HomeFeaturesStarfield The Starfield no-planets run: Honey, I broke the UniverseMary Read vs the laws of physics Mary Read vs the laws of physics Image credit:RockPaperShotgun/Bethesda Image credit:RockPaperShotgun/Bethesda Oh god, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m trying to fix it. Oh, hello everybody! Welcome to the fourth chapter of the greatStarfieldno-planets run, in which my character, rancid astro-buccaneer Mary Read, tries to play the entirety of Bethesda’s so-big-it’s-small RPG in space....

HomeGuidesWordle Today’s Wordle hints and answer (#832): How to solve the Friday September 29 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for September 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

HomeFeaturesThe Simpsons Hit & Run Why everyone still loves a 20-year-old Simpsons gameThe Simpsons: Hit & Run was the show’s 22nd game adaptation, but it’s the one that lasted The Simpsons: Hit & Run was the show’s 22nd game adaptation, but it’s the one that lasted Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Blizzard Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Blizzard Yet Hit & Run’s sustained relevance is, on its surface, a bit of an enigma....

HomeReviewsCocoon Cocoon review: this puzzler is a world-hopping delightSilky smooth Silky smooth Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Annapurna Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Annapurna Interactive Cocoonis a puzzler where worlds are contained within orbs, and it’s your job to unpick puzzles with your ability to hop in and out of them, as well as carry them on your back. While it might sound complex, the worlds these orbs contain steer you carefully towards a clear goal every time: solve the problem, then grab your orb on the way out....

HomeNews Counter-Strike 2 launches without many of Global Offensive’s best featuresMac support, Arms Race and left hand mode all AWOL Mac support, Arms Race and left hand mode all AWOL Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Counter-Strike 2 released last nightand has duly taken over fromCounter-Strike: Global Offensiveas Steam’s most-played game at the time of writing, but individual player reactions are a bit mixed. Valve’s new/revamped free-to-playFPSsports a range of exotic features and fixtures, from swirlier, reactive smoke to new server architecture, but it has launched without many of the modes, maps and functions Global Offensive diehards are accustomed to, after a decade of updates....

HomeGuidesCounter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 settings guide: Best CS2 settings for FPSGive yourself the advantage with our ultimate CS2 settings guide Give yourself the advantage with our ultimate CS2 settings guide Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve What are the very best Counter-Strike 2 settings?Fine-tuning your settings is a lengthy process in any competitive game, and withCounter-Strike 2now released and free-to-play, tens of thousands of players are now busy trawling through the game’s settings menus trying to make sense of every last option in the game....

HomeDeals Grab Corsair’s compact and thermally-efficient 3000D Airflow mid-size PC case for £58A solid £22 discount from its usual price. A solid £22 discount from its usual price. Image credit:Corsair/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Corsair/Rock Paper Shotgun Get the Corsair 3000D Airflow case for £58 (was £83) I’ve been using the full-size 7000D Airflow for the better part of two years now, and it’s an absolutely brilliant case - easy to build in, elegant in design and exactly what I needed for my relatively power-hungry, high-spec components....

HomeNewsLords of the Fallen Lords of the Fallen trailer is eight minutes of very appealing hell"Terrors beyond comprehension", you say? “Terrors beyond comprehension”, you say? Image credit:CI Games Image credit:CI Games The video also walks you through the game’s plane-shifting mechanics -a highlight of Ed Thorn’s time with the last preview build- and the broad strokes of the plot, in which some ancient evil deity the size of a continent is on the brink of being resurrected, and you have to light some beacons to settle him back down....

HomeNews Sega cancel Hyenas and several unannounced games due to Covid-era lossesUpdate: Hyenas dev Creative Assembly begin redundancy consultation process Update: Hyenas dev Creative Assembly begin redundancy consultation process Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Creative Assembly’s Hyenas - a sci-fi extraction shooter about robbing Martian billionaires, which Ed deemed"a surprising amount of fun"when he saw it at Gamescom - is no more. Sega have cancelled the forthcoming looterFPStogether with several unannounced titles - a stripping-down of the publisher’s European business in response to financial losses Sega are blaming partly on Covid....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 32: always online woes from Payday 3’s launchMy phone’s only got two bars My phone’s only got two bars Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver This week we at the Electronic Wireless Showpodcastlook at two contrasting tales of games being always online:Payday 3’s overloaded launch servers, andSea Of Thieves' triumphant reveal of season 10 additions. Is always online good? Is it bad?...

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix #7 released, Larian “looking into” shared stash complaintsUpdate fixes several crash and duplication bugs Update fixes several crash and duplication bugs Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun Larian have released a newBaldur’s Gate 3hotfix - lucky number seven - which fixes several crash bugs while also stopping characters and items cloning themselves when you move between levels, under certain conditions....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 is live and free-to-play on Steam right nowGo plant Go plant Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Look alive, jarheads! Grab your Glocks and drop your - well, whatever you’re holding that isn’t a gun, unless it’s a kitten or something, in which case tuck it gently under your arm and brace yourself for the news that Valve have finally released the public version ofCounter-Strike 2, the long-awaited free-to-play technical upgrade (and replacement) for perennial Steam chart-topperCounter-Strike: Global Offensive, aftersix months in limited access....

HomeNews EA has pulled every FIFA game from Steam and Epic ahead of EA Sports FC 24You can still play FIFA 23, but only via EA Play You can still play FIFA 23, but only via EA Play Image credit:EA Image credit:EA EA is moving away from its decades-long FIFA series with the release ofEA Sports FClater this week. It seems that the publisher is taking the idea of replacing FIFA quite literally, too, as it has pulled every previous FIFA game from sale on PC storefronts Steam and Epic....