HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#853): How to solve the Friday October 20 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 20? 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!...

HomeNewsHalo Infinite Halo Infinite is exciting again, as players use new AI Forge tools to build Halo MOBAs and Pokemon arenasBut how long will it last? But how long will it last? Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Quick update on the Pokemon battle arena!Got em fighting now#HaloInfinite#HaloReckoningpic.twitter.com/3Iajkj68wq— Dan The Bloke (@DanTheBloke)October 18, 2023 Quick update on the Pokemon battle arena!Got em fighting now#HaloInfinite#HaloReckoningpic.twitter.com/3Iajkj68wq Image credit:Microsoft According to 343, the tools lend themselves to a range of genres, with people using them internally to build tower defence games....

HomePodcastsHarvest Island The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 35: the cute life sim that is secretly a horror game, and other twistsHow the turn tables have turned How the turn tables have turned Image credit:Yobob Image credit:Yobob Please ignore that I erroneously call this episode 34 at the start of the episode. In episode 35 of The Electronic Wireless Showpodcastwe briefly discuss Just Stop Oil’s game-themed protest at EGX this weekend, as well as re-highlighting a guide from the Arma 3 devs so you can tell when someone is trying to share fake war footage (originally created during the early weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but now relevant again with the spread of fake Israeli-Palestinian conflict videos)....

HomeFeaturesSid Meier’s Alpha Centauri The Rally Point: Why Alpha Centauri kind of helped when I had a breakdownA staple for the nerves A staple for the nerves Image credit:RPS/Firaxis Games/EA Image credit:RPS/Firaxis Games/EA I had, shall we say, a bad experience some years ago. Several days of lying in a darkened room eating cold party leftovers were to be expected. The amount of comfort I got from playingAlpha Centaurithroughout, though, was a surprise....

HomeHardwareNewsTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 drops the always-online requirement, but only for Steam DeckCool! Also, eh Cool! Also, eh Following three years solely on the Epic Games Store,Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2’srecent Steam launchwas a largely happy occasion – save for it carrying over the same always-online requirement as it has on Epic. Yesterday’s1.1 patchfor the Steam version has now made offline play possible, but in a move that simultaneously makes loads of and absolutely no sense, it’s only available on theSteam Deck....

HomeReviewsUrbo Urbo review: Threes meets Dorfromantik in this chill puzzlerSights in tight spaces Sights in tight spaces Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Door 407 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Door 407 After busting down the castle door with their chaotic, siege-based citybuilderDiplomacy Is Not An Optionlast year, the last thing I expected to see next from developers Door 407 was a chill, meditativepuzzle gamethat’s just about, well, building tiny cities. InUrbothere are no sky lasers, no oncoming hordes....

HomeFeatures Game design as conspiracy theory: what Amnesia learns from Umberto Eco"One foot in cabala and the other in the laboratory." “One foot in cabala and the other in the laboratory.” Image credit:Frictional Image credit:Frictional Beware: major spoilers for the entire Amnesia series below. Amnesia Rebirth Scares In Broad Daylight | My Favourite Thing In… (Amnesia Rebirth Review)Watch on YouTube Amnesia Rebirth Scares In Broad Daylight | My Favourite Thing In… (Amnesia Rebirth Review)...

HomeFeaturesIndika How historical fantasy Indika channels its Russian creator’s anger against Putin and the Orthodox Church"What is happening in Russia now looks like some kind of crazy experiment." “What is happening in Russia now looks like some kind of crazy experiment.” Image credit:11 bit Studios Image credit:11 bit Studios The game’s setting is naturalistic, with motion-captured facial animations and photorealistic buildings and interiors, wrought using Unreal Engine. But it is also a “fairy tale” landscape, in the words of studio co-founder Dmitry Setlov, shot through with phantasmagorical flourishes - monochrome or blood-red filters and apparent hallucinations, to say nothing of the aforesaid creature, a skulking mass of tendrils that puts me in mind of the Shadow from Ursula K Le Guin’s novel A Wizard Of Earthsea....

HomeReviews Intel Core i5-14600K and Core i9-14900K review: big numbers, tiny changesIntel’s Raptor Lake Refesh chips are a skippable stopgap Intel’s Raptor Lake Refesh chips are a skippable stopgap Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun False alarm! Intel’s big batch of newgaming CPUsfor 2023 is not the architectural overhaul known asMeteor Lake. The 14th generation of Core chips is instead codenamed Raptor Lake Refresh, and if the Core i5-14600K and Core i9-14900K are any indication, that comes with an awful lot more emphasis on “Raptor Lake” than on “Refresh....

HomeNewsThe Lamplighters League Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive Paradox appear to have scented defeat early on - the companylaid off a “significant” proportion of Harebrained’s staff this summer, as the game entered its final phase of development, making the whole thing feel rather like a fait accompli, though this may have just been the sadly routine business of scaling down as projects near completion. Harebrained Schemes - which was founded in 2011, and flogged to Paradox in 2018 - will continue to support The Lamplighters League till the end of 2023 while seeking funding and partnerships for their new career as an independent....

HomeNewsPlanetiles Planetiles looks like the next chill tile-‘em-up for Dorfromantik fansAnd it’s got a demo out now And it’s got a demo out now Image credit:MythicOwl Image credit:MythicOwl Tiles, they’re just pleasing. Plonk ‘em down, line ‘em up, watch pretty patterns emerge and your score multiply. Upcoming PC gamePlanetilesis about tiles - they’re right there in the name! - and looks to continue the immensely satisfying chill puzzling ofDorfromantikand its ilk....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#851): How to solve the Wednesday October 18 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 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!...

HomeGuidesCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty missions listHere are all the main story missions in Phantom Liberty and their ending paths Here are all the main story missions in Phantom Liberty and their ending paths Image credit:CD Projekt RED Image credit:CD Projekt RED Here’s a list of every main mission in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty along with the paths you’ll encounter each mission on. Cd Projekt Red Are Making A New Witcher Trilogy, A Sequel To Cyberpunk 2077 & MoreCD Projekt Red recently announced seven brand new games, including an upcoming Witcher trilogy and a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077....