Eve Online developers CCP are being sold off, according to reports Parent company Pearl Abyss are said to be cutting their losses Image credit:CCP The owners of EVE Online developers CCP Games are looking to sell them off, according to a report from Korean finance website MTN. Apparently, parent company Pearl Abyss are sounding out interest from a bunch of games publishers, though no names have been named for the moment....

Explore a shifting labyrinth of art in Inkle’s free new game The Forever Labyrinth is made for Google Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Google Right after exploring Scottish peaks and glens in A Highland Song , indie studio Inkle are now sending us into an ever-shifting labyrinth full of art in a free new game. Made for Google’s Arts & Culture initiative, The Forever Vault is an adventure game where you search the labyrinth’s many attics, mines, gardens, server rooms, rooftops, treehouses, wine cellars, and such for your missing pal not only by passing through doorways and stairways but by connecting ideas and concepts contained within artwork....

Far Cry series will push multiplayer “more predominantly” going forwards, according to Ubisoft boss More than two of Vaas Image credit:Ubisoft The future of the Far Cry series will see multiplayer bits pushed “more predominantly”, according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. The exec said this thing on stage at a conference in Saudi Arabia last month (thanks, Game File ), around the same time he announced the Assassin’s Creed Mirage DLC the company have partnered with the Saudi government on ....

Former Dragon Age producer posts tell-all video about the messy birth of EA and BioWare’s Anthem Mark Darrah with the tea Image credit:EA Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has posted a sprawling video about the development of Anthem, EA and BioWare’s ill-fated mech RPG shoot-me-do. We’ve heard about this remarkably torrid period in the RPG developer’s existence from other ex-BioWare honchos and anonymous sources , but perhaps never quite this extensively: the video tops out at an hour long, and this is just part one....

Former Fable devs reveal a new co-op RPG, then announce its development is on hold amid layoffs Flaming Fowl will shift to a smaller game they can fund themselves Image credit:Flaming Fowl Studios The developers behind Fable card game spin-off Fable Fortune and the digital adaptation of dungeon-crawling board game Gloomhaven have revealed a new upcoming co-op RPG … only to announce at the same time that the upcoming game’s development has been put on pause amid layoffs at the studio and difficulty finding funding....

Games Workshop had a Warhammer FTL clone pulled from Steam over some overly Space Marine-esque shoulderpads Void War now back online following DMCA takedown Image credit:Tundra Interactive Last year I covered the demo for Void War, robotically describing it as FTL meets Warhammer 40,000 , because that is what it is, and sometimes, you have to call a Spade Marine a Spade Marine (I did enjoy the demo, as flagrantly combinatory as the game may be)....

Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption writer’s new novel is about ill-fated game development NigelDave, no! Image credit:Take-Two Interactive “Mark Tyburn dreams of building the perfect video game,” reads the sales blurb for Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser’s novel A Better Paradise: Volume One: An Aftermath, a title so resplendent with drive-by colons that you could easily guess this man spent thirty years working in videogames. “Kurt Fischer dreams of being a rich and successful executive....

Hades 2 will likely be in early access until 2025, with first big update to add new enemies, maps and features According to creative director for roguelite sequel Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games As you might’ve heard, Hades 2 is out in early access, offering up the much-anticipated sequel to Supergiant’s mythical (and delightfully thirsty) roguelite. Though the sheer amount of polish and Stuff in even its pre-release form might have you thinking that a full 1....

Halo 2’s lost E3 2003 demo will finally be playable thanks to modder magic Doing more than grunt work Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Halo Infinite recently received a big update in the form of Delta Arena, a playlist that features recreations of Halo 2 ’s most popular maps and a special third-person mode. The true highlight, though, is yet to come. And that’s through an entirely different Halo game: The Master Chief Collection ....

Help a spaceship give birth before it collides with a star in Ultrasound Worst baby shower ever Image credit:Walter Woods How are you feeling today? Relatively untroubled by visions of squirming, organic gunk clogging your vessel’s exhaust ports as you fall steadily toward an enormous ball of fire? We’ll see about that. I’m here to tell you about Ultrasound, in which you are stranded aboard a spacecraft that has been colonised by growths of the Gigery persuasion....

Here’s an open world zombie survival game set in medieval…. Birmingham? Best head to the Bull Ring, grab some supplies Image credit:Ocean Drive Studios I can guarantee you that a zombie survival game called God Save Birmingham wasn’t on your “2024 Video Game Announcements” bingo card. It takes place in 14th century England, and tasks you with fending off the rampant zombie hordes of a populace who’ve succumbed to a mysterious case of reanimation....

Hobbit life sim Tales Of The Shire is so jolly and joyful it creeps the hell out of me For the love of god, send in the Nazgûl Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Tales Of The Shire unfolds in a world without shadow. There are shadows, technically, but they’re so mellow and fuzzy they might as well be stray pools of sunlight that have forgotten to glow. In this latest chunk of Lord Of The Rings memorabilia from developers Wētā Workshop and publisher Private Division, you are a custom-created hobbit who has just taken up residence in the charming Tellytubby town of Bywater, there to spend your days foraging, fishing, feasting and fraternizing with your fellow halfings, all of whom wear expressions of rosy-cheeked humour so intense in their winsome affability that your own face soon forms a merry rictus in response - like that terrible smile from Disco Elysium , but cosy ....

Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 22 (Mount Fay) Reach the summit for the wonderful Faydown Cloak Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Need some help tackling the cold climbs of Mount Fay in Hollow Knight: Silksong? The temperature in Mount Fay is as dangerous as any predator, and makes this ascension one of the most unique experiences in Silksong. Thankfully, climbing the mountain in the far north-west of the map is well worth the trouble, as it gives you access to one of Hornet’s strongest late-game movement tools, as well as a powerful new weapon and yet another Mask Shard....

Hollow Knight: Silksong’s first patch makes some early bosses slightly easier, out now in Steam and GOG beta Also, a “situation” that could see you “remain cloakless” has been resolved Image credit:Team Cherry The notes for Hollow Knight: Silksong ’s first proper post-release patch have arrived. Team Cherry have been busy fixing bugs and making some “slight balance adjustments in the early game”, which you can now give a go early via beta branches on Steam and GOG....

Homeworld 3’s performance is uneven, but can be spared the worst of spacefight slowdown Set course for the settings menu Image credit:Gearbox Nic reckons Homeworld 3 , the long-awaited spacefaring RTS , is mostly pretty good . Qualified hoorays for that, as well as for the fact that it doesn’t make especially mad demands of your hardware: besides netting a Steam Deck Playable badge from Valve, its minimum PC specs only list the likes of the Intel Core i5-6600 and Nvidia’s GTX 1060....

How to craft the Jet Gun in Black Ops 6 Zombies Here’s how to build the Jet Gun Wonder Weapon in Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Want to craft the Jet Gun in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies? Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode contains some bonkers Wonder Weapons, and one of these is the Thrustodyne M23, more commonly known as the Jet Gun. Originally introduced way back in 2012’s Black Ops 2, the Jet Gun is a force to be reckoned with that sucks zombies towards it and grinds them to a pulp....

How to get Bones in Palworld Here’s how to get Bones in Palworld, all crafting recipes, ways to farm, and more Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Want to know how to get Bones in Palworld? Bones are a vital resource in Palworld , mostly due to the fact that they help make medicines and Cement, which you’ll need for high-quality weapons and defensive walls. As such, knowing where to get Bones is an important part of the game....

How to get Smithing Stones in Elden Ring: Nightreign Unlock the path to more bosses - and more loot Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for Smithing Stones in Elden Ring: Nightreign? Smithing Stones are invaluable crafting materials that can convert even your starting weapon into a powerful tool ready to take on the Nightlords. The same is doubly true of lower-rarity gear you find in a match. You’ll need to improve almost all of the gear in the game to tweak your build to its utmost, and you won’t be doing this without Smithing Stones....

How to kill skeletons in Elden Ring How to make sure the undead stay dead in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to learn how to kill skeletons in Elden Ring? Skeletons are a staple enemy in games, but they’re particularly irksome in Elden Ring . Kill a skeleton in Elden Ring, and they’ll just get back up a few moments later. Without knowing the proper procedure for permanently putting down a skeleton, you can easily be overrun while exploring the game’s many catacombs....

Hytale’s out now and its devs are advising those suffering download issues or errors to keep plugging away Update: A patch to fix early bugs and crashes is already in the works Image credit:Hypixel Update: Slikey has posted a fresh tweet about Hypixel’s efforts to tackle Hytale’s teething issues. “We are already working on a patch for bugs and crashes,” it reads. “That will hit the pre-release patchline once we have a good chunk of fixes....