HomeNewsBuild The Sun Here’s a free god sim from the Shotgun King devs in which you Build The SunMade in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 56 Made in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 56 Image credit:Punkcake Délicieux / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Punkcake Délicieux / Rock Paper Shotgun Shotgun Kingdevelopers Punkcake Délicieux have quietly rolled out another ticklish oddity in the shape ofBuild The Sun, a work-in-progress 2D god sim. In Build The Sun you preside over a tribe of alarming yet cute inkblot creatures, who sometimes remind me of Pikmin and sometimes, of that awful ‘roided-up panther monster from the opening stretch ofAnother World....

HomeNews Netflix’s “Team Blue” of Halo, Overwatch and God Of War vets close without a single game to their nameStreaming giant’s blockbuster venture shuttered after around two years of operation Streaming giant’s blockbuster venture shuttered after around two years of operation Image credit:Netflix Image credit:Netflix Netflix have shut down one of their more trumpeted video game initiatives - a Californian studio known as team “Blue” and stocked with former Halo, God Of War andOverwatchdevelopers....

HomeNewsTormenture Tormenture takes the Inscryption meta-horror formula back to 8-bit gaming and the 1980sAtaaAaAaAAAAAAari classics AtaaAaAaAAAAAAari classics Image credit:Billete Cohete Image credit:Billete Cohete Tormenture - Launch Date AnnouncementWatch on YouTube Tormenture - Launch Date Announcement Downsides? Well, it doesn’t seem as loopy as Inscryption. The clear love of throwback memorabilia on show could make for an overly comfortable chiller on the whole. But why content yourself with my aimless speculations? I don’t even have a proper PC to play this on....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1221): How to solve the Tuesday October 22 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for October 22? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for October 22? 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!...

HomeNewsFactorio Factorio’s Space Age expansion is out now, adding asteroid factories, Frostpunky iceworlds and rotting junglesSequel-sized DLC lands alongside beefy base game update Sequel-sized DLC lands alongside beefy base game update Image credit:Wube Software LTD Image credit:Wube Software LTD Accordingly, the immense, smoke-rimmed cyborg eye of Factorio has turned from the exhausted soil to the relatively untapped heavens. Somewhere up there, there is unspoilt territory. Somewhere, there is land that has never known the roar of a smelter - and in Factorio’s behemothic Space Age DLC, out today, you will find it....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VII fan translation restores every lost instance of Cloud saying “let’s mosey"“Let’s dander” and “Let’s saunter” were not considered “Let’s dander” and “Let’s saunter” were not considered Image credit:Square Enix / Shinra Archaeology Department Image credit:Square Enix / Shinra Archaeology Department In a climactic scene of the originalFinal Fantasy VII, hero and amateur snowboarder CloudStrifestands with his fellow adventurers as they are about to face a final, possibly fatal battle....

HomeNewsGangstalk In paranoia pot-boiler Gangstalk you are the person chasing youFinally, hard proof that I am indeed my own worst enemy Finally, hard proof that I am indeed my own worst enemy Image credit:Lithodelphis Image credit:Lithodelphis GANGSTALK: A Horror Game from the POV of Your StalkersWatch on YouTube GANGSTALK: A Horror Game from the POV of Your Stalkers As the game begins, Cam has infiltrated a secret PANDO company town, Kudzu Vale, which reminds me ofThe Blackout Club’s ghoulish chunk of suburbia....

HomeGuidesWordle Today’s Wordle hints and answer (#1220): How to solve the Monday October 21 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 21? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 21? 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!...

HomeNews Valve won’t sacrifice battery life to deliver a more powerful Steam Deck 2The “real” next generation of handheld PC won’t get here for a while The “real” next generation of handheld PC won’t get here for a while Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’re fondly dreaming of an actualSteam Deck2, not some half-and-half OLED travesty, you should also be fondly dreaming of a better class of battery....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Sun, October 20thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #496. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #496. 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 20th October?...

HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: slightly useful useless editionread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com No cool industry person this week, I’m afraid, but I do have a consolation prize for you. A comment from valued RPS community member #1694 a few weeks back reminded me that I once spent a long time tracking down good SF/Fantasy/Horror short story magazines. Partly for pitching purposes, and partly because I was just really excited such things still existed....

HomeNewsBallionaire Ballionaire is a pachinko roguelike where you build your board as you playPing ping ping Ping ping ping Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury A trend of gambling-inspired games has surfaced in the wake of poker-like deckbuilding roguelikeBalatro. The recipe? Take a standard game of chance you might find in any casino and mash an uncountable number of bells and whistles and gizmos and weirdnesses into it, then slather it in a “one more turn” roguelike dressing, and make it as tactile and punchy as humanly possible....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 release timeHere’s when Black Ops 6’s campaign, multiplayer, and zombie modes unlock Here’s when Black Ops 6’s campaign, multiplayer, and zombie modes unlock Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision Looking for the Black Ops 6 release time?This year’sCall Of Dutyis almost upon us, andBlack Ops 6continues the franchise’s long tradition of Cold War-era drama mixed with blazing multiplayer firefights. All players will be able to enjoy the game starting onOctober 25, but depending on what part of the world you live in, the time you’ll be able to boot up Black Ops 6 differs....