HomeNews Humble’s Metroidvania Bundle includes seven bangers for only $15Hollow Knight, Rain World, Blasphemous and more Hollow Knight, Rain World, Blasphemous and more Image credit:Team Cherry Image credit:Team Cherry Metroidvanias, Metroid-likes, and Castlevania-likes are games that heavily feature non-linear exploration and cool discoveries that open up parts of an interconnected map. Otherwise known as good game design. A new Humble Bundle has now compiled seven great Metroidvanias for the low price of £12/$15, availableherefrom now until June 20th....

HomeDeals Intel’s Core i5 13400F is down to $165 after a $50 Best Buy discountA great deal on Intel’s best value gaming CPU. A great deal on Intel’s best value gaming CPU. Intel’s mid-range Core i5 processors have long been some of the best choices for gaming PCs, versus Core i7 and Core i9 models that require much more cooling while not providing much more performance in GPU-limited scenarios. Their 13th-gen models are a particular favourite, and today we have a US deal on perhaps the best value gaming CPU in that lineup: the Core i5 13400F is now down to $164....

HomeNews The Queer Games Bundle returns to Itch.io, collecting hundreds of games for Pride MonthThe annual bundle offers plenty of interesting indies The annual bundle offers plenty of interesting indies Image credit:Nardo23 Image credit:Nardo23 Somehow we’re already in June, which makes me both cosmically confused about the passage of time and quite happy because it’s now Pride Month. That also means that queer indie developers have once again banded together and organised the third annual Queer Games Bundle onItch....

HomeNews XCOM and Civilization studio Firaxis Games suffers a round of layoffsPart of Take-Two’s “cost reduction program” Part of Take-Two’s “cost reduction program” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The widely admired studio behindXCOMand Civilization, Firaxis Games, have undergone a round of layoffs affecting around 30 employees, according to a report fromAxios. Publisher 2K Games later confirmed the news and said the job cuts were due to a “sharpening of focus, enhancements of efficiencies, and an alignment of our talent against our highest priorities....

HomeDeals Get 16GB of Crucial DDR5 RAM for £34That’s it, that’s the deal. That’s it, that’s the deal. DDR5 RAM used to be expensive - but fast forward a year or two and now it’s possible to pick up 16GB for a little more than three of your British tenners. That’s right, you can now get a single 16GB stick of DDR5-4800 for £34, or two for £68 - quick maths....

HomeFeatures How System Shock 2 made Stephen Kick and Nightdive Studios“Hey, I’ve got this far. Let’s see how far I can take it.” “Hey, I’ve got this far. Let’s see how far I can take it.” Image credit:Prime Matter / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Prime Matter / Rock Paper Shotgun “Oh yeah, we’ve got theSystem ShockIP,” said the insurance company. “What do you want to do with it? Do you want to make a sequel?...

HomeDeals Pick up an MSI RX 6800 16GB graphics card for £430 in this UK dealA great choice for 4K gaming thanks to its hefty VRAM allocation. A great choice for 4K gaming thanks to its hefty VRAM allocation. As AMD’s (underwhelming) mid-range RX 7000 graphics cards are being released, we’re seeing extremely good discounts on their past-gen offerings, making them significantly better value. Case in point is this deal on the MSI RX 6800, which is a great card for 1440p to 4K gaming and now costs just £430....

HomeNewsElation For The Wonder Box 6000 This claymation game makes me deeply uncomfortable so of course I need to play itElation For The Wonder Box 6000 looks horrifying Elation For The Wonder Box 6000 looks horrifying I feel like claymation has always been a bit creepy, you know? Yeah, sure the Aardman films are whimsical and fun, but have you seen those early Wallace and Gromit shorts? There’s something kind of unsettling about the odd shape of Wallace’s uneven head and I’ve always deeply hated that you can sometimes see the subtle lines of a thumb imprint on parts of his face, like he’s been smothered inbetween the pads of two giant fingers....

HomeFeatures What’s better: An enemy which can’t see you but can sense you, or it only moves when you’re not looking?Vote now! Vote now! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Bethesda Softworks Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Bethesda Softworks Enemy which can’t see you but can sense you You know you’re in trouble when a game removes an enemy’s sight. This inevitably means it’s so deadly that if it could see you, it would instantly murder you....

HomeFeaturesCitizen Sleeper Why Citizen Sleeper’s cast of interstellar nobodies matterNo more heroes No more heroes Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fellow Traveller Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fellow Traveller One of my absolute favourite elements ofCitizen Sleeperis how you essentially play as a nobody. When we first meet the Sleeper they’ve had their memories completely erased; the last thing they remember is stuffing themselves into a cargo container and shooting off into the depths of space - a last resort in wanting to escape the clutches of a scary corporation....

HomeHardwareReviews Crucial T700 review: an untethered, unaffordable PCIe 5.0 SSDA new generation of SSDs has arrived, but will anyone want to answer the door? A new generation of SSDs has arrived, but will anyone want to answer the door? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun When Ipreviewedan early production sample of the Crucial T700, the theoretically fastest drive in the PCIe 5.0SSDsvanguard, I said the price must be right for launch....

HomeGuidesHonkai: Star Rail How to use photo mode in Honkai: Star RailWhat you need to do to complete the “Take a photo” Daily Training Activity in HSR What you need to do to complete the “Take a photo” Daily Training Activity in HSR Image credit:HoYoverse / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:HoYoverse / Rock Paper Shotgun How do I take photos in Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Railis a good-looking game, and you may find yourself wanting to snap a few shots of some of its particularly pretty locations....

HomeNewsValheim Paid mods are “against the creative and open spirit of modding,” say Valheim’s developerIron Gate aren’t fans of the idea Iron Gate aren’t fans of the idea Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Developers Iron Gate have been receiving questions aboutValheimmods, and “what we as a company approve of - as well as what we don’t approve of.” So the team decided to clear up their stance on mods, and most notably, their stance on paid mods which is what they’ve been asked about the most....