HomeNewsLeague of Legends Riot’s League Of Legends MMO has been “reset” and likely “going dark for several years"“No news is good news” “No news is good news” Image credit:Riot Games Image credit:Riot Games If you’re anMMORPGfan who’s been waiting patiently for news of Riot Game’s swing at the genre, then I’m afraid you’ll probably have to wait quite a while longer. Riot co-founder Marc Merrill announced that the project has been “reset” and won’t appear for “likely several years”, with one of the main reasons being a “need to do something that truly feels like a significant evolution of the genre”....

HomeFeatures Solving the problems of generative AI is everyone’s responsibilityAs we look to the near future of generative AI, we need to decide what we want to do with it As we look to the near future of generative AI, we need to decide what we want to do with it Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun In Part 1,Our Generation, we discuss what we mean when we use the term ‘generative AI’....

HomePodcastsWorld of Warcraft The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 11: are AI NPCs the future? Our impression of what they sound like suggests noHot topics coming out of GDC Hot topics coming out of GDC Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Plus: I ask Nate to explain cool things that I’ve seen in Warhammer 40K: Darktide, and Nate tries to convince me to take a devil’s bargain where I have to play WOW for at least 12 hours a day, but I get a sort of increasing MDMA high while doing so....

HomeNewsVenba Venba wins IGF Grand Prize for 2024Visai Games' cooking adventure also picked up two Game Developers Choice awards Visai Games' cooking adventure also picked up two Game Developers Choice awards Image credit:Visai Games Image credit:Visai Games The winners of the 2024 Independant Games Festival were announced at GDC last night, and it was Visai Games’Venbathat came home with the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. The cooking adventure was up for four IGF awards in total, including nominations for Excellence in Audio, Narrative and Visual Art....

HomeDeals Amazon Spring Deal Days cuts the fast, roomy Crucial P3 2TB SSD to just £86Space saving solution Space saving solution There could well be more to come, but right now, my top pick of theAmazon Spring Deal DaysPC storage offers is this nicely affordable Crucial P3SSD. It’s the 2TB model, sliced down to £86, which is the cheapest this particular drive has been since last year’sBlack Friday. Not to mention about the same price as a1TB WD Black SN850X, while providing twice as much room....

HomeReviewsDragon’s Dogma 2 Dragon’s Dogma 2 review: an action RPG anecdote generatorIt’s like the first one, but better It’s like the first one, but better Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom You know when you remember a game really fondly and instead of ageing alongside you, it becomes more modern in memory? TheDragon’s Dogma 2experience is, essentially, how I remember its predecessorDragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen. To me, DD2 feels like a remaster of the first, except it looks nicer, is more expansive, and features some rejigs to things like your AI pals....

HomeFeaturesEverdeep Aurora Everdeep Aurora is Hollow Knight for people who love Game Boys and are weary of combatI can dig it I can dig it Image credit:Ysbryd Games Image credit:Ysbryd Games Everdeep Aurora - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Everdeep Aurora - Announcement Trailer There’s a guy with the head of a shark, a tetchy underground gardener who scolds you for stepping on the flowers, a bull-headed blacksmith, and your friend the frog, who is embarked on their own parallel downward journey....

HomeNewsAlpha Protocol Obsidian’s espionage RPG Alpha Protocol returns to store shelves after four years in license hellMaybe still my favourite Obsidian game? Maybe still my favourite Obsidian game? Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Alpha Protocol - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube Alpha Protocol - Launch Trailer You must make him look absurd, that’s just the rules, sorry |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Alpha Protocol is also offputting and frustrating, mind. Thornton starts out so inept that he’s barely able to shoot a gun straight, so please do trust me when I say you can eventually become the world’s most absurdly overpowered secret agent/mass murderer....

HomeDeals One of the best cheap microSD cards is even cheaper for Amazon Spring Deal DaysNab up to 22% off the speedy Samsung Evo Select Nab up to 22% off the speedy Samsung Evo Select Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Amazon’s big sale events, as overfrequent as they are, do at least reliably provide the discerningSteam Deckowner with good opportunities to grab a newmicroSD card. Case in point,Amazon Spring Deal Days– which launched today – has some alluringly low prices on the me-approved Samsung Evo Select....

HomeDeals Psst, one of Intel’s low-key best gaming CPUs is down to £108 for Amazon Spring Deal DaysA bargain (and all-time low) price for the Core i5-12400F A bargain (and all-time low) price for the Core i5-12400F Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun While there are minor thrills to be had finding the very latest PC hardware in theAmazon Spring Deal Dayssale, don’t underestimate the draw of an older favourite emerging with a new, knockdown price....

HomeNewsStardew Valley Stardew Valley’s huge update 1.6 brings new items, pets, and progression, and more players in co-opLive now on Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, though not Game Pass yet Live now on Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, though not Game Pass yet Image credit:ConcernedApe Image credit:ConcernedApe Eight years after launching,Stardew Valleyjust keeps getting bigger and bigger. Update 1.6 arrived yesterday, with enough changes that the patch notes are 7308 words long....

HomeNews Ubisoft revealed an AI NPC prototype at GDC and everyone online made fun of itNEO NPC is currently showing off some not-so-great dialogue NEO NPC is currently showing off some not-so-great dialogue Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Still, the internet made good hay from the prototype image Ubisoft shared onXitter, as many peopletooktheopportunitytomake funof the dialogue from Bloom, a prototype man in a prototype beanie who wants to be your friend....

HomeNewsMarvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Image credit:Marvel/Skydance New Media Image credit:Marvel/Skydance New Media We’ve known that a Marvel game from former Uncharted writer-director Amy Hennig has been in the worksfor years,learning in 2022that it will focus on Captain America andBlack Pantherduring World War 2. Thanks to aproper revealduring today’s State of Unreal event, we now know that it’ll be calledMarvel 1943: Rise of Hydraand we’ll be able to play it sometime in 2025....