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HomeFeatures What’s better: Half-Life’s Snarks or Planescape: Torment’s Litany Of Curses?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:Skybound Image credit:Skybound Half-Life’s Snarks What’s even better thanan AI-controlled friend just running about helping me fight? an AI-controlled friend just running fighting anything it sees, including me. The addition of hubris makes everything better....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#935): How to solve the Wednesday January 10 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for January 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for January 10? 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!...

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 designer says Act 3 tone shift criticisms are “valid”, will try to be “less drastic” in futureLarian CEO, meanwhile, has finally “figured out” act 1 of next unrevealed project Larian CEO, meanwhile, has finally “figured out” act 1 of next unrevealed project Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Acts! It used to be just those old-timey theatre productions that had them, but as in many other respects, videogames have nipped through a stage exit and stolen theatre’s underpants....

HomeFeaturesCocoon Cocoon’s greatest mysteries are hidden behind puzzles most players won’t findGame director Jeppe Carlsen and art director Erwin Kho on their puzzle game’s secret ending Game director Jeppe Carlsen and art director Erwin Kho on their puzzle game’s secret ending Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Image credit:Annapurna Interactive It’s been a good handful of years for fans of secret-ridden games. The sort of secrets that make the game world feel huge and unknowable and transform the post-game into a scavenger hunt more akin to ARGs than classic secret endings....

HomeDeals Corsair’s RM1000x Shift PSU is £50 off refurbished from Scan£110 versus £160 for a recently released PCIe 5.0 1000W 80+ Gold power supply. £110 versus £160 for a recently released PCIe 5.0 1000W 80+ Gold power supply. Image credit:Corsair/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Corsair/Rock Paper Shotgun Corsair’s RM1000x Shift power supply is quite a tempting one for any PC build, providing 1000W of power at 80+ Gold efficiency - but the best feature here is its conveniently reachable side-mounted connector placement....

HomeNewsCult of the Lamb Cult Of The Lamb’s so-called sex update will launch January 16thIt adds an egg It adds an egg Image credit:Massive Monster Image credit:Massive Monster Its developers said they would and now we get to see what that means when the update launches on January 16th. Cult of the Lamb | Sins of the Flesh Update | January 16A release date trailer for the Sins Of The Flesh update....

HomeNewsIndustrial Annihilation Industrial Annihilation is a Planetary Annihilation successor with factory buildingNow seeking funding Now seeking funding Image credit:Galactic Annihilation Image credit:Galactic Annihilation Some of the makers of planet-tossing real-time strategy gamePlanetary Annihilationare working on a sequel, calledIndustrial Annihilation, which aims to blend together RTS combat with factory building. It’s now in its last week of investment funding and is aiming to release into early access sometime this spring. Here’s a “pre-alpha visualisation” from a couple months ago, which we completely missed at the time:...

HomeNewsArchaelund New RPG Archaelund is Elder Scrolls with its foot stuck in Final Fantasy TacticsOut now in early access Out now in early access Image credit:4 Dimension Games Image credit:4 Dimension Games You’ll explore its landscape in first-person, roving sandy plateaus and frontier towns that remind me ofMorrowind, at times. Bump into a foe, however, and your first-person perspective undergoes a fission reaction, splitting into a full group of warriors who are controlled in top down....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, January 9)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #212 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #212 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, monster collector with machineguns, will launch in Early Access this monthWhy make Pokémon fight when they could paint your house Why make Pokémon fight when they could paint your house Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair Of course, that release date announcement came with one last trailer: Palworld | Early Access Release Date Announcement Trailer | PocketpairPalworld’s release date announcement trailer.Watch on YouTube Palworld | Early Access Release Date Announcement Trailer | Pocketpair...

HomeNews From one Dark Place to another Image credit:Behaviour Interactive/Remedy Entertainment Image credit:Behaviour Interactive/Remedy Entertainment

HomeFeaturesThe Exit 8 The Exit 8 perfectly captures the surreal horror of navigating a busy tube stationKeep a watchful eye Keep a watchful eye Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kotake Create Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kotake Create If you’ve ever been to Shinjuku station in Japan, you know what it’s like to be transported to a dizzying realm of limbs and tickets and signage with myriad squiggly lines that make about as much sense as rainbow spaghetti that’s been hurled at a white rectangle....

HomeDeals The Ryzen 9 5950X remains a productivity monster - and now it’s 52% off in the UK16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 3 power. 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 3 power. Image credit:AMD Image credit:AMD When the Ryzen 9 5950X debuted in 2020, it was a staggeringly strong productivity and gaming CPU, with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 3 power for a princely £750. A little over three years later and next-gen Zen 4 CPUs are firmly here, but the 5950X remains the most powerful productivity CPU for the venerable AM4 platform....