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HomeGuidesMetaphor: ReFantazio All 46 Archetypes in Metaphor ReFantazio and how to unlockHere are all 46 possible Archetypes to choose from Here are all 46 possible Archetypes to choose from Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Looking for a list of all Archetypes in Metaphor ReFantazio?There is a huge roster of Archetypes inMetaphor ReFantazioto choose from -a total of 46altogether. This includes standard Archetypes and more advancedRoyal Archetypes, which you can unlock as you progress through the game....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Wed, October 16thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #492. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #492. 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 16th October?...

HomeNewsBuilding Relationships I am happy to report that Building Relationships has more than one joke, and most of them are pretty goodSolid foundations Solid foundations Image credit:Tan Ant Games/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Tan Ant Games/Rock Paper Shotgun You might have caught this one duringDay Of The Devsearlier this year. It’s stuck with me since because the developer Tanat seemed like a rad dude, and also because there’s nothing I cherish more than taking a bad pun and just absolutely going to town on it, marrow and all....

HomeNewsStraftat I hope Straftat is 2024’s breakout shooter, because the demo’s 25 maps are gloriously unwholesomeThe ghosts of FPS past, present and future The ghosts of FPS past, present and future Image credit:Lemaitre Bros Image credit:Lemaitre Bros “Do you have a ping of 1000 or something,” my opponent asked, during my inaugural bout ofStraftat. Ah yes, this is it, that sense of unpleasantly intimate sheepishness.That’s the withering late-90s chatbox scorn I’ve been missing, in this age of glossy live service multiplayer....

HomeNewsKeep Driving Keep Driving made me nostalgic for road trips I’ve never been on and places I’ve never seen(Deftones reference) (Deftones reference) Image credit:YCJY Games Image credit:YCJY Games This week, we’re highlighting the best demos you can play duringSteam Next Fest, which is running October 14th-21st. We’re calling thisWishlisted, in partnership with Eurogamer and VG247.I’ve never learnt to drive, and while I’ve always told myself it’s impractical - unnecessary, expensive, potentially dangerous for someone with undiagnosed but, I suspect, incredibly likely dyspraxia - I’m not sure it’ll ever stop being one of those quiet regrets; the ambient type that don’t really bubble to the surface much unless I’m watching aNoah Gervais road tripvideo, but just float there and make my mood like, 1....

HomeNewsKnights in Tight Spaces Knights In Tight Spaces kicks the Tight Fight formula in the direction of fantasy role-playingNew Steam demo introduces clerics and rogues New Steam demo introduces clerics and rogues Image credit:Raw Fury / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Raw Fury / Rock Paper Shotgun The existence ofKnights In Tight Spaces, sequel toFights In Tight Spaces, implies the existence of an unknown quantity or perhaps, aninfinityof follow-up games that rhyme with both of those....

HomeNewsExodus Every sci-fi RPG needs its body horror Borg equivalent Image credit:Archetype Entertainment Image credit:Archetype Entertainment Archetype Entertainment and Blur Studio’s spaceRPGExoduswasannounced back in December, and was broadly notable for a couple of things: 1) Matthew McConaughey plays a character, and 2) the game’s story is woven around time dilation during faster than light travel, with star-hopping adventurers prosecuting a fight against evil Celestials over hundreds, perhaps thousands of years....

HomeFeaturesNo More Room in Hell 2 No More Room In Hell 2 nails the terror of being isolated in a zombie outbreak, although you can just hide on a table if you wantIt’s safe up here It’s safe up here Image credit:Torn Banner Image credit:Torn Banner Ah, what a pickle I’ve gotten myself into. I need to climb down from this table if I’m ever going to meet up with my teammates and finish the game, but the stupid zombies cannot get me if I stay up here....

HomeNews Riot lay off more workers for the second time in a year - and add “evolving” to our big list of nonsense words companies use to describe job cuts32 people are out of work 32 people are out of work “This isn’t about reducing headcount to save money,” said Merrill ina post on Xitter, “it’s about making sure we have the right expertise so that League continues to be great for another 15 years and beyond....

HomeNews Twitch gives streamer a reported 14-day ban for saying he’s OK with the genocide of PalestiniansAsmongold slapped down for racist tirade Asmongold slapped down for racist tirade Content warning for hate speech in the paragraphs ahead. Asmongold appears to agree that Israel’s actions are genocide, but he seemingly thinks the Palestinians deserve it, based on his own, sweepingly racist assessments of Islam and of Palestinian culture. “These people are not your allies,” he went on....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1215): How to solve the Wednesday October 16 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for October 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for October 16? 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!...

HomeNewsDieseldome: Oil And Blood Blood-crazed arena FPS Dieseldome takes DOOM Eternal and rams it into GladiatorARE YOU NOT ENTERTAAAARGH ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAAAARGH Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / GHST Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / GHST Studios My name is Edwinus Evans Thirlwellus, Commander of the News Writers of the North, General of a small lonely box of unpainted Warhammer 40,000 Orc figures I was given for my 21st birthday, and loyal servant to thetrueemperor, Timmy Mallett....

HomeNewsCommandos: Origins Commandos Origins looks like a solid and satisfying return for the legendary tactics seriesFinally, some action Finally, some action Image credit:Kalypso/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Kalypso/Rock Paper Shotgun My earliest memory of theCommandosseries of tacticalstealth gameswas my dad bringing home a box copy of the original. “The missions take months. Months!” his mate had told him. Get less shit mates, thought I, for I had already played it elsewhere, and knew that the missions took mere minutes if you put the game on easy then rushed your objectives, bonking nazis along the way....