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HomeNewsMetaphor: ReFantazio Metaphor: ReFantazio gets a new trailer and it’s as beautiful as any PersonaComing in Fall 2024 Coming in Fall 2024 Metaphor: ReFantazio — The Royal Tournament | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PCA new trailer for Metaphor: ReFantazio.Watch on YouTube Metaphor: ReFantazio — The Royal Tournament | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC The trailer also narrows down the release window some. We already knew Metaphor was coming in 2024, but this trailer specifies autumn - or “Fall”, anyway....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Wilds Monster Hunter Wilds looks heckin great and is coming in 2025My hunger for new lizard pants grows My hunger for new lizard pants grows Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom Capcom have unveiled the next entry in their dinosaur hat/pants/jumper-making sim this evening, and it’s calledMonster Hunter Wilds. A kick in the dino groin to this year’s monster hunting pretender Wild Hearts, perhaps? Who can say. Formally unveiled at tonight’s Game Awards, this new Monster Hunter is coming in 2025, and looks to be the jazzed-up successor toMonster Hunter: World....

HomeNewsExoborne Sharkmob announce Exoborne, an open world PvPvE shooter featuring exo-rigs and tornadoesFirst of two new IPs from the Bloodhunt studio First of two new IPs from the Bloodhunt studio Image credit:Level Infinite Image credit:Level Infinite Exoborne - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Exoborne - Announcement Trailer As a “Reborn” warrior akin to one of Destiny’s Guardians, you get an exo-rig that lets you jump really high, grapple onto stuff and deploy a parachute, the better to roam this post-apocalyptic landscape and pick it clean of valuables....

HomeNewsThe Day Before The Day Before is finally out, and according to its Steam reviews, it absolutely honks"Turns out it is a real game. Kind of wish it wasn’t." “Turns out it is a real game. Kind of wish it wasn’t.” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mytona Fntastic Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mytona Fntastic As for what exactly the problems are, well the main issue,quelle surprise, is that the game is not what it was originally marketed as, namely an open world survival MMO....

HomeNewsThe Finals The Finals, the most wishlisted game on Steam, just launchedDestructive delight Destructive delight Image credit:Embark Studios Image credit:Embark Studios Destructive, team-based multiplayer shooterThe Finalshas launched. The release was announced during this evening’s Game Awards, but has been long expected. The Finals had a successful open beta last month, after which it became the most wishlisted game on Steam.The Finals is free-to-play and so you candownload it from Steam now....

HomeNewsThe First Berserker: Khazan The First Berserker: Khazan is a brutal hack-and-slash about an exiled generalAsura’s Wrath vibes Asura’s Wrath vibes Image credit:NEXON Image credit:NEXON The First Berserker: Khazan - World Premiere Trailer | The Game Awards 2023Watch on YouTube The First Berserker: Khazan - World Premiere Trailer | The Game Awards 2023 The combat looks like it’ll place more emphasis on dodging and precision parrying than blocking, which sounds thrilling from afar, but will doubtless upset and depress me when I actually play and struggle to beat the tutorial boss....

HomeFeaturesHeretic’s Fork The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 8thA new meaning to bullet hell, perhaps? A new meaning to bullet hell, perhaps? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The eighth door on the 2023 RPS Advent Calendar leads, technically, to Hell, but the good news is that you don’t have to go through it so much as stop anything coming the other way… Working hard or hardly working? It’s time to build your deck and upgrade your tower inHeretic’s Fork....

HomeNews Untitled Goose Game devs go on a Big Walk in 2025Not a goose in sight Not a goose in sight Image credit:House House Image credit:House House The creators ofUntitled Goose Gamehave unveiled their next, err, not goose game. Announced at tonight’s Game Awards,Big Walkis quite a different proposition from Goose Game, not least because we’ve moved from the quaint environs of a classic English village to the wilds of the Australian bushland....

HomeNews World Of Goo 2 announced, bringing goop tooSurely the biggest news of The Game Awards Surely the biggest news of The Game Awards Image credit:2D Boy, Tomorrow Corporation Image credit:2D Boy, Tomorrow Corporation Look, they might as well call off The Game Awards. I thoughtannouncing Pony Island 2during the pre-show would be hard to top but to follow that up with the announcement ofWorld Of Goo 2? Pack it up....

HomeHardwareFeaturesAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC performance and best settings to useDown in front Down in front Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Ubisoft I find myself agreeing with Ed’sAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorareviewso closely that we may as well have plugged our USB dreadlocks into the same magic tree. This is indeed anextremelyUbisoft game, with all the busywork and go-here-shoot-that roteness that entails, and although it throws some genuinely gorgeous visuals into the bargain, these also come at the cost of steep hardware requirements....

HomeGuidesAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora Best skills in Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraThese are the best skills for Na’vi starting out in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora These are the best skills for Na’vi starting out in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Each frond of the tarsyu contains a host of skills that your player character can unlock as they accumulate skill points, and with such a wide array of choices, it’s tricky to determine which to proritise first....

HomeNewsNirvana Noir Genesis Noir follow-up Nirvana Noir spirits you off to a reality where the Big Bang never happenedCosmic detective puzzling and all that jazz Cosmic detective puzzling and all that jazz Image credit:Fellow Traveller Image credit:Fellow Traveller Feral Cat Den and Fellow Traveller have announcedNirvana Noir, a follow-up to cosmic philosophical jazz-me-whatsitGenesis Noir. Revealed as part of yesterday’s Day of the Devs showcase, the game continues the adventures of spacey watchmaker No Man, who must solve mysteries that span two parallel realities, Black Rapture and Constant Testament....

HomePodcastsGrand Theft Auto 6 The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 41: epic GTA 6 trailer reactions!!Are leaks bad? What about The Game Awards? Are leaks bad? What about The Game Awards? Image credit:Rockstar Games Image credit:Rockstar Games This week on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast we give our live* reactions to the new trailer for">Grand Theft Auto 6, a game that certainly exists! Basically none of the predictions we made two weeks ago came true, but hey, there might still be a bunch of gorillas in it....