HomeNews The Maw - 19th-24th February 2024This week’s new PC game releases and our weekly newsblog This week’s new PC game releases and our weekly newsblog Image credit:Pierre Denys de Montfort/Wikimedia Commons Image credit:Pierre Denys de Montfort/Wikimedia Commons Another week of PC game releases is upon us and oh heck, slow down. There are an alarming number of games out this week that I want to play, from large-scale 3D productions to itty-bitty time-killers, each sinisterly appropriate to my Steam stats and wider research interests....

HomeHardwareFeaturesHelldivers 2 With the right settings, Helldivers 2 is ready for Steam Deck deploymentManaged Deckocracy Managed Deckocracy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Helldivers 2is turning out to be an absolutelaugh riotof aco-opshooter; it may even have the potential to rivalDeep Rock Galacticon good vibes and teammate deaths as accidental comedy masterstrokes. Even ongoingserver connectivity issueshaven’t done much to spoil the sense of fun, which incidentally, can also be shared on theSteam Deck....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, February 18)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #252 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #252 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?...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, February 17)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #251 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #251 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?...

HomeNewsJump King Punishing platformer Jump King now has Workshop support and mod toolsFor those who crave more pain For those who crave more pain Image credit:Nexile Image credit:Nexile It’s probably about to get a bunch of even harder levels, however, because nearly five years after release it has just got Steam Workshop support and a new set of modding tools. There are currently 32 items availablevia its Workshop, split across level, skin and mod categories....

HomeNews Spending on third-party games via the Epic Games Store fell 13% in 2023Epic will work on player experience in 2024 Epic will work on player experience in 2024 Image credit:Epic Games Image credit:Epic Games Epic have outlined their 2024 plans for the Epic Games Store, which includes a new download manager, a proper offline mode, pre-loading of games, and a focus on game discovery in general. These plans were outlined in the store’s 2023 year-in-review, which paints a mixed picture of Epic’s storefront’s growth over the past 12 months....

HomeNews Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco Coming off of 2022’s biggest game inElden Ringhas been a tricky time for Bandai Namco, it seems. The publishers have announced that they have cancelled “at least” five games in the works to help overcome a significant drop in income over the last year, adopting a new approach to development that will focus on quality. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsLooking for some tips to get started in Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon?...

HomeNews Hello Neighbor’s creator is making a Home Alone-esque game that looks a lot like Hello NeighborRBO is in playtest on Steam right now RBO is in playtest on Steam right now Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild This might include the original creator Nikita Kolesnikov, as (still under the auspices of TinyBuild) he’s made a new thing. Currently onSteamfor playtesting, the project currently known asRBOisn’t falling far from the home invasion tree, as players will either be a home-owning Protector - a McCallister, if you will - or anIntruder, or Wet Bandit....

HomeNews Metro Exodus is getting a sequel, shooter’s devs confirm - but only “when it’s ready” (hopefully before 2033)Last mainline entry in series has shifted 10 million copies in five years Last mainline entry in series has shifted 10 million copies in five years Image credit:4A Games Image credit:4A Games To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings...

HomeHardwareFeaturesSkull and Bones Skull and Bones’ PC performance is mostly smooth sailing, but do stow it on an SSDC: shanty C: shanty Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Because it’s somehow my job to worry about the technical fidelity of electronic toys, I’ve been eyeing the long-overdue arrival ofSkull and Boneswith some nervousness. After nearly adecade of delays, you’d probably just want to get it out the door, right?...

HomeHardwareNews A Reddit user’s ant-infested PC has destroyed my hopes for a real life Discworld computerTurns out a computer full of bugs is not a good thing Turns out a computer full of bugs is not a good thing The Discworld series is one of slightly metafictional adult fantasy. Inhabitants of the Disc operate sort of parallel to our own existence, and there is frequent leakage between the two. Some of the earlier books imagine Hollywood, shopping centres or rock and roll (“music with rocks in”) as sort of magical parasites or “wild ideas” in the wrong place and time (and universe)....

HomeNewsDisco Elysium Disco Elysium expansion reportedly cancelled, with a quarter of staff at risk of redundancyThird project canned in three years, sources say Third project canned in three years, sources say Image credit:ZA/UM Image credit:ZA/UM A standalone expansion forDisco Elysium, codenamed X7, has reportedly been cancelled and a quarter of developers at developers ZA/UM are at risk of redundancy. Around 24 employees are said to be affected, according to “sources close to the matter” who spoke toSports Illustrated’s video games site....

HomeFeaturesSkull and Bones I’m not sure I’ll ever leave the prologue area in Skull And BonesWhy ask for the Ubiworld? Why ask for the Ubiworld? Image credit:Ubisoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Ubisoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Ubisoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Having to reverse course wasn’t entirely unwelcome. You see, I have a thing - please don’t call it a fetish - for never leaving opening areas in videogames. Recent sources of shame includeScorn, the Giger-inspired first-person adventure with wibbly grafted-on shooting elements....