HomeReviewsHarold Halibut Harold Halibut review: a sweet, restrained story about finding your way homeStill waters run deep Still waters run deep Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Slow Bros. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Slow Bros. I love miniatures, and Harold Halibut is beautiful. It’s also a lovely story about finding yourself and your place in the world, even if that place is unexpected, and having the courage to take that step. There are unexpected silly bits and strange bits and bits where people break into song, and bits where you read undelivered letters....

HomeNewsManor Lords Manor Lords VR mod suggests that it would make a terrific god simCower, my loyal subjects! Cower, my loyal subjects! Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse I don’t have a lot of interest in VR these days, but I do have an interest in the beautifully realised miniature doings of your villagers inManor Lords, the city builder that iscurrently rather popularon noted purveyor of ye finest interactive entertainments Steam - and which now has unofficial VR support care of Flat2VR and Praydog’s UEVR....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, April 30)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #324 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #324 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! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld is getting new pals this summer, and there are plans for “many more"Frogmarched Frogmarched Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair Palworldhas teased four new beasts of burden for players to corral into their open world survival crafting sweatshops. The new pals are still unnamed but they appear to be the following: karate frog, confused peacock, dopey fungus, levitating sleeve creep. Within the confines of the arms manufacturing Pokélike, such creatures make sense....

HomeNewsPromise Mascot Agency Palworld meets Yakuza in Paradise Killer devs and Ikumi Nakamura’s new open world crime gameThe last videogame anyone needs to make The last videogame anyone needs to make Image credit:Kaizen Game Works Limited Image credit:Kaizen Game Works Limited Every day, I wake up, and write about videogames, so it’s a strange feeling to realise I won’t be able to do that anymore, because videogames have been completed. Won....

HomeNewsDread Delusion Spooky throwback Elder Scrolls ‘em up Dread Delusion leaves early access in MayCome bathe in the glare of this pixellated neutron star Come bathe in the glare of this pixellated neutron star Image credit:DreadXP Image credit:DreadXP Dread Delusion 1.0 Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube Dread Delusion 1.0 Release Date Trailer The game supports such tried-and-true RPG gambits as lockpicking, alchemy, forging weapons, and being nice to people instead of murdering them....

HomeNews Square Enix announces £112m in “content abandonment losses” as it seeks to be more selectiveAiming for fewer, higher quality games Aiming for fewer, higher quality games Square Enix have announced 22.1 billion yen (around £112m) in “content abandonment losses” for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The loss is the result of the publisher being “more selective and focused in the allocation of development resources,” suggesting they have cut funding to or cancelled undisclosed projects....

HomeFeaturesSupermarket Times Supermarket Times embodies a unique and quiet bovril-fueled brand of anarchyCare for a can of “Savage man child” energy drink? Care for a can of “Savage man child” energy drink? Image credit:Rabbit Hole Games Image credit:Rabbit Hole Games I once went back to a gathering after a friend-of-a-friend’s metal gig that I distinctly remember not because of either the party or the show, but because we drunkenly went to a big Tesco afterwards to get snacks....

HomeNewsVampire Survivors Vampire Survivors free cart-racing update finally answers one of the game’s darkest mysteriesThe game’s first AAAA update The game’s first AAAA update Image credit:Poncle Image credit:Poncle Unveiled last night at the IGN x ID@Xbox Digital Showcase,Vampire Survivorshas received a free new update called Laborratory (yes, with two ‘r’s). It includes one new character, one secret character, three weapons, one stage, and a bonus go-cart racing stage. But perhaps most importantly of all, Poncle say they’ll answer the question that’s been on everyone’s lips: “Why is it called Santa Water?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1046): How to solve the Tuesday April 30 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for April 30? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for April 30? 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!...

HomeNewsManor Lords First proper Manor Lords patch targets archers, trading, homelessness mechanics and over-expansionist AINo release date as yet No release date as yet Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Manor Lordsdeveloper Slavic Magic, aka Greg Styczeń, has laid out the broad strokes of the game’s first proper patch in early access. This follows a boisterous opening weekend that has seen the new citybuildertop purchase charts on Steam,causing Valve’s mighty servers to crumble under the strainlike overloaded oxen....

HomeNews Game of Thrones reportedly has an MMO in the works, nearly a decade after the last one was cancelledSet around the fourth and fifth seasons of the show; or, Before It Got Bad Set around the fourth and fifth seasons of the show; or, Before It Got Bad Image credit:Helen Sloan/HBO Image credit:Helen Sloan/HBO It’s been five years sinceGame of Thronesended and a good while since we had a decent video game based on George RR Martin’s fantasy writings that aren’tElden Ringlore....

HomeFeaturesTotal War: Warhammer III If you just buy one Total War: Warhammer 3 Thrones Of Decay lord, make it Malakai MakaissonWhat the Dawi can do for you What the Dawi can do for you Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly Well, this was unexpected. Malakai Makaisson is the single best campaign experience I’ve had sincestrategy gameTotal War: Warhammer 3launched, and might just be up there with some of the best in the series’ history....