HomeNews Mystery Show is a free Game Boy Camera exhibition set inside a haunted houseNintendo’s best-ever peripheral lives on among Itch.io developers Nintendo’s best-ever peripheral lives on among Itch.io developers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catherine Graffam Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catherine Graffam I didn’t have a Game Boy Camera as a lad, partly because I couldn’t afford one, and partly because my “friends” used to troll me (“bullying”, I think we called it back then) about my Game Boy....

HomeNewsStar Wars: Squadrons Star Wars: Squadrons is 95% off and also, the perfect May 4th night in - shame the multiplayer’s deadEight hours of fan service Eight hours of fan service Happy May 3rd,Battlestar Galacticafans! Remember what John Dune said about living long and prospering? He said: Oh, look, objectively excellent dogfighterStar Wars: Squadronsis under two quid onSteam. As Edwin pointed out to me, that’s about the price of a third of latte, although he does pay London prices....

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s XDefiant Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter XDefiant, aka Ubisoft’s Expendables, will launch in MayClancy a game? Clancy a game? Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Good news, people whose day-to-day lives are woefully short on blingy Clancified squad-murdering. Ubisoft’s elusive free-to-playshooterXDefiantfinally has a release date, 21st May 2024. Or at least, that’s when the preseason launches, providing six weeks of access to the modes, maps and factions fromlast month’s server test.The above headline comparison aside - which I think you can spin positively, given that the Expendables is actually quite a successful film franchise - XDefiant is sort of Ubisoft’s Smash Bros....

HomeNewsEarth Defense Force 6 Valiant infantry rejoice: Earth Defense Force 6 has a new launch date trailerIt’s out July 25th this year It’s out July 25th this year Image credit:SANDLOT Image credit:SANDLOT “The largest volume in the history of the series. Supports online co-op play. The largest number of missions and weapons ever included. All missions support online co-op play for up to four players. Offline co-op play is also available in split-screen mode....

HomeNewsAbiotic Factor Half Lifey survival game Abiotic Factor is out now in early accessFreemanagement sim Freemanagement sim Image credit:Playstack Image credit:Playstack On the one hand, you’ve got to deal with interdimensional horrors of various flavours, such as multiple-storey cryptids and squishy skinless wolves; on the other, invading squads of Combiney soldiers. Fortunately, you’ve got a big fat Ivy League brain stuffed with knowledge of killer gadgets, base construction, subterranean farming and battlefield medicine....

HomeGuidesManor Lords How to move buildings in Manor LordsHere’s how to relocate structures in Manor Lords Here’s how to relocate structures in Manor Lords Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Want to move your buildings in Manor Lords?Yes, you can move your structures inManor Lords, and the game calls this process relocation. You can’t transplant all structures, however, which is an important fact to be aware of if your medieval city-planning is a bit rusty and you find yourself running out of space....

HomeNewsIndika Indika, the darkly comic story of a young nun in a surreal world, is out nowNun Simulator XIX Nun Simulator XIX Image credit:Odd Meter Image credit:Odd Meter You might assume thatIndikawill be dour, given that it’s a story-driven game about a nun in a grey, cold, alternative Russia. Then you watch its trailers and find surrealist imagery, genre-hopping, and a bleak sense of humour are part of its arsenal, and suddenly it seems, to me, irresistible....

HomeNewsTotal War: Pharaoh Mesopotamia is coming to Total War: Pharaoh alongside over 80 new unitsReceive regular substantial updates like an Egyptian Receive regular substantial updates like an Egyptian Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega For someone who’s spent an embarrassing amount of my life staring at virtual maps, I am a downright directionless dunce when it comes to geography. Not ‘the country of Africa’ bad, but certainly not good enough that you’d want me on your pub quiz team....

HomeNewsRabbit And Steel Rabbit And Steel gives you the thrills of an MMO raid without the preceding mega-grind, and it has a demoFeaturing chibi bunny girls Featuring chibi bunny girls Image credit:mino_dev Image credit:mino_dev I haven’t ever raided in anMMORPGlike World Of Warcraft for several reasons, one of which is the time commitment. I’ve never put in the many, many hours needed to earn the requisite gear nor partied up with the many, many people necessary to slay a big dragon....

HomeHardwareFeatures Should you bother with… Wi-Fi 7?The hows and Wis of the latest in cable-free connectivity The hows and Wis of the latest in cable-free connectivity Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Having ‘launched’ in January 2024, Wi-Fi 7 is the latest in a line of various wireless networking standards that you may already be familiar with, and that you almost definitely already use. Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) is the most ubiquitous, while Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E (both 802....

HomeNews More layoffs Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Roll7 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Roll7 It would be dispiriting to see an accomplished studio like this being shuttered.OlliOlli2 is one ofmy favourite games of all time. I own it on three platforms. I played it so much I brokethe top 50 on the leaderboards. After that,OlliOlli World was an incredible and colourful updateon everything that made their skateboarding so responsive, wild, and focused. That’s not to mention the giffable joy of Rollerdrome, whichour review called “polished and precise”....

HomeDeals The excellent Logitech G915 is on sale at Currys in two different form factorsGet the TKL model for just £100 Get the TKL model for just £100 Logitech have kicked off its Playdays event for 2024, with some of their best headsets, mice and keyboards on sale across various retailers in the UK.That list includes one the currentbest Wireless gaming keyboard, the G915 Lightspeed wireless, which is now on sale at Currys with two different form factors on offer: the full size model and the more compact tenkeyless (TKL) version....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1048): How to solve the Thursday May 2 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for May 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for May 2? 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!...