HomeFeatures The RPS Selection Box: Edwin’s bonus games of the year 2024100% uncompleted 100% uncompleted Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Each year, we like more games than we can fit in ourAdvent Calendar. Those honourable mentions get their due here, in 2024’sSelection Boxes.My selection box isn’t really a selection box. It’s a tray of barely-nibbled leftovers, hastily lifted from my Steam backlog. One of the disadvantages of being news editor, you see, is that I have developed a goldfish-grade attention span....

HomeFeaturesMouthwashing The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 24thThe final door! Spit when you’re done The final door! Spit when you’re done Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Here we are, the final voyage of 2024. This is the last advent calendar entry of PC gaming website Rock Paper Shotgun. Days elapsed: 24. Writers employed: 8. I hope this hurts. It’s short and unsettling sci-fi horror gameMouthwashing. Brendy:At the beginning of Mouthwashing, you click buttons in the cockpit of a spacecraft and intentionally steer it on a terrible collision course....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Mon, December 23rdNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #560. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #560. 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 23rd December?...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Sun, December 22ndNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #559. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #559. 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 22nd December?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1282): How to solve the Sunday December 22 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 22? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 22? 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 NYT Connections hints and answers for Sat, December 21stNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #558. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #558. 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 21st December?...

HomeFeaturesCrusader Kings III The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 21st2024’s other great expansion 2024’s other great expansion Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS There’s a slight breeze and a comforting glow coming from the crack’s in today’s calendar door, the sound of merriment and many accents from all over the world. Better join in the campfire revelry, because whoever’s there won’t be staying for long. It’s a rambling camp of travellers fromCrusader Kings 3expansion Roads To Power!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Fri, December 20thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #557. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #557. 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! It’s a simple premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly difficult at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known trivia....

HomeNews Two Epic Games directors step down after US Department of Justice investigate games companies under antitrust lawsFingers wagged at Tencent Fingers wagged at Tencent Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / US Department of Justice / Tencent / Epic Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / US Department of Justice / Tencent / Epic Games The DoJannounced the resignations in a press release, saying they’re the result of an investigation into potential antitrust violations....

HomeNewsElite Dangerous After 7 years of alien war, Elite Dangerous pilots have finally defeated the ThargoidsOr have they? Or have they? Image credit:Frontier Developments Image credit:Frontier Developments Open that bottle of space champagne, the aliens have been wiped out. At least that’s what the interstellar pilots ofElite Dangerousare celebrating in the galaxy-sized multiplayer space sim. Earlier this month, the Thargoid menace finallylanded in the Sol system, putting earth itself under threat for the first time, not to mention other human homeworlds and colonies....

HomeReviewsCaves of Qud Caves Of Qud review: an obscenely rich roguelike realm you could get lost in for monthsA goat approaches A goat approaches Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kitfox Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kitfox Games Caves of Qud 1.0 - Official Announcement Trailer, with Kitfox GamesWatch on YouTube Caves of Qud 1.0 - Official Announcement Trailer, with Kitfox Games That said, if you’ve not played many classicalroguelikesbefore, it may still appear intimidating....

HomeNews Frostpunk creators cancel “Project 8” and lay off staff amid concerns that “narrative-driven, story-rich games” don’t sell"It was conceived under very different market conditions" “It was conceived under very different market conditions” Image credit:11 bit Image credit:11 bit Frostpunkdevelopers 11 bit studios have cancelled a new, console-oriented game in response to both “shifting market trends” - in particular, declining player enthusiasm for “narrative-driven, story-rich games” - and specific problems during development....