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HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Tue, September 17thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #463. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #463. 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 17th September?...

HomeNewsEchostasis ECHOSTASIS’s curious and thoughtful horror doesn’t overlook the importance of an excellent shotgun[DOWNLOAD DEMO] [DOWNLOAD DEMO] Image credit:Enigma Studio Image credit:Enigma Studio ECHOSTASISis the third entry in Enigma’s Studio’shorrortrilogy, and it’s one of the more interesting games I’ve played this year. There’s a demoon Steam, and you should grab it if you’re interested, since everything I have to say about it is going to be a spoiler of some kind....

HomeReviewsFrostpunk 2 Frostpunk 2 review: I became a dictator because everyone was so goddamn annoyingOld town snowed Old town snowed Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios Frostpunk 2was an ambitious gambit. With survival achieved, and the introduction’s excellently sinister advisor whispering evil Tory ideas, the whole city you built inFrostpunkis now just the headquarters for a sprawling expansion effort, and your rule is no longer absolute....

HomeNewsSpellbreak I completely missed that ace wizard battle royale Spellbreak had been brought back from the deadFree community version outlives the acquisition of developers Proletariat, Inc Free community version outlives the acquisition of developers Proletariat, Inc Image credit:Proletariat, Inc Image credit:Proletariat, Inc Happily, it transpires that Proletariat have resurrected their creation and handed it over to posterity in the shape of a free standalone Community Version,available on Itch.io. You’ll need to host your own server or join another group if you want to play multiplayer, but all the same, this is a lovely gift and one I’m delighted to transmit unto you, the active and efficient Magenauts of Rockus Paperus Shottegonne....

HomeFeaturesMetaphor: ReFantazio Metaphor: ReFantazio almost has me sold on its bonkers bad guy designs aloneArmy of eww Army of eww Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Having played the opening hour of Altus’Metaphor: ReFantazio– now mere weeks away from its October 11th launch – I think it’s high time to correct a games previewing injustice. Namely, that the majority of its pre-release buzz has centred around its proximity toPersona, and not its far more entertaining quality of having the most gleefully bizarreRPGenemy design this side ofElden Ring’s horn-tooting orbpeople....

HomeFeaturesI Am Your Beast People’s heads keep exploding for no good reason in I Am Your Beast and I’m very much onboard with itSome of the reasons are good, to be fair Some of the reasons are good, to be fair Image credit:Strange Scaffold Image credit:Strange Scaffold Strange Scaffold’s newly releasedFPSI Am Your Beastis very fun for quite a few reasons, but chief among them is a deep appreciation for the poetry of good videogame violence....

Skip to the end Image credit:Safe Flight Games / Joey Schutz Image credit:Safe Flight Games / Joey Schutz While they’re obviously going square for the emoti-glands, the games appear quite mischievous in style. There’s one in which you wave frantically with the mouse cursor while your train pulls away, and another that looks a little like Earthbound in which you are a kid raising hell during a house move. Safe Flight’s two developers are both alumni of New York University Game Center....

HomeNewsBattlefield 2042 The next Battlefield is a return to the “peak era” of Battlefields 3 and 4, with a modern setting and smaller headcounts"We have to get back to the core of what Battlefield is," says Vince Zampella “We have to get back to the core of what Battlefield is,” says Vince Zampella Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Having shot up the near-future inBattlefield 2042, DICE and EA are using a modern-day setting with the next instalment of their militaryFPSseries....

HomeReviewsThe Plucky Squire The Plucky Squire review: a charming storybook adventure, but I wish it let you go full plucko modeUp all night to get plucky Up all night to get plucky Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Devolver Digital Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Devolver Digital Ireallywanted to likeaction adventureThe Plucky Squiremore than I do now, having given its charming 2D to 3D platforming a proper whirl. Yes, it’s lovely to look at. Yes, hopping out of a storybook and making friends with an illustration on a coffee mug is cool....

HomeReviewsUFO 50 UFO 50 review: a pixellated portrait of the 1980s that offers a strange sort of time travelA retroactive reimagining A retroactive reimagining Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Mossmouth Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Mossmouth UFO 50 - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube UFO 50 - Announcement Trailer It’s also a funny collection, full of jokes and pranks at the player’s expense. In one adventure game, tiles may fall on you without warning within seconds of your first movements....

HomeFeatures We should redefine live service games as the living deadBut which kinds of living dead? But which kinds of living dead? Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie Why is every blockbuster video game now some kind of live service game? Speaking as a clueless idiot, the explanation I find most convincing is that it’s an attempt to bridge the gap between the returns publishers want from video games, versus how much we’re able or willing to pay upfront....

HomeNewsWe Who Are About To Die We Who Are About To Die’s new update has finally given me the excuse I need to cowardly lob some rocks at the heads of seasoned opponentsTwo thumbs sideways Two thumbs sideways Image credit:Jordy Lakiere Image credit:Jordy Lakiere I am sure gladiator roguelikeRPGWe Who Are About To Die’s latest update is very nice, and its accompanying 30% celebratory discount even nicer. You can find thefull patch noteshere, and I’d be interested to hear how significant they are from the more fascina-pilled among you....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1186): How to solve the Tuesday September 17 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for September 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for September 17? 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!...