HomeNewsLittle Kitty, Big City Here are the new Game Pass library additions for May 2024Five games arrive, eight games leave Five games arrive, eight games leave Image credit:Double Dagger Studio Image credit:Double Dagger Studio A new batch of games have been announced for Game Pass in May, including five that are playable on PC. There are siblings, felines, reapers, and a Croft. I’m struggling to identify a theme.Here are the first batch of games coming to Game Pass on PC in May 2024:Have A Nice Death - Today, April 30thTomb Raider: Definitive Edition - May 2ndKona II: Brume - May 7thLittle Kitty, Big City - May 9thBrothers: A Tale Of Two Sons - May 14thHave A Nice Deathis a compelling loop of roguelike hack-and-slashing, and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is the fancified first entry in Crystal Dynamics Lara-rebooting modern trilogy....

HomeFeaturesShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance I spent two hours getting beaten up in Shin Megami Tensei 5: VengeanceNeeded a welcome mat Needed a welcome mat Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Recently, I spent around two hours withShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, thePersona 5: Royal-fied version of the original SMT V. Vengeance promises many new things: a revised battle system, a new story branch, new areas, and more. What I found when I played, was several punches to my metaphorical ribs....

HomeNewsDeathbulge: Battle Of The Bands May’s RPS Game Club pick is… Deathbulge: Battle Of The BandsGet in losers, we’re going music-ing Get in losers, we’re going music-ing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deathbulge Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deathbulge According toour schedule, my pickDeathbulge: Battle Of The Bandsisn’t supposed to be up in theRPS Game Clubuntil June. So why am I here telling you about it? Ollie couldn’t doSid Meier’s Pirates! last month ‘cos he was sick, and this month he’s moving house or some other ridiculous made up thing that grown adults can no longer afford to do, so Deathbulge is stepping up to the plate....

HomeHardwareNews Razer to pay out over $1 million in refunds over its misleading (and hideous) Zephyr face maskUS regulator says no, that is not an N95 respirator after all US regulator says no, that is not an N95 respirator after all Image credit:Razer Image credit:Razer As early as the 2021press releaseannouncing it, with the initial name of Project Hazel, Razer had indeed suggested that the Zephyr would feature “N95 medical-grade respirator protection,” with much of the press – including, hands up,us– relaying the claim....

HomeNewsBeyond Galaxyland Retro RPG Beyond Galaxyland has vibrant pixel art and Pokémon’s creature collecting(In space) (In space) Image credit:Sam Enright Image credit:Sam Enright Beyond Galaxylandcomes from Sam Enright, whose talents look to lie firmly in this camp, with previous projectThe Greater Goodbeing a “homage to classic turn-based RPGs." In it, you’ll explore multiple planets - “teeming jungles, neon-lit cities, and cybernetic casinos” and fight in a tactical turn based battles. You can also indulge in a little indentured animal servitude....

HomeNewsStarfield Todd Howard says Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC arrives “in the fall”, update fixing stupid map “really soon"A released game may eventually be good A released game may eventually be good Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Wow, rememberStarfield? I do, just about, although any interest in it feels like a distant dream now. But not to Todd Howard! The Bethesboss had a chat withKinda Funnyand confirmed that Shattered Space, the first big DLC for the brave little spaceRPGthat could, has a release window of “in the fall”....

HomeNewsTekken 8 Of course it’s Eddy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Entertainment The bot has been affectionately named “3ddy”, after the single button it presses - a 3 on the joystick, which corresponds to a Tekken character’s left leg. He has reached the orange-coloured titles in ranked mode, sitting on “Vanquisher” at the time of going to press. That’s perseverance many human players lack, myself included....

HomeNews Image credit:XunHe1145 (via X) Image credit:XunHe1145 (via X) A team of enterprising modders are looking to unite two of the internet’s favourite dating games -Baldur’s Gate 3andStardew Valley- in one beautiful thirst trap. The mod set to launch a thousands AO3 ships is Baldur’s Village, which transports your favourite adventuring companions to the pastoral climes of Stardew’s farming towns. Baldur’s Gate 3 Was Worth The WaitNow that Baldur’s Gate 3 has left early access, vid bud Liam reckons it was worth the wait....

HomeNews Don’t expect Ori 3 anytime soon, as devs say they’ll be working on No Rest for the Wicked for up to a decade“No Rest for the Wicked is like our Lord of the Rings” “No Rest for the Wicked is like our Lord of the Rings” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Private Division Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Private Division If you’re holding out hope for anotherOri and the Blind Forestsequel afterWill of the Wisps, bad news: it’s probably going to be a while....

HomeNewsDungeons of Hinterberg Dungeons of Hinterberg, Zelda meets Persona in the Alps, gets a playtest next month ahead of July release dateSlay a day Slay a day Image credit:Microbird Image credit:Microbird Dungeons of Hinterberg’s alpine mix of dungeon-crawling and relationship-tending will be upon us this summer, with the fetching cel-shaded blend ofZeldaandPersonanow having a fresh release date announcement for July. Before then, though, we’ll all be able to spend a couple of days socialising and monster-slaying in the Alps next month thanks to a public playtest....

HomeFeaturesEcho Weaver Echo Weaver is an Outer Wilds-inspired metroidvania in which the only resource is timeClone survivor Clone survivor Image credit:Moonlight Kids Image credit:Moonlight Kids “All of the gates, all the progression, all the unlocks - it’s only knowledge,” says Chris Sumsky, one of three developers working on the game at MoonlightKids. “So everything you can ever do, you already can do, you just don’t know how to do it. If you think likeOuter Wilds, or Tunic, orThe Witness, where it’s all just secrets and knowledge - it’s that idea merged with platforming, movement tech, speedrunning, things like that....

HomeNewsEscape from Tarkov Escape From Tarkov studio boss says he “did not foresee” players would get mad about charging extra for PvEAlso thanks players for “your time, love and hate” Also thanks players for “your time, love and hate” Image credit:Battlestate Games Image credit:Battlestate Games The Escape From Tarkov developers' efforts to escape from a DLC paywall quagmire of their own quagmiring continue with an update and apology from Battlestate chief operational officer Nikita Buyanov, who says he “did not foresee” the adverse reaction to selling a new PvE mode as part of a new special edition, after telling purchasers of a previous edition they’d get “all subsequent DLC” for free....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 patch makes life hellish indeed for smaller parties, but also makes maps more fun to exploreSorry solo players Sorry solo players Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation Hell, it turns out, isn’t always a bubbly pool of magma where like, devils prod you with forks. There is a second hell inHelldivers 2, a hell made up of wartorn planets and soldiers who fight bile-spewing bugs and robots....