HomeHardwareFeaturesDragon Age: The Veilguard Dragon Age: The Veilguard is Veil-good on the Steam DeckPerformance, settings, and battery life tested Performance, settings, and battery life tested Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Discourse? Look mate, I’m just here to test theSteam Deck.Dragon Age: The Veilguardruns like a tapon any halfway decent desktop hardware, so was naturally going to be worth trying on the weaker Deck. And sure enough, Bioware’sRPG(which is really more of an action game with the occasional verbal spar) settles comfortably into handheld life....

HomeReviewsFactorio Factorio: Space Age review: a stellar expansion produces a masterful final formThe factory has grown The factory has grown Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Wube Software Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Wube Software To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Space Age seems entirely content with the first few hours, even the first few dozen, being pretty much exactly the same as it always was....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, November 05thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #512. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #512. 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! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 05th November?...

HomeNewsThe Binding of Isaac: Rebirth The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth celebrates 10 year anniversary with online co-op announcement and saleDouble, triple, quadruple bind Double, triple, quadruple bind Image credit:Nicalis, Inc. Image credit:Nicalis, Inc. Belovedrogueliketraumatic-childhood-em-upThe Binding Of Issac: Rebirthturned 10 yesterday, and it’s half off onSteamto celebrate. What’s more, maker Edmund McMillen has announced that the foretold online co-op update is due on the 18th of this month, alongside a “considerable” balance update....

HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed Shadows Assassin’s Creed Shadows will reboot Assassin’s Creed’s patchy modern-day storyThey don’t want it to feel like a “side quest” anymore They don’t want it to feel like a “side quest” anymore Image credit:Ubisoft / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Ubisoft / Rock Paper Shotgun Put your hand up if you’d forgotten that every Assassin’s Creed game is, strictly speaking, set in the present day. I know I had. That’s not the actual distant past you’re parkouring through....

HomeNewsMini Mini Golf Golf It’s never too early in the week to play 4D minigolfA demo to take you “beyond the lanes of the here and now” A demo to take you “beyond the lanes of the here and now” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Three More Years Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Three More Years I didn’t sleep last night for entirely self-inflicted reasons and my brain feels like that one accursed hoover bag you refuse to empty, because there is no way of doing so that won’t turn the neighbourhood into Silent Hill....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Wilds No, you’re not imagining Monster Hunter Wilds' beta combat feeling off - there’s a good reason for itEarly door hunters say animations lack showmanship Early door hunters say animations lack showmanship Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom If you felt like the combat in the MHWilds beta felt “off,” it’s not just you! As this short comparison video shows, Capcom seems to have reduced hitstop on most (if not all) weapon types in Wilds, leading to some weapons 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 worse than they did in prior games....

HomeReviewsSlitterhead Slitterhead review: body-hopping action horror that’s best left dispossessedI’m glad I won’t have to say “Slitterhead” out loud in meetings ever again I’m glad I won’t have to say “Slitterhead” out loud in meetings ever again Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bokeh Game Studio Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bokeh Game Studio No, sadly not. It’s no doubt built a compelling universe filled with brain-sucking aliens that masquerade as humans, and it attempts plenty else besides: bouncing between bodies as you stealth around dingy apartment blocks, fighting with blood katanas, and gorging on pools of red plasma to refuel skills, many of which require more body-flitting....

HomeNewsThe Forever Winter Water way to respond Image credit:Fun Dog Studios Image credit:Fun Dog Studios It’s not as bad as it sounds. Far from making things more difficult, the water thieves are really a way to give players who run out of water one last chance to scrape back from the loot wipe. They’ll show up in your headquarters when you have basically no water left, and if you can manage to kill them and defend your home you’ll get some water from their corpses and stave off the hideous thirstwipe for the time being....

HomeNewsTHYSIASTERY Thysiastery is an anime Legend Of Grimrock, and you can attack the dinosaur merchants if you’re a complete monsterHow does one break the femur of a slime? How does one break the femur of a slime? Image credit:DIRGA Image credit:DIRGA One of my lesser quality tests for anRPGis whether the shopkeepers complain at you for not buying anything. Grumpy shopkeepers, good RPG. This most specific of litmus tests has served me well, although I must admit that I’d happily upgrade it to ‘shopkeepers you can attack’, would that not disqualify 99% of games....

HomeNews Twitch introduce mandatory “Politics and Sensitive Social Issues” label, just in time for the US electionIt “could bring new advertisers to our service” It “could bring new advertisers to our service” Advertisers, similarly, can “make better choices about the content they want to advertise next to” - in other words, pull their ads from a whole swathe of material if they don’t want to be associated with anything controversial. Twitch’s hope is that “the labels will allow advertisers to have more context to inform which types of streams they show their ads alongside, which we expect to increase brands’ confidence in running ads on Twitch, and could bring new advertisers to our service....

HomeFeaturesDeadlock We’ve learned the hard way that ganging up on Deadlock doesn’t make it more digestibleBut maybe that’s the point But maybe that’s the point Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve The mystery surroundingDeadlock, Valve’s work-in-progress MOBA shooter, has largely evaporated. Its freely extendable invite system is about as effective at controlling player headcount as adisinterested football steward, meaning pretty much anyone with a clued-in Steam friend can get in and start poking around its secrets....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1233): How to solve the Sunday November 3 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for November 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 3? 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!...