HomeNewsOthercide Horror turn-based tactics game Othercide is coming in JulyA strong mood A strong mood The stylish turn-based tactical action ofOthercideis coming on July 28th, publishers Focus Home Interactive have announced. That’s the post-Apocalyptic one about fighting demon-y beasties with an army of ‘Daughters’, female warriors who wear flowing scarves and strike cool poses. Lots of talk about suffering. Bit of blood magic, maybe. And sacrifice, definitely. It’s a hearty slap of mood, though I’ve not yet seen much of how it plays....

HomeFeaturesMonster Train How upgrading cards fuels Monster Train’s wild rideTrain in vain Train in vain Monster Trainis a game about chuffing through the hills and vales of Hell while mincing up angels with your demonic fiends, angry plants and waxen gentry folk.As Matt has declared, it’s extremely good, and one of the things that I love about it is the way itescalates. That train ride you’re on is a wild, careening one into multiplying attack and defence....

HomeFeaturesRocket Arena Rocket Arena preview: hands on with the new EA Originals 3v3 arena exploderSay it with rockets Say it with rockets I don’t like rocket jumping. It is silly. And yet, I had a good time withRocket Arena, the upcoming online shooter, when I played in a closed preview event a bit over a week ago. It’s coming on July 14 from Final Strike Games, via little known indie publisher Electronic Arts....

HomeNews Star Wars: Squadrons trailer explains a whole lot moreAs they say in Star Wars, yippee! As they say in Star Wars, yippee! EA tonight showed off moreStar Wars: Squadronsin a new trailer, following its cinematic announcementon Monday. It may not be a straight gameplay video with all the answers you’d hope for but it does explain and show a fair bit. It does also: look very pretty with its lasers and explosions....

HomeNewsThe Sims 4 Surprise! The Sims 4 is now on SteamAnd all the expansions! And all the expansions! Ahead of their big notE3 stream tonight, Electronic Arts have casually droppedThe Sims 4and its expansions onto Steam, no big deal. How criminal that one of thebest management gameshas been locked in EA’s tower.Titanfall 2 is heretoo. Steam’s page does note that Sims 4 will install and use Origin, mind, so evidently you can’t have everything....

HomeNewsTeam Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 is cracking down on racist bot invasionsThe “TF2 Hacker Police” are overwhelmed The “TF2 Hacker Police” are overwhelmed AI bots are technological marvels. To think! We’ve imbued blips and blops with a semblance of sentience, turning code into pseudo-autonomous agents that can chat as they run around a virtual world. Unfortunately, people have been using this power to spew racist bots intoTeam Fortress 2. Players report seeing these bots enter their games, deploy game-breaking hacks, and spam the chat with racist slurs....

HomeVideos Watch EA Play Live 2020 right here and stick around for Vidbud analysisStar Wars: Squadrons goals Star Wars: Squadrons goals Myself and Matthew are continuing Rock Paper Shotgun’s not-E3 E3 2020 video coverage with some pre- and post-show chat on EA’s EA Play Live 2020 show, starting at 11.40pm BST. We’d love it if you came and watched us talk absolute wallop at an ungodly hour. I will be caning some Nescafé Azera to stay up....

HomeNewsCurious Expedition 2 Curious Expedition 2’s wild adventures are out now in early accessCurious indeed, my dear explorer Curious indeed, my dear explorer The sequel to the British gentleman explore ‘em up is now out in early access. According to the developer commentary during their date announcement,Curious Expedition 2sounds to be a much bigger conquest to tackle than the original. New art, new combat, more storytelling, and new exploration clubs are just some of the big changes that Maschinen-Mensch are making in the sequel....

HomeNews Fortnite’s new season has flooded the worldSurf’s up, dudes! Surf’s up, dudes! To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The flood comes in the wake ofa live in-game eventon Monday involving a mysterious device named, ah, The Device. That event did have some cool first-person cutscenes too, hinting at… something? I could not tell you what Fortnite’s plot is but I do like how Epic tell these scenes in a huge multiplayer game (it has come at a price: the pace of developing the live game has at times lead tohorrible crunch at Epic)....

HomeDeals Get a free copy of The Witcher 3 on GOG if you own it elsewhereSwitch your Witcher Switch your Witcher If you haven’t finally cracked intoThe Witcher 3after three months of lockdown, perhaps you never will. Still, this latest offer from GOG might make you rethink, as from now until June 23rd, they’re giving away free GOG copies of the game to anybody who’s bought it on other platforms, such as Steam, Epic Games Store and Origin – even PS4 and Xbox One copies are eligible....

HomeFeaturesMonaco: What’s Yours Is Mine Have You Played… Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine?Robber band Robber band Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.There aren’t enough heist-focused video games. You’d think the ludicrous success ofGrand Theft Auto Vwould’ve led to more Ocean’s inspired capers, but no. Where are all my Nespresso-drinking, salt and pepper hair-having protagonists? At least the spirit of Clooney and Friends can be found inMonaco: What’s Yours Is Mine....

HomeNews Konami still haven’t announced a new Silent Hill, but some Silent Hill stuff has arrivedSilent Hill soundtracks back on Spotify! Silent Hill soundtracks back on Spotify! Despite all the notE3 showcases and announcements this week, Konami have not announced a new Silent Hill. Not even hinted at one. Despite the rumours that they might have two coming. Ah well. However, two notable things have happened in the field of quiet mounds:...

HomeNewsMadden NFL 21 Madden NFL 21 will be on Steam at launch tooThe ball is fumbled on the pig iron, and it’s good! The ball is fumbled on the pig iron, and it’s good! The ball is fumbled on the pig iron, and it’s good! Electronic Arts have now announcedMadden NFL 21, their latest annual American sporting sequel, and it will be on both Origin and Steam and launch. I know EA have been going on about their reinvigorated commitment to Steam for a while now, but between this andStar Wars: Squadronsboth coming to Steam at launch, I might actually believe it....