HomeDeals Save up to 75% on an utterly brilliant Glorious mechanical keyboard or ultra-light mouse in their BF saleBlack Friday starts in early November, apparently. Black Friday starts in early November, apparently. Image credit:Glorious Image credit:Glorious Glorious, makers of excellent ultralight mice and mechanical keyboards, have kicked off their early Black Friday sales over at their US site (with fast international shipping).They’re currently offering both a range of keyboard-and-mouse bundles and sales on individual products, so I thought I’d take a look at the sale and recommend a few items that I’ve personally tested and have recommended for Digital Foundry....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2’s first confirmed playable race is the Brujah, againOne drop of blood at a time One drop of blood at a time Image credit:Paradox/The Chinese Room Image credit:Paradox/The Chinese Room Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2has named its first playable race: the Brujah, who love to settle brouhahas with brutal melee combat. A brief, fifteen second trailer showed a little of that combat in action in The Chinese Room’s rebooted take on the RPG sequel....

HomeNews Devolver hire Portal’s GLaDOS to Let’s Play their Portal-esque puzzler The Talos Principle 2“Have you heard of portals? What about copyright infringement?” “Have you heard of portals? What about copyright infringement?” Image credit:Devolver Image credit:Devolver GLaDOS Plays The Talos Principle 2Watch on YouTube GLaDOS Plays The Talos Principle 2 The Talos Principle 2 is out now, and isgoing down very well on Steam. Katharine is handling our review. I asked for her impressions earlier and received in response a series of electric fizzing noises and mention of “existential angst”, though I think there might be some crosstalk there with our internal discussions ofModern Warfare 3....

HomeNewsFortnite Image credit:Epic Games Image credit:Epic Games Fortnitereturned to its map circa 2018 (or Chapter 1 Season 5 if you prefer to measure time that way)last Friday, reviving locations like Tilted Towers, Loot Lake and Greasy Grove and unlocking thebattle royale game’s vaulted weapons, vehicles and items in a four-week nostalgic event dubbed Season OG. As it turns out, with the old map and items came a whole lot of players, setting a new all-time concurrent player record for themultiplayer shooterthat surpasses even its previous heights in the pop-culture zeitgeist....

HomeNews Microsoft adopt Inworld AI tech behind blocked GTA5 mod to “enrich” videogame narrative and character creators"AI copilot" and character runtime engine discussed “AI copilot” and character runtime engine discussed Image credit:Inworld Image credit:Inworld Gelfenbeyn’sannouncement post(thanksEurogamer) specifies two particular WIP tools, an “AI design copilot that assists and empowers game designers to explore more creative ideas, turning prompts into detailed scripts, dialogue trees, quests and more”, and an “AI character runtime engine that can be integrated into the game client, enabling entirely new narratives with dynamically-generated stories, quests, and dialogue for players to experience....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) Modern Warfare 3 Crash Site weapons and item locationsUse our map to find every weapon and item location in the MW3 campaign’s Crash Site open combat mission Use our map to find every weapon and item location in the MW3 campaign’s Crash Site open combat mission Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking for all the item locations in the Crash Site MW3 mission?...

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) Modern Warfare 3 Oligarch weapons and item locationsUse our map to find every weapon and item location in the MW3 campaign’s Oligarch open combat mission Use our map to find every weapon and item location in the MW3 campaign’s Oligarch open combat mission Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision But while you’re at it, you may want to take a look around and see if you can find the many hidden weapons and field upgrades across the island....

HomeFeaturesCities: Skylines II My car-free Cities: Skylines 2 dream inevitably devolved into a cruel endurance testYou’ll never walk alone You’ll never walk alone While reviewingCities Colon Skylines 2, I didn’t actually go in that hard on public transport (beyond providing it and making it free), despite the urge. Since then though, it’s become a game where I don’t so much build a single mega-city as a series of experiments. Naturally, those experiments devolved from a noble effort to remove the stain of cars into a sadistic urge to drive thousands of my own people on a never-ending hell march....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, November 6)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #148 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #148 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?...

HomeNewsSilent Hill 2 Remake Reports of a Silent Hill 2 remake “Pyramid Head origin story” fill me with the wrong kind of horrorUpdate: Konami say it’s based on a misinterpretation Update: Konami say it’s based on a misinterpretation Bloober Team and Konami’s forthcomingSilent Hill 2 remakewill feature a playable origin story for Pyramid Head, according to a Best Buy listing. Specifically it says “fan favourite character, Pyramid Head, makes a return along with a special origin story for fans to play through....

HomeNews RPS Game Club will return again in January 2024We’d love to hear your feedback on this year’s game picks, too We’d love to hear your feedback on this year’s game picks, too Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Hello folks. A small bit ofRPS Game Clubnews today. Since it’s starting to get toward end of the year season, Game Club will be taking a short break for the next two months....

HomeFeaturesThe Finals Image credit:Embark Studios Image credit:Embark Studios Mad dashes, daring escapes, last minute reversals: these are some of my favourite moments in multiplayer shooters. It’s exhilarating to scream towards the chopper inLeft 4 Deador a dropship inTitanfall. The Finalsis a multiplayer shooter that seems to take place entirely at this elevated pitch. In the dozens of open beta matches I’ve played, the result is as thrilling as those other games, but also exhausting....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#870): How to solve the Monday November 6 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for November 6? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 6? 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!...