HomeNewsSelfloss Selfloss is a relaxed, fish-fancying jaunt through exhaustion, desolation, and melancholyDare u seek the Loss fish? Dare u seek the Loss fish? Image credit:Goodwin Games Image credit:Goodwin Games After chatting to a long man, reminiscent of a stretched, ghostly goose, I reach the crest of a bright hill, and meet a very large woman with fish earrings, who points toward a stony, somewhat desolate island atop which sits a ruined fort....

HomeNews Steam’s new Game Recording beta lets you instant-replay all those Elden Ring deathsWatch and learn Watch and learn Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve From ShadowPlay to OBS, there’s no shortage of tools and apps that can record and share your finest gaming moments and/or hilarious failures. No matter to Valve, who’ve updated theSteambeta client with a replay system of their own. I still feel that Valve’s effort isn’tquitewhat I personally want from a lightweight capturing tool: I find my most clippable moments in games happen unexpectedly, with little warning to hit a ‘Start recording’ shortcut, and while the always-on recording option would suit better, I’m equally un-keen on traipsing through two hours of footage to find a nine-second clip of aDarktidebaddie copping a particularly funnyrock throw....

HomeHardwareFeaturesThe First Descendant The First Descendant is playable on Steam Deck, despite some temporary compatibility confusionDude, where’s my Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable? Dude, where’s my Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Steam Deck Academybrings together all our guides and explainers on getting the most out of your Steam Deck, no student loans or sweaty dormitories required. Besides givingThe First Descendantthe ol’benchy markson desktop, I was curious to see how this gleaming looter shooter would run on the less flexing hardware of theSteam Deck....

HomeNewsTribes 3: Rivals Tribes 3: Rivals already in trouble as developers shift focus elsewhere"Neither game had enough success yet to support the studio" “Neither game had enough success yet to support the studio” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Prophecy Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Prophecy Games Development on slip-slideyFPSTribes 3: Rivalsis set to slow, just months after itsearly access launch, as developers Prophecy Games say it’s not proving successful enough to “support the studio....

HomeNewsCrusader Kings III Wife pestering you about every little pregnancy? Crusader Kings 3 will soon let you decide which messages are importantMute your heir Mute your heir Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive God, that’s an exciting menu.Crusader Kings 2and other Parastrats likeStellarishave long enjoyed a similar feature that lets you decide, in itty-bitty detail, which message types you think are important, and which you don’t give two figs about....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1104): How to solve the Thursday June 27 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for June 27? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 27? 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!...

HomeGuidesElden Ring Ansbach questline guide - Elden Ring: Shadow Of The ErdtreeHere’s our full walkthrough of Ansbach’s quest in Shadow Of The Erdtree Here’s our full walkthrough of Ansbach’s quest in Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for a full rundown of Ansbach’s questline in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Ansbach has an involvedNPC questlinethat involves a few different characters inShadow Of The Erdtree....

HomeNewsAtari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Atari 50’s already generous retro time capsule will add 39 new games in Expanded Edition this OctoberBringing the total number of games to over 150 Bringing the total number of games to over 150 Image credit:Atari/Digital Eclipse Image credit:Atari/Digital Eclipse Atari 50 was already a fairly comprehensive offering of retro games spanning half a century, launching in late 2022 as a playable museum of sorts charting the classic publisher’s output across arcade machines, the 2600, 5200, 7800 and Jaguar home consoles, 8-bit computers and the Lynx handheld....

HomeNewsDragon Age: The Veilguard Blockbuster games are in the grip of a “fidelity death cult”, says former Dragon Age producerIt’s “a trap that dev teams are kind of laying upon themselves” It’s “a trap that dev teams are kind of laying upon themselves” Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Dragon Age: The Veilguardconsultant and formerDragon Ageexecutive producer Mark Darrah has published a Youtube video addressing the question: “why do AAA games take so long?...

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III Colossal Squigs all but confirmed for next Total War Warhammer 3 DLC, plus big new toys for Ogres and KhorneUpcoming expansions to be “focused on Immortal Empires specifically” Upcoming expansions to be “focused on Immortal Empires specifically” Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega TheTotal War Warhammer 3team at Creative Assembly just put out a new video, shedding some light on what to expect for thestrategy game’snext DLC and the game in general going forward....

HomeNews Dr Disrespect confesses to sending a minor messages that “leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate"But “nothing illegal happened” But “nothing illegal happened” Image credit:Dr Disrespect / IGN Image credit:Dr Disrespect / IGN Celebrity streamer and Midnight Society co-founder Guy Beahm or “Dr Disrespect” has finally responded in full toallegations that he was banned from Twitch for sending sext messages to a minor. In a much-edited statement on Xitter yesterday, Beahm confessed that, yes, he messaged an “individual minor” via the Twitch Whispers chat service in 2017, characterising the messages as “casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate, but nothing more”....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Freyja questline guide - Elden Ring: Shadow Of The ErdtreeHere is the full Redmane Freyja quest walkthrough in Shadow Of The Erdtree Here is the full Redmane Freyja quest walkthrough in Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for a full walkthrough of the Freyja quest in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The Redmane Freyja quest is one of many newNPC questlinesyou can complete to get unique items and lore tidbits inShadow Of The Erdtree....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld devs heard “nothing at all” from Pokémon creators despite everyone calling it ‘Pokémon with guns’The Pokémon Company said they would “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights” The Pokémon Company said they would “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights” Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair The studio behindPalworldnever received any formal complaint or threat of legal action from Nintendo or The Pokémon Company despite widespread debate over the open-world ‘Pokémon with guns’ survival game earlier this year....