HomeFeatures Did latency just drop sharply while I was away? Image credit:Fox Interactive / namcos Image credit:Fox Interactive / namcos Aliens Online is not, in practice, anything like what we now call an MMO. It’s a team-based shooter in which marine squads descend to ravaged bunkers and derelicts to flush out the dastardly xenomorphs. You get to play as both the Marines, who have shotguns, pulse rifles and motion trackers, and the Aliens, who can leap into vents and enjoy map-wide “hive awareness”....

HomeNewsDead Rising The first Dead Rising is getting a Deluxe Remaster ahead of its 20th anniversaryTechnically a remaster of a remaster Technically a remaster of a remaster Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom Dead Risingis a proper gem, taking an overdone trope - zombies in a shopping centre - and turning it into a brilliantly quirky and challenging survival game that fully delivers on the madcap joy of using anything you can find to mow down hordes of the undead and then snap photos of them....

HomeNewsElden Ring You can beat Shadow of The Erdtree’s final boss in 13 seconds using perfume and lightning apparentlyA build so disgusting I cannot look away A build so disgusting I cannot look away Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Watch on YouTube The build uses the lightning variant of the new perfume bottle weapon - specifically, its ash of war ability Rolling Sparks. SYROBE credits the weapon classes’ multiple exploding hitboxes for its silly damage potential, and says the ash of war condenses these usually diffuse hitboxes into a single area when aimed downwards....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Best early weapons in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The ErdtreeHere are the best early weapons to pick up first in the new Elden Ring DLC Here are the best early weapons to pick up first in the new Elden Ring DLC Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the best early weapons in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?Even for seasonedElden Ringplayers,Shadow Of The Erdtreewill pose quite the challenge with its range of new enemies and threats....

HomeNewsBroke Signal Badlands: A World Of Desert Adventure Broke Signal Badlands is a pocket Fallout RPG for weird western dice-addled mysticsThe road to Enlightenment is paved with cacti The road to Enlightenment is paved with cacti Image credit:Forward Instinct Image credit:Forward Instinct It’s hotter than the inside of a horse here, so what better time to play an RPG about driving randomly through the desert in search of enlightenment. The RPG in question isBroke Signal Badlands: A World of Desert Adventure, and yes, that’s a very upbeat subtitle for a game in which you can perish after getting your hand stuck in the door of an abandoned Fonts Museum, or while yanking cacti out of your foot....

HomeNewsDisney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Disney Epic Mickey touches down on PC with improved controls this SeptemberWarren Spector platformer was a Wii exclusive Warren Spector platformer was a Wii exclusive Image credit:THQ Nordic Image credit:THQ Nordic Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushedis bringing the cult classic 3D platformer to PC, with updated controls and graphics, more than a decade after its original Wii-exclusive release. Now it has a specific release date: September 24th....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Church District walkthroughHere’s how to drain the water in Shadow Keep’s Church District Here’s how to drain the water in Shadow Keep’s Church District Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for a Church District walkthrough in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The Shadow Keep is one of the most complicated and confusing legacy dungeons that From Software has ever created, not just inElden Ring- and the Church District accounts for a fair bit of that confusion....

HomeNewsForza Horizon 4 Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from sale this December, but thankfully remain playableIts DLC disappears from sale today Its DLC disappears from sale today Forza Horizon 4is my favourite racing game of all time, and a gloriously daft celebration of going fast set in a stunning, pastoral recreation of the UK. If you haven’t played it, you should buy it quick - because it’s being delisted from digital storefronts later this year, and its DLC disappears from sale today....

She has a mouth yet cannot scream Image credit:Behaviour Interactive Image credit:Behaviour Interactive Lara has three unique perks: Finesse, which makes her faster at vaulting; Hardened, which reveals the Killer’s location when other characters would scream; and Specialist, which makes her niftier with tokens and generators. Alas, “having two pistols” is not one of her perks, so she’ll have to scrabble around in the dark to survive like everyone else....

HomeNewsElden Ring Parry like you’re Sekiro with this one weird trick that Shadow Of The Erdtree bosses hateAfter you’ve beaten the massive flaming walking death basket, that is After you’ve beaten the massive flaming walking death basket, that is Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Aside from its naturally satisfying rhythm and the cool audio dings of success that usually accompany it, I find something innately hilarious about parrying....

HomeNews Riven’s remake is out today and makes me feel weird – there’s still a demo, if you’re quickAtrust me, it’s worth a look Atrust me, it’s worth a look Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Cyan Worlds Inc Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Cyan Worlds Inc Cyan Worlds’remake of their 1997-released Myst sequel Rivenlaunches today on Steam. Word on the reviewvine is that it’s jolly decent, offering free movement around a real-time 3D reinvention of the original point-and-clicker’s shimmering archipelago, with its many murals of crushed and scattered civilisations....

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III - Immortal Empires Today’s Total War Warhammer 3 patch has that large red Khorne dog you ordered, plus a new competitive multiplayer modeAhead of tomorrow’s juicier DLC reveal Ahead of tomorrow’s juicier DLC reveal Image credit:Creative Assembly Image credit:Creative Assembly The headline items for the patch - which precedes a promised deep dive intothe next DLCtomorrow - are mostly centered around multiplayer. First up, there’s the new competitive multiplayer Conquest Mode....

HomeNewsDays Gone Days Gone creative director: “Never say never” about a sequel, after game director says exactly thatOh, cool, this again Oh, cool, this again Open-worldzombie adventureDays Gonemight not technically feature any zombies, but at least the discourse around a potential sequel is constantly reanimating. ViaXitter, the original game’s creative director John Garvin has encouraged fans to “never say never” about a Days Gone 2, while reminding us that a full outline for the game hadalready been completedprior to his departure from developers Bend Studio in 2020....