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Cthulhull breach! Image credit:No More Robots Image credit:No More Robots After a hard day’s editing articles about threeDisco Elysiumspiritual successors - eachmorepoliticallyoutspokenthan the last, in a kind of Sophisticated Pooh collage of escalating Marxism - I like to kick back with a nice chill game about Lovecraftian space monsters. Start your run playing ‘Lucid Proxima’ and command a fleet of ships through battle across the universe. Successful missions reward you with new artifacts to upgrade your ships, D....

HomeNewsKeep Driving Image credit:YCJY Games Image credit:YCJY Games “Post Voidis a masterpiece of compulsive motion and hypnotic, irresistible sounds,“wrote Sinof YCJY Games’s “orgiastic” shooter. “It does something to my brain that I’ve never experienced before.” The developer’s just-announcedKeep Drivingseems a lot less inclined to scramble your grey matter, though it’s partial to the old rose-tinted goggles. It’s a droll, backward-glancing andslightlyominous 2D managementRPGin which you drive to a music festival on the other side of the country....

HomeNewsMentari Mentari has you heal a petrified world through the power of sick dance movesHit the griddy, help the city Hit the griddy, help the city Image credit:indie.io Image credit:indie.io Indonesian indie developers stellarNULL have announced actionadventure gameMentari, a coming of age story about a magical girl who heals the world and fights baddies with the power of dance. As they attack you, you’ll hit them with sick twirls and the ‘ol two step, cleansing them of a sickness called the “Stillness”....

HomeHardwareFeaturesMetaphor: ReFantazio Metaphor: ReFantazio is bad for graphics nerds but good for the Steam DeckWhere we’re going, we don’t need anti-aliasing Where we’re going, we don’t need anti-aliasing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Steam Deck Academybrings together all our guides and explainers on getting the most out of your Steam Deck, no student loans or sweaty dormitories required. Few games demonstrate the disconnect between graphics and aesthetic likeMetaphor: ReFantazio....

HomeDeals Need more storage for your Steam Deck? This ideal TeamGroup 1TB micro SD is now heavily discounted at AmazonI’ve been using this micro SD card—it’s perfect for expanding Steam Deck storage with flawless performance. I’ve been using this micro SD card—it’s perfect for expanding Steam Deck storage with flawless performance. Maximizing storage for your Steam Deck or ROG Ally is, frankly, essential. While the built-in SSD handles most games well, few will truly push it to its limits, meaning agood micro SD card is often your best bet....

HomeNews Paradox respond to the accusation that they fix games with paid DLC - “we try to find a middle ground"Victoria 3 launching without proper warfare was a “fail”, acknowledges deputy CEO Victoria 3 launching without proper warfare was a “fail”, acknowledges deputy CEO Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Fire up the Steam page forStellaris, one of my favourite space sims, and you will see 28 pieces of DLC, ranging from free character portraits to £35 expansion passes that span a bunch of species and story packs....

HomeNews Steam will now warn customers at checkout that they’re only buying a digital license to a gameDue to coming California legislation Due to coming California legislation Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Steam now shows customers a message to let them know that they’re buying a license when making a purchase through the storefront, rather than any outright ownership. The change has been implemented internationally in response to new California legislation due to take effect next year....

HomeNews Sure, why not - third group of former Disco Elysium devs announce “revolutionary new RPG studio"With a worker’s co-operative structure that includes a “voice of the gamers” With a worker’s co-operative structure that includes a “voice of the gamers” Summer Eternal don’t have a name for their first RPG yet. They’re currently looking “to gather authors, writers, designers who previously worked together on Disco Elysium, as well as new talent, all of us who have yearned to work together on something completely fresh and original, and create a liberating space for us and other veteran RPG developers to finally, after many years, collectively start innovating again in this game space”....

HomeNewsTomb Raider IV-VI Remastered Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered will arrive in February 2025, perhaps make Angel Of Darkness playable at lastRIP in peace Core Design RIP in peace Core Design Image credit:Core Design/Aspyr Image credit:Core Design/Aspyr Tomb Raider 1-3 got theremaster treatmentearlier this year, and surprise surprise, nowTomb Raider IV-VI Remasteredis on the way. That’ll include Angel Of Darkness, of course, the entry of the sexology that could most obviously benefit from some TLC....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1210): How to solve the Friday October 11 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 11? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 11? 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!...

HomeNewsXXX Nightshift Yet another studio formed of Disco Elysium alumni has announced a cerebral sci-fi RPG, just to confuse youXXX gonna give it to you XXX gonna give it to you Image credit:Dark Math Games Image credit:Dark Math Games XXX Nightshift - Official Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube XXX Nightshift - Official Announcement Trailer Ah, sultry whispering. Yes, this basically seems like an ASMR rework of the waking scene in Disco Elysium, in which detective Harry DuBois wakes up slowly to the quarreling sounds of his limbic system and a sense of deep worthlessness....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Thu, October 10thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #486. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #486. 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 10th October?...

HomeNews Goat Simulator Remastered just looks like how I remember Goat Simulator lookingIbex your pardon Ibex your pardon Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Coffee Stain Publishing have fully revealedGoat Simulator Remastered, a spruced-up take on 2014’sopen world, ragdolling livestock sandbox with all of the original’s DLC included. I played a bit of this atGamescomin August, and while the trailer below is proof positive that the remaster does indeed look newer and shinier, in the moment I couldn’t shake the idea from my memory banks that this was just howGoat Simalwayslooked....