HomeNewsSea of Thieves Sea Of Thieves has gone all Lock Stock in Season 12 with double-barreled guns and, er, skeleton summonsPlus tightrope walking and owls! Classic London gangster stuff! Plus tightrope walking and owls! Classic London gangster stuff! Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Remember that bit in that Guy Ritchie film where Dexter Fletcher shoot a guy and then throws a glowing jar over his soldier that summons a bunch of skeletons to help him out?...

HomeFeaturesSky Of Tides Sky Of Tides is the anti-Disco Elysium in which balance is queenIn this lush sci-fantasy RPG adventure, min-maxing is a sin In this lush sci-fantasy RPG adventure, min-maxing is a sin Image credit:ESDigital Games Image credit:ESDigital Games Leonardo Da Vinci’sVitruvian Manis a legendary drawing of a nude with his arms and legs reaching towards the rim and corners of a circle and square. It’s often invoked as an archetype for the humanist worldview of Man the Measure and Centre of all Things, holding a perfectly proportioned universe in shape....

HomeNewsStar Wars: The Old Republic Star Wars: The Old Republic’s next update adds pie-baking and a galactic egg huntThis is canon I can prove it This is canon I can prove it Image credit:Broadsword Online Games Image credit:Broadsword Online Games Star Wars: The Old Republic’s ongoing developmentswitched last year from creators BioWare to Broadsword, with promise that the 13-year-old MMO would continue to receive new story content and improvements. The approaching update 7....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show podcast: a patch of patchesThink it’s over at launch? Oh no. This is never over. Think it’s over at launch? Oh no. This is never over. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Over the past while a few games have had post-launch patches, the exemplars beingStarfieldand Stardew valley, which have post-launch patches of different kinds and for different reasons. We take some time on the Electronic Wireless Showpodcastto talk about this patch of patches, and what it was like in the good ol' days, where a broken game came out and stayed broken, gosh darn it!...

HomeNewsThe Forever Winter The Forever Winter is a co-op shooter about scavenging among the wreckage of a never-ending mech warHellsurvivors Hellsurvivors Image credit:Fun Dog Games Image credit:Fun Dog Games If I was writingWhat’s Better, it would be a short series. The first entry would declare that the best thing in video games, obviously, was watching NPCs fight among themselves.It’s this which most interests me aboutThe Forever Winter, which takes place in a “PvEvE conflict” in which enemy factions - including enormous, stomping robots - are constantly fighting one another while you and your squad try to scavenge and survive in their shadow....

HomeNewsManor Lords The Manor Lords dev has the “ideal” approach to early access, says Hooded Horse: “It’s not like, vote on the next feature"Publisher CEO also stresses the value of in-game footage in trailers Publisher CEO also stresses the value of in-game footage in trailers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Styczeń understandably doesn’t have much time for interviews right now - those troublesome archers aren’t going to balance themselves - but yesterday I spoke to Tim Bender, CEO ofManor Lordspublisher Hooded Horse, about how Styczeń is getting on....

HomeDeals The top SSD for gaming is down to £150 for 2TB in Amazon’s Gaming Week saleA great SSD for PC and PS5 A great SSD for PC and PS5 Amazon’s Gaming Week sale has lots of deals on gaming accessories and hardware, including a decent discount on the heatsink version of the 2TB WD Black SN850X SSD, which is still thebest SSD for gamingyou can get.UK DealsWD Black SN850X 2TB with Heatsink- £150 at Amazon UK (was £167)Buy nowUS DealsWD_Black SN850X 2TB with Heatsink- $180 at Amazon US(was $200)Buy nowThe SN850X pretty much pushes the limit of the PCIe 4....

HomeNews Catholic Priest AI chatbot is defrocked within a week after taking confession and okaying Gatorade baptismsForgive me, Father Forgive me, Father Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catholic Answers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catholic Answers Catholic Answers (who have the domainCatholic.com; gotta imagine His Holiness wishes he’d moved quicker on that one) then defrocked Justin, making hima lay theologianin a suit jacket, jeans and an open collar shirt that gives him a “me and my wife saw you across the bar” kind of vibe, when before he had the whole dog collar kit and caboodle....

HomeNewsDeep Rock Galactic Deep Rock Galactic Season 5 has you plunge to new depths with “Drillevators"A Season 6 release window has also been detailed A Season 6 release window has also been detailed Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing We learneda bitaboutDeep Rock Galactic’supcomingSeason 5 updatea few weeks ago, and now we know a bit more thanks to a Ghost Ship dev stream. Not only has it gifted us details on the new mission type and the new season event, it’s also given us an idea of when we might see Season 6 emerge....

HomeNewsKerbal Space Program 2 Kerbal Space Program 2 feared cancelled as 70 layoffs reported at Take-Two’s Seattle officesBut KSP2 publisher Private Division say space game is still receiving updates But KSP2 publisher Private Division say space game is still receiving updates Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Following the publication ofa Washington State closure announcement, people from Intercept have begunposting on social mediaabout losing their jobs, while Intercept’s job page appears to have been taken offline....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s biggest update yet fixes its rubbish maps, adds custom difficulty and expands ship decorationIn beta now ahead of a May 15th release In beta now ahead of a May 15th release Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda Starfield’s biggest update since the Bethesdaspace gamecame out last year (remember that?) is arriving in a couple of weeks - with its Steam beta already live now, if you’re interested in poking around. The chunky patch finally tidies up the game’s oft-complained about surface maps to make them easier to navigate, as well as introducing new difficulty options, a decoration mode for the inside of ships and a bunch of other tweaks and fixes....

HomeNewsBatman: Arkham Shadow The next Batman: Arkham game after Kill the Justice League is a VR title exclusive to the Meta QuestFrom the studio behind Iron Man VR and Republique From the studio behind Iron Man VR and Republique Image credit:Camouflaj Image credit:Camouflaj Good news! There’s a new Batman: Arkham game on the way that’s notSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. (Potentially) not-so-good news! It’s avirtual reality gamethat you’ll only be able to play if you own a Meta Quest 3....

HomeDeals The timeless Logitech G502 Hero gaming mouse is on sale for Amazon Gaming WeekIt would be a crime if it wasn’t It would be a crime if it wasn’t TheAmazon Gaming Weeksale kicked off on Monday, although you wouldn’t know looking at theAmazonhomepage. Despite little fanfare, however, there are some good discounts on gaming hardware and accessories to be had. These limited-time deals will run until 5th May, or until they sell out....