GTA Online is no longer supported by Steam Deck thanks to a slightly baffling Rockstar anti-cheat update

HomeNews Rockstar and Valve reportedly working to “find a fix” Image credit:Rockstar Games/Take-Two Image credit:Rockstar Games/Take-Two Rockstar added BattlEye Anti-Cheat toGTA 5and GTA Online in an update on Tuesday 17th September, together with options to disable the anti-cheat functionality for Story Mode play on the Rockstar Games Launcher or third-party launchers. In the process, support for Steam Deck play has fallen through like a police helicopter into a traffic jam....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 239 words · Rickey Smith

Here’s a demo for the Square Enix RPG remake that sounds a bit like anime Crusader Kings

HomeNewsRomancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven Here’s a demo for the Square Enix RPG remake that sounds a bit like anime Crusader KingsFight one of seven heroes in Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge Of The Seven Fight one of seven heroes in Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge Of The Seven Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix The mad lads at Square Enix have released a demo for their remake of 90sRPGRomancing SaGa 2: Revenge Of The Seven, in which you play a whole dynasty of customisable protagonists fighting vengeful ancient heroes....

September 19, 2024 · 4 min · 680 words · Chelsea Quinn

Minecraft console developer 4J Studios are making Reforj, their own open world survival game

HomeNewsReforj Image credit:4J Studios Image credit:4J Studios A few months ago, Minecraft’s original console developer 4J Studios showed off a new in-house engine they had created, called the Elements Engine. Now they’ve announced what game they’re making with it. It’s calledReforj, and it’s an “open-world multiplayer survival sandbox.” But it’s not aiming to be Minecraft 2, they say.The screenshot above is from a pre-alpha version of Reforj, which has no release date at this point....

September 19, 2024 · 5 min · 947 words · Kathryn Leach

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing the Palworld developers for "infringement of patent rights"

HomeNewsPalworld Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing the Palworld developers for “infringement of patent rights"Update: Pocketpair respond Update: Pocketpair respond Image credit:Eurogamer/Pocketpair Image credit:Eurogamer/Pocketpair Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the Palwoods and hunt large, electric yellow animals of entirely original design whose names rhyme with “peekaboo”, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have announced that they’re takingPalworlddevelopers Pocketpair to court for “infringement of patent rights”....

September 19, 2024 · 3 min · 474 words · Christopher Wilkerson

Revisit the shopping trolley pain of Jackass in racing game Slackers: Carts Of Glory

HomeNewsSlackers: Carts Of Glory Revisit the shopping trolley pain of Jackass in racing game Slackers: Carts Of GloryCart life Cart life Image credit:Falling Saints Image credit:Falling Saints How many bones have you broken? It sucks, the snapping sound they make is impolite. I prefer to break virtual, non-corporeal bones.Slackers: Carts Of Glorylooks like a co-conspirator in this endeavour. It’s basically that one bit in Jackass where the gang blast downhill in shopping trollies at great risk to their bodily and mental health, as is their wont....

September 19, 2024 · 6 min · 1077 words · Rebecca Ross

Store these system requirements in your head compartment before Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 takes off

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 Store these system requirements in your head compartment before Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 takes offThe head compartment is your brain The head compartment is your brain Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Me, I’m a simple sort. All I want from my flight simulators is an unerringly accurate recreation of dozens of aircraft, a perfect physics model that includes the spectacle of relevant weather events, and a complete, photorealistic and 1:1 scale depiction of the entire planet earth....

September 19, 2024 · 4 min · 851 words · Catherine Collins

The Bird Of A Thousand Voices is a simple, free and striking platformer weaving Armenian folk legends and fairy tales

HomeNews The Bird Of A Thousand Voices is a simple, free and striking platformer weaving Armenian folk legends and fairy talesPart of transmedia project including an album and stage show Part of transmedia project including an album and stage show Image credit:Koren Matevosyan Image credit:Koren Matevosyan Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird of a Thousand Voices (Game Teaser)Watch on YouTube Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird of a Thousand Voices (Game Teaser)...

September 19, 2024 · 1 min · 187 words · Amanda Price

The Lethal Company developer's next game is an open world where you can't see

HomeNewsWelcome To The Dark Place The Lethal Company developer’s next game is an open world where you can’t seeWelcome To The Dark Place, but not the Alan Wake kind Welcome To The Dark Place, but not the Alan Wake kind Image credit:Zeekerss / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Zeekerss / Rock Paper Shotgun Lethal Companywas one of last year’s surprisehorrorhits. It was a brilliant dystopian scavenging sim in which you searched cellars for bolts while avoiding the attentions of creatures that hate being looked at, or which only move when they’re not being looked at, or which look like your friends, from a distance....

September 19, 2024 · 2 min · 315 words · David Kennedy

Two Point Museum will open its doors to visitors in March 2025

HomeNewsTwo Point Museum Two Point Museum will open its doors to visitors in March 2025Pre-ordering? Now there’s an ancient relic Pre-ordering? Now there’s an ancient relic Image credit:Two Point Studios Image credit:Two Point Studios If I took my kid to a dinosaur museum and the gift shop and hallways were full of Sonic merchandise, I think I’d be kind of confused. I think that makes the inclusion of such items as pre-order bonuses forTwo Point Museum- alongside Knuckles staff costumes and Sonic-themed interactive exhibits - a pretty strong extra incentive not to pre-order....

September 19, 2024 · 5 min · 894 words · Sara Schroeder

Wordle hints and answer (#1188): How to solve the Thursday September 19 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1188): How to solve the Thursday September 19 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for September 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for September 19? 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!...

September 19, 2024 · 6 min · 1179 words · Martin Stuart

Connections hints and answers for Wed, September 18th

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Wed, September 18thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #464. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #464. 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 18th September?...

September 18, 2024 · 4 min · 729 words · Alexis Marsh

EA confirm that Respawn’s next Star Wars Jedi game will be the series’ “final chapter”

HomeNewsStar Wars Jedi: Survivor EA confirm that Respawn’s next Star Wars Jedi game will be the series’ “final chapter”Enough time for a Colonel O’Neill cameo? Enough time for a Colonel O’Neill cameo? Image credit:Creative Forge Image credit:Creative Forge As per EA’s recentgenerative AI tugathon, the third game in Respawn’sactionadventure Star Wars trilogy has been confirmed again to be in development. According to EA, it’ll be the “final chapter" in the now-trilogy, following 2019’sJedi Fallen Orderand 2023’sJedi Survivor....

September 18, 2024 · 2 min · 296 words · Laura Scott

Final Fantasy XVI’s wobbly Steam Deck performance gets it a failing grade from Valve

HomeHardwareNewsFinal Fantasy XVI Final Fantasy XVI’s wobbly Steam Deck performance gets it a failing grade from ValveHarsh but fair Harsh but fair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Having gone to bed last night withFinal Fantasy XVIinstalled yet unplayed on aSteam Deck, I awoke to find Valve have slapped the moodyRPGwith Unsupported status for the handheld. Its crime: an inability to “run well” on the Steam Deck’s internals, regardless of settings changes....

September 18, 2024 · 6 min · 1096 words · Erik Mitchell