As Path of Exile 2: The Last of the Druids gears up for release next week, its devs, sort of, delay its 1.0 release date “I certainly wouldn’t want to slip into 2027” Image credit:Grinding Gear Games A new trailer for the next Path of Exile 2 update, The Last of the Druids, was shared earlier this week, showing off all the cool things you can do in it! Which are mostly relegated to turning into animals, but in my eyes that is eternally a cool thing to be able to do, in a game or not....

Avowed: Best Ranger abilities Here are the best abilities for a pure Ranger or multiclass build in Avowed Image credit:Obsidian Building a Ranger in Avowed? Flora and fauna abound in the Living Lands, the setting of Avowed , and it makes sense that the Ranger was chosen as one of the game’s core three classes. Yet Rangers in Avowed have a bit more going for them than you might expect based on other RPGs - while it’s totally possible to create a standard bow user who fires from the bushes, you can also dual wield flintlocks and utilise skills more traditionally associated with a rogue or thief class....

Baldur’s Gate IP overlords Wizards of the Coast reveal a new Dungeons & Dragons single-player action adventure From Star Wars Jedi director’s new studio. Image credit:Larian Studios With Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian now off doing their own thing and making multiple games that aren’t Baldur’s Gate 4 , BG IP owners Wizards of the Coast have just revealed something that might help fill that void. They’ve agreed to a publishing deal that’ll see relatively new studio Giant Skull create a new game set in the D&D universe....

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 C9 loadout and class setup Here’s how to spray a wide array of bullets with the C9 in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking to build the best C9 loadout in Black Ops 6? The C9 is an effective Submachine Gun that was one of the first acquired during the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta. While there are stronger guns to collect as you level up, the C9 is bound to be a starting weapon in many a player’s arsenal, and its high firerate is nothing to underestimate....

Best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods: Cure Dragonsplague, infinite stamina, and more Here are the best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods you can download right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom. Looking for the best Dragon’s Dogma 2 mods? Although Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been out for a while, the game is still steamrolling ahead with more mods now available than ever. We’ve gone through the rich offerings of Nexus Mods and picked out the most popular and useful out of the bunch....

Best Elden Ring: Nightreign weapons for every character After extensive testing, here are our picks for the very best weapons across all 8 character classes in Nightreign Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco What are the best weapons to pick up during an Elden Ring: Nightreign run? Given that Nightreign has taken the bulk of its content from Elden Ring itself, there’s an absolutely colossal number of Nightreign weapons that you can come across during an Expedition....

Best Switch Axe in Monster Hunter Wilds These are the best endgame Switch Axes in Wilds right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom What is the best Switch Axe in Monster Hunter Wilds? The Switch Axe, as you probably have figured by now, is two weapons in one: a wonderfully oversized axe at some moments; and a much nimbler sword at others. That’s a lot of versatility, and Monster Hunter Wilds gives you even more freedom when it comes to the Switch Axe weapon tree , which is filled with 64 unique Switch Axes, including 19 “final form” Switch Axes for use in the Wilds endgame....

Best weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows The best weapons in AC Shadows for both Naoe and Yasuke Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/IGN/Ubisoft Wondering what the best weapons are in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? There are eight different weapon types for twin protagonists Naoe and Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows , and they all have their own brand of deadly. Whether you like the reliable katana, enjoy the swings of the chain-linked kusarigama, or simply hope to blast your foes in the face with a flintlock rifle, you’re bound to be thrilled with the tools on display....

Black Myth Wukong Best Skills These are the absolutely essential skills to unlock first Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Which are the best Skills to unlock first in Black Myth: Wukong? There’s no shortage of Skills and ability unlocks in Black Myth: Wukong , Game Science’s new soulslike take on the myriad Chinese folklore tales of Journey To The West. Throughout your journey as the simian Destined One, you’ll gain access to a splendid selection of powers by using ability points called " Sparks “....

Bloodlines 2 is more “spiritual successor” than sequel to “a competently good game by 2004 standards”, say Paradox The Chinese Room’s version isn’t an “open sim”, cautions Paradox deputy CEO Image credit:Paradox Interactive Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 won’t be an “open sim” like the 2004 original game, according to Paradox Interactive. Now in development at The Chinese Room, it’ll be an action-RPG with a relatively linear story set in the World Of Darkness universe....

Chronicles: Medieval is a strategy RPG with massive battles from Witcher and Grand Theft Auto alumni Tom Hardy is not in the actual game, as far as I can tell Image credit:Raw Power You wait years for something to give the massive battles of Total War a run for their money so Creative Assembly might be tempted to pull their thumbs out and fix sieges, and suddenly they start pouring from the sky....

Civilization 7 is getting auto-explore for scouts, reminding me that I both hate and love auto-explore Not that way, you clown Image credit:RPS / Firaxis The next major Sid Meier’s Civilization VII update will make some fairly sizeable tweaks to Firaxis’ latest, not-greatest 4X strategy sim. It’ll rearrange the workings of age transitions, with a view to providing a bit more continuity between epochs and helping you finish your to-do list before crossing the threshold....

Cop Bastard channels John Woo for some perfectly punchy FPSing And it has a demo out now Image credit:targim. If you’ve read any of my stuff by now, you’d know that I am a simple man who enjoys violence in his games. No story? Absolutely fine by me - cuts the faff. This is why I like the demo for first-person shooter Cop Bastard a lot. It’s set in early 90s Japan, where you’ll smoke fools with guns in straightforward homage to 90s action movies....

Crisol is a baroque Spanish horror shooter with blood bullets that sometimes feels too wooden for comfort Pew pew Pinnochio Image credit:Blumhouse Games In Crisol: Theater of Idols, you fire bullets of your own blood at frenzied wooden puppets while exploring an island saturated with unpleasant Spanish folklore. As elevator pitches go, I like the immediacy of this one’s trade-offs. Blood? But I need that stuff inside my body to convey oxygen and vital nutrients to my trigger fingers....

Cyberpunk Edgerunners’ Lucy is coming to fighting game Guilty Gear Strive in season pass four Alongside Team Of 3 mode, and other new characters Fighting game tournament EVO 2024 took place this weekend, an annual event marked by fierce competition between the best players in the world and several update announcements for just about every fighting game going. The most exciting this year, to me: Lucy from Cyberpunk 2077 anime Edgerunners is joining the roster of Guilty Gear Strive ....

Darkest Dungeon 2’s free strategy game Kingdoms update is coming in three parts, with the first due in 2024 Also, look forward to some paid DLC about night-soil Image credit:Red Hook Darkest Dungeon 2 ’s Kingdoms mode - a free turn-based boardgame reimagining of the hellish roguelike roadtrip RPG - will release in three modules, Red Hook have announced. The first of this fearful trio, Hunger Of The Beast Clan, is down to launch in Q4 2024, which translates to sometime during the period 1st October to 31st December....

Dawn of War 4 Warhammers out a fresh trailer, introducing the Dark Angels and teasing a playable Primarch Get ready to kick some bottom as Lion El’Jonson Image credit:KING Art Games Enter Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 , with yet another trailer showing off Warhammery folks being slapped, smashed, and many other plosives. This one introduces the Dark Angels, who’ll be a playable Space Marine faction alongside the Blood Ravens....

Dontnod are working with the European Space Agency to make sci-fi adventure game Aphelion Space is snow joke Image credit:Xbox / Microsoft Of all the space exploration agencies to consult while making a videogame, perhaps the European Space Agency is the best bet. Dontnod, the makers of Life Is Strange, have teamed up with the organisation of euronauts to create a third-person action adventure about an astronaut struggling to survive after crash landing on an alien planet....

DOOM: The Dark Ages comes rampaging in on a chainsaw shield next year The slayer seems to have borrowed Kratos’ furry coat Image credit:Bethesda DOOM: The Dark Ages is the next Bethesda Doom game, following DOOM 2016 and Doom: Eternal . It takes the FPS series back to a more civilised medieval age, where men and demon solved their disputes with throwable chainsaw shields, massive dragons, and guns that grind skulls at silly speeds then fire out the bone chips....

Doom: The Dark Ages release date tipped to make a royal mess of May This is supposed to be a time of joy and greenery Image credit:Microsoft In the UK, May has hitherto been a month of innocent delight and sacred observance, with no less than two bank holidays. On May Day - a festival of ancient origins that shares a date with International Workers’ Day - the youths of the village garb themselves in daisies, erect huge candy-striped maypoles, and dance around them in an effort to get all entangled and possibly end up kissing....