I know, I’ll use Deep Rock Galactic to identify the mushrooms in my palm pot Planting evidence Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing Hmmm. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Hmmmmmmmmmm. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing No. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing Nope. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing Impressive. But no. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing That’s a nut, not a mushroom. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Coffee Stain Publishing...

I’m travelling this week, and I wish I’d ordered one of these power banks for my Steam Deck More power! Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / INIU One of the best things about my job is that I get to fly around the world and go to events, and while I’m off to Warframe’s TennoCon this week (and very excited about it) there’s always a bit of a panic about what to pack to keep oneself sane on a long flight....

All of these final hour prime deals are 45w and up. Image credit:Shargeek Image credit: SHARGEEK SHARGEEK 170 Power Bank SHARGEEK 170 Power Bank 24,000mAh 140W $98.99 (41% off, was $169.00) See here This SHARGEEK 170 isn’t just about raw power—it’s got personality. Between the futuristic clear shell, that clean smart display, and IP66 water resistance, this thing feels ready for travel. The 140W PD3.1 charging gets a full Steam Deck recharge in no time, and it can top up two other devices at once thanks to the triple-port setup....

In strategy game Sintopia you harvest a whole civilisation’s souls for your own custom-built hell Devil up Image credit:Team 17 / Piraknights One of my favourite satires is the Screwtape Letters, an epistolary novel by Narnia scribe C.S. Lewis. It consists of messages from an oily elder demon to his nephew about how to correctly groom the soul of an unsuspecting human being. It’s a claustrophobic send-up of managerial politics and nepotism, with World War 1 unfolding in the background....

Indiana Jones And The Great Circle releases December 9th, will hopefully contain gameplay by that point Just in time for December 10th Image credit:Microsoft Oh, and new Indiana Jones And The Great Circle trailer! Great. I’ve been looking forward to a nice, juicy chunk of extended gameplay. You know, something to really convey the flow of the game, rather than the admittedly impressive but nonetheless very fragmented snippets we’ve gotten so far....

Indiana Jones devs MachineGames tease another Wolfenstein game - “we have a story to tell” New Order and New Colossus are part of a planned trilogy, after all Image credit:ZeniMax Media In good news for those saddened by their inability to stamp on Hitler’s head in Indiana Jones And The Great Circle , Machine Games are once again making noises about developing a new Wolfenstein game. Speaking during a a No-Clip documentary about the previous Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus , studio head Jerk Gustafsson commented briefly that they still have an outline for a sequel that completes the story of B....

Into the Fire mixes fire and rescue, mysterious folklore, and a volcanic island in what might be yet another Divine Comedy adaptation The strands are loose, but there nonetheless Image credit:Starward Industries When I first caught a very quick glimpse at Into the Fire, the kind of glimpse where you more just see a character design amidst a bunch of fire, I thought it was a new simulation game. A fireman sim , that kind of thing, the kind of game I’m sure exists already without needing to Google it....

James Bond’s license holders let IO be “a lot more daring” than the Hitman studio thought Although they did ask them not to make Bond “a killing machine!” Image credit:IO Interactive Brendan and I once had a podcast conversation about Hitman in which we predicted that IO Interactive would be limited by James Bond’s license holders MGM to a maximum of three toilet drownings, one fish spearing, and absolutely no duck explosions....

Killing Floor 3 review I have been in this place be-floor Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Tripwire Interactive Killing Floor 3’s weighty gunplay sustains it for a time, but papers over a dull progression system and a lack of new ideas. Developer: Tripwire Interactive Publisher: Tripwire Interactive Release: July 24th 2025 On: Windows From: Steam , Epic Games Store Price: $40/£35/€40 Reviewed on: Intel Core i9-10900K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3090, Windows 10 Killing Floor 3 has an excellent headshot....

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: How to repair armor and clothes Here’s every way to repair your armor and clothing in KCD2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver Want to know how to repair armor and clothes in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? The more scraps and scrapes you get Henry into in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 , the more you’ll find the durability of your armor and clothing drops. The lower your armor’s durability, the worse its stats, so it’s important to keep them in decent shape to provide you with the maximum protection....

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is getting a canonical prequel graphic novel starring everyone’s favourite jawless monologuing vampire How does one monologue without a jaw exactly? Image credit:Crystal Dynamics Kain is merchandised. The clans sell tales of him. Few know the truth. He was a character in a dead franchise once, as were we all. However, his contempt for anonymity drove him to inspire the creation of an upcoming ( crowdfunding allowing ) graphic novel....

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii has been announced and is coming for you, Skull And Bones How’s this for “quadruple-A” boomerang cutlass attack Image credit:Sega / Rock Paper Shotgun It’s a pirate’s life for me, and it’s a pirate’s life for Goro Majima, recurring eyepatched anti-hero of the used-to-be-called-Yakuza series. He’s the star of the just-announced Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii , a game I can only applaud for the brazen straightforwardness of its title....

Manor Lords early access review: a sturdy and immersive builder that feels incomplete yet alive with promise Captain Morgens Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Developer: Slavic Magic Publisher: Hooded Horse Release: April 26th 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: £26/€30/$30 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-8600K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 When, in town building simulation Manor Lords , you erect your first manor, it feels natural to place it in the center of your humble 14th century European settlement....

Manor Lords too realistic or grimy for you? Try cosy survival townbuilder Diluvian Winds, out today Spiritfarer with less grief Image credit:Alambik Studio Manor Lords is obviously this week’s big survival-citybuilder game release, but I suspect Diluvian Winds is more my pace. It’s a “relaxing management game” about building a town for anthropomorphic animals around the foot of a lighthouse, although exactly how relaxing will depend on your ability to prepare for tsunamis and other weather emergencies which can strike and destroy your buildings....

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been delayed again, this time without a new release window It’ll now be arriving at some point “beyond early 2026” Image credit:Marvel / Skydance New Media Last night was a bumper time for games being delayed yet again, with Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra quickly following in GTA 6 ’s probably rather expensive shoes. Skydance New Media have now pushed the release of their superhero game “beyond early 2026”, with no concrete new release target given....

Marvel Rivals performance bottlenecks are “a very big problem”, agree NetEase, but don’t worry, they’re adding a box Look out for it in April Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Is there a Marvel supervillain themed around PC game memory requirements? Let’s assume that there is, and that her name is Dr RAMsbottom. For too long has Dr RAMsbottom - aka the Bottlenecking Belle, aka Zero Sub Sixty - plagued the lives of Marvel Rivals players....

Microsoft announce Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Game Pass launch alongside teaser trailer Truth = lies, lies = truth Image credit:Microsoft Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be the first Call Of Duty to launch on Microsoft Game Pass, according to a notification that went out this morning via the Xbox Game Pass app for iPhone and Android. “Just announced: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to Game Pass on day one later this year!...

Microsoft have halted development on Just Cause devs’ 70s co-op smuggler Contraband Following four years of silence about the game Image credit:Avalanche Studios Microsoft have brought development work on Contraband , the co-op smuggling game that Just Cause developers Avalanche Studios announced back in 2021, to a standstill. That’s the official line, while a report from Bloomberg claims the game’s been cancelled outright. Nothing had been been seen or heard of Contraband since its reveal to the world at E3 four years ago , and this sudden status update comes just weeks after Microsoft cancelled Perfect Dark , Everwild , and an unannounced MMO from ZeniMax as part of mass layoffs that saw around 9,000 staff lose their livelihoods ....

MindsEye director Leslie Benzies’ micro-management led to bugs being dubbed “Leslies” or “Leslie tickets”, former devs claim One also alleges the former GTA producer “never decided what game he wanted to make” Image credit:Build a Rocket Boy / Rock Paper Shotgun A number of former staff at MindsEye developers Build A Rocket Boy have offered some more details on alleged mismanagement at the company. They claim that director Leslie Benzies “never decided what game he wanted to make” during development of both dodgy action-adventure MindsEye and the umbrella game creation tool Everywhere....

Monster Hunter Wilds: Hunting Horn weapon tree The full list of all Hunting Horns in Monster Hunter Wilds Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for the full Hunting Horn weapon tree in Monster Hunter Wilds? With a whopping 74 Hunting Horns to choose from in Monster Hunter Wilds , the musical among us are eating well with Capcom’s latest flagship RPG . The Hunting Horn is a fascinating offshoot of the larger and bulkier Hammer ; it still hits hard, but a lot of its strength is in its musical combos, which can bestow powerful buffs upon yourself and your allies while you fight....