HomeNewsHeading Out Narrative driving adventure Heading Out is outFork in the road Fork in the road Image credit:Serious Sim Image credit:Serious Sim Heading Outis a driving game not about finishing first or delivering freight. Instead, you’re on a road trip across America’s highways in which your collisions, detours, and police chases shape your story and the characters you meet along the road. It’s out now.Heading Out - Launch TrailerThe launch trailer for Heading Out....

HomeNews The Maw - 7th-10th May 2024This week’s most scintillating game releases, plus our weekly newsblog This week’s most scintillating game releases, plus our weekly newsblog Image credit:Old Book Illustrations/Carlo Chiostri Image credit:Old Book Illustrations/Carlo Chiostri It’s a short week ‘cos we all had a Bank Holiday yesterday, and Edwin isn’t here today, which means I have donned some thick leather gloves and am standing well back to throw some sticky gobbets atThe Maw....

HomeNewsSecond-Loop This bodycam mech shooter has a slick rainy day look and Zelda-like vehicle constructionLike tears (of the Kingdom) in the rain Like tears (of the Kingdom) in the rain Image credit:Kakaru Indie Games Image credit:Kakaru Indie Games Got some nice rain for you today.Second-Loopis an upcoming sci-fi shooter featuring mechs, physics puzzles, and at least one freaky umbilical-corded being struggling against the confines of a horrific laboratory womb. Video games!...

HomeReviewsV Rising V Rising 1.0 review: one of the slickest survival games gets even slickerI’d bat for this one I’d bat for this one Image credit:Stunlock Studios Image credit:Stunlock Studios You won’t be surprised to know that after two years in early access,V Rising’s 1.0 launch hasn’t seen Stunlock Studios drastically change the V for “Vampire” to V for “Venetian Blinds” or “Vienna Sausage”. From a top-down view, you still play as a newly awakened vampire on PVE, PVP, or private servers, and you’re still tasked with becoming the most powerful bloodsucker around....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1053): How to solve the Tuesday May 7 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for May 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for May 7? 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!...

HomeReviewsHades 2 Hades 2 early access review: a roguelike of witchy crowd control with a sparkling new castWhat fresh hell this is What fresh hell this is Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Scylla and the Sirens are a rock band of mythical boat wreckers who insist they have tons of fans. (They do not.) As a boss battle inHades 2they are a deadly trio that has bested me more times in the last few hours than I care to admit....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, May 5)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #329 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #329 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....

HomeNewsFall Guys Star Wars arrives in Fall Guys this week, alongside major changes to bean physicsLess ragdolling, more air control Less ragdolling, more air control Image credit:Mediatonic Image credit:Mediatonic I need to take all the opportunities to write aboutFall Guysthat I can get, given how much time I spend playing it with my son. This is a pretty good opportunity, too: a set of Star Wars skins are coming to the bean battle royale, as announced yesterday on May 4th, and they coincide with some major changes to Fall Guys' platforming physics....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1050): How to solve the Saturday May 4 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for May 4? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for May 4? 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!...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1052): How to solve the Monday May 6 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for May 6? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for May 6? 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!...

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 has received 100,000 negative reviews since announcing players must link Steam to a PSN accountNosedivers Nosedivers Image credit:Arrowhead Image credit:Arrowhead Earlier this week,Helldivers 2players on PC were told that they’dsoon need to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network (PSN) account. Two days later and the game has received 100,000 new negative reviews on Steam. What’s more, developers at Arrowhead have made several statements to say that they’re on the players' side....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, May 4)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #328 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #328 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....

HomeNewsMarvel vs. Capcom Infinite A modder is beautifying Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite with cel-shaded visualsFrame break Frame break Image credit:Ryn (@WistfulHopes) / Capcom Image credit:Ryn (@WistfulHopes) / Capcom Crossover fighting gameMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinitefirst sauntered onto various videogaming mechanisms back in 2017. We forgot to review it. Oops. But others did, sometimescomplaining about the art style, which was a chunky and plastic-looking departure from previous games in the series. It’s now almost seven years later but at least one person has not forgotten this missed opportunity....