League Of Legends is getting a Vampire Survivors-like PVE mode

HomeNewsLeague of Legends League Of Legends is getting a Vampire Survivors-like PVE modeArriving later this year Arriving later this year Image credit:Riot Games Image credit:Riot Games AhhhLeague Of Legends, a MOBA that occupied my university years. While I’d argue climbing the ranked ladder with my housemates were some of the best game moments I’ve ever had, I’d also argue giving up League was necessary. I became too involved, too close to the toxicity....

April 9, 2024 · 2 min · 272 words · Michael Brown

NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, April 9)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, April 9)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #303 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #303 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! Want a hint for Connections today?...

April 9, 2024 · 3 min · 578 words · Jessica Villarreal

NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, April 10)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, April 10)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #304 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #304 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! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

April 9, 2024 · 3 min · 576 words · Bruce Mcintosh

The RPS Game Club pick for April is Lethal Company!

HomeNewsLethal Company The RPS Game Club pick for April is Lethal Company!Glory to The Company! Glory to The Company! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Zeekerss Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Zeekerss This month’sRPS Game Clubpick isLethal Company, the indie co-ophorror gamewhere you must collect scrap for a mysterious Company or face the ultimate penalty… being fired. Oh, and death. For the observant readers out there, you’ll notice that we’ve bumpedLethal Companyup in theRPS Game Club calendar....

April 9, 2024 · 2 min · 231 words · Heather Robertson

World's best/worst wizard physics sim Noita gets terrifying update featuring white holes and... cheese?

HomeNewsNoita World’s best/worst wizard physics sim Noita gets terrifying update featuring white holes and… cheese?Also new bosses, a new biome and new modding features Also new bosses, a new biome and new modding features Image credit:Nolla Games Image credit:Nolla Games Noita! A wizardly 2D dungeon crawler without compare, in both good and deranging ways. Man, it feels like only yesterday I equipped something without looking and suddenly everything that damaged me caused me to teleport at random....

April 9, 2024 · 4 min · 717 words · Connie Knight

Balatro is getting just a little bit easier in the next patch, and you can try it now

HomeNewsBalatro Balatro is getting just a little bit easier in the next patch, and you can try it nowBeta branch now in public testing with heaps of balance changes Beta branch now in public testing with heaps of balance changes Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Playstack Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Playstack The deck-fixing roguelikelike poker ofBalatrois chuffing excellent, no doubt, but my main criticism has been that the higher difficulty modes are just a bit boring....

April 8, 2024 · 3 min · 596 words · Roberta Robbins

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio will likely bring their next game to early access again, but admit it’s not for every dev

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios It’s odd to think back on a time beforeBaldur’s Gate 3- and even stranger to think that the sprawling Dungeons & DragonsRPGwas actually kicking around for a long while before its 1.0 release blew up awards shows, social media feeds and fan-fiction hubs last summer. Putting the game outinto early access at the end of 2020- multiple years before it was ready for a full release -worked out very wellfor Larian though, so it’s maybe no surprise that they plan to do exactly the same with whatever comes next....

April 8, 2024 · 10 min · 2056 words · Maria Thomas

Deep Rock Galactic Season 5 tunnels through time itself and lets you replay old seasons

HomeNewsDeep Rock Galactic Deep Rock Galactic Season 5 tunnels through time itself and lets you replay old seasonsGhost Ship explain the new season reactivation feature Ghost Ship explain the new season reactivation feature Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing The developers are also replacing the existing Disable Season Content option with a Vanilla season that has no Performance Pass - it has a “balanced chance” to spawn Events and Warnings from every season....

April 8, 2024 · 3 min · 460 words · Elizabeth Anderson

Dragons Dogma 2 has 392 developer credits next to Starfield's 3,902, but credits don't tell the whole story

HomeNewsDragon’s Dogma 2 Dragons Dogma 2 has 392 developer credits next to Starfield’s 3,902, but credits don’t tell the whole storyMaster workers, all Master workers, all Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Add on top of this the game industry’s decisively shitty practise of not crediting everyone that worked on a game through its lifecycle, alongside DD2’s five year development time, and a clearer picture of just why this number could be so comparatively small starts to emerge....

April 8, 2024 · 1 min · 188 words · Elizabeth Sanders

How do we stop the next round of games industry mass layoffs?

HomeFeatures Image credit:Official GDC Image credit:Official GDC The carnage was uppermost in Larian CEO’s Swen Vincke’s mind when he acceptedBaldur’s Gate 3’s Best Narrative gong at the GDC Awards last month. According to Vincke, the layoffs can be traced straightforwardly to a pattern of executive greed that sees company leadership betting the livelihoods and stability of their workers on whatever new idea seems capable of delivering instant growth for shareholders....

April 8, 2024 · 11 min · 2211 words · Christopher Dominguez

Today's NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, April 8)

HomeGuides Today’s NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, April 8)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #302 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #302 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! Want a hint for Connections today?...

April 8, 2024 · 3 min · 579 words · Roger Jones

Unnerving £2 gem Buckshot Roulette is working on a multiplayer mode so you can play shotgun roulette with pals

HomeNewsBuckshot Roulette Unnerving £2 gem Buckshot Roulette is working on a multiplayer mode so you can play shotgun roulette with palsIt’s just hit Steam, too It’s just hit Steam, too Image credit:Mike Klubnika Image credit:Mike Klubnika Buckshot Rouletteis simple, and simply unsettling. Sat across the table from a mysterious opponent clad in a deeply unnerving toothy mask, you pick up a shotgun loaded with shells. Then, you decide whether to point the gun at your opponent or yourself, and pull the trigger....

April 8, 2024 · 2 min · 294 words · Harry Perez

World Of Warcraft wasn't the biggest threat to The Elder Scrolls Online; it was Skyrim

HomeFeatures World Of Warcraft wasn’t the biggest threat to The Elder Scrolls Online; it was SkyrimCreative director Rich Lambert tells us about ten years in Tamriel Creative director Rich Lambert tells us about ten years in Tamriel Image credit:Zenimax Online Studios Image credit:Zenimax Online Studios When Bethesda was working out how to turn their popular Elder ScrollsRPGsinto an online behemoth to rivalWorld Of Warcraftback in the late 00s, the initial pitch was “Elder Scrolls with friends,” creative director Rich Lambert tells me....

April 8, 2024 · 12 min · 2434 words · Anna Miller