HomeNewsBaten Kaitos Bandai Namco’s rather glorious-looking Baten Kaitos RPG remasters are now on SteamOne of the Gamecube’s best beloveds returns to challenge today’s card-battlers One of the Gamecube’s best beloveds returns to challenge today’s card-battlers Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco This was my Big Short, my Moneyball. But it had a drawback: often, I was so eager to leapfrog to another game before the trade-in price changed that I skimmed RPGs that are now considered classics....

HomeNewsElden Ring Elden Ring boss Hidetaka Miyazaki reflects on how becoming a father might influence his future gamesIt’s “very interesting to see a small human being discover or see the world” It’s “very interesting to see a small human being discover or see the world” Image credit:Reywan / Bandai Namco Image credit:Reywan / Bandai Namco “There are many elements that excite me when it comes to both video games and tabletop board games, and I think that there are many joys to be extracted from that,” Miyazaki toldGamespot, when asked about game mechanics that currently intrigue him....

HomeReviewsElden Ring Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree review: yeah, it’s basically a sequel… but I’m glad it’s finally over … but I’m glad it’s finally over Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco I’dbeen in Paristo see open worldaction-RPGShadow Of The Erdtreeearly and when I got back, Edwin messaged me. He asked whether I thought it was big enough to consider the DLC a pseudo-sequel, and at the time I said something along the lines of, “It’s hefty, but I think that’s probably pushing it”....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, June 18)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #373 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #373 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....

HomeNews Steam Next Fext 2024’s most popular demos include goblin maid sims, horror shooters and a Chinese game about an unmarried no-liferTruly, a festival of nextness Truly, a festival of nextness Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Valve Steam Next Fest 2024 has formally ended, we’ve spent a couple of weeks gorging upon demos of all stripes,from oil spill clean-up to dancefloor kendo, and now comes the all-important process of deciding which of those demos Won....

HomeNewsHabbo Hotel The Habbos return in Habbo Hotel: Origins, a relaunch of the 2000s chatroom gameHabbout don’t Habbout don’t Image credit:Sulake Image credit:Sulake You forgot aboutHabbo Hotel, didn’t you? Habbo Hotel. With those words and the above image, it is possible I have sent a shocking dose of neurochemical nostalgia through your brain and into your various internal organs. Your vision blurs. You sweat. You are 12 years old again, frightened and intrigued at the idea of graduating to teenhood, bathing in the cool glow of a cream-coloured CRT computer monitor....

HomeReviewsWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republic Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 1.0 review: reject tradition, embrace a fundamental revolution in city buildingThat’s a common logistical fallacy That’s a common logistical fallacy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse If nothing else,Workers & Resources Colon Soviet Republicwill give anyone an appreciation of the incredible complexity and difficulty of building and maintaining a city. On another day I might call it the first ever citybuilding game....

HomeNewsA Quiet Place: The Road Ahead A Quiet Place video game resurfaces with a new name, first look at gameplay and 2024 release dateTread carefully! Tread carefully! Image credit:Saber Interactive Image credit:Saber Interactive A Quiet Place is a very solid horror movie that seemed primed for a video game adaptation from the off. After all, it already had all the ingredients of a video game right there: the whole film is essentially one overlong stealth mission with a punishing fail state - any crunchy glass or other noise would immediately draw the attention of deadly alien monsters - and at one point there’s a whiteboard with the narrative equivalent ofDead Space’s “CUT OFF THEIR LIMBS” graffiti scrawled on it....

HomeNewsAlone in the Dark Embracer shut down Alone In The Dark rebooters Pieces Interactive, creators of Magicka and Titan Quest DLCs"Thanks for playing with us" “Thanks for playing with us” Image credit:THQ Nordic Image credit:THQ Nordic The perpetually scarlet-faced and jovially maladroit folk of Embracer have done their usual vaudeville comedy routine of spinning around with negative-dollar signs in their eyes and trampling on another game development studio - in this case, Pieces Interactive, creators of the recent Alone In The Dark reboot....

HomeNewsFumes Fumes is a Mad Max-tinted open world Twisted Metal full of absolutely furious rally carsPositively smoking Positively smoking Image credit:Fumes team Image credit:Fumes team It’s anopen worldcombat racer with boisterous arcade handling, pop-out guns that wiggle about like hood ornaments, some kaiju-wannabe boss vehicles, a delightfully crunchy, sooty artstyle and a passably earwormy metal soundtrack. I’m notentirelyconvinced it has longevity beyond its impeccably scorched and dented PS1 vibes, but I definitely think you should try the demo, now that the early access version is out....

HomeNews Lords of the Fallen reboot Lords of the Fallen is getting a sequel in 2026, probably called Lords of the FallenThird entry in the fantasy Soulslike series will be exclusive to Epic on PC Third entry in the fantasy Soulslike series will be exclusive to Epic on PC Image credit:CI Games Image credit:CI Games Remember Lords of the Fallen? No, notthat one.This one. Last year’s reboot of the 2014 game ofexactlythe same name - despite the successor originally being a numbered sequel, then at least having a ‘The’ at the start of its title to help tell them apart a little - will now get its own follow-up in a third Lords of the Fallen game....

HomeNewsShovel Knight Shovel Knight is getting online co-op as part of a new Shovel Of Hope DX edition for its 10th anniversaryYou shove to see it You shove to see it Image credit:Yacht Club Games Image credit:Yacht Club Games Well, shovel me timbers!Shovel Knight, the retroplatformerthat started it all (it all being everything froma roguelike spin-offto aDead Cellscameo) turns 10 this month, and Yacht Club Games are releasing a ultimate edition to celebrate....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard saysStudio hopes to follow their annual DLC release cycle Studio hopes to follow their annual DLC release cycle Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda Starfield’s first expansion, this year’s Shattered Space, won’t be the only major DLC for the sci-fi exploration game, Bethesda bossman Todd Howard has confirmed.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsWas Starfield worth the wait?...