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HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Friday 28 October 2022): Wordle word of the day #496 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Friday 28 October 2022?It’s time for a new Call of Duty, a new Prime Minister, and, as always, yet anotherWordle. The puzzle game returns each and every day with a new five-letter word to solve, and it makes a very cosy companion to a warm cup of tea in the morning....

HomeNewsMarvel’s Midnight Suns Deadpool is coming to Marvel’s Midnight Suns, but only in the season pass…plus Venom, Morbius and Storm …plus Venom, Morbius and Storm For the past week, Marvel anti-hero Deadpool has been taking over the social media accounts for Firaxis' upcoming turn-based tactics gameMarvel’s Midnight Suns’, leading many to believe he was going to be a playable character when it launches on December 2nd. Now, Firaxis have confirmed that, yep, Deadpool will be coming to Marvel’s Midnight Suns, but only as part of its newly unveiled season pass....

HomeFeaturesThe Forgotten City Do try to solve time loop mystery The Forgotten City before it leaves Game PassMysteries upon mysteries in the best thing to come from Skyrim Mysteries upon mysteries in the best thing to come from Skyrim What’s better than a little city full of mysteries to solve? A mysterious little city trapped in a time loop, where you slowly learn all the secrets but no one remembers what you did last time around....

HomeNewsElden Ring George R. R. Martin still hasn’t played Elden Ring"People seem to want this Winds Of Winter book" “People seem to want this Winds Of Winter book” Game Of Thrones author George R. R. Martin has admitted he hasn’t playedElden Ring, despite creating the history and lore for FromSoftware’s RPG. He does have a fairly good reason for it, though. OnThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertMartin said, “I have not played it because people seem to want this Winds Of Winter book,” the (very) long-awaited sixth chapter in the Game Of Thrones series....

HomeFeatures7 Days To Die Have You Played… 7 Days to Die?Terror on a timer Terror on a timer Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.I’ve mentioned before that I’m intosurvival gameswith a goal past staying alive, because if surviving is the only goal, what’s the point in living at all (he says, with a firm glare at the Tory party)?...

HomeNewsSignalis I can’t start Signalis because I can’t stop playing with the menu eyeballI cannot resist teasing this eyeball which follows my cursor I cannot resist teasing this eyeball which follows my cursor Today has brought the launch ofSignalis, a new retro-styled survival horror about an android trapped in a spooky place in deep space. It looks neat! I’ve heard it’s good! I can neither confirm nor deny that because I can’t get past the main menu....

HomeDeals Intel’s Arc A750 graphics card is back in stock at NeweggPlus Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and some neat software. Plus Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and some neat software. The Intel Arc A750 is a surprisingly strong graphics card for 1080p and 1440p gaming, and after an initial period of unavailability it is now back on sale at Newegg in the US. Get the Intel Arc A750 graphics card for $290 The good ship Rock Paper Shotgun has yet to review the cards - although there isan excellent articleannouncing them....

HomeNewsMoonbreaker Moonbreaker is removing all monetisation and in-game purchasesThe changes arrive today, alongside its first content update Zax’s Story The changes arrive today, alongside its first content update Zax’s Story Unknown Worlds Entertainment have announced big changes are coming to their tabletop battling gameMoonbreaker. In ablog post, the developers announced they’re removing all monetisation from the game, including its in-game currencies and in-game store, in order to “better reflect our early access goals”....

HomeNews Rain World: Downpour will bring co-op, mod support and new slugcats in early 2023Hundreds of new places to die Hundreds of new places to die Rain World’s wholesome, physicsy slugcat GIFs were breadcrumbs which eventually led to one of this century’s most brutal games. Now it’s getting DLC.Rain World: Downpouris arriving in January 2023 and will add five new slugcats, hundreds of new rooms to survive, official mod support, and co-op....

HomeNews Sonic Prime animated series will land on Netflix this DecemberWith Knuckles, Amy and Rouge confirmed With Knuckles, Amy and Rouge confirmed Sonic Frontierswillrelease on PCin November, but it’s not the last you’ll see of the blue hedgehog in 2022. Netflix have announced that Sonic Prime, their new animated series, will release on December 15th. Here’s the Sonic Prime teaser trailer from last month: Sonic Prime - Teaser TrailerWatch on YouTube...

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast episode 205: the best dread in games Halloween special!Fear to tread Fear to tread Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda Happy skeleton war month, ya filty animals! This week on the Electronic Wireless Show we talk about dread, as in, the thing Matthew feels when confronted with glistening food, or when he knows he has to record apodcastwith us. We talk about some cracking scary games, going a bit down the beaten track and away from our normal path of least resistance (talking aboutRed Dead Redemption 2and BioWare games)....

HomeFeaturesTerra Invicta The Rally Point: Terra Invicta is too much for one article, and possibly one lifetimeHere’s looking at ufo Here’s looking at ufo I pity anyone who has to review, or god help them, write a guide forTerra Invicta, because doing it even semi-comprehensively would take longer than I expect to live. This is a hugely ambitious game, covering something I’ve never seen before, with a scope that makesEuropa Universalisseem limited....

HomeDeals This Ryzen 5000 processor is yours for £145A six-core, twelve-thread processor for £65 below UK RRP. A six-core, twelve-thread processor for £65 below UK RRP. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is a surprisingly capable processor, with the single-core grunt of the rest of the Zen 3 family and only slightly lower clock speeds than the top-end six-core processor, the Ryzen 5600X. The Ryzen 5600X costs the best part of £200, but the vanilla 5600 is down to £145 at Ebuyer - a great value in my book....