HomeReviewsSkald: Against the Black Priory Skald: Against The Black Priory review: the best of 80s RPG design without the baggageLanding in hot water Landing in hot water Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Raw Fury Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Raw Fury I regret not coveringSkald Colon Against The Black Priorywhen its developer told us about it 2019. I’d get to be so smug now. Skald is terrific. I’ve tried to come up with a clever angle on its journey, but they all wind up saying the same thing: For all its retro stylings (right down to party portraits taking up an unnecessary quarter of the screen at all times), it’s an accessible, charming treat, and the best modernisation of 80sRPGsthat I’ve ever played....

HomeFeaturesWuthering Waves It’s hard to like the heroes of Wuthering Waves when they keep soiling you with dictionary vomitThe Lament The Lament Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kuro Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kuro Games Understanding any given sentence inWuthering Wavesis like trying to discern sensible meaning from the back of a rain-bleached Doritos packet you found while cleaning your gutters. Last week, players of the character action gacha asked formore freedom to skip story scenes and dialogue....

HomeNewsKILL KNIGHT Image credit:PlaySide Image credit:PlaySide Kill Knight, the silly-named twin stickaction gameyou may have caught at similarly silly-named eventThe Triple-I Initiativein April, is joining this year’s Steam next fest witha demoahead of its expected release date later this year. I’ve played it, and I feel must apologise, Mr. Knight. I still think it’s a silly name, but with frantic flowing action this immediately gratifying, you can call yourself whatever your killy little heart so desires....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1077): How to solve the Friday May 31 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for May 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 31? 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!...

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077’s development has officially ended as The Witcher 4 Polaris moves into productionOld game done, new game big Old game done, new game big Image credit:RPS/CD Projekt Red Image credit:RPS/CD Projekt Red Here’s a little graphy-graph below. I’m sorry I just wrote that. I was trying to make the graph sound fun. It’s on the page now. There’s nothing I can do about it. Image credit:CD Projekt Red...

HomeNews Image credit:Playground Games Image credit:Playground Games To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings As well as the obvious racing game experience of the Playground devs (along with other devs who’ve worked onopen-world gameslikeSea of ThievesandCyberpunk 2077), the untitled driving game is mixing in an element that Brown and team feel reckon will set it apart: a closer focus on its story and characters, with what Brown describes as a “human connection”....

HomeNews Kerbal Space Program 2 producer confirms mass layoffs, contradicting CEO’s remarksExecutive indecision Executive indecision Image credit:Private Division Image credit:Private Division “The team at Intercept Games will be laid off as of June 28th so a great group will be out and about looking for their new roles. As will I,” said senior design manager Quinn Duffy ina post on LinkedIn. Duffy has been working at the studio in its final months....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, May 29)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #353 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #353 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....

HomeNewsTavern Keeper Image credit:Greenheart Games Image credit:Greenheart Games Tavern Keeperhas been kicking around for a good number of years now, asGame Dev Tycoondevelopers Greenheart Games polished up their charming mixture of Dungeons & Dragons fantasy bartending withTheme Hospital-style simmanagement. Almost a decade from Game Dev Tycoon’s release, Tavern Keeper is now finally approaching its early access release later this year. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1075): How to solve the Wednesday May 29 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for May 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for May 29? 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!...

HomeGuidesWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves: How to use Voucher of Reciprocal TidesHere’s how to claim a free 5-Star Resonator in Wuthering Waves Here’s how to claim a free 5-Star Resonator in Wuthering Waves Image credit:Kuro Games Image credit:Kuro Games If you’ve just booted up Wuthering Waves or missed the kerfuffle at launch, this guide is for you. We’ll explainhow to get and use the Voucher of Reciprocal Tidesto ensure that your Resonator collection starts off strong....

HomeNewsAnthology of the Killer Anthology of the Killer is out now, bringing murder to your doorstepMany more confirmed dead Many more confirmed dead Image credit:Stephen “thecatamites” Gillmurphy Image credit:Stephen “thecatamites” Gillmurphy A whopping 1000 corpses have been found in our ongoing investigation intoAnthology of the Killer, Rock Paper Shotgun can reveal. The bodies were discovered in the aforementioned murder mystery “video game”, whichis out now on itch.io. Following our previous reports we can confirm that exposure to the game’s crime-infested city can cause severe disorientation, confusion, uncontrolled fits of laughter, and moderate enlightenment....

Look at the little guy go Image credit:Agelvik Image credit:Agelvik I have played many a creepy throwback game that takes inspiration from the ever inadequately named “Golden” (Grimy and Diseased? Cadaverous, perhaps) Age of survival horror on PS1, but it’s rare you play one that invokes the N64, and even less often that you stumble on something horror-adjacent that riffs on Star Fox 64. Ah, Star Fox! The natural companion piece for, say,Eternal Darknessor The Suffering....