HomeNews UK video game voice actor’s union proposes new minimum rates and protections against AI and abusive NDAs"Pay for UK performers has stagnated despite games being a multibillion-dollar industry" “Pay for UK performers has stagnated despite games being a multibillion-dollar industry” Image credit:Equity Image credit:Equity UK arts and entertainment union Equity have unveiled a raft of “best practice guidelines” for video game developers hiring voice actors, including some suggested minimum rates that are designed to address “systemic low pay” for performers....

HomeNewsVictory Heat Rally Victory Heat Rally looks like an electrifying retro arcade racer, and it’s releasing this winterHot hot heat Hot hot heat Image credit:Skydevilpalm Image credit:Skydevilpalm There seems to be a wave of retro racers around recently, and each one seems to pick a particular target to shoot with its nostalgia gun, whetherWipeoutor Lotus orMicro Machinesor whatever else.Maybe I’m forgetting some classic arcade racer, butVictory Heat Rallyfeels less laser targeted and more a modern take on the spirit of the genre....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1145): How to solve the Wednesday August 7 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for August 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for August 7? 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!...

HomeHardwareFeatures Asus ROG Ally X vs Steam Deck OLED: battle of the beefed-up handheldsWhich portable gaming PC’s upgrade hammer swings the hardest? Which portable gaming PC’s upgrade hammer swings the hardest? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Is early adoption a chump’s game? I dunno about that, though between theAsus ROG Ally Xand theSteam Deck OLED, those who stayed their hand on their earlier handheld gaming PC counterparts do have a couple of quality second-genners to choose from....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Black Ops 6 leak gives naughty players access to the Max Payne-ish omnimovement system for the first time"Fluid", or frustrating? “Fluid”, or frustrating? Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision I don’t play much Call Of Duty any more. My feelings about the series have settled back from self-righteous fury over itsPentagon-sponsored war-fellatingto a quieter, regretful sense that there have maybe been enough Call Of Duty games now, and that it would be nice if we could fill that infamous late October/early November release slot with, I don’t know, games about witches instead, or maybe just turn it into a public holiday and spend the week lying on a mattress regarding the ceiling....

HomeNewsBionic Bay Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay is incredibly impressive even beyond its 250,000 pixel treesThat’s still a lot of pixels, though That’s still a lot of pixels, though Image credit:Kepler Interactive Image credit:Kepler Interactive It doesn’t take long before you start spotting examples of the reasonBionic Bay went viral earlier this week. Above your head hangs a painstakingly detailed mass of vents and cables, looming lifelike with dust and shadow and history....

HomeNewsCrusader Kings III Crusader Kings 3’s “landless adventurers” are set to offer a whole new way of playing the medieval trouble simHome in a thousand strange places Home in a thousand strange places Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Simply put, you’ll be able to create a custom “Landless Adventurer” character at the start of a campaign, just like designing a normal ruler (you might also find yourself landless mid-game following some classic political turmoil)....

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Omnissiah be praised, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s system requirements are hereWhat’s the clock speed of a Machine God anyway What’s the clock speed of a Machine God anyway Image credit:Focus Home Interactive Image credit:Focus Home Interactive All of which is to say that Focus Home have released the system requirements for huge-shouldered action gameWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Find them proudly emblazoned across the header image above, and written out for easier copy-pasting in the blockquote, below....

HomeFeaturesOne BTN Bosses One BTN Bosses' rhythmic rush is an easy sell, since you can play it with one hand in a packet of crispsThe best genre The best genre Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Midnight Munchies/Outer Sloth Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Midnight Munchies/Outer Sloth In hisVampire Survivorsreview, Matt Cox described the game as something he could play with “one hand in a packet of crisps”. I think about this quite often, actually, as someone whose largely offline friends (or Fortnite/FIFA pals) ask me to recommend them a game that’s good or interesting....

HomeNewsFate/stay night Remastered One of the most influential Japanese visual novels ever made gets a PC Steam remaster this weekIt must be Fate It must be Fate Image credit:Aniplex Inc Image credit:Aniplex Inc This week sees the release of a new Steam edition of Type-Moon and Kinoko Nasu’s dark fantasy visual novel and dating sim Fate Stay/Night. I randomly watched one of Stay/Night’s many anime spin-offs, Fate Zero, during the pandemic lockdowns....

HomeNewsStar Wars Outlaws Star Wars Outlaws gets two story DLCs featuring Lando and Hondo, but only if you fork out for a special editionI definitely know who these people are I definitely know who these people are Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Star Wars Outlawsis out relatively soon and looks relatively exciting, if you’re into Ubisoft open worlds and pseudo-Uncharted mechanics with pewpews and dribbly aliens. And if you’re excited, prepare to get more excited-er - or more exhausted-er - as Ubi have just unveiled Outlaws' DLC plans for season pass holders....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Wilds Capcom show off precise aiming, wound highlights, and focus mode in new Monster Hunter Wilds revealsNew ways to hunt the monst New ways to hunt the monst Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom The monst! The monst are back! Whoo-hoo! We’re still a while off from the TBC 2025 release date of haute-couture-asaurusRPGMonster Hunter Wilds, and Capcom have finally graced us with some delicious Actual Details, following theprevious cinematic trailers....

HomeNewsSuper Dungeon Muncher The consumer is king Image credit:n_nexy Image credit:n_nexy What is it with monstrous eating mechanics in games of late? Last week it wascarnivorous post-Soviet elevators, now it’s retro fantasyRPGsthat devour themselves. InSuper Dungeon Muncher, you are a teeny-tiny hero navigating a corridor-shaped map full of fireball traps and crumbling platforms, spinning coins and patrolling critters. That’s the “Super Dungeon” part. The “Muncher” part refers to the corpulent red monster guzzling the whole level in your wake....