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HomeDeals Get AMD’s former fastest graphics card for $500 at Newegg when you buy an open box modelThe ASRock RX 6900 XT Phantom Gaming D is one of the fastest variants too. The ASRock RX 6900 XT Phantom Gaming D is one of the fastest variants too. Image credit:ASRock/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:ASRock/Rock Paper Shotgun AMD’s flagship RDNA 2 graphics card, the RX 6900 XT, continues to drop in price over in the US....

HomeReviewsHome Safety Hotline Home Safety Hotline review: thoughtful weirdness that left me wanting moreThe call is coming from inside the tree The call is coming from inside the tree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Night Signal Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Night Signal Entertainment I worked on the phones when I was in pension admin, years ago, and I fielded some weird ones, but nothing quite as weird as the calls inHome Safety Hotline....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, January 16)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #219 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #219 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....

HomeFeaturesPersona 3 Reload Persona 3 Reload is a seamless transition for Persona 5-likersAnd takes a lot of learnings from it, too And takes a lot of learnings from it, too Image credit:Atlus/Sega Image credit:Atlus/Sega Having spent what feels like an entire lifetime inJRPGPersona 5 Royal, going back to the originalPersona 3is pretty jarring. It’s unsurprising given it came out 18 years ago, but exploration is more akin to a slideshow and dungeon-running to a well-rehearsed routine....

HomeDeals Pick up Arctic’s legendary Liquid Freezer II 240 AiO for $75 at Amazon US with this 23% off couponKeep your CPU temps under control. Keep your CPU temps under control. Image credit:Arctic Image credit:Arctic Get the Arctic Liquid Freezer 240mm AiO for $75 w/ 23% off coupon applied (was $98) As I mentioned above, the Freezer II 240 generally gets strong reviews for its radiator, which offers highly effective cooling....

HomeNews Players still don’t feel “comfortable” with game subscription services, says Ubisoft+ boss"Gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games." “Gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games.” Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft’s director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay has said that for all the growth of videogame subscription services in the past few years, players are still accustomed to “having and owning their games”....

HomeNews Prison Architect 2 is official, bringing Paradox’s jail management sim to 3DIt’s out on March 26th It’s out on March 26th Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Afterteasing a 3D sequelwhenPrison Architectreceived its final update last May, developers Double Eleven and publishers Paradox Interactive have announced that, yep,Prison Architect 2is indeed a thing that is happening - and in 3D, no less. Prisons will now have multiple floors to police, as well as a whole new inmate behaviour system to navigate along the way that will feed into gang warfare, escapes and other buddingmanagementproblems....

HomeNewsPrison Architect 2 Prison Architect 2 will support mods with a built-in editor on PCMod support on console, too Mod support on console, too Image credit:Paradox/Double Eleven Image credit:Paradox/Double Eleven Prison Architect 2wasannounced earlier this eveningand will switch the carceral management sim to 3D when it releases on March 26th.It’ll also have robust mod support, with “a mod editor built-in for PC players”, according to game director Gaz Wright."[Mod support will be] built into the game for the first time," Wright told Katharine at Gamescom last year....

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 release window pushed back again to September 2024 to fix “technical imperfections"New shooter still needs “more time in the oven”, say GSC Game World New shooter still needs “more time in the oven”, say GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World The developers had hoped to release the game early this year, but according to the release date press bulletin, it became apparent over December that more time was needed....

HomeNews Take-Two Interactive and Remedy Entertainment are in a dispute over the letter RRemedy changed their logo to an R that’s apparently too much like another R Remedy changed their logo to an R that’s apparently too much like another R Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Right now the dispute is in the “cooling off period”, which is wherethe European Union Intellectual Property Officeask the parties to just try to figure it out, okay?...

HomeDeals The Asus ROG Ally handheld has dropped to £599 in the UKThat’s £100 cheaper than the 2023 launch price and well worth considering. That’s £100 cheaper than the 2023 launch price and well worth considering. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Good news, everyone! One of the best PC gaming handhelds, the Asus ROG Ally, is done to just £599 at Currys in the UK for the higher-powered Z1 Extreme edition....

HomeDeals This 14-inch Asus RTX 4070 laptop is $450 off at Best BuyThe Zephyrus G14 is a phenomenal portable performer. The Zephyrus G14 is a phenomenal portable performer. Asus' Zephyrus G14 is one of the nicest gaming laptop designs I’ve ever tested, and now this high-end RTX 4070 and Ryzen 9 7940HS equipped model is $450 off at Best Buy in the US. This spec also includes 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB NVMe SSD, making for a powerful machine that is still portable thanks to its 14-inch frame with a 2560x1600 165Hz IPS display....

HomeNewsContain This spec ops haunted house shooter got me thinking about unexpected scares in Call Of DutyI couldn’t contain myself I couldn’t contain myself Image credit:SinginGiant Image credit:SinginGiant Here’s a pitch for you: a spec ops shooter, except it’s haunted. Well, that’s exactly what early accessco-opFPSContainis going for, where four of you gear up in tactical clobber and clear corners of military chumps and anomalous… rumps? It’s a mixture of Rainbow Six, a bit of Stalker, and maybe a touch of Control, with gameplay showing real promise....