You're now much stronger against tanks and armour in Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead patch for "more versatile" tactics

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 You’re now much stronger against tanks and armour in Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead patch for “more versatile” tacticsThe forever war continues The forever war continues Image credit:PlayStation/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:PlayStation/Rock Paper Shotgun To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings In case you have better things to do with the next 35 minutes, here’s a summary of the patch notes, the full list of which you canfind here....

September 18, 2024 · 2 min · 220 words · Amber Moreno

ECHOSTASIS’s curious and thoughtful horror doesn’t overlook the importance of an excellent shotgun

HomeNewsEchostasis ECHOSTASIS’s curious and thoughtful horror doesn’t overlook the importance of an excellent shotgun[DOWNLOAD DEMO] [DOWNLOAD DEMO] Image credit:Enigma Studio Image credit:Enigma Studio ECHOSTASISis the third entry in Enigma’s Studio’shorrortrilogy, and it’s one of the more interesting games I’ve played this year. There’s a demoon Steam, and you should grab it if you’re interested, since everything I have to say about it is going to be a spoiler of some kind....

September 17, 2024 · 2 min · 422 words · Felicia Burns

Frostpunk 2 review: I became a dictator because everyone was so goddamn annoying

HomeReviewsFrostpunk 2 Frostpunk 2 review: I became a dictator because everyone was so goddamn annoyingOld town snowed Old town snowed Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios Frostpunk 2was an ambitious gambit. With survival achieved, and the introduction’s excellently sinister advisor whispering evil Tory ideas, the whole city you built inFrostpunkis now just the headquarters for a sprawling expansion effort, and your rule is no longer absolute....

September 17, 2024 · 4 min · 693 words · Scott Wilson III

Metaphor: ReFantazio almost has me sold on its bonkers bad guy designs alone

HomeFeaturesMetaphor: ReFantazio Metaphor: ReFantazio almost has me sold on its bonkers bad guy designs aloneArmy of eww Army of eww Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Having played the opening hour of Altus’Metaphor: ReFantazio– now mere weeks away from its October 11th launch – I think it’s high time to correct a games previewing injustice. Namely, that the majority of its pre-release buzz has centred around its proximity toPersona, and not its far more entertaining quality of having the most gleefully bizarreRPGenemy design this side ofElden Ring’s horn-tooting orbpeople....

September 17, 2024 · 3 min · 472 words · Laura Garcia

People’s heads keep exploding for no good reason in I Am Your Beast and I’m very much onboard with it

HomeFeaturesI Am Your Beast People’s heads keep exploding for no good reason in I Am Your Beast and I’m very much onboard with itSome of the reasons are good, to be fair Some of the reasons are good, to be fair Image credit:Strange Scaffold Image credit:Strange Scaffold Strange Scaffold’s newly releasedFPSI Am Your Beastis very fun for quite a few reasons, but chief among them is a deep appreciation for the poetry of good videogame violence....

September 17, 2024 · 11 min · 2318 words · Dawn Turner

Some Goodbyes We Made is a collection of sorrowfully sweet games about saying goodbye

Skip to the end Image credit:Safe Flight Games / Joey Schutz Image credit:Safe Flight Games / Joey Schutz While they’re obviously going square for the emoti-glands, the games appear quite mischievous in style. There’s one in which you wave frantically with the mouse cursor while your train pulls away, and another that looks a little like Earthbound in which you are a kid raising hell during a house move. Safe Flight’s two developers are both alumni of New York University Game Center....

September 17, 2024 · 1 min · 196 words · Jose Fisher

UFO 50 review: a pixellated portrait of the 1980s that offers a strange sort of time travel

HomeReviewsUFO 50 UFO 50 review: a pixellated portrait of the 1980s that offers a strange sort of time travelA retroactive reimagining A retroactive reimagining Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Mossmouth Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Mossmouth UFO 50 - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube UFO 50 - Announcement Trailer It’s also a funny collection, full of jokes and pranks at the player’s expense. In one adventure game, tiles may fall on you without warning within seconds of your first movements....

September 17, 2024 · 5 min · 941 words · Michael Garcia

Connections hints and answers for Mon, September 16th

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Mon, September 16thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #462. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #462. 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 16th September?...

September 16, 2024 · 4 min · 737 words · Misty Medina

Mars First Logistics has turned into a Martian railway builder, with some very pretty, 100% authentic clouds

HomeNews Mars First Logistics has turned into a Martian railway builder, with some very pretty, 100% authentic cloudsWell, sir, there’s nothing on Mars like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car monorail Well, sir, there’s nothing on Mars like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car monorail Image credit:Outersloth Image credit:Outersloth Efforts to render Mars commuter-friendly proceed apace asMars First Logisticsembraces the magic of trains. The latest update for the physics-based open world build-a-car game introduces a mountable theodolite, which lets you stitch together monorail networks you can then ride about on....

September 16, 2024 · 2 min · 376 words · David Cummings

Menace’s turn-based battles are the galaxy’s deadliest teambuilding exercises

HomeFeaturesMenace Menace’s turn-based battles are the galaxy’s deadliest teambuilding exercisesThe Battle Brothers devs’ next strategy game wants you to keep its soldiers sweet The Battle Brothers devs’ next strategy game wants you to keep its soldiers sweet Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse If you’ve playedBattle Brothers, you’ll know that Overhype Studios have a way of making youcare for an underling, no more so than when you inadvertently send them onto the wrong end of a sharp blade....

September 16, 2024 · 4 min · 640 words · Mark Anderson

Neon knight flier Hyperbeat looks like a stylish mash-up of Rez and Osu!

HomeNewsHyperbeat Neon knight flier Hyperbeat looks like a stylish mash-up of Rez and Osu!Rhythm game fans may want to bookmark this one Rhythm game fans may want to bookmark this one Image credit:Alice Bottino/Chancellor Wallin Image credit:Alice Bottino/Chancellor Wallin If you’re a fan of rhythm games and fun bops, then you might want to bookmark ol’Hyperbeat. Set in a wireframe world, you’re to chop, dodge or ride notes as you slam your “hyperknight” through a tunnel at high speed....

September 16, 2024 · 1 min · 192 words · Brooke Thornton

This action roguelite’s demo has more stuff in it than some full games, plus some very good goblins

HomeNewsSulfur This action roguelite’s demo has more stuff in it than some full games, plus some very good goblinsSULFUR is “a modern old-school action-adventure” SULFUR is “a modern old-school action-adventure” Image credit:Perfect Random Image credit:Perfect Random For all the nightmarish enshittification modern life throws at us, we can at least feel warm and fulfilled about the resurgence of demos. Bountifully they await on Steam, like a friendly worker offering you toothpick-skewered cheese chunks at your local supermarket....

September 16, 2024 · 5 min · 942 words · Kelly Yang

Tiny Glade review: lovely tools and procedural flourishes make building castles a treat

HomeReviewsTiny Glade Tiny Glade review: lovely tools and procedural flourishes make building castles a treatLess is moor Less is moor Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pounce Light Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pounce Light Tiny Gladehas been a constant presence on TikTok for the last year or so. It’s never far away. In between burrito recipes and hymns to the Fujifilm X100v, this gorgeous toylike art tool’s gamely turning stretches of balmy meadow into semi-ruined castles, semi-ruined villages and semi-ruined citadels....

September 16, 2024 · 4 min · 801 words · Wendy Kemp