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HomeNewsBramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story pops D&D party mechanics into a roguelike deckbuilder reminiscent of Adventure TimeTell your friends Tell your friends Image credit:Slothwerks. Image credit:Slothwerks. I am torn between being deeply annoyed at the factroguelikedeckbuilderBramble Royale: A Meteorfall Storyallows me to poison skeletons, and actually finding it very funny. I suppose it would take an unnecessary amount of setup to lampshade that my dexterity brawler, Mischief, actually switches out her regular poison for bone-hurting juice when fighting skeletal undead....

HomeNewsUndefeated Free unofficial open world Superman game Undefeated gets a PC update with heat vision alongside a surprise PS5 launchNo shades of grey, just black sunshades and punching No shades of grey, just black sunshades and punching Image credit:UNDEFEATED Games / Indie-us Games Image credit:UNDEFEATED Games / Indie-us Games Sometimes we play video games to plunder the silty depths of our emotions, sometimes we play them to sharpen our wits and try the alchemy of engrossing systems, sometimes we play them to mud-wrestle with questions of power and responsibility, and sometimes we just want to wear cool sunglasses, have big arms, and fly around hitting stuff very hard....

HomeNews Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is out now, adding a shooty new character to the original’s tricky platformingGrappling still included Grappling still included Image credit:Medallion Games Image credit:Medallion Games There’s no greater tool in video games than a grappling hook. 2022’sGrapple Dogknew that, making it the core ability of its platforming. The ability returns in sequelGrapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines, out today, although there’s now a second character to play as for those fools who favour shooting over hooking....

How S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 moves the series forward – and why it reflects Ukraine’s “rebellious” spiritA play and a chat with GSC Game World A play and a chat with GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Then again, keeping the mystery intact may have been the point all along. “As a game director, I want to hide everything from the player”, GSC’s CEO Ievgen Grygorovych had told me minutes earlier....

HomeNewsNightmare Operator Quarter-circle reloads sound great on paper Image credit:DDDistortion Image credit:DDDistortion Every man has his breaking point, and mine is the DP motion, aka the D-pad input used to perform Ken’s Shoryuken uppercut in Street Fighter, and moves like it in otherfightinggames. I’ve never been able to perform it consistently. It’s one of many moderately fiddly special attacks - written down for posterity in a tear-stained journal I keep sorrowfully beneath my pillow - which have walled me out of enjoying fighting games, much as I love thinking about them....

HomeNewsPortal 2 Steam Families is out of beta, letting you share games with up to five othersand you call them that despite the fact they are obviously grilled and you call them that despite the fact they are obviously grilled Steam’s family sharing feature Steam Families is now available to everyone on the platform, letting up to six total people share games from a single library, with each individual having access to their own saved games, achievements, and workshop files....

HomeReviewsWild Bastards Wild Bastards review: a messy roguelike shooter that’s nonetheless full o' beansSome people call me the space cowboy Some people call me the space cowboy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Maximum Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Maximum Entertainment Wild Bastards - Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube Wild Bastards - Release Date Trailer It’s rogueishly recognisable in a lot of ways. There’s a branching map of planets to visit, each with a planetary surface map filled with nodes and spidery routes to your goal: a special beacon....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1181): How to solve the Thursday September 12 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for September 12? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 12? 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!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Wed, September 11thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #457. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #457. 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 11th September?...

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have a photo mode at launch, so you can finally take a close-up of the taint…is the taint even in Veilguard? …is the taint even in Veilguard? Image credit:EA/BioWare Image credit:EA/BioWare It’s been ten long years sinceDragon Age: Inquisition, which means the next game in the series -Dragon Age: The Veilguard- likely has some modern design trends to catch up on. Here’s one: The Veilguard will be the first game in the series to include a photo mode when it arrives in October....

HomeHardwareFeatures Here are some PC bits you could buy for less than the PS5 ProConsumer advice you can trust Consumer advice you can trust Image credit:Sony Image credit:Sony Today’s big news fromthe other sideis that a tuned-upPS5 Prois on the way, and a base spec, Blu-ray-driveless model will set you back £700. Or $700, in Ameridollars. An Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Yes, we all miss when Nvidia’s XX70 graphics cards didn’t cost more than the rest of a PC build combined....

HomeGuidesBlack Myth: Wukong How to get the Secret Ending in Black Myth WukongHere’s the road to Black Myth Wukong’s Secret Ending, a.k.a. the True Ending Here’s the road to Black Myth Wukong’s Secret Ending, a.k.a. the True Ending Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Are you hoping to get the Secret Ending in Black Myth Wukong?There are two endings in Black Myth Wukong: the “Default Ending” and the “Secret Ending”, also known as the “True Ending”....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft’s new faster update schedule will probably fill modders with both despair and nostalgiaExpect “free game drops” throughout the year, rather than one big summer update Expect “free game drops” throughout the year, rather than one big summer update Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios If there’s one thing I’ve heard fromMinecraftmodders when I’ve asked for their thoughts on the future of Minecraft, it’s some variation on “fewer updates, please”....