Avowed: Best Wizard abilities Here are the best abilities for a pure Wizard or multiclass build in Avowed Image credit:Obsidian Building a Wizard in Avowed? It’s hard to stress just how much more engaging playing as a Wizard is in Avowed when compared to a straight melee build. Spellslinging with a magic book in one hand and a wand in the other feels thrilling and packed with potential to a degree that standard sword slashing isn’t, and even if you’ve already invested in the Fighter or Ranger skill trees, it’s worth taking a peek at a few Wizard abilities, even if it’s just to invest in an AoE spell or two....

Baldur’s Gate 3’s journey is almost at its end, as its last major update gets a release date for next week It’s been a good run! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios The time is almost upon us all to prepare for the end of Baldur’s Gate 3 , and by end, I mean the RPG’s final big update. Larian cheekily shared last year that it’d be getting one final hurrah in spite of the fact they’d said that patch 7 would be the last major one....

Best Path of Exile 2 Ascendancy classes Find the best Ascendancy for your Path of Exile 2 class Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Looking for the best Ascendancy classes in Path of Exile 2? Choosing your character’s Ascendancy is just as important as choosing their base class . You should see Ascendancy as a class specialisation - a subclass, if you will. By unlocking an Ascendancy, you gain unique, powerful, and highly specialised abilities....

Black Myth Wukong’s benchmarking tool lets you test your rig’s capacity for monkeying around Free to download now <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/The-True-Wukong.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A screenshot showing the “true” Wukong, adorned in armour quite different from the player character in Black Myth: Wukong. - 1”> Image credit:Game Science Are you a prospective buyer of Black Myth Wukong and would like to see if your PC qualifies for uninterrupted monkeying around? Wowee, would you look at that!...

Blizzard promise “something for everyone” in Warcraft’s 30th Anniversary Direct next month “You won’t want to miss a moment” Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard announced earlier this year that BlizzCon wouldn’t happen in 2024 , with the live event instead being replaced by a series of franchise-focused streams. Next on the schedule is Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct, which Blizzard have now announced will stream on Wednesday, November 13th at 6pm GMT/1pm ET/10am PT....

Bore Blasters and its mix of Vampire Survivors meets Dome Keeper is, dare I say it, a blast It’s coming out March 8th, but you can play its Next Fest demo now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/8BitSkull Many a Survivors-like has come and gone over the last couple of years, but Bore Blasters might be the first one that’s really struck a chord with me. Or maybe that should be struck gold, as this mining roguelike is all about collecting little gem-like nuggets while boring deep underground for treasure and fending off all manner of flying eyeballs, bats and other unmentionable horrors with wings....

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector review: a sci-fi RPG that explores new space, yet I yearn for old ground No more mister dice guy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Fellow Traveller Developer: Jump Over The Age Publisher: Fellow Traveller Release: Jan 31st, 2024 On: Windows, Mac From: Steam , Epic Games Price: TBA Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 Don’t get too comfortable. As an RPG that puts you in the synthetic boots of an escaped robo-person, Citizen Sleeper 2 often has you on the run....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Antoine quiz questions and answers Ace Antoine’s quiz in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with these answers. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Sandfall Interactive Need the answers to Antoine’s quiz in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Usually, I’d scold you for cheating on a history test, but seeing as you’re about to embark on a death march to the Paintress’ island, presumed never to return, I’ll cut you some slack....

Classic post-nuclear shooter Metro 2033 Redux is now free to keep on Steam and GOG But only for 48 hours Image credit:4A 15 years on from the release of Metro 2033 , I still think with fondness and yearning of the Uboinik automatic shotgun. It’s a six chamber cylindrical affair with mouthwatering red shells that dangle before your trigger finger like pert, juicy plums. This is just to say / I have shot / the shells / that were in / the shotgun / and which / you were probably / saving / for the mutant round the corner....

Co-op horror Content Warning now has a hat shop, new map, island upgrades and 13 fresh monsters Time to go back to the Old World Image credit:Landfall Publishing Co-op horror game Content Warning - aka " Lethal Company but you’re role-playing as an abandoned places streamer and all your party members are squealing like hogs and putting on daft accents and Brian, will you please stop trying to feed me to that giant whisk so you can go viral" - has received a big update....

Command fleets or pilot mouthwatering starships in Nullspace, a strategy game with a “unique” take on the Fermi Paradox If you want something wrecked, do it yourself Image credit:Kaigan Games / Amos Tan / Rock Paper Shotgun Tasty-looking space games fill the atmosphere nowadays like satellite launch debris, but perhaps you’ll find room in your weirdly adapted magnetic fishing net for one more - Kaigan’s Nullspace. I came across it in yesterday’s Indie Fan Fest stream, and I quite like the cut of its torpedo bays....

Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 01st Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #477. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 01st October? We’ve broken down each category to give you exactly what you need to solve today’s Connections bit by bit....

Cupiclaw wants to do for claw machines what Balatro did for poker THE CLAW Image credit:Typin Gamescom is exploding all around us, but there is still time to lower a pincer into the pile of Steam indie game announcements and reel up the occasional treasure. In this case, it’s the demo for Cupiclaw , which is possibly the first ever “roguelike deckbuilding claw machine game”. You know how Balatro made you feel about Joker cards?...

Dante’s epic poem La Divina Commedia is getting turned into a videogame again EA and Visceral aren’t involved Image credit:Jyamma Games Enotria: The Last Song developers Jyamma Games are making a new action-RPG inspired by and named after Dante Alighieri’s 14th century epic poem La Divina Commedia, aka the Divine Comedy. Like the poem, it sees you descending through the circles of Hell, each the geological manifestation of a particular Sin....

Darktide’s Bound by Duty update reworks three of its playable oddballs Veteran, Psyker, and Zealot get regrown talent trees in today’s big patch Image credit:Fatshark Bound by Duty, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide ’s first big update in months, has just gone live. On top of expanding the Mortis Trials arena mode and adding a selection of new heretic mincing tools, it makes significant skill tree changes to three of Darktide’s five playable classes – the Veteran, Psyker, and Zealot – aimed at “increased flexibility and player agency”....

DC’s consummate humble wife guy may be coming to Suicide Squad A bugged voice line has potentially spoiled Mr. Freeze as a DLC playable character Image credit:Warner Bros Games Much hay is made of the concepting of Batman villains, especially from 60s TV series ft. Adam West. It’s done within canon, even! The Condiment King was created for the 90s animated series as a play on those kinds of whimisical, pun-focused villains....

Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour are laying off almost 100 staff, mere months after they cut dozens of devs They’re calling the move “strategic changes for future growth” Image credit:Behaviour Interactive The makers of Dead by Daylight over at Behaviour Interactive are no strangers to the cold, calculating mindset of killers, having created plenty of them now for their multiplayer hunt-and-seek horror game . That coldness seems to have seeped into the company itself too, as they racked up their career-killing bodycount with nearly 100 more layoffs this week....

Delightful dark fantasy fable Ghost Of A Tale, aka Ico meets Redwall, is getting an Unreal Engine sequel Developers break their silence after a year and a half of “lost” development <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_RG7o8Kx.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A candlelit stone wall in Ghost Of A Tale 2, with a “Wanted” poster and a bowl of fruit - 1”> Image credit:SeithCG Happy new year all! And what better way to kick off another undignified 12 month crawl toward the next Xmas holiday than with the news that one of my favourite dark fantasy storybook extravaganzas, Ghost Of A Tale , is getting a sequel....

Diablo 4 campaign length: How long is D4? How long to beat D4 and how many hours you’ll put in How long does it take to beat Diablo 4? Diablo 4 boasts that it is the longest mainline game in the Diablo series to date, with the biggest campaign taking you through the most sprawling open world ever to feature in Blizzard’s long-running RPG series. If you’re anything like me, you want to know how long you can expect to spend with a game going in, making it a lot easier to arrange your life around your gaming plans for the foreseeable....

Diablo IV support studio hit by layoffs putting 139 people out of work, proving that Embracer’s “restructuring” is not over “Shifting market conditions” Image credit:Activision Blizzard In March, the CEO of Embracer announced that the company’s widespread removal of workers across their many owned studios was over. That has turned out to be false, as the megacorp continues to enforce layoffs and close down studios . Now, a support studio for Diablo IV and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has suffered further layoffs, with over half the employees at the studio losing their jobs....