HomeNewsDestiny 2 Bungie says Destiny 2’s future lies in “unusual formats”, like “roguelikes or survival shooters"They also promise sweeping changes to make rewards better and the UI more approachable They also promise sweeping changes to make rewards better and the UI more approachable Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie Followingmajor layoffsandproject cancellationsat Bungie, the company has since announced their plans forDestiny 2, a game whose future was very much unclear. In their latestblog post, they’ve announced that they’re taking “Destiny to places it has never been before”....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Tue, September 10thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #456. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #456. 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 10th September?...

HomeNews “Shifting market conditions” Image credit:Activision Blizzard Image credit:Activision Blizzard In March, the CEO of Embracerannouncedthat the company’s widespread removal of workers across their many owned studios was over. That has turned out to be false, as the megacorp continues to enforce layoffs andclose down studios. Now, a support studio forDiablo IVandTiny Tina’s Wonderlandshas suffered further layoffs, with over half the employees at the studio losing their jobs. Last week, a total of 139 workers were laid off, according toa legal notice submitted to Wisconsin state government....

HomeGuidesStar Wars Outlaws How to get the BT-009S Fast Shot Trigger in Star Wars OutlawsHere’s how to get the final Light Plasma Blaster upgrade Here’s how to get the final Light Plasma Blaster upgrade Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Looking for the BT-009S Fast Shot Trigger in Star Wars Outlaws?The BT-009S Fast Shot Trigger is a unique Blaster upgrade part inStar Wars Outlawsneeded to completely max out the Light Plasma branch....

HomeNewsSatisfactory Planet-smelting sim Satisfactory is now satisfactory enough to leave early access1.0 version launches with new story stuff and alien technology 1.0 version launches with new story stuff and alien technology Image credit:Coffee Stain Image credit:Coffee Stain Grand duchess of first-person factory simsSatisfactoryhas finally hit 1.0 on PC after five years in early access, introducing a “full narrative overhaul” together with some new alien technology which you can witness and boggle at via the 1....

HomeNews Image credit:TPO Media / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:TPO Media / Rock Paper Shotgun As described inthe video, the system is designed for use against infantry and lightly armoured targets. It’s not clear from the video how the system works in practice, but it looks like operators can view camera feeds from the turret and shoot at people and vehicles using the Steam Deck’s built-in controls. Having done a bit of digging of my own, Ukraine’s military appear to have been experimenting with the Steam Decksince April 2023....

HomeNewsFrontiers Of The Mind This fictional CD-ROM about a Knightmare-style game show is secretly this year’s best horror game"Only some parts of the show were aired" “Only some parts of the show were aired” Image credit:MinusOnePublishing Image credit:MinusOnePublishing Presented as an interactive CD-ROM experience (rad!) documenting the history of a fictional,Knightmareinspired kids show, Frontiers Of The Mind instills each click with a mounting unease as you explore its archives. Between 1987 and 1994, the British channel Network7 broadcasted 112 episodes of the TV game show Maze Masters, an interactive adventure targeting younger audiences....

HomeNewsHalf-Life Amazon tried to buy part of Valve in the days before Steam, according to former exec who says she’s been “erased” from Valve’s history"Women, especially in tech, often seem to disappear when the story gets told." “Women, especially in tech, often seem to disappear when the story gets told.” Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Amongst many other things, Harrington discusses how she and her husband poured their own money into Valve, and how she walked the complicated line of drawing upon her Microsoft experience to shape Valve’s approach with Half-Life, without developing an actual conflict of interest....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Read and write Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Hack the planet, wizard fans. A modder has cracked open some previously disabled abilities in the official modding toolkit forBaldur’s Gate 3, making it possible for folks to create their own levels or alter the game’s existing environments. The toolkit (which was only made available last week) previously wouldn’t let you do any of that, due to “technical constraints and platform-specific guidelines,” according to developers Larian....

HomeNewsRoots Devour In strategy card game Roots Devour you are that tree the villagers warn people away fromIf an Elder God falls in the woods with nobody around to hear it… If an Elder God falls in the woods with nobody around to hear it… Image credit:GCORES PUBLISHING Image credit:GCORES PUBLISHING I recently moved to a suburban neighbourhood where there is lots of relatively “wild” parkland and a few raggedy patches of woodland....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft creators are already trying to fix the Minecraft movieAnimators, skin pack creators and players rally in the wake of dire trailer Animators, skin pack creators and players rally in the wake of dire trailer Image credit:Nogard Image credit:Nogard I’ve unearthed two of these reworkings so far. Both automatically look more charming than the movie, in the same way that having a nail pulled out of your leg is preferable to hammering another one in....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Sun, September 8thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #454 Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #454 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 8th September?...

HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: pay 3 billion pounds to read five minutes early editionread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! I am ill, so no guest this week. To tide you over, here is a short excerpt from a story I started once about the redemptive power of forgiveness:...