HomeReviewsJusant Jusant review: a show don’t tell masterpieceAin’t about how fast I get there, ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side Ain’t about how fast I get there, ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Don’t Nod Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Don’t Nod In contrast, the nameless protagonist in Don’t Nod’s new climbing puzzle adventure (what even are genres?) is also silent. There are no other NPCs....

HomeNewsLunacid Lunacid, a homage to From Software before Dark Souls, launches out of early access to Very Positive verdictsIndie first-person dungeon crawler going down a treat on 1.0 release day Indie first-person dungeon crawler going down a treat on 1.0 release day Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kira LLC Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kira LLC I’ve only just readSin’s thoughtson Akuma Kira’sLunacidand lo and behold, thePS1-styled, first-person dungeon crawler has now released out of Steam Early Access, to considerable rejoicing....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, October 31)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #142 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #142 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?...

HomeNewsJusant PC Game Pass is getting nearly every interesting game in NovemberEverything except Modern Warfare 3, and, well Everything except Modern Warfare 3, and, well Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Narrative clambering adventureJusant, which Alice B justlabelled a masterpiece, has arrived on Xbox Game Pass today. Grungy, low fantasy stabbing sandbox Wartales has also arrived, several months after we labelled it thrilling.But there are several more big hitters due across November including the latest Football Manager, Like A Dragon Gaiden: Really Long Subtitle, and bathhouse management simSpirittea....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield mod unlocks the ability to build your own spacestations - “all of the code was already in the game"You’ll need an outpost and a spare spaceship You’ll need an outpost and a spare spaceship Image credit:Bethesda/vexthecollector Image credit:Bethesda/vexthecollector The modder in question is vexthecollector, whose catchily-named Spacestations for Outposts lets you bolt together hab modules, windows and docking bays to fashion your very own Deep Space Nine. Sadly for my character,the acutely terra-phobic star pirate Mary Read, you’ll need to first build an outpost on a planet in order to access the goods....

HomeFeaturesSekiro: Shadows Die Twice The Headless in Sekiro is the only boss that legimitately terrifies meI fear no boss, but that thing… I fear no boss, but that thing… Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Headless enemies aren’t exactly a new concept in games, so I’m not sure why the Headless inSekiro: Shadows Die Twiceinstills such dread in me. It’s so terrifying to face that I almost didn’t write this post, because I knew I’d have to drop into its heinous lair in order to take the screenshot you see above....

HomeNews Ubisoft are switching off online services for another batch of gamesPour one out for R.U.S.E. Pour one out for R.U.S.E. Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft are “decommissioning” another slate of games next January, including Assassin’s Creed Revelations,R.U.S.E., and Trials Evolution. These games will remain playable, but their online services will be switched off meaning leaderboards, online multiplayer, co-op and other features will stop working. “Decommissioning such services for older games is not something we take lightly, but is a necessity as the technology that drove those services has grown obsolete,” says theannouncement on Ubisoft’s site....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has a voiced main characterPhyre fest Phyre fest Image credit:Paradox/The Chinese Room Image credit:Paradox/The Chinese Room Your character inVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2isn’t a blank slate and will speak during dialogue scenes. New developres The Chinese Room introduced the protagonist in a new video, in which they show a couple of interactive conversation and then layout the backstory underpinning the troubled narrative RPG....

HomeFeaturesAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora is an ambitious, but potentially alienating open world jaw-dropperOur thoughts after two hours with Ubisoft’s latest Our thoughts after two hours with Ubisoft’s latest Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Back in June, when our Ed got a 30-minute hands-off glimpse ofAvatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, he hadsuspicionsthat Ubisoft’s next big open world-athon was hiding some dark, terrible secret beneath the surface. It was almost too good, and too lovely-looking to be completely true, he proposed, and the brief tour of this rather enormous-looking game wasn’t quite long enough to really dig beneath the surface to see if Ubisoft’s lofty promises would hold up to closer scrutiny....

HomeNewsHunt: Showdown Crytek will never “replace” Hunt Showdown with Hunt 2 the way Overwatch 2 did Overwatch 1"Other products in the Hunt franchise" would be “brand extensions”, says general manager “Other products in the Hunt franchise” would be “brand extensions”, says general manager Image credit:Crytek Image credit:Crytek Speaking to me in an interview about Hunt’s evolution since its launch out of early access in 2019, the game’s general manager David Fifield observed that while Crytek may yet make another Hunt game it won’t be a straight Showdown follow-up - and it certainly won’t come at the expense of your ability to play the original game....

HomeNews Games for Gaza bundle raises $200,000 for Medical Aid For PalestiniansGame devs organise charity drive following outbreak of open war between Hamas and Israel Game devs organise charity drive following outbreak of open war between Hamas and Israel Image credit:Itch/HTHRFLWRS Image credit:Itch/HTHRFLWRS Wallace and her collaborators put together the bundle in response toa colossal escalation in long-standing hostilities this month between Israel and Hamas, the group in control of the Gaza Strip....

HomeNewsStarfield Join us for our Starfield RPS Game Club liveblog this Friday, November 3rdWe’ll be chatting about Bethesda’s big space RPG from 4pm GMT We’ll be chatting about Bethesda’s big space RPG from 4pm GMT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios As the end of October approaches, it’s time to gather in theRPS Game Clubspace port to talk about this month’s game pick:Starfield! We’ll be assembling in our traditional liveblog format onFriday November 3rd at 4pm GMT(9am PT/12pm ET) to chat about our intergalactic adventures, catalogue all the grey rocks we’ve landed on, and generally have an earnest (and hopefully fun!...

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, October 30)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #141 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #141 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?...