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HomeNewsAvowed More Avowed details: it’s a classless RPG with easy respeccing and “open zones” comparable to Outer WorldsObsidian gives an extended breakdown of its Xbox Developer Direct presentation Obsidian gives an extended breakdown of its Xbox Developer Direct presentation Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Obsidian’sAvowedis a game for the more indecisive or changeableRPGplayer, with no “enforced” classes and an emphasis on easily respeccing and experimenting with different combinations of weapons and abilities....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, January 23)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #226 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #226 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 Palworld continues to break records, with 1.8 million concurrent players on SteamThe second highest ever The second highest ever Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Palworld, that survival game mashup, continues to grow in popularity. In the past 24 hours, its peak concurrent player count reached 1,864,421, the second highest of any game on Steam, ever. It took that spot fromCounter-Strike 2and the only game to reach higher is now PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, aka Plunkbat, aka PUBG....

HomeGuidesPalworld Palworld Pal Fluids: How to get and where to findLocations of all the Pals that drop Pal Fluids Locations of all the Pals that drop Pal Fluids Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Want to know how to get Pal Fluids in Palworld?Pal Fluids are a useful (and perhaps mildly disturbing) resource that you’ll need to gather inPalworld, especially if you want to keep yourbase Palsrelaxed with a nice Hot Spring....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld update fixes blackscreen and controller bugs, but multiplayer issues persist on Game PassOnly Steam players can create and join dedicated 32-player servers right now Only Steam players can create and join dedicated 32-player servers right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair A new update for the PC Game Pass and Xbox versions ofPalworldhas fixed some of itsmany, many known issuestoday, but those hoping for some fixes to its online multiplayer options will sadly have to wait a little longer....

HomeGuidesPalworld Palworld: Can you move your base in Palworld?Here’s how to move your base in Palworld Here’s how to move your base in Palworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Wondering if you can move your base in Palworld?A few hours intoPalworldand your base is bound to be a bustling hive of activity, with Pals running to and fro and a whole lot of resource harvesting going on. But if you’ve built your base near the starting area on the Plateau of Beginnings, things might get a little crowded before long....

HomeNews Riot Games to lay off “around 530” people and shut down Riot Forge label in push for “sustainability"“We’re not doing this to appease shareholders,” insists CEO “We’re not doing this to appease shareholders,” insists CEO Riot Games have announced that they will shortly lay off “about 530” people, or 11 per cent of their global workforce, so as to “create focus and move us towards a more sustainable future”, in the words of CEO Dylan Jadeja....

HomeReviewsTekken 8 Tekken 8 review: the difference is slight but we still like the fightTekken no prisoners Tekken no prisoners Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Tekken 8 reviewIt’s a lot like Tekken 7, but angrier.Developer:Bandai Namco StudiosPublisher:Bandai Namco EntertainmentRelease:Jan 25thOn:WindowsFrom:SteamPrice:£60/$70/€70Reviewed on:Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 When I am faced with Death, and that grim skeletal mouth asks me to choose the game we play to decide my fate, I have long believed I will pick Tekken....

HomeDeals This Asus Mini ITX motherboard is perfect for SFF Ryzen 7000/8000 PCsPCIe 5.0, DDR5, two NVMe slots and WiFi included. PCIe 5.0, DDR5, two NVMe slots and WiFi included. Image credit:Asus Image credit:Asus Dear reader, are you - like everyone else I know - keen to build a small form factor PC? If so, you’ll probably want a Mini ITX AM5 motherboard, and this one from Asus is one of the very best available: the Asus ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi....

HomeNewsDeus Ex This fantastic Deus Ex cosplay even nails JC Denton’s weird mouth movementStay out of the ladies restroom Stay out of the ladies restroom Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Eidos Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Eidos Today I’m just tickled pink seeing an excellentDeus Excosplayer fully step into the role of JC Denton, funny walk and weird talk and all. Seeing as you voted the seminal immersive simyour seventh-favourite RPG of all time, I thought you might like to see it too....

HomeDeals Upgrade your rig with a massive 420mm AiO for just £79The Arctic Liquid Freezer II is well-reviewed too. The Arctic Liquid Freezer II is well-reviewed too. Image credit:Arctic Image credit:Arctic 420mm AiOs are quite rare - not many cases come with space for three 140mm fans in a row - but they’re the biggest size of consumer radiators currently available and offer unmatched cooling potential. Therefore, it may be of interest to you to learn that the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 is down to just £79 at Amazon UK, a crazy-low price for a cooler of this size and prowess....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#948): How to solve the Tuesday January 23 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 23? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 23? 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!...

HomeReviews Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy review: the guilty pleasure boxsetLet’s settle this Let’s settle this Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom The result is a set of games that feel considerably wobblier than Capcom’s first and more robustAce Attorney trilogy, and quite a bit more unfocused than the more recent Victorian-era spin-off,The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. But despite a slightly unsure start, there are still plenty of career highs to be found here for Wright, Cykes and Justice, and Spirit Of Justice in particular remains one of the series' best entries to date....