HomeNewsGuild Wars 2 There are gamer-branded flower seeds now - thank you, Guild Wars 2Paging doctor gamerthumb Paging doctor gamerthumb Image credit:SeedSaga Image credit:SeedSaga When I was a wee lad, my grandfather, an avid gardener, walked with me down to the end of his immaculately tended botanical kingdom, and bid I look upon his favourite flowers, bright blooms of Geraniums. He was a humble man, but even he could not disguise his pride at how wonderfully full and rich their colours and forms had come in this year....

HomeFeaturesTotal War: Warhammer III Total Warhammer 3 without touching grass: unlikely allies, money troubles, and bilge ratsVampirate diaries, part II Vampirate diaries, part II Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly Avast, me hearty bowls of soup! Welcome back to Plundertales, a chronicling of my journey to beststrategy gameTotal War: Warhammer 3as vampire pirate Count Noctilus without ever touching grass. When we last saw Noctilus, he’d just received a challenge from his ancient rival Gentlemen Jenkins, crudely scrawled on the rear of a carrier pigeon (I had to google ‘do birds have buttocks?...

HomeNewsDépanneur Nocturne Visit a mystical Montreal corner shop in this lovely little indie gameIt’s taken me four years to post Dépanneur Nocturne but it’s still great It’s taken me four years to post Dépanneur Nocturne but it’s still great Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/KO_OP Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/KO_OP Need anything from the shop? Mushroom milk? Fresh tarts? Mystical bejewelled skull? I’m just popping out toDépanneur Nocturne, a lovely little game which came out in 2020 and I kept forgetting to post about....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1028): How to solve the Friday April 12 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for April 12? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for April 12? 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!...

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 $70 titles are doomed to go “the way of the dodo” says Saber Interactive CEO$70 games with beaks and feathers? Sign me up! $70 games with beaks and feathers? Sign me up! The $70 release day price for standard AAA titles is both unsustainable and on the way out, claims Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch, viaan interviewwith IGN reporter Rebekah Valentine.Speaking to Valentine, Karchreckoned in publicthat the $70 game is “going to go the way of the dodo" because it isn’t “sustainable”....

HomeNewsDead Space (remake) Dead Space remake devs had ideas for a brand new Dead Space game before EA shelved the series, claims reportA “new entry”, not a Dead Space 2 remake A “new entry”, not a Dead Space 2 remake Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Developers atDead Space remakecreators EA Motive were pushing to make a “new entry” in the sci-fihorrorseries before EA shelved it last year, according to the latest in a recent outbreak of Dead Spacey rumours and revelations that have spread through the bulkheads of the internet, coating everybody’s devices with necrotic slime....

HomeFeatures Prince Of Persia’s creator has seen the series “struggle to find its identity” at Ubisoft, but thinks they’ve finally found an elegant solutionJordan Mechner on the sands of time, and making games based in history Jordan Mechner on the sands of time, and making games based in history In the mind of Jordan Mechner, the sands of time flow both ways. It happens even when he doesn’t mean it to....

HomeNewsShadows of Doubt Shadows Of Doubt update adds gated communities and snipers, making it even more of a reverse Hitman gameStage an Intervention Stage an Intervention Image credit:Fireshine Games Image credit:Fireshine Games Revealed during yesterday’s Triple-i Initiative, procedurally generated detective simShadows Of Doubtlargest update yet is playable right now. Dubbed “The Sharpshooter Assassin”, the the patch introduces two new killer variants, both snipers who’ll blast lead from vantage points around the city....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 14: battle royales, Vampire Survivor, and trend chasingI’m too cool to ever copy trends I’m too cool to ever copy trends Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment This weekLeague Of Legendsteased a PvEVampire Survivors-like mode, and recently World Of Warcraft revealed a limited time PvEvP battle royale with pirates. What’s going on? Is chasing trends a bit of a risky click? Should Age Of Empires II get a battle royale mode?...

HomeNews The Fallout TV show’s Season 1 is now available to streamEight episodes of Pip-Boys, power armour and daddy issues Eight episodes of Pip-Boys, power armour and daddy issues Image credit:Amazon Prime Video Image credit:Amazon Prime Video Amazon and Bethesda’sFalloutTV show is now available to stream over Amazon’s Prime subscription service. Picture it: the post-apocalyptic America of Fallout, radroaches and stimpacks and all, except that this being a TV adaptation, the first hour doesn’t consist entirely of trying to persuade Bethesda’s face editor not to make your character look like their soul has been sucked out....

HomeFeaturesThe Troop The Rally Point: Humble turn-based wargame The Troop is top of its WW2 classBetting your hedges Betting your hedges Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PLA Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PLA Studios For someone so skeptical of taxonomy, I sure love a good subgenre dive. That’s partly because it’s so easy to find a healthy one now, and there’s a joy in shearing down multiple times and still finding material. You can start from “strategy games are in a good state” and go all the way down to “Turn-based strategy wargames that balance detailed simulation with accessibility and are set in World War 2” and still find several strong entries from the last few years....

HomeNewsSky: Children of the Light The studio behind Journey have brought their “peaceful” MMO Sky: Children Of The Light to PCFree-to-play now on Steam Early Access Free-to-play now on Steam Early Access Image credit:thatgamecompany Image credit:thatgamecompany It’s been lovely to see Thatgamecompany bring the likes ofJourneyandFlowerto PC, following their debuts on other platforms long before, and oh look here comes their latest too.Sky: Children Of The Lightis now available free-to-play in early access on Steam, inviting everyone to explore a pretty world full of pretty sights and sounds in this “peaceful” MMO....

HomeNewsTiny Tires Tiny Tires picks up the legacy of the classic Micro Machines racing seriesSomething I played when I was young and am therefore fond of if blissfully ignorant of their actual quality Something I played when I was young and am therefore fond of if blissfully ignorant of their actual quality Image credit:Jon Kristinsson Image credit:Jon Kristinsson The legally distinct Cheerios inTiny Tires, the upcoming miniature racing game that looks to be a loving homage toMicro Machines, have their own physics....