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HomeFeaturesMouthwashing Mouthwashing is the most horrifying game of 2024KILLS 99.9% KILLS 99.9% Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Critical Reflex Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Critical Reflex Ed hasalready reviewedthis first-person sci-fi horror, and he’s done it without spoiling the story. So if you’ve never heard of the game, I implore you to start there. Because I’m going to discuss a lot about the characters and plot. For me, everything interesting about Mouthwashing happens in the dialogue and the body language of its castaways, in the camerawork and set dressing that fills the claustrophobic, submarine-like corridors of the Tulpar....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Wed, November 20thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #527. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #527. 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! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 20th November?...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is out now and buggy as hell but the developers are already planning fixesHere’s the initial list Here’s the initial list Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World James didn’t encounter any outright game-breaking bugs, and as he noted, a bit of technical scruffiness is to be expected from developers who are weathering the real-life invasion of their country. Still, it’s good to hear that GSC Game World have already addressed a number of issues in “the last few days”, and there are of course patches on the way....

Should you kill Squint in Stalker 2?Here are the consequences of killing Squint in Stalker 2’s A Needle In A Haystack quest Here are the consequences of killing Squint in Stalker 2’s A Needle In A Haystack quest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World In this guide, we’ll walk you throughevery outcome of killing Squintor leaving him alive during either of your encounters in the “A Needle In A Haystack” quest....

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Space Marine 2 will ban mods from public games to address server stability and save corruption issuesBut you can still use them in private lobbies But you can still use them in private lobbies Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2is making changes to how it handles mods in order to address server stability issues. Come the next big update in December, mods “will be prohibited from public online sessions,” according to an update from the game director....

Stalker 2: How to open the Electric Field SafeHow to open the “Stick Cobra Porthole Infinity” stash in the Electric Field How to open the “Stick Cobra Porthole Infinity” stash in the Electric Field Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Wondering how to open the Electric Field Safe in Stalker 2?The Zone inStalker 2is jam-packed full of well-hidden and well-defended Stashes, but few are as initially confusing as the Electric Field Safe, found inside the Electric Field a short distance southeast of the Slag Heap....

HomeNews There’s a playable Disco Elysium 2 prototype in the wilds, according to a report on clashes between the “spiritual successors"Summer Eternal, Dark Math and Longdue continue to fight over the RPG’s legacy Summer Eternal, Dark Math and Longdue continue to fight over the RPG’s legacy Image credit:ZA/UM / Rock Paper Shotgun / The Spriters Resource Image credit:ZA/UM / Rock Paper Shotgun / The Spriters Resource On 11th October 2024, three video game studios announced themselves near-simultaneously as the creators of “spiritual successors” to ZA/UM’s mournful Marxist RPGDisco Elysium....

HomeNewsNeko Odyssey This sidescroller combines cat photography with the joy (misery) of social media clout-farmingMewtwo likes Mewtwo likes Image credit:Flyhigh Works Image credit:Flyhigh Works One of my proudest pictures of a 2018 trip to Croatia wasn’t of me and my pal. No, it wasn’t of the beautiful scenery or the glistening sea either. It was of many cats lying in the sun together outside a little church. I hadn’t seen that volume of cats in my life, nor that volumetogetherin one spot, all hanging out....

Does Stalker 2 have multiplayer?Here is all the information on an online multiplayer mode in Stalker 2 Here is all the information on an online multiplayer mode in Stalker 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World If you’re enjoying the single-player story but wondering if there is a Stalker 2 multiplayer or co-op mode, we have all the details listed below. To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 How Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 uses machine learning AI, and how much of your data it might needAn interview with the project head for release day An interview with the project head for release day Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft We’ve got a review in the works, but code has landed late, so our write-up might take a while. In the shorter term, I thought you might like to know how, exactly, MFS 2024 makes use of “machine learning” technologies, taking into account the energy cost of such wacky gadgetry andthe creeping relationship between increased reliance on automated tools and laying people off....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, November 19thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #526. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #526. 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! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 19th November?...

HomeNews Sony is in talks to buy Dark Souls and Elden Ring parent company KadokawaHungry for games Hungry for games Image credit:From Software Image credit:From Software These all make sense for a gaming company to own, but it is also a furtherslurping of studios down the megacorp gullet. Sony being the owners of Fromsoft also puts them in a position to pull a Bloodborne and make the next Souls game a PlayStation exclusive....

HomeReviewsThreshold Threshold review: put in the shift and you shall be… rewardedYour country needs you! Your country needs you! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Critical Reflex Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Critical Reflex My time withThresholdhas been fraught with pain. Five times. Five times I had to restart this psychologicalhorror gamebecause of some game-breaking bug. And yet, I persevered, booting it back up and returning to my government-mandated shift atop a quiet mountain. Much in the same vein as myMouthwashing review, I’ll preface this one with a simple message that I’ll now deliver to you via an imaginary printer embedded in a grey, dingy wall....