HomeFeatures We should redefine live service games as the living deadBut which kinds of living dead? But which kinds of living dead? Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie Why is every blockbuster video game now some kind of live service game? Speaking as a clueless idiot, the explanation I find most convincing is that it’s an attempt to bridge the gap between the returns publishers want from video games, versus how much we’re able or willing to pay upfront....

HomeNewsWe Who Are About To Die We Who Are About To Die’s new update has finally given me the excuse I need to cowardly lob some rocks at the heads of seasoned opponentsTwo thumbs sideways Two thumbs sideways Image credit:Jordy Lakiere Image credit:Jordy Lakiere I am sure gladiator roguelikeRPGWe Who Are About To Die’s latest update is very nice, and its accompanying 30% celebratory discount even nicer. You can find thefull patch noteshere, and I’d be interested to hear how significant they are from the more fascina-pilled among you....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1186): How to solve the Tuesday September 17 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for September 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for September 17? 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!...

HomeNewsPacific Drive Closing the car boot on your head will now kill you in Pacific DriveOh, and a bunch of other difficulty options Oh, and a bunch of other difficulty options Image credit:Ironwood Studios Image credit:Ironwood Studios To survive in looter-booterPacific Driveyou have to keep the paranormal station wagon you drive around in good nick. You’re constantly repairing corroded doors and swapping out busted engine parts with cobbled-together technology. But maybe this tinkering was a little too much....

HomeNewsAlruna And The Necro-Industrialists In handsome metroidvania Alruna And The Necro-Industrialists you are a dryad fighting the corpse of capitalismI have measured out my life with T.S. Eliot quotes I have measured out my life with T.S. Eliot quotes Image credit:Burning Planet Digital Image credit:Burning Planet Digital Alruna And The Necro-Industrialistsopens with paired quotes from T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland andMad Max: Fury Road - a blend of influences that would typically get you kicked out of the Creative Writing Club for being simultaneously too fancy and too obvious, but the game beyond the epigraph looks pretty swish....

HomeReviewsSatisfactory Satisfactory 1.0 review: yes, it isFrack the planet Frack the planet Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing I am lost in my own factory. From every direction, every angle, conveyor belts and smelters and assemblers obscure my senses and envelop my being. Twenty hours ago I placed my first manufacturer somewhere around here. Back then it represented the state of the art, hatching me a pristine batch of 1....

HomeNewsTrust Trust is a vampire FPS with immersive sim elements from the Forgive Me Father devsDeus Ex Dracula Deus Ex Dracula Trust: Official Announcement TeaserWatch on YouTube Trust: Official Announcement Teaser You play a recently awoken elder vampire, who is trying to survive in a quarantined Central European city. “On your path to regaining power, you can choose to openly engage in combat with humans using their technology and weapons, or remain true to vampire abilities, allowing you to achieve goals unnoticed,” the press release explains....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1185): How to solve the Monday September 16 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for September 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for September 16? 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!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Sun, September 15thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #461. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #461. 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 15th September?...

HomeNewsTales of the Shire Cosy life sim Tales Of The Shire needs more time in the oven, delayed until 2025An unexpected delay An unexpected delay Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Gamehas been delayed into early 2025. The cosy life sim set in the home of the hobbits had initially been aiming for a late 2024 release, but developers Weta Workshop Game Studio announced they need more time....

HomeNewsToem Wonderful photography adventure Toem will be free from Epic next weekSnap it up Snap it up Toemis a black-and-white photography puzzle adventure that delighted us back in 2021. Next week it’s going to be free to keep from the Epic Games Store. “It’s just fun, isn’t it?” wrote Alice B in herToem review. “It’s not groundbreaking, Toem, but it’s somehow nostalgic and modern at the same time, a silly world that you can just enjoy, guilt-free....

HomeNews50/50 50/50 is a cheerful, deeply heinous free game about cutting things perfectly in halfSlice of life Slice of life Image credit:TheShelfman Image credit:TheShelfman We’re having a bit of an indie freebie morning, it seems. My humble contribution is 50/50, a downloadable or browser-based game which I suspect will fill some of you with the deepest aggravation. As the name suggests, it’s about cutting things in half - specifically food items, such as fried eggs (easy enough) and candy canes (WTF)....

HomeNewsV Rising Ahoy Draculads and ladies, V Rising is free this weekendPlease and fang you Please and fang you Image credit:Stunlock Studio Image credit:Stunlock Studio InV Rising, you’re a fledgling vampire on a mission to become absolute bossferatu of aGothicopen world. You get aDiablo-ish combat system, the ability to shapeshift into a spider, and a whole castle to prance around in, crooning at the moon. I like this premise almost as much as I dislike the fact that V Rising is also asurvivalgame, in which you must fell trees and master a crafting system like a common turnip farmer....