HomeHardwareDeals This 34-inch LG ultrawide gaming monitor is just $200 after a wild $250 discountAn incredibly good price for a 3440x1440 160Hz VA monitor. An incredibly good price for a 3440x1440 160Hz VA monitor. Image credit:LG/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:LG/Rock Paper Shotgun LG makes a ton of monitors, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that I wasn’t familiar with their 34WP60C-B ultrawide model. This unassuming choice normally retails for $450, but does offer a higher-than-average 160Hz refresh rate to go along with a 34-inch VA panel and 3440x1440 resolution....

HomeReviewsTotal War: Pharaoh Total War: Pharaoh review: a towering monument to a broken release scheduleThe seventh.3.0.2 wonder of the ancient world The seventh.3.0.2 wonder of the ancient world Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Sometimes, when I’m winning aTotal Warbattle handily, I like to pick an absolutely haggard group of low-tier hopelesses and spend the rest of the fight zoomed in on them, narrativising their high-stakes struggles in a rich and velvety internal monologue that monopolises my attention so fully that I more or less ignore the rest of the battle....

HomeDeals Treat your Steam Deck to some cheap (but good) thumbstick covers, on sale for Prime Big Deal DaysTwo thumbs up Two thumbs up Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Here’s a little stocking stuffer of anAmazon Prime Big Deal Daysdeal: Jsaux’s Steam Deck thumbstick covers, tried-and-testing members of thebest Steam Deck accessoriesclub, are one sale for even less money than usual. Technically, the stick covers are but one component of what you’d actually get....

HomeNews Valve bin off Counter-Strike 2’s Mac support, offering a CS:GO “legacy version” in returnDirectX 9 and 32-bit PC support also canned DirectX 9 and 32-bit PC support also canned Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Are you a Mac player who’s been hungrily looking forward to the eventual Mac port ofCounter-Strike 2, released last month, after sinking many hours and much pocket money into the precedingCounter-Strike: Global Offensive? Fantastic news, it’s been binned off!...

HomeFeatures 12 Steam Next Fest demos to try first this OctoberThe final Next Fest for 2023 is back with hundreds of fresh demos to try, and we’ve rounded up some of our favourites so far The final Next Fest for 2023 is back with hundreds of fresh demos to try, and we’ve rounded up some of our favourites so far Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve The latestSteam Next Festis upon us, bringing with it a freshly packed week of new, free demos to try until Monday October 16th....

HomeNewsAlan Wake 2 Frame-rate and resolution discourse is “getting a bit out of hand”, says Alan Wake 2 dev"People look at the numbers and say, oh that’s bad." “People look at the numbers and say, oh that’s bad.” Image credit:Epic Games Publishing Image credit:Epic Games Publishing In the nicest possible way, and with the greatest of respect, Remedy’s comms director Thomas Puha would like people to stop fixating on frame-rate and resolution and get on with their bloody lives....

HomeNewsShroomchitect Gentle sim game Shroomchitect is a little bit The Sims, a little bit lofi beats and a whole lotta mushroomsKick back and relax with some fungi Kick back and relax with some fungi Image credit:PUNKCAKE Delicieux Image credit:PUNKCAKE Delicieux Some games just give you that lovely warm feeling inside when you see them for the first time. For me, that wasShroomchitect, a very gentlesim gamewhere you care for a bunch of sentient mushrooms....

HomeDeals Got $90? Want a full-size mechanical keyboard, mouse, mousepad and grip tape from Razer?Razer’s Heroic Bundle V2 includes $200+ of stuff. Razer’s Heroic Bundle V2 includes $200+ of stuff. Image credit:Razer/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Razer/Rock Paper Shotgun Razer make some of the best gaming peripherals in the business across a wide range of categories, and now you can take home a whole set of them for 90 bucks over at Woot....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: An infinite city and a lovely froggyAdmiring indie games from Twitter’s screenshot-o-rama Admiring indie games from Twitter’s screenshot-o-rama Image credit:Something Classic Games Image credit:Something Classic Games I’m not sure what this is beyond an “infinite, procedurally generated PSX-styled city”, but that’s plenty for me: Still mostly chipping away at boring backend stuff, but the night vibes are really coming together, I think.#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/ONmhf0feHf— Tzschk (@tzschk)October 7, 2023...

HomeGuidesStarfield Starfield In Their Footsteps walkthrough: Meeting The HunterHere’s what happens when you come face-to-face with The Hunter and The Emissary during In Their Footsteps Here’s what happens when you come face-to-face with The Hunter and The Emissary during In Their Footsteps Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios How can you finally uncover the truth from the Starborns during the In Their Footsteps mission?Starfieldfinally puts players face-to-face with their adversaries, the Starborn, in the 13th main quest....

HomeGuidesStarfield Starfield Unearthed walkthroughHere’s how to gain a new artifact, fight the Starborn, and make a big decision Here’s how to gain a new artifact, fight the Starborn, and make a big decision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Looking for a walkthrough of the Unearthed mission in Starfield?Embarking on theStarfieldUnearthed mission, you’ll explore Earth’s moon, Luna, enter NASA, uncover experiments, gather an artifact, all before making a pivotal decision....

HomeNewsStop Burying Me Alive, Beautiful Your girlfriend is burying you alive - what are you going to do about it?There’s a “rat god” involved somehow There’s a “rat god” involved somehow Image credit:Angela He Image credit:Angela He I do love a game that tells you upfront what it’s about while making nary a lick of sense, andvisual novelStop Burying Me Alive, Beautifulis certainly that. You are, indeed, being buried alive. The person burying you is your girlfriend, who waves aside your protests that you aren’t dead yet, pointing out that this is exactly what a dead person would say if they were trying to avoid being buried....

HomeNews Play unique alt controller delights at EGX 2023 in London this weekRub, crank, wind and yell Rub, crank, wind and yell Image credit:RPS/Ed Saperia Image credit:RPS/Ed Saperia The custom controller space returns to EGX next week, offering a variety of strange, wonderful and one-of-a-kind ways of playing games - including cranks, wheels, a firelighter, a morse code tapper, and dozens of big, glowing buttons. Many of these games and controllers are only available to play at the show, sograb your ticket for EGX now....