Total War: Warhammer 40,000 devs detail future factions, and when you can expect official modding tools Plus, insight into when you can see more of the game Image credit:Creative Assembly The future is here! Or, I guess it’s around 40,000 years away, but that’s still more or less here for the Total War series, which’ll be tackling a futuristic setting for the first time in last night’s reveal of a Warhammer 40,000 spin-off reveal ....

Ubisoft close the studio behind Assassin’s Creed Rebellion days after the developers vote to unionise Insist there’s no connection Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft are closing Ubisoft Halifax, the Canadian developers of mobile games Rainbow Six Mobile and Assassin’s Creed Rebellion. This is strictly speaking outside our mandate as a PC gaming site, of course - I fear smartphones like Hell itself, and only ever communicate over long distances using homing pigeons - but it’s all part of Ubisoft’s wider transformation into a heavily Tencent-backed publisher, and the nasty twist is that Ubisoft Halifax had only just voted to unionise....

Ubisoft date Assassin’s Creed Shadows New Game+ mode alongside plans to make its open world more convenient The time will fly Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Shadows will get a New Game+ mode on 29th July, Ubisoft have announced in a video about their summer plans for the feudal Japanese open world stab-me-do. They’re also working on a free Assassin’s Creed Shadows update that lets you fast-forward the time of day, an ability that would certainly serve me well right now, as I contemplate the seven grim hours of video game journalism that separate me from the weekend....

Untitled Paper RPG is a game from the dev behind A Short Hike that you’ll only ever be able to play a couple hours of Sometimes even cancelled games find a way to live on Image credit:Adamgryu Right now, I can’t really tell you much of what A Short Hike developer adamgryu is working on. He shared a little look at whatever is next last week, and it certainly looks adjacent to A Short Hike vibes wise - we’ll come back to this one with the tiniest of details in a bit....

V Rising tips and tricks: A beginner’s guide to survival in V Rising Use these tips to get started with V Rising Looking for a beginner’s guide to V Rising? It seems as though almost everyone who spends a bit of time with Stunlock Studios’ vampiric survival and crafting game comes away extremely impressed. It may not look like much at first, but V Rising scratches the same itch as Valheim did before it....

Valheim’s Ashlands update walks a “fine line between fun and frustration”, according to new dev video Iron Gate showcases a range of horrible Nordic munsters Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Rival survival sims Palworld and the just-launched Enshrouded are now openly battling for hearts and minds on Steam, and here comes genre supremo Valheim out of the blind corner like, errrr, one of the celebrity WWE wrestlers who hasn’t turned out to be Problematic - I don’t know, maybe Zack Sabre Jr?...

What time is the Steal a Brainrot Taco Tuesday event? Find out when the next Admin Abuse event is happening Image credit:BRAZILIAN SPYDER / Rock Paper Shotgun Looking to find out what time the Taco Tuesday event is happening in Steal a Brainrot? The Admin Abuse event happens every week and gives Roblox players the chance to get hold of brainrots with rare traits that will help them earn money faster....

What’s on your bookshelf?: Destiny 2 and Dishonored narrative designer Hazel Monforton read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! This week, I’ve been half reading in the garden and half staring in awe at my Kindle’s paperwhite doohickey and it’s ability to stay readable in searing sunbeams....

What’s on your bookshelf?: Obsidian vet and Pentiment creator Josh Sawyer read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! Did you know that the word ‘book’ was originally spelled with several extra ‘o’s in it? This was changed when it was collectively decided that telling someone to “please, just read a book” was resulting in several more murders a year than anyone could be bothered to keep track of....

What’s on your bookshelf?: slightly useful useless edition read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com No cool industry person this week, I’m afraid, but I do have a consolation prize for you. A comment from valued RPS community member #1694 a few weeks back reminded me that I once spent a long time tracking down good SF/Fantasy/Horror short story magazines. Partly for pitching purposes, and partly because I was just really excited such things still existed....

Why a new Steam Machine when the first ones flopped? Because this time, Valve say, it’ll actually have games “The catalogue wasn’t quite there” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Among the trio of new hardware devices Valve just announced for 2026 – which also include the Steam Frame VR headset and a redesigned Steam Controller – the new Steam Machine is probably the most surprising. Mainly because the original Steam Machines, a series of partner-built SteamOS mini-PCs, sank like rectangular stones upon launching in 2015....

Wildly immoral tinseltown builder Hollywood Animal hits early access in January 2025 Wash that down with an extensive new trailer Image credit:Weappy Studio I missed my chance to write about Hollywood Animal when a certain Nic Reuben swooped in like a rival showbiz talent scout and pinched the summer Steam Fest demo from right under my nose, capitalising on the fact that I was stranded in an airport at the time....

Wordle hints and answer (#1111): How to solve the Thursday July 4 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 4? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is an addicting but challenging test of word acumen....

Wordle hints and answer (#1137): How to solve the Tuesday July 30 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 30? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? We have a list of hints to keep that precious streak in shape and save any word-based disappointment....

Wordle hints and answer (#1209): How to solve the Thursday October 10 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is a tough test of word acumen, but luckily we’re here to provide you with the tips you need....

Wordle hints and answer (#1254): How to solve the Sunday November 24 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 24? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is a tricky test of word knowledge, but we’re here to help....

Wordle hints and answer (#1533): How to solve the Saturday August 30 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for August 30? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? If every Wordle puzzle were met with easy victory, it would be no fun, but that doesn’t mean you have to lose your victory streak....

Wordle hints and answer (#1557): How to solve the Tuesday September 23 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 23? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Sometimes the letters you find just don’t make sense....

Wordle hints and answer (#1602): How to solve the Friday November 7 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? If today’s Wordle is rather a bit too challenging, it may be best to keep this guide by your side....

Wordle hints and answer (#1647): How to solve the Monday December 22 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 22? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? We say this a lot, but this Wordle challenge is particularly difficult, so it’s perfectly alright to require a bit of help....