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HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Mon, October 14thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #490. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #490. 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 14th October?...

HomeReviewsDiablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred review: mildly pleasant clicking in very pretty junglesThey’re all passive skills, Terry They’re all passive skills, Terry Image credit:Blizzard/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Blizzard/Rock Paper Shotgun Write travel journalism to imaginary places, my spaghettionce spelled out. Do package holidays count? In Nahantu’s jungles, I linger to take shots of vines spilling from verdigris-kissed cages, of footfall-slicked stone paths and mesoamerican mosaics. EvenVessel Of Hatred’s malignancy feels like a grimly gorgeous tourist trap....

HomeNewsWebfishing Fishing games don’t come much cuter than the Animal Crossing style island of WebfishingFrom scritches to riches From scritches to riches Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / lamedeveloper Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / lamedeveloper What is the cutest type of eyeball? This question has plagued the games industry since Nintendo first allowed millions of unsupervised children to play god with Mii avatars and their customisable peepers. In low-stakes fishing gameWebfishing, you can give your fuzzy avatar one of 33 styles of eye (I counted)....

HomeNewsSektori Geometry Wars and techno live on in Sektori’s demo, but you probably won’t for longBeat the beat Beat the beat Image credit:Kimmo Factor Oy / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Kimmo Factor Oy / Rock Paper Shotgun Sektori - Action TrailerWatch on YouTube Sektori - Action Trailer The full game will have a variety of modes, including a traditional arcade campaign for the purists, and a choice of ships and modifiers....

HomeNewsLonely Mountains: Snow Riders Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is a slick ski ‘em up, if its demo is any indicationIt’s a slippy slidey ice world out there It’s a slippy slidey ice world out there Image credit:Megagon Industries Image credit:Megagon Industries 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.One of the most important lessons in skiing is, presumably, to look where you’re going....

HomeFeaturesMÖRK BORG Heresy Supreme Mörk Borg Heresy Supreme’s Morbidware on making failure fun, even when you’re cursed to wander the land as a goblinTälk Borg Tälk Borg Image credit:Morbidware Image credit:Morbidware Both part of Italy’s “not very big” developer community, Morbidware’s Diego Sacchetti and Misbug have known each other for a long time, but hadn’t had the chance to collaborate together until 2019’sThe Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia- a bullet hell where you dodge projectiles and type in exorcisms to banish demons....

HomeReviewsNeva Neva review: a Ghibli-esque platformer with tight visuals and loose combatA step above Gris in ambition and execution A step above Gris in ambition and execution Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Devolver Digital Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Devolver Digital Nevais the Sophomore effort from Nomada Studio, who you may remember from their beautiful, dreamy platformerGris. Neva is not a literal sequel to Gris, but it certainly seems to be one in a spiritual sense, as it, too, is a floaty hand-illustrated platformer fond of metaphor....

HomeNewsExekiller Semi-open world FPS ExeKiller is a mix of cyberpunk and Wild West with a 1970s-style hovercarCowborg life sim Cowborg life sim Image credit:Null Games Image credit:Null Games Sometimes, a game needs an original premise before I’ll write it up, and sometimes, it just needs a flying car, or a slick revolver with chambers outlined in mouthwatering red neon. Say hello toExeKiller, which I am filing under “not new, but news to me”....

HomeNewsBeyond These Stars Space whale city builder Beyond These Stars now lets you visit planets, but not in a colonial waySlips back to 2025 release Slips back to 2025 release Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse Space whale citybuilderBeyond These Starshas been delayed till 2025, developers Balancing Monkey Games have announced, for there are too many monkeys to balance, and too many astral cetaceans to wrangle before the early access launch....

HomeNews420BlazeIt 2 The most obnoxious shooter you vaguely remember has returned in 420BlazeIt 2lol wtf?? lol wtf?? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Normal Wholesome Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Normal Wholesome Games Now I’m going to ask you to come back to the present. But prepare for a bit of a shock - there’s a sequel coming to that bong huffing shooter.420BlazeIt 2has been announced for some months, but now there’s a demo you can play too....

HomeNewsTrip Trip is a pleasant train journey with normal folk, like this unblinking child who speaks only in dark symbolsThat tracks That tracks Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Bastinus Rex Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Bastinus Rex TRIP - TeaserWatch on YouTube TRIP - Teaser Oh, all right, I’ll admit it. Trip is actually a dreamlike mystery that throws several curveballs at you quite quickly. Why do all these carriages look so familiar?...

HomeNewsUntil Dawn Until Dawn actors hint at a sequel, but there’s reason to be scepticalWendigo againdigo Wendigo againdigo Image credit:Supermassive Games Image credit:Supermassive Games I loved the originalUntil Dawn- a spruced-uphorrortake on those old FMV adventure games, with just the right mix of B-movie self awareness and creature feature scares. I was very close to buying the recent remake, actually, until I watched the extended prank scene online and realized, oh no, they’re taking themselves seriously now....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1213): How to solve the Monday October 14 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for October 14? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for October 14? 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!...