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HomeNews Indie champions Day of the Devs are now a non-profitLaunch their first fundraising campaign Launch their first fundraising campaign Image credit:Day of the Devs Image credit:Day of the Devs Day of the Devs, the folks behind the yearly showcases spotlighting indie games and creators, have officially become a non-profit organisation. Alongside the news, the group have launched their first fundraising campaign and detailed dates for multiple events this year.The first Day of the Devs was held just over a decade ago in 2012 as part of a team-up betweenPsychonautsstudio Double Fine and merch makers iam8bit....

HomeFeaturesLEGO Bricktales Blockbuster Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Thunderful Publishing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Thunderful Publishing VR is at its best when it makes you feel like you’re living in the actual future. Given how everything new and exciting ultimately becomes normal and mundane, this is perhaps an unfair expectation of technology that is now a decade old. Nonetheless, if you want me to sit with a shoebox pressed uncomfortably against my eyes for two hours like an ocular gom jabbar, then what’s inside the shoebox better be pretty darned transformative....

HomeNewsSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Rocksteady downplay live service elements of Suicide Squad, as superhero murder sim goes into early access"We don’t want the game to feel like a life commitment" “We don’t want the game to feel like a life commitment” Rocksteady and Warner’s much-disparaged live service superhero snuff fantasySuicide Squad: Kill The Justice Leaguegoes into Deluxe-preorder-only early access today, Monday 29th January, at 9pm, or if you’re from the UK or US east coast, Tuesday 30th January at 12am ET and 12 GMT....

HomeFeatures I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:Gil Lawson Image credit:Gil Lawson Lurid first-person shootergoblinAmerica(coming to Steam, with a demo there now) knows that if in doubt, parry-counter: Fuck it, you can parry dialogue now#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/9jFMWCx0Wi— gil lawson (@computer_gil)January 27, 2024 Fuck it, you can parry dialogue now#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/9jFMWCx0Wi Nice bit of cloudy pottering inToroa: Skycall (coming to Kickstarter): gliding through the cloudscape ☁️#screenshotsaturday#indiedevpic.twitter.com/6ZPkg42nH0— Toroa: Skycall ☁️🌊 coming to KICKSTARTER!...

HomeNews The Maw 29th January-3rd February 2024This week’s new videogame releases, care of our weekly newsblog This week’s new videogame releases, care of our weekly newsblog Here are a few games releasing this week that we think could prove special:Mad Max-ish turn-based roguelikeOutcast Tales: The First Journey(29th Jan), 1970s French detective simChronique des Silencieux(29th Jan), raunchy gay sci-fi visual novelThe Symbiant Re:Union(29th Jan),Overcooked-style workplace comedySpeed Crew(31st Jan), swooping fantasy action-RPG epicGranblue Fantasy Relink(1st Feb), co-open world superhero murder partySuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League(2nd Feb), gilded PS2 RPG remakePersona 3 Reload(2nd Feb)....

HomeNewsPalworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Palworldisn’t just about capturingnon-copyright-infringingPoke-fied wildlife, slaughtering the poor creatures and/or setting them to work in terrible gun factories. There’s also the frightful question ofPal breeding. Every Pal in the game can be bred with every other Pal to produce a Pal subspecies with a chance of inheriting traits from its parents. This is conducted via the celebrated Biblical method of constructing a breeding farm (unlocked at level 19) and placing a cake (unlocked at level 15) in a chest linked to that farm....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#954): How to solve the Monday January 29 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 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!...

HomeNewsDoom You can play Doom using gut bacteria, but the framerate is atrociousHow does one frame per eight-and-a-half hours sound? How does one frame per eight-and-a-half hours sound? Image credit:Lauren “Ren” Ramlan Image credit:Lauren “Ren” Ramlan Is there any greater scientific endeavour than the unending quest to getDoomto run on everything? Fromteletexttopregnancy teststotractorstoliteral rat brains in a jar, every time you think that we’ve exhausted the possibilities, someone finds a new way to play theseminal 30-year-old shooteron something new....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, January 28)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #231 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #231 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?...

HomeNews A fangame no more Image credit:LWMedia Image credit:LWMedia Bloodborne Kartis a fan game which aims to use From Software’s gothic horror action RPG as the basis for a PSone-era kart racer. Or it was. Its developers say that Sony have been in touch and, as a consequence, “need to scrub the branding off.” It’ll stil come out after it a short delay, but it won’t be called Bloodborne Kart anymore....

HomeDeals LG’s C3 OLED is brilliant for PC gaming and 10% off at Amazon UK42-inch or 55-inch models available; 4K 120Hz with G-Sync and FreeSync. 42-inch or 55-inch models available; 4K 120Hz with G-Sync and FreeSync. Image credit:LG/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:LG/Rock Paper Shotgun LG’s OLED TVs are brilliant for PC gaming at 4K 120Hz with FreeSync and G-Sync support - and if you want to pick up their premiere 2023 model at a discount, this is the RPS deals post for you....

HomeNewsStardew Valley Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update now in the “bug-fixing and polishing phase"Should release soon Should release soon Image credit:ConcernedApe Image credit:ConcernedApe Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update is almost done, with developer Eric Barone saying he’s “done adding major new content to it now.” He’s now in the “bug-fixing and polishing phase”. When it does arrive, it’ll be Stardew Valley’s first major update in over three years. “1.6 ended up being a little larger in scope than originally planned,” Baronetweeted yesteday....

HomeDeals This 1200W 80+ Platinum power supply is only $160 after a $60 Newegg discountSuper Flower Leadex sounds like a household solvent but actually it’s a great PSU. Super Flower Leadex sounds like a household solvent but actually it’s a great PSU. Image credit:Super Flower Image credit:Super Flower 1200W power supplies are fairly few and far between, but if you’re planning a truly high-end system with multiple graphics cards - or even multiple PCs!...