HomeNews Ending Dead Cells updates is a “marketing stunt” to “leave room” for Windblown, claims former lead designerFormer Motion Twin member has “blunt words” for old workplace Former Motion Twin member has “blunt words” for old workplace FormerDead Cellslead designer Sébastien Benard is none too chuffed about publisher Motion Twin’s decision to end development of thewell-regardedroguelikeMetroidvania. A few days ago, Motion Twin announced thatthe 35th major Dead Cells update, aptly titled The End Is Near, would be its last....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 server and rewards patch released then rolled back to fix “significant” performance issuesMission reward fixes should still be live, however Mission reward fixes should still be live, however Image credit:PlayStation PC LLC Image credit:PlayStation PC LLC Much like a lone Super Earther descending from orbit, only to Nope The Heck back to their spaceship after glimpsing the insect hordes, Arrowhead have released and swiftly pulled aHelldivers 2patch designed to address the new shooter’s server capacity and progression issues....

HomeNews New Discworld games possible if devs “come to us with the right ideas and the resources”, says Rhianna PratchettBut who really owns the rights to the old adventure games? But who really owns the rights to the old adventure games? “I don’t want to give you a scoop, but a Discworld rerelease may happen,” Barnett said. “The original rights are complicated in the UK, but it turns out that 50% reverted to me as the creator because the company Perfect Entertainment had been closed for over 10 years....

HomeGuidesPalworld Palworld Ranch Drops: Full list of all Ranch PalsAll the Ranch Drops in Palworld and how to get them All the Ranch Drops in Palworld and how to get them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Looking for a list of all the possible Palworld Ranch Drops?Palworldallows you to profit from the use and abuse of itslegions of adorable Palsin all sorts of ways. One of the easiest ways to get useful items from Pals is to build a Ranch in your base, and assign certain Pals to the Ranch....

HomeNews Star Control 2 becomes Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters on Steam next weekA free re-release minus the trademark A free re-release minus the trademark Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masterswill make its way to Steam on February 19th. It’s a version of 1992 strategy classicStar Control2 that takes advantage of updates from its long-runningopen source project, and it’ll be completely free. Why is this release called Free Stars and not “Star Control 2”?...

HomeDeals The ROG Ally PC handheld is down to $599 in the US for the powerful Z1 Extreme 512GB modelThat’s after a $100 Best Buy discount. That’s after a $100 Best Buy discount. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Itseems like just yesterdaythat we were reporting that the Asus ROG Ally had dropped to £539 in the UK, and now we have a similarly good deal for the US market: the same Z1 Extreme 512GB model for just $599 following a $100 discount at Best Buy....

HomeNewsTo The Stars To The Star is a survival game based on Alice In Wonderland in which you can cook your dreamsFrom the Gord devs, features a portable “Briefbase” From the Gord devs, features a portable “Briefbase” Image credit:Covenant.dev Image credit:Covenant.dev If you’d been gazing at the present glut of newsurvival gamesand bellowing for more, as though engaged in a drinking competition with some kind of cartoon Viking, then rest easy....

HomeNewsCryptmaster Typing dungeon crawler Cryptmaster’s demo is a delightWith jokes I actually laughed at With jokes I actually laughed at Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Akupara Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Akupara Games One of the best things in games is the freeform ability to type commands for another character, then having them respond with voiced dialogue recognising your weird directions. That’s one of the joys ofCryptmaster, an upcoming typing-driven dungeon crawler where one of the first things you can do in the demo is get your disembodied necromancer pal to lick a mysterious metal object to help identify it (it’s a helmet)....

HomeFeaturesNightingale After a few hours, Nightingale feels like one of the weirder Elder Scrolls RPGsAt its worst, it’s about fighting the UI and stripmining the scenery At its worst, it’s about fighting the UI and stripmining the scenery Image credit:Inflexion Games Image credit:Inflexion Games The major thing Inflexion’s fantasysurvivalsimNightingalegets right is that it makes procedural generation feel like sorcery. “Procgen” has become a ubiquitous concept in game design and especially survival game design, and I fear we’ve all lost sight of how magical it is to summon a landscape full of idiosyncratic flourishes from a hidden dataset....

HomeNewsLost Hellden Final Fantasy devs’ Lost Hellden boasts 3D handpainted art and a mix of action and strategy in a gorgeous JRPGDemo dropping later this year ahead of 2025 release Demo dropping later this year ahead of 2025 release Image credit:Artisan Studios Image credit:Artisan Studios A group of developers with credits across a number ofFinal Fantasy games- including the composer ofFinal Fantasy XIIand a formerFinal Fantasy XIVartist - have unveiled their own upcomingJRPGheaded to PC next year....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 updates target server and reward issues as Arrowhead apologise for rocky launch"Right now it is crucial our team gets some sleep" “Right now it is crucial our team gets some sleep” Image credit:Playstation Image credit:Playstation Helldivers 2is yet another example of a predominantly co-op game being a victim of its own success. Since its launch, the servers have buckled under the weight of keen conscripts ready to exterminate some bugs....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, February 12)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #246 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #246 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?...

HomeNewsNever Grave: The Witch and The Curse Palworld devs' next game is a base-building Dead Cells and Hollow Knight mash-upNever Grave: The Witch And The Curse’s demo is actually pretty all right Never Grave: The Witch And The Curse’s demo is actually pretty all right Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair When I first sawNever Grave: The Witch And The Curserising up theSteam Next Festcharts at the end of last week, I thought, “Oh!...