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HomeNewsQuake II Quake 2 remaster released, includes Quake 2 64 and new expansionStrOGg Gangster StrOGg Gangster Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda While not as beloved or enduring as its predecessor or successor, Quake 2 is one of the Grand Old Shooters. I recall being introduced to it at a covert LAN party in a school IT room, plonking myself down at a monitor and instantly being reduced to a fine red mist (and in the game, etc)....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield’s multiple ideas of time have fans asking about black holesAnd Todd Howard is being a tease about it And Todd Howard is being a tease about it Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios I’ve been bolting together some ideas for a longerStarfieldfeature and while plying the sliplanes of Reddit, stumbled onthis conversationabout the game’s handling of time. As many of you will know/be very weary of hearing,Starfieldfeatures hundreds of planets, together with moons and space stations, scattered around the galaxy in different solar systems....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 26: is it okay to call games ‘retro’?Would ‘vintage’ be better? Would ‘vintage’ be better? Image credit:PlatinumGames Image credit:PlatinumGames James brings good tidings regarding the Steamdeck in two different ways, and has a grim beans metaphor to clarify it, while the what we’re playing section allows for another opportunity to talk aboutBaldur’s Gate 3, which is the thing everyone is talking about (it’s so hot right now)....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 The secret best Baldur’s Gate 3 class is, of course, BarrelmancerDivine art Divine art Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios A straightforward tactic: consider lugging a few oil barrels into a throne room, and dropping them all around the resident big cheese before you confront him. Given reasonably careful distribution, it’s possible to finish a whole battle this way in a single turn. Fortunately, whileBaldur’s GateNPCs can be eagle-eyed when it comes to sneaking rogues, they’re perfectly indifferent to people surrounding them with heavy explosives....

HomeReviewsTurbo Overkill Turbo Overkill review: a relentless retro FPS, best enjoyed in burstsToke the nitrous Toke the nitrous Image credit:Apogee Entertainment Image credit:Apogee Entertainment Having given retro-styled, cyberpunk FPSTurbo Overkilla Bestest Best badgeback when it first launched in early access, it’s been nice to polish off the chainsaw leg again now it’s hit 1.0 and get back to grinding mutant flesh like I’m Terminator Hawk, Skynet’s latest sports scholar. In this full release, there are now three episodes in total, all with new guns, enemies and the like....

HomeNews Vote now for your favourite RPGs of all timeYes, I know we just had The RPS 100, but our Bestest Best: Reader Edition lists must continue! Yes, I know we just had The RPS 100, but our Bestest Best: Reader Edition lists must continue! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios After a brief hiatus to accommodate important voting head space for this year’sRPS 100, our Bestest Best: Reader Edition lists are back on track....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#782): How to solve the Thursday August 10 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for August 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for August 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?As my time writing RPSWordleguides draws to a close, I can’t help but look back on my 170-odd total days of composing clues for this simple little word game with some fondness....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 Strange OxDiscover the true identity of the Strange Ox in Baldur’s Gate 3 Discover the true identity of the Strange Ox in Baldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Want to know more about the Strange Ox in Baldur’s Gate 3?Upon arriving in the Druid’s Grove inBaldur’s Gate 3, you can meet a Strange Ox. If you pass an Insight check while walking past, your character will note that the Strange Ox’s gaze is following them, and this can lead into a particularly strange conversation....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 How to find your belongings in Baldur’s Gate 3Learn how to find your belongings in Baldur’s Gate 3 Learn how to find your belongings in Baldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios In this guide, we’ll explain how to find your belongings inBaldur’s Gate 3, so that you can get your items back from the Tiefling thieves in the Druid Grove....

HomeNewsPapers Please Lucas Pope marks 10 years of Papers, Please with a free demake for your browserApprove/deny? Approve/deny? Image credit:Lucas Pope Image credit:Lucas Pope The demake gives you the simplified strokes of the celebrated 2013 game: you’re a border control officer, approving or denying entry to the fictional country of Arstotzka, which boils down to checking mugshots and bios against faces that, in this rendition, call to mind Rorschach blots. The representation of an LCD screen with “baked-in” graphics is impressive - I had to fight the urge to tilt my computer to catch the sunlight while playing....

HomeNewsAvowed Obsidian “really pushed” Avowed as a co-op RPG, pivoted to single player in eight months"We weren’t focused on the things that we’re best at" “We weren’t focused on the things that we’re best at” Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment “One of the things I really pushed was thatAvowedwas going to be multiplayer,” Urquhart said. “And I kept on that for a long time. And I think in the end - not ‘I think’, I know, in the end, it was the wrong decision to keep on pushing on it....

HomeHardwareDeals Samsung’s RPS-recommended 970 Evo Plus 2TB SSD is down to $74$56 cheaper than it was in March. $56 cheaper than it was in March. It’s not just me - NVMe SSD prices have gotten absolutely wild recently, right? Today we spotted a deal on the 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus, formerly one of the very fastest SSDs on the market. It normally retails for $100, but today it’s down to an even more incredible $74 at Amazon - not bad for a drive thatoriginally retailed at $500andcost $100 more in January!...

HomeReviewsStray Gods: A Roleplaying Musical Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical review: a melodic narrative adventure that gives you something to sing aboutHitting the high notes Hitting the high notes Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Humble Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Humble Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Humble Games So how does a ‘roleplaying musical’ actually work? Well, as with any musical worth its salt, conversations in Stray Gods have a habit of turning into songs at the drop of a hi-hat....