HomeNewsSilent Hill: Ascension Silent Hill: Ascension, live now, is a free-to-play disaster with some promising ideasRestless dreams Restless dreams Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami Mobile-based interactive dramaSilent Hill: Ascensionis quite the thing, and is getting quite the reception. The cleanest summary I can manage is that developer Genvid and publisher Konami have launched a very bad streaming service dedicated to dunking on Silent Hill, with microtransaction-fuelled voting mechanics and a chatbox awash with 10 years of pent-up fan resentment and confusing references toJames Sunderland’s genitals....

HomeFeatures The next wave of indie horror games takes cues from classic survival horrorThe developers tell us why - and what classic survival horror is The developers tell us why - and what classic survival horror is What kind of game does the label “survivalhorror” denote? Since its inconspicuous first appearance in the originalResident Evil’s loading screen (functioning first and foremost, lest we forget, as a handy marketing catchphrase), the term has been so enthusiastically embraced and haphazardly applied as to be rendered almost meaningless in 2023....

HomeNewsThe Sims 4 The Sims 4 will finally let you be a predatory landlord or a tenant dying from mouldFor Rent expansion coming December For Rent expansion coming December Image credit:EA Maxis Image credit:EA Maxis The Sims 4has long offered millennials the unattainable fantasy of owning their own home. On December 7th, it’ll instead offer something much closer to reality. That’s when the For Rent expansion will launch, adding multi-family lots so you can construct apartment buildings, rent out your spare basement, or have an authentically terrible time as a tenant....

HomeFeaturesScene Investigators This detective puzzle game requires a lot of meticulous collecting of receiptsI mean that in a good way I mean that in a good way Image credit:RPS/EQ Studios Image credit:RPS/EQ Studios The answers are extremely specific, but can be found in the scenarios, which are eerie snapshots of events that remind me ofEverybody’s Gone To The Rapture, and its interesting to paw through them and figure out which things are evidence you need to pay attention to, and which are just evidence of a life....

HomeNews Capcom is worried that mods “offensive to public order and morals” will ‘tarnish’ the rep of their PC gamesSomeone over there really doesn’t like Thomas the Tank Engine Someone over there really doesn’t like Thomas the Tank Engine ModdingResident Evilwith Thomas the Tank Engine in place ofMr. X/Lady Dimitrescu/Nemesis/the monster of your choosing is so much a tradition at this point that Capcom may as well set the inevitableResident Evil Zeroremake aboard the interior of the chirpy children’s TV character....

HomeNewsAstroneer Devolver have bought Astroneer devs System EraJoining Gunbrella, Serious Sam, Reigns, Stronghold and Enter the Gungeon studios in the publisher’s growing line-up of in-house devs Joining Gunbrella, Serious Sam, Reigns, Stronghold and Enter the Gungeon studios in the publisher’s growing line-up of in-house devs Image credit:System Era Softworks Image credit:System Era Softworks Top 12 Best Survival Games to Play on PCWatch on YouTube Top 12 Best Survival Games to Play on PC...

HomeDeals My favourite cheap wireless mouse is down to £30 for Black FridayThe Logitech G305 Lightspeed is an absolute steal at 50% off. The Logitech G305 Lightspeed is an absolute steal at 50% off. Image credit:Logitech/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Logitech/Rock Paper Shotgun Logitech’s G305 wireless gaming mouse is an incredible budget option, combining the firm’s bulletproof Lightspeed 2.4GHz wireless with a small, comfortable shape and six programmable buttons. This model’s full price is £60, but today you can pick up the G305 for just £30 at Currys as part of their early Black Friday deals....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, November 1)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #143 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #143 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?...

HomeDeals This Acer RTX 4070 gaming laptop is £400 offAn early Black Friday laptop deal starts the season well. An early Black Friday laptop deal starts the season well. Image credit:Acer/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Acer/Rock Paper Shotgun The first Black Friday deals are starting to appear now that we’ve poked our collective heads into November. The first one we’ll look at is this £400 reduction on a current-gen Acer Nitro 16 gaming laptop from Acer’s own UK store....

HomeFeatures What’s better: ghosts walking through walls, or soulslike bloodstains?Vote now! Vote now! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Last time, you decided thatblink teleports are better than summoning spectral animals. I’m wholly unsurprised but I am glad that the fleeting beasties still earned a respectable share of science votes. This Halloween week, with eggs drying on your house and Snickers-sweet vomit running in the gutters, let’s consider death....

HomeNews It’s “frightening” how fast we have to release Like A Dragon games to stay “relevant”, says Yakuza writer"We’re always rushing" to “capture the moment” “We’re always rushing” to “capture the moment” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega A little knowledge can be worse than no knowledge at all. I know a little about theYakuzaseries, having reviewed the 1980s-setYakuza Zerofor this very parish in 2018, and tried a bit of 2019’s turn-based battler Yakuza: Like A Dragon....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023) Modern Warfare 3 release time: When does MW3 multiplayer and zombies release?When does Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer and zombies modes unlock? When does Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer and zombies modes unlock? Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision Looking for the Modern Warfare 3 release time?Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is upon us, and while the campaign is has been available since November 1 for those who pre-ordered, multiplayer and zombie modes will finally unlock for most members of the public on eitherNovember 9orNovember 10....

HomeNews Remedy discuss Control 2 and the Max Payne remakes, while Sam Lake teases “huge budget dark gothic fantasy"Alan Wake 2 devs also touch on Control spin-off Condor and the mysterious Codename Vanguard Alan Wake 2 devs also touch on Control spin-off Condor and the mysterious Codename Vanguard Fresh from the release ofAlan Wake 2- and apparently with a view to driving me nuts, because I haven’t had a chance to play Alan Wake 2 yet - Remedy have shared some titbits about future projects....