Phantom Line, the "paranormal SWAT" shooter from former Cyberpunk and Bioshock devs, has a time-limited demo

HomeNews Phantom Line, the “paranormal SWAT” shooter from former Cyberpunk and Bioshock devs, has a time-limited demoAvailable until the 18th of June Available until the 18th of June Image credit:Antistatic Studios Image credit:Antistatic Studios Phantom Line - Reveal Trailer - Join the paranormal SWATWatch on YouTube Phantom Line - Reveal Trailer - Join the paranormal SWAT If you don’t want to go through the hassle of joining and downloading the demo based on the scant details from the trailer, YouTuber ENFANT TERRIBLE has uploaded an entire 50 minute session....

June 13, 2024 · 2 min · 322 words · Michael Williams

Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming to Steam in August

HomeNewsPrince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming to Steam in AugustOoh, it’d be brill on the Deck Ooh, it’d be brill on the Deck Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown’s first story DLC got atwo-second trailer during Ubisoft Forwardon Monday, confirming its name and its coming release this September. Here’s a more specific release date that’ll matter more to some of you: The Lost Crown itself will come to Steam on August 8th....

June 13, 2024 · 4 min · 813 words · Derek King

Valve owe you 44 quid, according to a £656m lawsuit against the company for allegedly overcharging UK customers

HomeNews Valve owe you 44 quid, according to a £656m lawsuit against the company for allegedly overcharging UK customers“We believe Valve Corporation has been unfairly shutting out competition for PC games” “We believe Valve Corporation has been unfairly shutting out competition for PC games” In what is possibly the biggest scandal the UK has seen since the last time the price of Freddos went up, a digital rights campaigner is suing Valve for £656m in compensation, accusing the company of overcharging and anti-competitive behaviour....

June 13, 2024 · 2 min · 232 words · Elizabeth Roman

Alice B is leaving RPS, come say goodbye

HomeNews Maybe scream a little On a Monday in early 2018, Adam Smith, Rock Paper Shotgun’s deputy editor at the time, handed in his notice. On Thursday that same week, I emailed Alice Bell, a person I’d never spoken to before, to ask if she would consider applying for the role. Alice thought it over for a week, and then emailed her response: no. Alice’s writing sounds like how I want RPS to sound: funny and smart, yes, but best of all able to be strongly critical while still unafraid to be a fan of a game she loves....

June 12, 2024 · 7 min · 1290 words · Alec Conley

Felvidek review: a black comedy medieval RPG that’s all about honeyed words and grubby deeds

HomeReviewsFelvidek Love, blood, and rhetoric Image credit:Jozef Pavelka Image credit:Jozef Pavelka Engaging from start to arguably too-soon finish, Felvidek is a raw, strange, and brilliant RPG that alternates between deadly combat, plummy prose, crass jokes, and odd beauty. It’s a small map and the game is short, although I don’t think it needed to be any longer. You sprint about on its overworld, explore, talk to folks. Travel doesn’t take long, so I keep going back to the village to hear the woman washing garments in the river talk about the clothes that get dirty forever....

June 12, 2024 · 4 min · 689 words · Emily Johnson

Most Elden Ring players on Steam won’t even be able to play its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC next week

HomeNewsElden Ring Most Elden Ring players on Steam won’t even be able to play its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC next weekIn From fashion, you’ll need to defeat a tough boss at the end of an secret side area before you enter the expansion In From fashion, you’ll need to defeat a tough boss at the end of an secret side area before you enter the expansion Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco...

June 12, 2024 · 2 min · 376 words · Adam Holland

Still Wakes the Deep, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and Deathsprint 66 makers to lay off hundreds of staff

HomeNews Still Wakes the Deep, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and Deathsprint 66 makers to lay off hundreds of staffSumo Group studios have also co-developed games including Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Hogwarts Legacy Sumo Group studios have also co-developed games including Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Hogwarts Legacy Image credit:Focus Entertainment Image credit:Focus Entertainment Sumo Group, the British video game collective which owns developers Sumo Digital, publishers Secret Mode and more - includingEverybody’s Gone to the Rapturedevs The Chinese Room - is laying off hundreds of staff, cutting 15% of their workforce “to better navigate the upcoming challenges expected in the coming months”....

June 12, 2024 · 2 min · 311 words · Alyssa Schneider

Today's NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, June 13)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Today’s NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, June 13)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #368 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #368 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

June 12, 2024 · 3 min · 559 words · Brooke Leonard

Wordle hints and answer (#1090): How to solve the Thursday June 13 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1090): How to solve the Thursday June 13 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for June 13? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 13? 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 12, 2024 · 6 min · 1195 words · Kimberly Walter

Charming action-RPG Cat Quest 3 releases this August and there's a Steam Next Fest demo now

HomeNewsCat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean Charming action-RPG Cat Quest 3 releases this August and there’s a Steam Next Fest demo nowRaining demos like cats and dogs Raining demos like cats and dogs Image credit:The Gentlebros Image credit:The Gentlebros Yeah. That’s why I like it, though. Now it has a release date: August 8th. Cat Quest III - Customisation TrailerCat Quest 3’s customisation trailer.Watch on YouTube Cat Quest III - Customisation Trailer...

June 11, 2024 · 2 min · 275 words · Christopher Smith

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree system requirements

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree system requirementsHere are the system requirements for Shadow Of The Erdtree Here are the system requirements for Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree system requirements?Elden Ring’s DLCShadow Of The Erdtreeis an utterly massive beast capable of adding another 100 hours to your playtime, and if you’re curious about the system requirements to enter the Land of Shadow, you’re in the right place....

June 11, 2024 · 5 min · 1029 words · Don Mccarthy

NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, June 12)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, June 12)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #367 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #367 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?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

June 11, 2024 · 3 min · 577 words · Christopher Turner

Someone finally beat the hardest racetrack ever made in Trackmania, and it only took them 220 hours to finish

HomeNewsTrackmania Someone finally beat the hardest racetrack ever made in Trackmania, and it only took them 220 hours to finishWinner winner, chicken dipper Winner winner, chicken dipper Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Ubisoft It took over a month of racing and 220 hours of playtime but aTrackmaniaplayer has finally beaten the racing game’s most horrendously difficult map. For those of you only now noticing that tens of thousands of Twitch viewers have been religiously watching video game Hot Wheels, let me elucidate....

June 11, 2024 · 4 min · 641 words · Joshua Williams