HomeFeaturesThe Axis Unseen The Axis Unseen channels years of Skyrim design experience into a spooky, open world hunting gameWe play ex-Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile’s first indie game We play ex-Bethesda developer Nate Purkeypile’s first indie game Image credit:Just Purkey Games Image credit:Just Purkey Games A heaving expo floor is not a great place to sample a first-person open world hunting game that wants you to monitor your own heartbeat, butThe Axis Unseenmanages to be pretty atmospheric regardless....

HomeNews The Maw - 18th-23rd March 2024Our weekly news liveblog, and the week’s most appetising game releases Our weekly news liveblog, and the week’s most appetising game releases Image credit:John Hamilton Mortimer/Wikimedia Commons Image credit:John Hamilton Mortimer/Wikimedia Commons It’s GDC week over in San Francisco at the moment, and such a high concentration of video game developers in one place can only mean one thing:The Mawhas turned its ever-dribbling gaze to America’s west coast, and is preparing to bask in all the fresh learnings being shared about how last year’s best video games were made and created....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, March 16)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #279 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #279 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?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1001): How to solve the Saturday March 16 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for March 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 16? 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!...

HomeFeaturesWarhammer 40,000: Darktide Darktide’s melee combat is a rhythm game in disguiseStab, slash, it’s all in the mind Stab, slash, it’s all in the mind Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fatshark Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fatshark I know that “Made one guy admit he was wrong about a subgenre” isn’t the kind of achievement they put in accolade trailers, but I must creditWarhammer 40,000: Darktidewith tearing apart my blanket dislike of first-person melee fighters....

HomeNewsArctic Eggs Fry bacon, sausages and cigarettes to escape an Antarctica where eggs are illegal in this surreal sci-fi cook-’em-upArctic Eggs’ low-poly graphics and moody dystopia recall the first Half-Life, with added frying pan Arctic Eggs’ low-poly graphics and moody dystopia recall the first Half-Life, with added frying pan Image credit:The Water Museum Image credit:The Water Museum To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeNews Trying to emulate Hollywood movie soundtracks is holding video game music back, says Final Fantasy composerAnd surprise, surprise, he doesn’t think soulless AI can write a decent score, either And surprise, surprise, he doesn’t think soulless AI can write a decent score, either Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Developers happy to mimic the style of Hollywood blockbusters in their video game soundtracks are stopping video game music from advancing, one of the best to ever do it -Final Fantasycomposer Nobuo Uematsu - has said....

HomeNews Anime RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink gets its biggest update yet with free new questPlus fixes for progression blocks, multiplayer balancing and camera Plus fixes for progression blocks, multiplayer balancing and camera Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Cy Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Cy Games Granblue Fantasy: Relinkhas received a sizeable game update, which adds a new, difficult quest, The Final Vision, some additional camera and aim sensitivity settings, and new Steam trophies. That’s in addition to a brace of bug fixes, character-specific balancing tweaks for multiplayer, and assorted quality-of-life improvements, including visual and audio indicators to indicate when you’ve lost your buffs....

HomeFeaturesAscendant Infinity Ascendant Infinity’s lunkhead tone belies an intelligent team shooterPlayFusion’s loudmouthed FPS lets you make the calls PlayFusion’s loudmouthed FPS lets you make the calls Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayFusion Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayFusion I promise that I mean this as an actual compliment, but having played an early build ofAscendant Infinity– Cambridge-based PlayFusion’s debutFPS– the impression I keep coming back to is that it’s a lot smarter than it looks....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Best early weapons in Elden RingHere are the best early weapons you can pick up in the starting areas of Elden Ring Here are the best early weapons you can pick up in the starting areas of Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Looking for the best early weapons in Elden Ring?Whether you’re a returning player looking to start a freshElden Ringplaythrough before jumping into theShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC, or you’re new to the franchise, finding the best early weapons can set you up for success as you explore the challengingmapof the Lands Between, before moving onto tougherareas....

HomeNewsDeus Ex: Mankind Divided Epic’s spring sale is underway, and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is free to keepThat’s a good deal That’s a good deal Image credit:Eidos Montreal Image credit:Eidos Montreal The Epic Games Store’s spring sale is underway, from today until March 28th. That makes it twice as long asSteam’s spring sale, which also started today. I’m not sure if that makes it twice as exciting, but here’s what does:Deus ExMankind Divided is free to keep for the next week....

HomeNewsFinal Factory Final Factory’s blend of space station building and exploration will launch in April’Factorio in space' blasts off April 9th ‘Factorio in space’ blasts off April 9th Image credit:Never Games Limited Image credit:Never Games Limited It’s now got an Early Access release date: April 9th. As per the genre stalwarts, everything you do can be automated, and much of the game is about improving the efficiency of your space station and other constructions while advancing through a huge tech tree....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 Cutting Edge warbond is out, sparking fresh debate about the Illuminate factionAll the lightning guns, laser rifles and fancy armour you can eat All the lightning guns, laser rifles and fancy armour you can eat Image credit:PlayStation Image credit:PlayStation Still, I think the real star pick here is surely the Localization Confusion booster, which extends the time between enemy spawns, allowing weirdo solo players such as myself to disentangle from a dragged-out gunfight a little more gracefully....