HomeNews Predator and Friday The 13th devs IllFonic have “refined” an unspecified number of jobs out of existenceA few more layoffs before Xmas A few more layoffs before Xmas Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment / IllFonic Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment / IllFonic Friday The 13th: The Game andPredator: Hunting Groundsdevelopers Illfonic have announced that they’ve laid off an unspecified number of staff as they “re-align” to “a refined strategy”. No reasons for the layoffs are given in the statement, beyond a cursory gesture towards “the state of the industry”....

HomeReviewsThe Thing: Remastered The Thing: Remastered review: a fantastic remaster of a game best observed from a distanceKurt Sussel Kurt Sussel Image credit:Nightdive/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Nightdive/Rock Paper Shotgun Nightdive, you done good.The Thing: Remasteredis an ultra-sharp and commendably playable update to a game that history will remember as ‘actually a pretty good pick at Choices when you really just popped in to get some Revels but got embarrassed when the till staffer said “is that everything?...

HomeNewsTotal Chaos Total Chaos is a grimy horror FPS from the Turbo Overkill devsOriginally conceived as an overhaul mod for Doom 2 Originally conceived as an overhaul mod for Doom 2 Image credit:Apogee Entertainment Image credit:Apogee Entertainment I think It’s safe to say that Trigger Happy Interactive’s upcoming survivalhorrorTotal Chaosis a bit of a palette change from their last offering - the frenetic, neon-drenched, chainsaw-leggedTurbo Overkill. Still, it’s not often we see psychological horror combined with ultraviolence, and anything that gives off even a whiff ofCondemned: Criminal Originshas my attention....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1265): How to solve the Thursday December 5 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 5? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 5? 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 Thursday 26th December!...

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Wilds Yes, Capcom heard you loud and clear about the dodgy hitstop in Monster Hunter Wilds beta - and they’ve tweaked it for the full releaseBonk Bonk Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom Monster Hunter Wilds: 4th Trailer | Release Date Reveal (Extended Kut)Watch on YouTube Monster Hunter Wilds: 4th Trailer | Release Date Reveal (Extended Kut) “Some of the changes in the hitstop were obviously intentional, and some were not implemented due to the settings of the game,” director Yuya Tokuda said at a recent press event,via GamesRadar....

HomeNewsCairn You can play the demo for heavy-breathing open world mountain climber Cairn nowDeath climbing Death climbing Image credit:The Game Bakers Image credit:The Game Bakers “So, you’ve fallen off a mountain,” strikes me as a brilliant book to write and then stock in every mountainside gift shop across the land, purely for the image of a falling climber rapidly scanning the pages as they tumble comically to their doom, searching for the one piece of sage advice that might alleviate their predicament....

HomeGuidesInfinity Nikki Infinity Nikki release timeFind the Infinity Nikki release date and time according to your time zone Find the Infinity Nikki release date and time according to your time zone Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames Looking for the Infinity Nikki release time?Blurring the line between open-world adventure game and dress-up sim,Infinity Nikkiis the perfect game for explorers with a great sense of style. If you’d like to be one of them, be ready to enter the magical world of Infinity Nikki between December 4 and 5....

HomeNewsAstrometica Subnautica clone Astrometica is the most flagrant rip-off I’ve played in a year that also contains PalworldSea of stars Sea of stars Image credit:RockGame S.A. Image credit:RockGame S.A. It’s got its own close variations on Subnautica’s fonts, Subnautica’s tubular habitats and building interface, Subnautica’s curvy, slightly luminous gadgetry, Subnautica’s softly contoured menus, even a fair approximation of Subnautica’s lilting, characterless music. Based on a quick 20 minutes with the Steam demo, being set the other side of an atmosphere is theonlything that differentiates Astrometica from the Unknown Worldssurvivalsim - OK, that and perhaps the gentlest drizzling ofHardspace: Shipbreakerin the ability to melt the locks off cargo pods in zero gravity....

HomeNews The creators of Jett and Sword & Sworcery are making a 2D mystery action gameMight be out in 2027 Might be out in 2027 Image credit:Superbrothers Image credit:Superbrothers Jett: The Far Shoreand Sword & Sworcery developers Superbrothers are making a new “2D mystery action pixel videogame”, in partnership with an unnamed publisher. In what feels almost like a pivot away from the developers' previous, magnificently hipster experiments, it’s billed as “satisfyingly finite, immediately legible, entertaining, funny, and generally satisfying for a broad audience”....

HomeFeaturesDeep Rock Galactic: Survivor The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 4thWe really dig it We really dig it Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS If you’re the naughty sort, legend has it that on Christmas Eve a portly bearded chap will descend down your chimney and leave behind a lump of coal. The dwarven heroes of today’s game are much the same, except instead of using the chimney they will deploy pickaxes and power tools to burrow straight through your living room wall, and will make off with any minerals in the house rather than leaving them behind in a sock....

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s XDefiant Ubisoft shut down multiplayer shooter XDefiant and lay off hundreds who worked on itGames as a service “remains a pillar of our strategy” Games as a service “remains a pillar of our strategy” Ubisoft have discontinued their PvP shooterXDefiantand laid off roughly 277 employees at the studios who worked on the multiplayer game. “[We’ve] not been able to attract and retain enough players in the long run to compete at the level we aim for in the very demanding free-to-play FPS market,” said Ubisoft executive Marie-Sophie de Waubert in a statement to workers that was later postedon Ubisoft’s website....

HomeNewsShadows of Doubt You can grab Shadows Of Doubt, Citizen Sleeper and more in Jingle Jam’s 2024 bundle, and support eight worthy causes19 games for 35 nicker 19 games for 35 nicker Image credit:ColePowered Games Image credit:ColePowered Games “Bestest best?! We’ll have that!” is how I imagine detectiveimmersive simShadows Of Doubtmade it on the roster for the Jingle Jam 2024 charity bundle. “RPS have never steered us wrong before!” they said, thus cementing our reputation as the most selflessly heroic gaming website, seven years running....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 3rdNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #540. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #540. 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 and answers for Thursday 26th December! It’s a simple premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly difficult at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known trivia....