HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#840): How to solve the Saturday October 7 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 7? 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!...

HomeNewsAmerican Arcadia Call Of The Sea devs' next game has you escaping a deadly reality TV show this NovemberTruman Show anxiety and 2.5D platforming collide in American Arcadia Truman Show anxiety and 2.5D platforming collide in American Arcadia Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury We’ve all imagined ourselves as the stars (or the villains) of a reality show, right? What could we say, how could we act, or who could we woo to bag the ultimate prize?...

HomeNews Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core takes one of PC’s best co-op experiences into a different genreLateral excavations Lateral excavations Image credit:Ghost Ship Image credit:Ghost Ship Having hollowed out the Asteroid of Co-Op (Resource) ExtractionFPS, Ghost Ship are sinking their drills into the Planet of Roguelite. The just-announcedDeep Rock Galactic: Rogue Coreis a crafty feat of genre-splicing in which one to four dwarven miners investigate an alien world whose “core has gone rogue”....

HomeNewsDredge New biome with extra icky fishies out in November Image credit:Team 17 Image credit:Team 17 Following boldly in the wake of The Thing, The Terror and, errrr,the experimental artist Ellie Ga, who spent months drawing and sketching aboard a drifting icelocked research vessel, Black Salt and Team 17’s Lovecraftian fishing simDredgeis heading to the Arctic in its first DLC pack, The Pale Reach. Batten down the hatches and check out the trailer....

HomeFeatures Why CCP haven’t stopped trying to make an EVE Online shooter for 15 yearsFourth time’s the charm Fourth time’s the charm Image credit:CCP Games Image credit:CCP Games If you’ve followed CCP, you may get a sense of de ja vu. This isn’t the first time the developers have tried to make a shooter happen in EVE Online: it’s the fourth. It’s just they’ve only gotten one out the door before....

HomeGuidesCounter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 console commands for FPS, lag, and moreLearn all the essential CS2 console commands for every situation Learn all the essential CS2 console commands for every situation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Looking for a list of Counter-Strike 2 console commands?Console commands in games are typically associated with cheats, and cheats in competitive games likeCounter-Strike 2are typically frowned upon. But there are lots of different uses for the various console commands available in CS2, and some of them are actively encouraged if you want to maximise your FPS and performance in Valve’s new flagshipFPS....

HomeNewsDiablo IV Diablo 4’s Season 2 update feels like a pre-planned “triumphant comeback” arcQuality-of-life upgrades galore, plus vampires Quality-of-life upgrades galore, plus vampires Image credit:Activision Blizzard Image credit:Activision Blizzard Diablo 4has been on the back-burner amid the chaos ofBaldur’s Gate 3andStarfield’s launches, but much like an arch-demonness putting together the pieces of an inter-planar conspiracy, Blizzard have been doing a lot of work behind the scenes. The action-RPG’s next big round of additions, the Season of Blood, launches on 17th October alongsidethe Steam edition of the game....

HomeReviewsThe Lamplighters League The Lamplighters League review: I like you, but after a while you do my head inBit of a turn off Bit of a turn off Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive Comparisons toXCOMare inevitable, and for once accurate. There’s a shot ofMutant Year Zerotoo, since its turn-basedstrategybackbone is dotted with real-time, uh, ribs? Ribs. You’ll explore each level that way, using limited takedown moves to stealthily trim the opposition....

HomeNews “Factorio, but you’re baking stuff”: Firaxis and Civilization veterans share their dream strategy projectsThe creators of Ara: History Untold pitch their pipedreams The creators of Ara: History Untold pitch their pipedreams Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Yesterday I had a lovely chat with the brainy folk of Oxide Games, developers ofAshes of the Singularityand the forthcomingAra: History Untold, a historical 4Xstrategy gamethat puts a baroque spin on the classic Civilization format, with each player’s turn unfolding simultaneously once you’ve queued up a bunch of commands....

HomeNewsAnother Crab’s Treasure Another Crab’s Treasure, the exciting shellfish Soulslike, has a demo out nowFight three crustacean bosses and steal their plastic shells Fight three crustacean bosses and steal their plastic shells Image credit:Aggro Crab Image credit:Aggro Crab Another Crab’s Treasurehooked me with its underwater Soulslike premise and cutesy charm. But once you take a closer look at the game’s polluted ocean, filled with plastic shells and weapons, the comparisons toDark Soulsget a little clearer....

HomeReviewsAssassin’s Creed Mirage Assassin’s Creed Mirage review: the most enjoyable Assassin’s Creed game for yearsEverything is permitted, but stabbing is the most permitted. Everything is permitted, but stabbing is the most permitted. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft This is, broadly speaking, the plot of most Assassin’s Creed games, and Basim is an able enough main character to carry it. He’s extremely dedicated to the creed, bless him....

HomeNewsHyenas Cancelled shooter Hyenas was reportedly Sega’s most expensive game ever“So what went wrong? Total lack of direction" “So what went wrong? Total lack of direction" Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Creative Assembly’sHyenas- therecently cancelled extraction shooterabout space Robin Hoods - was supposedly publisher Sega’s biggest budget game ever. New details about the game’s development claim that a lack of direction, slow progress, and an engine change turned the once hopeful “Super Game” into the cannedFPSthat it sadly is today....

HomeReviewsCounter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 review: a big change to an unparalleled FPS, but it could be something specialIt might’ve released too early, but give it time It might’ve released too early, but give it time Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve After 11 years,Counter-Strike: Global Offensivehas been, somewhat unceremoniously, shut down in favour of the newer, shinierCounter-Strike: 2. Whether you like it or not, Valve wants you playing CS2. For those who don’t take their CS all too seriously, CS2 won’t seem like much of a change from CS:GO, besides some grenade changes, more detailed maps, and a disappointing lack of fan favourite game modes....