Capcom seek new heights as they whisper potential new Ace Attorney, Mega Man, and Devil May Cry games into existence Keep your expectations low for now, though Image credit:Capcom I am sure the words “new” and “Ace Attorney game” have functioned as a sleeper agent’s activation words for some of you, and these are words that Capcom themselves have sort of put together, but let’s slow down before we get carried away....

Commandos Origins looks like a solid and satisfying return for the legendary tactics series Finally, some action Image credit:Kalypso/Rock Paper Shotgun My earliest memory of the Commandos series of tactical stealth games was my dad bringing home a box copy of the original. “The missions take months. Months!” his mate had told him. Get less shit mates, thought I, for I had already played it elsewhere, and knew that the missions took mere minutes if you put the game on easy then rushed your objectives, bonking nazis along the way....

Crusader Kings 3 is getting two new expansions in 2024, starting March Black Death and Byzantines Image credit:Paradox Interactive A Paradox game? Getting DLC? You are pure joshing, you are simply having me on. But no! It’s true! Crusader Kings 3 is getting another year of updates, including two full expansions. The first of them, Legends Of The Dead, introduces the Black Death and will release on March 4th. Crusader Kings 3: Legends Of The Dead trailer....

Dark Souls would’ve been a better game in early access, says dev behind Dark Souls-like early access game No Rest For The Wicked Head of Ori and the Blind Forest studio says there’s “just no way” they could’ve shipped the game without player feedback Dark Souls , one of the most widely acclaimed video games of the last two decades - perhaps all time - and progenitor of one of modern video gaming’s most influential and oft-copied-rarely-bettered genres, the Soulslike , would’ve been a better game had it launched into early access....

Darkest Dungeon 2 is free this weekend on Steam as horrible mosquito folk swarm the Kingdom Red Hook release third and final part of boardgame-style spin-off mode Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Red Hook have just released the third and final part of Darkest Dungeon 2 ’s Kingdoms mode - a boardgame-style add-on experience that sees you moving a stagecoach around a map’s worth of benighted inns, fending off pigmen, witches and - as of this update - giant mosquitos....

Dave The Diver director finally puts 2023’s silliest debate to rest: no, it’s not an indie “It’s not like we applied for the award ourselves” Image credit:Mintrocket What is an indie game? Is a self-published game an indie game? Is a game with a small team size an indie game? Is it an indie game if it makes you go “oooo, haven’t seen that before”? I got a letter this morning that made me feel slightly wistful but with undertones of mercurial optimism....

Deep Rock Galactic season 5 will add new missions, DLSS3 and a way to play past seasons Plus new dance moves, of course Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Co-op dwarf FPS game Deep Rock Galactic dropped a teaser of what’s arriving with Season 5, which is to say, a fair amount of things that’ll go well with a pickaxe and a pint of beer. The new season will be a prelude to roguelite spin-off Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core , it’ll have a new mission type, enemies, new overclocks, and the devs are looking into letting players activate past seasons....

Dell’s impressive Back-to-School deals include big savings on XPS models and more The semester of savings. Image credit:Dell Dell’s back-to-school deals are here, and they’re pretty great if you’re looking for a 2025 laptop. The retailer has a little something for all, including its slimline Dell XPS 13 for just $750, or a borderline desktop replacement for creative tasks in the Dell 16 Plus for $999.99. There are budget options, too, like 15 inch laptops for just $250....

Doom modders are annoyed at the “chum-bucket” of wrongly credited mods in the latest Doom remaster Can I see your id? Image credit:id Software / Bethesda Last week, Bethesda released a remastered edition of Doom and Doom II on Steam, with lots of extra episodes and improvements. One of these new features is a built-in browser for mods, and support for many existing mods that previously required a different version of the game....

Dr Robotnik’s Ring Racers is a gorgeous free SNES-style arcade racer, built using Doom Legacy Update: SNES stands for Saturn eNtertainment Electronic System, actually Image credit:Kart Krew I never expected to feel genuine affection for Dr Robotnik, whose various level-ending wrecking balls and spiked doodads have killed me a million times over, but here I am sobbing like a banshee over the release of Dr Robotnik’s Ring Racers , a free Mario Kart-alike created by Kart Krew, the fangamer team behind Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart , using the Doom Legacy source port....

Dragon’s Dogma 2 proves that fetch quests are good as long as the space in between is interesting They don’t drag on in this one Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom I think its reasonable to say that the term ‘fetch quest’ is well passed the point of being a neutral descriptor and has moved firmly into the realm of full pejorative. You won’t see many games tout ‘epic fetch quests’ on their Steam Page, and you’re much more likely to hear the term lodged between the words ‘not a bloody’ and ‘again’, like two slices of exasperation-enriched bread stuffed with a shit-tier filling....

Dune Awakening: How to repair items, vehicles, and buildings Repair everything from Arrakis-induced damage Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom Wondering how to repair in Dune Awakening? As you explore the deserts of Arrakis, your hard-won items are going to take damage over time. That makeshift knife you worked hard to craft will soon become rusty, that vehicle you fabricated will eventually suffer tyre damage. And even portions of your base will decay, since those sandstorms are nothing to joke about....

Dwarf Fortress creator toys with the idea of an Elf Fortress “I don’t think elves would hit the same way” Image credit:Bay 12/Kitfox Dwarf Fortress co-creator and programmer Tarn Adams has made fleeting, whimsical allusion to the possibility of an Elf Fortress game in a new interview - a fleeting, whimsical allusion I will now pounce on and make an enormous deal of, because my goodness, man, you can’t just say “Elf Fortress” and walk off whistling into the sunset....

Dwarf Fortress Steam edition’s Adventure Mode is out today Featuring some lovely sounding tutorials Image credit:Bay12 Games/Kitfox Graham most definitely has played it though, calling its older incarnation “a good way to experience the charms of its procedural world and high level of simulation”. Personal anecdotes and experience are great and all, but what I really want is some deeply impersonal bullet-pointed features from a store page. Here are Adventure Mode’s:...

Elden Ring Nightreign’s story structure sounds weird, I’m just not sure if it’s the good kind yet I’ll find out soon enough I suppose! Image credit:Bandai Namco Anyone that’s played a FromSoftware Souls game knows how it tells its stories. You meet a wide range of characters, all of which mostly just talk at you in varyingly cryptic ways. There’s also tiny bits of lore offered up from weapons and items too, all of which build up a messy picture....

Epic boss Tim Sweeney is right to call genAI a political topic - it’s a mechanism of class war The latest from the wastelands of the Arc Raiders text-to-voice debate Image credit:IGN / Embark Studios Yesterday the handsome daredevils at Eurogamer, and in particular that arch-instigator of Discourse, Rick “also freelances for RPS” Lane, published a review of extraction shooter Arc Raiders in which they gave it 2 stars out of 5....

Eternal Strands devs are fixing the jank, but also say the jank is the point “Much of how it feels is intended,” comment Yellow Brick Image credit:Yellow Brick Games A new Eternal Strands update has made various adjustments to the fantasy action- RPG ’s movement and so, restarted the inexhaustible debate as to what manner of jank is ‘good’ jank. Posting in their latest dev roadmap , creators Yellow Brick acknowledge complaints about protagonist Brynn’s motions feeling a bit slippy-slidey, particularly when accelerating or decelerating or being struck by an object....

Expedition 33 may be a turn-based RPG, but it refuses to behave like one Turn-based strategy meets pure stimulation. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kepler Interactive / Sandfall Interactive The RPS Advent Calendar 2025 has begun! We’re revealing one of our favourite games of the year every day, and our favourite of favourites on December 24th. Check the main Calendar post to see a full list of our choices so far....

Fantasy beat ’em up Absolum brings a roguelike’s rinse and repeat formula to the arcade brawler Bringing a +10 dmg potion to a fist fight Image credit:Dotemu When you die in Absolum , you are literally reborn from the glowing womb of a giant pregnant lady. This is not how beat ’em ups normally go. The newly announced left-to-right puncher from the developers of Streets Of Rage 4 plans to inject a bunch of roguelike fungus into the bulging musculature of the classic arcade brawler, then dress it in a big fantasy frog suit that’s been handcrafted by a traditional animation studio....

Fortnite’s adding pets, and changing your invincible banana dog’s colour will require buying another invincible banana dog Bucks for a bunch Image credit:Epic Games You head down to the pet shelter in Fortnite. It’s full. Woof, says one invincible banana dog, I barely see my owner because they wanted me to be a banana dog who regularly changes colour. Alas, this cannot be, so they’ve had to spend their V-Bucks on a small army of invincible banana dogs in a variety of hues....