Chivalry 2 is now feature complete, say developers, but new projects in the same universe are on the way

HomeNewsChivalry 2 Chivalry 2 is now feature complete, say developers, but new projects in the same universe are on the wayNo More Room in Hell 2 is Torn Banner’s next project No More Room in Hell 2 is Torn Banner’s next project Image credit:Torn Banner Image credit:Torn Banner Few acts in games feel quite as gleefully gratifying as removing a knight’s shiny dome with a halberd swing in medievalmultiplayermeleeChivalry 2. In a pastime that’s had several decades to perfect the art of hitting men with sharp objects, that’s quite the accomplishment....

July 31, 2024 · 2 min · 319 words · Nicole Collins

Destiny creators Bungie lay off 220 people and form new studio within Sony to stave off financial ruin

HomeNews Destiny creators Bungie lay off 220 people and form new studio within Sony to stave off financial ruin"We were overly ambitious," says CEO “We were overly ambitious,” says CEO Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie The news follows months of reporting that all is not well at Bungie - the companymade an undisclosed number of reductions last year, and wererumoured to be facing a full Sony takeover, with much riding on the fortunes ofDestiny 2’s Final Shape DLC....

July 31, 2024 · 3 min · 445 words · Margaret Phillips

Dome Keeper just got a massive update that ups replayability and helps generate better worlds

HomeNewsDome Keeper Dome Keeper just got a massive update that ups replayability and helps generate better worldsThe dome has expanded The dome has expanded Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury Katharine (RPS in peace) thoughtDome Keeper’sblend of tower defence and mining was both “meditative” and “perfectly formed” in herreview. So it comes as great news, then, that the devs have somehow taken that perfect dome, expanded it and polished it to an even greater sheen....

July 31, 2024 · 6 min · 1175 words · Dylan Barnes

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, August 1)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, August 1)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #417 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #417 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! Want a hint for Connections today?...

July 31, 2024 · 3 min · 578 words · Mark Blevins

NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, July 31)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, July 31)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #416 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #416 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! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

July 31, 2024 · 3 min · 576 words · Ann Brown

Smash your to-do list while watching the world roll by in free train window productivity tool On Track

HomeNewsOn Track Good for what rails you Image credit:Gigatank 3000 Image credit:Gigatank 3000 Once upon a time, my favourite place to write was on trains. Specifically, laidback intercity services with nobody else in the quiet car and certainly, none of those screeching smaller bipeds, or “children” as they are scientifically known. That idyll is now lost to me thanks to Covid: I have vulnerable family members and continue to be careful about social distancing....

July 31, 2024 · 2 min · 275 words · Albert Rivera

Beta Decay is a low-poly dystopian RPG whose grimy cover-shooting shows promise

HomeNewsBeta Decay Beta Decay is a low-poly dystopian RPG whose grimy cover-shooting shows promiseEven if the rest does seem a tad overambitious Even if the rest does seem a tad overambitious Image credit:Rotoscope Studios Image credit:Rotoscope Studios One of Beta Decay’s big ambitions is its setting: a big open world planet with a dense series of dystopian cities, alongside underground resource-rich zones. The idea is that you’ll effectively take on different roles a bit like in, say,EVE Online....

July 30, 2024 · 2 min · 386 words · Amber Valdez

Grassy green JRPG Visions Of Mana gets free demo a month ahead of release

HomeNewsVisions Of Mana Grassy green JRPG Visions Of Mana gets free demo a month ahead of releaseGreat Val, you Great Val, you Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix As the first Something Of Mana game to come out in 15 years,Visions Of Manais bound to be exciting some of you out there. Well, funnel all that anticipation into your mouse-clicking finger, because developers Square Enix have just put upa playable demo of the bright JRPGon Steam....

July 30, 2024 · 6 min · 1206 words · Leon Jordan

Michael Bay's Skibidi Toilet movie production company has apparently sent DMCA takedowns to Garry's Mod

HomeNewsGarry’s Mod Michael Bay’s Skibidi Toilet movie production company has apparently sent DMCA takedowns to Garry’s ModBayhem Bayhem Image credit:Valve? DaFuqBoom? Who knows at this point. Image credit:Valve? DaFuqBoom? Who knows at this point. Update:Garry Newman has confirmed that the DMCA notice was sent last year, and has since been “all resolved”, in an email toIGN. Original story: Skibidi Toilet uses assets derived fromHalf-Life 2, however, and owes a lot to theGarry’s Modmachinima scene....

July 30, 2024 · 2 min · 347 words · David Garcia

Mysty-eyed point-and-clicker Neyyah brings back the glory of pre-rendered backdrops in August

HomeNewsNeyyah Mysty-eyed point-and-clicker Neyyah brings back the glory of pre-rendered backdrops in AugustMore areas and puzzles coming over early access More areas and puzzles coming over early access Image credit:MicroProse Image credit:MicroProse If you missMyst, but feel only vertigo and disgust forits recent 3D reinventions, you might find yourself salivating over first-person point-and-clickerNeyyah- a Mystalike or more precisely, Rivenalike from Defy Reality Entertainment and MicroProse, which has just been dated for early access release on 27th August....

July 30, 2024 · 2 min · 379 words · Ashley Montgomery

NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, July 30)

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, July 30)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #415 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #415 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! Want a hint for Connections today?...

July 30, 2024 · 3 min · 579 words · Gregory Johnson

Creepy card game Arsonate is a very short race to be the last person burning

HomeNewsArsonate Creepy card game Arsonate is a very short race to be the last person burningSmoker face Smoker face Image credit:Nash Image credit:Nash 2024’s small but growing avalanche of games thattrap you in a room with a nasty little freakcontinues withArsonate, in which the nasty little freak wears a gasmask and wants to set you on fire. He wants to do this using cards. There are 47 of them - a forest of silhouettes, laid across the blood-stained table between you....

July 29, 2024 · 2 min · 377 words · Robert Brown

Enshrouded's latest update adds a new survival preset, complete with hunger and backpack drops on death

HomeNewsEnshrouded Enshrouded’s latest update adds a new survival preset, complete with hunger and backpack drops on deathPlus plenty of quality of life improvements Plus plenty of quality of life improvements Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Keen Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Keen Games How do you like yoursurvival games? A nice bit of wood chopping while the birds chirp? Gathering some mushrooms while you deflect a little goblin’s swings? Stumbling parched through a desert as a bed of scorpions prick your ankles with deadly venom?...

July 29, 2024 · 6 min · 1109 words · Joseph Lowery