Call of Duty follows Fortnite in adding Fallout skins, out this week

HomeNews Call of Duty follows Fortnite in adding Fallout skins, out this weekWho wore it better? Who wore it better? Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Not one to be outdone in the how-many-popular-licences-can-you-cram-into-one-video-game race, Call of Duty is following upFortnite’s own recent addition of Fallout skins with its own crossover with the series....

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 188 words · Richard Martinez

Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators announce a new RPG with "100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings"

HomeNewsThe Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators announce a new RPG with “100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings"Typical Typical Image credit:Aniplex Inc. Image credit:Aniplex Inc. The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-|Teaser TrailerWatch on YouTube The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-|Teaser Trailer In keeping with many Japanese teen stories you’re a totally ‘average’ guy, Takumi Sumino, who lives in Tokyo. Then out of the blue, lots of horrible monsters start attacking the city and a ghostly tic tac with a bow tie says, “Here, have the power to fight these creatures with the power of anime, but stick to the grids on the floor....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 263 words · Monica Smith

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Apple Arcade-only RPG Fantasian is coming to PC

HomeNewsFantasian Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Apple Arcade-only RPG Fantasian is coming to PCYou can put monsters in a bag! You can put monsters in a bag! Image credit:Mistwalker Image credit:Mistwalker FANTASIAN Neo Dimension - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube FANTASIAN Neo Dimension - Announcement Trailer While perhaps lacking a bit of flair and visual identity in the character design department - aside from not-Vincent, he’s cool - there’s that lovely Sakaguchi sense of sprawling adventure emanating from the trailer, alongside Final Fantasy staples like ornate airships and very large whales....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 274 words · Daniel Brown

Fine, let's write about the stupid Banana game

HomeNewsBanana Game Fine, let’s write about the stupid Banana gameSaps a-peel Saps a-peel Image credit:Sky Image credit:Sky You might have noticed that the secondmost played gameon Steam right now is Banana, which released back in April, but has seen an explosion of popularity over the past couple of weeks. What is Banana? It’s a free idle clicker in which you click on a picture of a banana to make numbers go up....

June 19, 2024 · 3 min · 428 words · Donald Ray

It looks like the original Resident Evil is headed (back) to PC

HomeNewsResident Evil It looks like the original Resident Evil is headed (back) to PCNot the remastered remake; the 1996 classic Not the remastered remake; the 1996 classic Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings A second point of clarification for those smart-asses still holding up their hands: yes, the original Resident Evil from 1996 hastechnicallyalready been released on PC before, hitting Japanese computers the year of its release before finding its way to North American and European keyboards-and-mice the following year....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 400 words · John Flowers

Nine Sols review: A 2D Sekiro-like so good it converted me to an entire genre

HomeReviewsNine Sols Nine Sols review: A 2D Sekiro-like so good it converted me to an entire genreMouse trap Mouse trap Image credit:RedCandleGames Image credit:RedCandleGames What to compareNine Sols’ flowingSekiro-like 2D combat and layered metroidvania exploration to? The eternally sequel-lessHollow Knight? The punishing roguelite trappings ofDead Cells? 2D Souls-nuzzlingSalt and Sacrifice? I wouldn’t know, because I’ve always had such trouble with slashing, blocking, and jumping in two dimensions that not only have I barely played any of the above, I’ve missed out a swathe of importantplatformersin the belief I just didn’t have it in me to manage them....

June 19, 2024 · 5 min · 1061 words · Elizabeth Wilson

Wordle hints and answer (#1096): How to solve the Wednesday June 19 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1096): How to solve the Wednesday June 19 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for June 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 19? 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!...

June 19, 2024 · 6 min · 1200 words · Matthew Edwards

Battle Aces is a fast and furious mechabug RTS from Blizzard talent that turns Starcraft into a game of cards

HomeFeaturesBattle Aces Battle Aces is a fast and furious mechabug RTS from Blizzard talent that turns Starcraft into a game of cardsA blizzard of potential A blizzard of potential Image credit:Uncapped Games Image credit:Uncapped Games Each is a mix of bug and robot, with a clutch of finely observed, quirky-but-never-gratuitous animations that immediately had me choosing favourites when I played the game atSummer Game Fest. “Our main unit design concept artist, his father was also an illustrator and nature illustrator at that, so he’s already accomplished with animal designs, but he also loves mechs and robots too,” notes Uncapped Games art director Ted Park....

June 18, 2024 · 4 min · 779 words · Jasmine French

Paradox shutter studio Tectonic and cancel troubled Sims competitor Life By You

Following the game being delayed indefinitely Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive In last year’sfinancial report, Paradox Interactivereported record revenue, but a decrease in profits.Cities Skylines 2made them big bucks in the last quarter,despite launch woes. On the other end of the spectrum, there was the$23 million flopof strategy gameThe Lamplighters League, prior to which they laid off a“significant portion” of studio Harebrained Schemes, who they thencut looselast October. Best of luck to all affected in what has become a saddening and frustratingly common occurrence for developers of late....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 117 words · Elizabeth Fuentes

Baldur’s Gate 3 mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to players

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to players“We don’t want to keep on doing the same thing, we really want to move forward and do new things” “We don’t want to keep on doing the same thing, we really want to move forward and do new things” Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun Baldur’s Gate 3’s upcoming mod support update, which willintroduce official modding tools to the sprawling Dungeons & Dragons RPGlater this year, will effectively serve as Larian’s swan song for their work on the game....

June 17, 2024 · 3 min · 437 words · Michelle Kramer

Dragon Age: The Veilguard strips your RPG party down to two companions, but they'll be "deeper" with a lot more banter

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard Dragon Age: The Veilguard strips your RPG party down to two companions, but they’ll be “deeper” with a lot more banterThe most banter ever The most banter ever Image credit:EA Image credit:EA “Two’s company, three’s a crowd,” the saying goes, unless the first two are warriors and the third one is a priest, in which case the superior proverb is surely “three’s a moderately balanced squad, two’s a massive liability”?...

June 17, 2024 · 3 min · 520 words · Paige Adkins

NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, June 17)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, June 17)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #372 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #372 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! Want a hint for Connections today?...

June 17, 2024 · 3 min · 579 words · Charles Callahan

Still Wakes The Deep review: soaked in sea horror and shiveringly good voice acting

HomeReviewsStill Wakes The Deep Still Wakes The Deep review: soaked in sea horror and shiveringly good voice actingOil not sleep tonight Oil not sleep tonight Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Secret Mode Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Secret Mode Scottish petrochemicalhorroris not exactly a genre, but maybe it ought to be. From the opening moments ofStill Wakes The Deepyou know life on its 1970s North Sea oil rig is precarious. Leaky ceilings, busted panelling, faulty drill machinery - the omens pile up as you spend your first thirty minutes wandering through the colleague-packed canteen and over the platform into the boss' office for a severe dressing-down....

June 17, 2024 · 7 min · 1451 words · Kenneth Simon