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HomeReviewsBreachway Breachway early access review: a graceful reinvention of starship combat as a question of taut deckbuildingWho’s for a game of Picards? Who’s for a game of Picards? Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse The beauty of cards is that they can be anything. You can slap together a working game with them in a couple of minutes. Take 12 blanks, doodle some faces and landscapes, and lo, you have a procedural narrative generator....

HomeNewsClowned King Clowned King is a Fire Emblem-inspired RPG in which you lead a whole party of clownsInfinite jester Infinite jester Image credit:Moonana Image credit:Moonana I must confess, it was not till this very hour that I envisaged the possibility of anRPGparty consisting exclusively of clowns. There’s a fine tradition of clown characters in RPGs - Sylvando fromDragon QuestXI, Harle from Chrono Cross, the Jester inDarkest Dungeon- but a whole party’s worth?...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Fri, September 27thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #473. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #473. 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 27th September?...

HomeNewsDeadlock Deadlock cheaters are being turned into frogs as players get chance to vote on their fateLong sticky tongue in cheek Long sticky tongue in cheek Image credit:Poggu / Valve Image credit:Poggu / Valve “Added an initial Anti-Cheat detection system,” said developer “Yoshi” in the changelog posted on the game’sofficial-but-kinda-half-hidden-behind-the-bins forum. “When a user is detected as cheating, during the game session the opponents will be given a choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterwards....

HomeReviewsGrunn Grunn review: I was lied to, this very good gardening game is not normal at allDo not cut the white flowers! Do not cut the white flowers! Image credit:Sokpop/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Sokpop/Rock Paper Shotgun As befits the “very normal gardening game” thatpuzzlymystery boxGrunnwinkingly bills itself as, the first tool I obtained was a pair of shears. The second tool I obtained was a trumpet. It doesn’t really work like a trumpet, and it does things no regular trumpet could or should do....

HomeNewsHirogami Print isn’t dead, insists origami platformer Hirogami, in which you fight a digital BlightFold news Fold news Image credit:Kakehashi Games Image credit:Kakehashi Games What exact percentage of unacknowledged irony is it when a digital game wants to sing the praises of paper-based art in the context of a story about fighting off a “blight” of digital creatures? If you were serious about that moral,Hirogami, you’d actually be printed on hammered-down treemulch....

HomeHardwareFeatures Razer’s Wolverine V3 Pro wants to make gamepads more mouse-likeA clicky controller that shares DNA – and actual parts – with the Razer Viper A clicky controller that shares DNA – and actual parts – with the Razer Viper Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun We’ve known for years that consoles have simply become preboxed PCs, and now look: we’re getting into their controllers as well. The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro (and its wired cousin, the Wolverine V3 Tournament Edition) has looked to desktop peripherals in search of superior button-bashing, cannibalising the rather goodRazer Vipergaming mouse series for its switches....

HomeHardwareFeatures Should you bother with… dual-mode monitors?The best of both sharp 4K and fast 1080p, or just silly frankenscreens? The best of both sharp 4K and fast 1080p, or just silly frankenscreens? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Two monitor-themedShould You Bother Withsin a row? Normally my desire for editorial heterogeneity wouldn’t allow it, but whileultrawide screenshave been around for donkeys' years, 2024 seems to be welcoming a genuinely new take on gaming displays: the dual-mode monitor....

HomeNewsSystem Purge: Hollow Point System Purge: Hollowpoint is a maddening platformer, but the good kind of maddeningThe hop is exquisite The hop is exquisite Image credit:Actual Nerds Image credit:Actual Nerds Alice Bee (RPS in peace)wrote aboutplatformerSystem Purgea while back, saying it starred a witch with a nice hop. So I tried out the demo for its sequel,System Purge: Hollow Point, and can confirm that the witch still has a nice hop....

HomeNewsStarCraft The ghost of StarCraft: Ghost endures as a new shooter set in the RTS universe is in the works at BlizzardOutstanding Outstanding Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Ghosts of the Past Trailer - StarCraft II: Wings of LibertyWatch on YouTube Ghosts of the Past Trailer - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty This’ll be Blizzard’s third attempt at a Starcraft shooter. Nihilistic Software’s Ghost was announced in 2002, put on indefinite hold in 2006, then officially cancelled 8 years later in 2014....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1196): How to solve the Friday September 27 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for September 27? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for September 27? 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!...

HomeNewsThreads of Time Airships, dinosaurs, and robots meet in “spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger” RPG Threads Of TimeClocked it Clocked it Image credit:Riyo Games Image credit:Riyo Games Threads of Time | Official Announce Trailer | TGS 2024Watch on YouTube Threads of Time | Official Announce Trailer | TGS 2024 News of theRPGhas actually been floating around for a while now, with Riyo sharinga little snippeton Reddit a year or so ago....

HomeGuidesRoblox Anime Vanguards codes January 2025: Free Gems and TraitsRedeem these Roblox Anime Vanguards codes for free Trait Rerolls, Gems, and more Redeem these Roblox Anime Vanguards codes for free Trait Rerolls, Gems, and more Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kitawari Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kitawari Looking for all the newest Roblox Anime Vanguards codes?Anime Vanguards is one of the hottestRobloxgames out there right now, and using codes will earn you all sorts of free rewards to help you defeat the ever-growing hordes of enemies that assail your units....