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HomeReviewsNightmare Reaper Nightmare Reaper review: a retro-styled FPS that hits more than it missesOh sow good Oh sow good Nightmare Reaperis what you’d get if you crossed Minecraft with Doom and sprinkled it with the ashes of a roguelite. You blast through procedurally generated woods and sewers, bursting enemies for cash and channeling your profits into a skill tree that’s also your own psyche. It’s rad, basically, but its roguelite dusting doesn’t quite hit the mark when a literal nightmare is turning into a metaphorical one....

HomeReviewsSalt And Sacrifice Salt And Sacrifice review: a 2D metroidvania with surprising depthA game worth its salt A game worth its salt Salt And Sacrificeis a 2D metroidvania hunt-a-thon that casts you as a condemned prisoner in an imperiled kingdom. Magic is corrupting the land, giving rise to monstrous creatures and ravenous undead, and the source of all of this destruction, Mages, must be hunted and their hearts devoured if the Kingdom is to survive....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: the sea, spaceships, and a catA look at some eyecatching upcoming indie games A look at some eyecatching upcoming indie games Striking undersea scenes from explore-o-puzzlerSilt: One more#screenshotsaturdaycloser to#SiltGamecoming to Steam! 👀#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#horrorgame#madewithunitypic.twitter.com/Y5PM7CoOko— Silt - Coming to PC this spring! (@SiltGame)May 7, 2022 One more#screenshotsaturdaycloser to#SiltGamecoming to Steam! 👀#indiegame#indiedev#gamedev#horrorgame#madewithunitypic.twitter.com/Y5PM7CoOko Goodness me, French adventure story Dordogne is mighty pretty: Let’s go on an adventure 🚣🏻‍♀️Wishlist on Steam:https://t.co/LzoIOpAA4E|#IndieDev#ScreenshotSaturday@UMANIMATION1pic.twitter.com/qdhWTNJtWL— Un je ne sais quoi (@studio_jnsq)May 7, 2022...

HomeNews Tactical roguelike RFM is back with a new name, and a hip new demoIt’s now called Remnants Of The Rift It’s now called Remnants Of The Rift The stylish, retro-futurist trappings of strategic roguelikeRFMmade it one of themost eye-catching demosof last autumn’s Steam Next Fest. Since then, though, we haven’t heard much about it - until now. Developers Bromio have finally broken cover again with RFM, giving it a new name and offering up a brand-new demo for everyone to play as itheads to Kickstarterto help push its development over the finishing line....

HomeNewsWordle Wordle had its answer changed today to avoid a “recent news event”The original answer is still playable if you haven’t refreshed your browser The original answer is still playable if you haven’t refreshed your browser Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun The New York Times say they realised last week that the answer for May 9th might prove controversial and changed it for “as many solvers as possible”....

HomeNewsYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel update smacks down a bunch of new cards and packs todaySingle-player content and restricted cards are refreshed Single-player content and restricted cards are refreshed The free-to-play card battler hitYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duelsees a major update today, Konami have announced. The update is already live and introduces new cards and packs, adds more to the single-player campaign and alters Master Duel’s list of banned Forbidden and Limited cards for the first time....

HomeNewsLost Ark Lost Ark’s May update will bring its first 8-player endgame Legion RaidIts developers think players are ready Its developers think players are ready Lost Arkis in an interesting position. It’s an MMO hack-and-slasher which made its enormously popular western debut earlier this year, but which has been out in South Korea since 2019. That means that there’s a wealth of already existing endgame content that its developers need to decide when its appropriate to bring across to the western release....

HomeNewsWattam New Funomena report charts downfall amid abuse allegationsThey got this all screwed up. Fun? No! Mean. They got this all screwed up. Fun? No! Mean. In March, YouTube channelPeople Make Games investigated three indie developersaccused of mismanagement and abuse. One of those developers was Robin Hunicke, co-founder of Funomena. Hunicke didpublicly acknowledgethe allegations on Twitter several days after the video’s release. “Leadership is a journey, and often a difficult one,” she wrote....

HomeNewsWeird West Weird West’s latest patch adds new options for stealth and melee combatA million ways to be non-lethally taken down in the west A million ways to be non-lethally taken down in the west Weird Westpatch 1.02, the Snake-In-My_Boot update, is live now, and brings new ways to stealthily bean cowboys around the head to the supernatural cowboy RPG. Though the combat changes seem the most significant, the update also introduces inventory UI improvements and new travel encounters....

HomeNews A full hour of Arkane’s scrapped Half-Life game Ravenholm has emergedNoclip shares new footage captured during their 2020 Arkane documentary Noclip shares new footage captured during their 2020 Arkane documentary Video game documentarians Noclip have released more than an hour of footage from Arkane Studios’ cancelledHalf-Life 2horror spin-off, Ravenholm. The video was originally captured for Noclip’s 2020 documentary about thehistory of Arkane, the studio behind the much belovedDeathloopandDishonoredseries. Ravenholm did feature, albeit briefly, in Noclip’s original documentary, but now Noclip producer Danny O’Dwyer has decided it’s time to show off a bit more of it, interspersing his gameplay footage with some critical context for what’s going on and the ideas behind it....

HomeNewsEVE Online Eve Online will tee up its third decade with advanced faction warfare and ambitious story arcsPlus a collaboration with Microsoft Excel Plus a collaboration with Microsoft Excel “Eve is getting ready to enter its third decade and the future has never been brighter,” says creative director Bergur Finnbogason. “With arcs, we’re setting Eve up for the next chapter with a steady stream of narrative-driven content that emphasizes player actions and decisions....

HomeHardwareNews Fortnite makes it to the Steam Deck, via Xbox Cloud GamingA streaming workaround with no subscription required A streaming workaround with no subscription required Steam Decknews followers may recall Epic Games deciding against makingFortnitecompatible with the Deck,citing cheating concernsdespite simultaneously making sure its own Easy Anti-Cheat systemcouldwork on the handheld. That hasn’t changed, but there is now at least one legit way to play the crossover-happy battle royale on the Steam Deck, as it’s just launched on Xbox Cloud Gaming....

HomeDeals Get two Razer Halo-branded peripherals for a crazy 75% off at Currys in the UKA mechanical keyboard and high-end mouse for £57 is ludicrously cheap. A mechanical keyboard and high-end mouse for £57 is ludicrously cheap. Two important notes here: You can only see these prices in the basketandto get the lowest price, use code FNDDGAMING. I ordered both items, just as a kind of trial, and paid £62 for the lot delivered with fancy designated day shipping - you’ll pay £57 if you go for the free click-and-collect option....