HomeNewsFortnite Fortnite’s new season adds War Buses, rocket-propelled fists, and a lawless desert biomeLike sand? This season’s for you Like sand? This season’s for you Image credit:Epic Games Image credit:Epic Games We’ve known for some time thatFallout was comingtoFortnite, we just weren’t entirely sure in what capacity. Well, now we know that this season’s wasteland offerings take the form of a sort ofMad MaxmeetsFalloutmeets Borderlands-battle royaleaffair. There’s a big emphasis on deserts and vehicles, basically, with highlights including: mechanical fists, turrets on cars, and the possibility of manning one of two War Buses that patrol the reworked map....

HomeHardwareNews Looks like the Asus ROG Ally X will get a honking great battery upgradeRefreshed handheld specs spring a leak Refreshed handheld specs spring a leak Image credit:Asus Image credit:Asus The Asus ROG Ally X, a sort of semi-sequel to last year’sROG Allyhandheld PC, has had its specs spilled over atVideocardz. I’m usually a lot more suspicious of hardware leaks, which are often just out-of-date or otherwise inaccurate info, but I’ve also sat through enough mic-muted prebriefings to know an official slideshow when I see one, and that appears to be exactly what Videocardz got its hands on....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, May 24)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #348 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #348 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....

HomeNewsWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republic One-of-a-kind strategy sim Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic gets 1.0 release next monthRed stars in our eyes Red stars in our eyes Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse Slovak studio 3Division’s city-buildingstrategysimWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republicwill leave early access on 20th June 2024 – a welcome blast of no-nonsense, planned-economy Soviet realism in the wake of the decadent capitalist theatrics of Summer Games Fest. Here’s a triumphal trailer with many a joyful image of high-density housing and locomotives in the snow....

HomeNewsThe Sims 4 Sims 4 devs assemble team to focus on fixing bugs and upping performance, updates to now land every two monthsStarting with fixes for summoning a cheese toastie, among others, later this month Starting with fixes for summoning a cheese toastie, among others, later this month Image credit:EA Image credit:EA The Sims 4is fast approaching its 10th birthday this September, a fact that genuinely instilled me with the crushing sense of time marching relentlessly on when I checked its release date a moment ago....

HomeFeaturesThe Alters The opening hour of The Alters feels like 11 bit’s first third-person narrative action gameGears Of War Of Mine Gears Of War Of Mine Image credit:11 bit Studios Image credit:11 bit Studios We’re not going to talk about any of that hoity-toity quantum wheeling-and-dealing in this piece, however. We’re going to talk about the fact that the opening stretch reminded me of Gears Of War and the many over-the-shoulder adventures it has influenced....

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is getting a sequel and Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting a big red dogClifford? is that you? What have they done to you boy? Clifford? is that you? What have they done to you boy? Image credit:Creative Assembly/Sega Image credit:Creative Assembly/Sega Skulls! You’ve got one. I’ve got one. Everybody has a lovely skull keeping their lovely face right where it should be. Warhammer is big, so it needs must have multiple of them, hence their yearly event Skulls, which collates a bunch of Games Workshop related announcements into a sort of bizzaro world Nintendo Direct if Yoshi was actually a parasitic corpse emperor....

HomeNewsWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves plans to let you skip more scenes and improve combat as gacha RPG apologises for rocky launchDevelopers Kuro Games have already begun to address issues with logins and performance Developers Kuro Games have already begun to address issues with logins and performance Image credit:Kuro Games Image credit:Kuro Games Wuthering Wavesis the latestopen-worldRPGgacha game to follow in the wake of the likes ofGenshin ImpactandHonkai: Star Rail, but Kuro Games’ free-to-play offering has had to deal with a bit of a wobbly launch over the last couple of days, leading the studio to scramble to address login problems, detail additional upcoming improvements and offer players some in-game games as means of apology....

HomeHardwareNewsWuthering Waves Wuthering Waves really, really doesn’t want to run on Steam DeckWhelp, I tried Whelp, I tried Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Sometimes you gotta know when to fold, and trying to get new hotnessRPGWuthering Wavesto play nice with theSteam Deckhas got me creasing like an origami crane. While its Epic Games Store release can be worked around, andProton GEwill get the game’s own launcher running, no combination of software, compatibility tools, or installation folder deep-diving seems capable of actually booting the game proper....

HomeNews Call of Duty is getting in the (Gundam) robotGun damn Gun damn Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision The classic anime series Gundam examines the traumatic experience of war, particularly the unalterable effect it has on those young soldiers forced to participate in the horrors of fighting for their life while taking the lives of others using weapons of inhuman strength and devastation. Which clearly makes it the perfect fit for a bit of upcoming DLC for military-fetishising interactive gun range Call of Duty....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring: How to get to Volcano ManorHere’s the easiest way to get to Volcano Manor in Elden Ring Here’s the easiest way to get to Volcano Manor in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to get to Volcano Manor in Elden Ring?Volcano Manor resides deep in the heart of Mount Gelmir, directly north ofLiurniaon the massiveElden Ringmap. And considering it’s… y’know… rightthereon the map, it’s amazingly tricky to figure out how to get to the Manor itself....

HomeReviewsHauntii Hauntii review: an adventure as beautiful as it looksI don’t normally like letting things haunt me, but this is an exception I don’t normally like letting things haunt me, but this is an exception Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Firestoke Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Firestoke As you defeat enemies and haunt things, you’ll earn crystals and special world tokens. You can cash these in at merchants, who’ll sell nothing other than fun hats....

HomeNewsHunt: Showdown Hunt: Showdown’s massive summer update isn’t Hunt 2, but the “significant relaunch” marks “a whole new era”Update coming August 15th Update coming August 15th Image credit:Crytek Image credit:Crytek We already know thata full-blown sequelto swampy extraction shooterHunt: Showdownprobably isn’t on the cards right now, but developers Crytek appear to be lining up the next major update for the 2019 PvPvE cryptid-slayer as almost a whole new game regardless.To see this content please enable targeting cookies....