HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 Lone Wolf mods let you ditch companions for a truly solo adventureParty for one Party for one TheLone Wolfmods take their name from the solo perk found in Larian’s previous CRPG epicDivinity: Original Sin 2, which is absent fromBaldur’s Gate 3- likely because there’s not an equivalent trait found in the Dungeons & Dragons 5E tabletop RPG, to which BG3 stays doggedly faithful and which is designed to be played as a group....

HomeDeals Dell’s ultra-premium ultra-wide OLED is down to $899.99, a high price that’s nonetheless justifiedThe AW3423DWF is one of the best monitors I’ve ever tested. The AW3423DWF is one of the best monitors I’ve ever tested. The Alienware AW3423DWF is an outstanding 34-inch OLED ultra-wide that outperforms basically everything else in its category, except for other OLED models. I took a look at it for Digital Foundry last year, and it remains one of my top choices in 2023....

HomeNews Escape Simulator is getting free Portal DLCNo need to Chell out No need to Chell out Image credit:Pine Studio Image credit:Pine Studio Escape Simulatordoes a great job of virtually scratching that escape room itch I often get, with the added appeal of not having to leave the home comforts of my house or chair. You know what’s also a pretty greatpuzzle gameset in successive rooms you need to escape?Portal. You may have heard of it....

HomeNewsGenshin Impact Genshin Impact 4.0 is out, adding new sunken kingdom area, water mechanics, distracting tophatsTime for another dip Time for another dip Image credit:miHoYo Image credit:miHoYo MiHoYo have releasedGenshin Impact4.0’s update, adding a new area, story elements, characters, domains and equipment to the gacha-driven free-to-play action RPG, which I remember having a lot of fun with last year. I’ve since inhaled a vast amount of shonen anime, and have accordingly been looking for a moment to reconnect with Genshin, one of the better anime games on the shop - perhaps this is it....

HomeHardwareDeals Get Lexar’s 1TB Play Micro SD card for just £67 after an Amazon discountThe ultimate Steam Deck or ROG Ally storage upgrade. The ultimate Steam Deck or ROG Ally storage upgrade. Get the Lexar Play 1TB Micro SD card for £67 (was £83) So what separates this card from thebest Micro SD cards for Steam Deck? Not much, actually - this card is rated for up to 150MB/s reads with an A2 rating for reasonable minimum random read speeds too....

I’ve not played a huge amount of Dungeons & Dragons, but I get why those kids fromStranger Thingswon’t stop banging on about it. It turns out all those librarians in the 90s were right: using your imagination reallyiscool and fun! Indeed, our ability to conjure fiction from the ether is fundamental to the ongoing success of D&D. Making up stories with friends is very much a good time, and if you get to kill a goblin or two in the process?...

HomeReviewsShadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew review: an all-time treasureSolid gold Solid gold Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mimimi Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mimimi Games Winding back the clock to rewrite past mistakes is a core stratagem of any Mimimi game.Baldur’s Gate 3might have rekindled the debate about save-scumming over in RPG circles, but in the stealthstrategyarena where Mimimi operate, reaching for the F5 and F8 keys to quick load a previous save is as natural as swapping between your party members on 123, or activating their unique abilities to clobber all manner of unsuspecting guards on the back of the head with ASD and F....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield info drop covers pacifist runs, player houses and contrabandAlso, the prospect of battlemechs Also, the prospect of battlemechs Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Hold onto your warp nacelles and hyperdrives,Starfieldaficionados. The game’s lead designer Emil Pagliarulo and lead quest designer Will Shen have hosteda Discord Q&Aabout Bethesda’s forthcoming space colossus. Self-despising fool that I am, I sat up late at the office taking notes throughout - please accept a modest avalanche of new details....

HomeHardwareGuidesStarfield The best SSDs for StarfieldWarp speed SSD upgrades to satisfy an unusual system requirement Warp speed SSD upgrades to satisfy an unusual system requirement Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Softworks Starfieldis almost unique among PC games for demanding – not merely suggesting or recommending –SSDstorage as part of its officialsystem requirements. As far as I can tell, only Bethesda’s galaxy-spanningRPGandCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libertymake such a stipulation....

HomeFeaturesAperture Desk Job Aperture Desk Job is still the first game you should install on your Steam DeckGetting to grips Getting to grips Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve There are loads ofgood Steam Deck games– as in, games that happen to play well on aSteam Deck, even if they were originally crafted around desktop hardware and intended to be poked around with amouseandkeyboard. This is a joy of the portable PC in itself: that if you already have a populated Steam library, a box-fresh Deck will immediately have a selection of familiar favourites to install at no extra cost....

HomeNewsStarfield Bethesda’s new Starfield lore timeline leaves Earth’s fate a mysteryWill we beat climate change, then? Will we beat climate change, then? Image credit:Bethesda / RockPaperShotgun Image credit:Bethesda / RockPaperShotgun Bethesda have published a timeline detailing events in theStarfielduniverse from before the player’s arrival. The scrollable chronology, which runs from 2050 to 2160, charts the origins of the war between the United Colonies and Freestar Collective factions, who sound more and more to me like the Union and the Confederacy in the US Civil War....

HomeNewsCities: Skylines II Cities: Skylines 2 will simulate layoffs, homelessness and bankruptciesHow different economic agents interact How different economic agents interact Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Paradox have posted aCities: Skylines 2developer diary in which the studio discusses the new game’s rather elaborate-sounding economy simulation. This follows equally knotty breakdowns of itszoning tools, which allow you to mix architectural styles, and itsroad traffic system, which will hopefully dispense with some of the pathfinding issues from the originalCities: Skylines....

HomeDeals Get LG’s 27-inch 4K 144Hz wonder-monitor for $543, down from $800I’m a big fan of this one, as my monitor uses the exact same panel. I’m a big fan of this one, as my monitor uses the exact same panel. Image credit:LG/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:LG/Rock Paper Shotgun LG’s 27GN950 monitor is one of my all-time favourites, as it’s the perfect complement to a high-end gaming PC. You get a 4K resolution for pin-sharp graphics and text, a 144Hz refresh rate and Fast IPS panel for excellent motion handling, and a 27-inch span that fits easily onto a desk or monitor arm....