HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard Oops… the release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard leaks a few hours earlySpooky Spooky Image credit:Electronic Arts Image credit:Electronic Arts The release date forDragon Age: The Veilguardhas been revealed in a last-minute leak thanks to a naughty video advertisement. Electronic Arts had planned to share the game’s debut-day in about… checks watchless wrist … 7 hours, as part of a specialrelease date trailer. But the internet will ever internet, and thanks to some slip-up or other, we have the knowledge just a smidge early....

HomeFeaturesWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Space Marine 2’s co-op suggests it is in fact jetpacks that make the dream workMostly meaty good fun so far, especially if you’re a big killstealer like Edwin Mostly meaty good fun so far, especially if you’re a big killstealer like Edwin Image credit:Saber Interactive/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Saber Interactive/Rock Paper Shotgun In the grim heatwave of the midsummer, everyone you know would love to come hunch over a table and roll dice for six hours, actually, but they’ve gotthat thingon....

HomeNewsStellaris Stellaris turns Twister with new Cosmic Storms you can bend to your willLatest space 4X DLC also adds Storm Chaser origin Latest space 4X DLC also adds Storm Chaser origin Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Space 4XstrategygameStellarislaunched in 2016, but Paradoxcan’t stop adding to the universe. Last time I checked in, it wasschool trips to other dimensions. Now, it’s Cosmic Storms. Due for release alongside the Stellaris 3.13 Vela update on September 10th, these are a paid “mechanical expansion” (priced at a rather chunky £11, $13 or €13, and available as part of the current season pass) that builds upon the game’s existing Space Storms, “providing a deeper experience with strategically meaningful gameplay and beautiful upgraded visuals”....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Who is the final boss in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Here is where to find the final boss in the Elden Ring DLC Here is where to find the final boss in the Elden Ring DLC Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Wondering who is the final boss in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Shadow Of The Erdtreeis perhaps the largest FromSoftware expansion we’ve ever had, with a total of83 bosses altogetherand 10 newRemembrancebosses....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Wed, August 14thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #429. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #429. 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 14th August?...

HomeNewsKiborg KIBORG: Arena is a free slice of Arkham-style combat starring a John Protagonist-ass punchy cyborgI typed ‘Killborg’ several dozen times I typed ‘Killborg’ several dozen times Image credit:Sobaka Studio Image credit:Sobaka Studio KIBORG: Arena - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube KIBORG: Arena - Launch Trailer Well, mostly. The first of those aforementioned throwbacks is the rhythm combat from the series of cape-em-ups that started withBatman: Arkham Asylum, with a little bit of charming homework-copierMiddle Earth: Shadow Of Mordormixed in....

HomeNews Outer Worlds 2 is looking “incredible”, says Obsidian boss, but they did consider “throwing the whole team on Avowed"“We had a really hard time at the studio during Covid.” “We had a really hard time at the studio during Covid.” Satirical spaceRPGsequelThe Outer Worlds 2wasannounced back in 2021. Since then, we’ve heard nary a peep about it, with developers Obsidian focusing onPillars Of EternitysuccessorAvowedand their acesurvivalgameGrounded, which left early access in September 2022....

HomeNewsReptilian Rising Reptilian Rising is an enjoyably naff toy-based tactics game featuring Spartacus, St George and EinsteinAdam and Joe Show stans, assemble Adam and Joe Show stans, assemble Image credit:Gregarious Games Image credit:Gregarious Games The next advance in video game graphics technology is not ray-tracing or tray-racing or any variation thereof - it’s janky stop motion and rubbish plastic dolls, and it actually began about 30 years ago, when I watched the Adam and Joe show for the first time....

HomeFeatures The 11 best racing games on PCBeep beep Beep beep Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Microsoft / No More Robots / BeamNG / Wired Productions Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Microsoft / No More Robots / BeamNG / Wired Productions WAIT. False start, false start. Let’s briefly explain our reasoning. There are some guidelines after all. For this list, we wanted to focus on racing games, as distinct fromdrivinggames, so noAmerican Truck Simulatorhere....

HomeReviewsThe Crimson Diamond The Crimson Diamond review: an enthralling retro-inspired EGA game with modern mystery styleREAD REVIEW OF GAME READ REVIEW OF GAME Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Julia Minamata Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Julia Minamata The Crimson Diamondis a proper old-school style puzzle adventure. It’s 2D pixel art, with a limited colour palette as in EGA games, and you control it with a text parser, likeKing’s Questor one of them other Sierra adventures old men like Graham remember....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1152): How to solve the Wednesday August 14 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for August 14? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for August 14? 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!...

HomeNewsAbiotic Factor Abiotic Factor’s biggest update yet adds new sectors to explore, plus jetpacks, jeeps and laser katanasHalf-Laugh Half-Laugh Image credit:Playstack Image credit:Playstack Abiotic Factor - Crush Depth TrailerWatch on YouTube Abiotic Factor - Crush Depth Trailer There are a lot of other tweaks. The game previously added some hideous “weather” types inanother recent update- sinister fog, sickening spores, and radiation leaks. But the fog turned out to be “too foggy” and has now been “reduced in intensity, just a bit”....

HomeNewsNova Drift Arcade shooter Nova Drift is a Petri dish in which to spawn the daftest, deadliest spaceshipYou’ve got ARPG in my shmup again You’ve got ARPG in my shmup again Image credit:Pixeljam Image credit:Pixeljam I’m no shoot ‘em up nutter - or “shmutter”, as I understand they prefer to be called - but some of the first games I remember playing are shmups. Games like Maelstrom, Ambrosia’s Macintosh clone of Asteroids, and the proto-shmupCrystal Questfrom Patrick Buckland, who would go on to makeCarmageddon....