Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Submarine dilemmas and slime problems

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Submarine dilemmas and slime problemsI go on Twitter so you don’t have to I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:Johan Peitz Image credit:Johan Peitz I particularly appreciate the blue sparks when blasting electronics in Hong Kong revenge shooterBetter Than Dead(coming to Steam): #ScreenshotSaturdayEver wonder what it’s like to let loose in an office? 😅Check out our new particle system doing just that!💥🖥️#IndieDev#GameDevThoughts? Reactions?...

March 18, 2024 · 3 min · 600 words · Kimberly Casey

Spooky Metroidvania Animal Well gets May 9th release date

HomeNewsAnimal Well Spooky Metroidvania Animal Well gets May 9th release dateIt will have full Steam Deck support, too It will have full Steam Deck support, too Image credit:Bigmode Image credit:Bigmode ANIMAL WELL - Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube ANIMAL WELL - Release Date Trailer I played a whole 15 minutes of Animal Well back at GDC last year, which was enough to convince me that this is definitely aspecial little gameall right....

March 18, 2024 · 1 min · 208 words · Brandon Warren

To understand the future of generative AI, we need better language to describe it

HomeFeatures To understand the future of generative AI, we need better language to describe itOur new series about generative AI and its use in games suggests some words to use Our new series about generative AI and its use in games suggests some words to use Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’ve ever tried to play a hardcoreRPGthat’s way above your brain’s pay grade, or got lost in tutorials that use complicated words and bizarre jargon, then you’ve probably felt right at home reading headlines about AI recently....

March 18, 2024 · 5 min · 1051 words · Matthew Black

Wordle hints and answer (#1003): How to solve the Monday March 18 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1003): How to solve the Monday March 18 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for March 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for March 18? 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!...

March 18, 2024 · 6 min · 1215 words · David Woods

You'll soon be able to play GOG games away from your PC through Amazon Luna

HomeNews You’ll soon be able to play GOG games away from your PC through Amazon LunaGOG teaming up with Amazon’s cloud gaming platform GOG teaming up with Amazon’s cloud gaming platform While cloud gaming is very much not at a point where I want it to be the main way I play games, if I ever will, I do appreciate having the convenience as an option. Being able to play a game away from my PC can be handy....

March 18, 2024 · 2 min · 319 words · David Joseph

Zenless Zone Zero's next closed beta is coming, along with new gunner character and their shape-shifting pistol

HomeNewsZenless Zone Zero Zenless Zone Zero’s next closed beta is coming, along with new gunner character and their shape-shifting pistolSign-ups are now open Sign-ups are now open Image credit:HoYoverse Image credit:HoYoverse HoYoverse have announced that sign-ups forZenless Zone Zero’s next closed beta test are now available. While the start and end dates of the next closed beta haven’t been unveiled just yet, we do know that there’s going to be a new character to play, a new faction, new missions, and overhauls to the game’s combat and exploration....

March 18, 2024 · 6 min · 1113 words · Julie Atkins

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, March 17)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, March 17)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #280 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #280 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?...

March 17, 2024 · 3 min · 579 words · Courtney Cole

Wordle hints and answer (#1002): How to solve the Sunday March 17 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1002): How to solve the Sunday March 17 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for March 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 17? 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!...

March 17, 2024 · 6 min · 1212 words · Katherine Cunningham

Cuban dark fantasy metroidvania Saviorless gets an April release date

HomeNewsSaviorless Cuban dark fantasy metroidvania Saviorless gets an April release dateExplore and survive the Smiling Islands Explore and survive the Smiling Islands Image credit:Dear Villagers Image credit:Dear Villagers Saviorless grabs me for a couple of reasons. Firstly there’s the development team’s choice of inspirations: platformers such asEarthworm Jimand Demon’s Crest on the one hand, and on the other, comic books, stained glass windows and 19th-century symbolist art. I am keen on all these things....

March 15, 2024 · 3 min · 457 words · Marvin Fry

Death Of A Wish review - a brutal and beautiful experiment

HomeReviewsDeath of a Wish Death Of A Wish review - a brutal and beautiful experimentLiving on a prayer Living on a prayer Image credit:Syndicate Atomic LLC. Image credit:Syndicate Atomic LLC. Combat is such a routine activity in video games that it often doesn’t feel much like conflict at all. It’s just something done to move the simulation along - a propulsive chore stripped of drama or significance or lasting emotion beyond a vague desire to see what lies beyond whatever it is you’re trying to kill....

March 15, 2024 · 4 min · 752 words · Christopher Harris

Lightyear Frontier early access review: a speedy farming simulator with one sticking point

HomeReviewsLightyear Frontier Lightyear Frontier early access review: a speedy farming simulator with one sticking pointSpace to grow Space to grow Image credit:Amplifier Game Invest/Frame Break Image credit:Amplifier Game Invest/Frame Break My day inLightyear Frontierstarts out with a bit of farming. On a good day, it’s raining, so I don’t need to water the crops. On a bad day, there are weeds spontaneously spawning from the sky and I need to catch them before they land right on top of my precious plants....

March 15, 2024 · 6 min · 1185 words · Alan Adams

Minecraft expands its subscription drive with the Marketplace Pass

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft expands its subscription drive with the Marketplace Pass150 Minecraft content packs a month, Bedrock only 150 Minecraft content packs a month, Bedrock only Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Mojang have announced a newMinecraftsubscription service, the Marketplace Pass, which grants access to a catalogue of “150+” community-created Minecraft thingy-ma-bobs. Skins, adventure worlds, survival spawns, mashups, bizarretextures- with a Marketplace Pass, the wider monetisable universe of Minecraft is your (rented) oyster, except that this being Minecraft, theoysterlooks like a weird underwater trapdoor....

March 15, 2024 · 2 min · 366 words · William Pearson

NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, March 15)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, March 15)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #278 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #278 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?...

March 15, 2024 · 3 min · 579 words · Denise Alexander