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HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard The trick to Dragon Age’s lore is that the lore is lying, says original “uber-plot” writer David GaiderBut does Veilguard get us closer to a final answer? But does Veilguard get us closer to a final answer? Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Gaider recently spoke to Eurogamer’s Robert Purchese, aka The Lovely Bertie, about how he and BioWare came up with the setting. The result isa jolly article on world-building, from which I have dutifully plucked out some intriguing snippets....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1230): How to solve the Thursday October 31 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for October 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for October 31? 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!...

HomeNewsAnimal Use Protocol Animal Use Protocol asks: what if we put a happy little rat on Half Life 2’s gravity gun and gave it to a chimpanzee?The rat’s name is Trip The rat’s name is Trip Image credit:The Brotherhood Image credit:The Brotherhood When they’re not doing environmental art for projects likeWasteland 3, The Brotherhood have a history making enticingly odd games. Sinvery nearly likedStasis: Bone Totem, landing positive despite giving up after several hours....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Marine SP loadout and class setupHere’s the best Marine SP loadout in Black Ops 6 Here’s the best Marine SP loadout in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking to build the best Marine SP loadout in Black Ops 6?The Marine SP is one of two Shotguns in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6, and it’s the more traditional of the two....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 best quickscope loadout and class setupHere’s how to kill enemies instantly with the best quickscope loadout in Black Ops 6 Here’s how to kill enemies instantly with the best quickscope loadout in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking to build the best quickscope loadout in Black Ops 6?Quickscoping’s a different beast when compared to regular sniping....

HomeNews Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicle makes good on Ubisoft’s threat to coil out hot steaming NFT garbage straight into my innocent eyesYou wouldn’t FUNGE a TOKEN You wouldn’t FUNGE a TOKEN Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Konami Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Konami “Worthless,’ they’d declared. Most NFTs were ‘worthless.’ The greatest artistic movement since The Big BSoD, the greatest proof of the power of the blockchain, the very future of the whole funging Infobahn, and the hedgie soybean-counters say it’s all ‘worthless’,” once wrote thegreatest living prophet of our era....

HomeFeaturesRed Dead Redemption Hello Rockstar, please make an open world based on my unplayable Xbox edition of Red Dead RedemptionHow the West was Weird How the West was Weird Image credit:NaughtyMonk33 / Fandom Image credit:NaughtyMonk33 / Fandom I looked around and saw another rider proceeding along the canyon edge, his demeanour calm and his appearance normal save for his hat, which teleported along behind him. I drew in my breath to scream for help but there was no air, for air requires a three-dimensional volume, and I had left such petty Euclidean considerations behind....

HomeNewsSintopia In strategy game Sintopia you harvest a whole civilisation’s souls for your own custom-built hellDevil up Devil up Image credit:Team 17 / Piraknights Image credit:Team 17 / Piraknights Sintopia | Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Sintopia | Announcement Trailer French developers Piraknights describe themselves as “part pirates, part knights”, but I think they’re lying. In all my years of doing this, I’ve never heard of pirates and knights joining forces to make a video game....

HomeNewsIndiana Jones and the Great Circle Disclaimer: he really does hate these guys Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft The line between escapist entertainment and Problematic fantasycan be thin, but I think Indiana Jones’s dislike for the German National Socialist Party of the 1930s and 1940s is fairly clearcut. “Nazis - I hate these guys!” he says in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Let’s play Devil’s Advocate and try toLionel Hutzthat quote: “Nazis?...

HomeFeaturesLife is Strange: Double Exposure Max Caulfield is a terrible detective - I wish her all the bestBad cop, bad cop Bad cop, bad cop Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Square Enix Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Square Enix Lots of spoilers for Double Exposure ahead - you’ve been warned. A major theme of Life Is Strange is the inability to change the misfortunes of your life. Powers throughout the series are manifestations of trauma, a coping mechanism for all the stacking psychic damage that is smooshed upon protagonists like so much plot avocado on character toast....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Wed, October 30thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #506. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #506. 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! It’s a simple premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly difficult at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known trivia....

HomeNewsConcord Concoup de grace Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony have shut down Firewalk Studios, the developers behind ill-fated multiplayer hero shooterConcord, and confirmed that the game will not be returning to stores. In doing so, they are effectively striking a line through a big, red $200 million in their books - a number that some report is only part of the loss. “[Certain] aspects of Concord were exceptional,” said Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony’s Studio Business Group ina press releaseyesterday, “but others did not land with enough players, and as a result we took the game offline....

HomeNewsProject ARC The PUBG developers' new PVP shooter looks like top-down Rainbow Six Siege with a bit of Hotline MiamiFancy a different sort of trip down the PUB? Fancy a different sort of trip down the PUB? Image credit:Krafton Image credit:Krafton As mentioned above, the attacking team’s aim is to hack into a “hidden Crypt” on a map, all of which seem to be small buildings promoting close-quarters fights. To get to the crypt, they’re to use grenade launchers and “explosive hammers” to break through walls or get the jump on baddies....