HomeNews Why does GTA Online load so slowly? Someone thinks they can make it 70% fasterDon’t get too excited or appalled just yet… Don’t get too excited or appalled just yet… GTA Online: The Cayo Perico HeistWatch on YouTube GTA Online: The Cayo Perico Heist Over the weekend, reverse-engineering enthusiast “t0st” postedtheir investigation into GTA Online load times. They started out with load times of 1:10 to get into Story mode, and 6:00 for Online - about what I often see myself, I reckon....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant’s Astra has one of the trippiest abilities the game has seen yetFirst impressions of the new star-slinging agent First impressions of the new star-slinging agent Next week, tactical shooterValorantkicks off its next Act, introducing a character who I think might just be my new favourite. Astra is a space lady with an absolutely gorgeous character design, who literally astral projects into a strange starry dimension to use her abilities....

HomeNews Sony Japan Studio is being restructured, but their legacy should live on PCIco, Patapon, Loco Roco, Ape Escape… Knack Ico, Patapon, Loco Roco, Ape Escape… Knack Last week, Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryanconfirmed that more of their first-party exclusives would be coming to PC. In the past couple of days,Sony have confirmed that they are restructuring Sony Japan Studio, with many developers leaving while others are absorbed into other teams....

HomeNewsStonefly Stonefly is a bug mech battlerWe could have made them look like anything, but we made them look like bugs We could have made them look like anything, but we made them look like bugs Making an exciting videogame trailer is easy, right? Just have a striking, original, and cohesive art style, combine it with an unusual concept and world, ground it with a set of compelling combat systems, and set the tone with a score that’s mysterious and energising in equal measure....

HomeNewsTerraria Terraria dev’s Google account got fixed, so it’s coming to Stadia after allDoes this mean working with them is no longer a liability? Does this mean working with them is no longer a liability? Earlier this month, developer Andrew Spinks said thathe was cancelling Terraria’s release on Google Stadiabecause his Google account had been deactivated with no stated reason, and he’d been unable to recover it for weeks. “I will not be involved with a corporation that values their customers and partners so little,” he tweeted, concluding that “Doing business with [Google] is a liability....

HomeDeals Build your own Paradox Humble Bundle and save up to 88%Buy three games or more to get the best discounts Buy three games or more to get the best discounts Strategy and city building fans, rejoice. Humble have a newBuild Your Own Paradox bundlethat lets you save up to 88% on a variety of titles from the publisher’s back catalogue. You’ll need to buy three games or more to get the best discounts, but there’s plenty to tickle your fancy, includingSurviving Mars,Age Of Wonders: Planetall, Pillars Of Eternity, Imperator Rome, Cities Skylines and Battletech to name just a few....

HomeNewsDeathloop Deathloop is inheriting several of Dishonored’s supernatural powersColt will have more than just Blink in his arsenal Colt will have more than just Blink in his arsenal “As much as we wanted to do something very original with this game, we also wanted some familiarity,” says game director Dinga Bakaba in an interviewwith IGN. “We decided to bring back quite a few of the powers that we have in the Dishonored series....

HomeNewsKena: Bridge of Spirits Kena: Bridge Of Spirits comes out this AugustIt looks like Zelda collided with a Pixar film It looks like Zelda collided with a Pixar film Magical forest adventureKena: Bridge Of Spiritsbagged itself a release date and a gorgeous new trailer during Sony’s State Of Play live stream last night. This is the debut game from developers Ember Labs, and not only are they going hard on the lush visuals, but it looks like they also plan on making me feel lots of emotions....

Sure, we didan animal-centric episode of Mystery Steam Review a few weeks ago, but horses are like the animal kings of the video game world, so these majestic bastards get their own MSR all to themselves. For the next edition ofMystery Steam Reviews, we’ve run another poll on theRock Paper Shotgun YouTube channel, so go and vote if you want to have a say in what next week’s MSR is all about....

HomeFeatures Our most anticipated RPGs of 2021Horaszdóttir levels up Horaszdóttir levels up Flee, gentle reader, for she has come again! It’s not too late for you to escape her: Horaszdóttir the Endless, she of the big boots and bear fur. Alas, our fate is sealed. She visits us every winter to split open turkeys from her eldritch flock, and soothsay our most anticipated game releases for the year to come....

HomeNewsRoots of Pacha Roots Of Pacha shows off more co-op stone age farmingDiscover the art of farming Discover the art of farming Image credit:Soda Den Image credit:Soda Den Gather round, fellow Stardewbut fans. Here’s another look atRoots Of Pacha, the farming and town sim that’s Stardewbut stone age. It was looking cute and creative when I stumbled upon it last year and a new trailer shows off even more of its early civilisation inspirations....

HomeFeaturesDeath Stranding The Death Stranding books made me realise how much gameplay can impact storyBless this mess Bless this mess Even Death Stranding’s photo mode helps paint a particular narrative about how Sam and BB relate to one another. You hear it in the way BB laughs and giggles when you stumble over a rock or do a cool wheelie in your truck as you take a corner too fast, as well as when they cry and wail in response to you wading too deeply into a body of water or frantically legging it from a BT encounter because you’ve run out of blood grenades....

HomeHardwareNews The next AMD RX 6000 GPU is being announced on March 3rdCould this be the RX 6700 XT? Could this be the RX 6700 XT? The latest addition to AMD’s RX 6000 family of next-genBig NaviGPUs will be announced on March 3rd at 11am ET, which is 4pm GMT for us folks in the UK. AMD announced their announcement event yesterday afternoon just as eager graphics card buyers were rapidly hitting refresh onNvidia’s RTX 3060cards, although whether this one will be any easier to buy is anyone’s guess....