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HomeNews Seems like the ball is back in Yves Guillemot’s court 5 Reasons Why You Should Give Roller Champions A ChanceLiam recommends giving Ubisoft’s free to play skate ‘em up Roller Champions a go.Watch on YouTube 5 Reasons Why You Should Give Roller Champions A Chance “I heard your feedback and I’m sorry this was perceived that way,” Guillemot told staff at the start of the hour-long meeting. “When saying ‘the ball is in your court’ to deliver our lineup on time and at the expected level of quality, I wanted to convey the idea that more than ever I need your talent and energy to make it happen....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (#579): What is the Thursday January 19 Wordle word?Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 19? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 19? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you find yourself in such a sticky situation with today’s Wordle puzzle, don’t worry, because we’ve put together a series of handy hints to help you out below....

HomeReviewsA Space For The Unbound A Space For The Unbound review: a supernatural teen romance with a wonderful sense of time and placeSchool’s out School’s out Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Toge Productions Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Toge Productions Indonesian studio Mojiken have been making games for years. Most of them are less than an hour long. They’re short, punchy adventures and cover everything from digital fortune tellers, violin-playing owl-men, and poetic folktales about potato-shaped forest creatures....

HomeGuidesBlue Protocol Everything we know about Blue Protocol: Closed betas, character classes, and more in Amazon’s upcoming MMOThe latest information on closed betas, platforms, character classes, and more The latest information on closed betas, platforms, character classes, and more Want to know the latest news about Blue Protocol?Blue Protocolis an upcomingfree-to-playopen-worldMMORPGfrom Bandai Namco and Amazon Games, the latter of whom recently saw success withNew WorldandLost Arkin the same genre. It’s drawing a lot of comparison toGenshin Impactthanks to its status as an F2P anime-inspired RPG, although in reality it should be quite different thanks both to its more science-fantasy inspired setting and its different monetisation model....

HomeNewsThe Pale Beyond Excellent Frostpunk-at-sea ‘em up The Pale Beyond is coming this FebruaryMark your calendars for February 24th Mark your calendars for February 24th You may have seen I was dead excited aboutThe Pale Beyondin ourmost anticipated gameslist the other week, and now we finally know when it’s coming out. Publisher Fellow Traveller have announced this Arctic naval expedition gone wrong will be setting sail on February 24th, so ready your blankets and hot cuppas, folks....

HomeFeaturesFar Cry 2 Have You Played… Far Cry 2?Under fire Under fire Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Far Cry 2is a lot of things, based on the memories I have from playing it a decade ago. First and foremost, I recall Far Cry 2: Parasitic Pain, which tasks you with running around begging for pills to stave off a growing infection....

HomeNews I adore these Hylics secrets of handcrafted art and actual handsPeeks behind the scenes of the pretty RPGs Peeks behind the scenes of the pretty RPGs I still say theHylicsgames are some of the prettiest around, with their striking mix of claymation and video capture. So I’m delighted to realise that, unbeknowst to me, creator Mason Lindroth occasionally give behind-the-scenes peeks at props and animations on Twitter. It is very interesting to see those original handcrafted figures....

HomeNewsIndustries of Titan Slick sci-fi city builder Industries Of Titan blade runs out of early access on Jan 31stAfter 3 years of updates After 3 years of updates Crap, it’s an attack ship on fire off the shoulder of… no wait, it’s the upcoming full release ofBlade Runner-inspired city builderIndustries of Titan, fromCrypt Of The Necromancerdevelopers Brace Yourself Games. They’ve announced Titan will be out for realsies on January 31st, when it will unshackle itself from its early access chains while forcing thousands more workers into indentured labour....

HomeNewsReturnal Spooky, excellent roguelike Returnal is coming to PC on Feb 15thOoh, you’re in for a treat Ooh, you’re in for a treat At last!Returnal, the hit bullet-hell roguelike that set PS5 owners hearts' a flutter back in 2021, is launching on PC on February 15th. It’ll be prettier and ray-tracier too, if this new PC features trailer is to be believed.I played Returnal last year and can confirm that it is splendid, and also that you will grow to hate the kamikaze squid in the final area with every fibre of your being....

HomeNews The EU vote to take action against loot boxes, gaming addiction and gold-farmingGood noises, but time will tell if they amount to anything Good noises, but time will tell if they amount to anything The EU have voted to push for reform in the videogame industry, backing a report that takes aim at everything from loot boxes to human rights violations tied up with gold-farming. The report includes calls for better parental control options, “harmonised rules” compelling sellers to show more information about game content, and a clamp down onthird-party skin gambling....

HomeNews Weirdo raccoon detective game Backbone is getting a prequelTails: The Backbone Preludes exists, probably won’t explain anything Tails: The Backbone Preludes exists, probably won’t explain anything In 2021 I reviewedBackbone, a masterpiece of 2D pixelart that was partly a point ‘n’ click detective noir game, and mostly a grim story-focused fever dream about collectivism. At the timeI described it as"like The Good Place with more depression, orDisco Elysiumwith raccoons." Backbone has an ending so bizarre on a literal level that it defies description even if I wanted to spoil it....

HomeFeaturesDwarf Fortress It was inevitable Image credit:Kitfox Games Image credit:Kitfox Games In games it’s often a delight to be proven wrong. Such as, for example, my longstanding belief thatDwarf Fortresswould never make the biggest and most important change it possibly could, and fit itself with an interface fit for purpose. Bay 12 Games have, of course, gone further than that, and released it for general sale on the biggest shop in the business after sixteen years as freeware....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (#578): What is the Wednesday January 18 Wordle word?Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 18? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 18? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Stuck on today’s Wordle answer for Wednesday 18 January 2023?Wednesday can prove particularly tiring, but you should always find time to relax with a quickWordle....