridayThat’s the cheapest this fast PCIe 4.0 drive has been in ages That’s the cheapest this fast PCIe 4.0 drive has been in ages Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Recently, PC games have been gorging themselves silly on our storage space. 160GB forS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2? 190GB forGod of War Ragnarok?...

HomeNewsThe Witcher 4 The Witcher 4 has entered “the most intensive phase of development”, say CD ProjektWitchercraft! Witchercraft! Image credit:Sebastian Kalemba / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Sebastian Kalemba / Rock Paper Shotgun Just when you thought you’d played all theRPGs- maxed every last stat, drained the XP of every last creature, tap-danced your way along every branching questline - CD Projekt have announced thatThe Witcher 4is in “full-scale production”.“I’m pleased to announce that several weeks ago it moved on to full-scale production,” chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said of the game, currently codenamed Polaris, during the company’slatest quarterly earnings presentationto investors (thanks,VGC)....