HomeReviewsSmite 2 Smite 2 early access review: prettier, snappier, but not spicy enough“It’s not Deadlock” out of 10 “It’s not Deadlock” out of 10 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Titan Forge Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Titan Forge Games Bear with me on this, but I adore how swordfighting works in Dune. Ubiquitous wearable sci-fi shields repel any attack that comes in too fast, so everyone has to learn this unique, overtly dance-like form of close-quarters combat where every thrust and parry is necessarily slow and considered....

HomeFeaturesWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 The bloody battles of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 make for a great photo modeSay cheese, my lord Say cheese, my lord Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Focus Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Focus Entertainment I’ve already said my piece on the hulking bugstomper in ourSpace Marine 2 review, but I’d like to celebrate one more thing about it - the photo mode. This is a fairly standard feature for a lot of blockbuster games, but in the world of Warhammer 40K there are so many mega-scale battles with pitch-perfect composition that I found it hard to resist hitting pause and taking a handful of snaps every few minutes....

HomeNewsDeliver At All Costs Deeply destructive driving game Deliver At All Costs will see you smashing 1950s America to piecesYour package is on its way Your package is on its way Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami Deliver At All Costs - Reveal Trailer (ESRB)Watch on YouTube Deliver At All Costs - Reveal Trailer (ESRB) There’s a tale to go with it all. You play as delivery boy Winston Green, who’s described as a “down-on-his-luck courier with a fiery temper and a mysterious past”....

HomeNewsEuropa Universalis IV Europa Universalis IV is folding four of its dozens of DLCs into the base gameIf you already bought them, well, uhh If you already bought them, well, uhh Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Paradox are integrating four ofEuropa Universalis IV’s DLCs into the base game. The Rights Of Man, Art Of War, Digital Extreme Upgrade and Common Sense DLCs will be free to all current and future players of the eleven-year-old grand strategy game from October 17th onwards....

HomeGuidesStar Wars Outlaws How to complete Jet Kordo’s Legacy in Star Wars OutlawsHere is where to find the Holotracker location Here is where to find the Holotracker location Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Looking for Jet Kordo’s Legacy in Star Wars Outlaws?After completing ‘The Wreck’ main quest inStar Wars Outlaws, ND-5 will give Kay a Holotracker containing a treasure map of sorts that leads to a legendary smuggler’s score....

HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Sky’s Aquarius update lets you go fishing across the galaxyShoop doop doop ahh Shoop doop doop ahh Image credit:Hello Games Image credit:Hello Games Back in July,No Man’s Skyreached version 5.0 with the Worlds update, which refreshed its planetary generation to introduce more variety alongside more detailed water, clouds, and weather. We didn’t write about it at the time, because I suppose re-writing the very fabric of the galaxy seemed small-time....

HomeNewsMinecraft The first Minecraft movie trailer looks expensively naffBlock-busted Block-busted Image credit:Warner Bros Pictures / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Warner Bros Pictures / Rock Paper Shotgun A Minecraft Movie | TeaserWatch on YouTube A Minecraft Movie | Teaser It’s partly Hollywood-trailer-itis - they’re doing that condescending thing where they slap a bass drop or local equivalent on every punchline - but it’s mostly that they’ve monstered Minecraft’s matchless visual direction, with a photorealistic spin on the original block aesthetic which makes me think of those fan mods that insist on forcing ray-tracing and hair physics into a game that is famously low-tech and simple....

HomeNewsStraftat The people behind amazing Brutalist parkour game Babbdi are making a free 1v1 FPS with over 100 mapsTit for Straftat Tit for Straftat Image credit:Lemaitre Bros Image credit:Lemaitre Bros Babbdiwas a game of stark and severe Brutalist aesthetics, and also, a game about playing scales with a trumpet, walljumping with a baseball bat and using a leafblower to fly.Snuck out over winter 2022, it was a sombre but delightful freebie with immense though well-hidden imagination, in which your only explicit objective was to find a way out of a small concrete city....

HomeReviewsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 review: a devoted sequel of swords and spectacleGrim lark Grim lark Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Focus Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Focus Entertainment To provide some context, Titus has been found not guilty after a brief 100-year stint in the torture chambers. We meet him being recruited back into the marines, where he is tasked with leading a squad against endless swarms of tyranids (basically very spiky xenomorphs)....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1173): How to solve the Wednesday September 4 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for September 4? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 4? 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!...

HomeGuidesBlack Myth: Wukong All Black Myth: Wukong Chapter 5 bosses and where to find themTrack down all 18 boss locations in Chapter 5 of Black Myth: Wukong Track down all 18 boss locations in Chapter 5 of Black Myth: Wukong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Looking for all 18 bosses in Chapter 5 of Black Myth: Wukong?Chapter 5 is generally more linear than the previous couple of regions inBlack Myth: Wukong, but it still has plenty of secrets and hidden boss encounters....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Tue, September 3rdNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #449. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #449. 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! It’s a simple premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly difficult at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known trivia....

HomeNewsParcel Corps Bicycle delivery sim Parcel Corps is delayed but at least it’s funny about itCommitted to the bit Committed to the bit Image credit:Secret Mode Image credit:Secret Mode We’ve been negligent in our duty as watchkeepers of extreme sports games.Parcel Corpsis a light-hearted bicycle courier sim set in a colourful totalitarian regime where the police do not like things to be delivered in time, or at all. Perhaps that’s why the game, which was due to arrive on Steam tomorrow, has been delayed until an unspecified date....