HomeNews Dark Souls would’ve been a better game in early access, says dev behind Dark Souls-like early access game No Rest For The WickedHead of Ori and the Blind Forest studio says there’s “just no way” they could’ve shipped the game without player feedback Head of Ori and the Blind Forest studio says there’s “just no way” they could’ve shipped the game without player feedback Dark Souls, one of the most widely acclaimed video games of the last two decades - perhaps all time - and progenitor of one of modern video gaming’s most influential and oft-copied-rarely-bettered genres, theSoulslike, would’ve been a better game had it launched into early access....

HomeGuidesFallout 4 Fallout 4 best Power Armor ranked and all locationsHere are the best Power Armor sets in Fallout 4 and where to find them Here are the best Power Armor sets in Fallout 4 and where to find them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda. Looking for the best Power Armor in Fallout 4?Power Armor inFallout 4not only provides optimal style when exploring the massiveRPG, but also makes you stronger, able to carry more weight, land without fall damage and gives you more protection against the dreaded RADS....

HomeReviewsManor Lords Manor Lords early access review: a sturdy and immersive builder that feels incomplete yet alive with promiseCaptain Morgens Captain Morgens Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse When, in townbuildingsimulationManor Lords, you erect your first manor, it feels natural to place it in the center of your humble 14th century European settlement. It presents as a locus of power, where your character avatar resides. Also, it’s right there in the title....

HomeNewsPUBG: Battlegrounds Erangel Classic returns for two weeks next month Image credit:PUBG Studios Image credit:PUBG Studios To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings As well as the wider gameplay tweaks, once you’ve landed on the island the Tommy Gun will once again appear in care packages and you’ll be able to grab clothes and helmets from the floor, just like the old (seven years ago) days....

HomeHardwareFeatures Should You Bother With… Hall effect keyboards?Heroes of might and magnets Heroes of might and magnets Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Welcome back toShould You Bother With, the RPS hardware column that combs away the fluff surrounding PC gaming gear to reveal a smooth, hairless core of pure consumer advice. This time: Hall effect keyboards, a relatively fresh flavour of desktop peripheral that’s been gaining traction with manufacturers for the switch design’s supposed durability and reliability benefits....

HomeNewsRotwood The Don’t Starve devs' new cutesy co-cop dungeon crawler is out in early access todayRotwood allows you and up to three friends to kill a tree Rotwood allows you and up to three friends to kill a tree Image credit:Klei Entertainment Image credit:Klei Entertainment “If only you could talk to these creatures” is never more funny or true than in games likeRotwood, where you play cat people and orcs sent to biff snail worms and flies with scythes....

HomeNewsAgainst The Storm Against The Storm’s 1.3 update is out now and it’s one for the zoomersBecause you can zoom out further now Because you can zoom out further now Image credit:Eremite Games Image credit:Eremite Games Why does a big zoom compel me so? Partly it’s that I often find management games leave me feeling claustrophobic, never quite able to see all I want onscreen, and thus desperately flicking across the surface of the world in an effort to keep tabs on what’s going on....

HomeNewsCereballers Cereballers is a free 2D football parody with a spark of real geniusThe offside rule is the least of your problems The offside rule is the least of your problems Image credit:tomsmizzle Image credit:tomsmizzle I often regret that I didn’t get into football as a kid (note for people across the pond: football is what we call soccer in these here accursed, eternally post-imperial isles). The trouble was, all my friends liked football and I have an abiding hatred of popular things, a hatred that has obviously served me well during my later career as an online news journalist....

HomeNews EGX and MCM Comic Con are sharing a London venue this yearA word from uncle Reedpop, who hasn’t sold us off just yet A word from uncle Reedpop, who hasn’t sold us off just yet Image credit:Reedpop Image credit:Reedpop EGX, of course, will feature a bunch of classic and upcoming games, while Comic Con is laser-targeted at our respected allies in the world of on-paper image-based storytelling with speech bubbles....

HomeNews ESA lawyer frets about some sort of terrifying ‘online arcade’ if preservation is made easierESA oppose allowing libraries to offer scholars remote access in recent hearing ESA oppose allowing libraries to offer scholars remote access in recent hearing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Team17 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Team17 “The preceding three years ago, the proponents of this exemption sought to maintain complete discretion over how they would provide remote access to preserve games,” began Englund....

HomeNewsInnkeep Innkeep satisfies my craving for a fantasy game that’s just a grim drudgery simulatorSomething need doing? Something need doing? Image credit:Daniel Burke Image credit:Daniel Burke I’m the kind of awful person who looks at the background actors in TV shows and wonders what life is like for e.g. the old woman who sells birdfeed in Trafalgar Square in Mary Poppins when said upper-middle class domestic isn’t singing about her. What fate the Warcraft grunt when he is too old to work work?...

HomeFeaturesLethal Company Lethal Company gets worse as you get betterWhy being dumb is good, actually Why being dumb is good, actually Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Zeekerss Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Zeekerss So far, my main problem withLethal Company– this month’sRPS Game Clubgame – is that I’m getting better at it. I’m more efficient at clearing up scrap, less prone to fear-spasming inside out when amonsterattacks, and have become wise to most of the haunted houses’ deadliest tricks....

HomeNewsMetaphor: ReFantazio Metaphor: ReFantazio gets mega-trailer and October release date - good news, brawler-only parties are viableAtlus' latest showcase reveals a whole lot more Atlus' latest showcase reveals a whole lot more Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega As one of the Treehouse’s resident Atlus sickos, I was incredibly happy to wake up to 25-minutes ofMetaphor: ReFantazio’s director Katsura Hashino talking us through some new footage. We get a look at a new rural town and the activities you can get up to, like bounty hunting....