Only toilets will save you from the monsters in Labyrinth of Wild Abyss

I’ll uh pass Image credit:Cannibal Interactive Image credit:Cannibal Interactive I’ve not seen the film It Follows, but I’ve heard that it has a similar schtick? From what I gather, something in a human guise will follow you to the ends of the earth at a normal walking pace. So you could be at a train station looking up at the notice boards, when all of a sudden you notice a person staring directly at you and gently shoving others aside without breaking eye contact....

October 31, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words · Angela Washington

Should you help Treviso or Minrathous in Dragon Age Veilguard?

HomeGuidesDragon Age: The Veilguard Should you help Treviso or Minrathous in Dragon Age Veilguard?Here are all outcomes for choosing between both cities in the game Here are all outcomes for choosing between both cities in the game Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts The game will offer you a little bit of text to warn of the consequences of both choices, but it’s limited. Luckily, we’ve played extensively through both scenarios and the aftermath to deliver the best choice to you....

October 31, 2024 · 2 min · 401 words · Thomas Gillespie

Should you save or leave the mayor in Dragon Age Veilguard?

HomeGuidesDragon Age: The Veilguard Should you save or leave the mayor in Dragon Age Veilguard?Here are the consequences for saving or leaving the mayor at D’Meta’s Crossing Here are the consequences for saving or leaving the mayor at D’Meta’s Crossing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Wondering if you should save or leave the mayor in Dragon Age Veilguard?As you progress through the first few quests inDragon Age Veilguard, you’ll be faced with a moral quandary....

October 31, 2024 · 5 min · 976 words · Barbara Reed

The trick to Dragon Age's lore is that the lore is lying, says original "uber-plot" writer David Gaider

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard The trick to Dragon Age’s lore is that the lore is lying, says original “uber-plot” writer David GaiderBut does Veilguard get us closer to a final answer? But does Veilguard get us closer to a final answer? Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Gaider recently spoke to Eurogamer’s Robert Purchese, aka The Lovely Bertie, about how he and BioWare came up with the setting. The result isa jolly article on world-building, from which I have dutifully plucked out some intriguing snippets....

October 31, 2024 · 3 min · 489 words · Jamie Howell

Animal Use Protocol asks: what if we put a happy little rat on Half Life 2’s gravity gun and gave it to a chimpanzee?

HomeNewsAnimal Use Protocol Animal Use Protocol asks: what if we put a happy little rat on Half Life 2’s gravity gun and gave it to a chimpanzee?The rat’s name is Trip The rat’s name is Trip Image credit:The Brotherhood Image credit:The Brotherhood When they’re not doing environmental art for projects likeWasteland 3, The Brotherhood have a history making enticingly odd games. Sinvery nearly likedStasis: Bone Totem, landing positive despite giving up after several hours....

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · 345 words · Robert Hensley

Indiana Jones doesn't "endorse" Nazis, Bethesda assure, just in case you were confused by him repeatedly murdering them

HomeNewsIndiana Jones and the Great Circle Disclaimer: he really does hate these guys Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft The line between escapist entertainment and Problematic fantasycan be thin, but I think Indiana Jones’s dislike for the German National Socialist Party of the 1930s and 1940s is fairly clearcut. “Nazis - I hate these guys!” he says in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Let’s play Devil’s Advocate and try toLionel Hutzthat quote: “Nazis?...

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · 359 words · Kelly Walsh

Sony write off ill-fated $200 million shooter Concord as a loss by closing studio permanently

HomeNewsConcord Concoup de grace Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment Image credit:Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony have shut down Firewalk Studios, the developers behind ill-fated multiplayer hero shooterConcord, and confirmed that the game will not be returning to stores. In doing so, they are effectively striking a line through a big, red $200 million in their books - a number that some report is only part of the loss. “[Certain] aspects of Concord were exceptional,” said Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony’s Studio Business Group ina press releaseyesterday, “but others did not land with enough players, and as a result we took the game offline....

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · 409 words · Tara Hardy

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 LR 7.62 loadout and class setup

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 LR 7.62 loadout and class setupHere’s how to put together a stellar LR 7.62 loadout in Black Ops 6 Here’s how to put together a stellar LR 7.62 loadout in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking to build the best LR 7.62 loadout in Black Ops 6?The LR 7.62 is one of three Sniper Rifles in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6....

October 29, 2024 · 4 min · 803 words · Christine Jackson

Black Ops 6 QA staff walk out over Activision return to the office policy, which has "unquestionably harmed disabled employees"

HomeNews Black Ops 6 QA staff walk out over Activision return to the office policy, which has “unquestionably harmed disabled employees"ABetterABK and Communication Workers Of America back walkout ABetterABK and Communication Workers Of America back walkout Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision The walkout is small, with about30 people shown holding CWA signs in photographs, but it’s caught the attention of local media like Fox9. “We respect our employees' rights to express their point of view,” it reads....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 225 words · Caleb Flowers

Bungie seek to reassure everyone that Marathon is still alive... by saying almost nothing about it

HomeNewsMarathon There’s a character called “Thief” Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie Bungie have been fairly quiet aboutMarathon, the upcoming extraction shooter theyannounced in 2023. Yesterday they released a devlog in which game director Joe Ziegler seemed to want to reassure fans of the studio that the game was still in development. He talked around a lot of the game features, without actually saying much about it. As yet, there’s still no footage of the game in action, making its previous release window of 2025 appear even more tenuous....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 374 words · Leslie Patterson

Indiana Jones And the Great Circle redefines the gun-toting archaeologist as a grabby Lucasfilm fanboi

HomeFeaturesIndiana Jones and the Great Circle Hands-on time Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft The game’s almost sensual need to lay Indy’s mitts on everything says a lot about Indiana Jones as a character who figures things out as he bumps into them. It also speaks to The Great Circle’s unsurprising and rather numbing portrayal of “history” as a collectible commodity, but let’s not get too self-righteous straight off the bat. Let’s start with Indy himself....

October 29, 2024 · 7 min · 1320 words · Carol Murray

NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 29th

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 29thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #505. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #505. 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! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 29th October?...

October 29, 2024 · 4 min · 720 words · Mr. James Pittman

Path Of Exile 2 early access release delayed to December to ensure your POE microtransactions carry over

HomeNewsPath Of Exile 2 Path Of Exile 2 early access release delayed to December to ensure your POE microtransactions carry overThe older code is full of “strange demons”, it seems The older code is full of “strange demons”, it seems Image credit:Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Grinding Gear Games Path Of Exile 2’s early access release has been shoved back three weeks from15th Novemberto 6th December 2024, game director Jonathan Rogers has announced ina brief Youtube video....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 381 words · James Baldwin