HomeReviewsSteamWorld Build SteamWorld Build review: joyful citybuilding and delightful dungeon diggingAce of spades Ace of spades Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Thunderful Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Thunderful In another lifetime,SteamWorld Digcould have easily ended up asSteamWorld Build. When Image & Form first released their 2D digging platformer back in the depths of 2013, its moreish loop of carving out rocky chasms, finding gems and treasure, then upgrading your pickaxe and burgeoning township back on the surface was instantly captivating, and its 2017 sequel continues to be one of my favouriteplatformersof all time....

HomeDeals Streamer? Macro fiend? Elgato’s Stream Deck MK.2 and Stream Deck Plus are discounted in the UK15 buttons of POWER. 15 buttons of POWER. The Elgato Stream Deck MK.2 is a nice revision over the original lots-of-buttons-with-screens concept, giving you an easy control centre to fire off macros, adjust the volume, launch programs, bleep yourself, adjust Corsair and Elgato components and peripherals and generally do things quickly and easily no matter what you’re doing on your PC at the time....

HomeNews The Maw - 27th November-2nd December 2023Our weekly news liveblog Our weekly news liveblog Image credit:Albertus Seba/Wikimedia Commons Image credit:Albertus Seba/Wikimedia Commons Here’s the very first of RockPaperShotgun’s new weekly news liveblogs. Read more about the thinking behind them inour announcement post, if you dare. A few PC game releases coming up this week that have our curiosity, perhaps even our attention: historical locomotive RTSLast Train Home(29th Nov), timeloop puzzlerOrten Was The Case(29th Nov), first person mage ‘em upWizordum(29th Nov), futuristic Robin Hood-inspired action gameGangs of Sherwood(30th Nov), and city-building dungeon crawlerSteamWorld Build(1st Dec)....

HomeHardwareDeals Ray-traced gaming on the road. Gaming laptops are a tougher proposition at a time when the Steam Deck offers portable PC gaming at a fraction of the cost. Yet while Valve’s handheld is great for playing indie games and older AAA titles, there are some circumstances where it’s simply not fit for purpose. It isn’t really suited for twitchy multiplayer shooters, while glossy ray traced experiences are beyond its capabilities....

HomeDeals Get the best gaming headset for half price this Black Friday weekendThe brilliant Logitech G432 is cheaper than usual right now. The brilliant Logitech G432 is cheaper than usual right now. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The Logitech G432 has been our pick for thebest gaming headsetfor ages, and with good reason. It packs a huge amount of quality into a very reasonably priced package. And thisBlack Fridayweekend, that package is even more reasonably priced than usual, as this fantastic headset is down to half-price in both the UK and the US....

HomeDeals Grab the best gaming CPU for less this Black Friday weekendThe Intel Core i5-13600K is available at a discount right now The Intel Core i5-13600K is available at a discount right now We reckon the Intel Core i5-13600K is not only Intel’s best processor overall, but thebest CPU for gamingcurrently available. That quality has also meant it’s maintained its initial price fairly steadily for the last twelve months. But in both the UK and the US, you can get this excellent CPU for a pretty decent discount thisBlack Fridayweekend....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, November 26)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #168 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #168 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?...

HomeNewsHalf-Life That tentacle is going to be happy Image credit:Valve/Ben Burbank Image credit:Valve/Ben Burbank Half-Liferecently receiveda big update to celebrate its 25th birthday, but a significant bug remained. In a famous scripted sequence during which a long, green tentacle busts through a window and drags away a scientist, the scientist and the tentacle would be mis-aligned, making it look like the scientist floated out of the window of his own volition....

HomeDeals Grab a great gaming mouse for less than £20 this Black Friday weekendThe Steelseries Rival 3 is just £18 on Amazon UK. The Steelseries Rival 3 is just £18 on Amazon UK. These days thebest gaming miceoften have nearly as many buttons as your keyboard. But at the end of the day, a gaming mouse needs three things, a left-button, a right-button and a scroll-wheel. And thisBlack Fridayweekend, you can get twice that many buttons three, plus some fetching RGB lighting, for less than twenty quid....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, November 25)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #167 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #167 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?...

HomeNews The tech underpinning Star Citizen looks mighty impressive in new trailerLook at that space man sweat Look at that space man sweat Image credit:Roberts Space Industries Image credit:Roberts Space Industries There’s a quote about early computer animation, which I can’t track down now, that before Pixar came along everyone was using it to swoop cameras through outerspace and up a gnat’s ass. Or perhaps it was a fly’s butt?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#889): How to solve the Saturday November 25 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for November 25? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 25? 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!...

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) Best MW3 Sidewinder loadout and class setupHere’s how to punch holes in foes with Modern Warfare 3’s Sidewinder Here’s how to punch holes in foes with Modern Warfare 3’s Sidewinder Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision Looking for the best Sidewinder loadout in Modern Warfare 3?While they tend to be lesser-used firearms in many ofCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer modes, Battle Rifles are an interesting option for players who want the versatility of switching between full-automatic and semi-automatic firing modes....