Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers review: a fickle but fun roguelike that stretches Blackjack to the moon and back Slack-handed? Image credit:Purple Moss Collectors Developer: Purple Moss Collectors Publisher: Yogscast Games Release: Aug 8th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: TBC Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-8600K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 Hm. Hmmmm . Right. So, what have we got here? There’s my Blood Donor card, which reduces the value of the hearts I play, but also heals me....

Dungeons & Dragons’ first virtual reality game likely won’t be Baldur’s Gate 3 in VR, but we can live in hope On the way from the makers of digital dungeon-crawler Demeo Image credit:Resolution Games Veteran pen-and-paper RPG Dungeons & Dragons is getting its first official virtual reality game . Before you get all excited about being able to let Astarion bite your neck in first-person or shack up with a bear-shaped druid using hand tracking, know that it’s more likely to be a virtual reality experience emulating the original experience of rolling dice on a tabletop....

Elden Ring 2 isn’t in development right now, but From Software do have several other games in the works Miyazaki isn’t directing all of them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco The Elden Ring series will live on, but Elden Ring 2? That’s slightly more in doubt. So says Hidetaka Miyazaki, the original Elden Lord, in a new interview about From Software’s current projects, which apparently span a variety of genres....

Enshrouded building guide: How to build any structure How to get started building your own creations in Enshrouded Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Keen Games Want to learn how to build in Enshrouded? If you’ve seen some of the incredible creations that the playerbase has already put out in Keen Games’ new open-world survival crafting game Enshrouded , you’ll likely have guessed that this game has a very powerful and flexible building system....

Even unintentionally, sorting puzzler A Storied Life: Tabitha risks gamifying grief Writing wrongs Image credit:Secret Mode I should say, up front, that I believe A Storied Life: Tabitha means well. Although it joins a swelling collection of cosy/‘wholesome’ games that also happen to be about death , it’s more grounded than most, forgoing grand scenery and grander metaphors to simply have you clearing out a deceased loved one’s house while patching up her unfinished memoirs....

Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from sale this December, but thankfully remain playable Its DLC disappears from sale today Forza Horizon 4 is my favourite racing game of all time, and a gloriously daft celebration of going fast set in a stunning, pastoral recreation of the UK. If you haven’t played it, you should buy it quick - because it’s being delisted from digital storefronts later this year, and its DLC disappears from sale today....

Genshin Impact’s devs look to be working on a realistic fantasy MMO that uses some kind of AI, bad kind or not yet to be determined I’m betting on the bad kind MiHoYo appear to be eternally busy. After printing copious amounts of money with games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail , they are continuing to do so with future releases like Petit Planet (or Not Animal Crossing ) and Honkai: Nexus Anima (Not Pokemon)....

Geoguessr-inspired detective game Locator is about puzzles, perspective, and empathy on an alien planet Put a pin in it Image credit:Empty Exhibit One for Obra Dinn and Golden Idol fans, this, although also for anyone who just loves a gorgeous map of an alien environment. Locator is a detective puzzler where you play an interstellar cartographer tasked with tracking down a missing archeologist named Abigail Lidari on an alien world. It takes inspiration from browser geography game Geoguessr ....

Goat Simulator Remastered just looks like how I remember Goat Simulator looking Ibex your pardon Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Coffee Stain Publishing have fully revealed Goat Simulator Remastered , a spruced-up take on 2014’s open world , ragdolling livestock sandbox with all of the original’s DLC included. I played a bit of this at Gamescom in August, and while the trailer below is proof positive that the remaster does indeed look newer and shinier, in the moment I couldn’t shake the idea from my memory banks that this was just how Goat Sim always looked....

Greenskins, Ogres, and Khorne are all coming in the next DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3 More details coming on the 26th Image credit:Sega The orcs and goblins of the Greenskins, the sizeable gourmands of the Ogre Kingdoms, and the angry Christmas ornaments of Khorne are the next three factions to get new units, lords, and campaigns as part of strategy game Total War: Warhammer 3 ’s next DLC. The news comes via official posts by developer Creative Assembly on both Reddit and X ....

Grit And Valor 1949 is a real-time Into The Breach, or at least vaguely similar enough that I can squeeze a more popular game in this headline Like, 10% maybe, if I’m being honest Image credit:Milky Tea Studios Grit And Valor 1949 certainly evokes the tactics of Into The Breach , with its stompy machinery and floating tile battlegrounds. But, despite all appearances, this one isn’t actually turn-based at all. A tiley, tiny real time strategy then?...

Grow your own eldritch horror creature in the very Tamagotchi-esque In Full Bloom Fear is fun everywhere Image credit:obleak games The purpose of a Tamagotchi is to have a tiny, portable digital pet with you at all times that you can feed and feed and feed until it grows into something slightly bigger, different, a new creature almost. It’s generally a sweet, albeit potentially irritating (the beeps…) little micro-game that may cause a touch of stress, but certainly no feelings of fear....

Hades 2 gets another monstrous patch as Supergiant turn their attention to the game’s first major update Patch 3 improves Boons, adds UI icons, and more Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Hades 2 ’s third early access patch is of the gargantuan variety. It improves Olympian Boons, adds lots of new UI icons, reworking Keepsakes, and basically touches every aspect of the game you could possibly think of. One thing it doesn’t change is how sexy the gods are, but because they’re so sexy anyway, I don’t think that’s an issue moving forwards....

Hades 2 will change your “dash” and “sprint” abilities in its first patch We have word from the oracle Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Greek god pulverizing simulator Hades 2 is getting its first patch “later this month”, say the developers. Two things are on their to-tweak list. First, something might change about the way resource gathering tools are used (the pickaxe you use to mine silver during a run, for example)....

Helldiver 2’s next warbond will let you look even more fascist than normal, adds in a literal sword It’s… a look? Image credit:Arrowhead Game Studios Helldivers 2 is, very obviously, a game where you roleplay as space fascists. Like, the game explicitly treats you as fodder for a war against various supposedly evil species all in the name of colonising other planets. It’s not subtle! But it’s also silly as hell, so the shooter more or less gets away with it....

Helldivers 2 devs apologise for trolly responses to player complaints about gun balancing “I am extremely disappointed with the behavior,” says Arrowhead CEO Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation Arrowhead’s CEO Johan Pilestedt has apologised for some spicy developer responses to players complaining about Helldivers 2’s first major balancing patch , which made certain Helldivers 2 guns and equipment pieces significantly less powerful alongside other adjustments to the new shooter ’s armor system, maps and missions....

Helldivers 2 review: a co-op shooter mixed with comedy genius My idea of heaven Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation PC LLC Developer: Arrowhead Games Publisher: PlayStation PC LLC Release: Out now On: Windows From: Steam , Epic Games Store Price: £35/€40/$40 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 11 Helldivers 2 is a third-person co-op shooter that’s centred as much around action as it is comedy. Gigantic insects and red-eyed robots threaten the sanctity of Super Earth and, frankly, this isn’t on....

Here’s a Steam demo for Lumines Arise, the latest toe-tapping head exploder from the Tetris Effect devs Time is a line at which we gurn Image credit:Enhance Tetris Effect developers Enhance have released a new demo for their forthcoming Lumines Arise on Steam, alongside news that the spacey rhythm attack game will launch on November 11th. If you missed Tetris Effect, it’s a game about making deletable lines out of falling blocks while standing in the middle of a very musical supernova....

Here’s an Animal Crossing hideout for your Assassin’s Creed Shadows I’m trying to be stealthy but this tanuki keeps saying I owe it money Image credit:Ubisoft A new blogvert for Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ hideout customisation appeared yesterday, just when you thought it was safe to play another open world game following the merciless time vacuum that was Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ’s Dondoko Island. The hideout is an acre of “fully customisable” land for Naoe and Yasuke to visit for a breather....

Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 3 (East Marrow) Conquer the rest of the Marrow with our Part 3 Silksong walkthrough Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking for Part 3 of our Silksong walkthrough as you delve deeper into The Marrow? Part 2 of our walkthrough guided you up along the western edge of The Marrow in order to reach the higher area of Mosshome and unlock your first Skill: the Silkspear....