HomeDeals A 46% Prime Big Deal Days saving on the Crucial P310 SSD makes it a great DIY alternative to all those Steam Deck microSDs I’ve been postingThere’s a lot of handheld storage deals, okay There’s a lot of handheld storage deals, okay Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun For the record, I still think it’s easier and safer to go with amicroSD for your Steam Deckstorage needs, and with goodPrime Big Deal Dayssavings on two of the best – theSamsung Pro Plusand theSanDisk Ultra– that opinion remains unbudged....

HomeNewsBeautiful Light Beautiful Light’s mix of STALKER and Hunt Showdown is masterfully eerie, but I do wish it wasn’t an extraction shooterWhy did it have to be tacti-cool? Why did it have to be tacti-cool? Image credit:Deep Worlds SA Image credit:Deep Worlds SA The obvious way of bundling upBeautiful Lightis probably “Hunt ShowdownmeetsS.T.A.L.K.E.R.”, and whoops, I’ve already committed to that in the headline. But the first game that came to mind when I chanced on some playtest footage last night wasThe Town Of Light, LKA’s deeply disquieting game about exploring a carefully recreated abandoned asylum....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 The Chinese Room’s version isn’t an “open sim”, cautions Paradox deputy CEO Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2won’t be an “open sim” like the 2004 original game, according to Paradox Interactive. Now in development at The Chinese Room, it’ll be an action-RPG with a relatively linear story set in the World Of Darkness universe. This obviously plays to The Chinese Room’s strengths - they’re better known for melancholy or horrifying strolls through broken spaces than the Dishonorable massaging of intricate systems....

HomeDeals For £8 / $8, these Steam Deck thumbstick covers are a neat stocking stuffer to end Prime Big Deal Days withAnd they come with some stickers or something but who cares And they come with some stickers or something but who cares Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun I’m told that if I do one morePrime Big Deal Dayspost, they’ll take off the metal clamps holding my eyelids open, and won’t put them back on until Black Friday next month....

HomeFeaturesBroken Sword How Charles Cecil survived crowdfunding: “I was nervous our fans were going to turn against us”Despite missteps and the pitiful profits of the late 90s, Revolution Software keeps on turning Despite missteps and the pitiful profits of the late 90s, Revolution Software keeps on turning Image credit:Revolution Software Image credit:Revolution Software A few months ago,Broken Swordcreator Charles Cecil walked out of the office of Revolution Software and onto the Shambles, the Diagon Alley-esque street that has survived since York’s days as a medieval trade hub....

HomeNews Laid-off Humble Games staff found new indie-focussed publisher and are partnering with Ziff Davis again"A new course for the future" “A new course for the future” Image credit:Humble Games Image credit:Humble Games Back in July, the Powers That Be at Rock Paper Shotgun’s parent company Ziff Davislaid off all 36 members of Humble Games, in response to “challenging economic times for indie game publishing”. Now, Humble Games’s former general manager Alan Patmore and global publishing VP Mark Nash have foundedGood Games Group, a new indie publisher who will work with many of the same development partners from their Humble days....

HomeDeals Prime Big Deal Days lets you get the webcam I use, for £30 less than what this idiot paid for itIt’s 41% off in the US as well It’s 41% off in the US as well Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun I recall getting mine for £100, so while I do endorse the StreamCam for its ease of use and how it makes me the least blurry out of everyone in RPS team meets, know that if you take advantage of this offer that I will grow to envy and resent you....

HomeNews Combo Critters is a free, crunchy creature collecting deck builder from the Shotgun King devsA nutritious start to the day A nutritious start to the day Image credit:PUNKCAKE Délicieux/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:PUNKCAKE Délicieux/Rock Paper Shotgun Tiny deck builder Combo Critters exhibits the winning combination common to both small games and radical breakfast cereals - it’s very crunchy, but also bright, sugary and moreish. IfThaddius Cornflakeshad recommended struggling families play Combo Critters instead of eating Cookie Crisp for dinner, I imagine the backlash would have been far more reserved....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 08thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #484. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #484. 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 08th October?...

HomeDeals Get an Asus RTX 4060 Ti for its lowest-ever price in the Prime Big Deal Days saleDown to £340 on Amazon UK Down to £340 on Amazon UK Image credit:Asus Image credit:Asus It’s a stubborn little beggar, but theNvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti’s pricing has been dragged down enough in recent months that it’s now a far tastier prospect than it was at launch. Now, theAmazon Prime Big Deal Dayssale has a twin-fan Asus model down to£340in the UK – the lowest this particulargraphics cardhas ever been, and as far as I can tell, the least you’d have to pay for a brand-new RTX 4060 Ti in the current market....

HomeDeals If you missed that cheap Steam Deck dock deal from last week, it’s back for Prime Big Deal DaysSitting pretty at £26 / $30 Sitting pretty at £26 / $30 Truth be told, this represents a sneaky bit of price-wrangling on the part of Amazon UK: installing theKeepa price trackerreveals that Ugreen’s dock has flitted between £40 and £25 several times since August, so I can’t honestly say that this some kind of incredible gold dust deal that’s returned against the odds....

HomeDeals Prime Big Deal Days cuts the excellent WD Black SN850X SSD to its lowest price in agesSavings ahoy on the 1TB and 2TB models Savings ahoy on the 1TB and 2TB models Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This latestAmazon Prime Big Deal Daysreally is playing all the hits for PC storage. As well as money off thefinest Steam Deck microSD, there are savings to be had on our tip-top desktopSSDpick, the WD Black SN850X – which is a few years old now, but still produces superlative gaming load times....

HomeNewsRed Dead Redemption Rockstar finally reveal Red Dead Redemption PC port for October 2024 release, together with Undead NightmareThey’ve remarstoned it at last They’ve remarstoned it at last Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Image credit:Take-Two Interactive One of the games industry’s worst-kept secrets, the PC version ofRed Dead Redemption, is a worst-kept secret no longer. After anunconscionable period of leakage, Rockstar have at last confirmed theopen worldport, together with a PC version of its Undead Nightmare expansion - they’re coming to Rockstar Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 29th 2024....