Wuthering Waves really, really doesn’t want to run on Steam Deck Whelp, I tried Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Sometimes you gotta know when to fold, and trying to get new hotness RPG Wuthering Waves to play nice with the Steam Deck has got me creasing like an origami crane. While its Epic Games Store release can be worked around, and Proton GE will get the game’s own launcher running, no combination of software, compatibility tools, or installation folder deep-diving seems capable of actually booting the game proper....

Wuthering Waves Resonator Intro and Outro Skills explained All you need to know on using your Resonator’s Intro and Outro skills in battle Image credit:Kuro Games What are Intro and Outro Skills in Wuthering Waves? In Wuthering Waves , there’s a strong focus on the combat system. Unsurprising, given it’s an open-world RPG . Engaging in battle with your Resonator requires you to plan strategically and take advantage of the unique skills and abilities of your chosen character....

Yes, Paradox are aware that a “barrage of DLCs” can scare away new players, for all their bundles and discounts “We continue to to try to make our offerings more appealing to more gamers” Image credit:Paradox If you’ve ever intrepidly looked up a Paradox game, seen a million DLC expansions on the Steam page, and fled screaming into the woods, rest assured that Paradox have you in their eye. It’s doubtful they’re going to change anything about their broad DLC strategy, mind, but they’re aware that some players may feel reluctant to purchase older Paradox games that have dozens of add-ons....

You’ll only survive the scorching wasteland of Hello Sunshine by walking in the shadow of a giant robot Or you could slather on some Factor nine billion Image credit:Red Thread Games Here’s one for the sci-fi slurping doomers among us. Hello Sunshine is a “survival mystery RPG” from the makers of Draugen , in which you must navigate a blistering desert by sheltering in the constantly moving shadow of a friendly robot....

A surprise update for Fallout: Bakersfield, the Doom mod that rebuilds the RPG’s Necropolis as a shooter level Now 60% done Image credit:Alexander ‘Red888guns’ Berezin Bang bang. A Doom modder who’s been busy recreating the city of Necropolis from the original Fallout as the setting for some irradiated boomer shooting has released a fresh trailer to the public for the first time in years. Alexander ‘Red888guns’ Berezin looks to have been quietly beavering away at GZDoom WAD Fallout: Bakersfield since releasing its last teaser in 2022 , having posted fairly regular update blogs for supporters on his Boosty profile ....

A wholly subscription-driven games industry would be “savage”, says Larian CEO Swen Vincke rebuts Ubisoft exec’s claim that players need to “get comfortable” with not owning their games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Larian CEO Swen Vincke has been reading Ubisoft director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay’s thoughts from yesterday about how players need to “get comfortable” with renting their games as a package, rather than “having and owning” an individual copy....

After Wuchang: Fallen Feathers’ controversial patch 1.5 made key bosses immortal, here’s the obligatory rollback mod Sadly, you’ll have to be willing to sacrifice the patch’s other changes Image credit:Leenzee Last week, soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers got a patch that rendered a number of its bosses unkillable, seemingly in response to pressure from some Chinese players. For those who aren’t keen on the patch’s changes, which particularly transforms the challenge you’ll face in the game’s fourth region, there’s now a mod dedicated to undoing them by letting you roll back to a previous version....

Alienware’s Area-51 Gaming Laptop Returns With RTX 5080 and is in stock now Now wielding Blackwell power and a chassis that can actually breathe. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / Alienware Alienware has revived its heaviest hitter. The Area-51 gaming laptop has officially returned and it’s aiming straight for the top of the food chain. First teased back at CES 2025, the new models are available to order right now. Image credit: RPS Photo Composite / Alienware Alienware Area-51 16" Gaming Laptop (RTX 5080, Ultra 9 275HX) $3,199....

All cookbook locations in Shadow Of The Erdtree Find all cookbooks in the Realm of Shadow and upgrade your crafting Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the Shadow Of The Erdtree cookbook locations? Just as with the base game, obtaining new cookbooks in the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC will unlock new crafting recipes, such as a Hefty Fire Pot or some Drawstring Dragonbolt Grease. Allowing you to deal more damage, adding a certain damage type to your weapon, or improving your defense, these items can give you a huge advantage in battle....

All Pollip Hearts locations in Hollow Knight Silksong How to complete the Rite of the Pollip quest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Searching for Pollip Hearts in Hollow Knight: Silksong? Once you reach Shellwood and encounter the NPC Greyroot, you’ll be tasked with the Rite of the Pollip quest. This requires you to pick up 6 Pollip Hearts and deliver them to Greyroot. In return for your labour, you’ll be rewarded with the Pollip Pouch - an excellent Tool that applies venom to other Tools and is particularly good for making your projectiles deadlier....

Upgrade your storage and speed for less with up to 54% off. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / Lexar From slim portable drives to high-capacity internal SSDs and microSD cards built for gaming on the go, Lexar is covering all the bases. Discounts are hitting up to 54 percent off, but these prices and stock levels will not last forever. Grab the gear you need before it disappears. See here for all the Lexar deals in the UK ....

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is back in stock for $479 and I desperately want one It’s actually staying in stock. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / AMD This processor is built specifically for gaming, and I think it’s the best option on the market right now. It crushes demanding titles with ease, using AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology to push performance beyond what you’d expect from an 8-core CPU. The 96MB of L3 cache is what makes the difference....

Apex Legends is revisiting the past, but it should be prouder of its present Plays gone by Image credit:EA Nostalgia, when you think about it, is bollocks. There has never been a better time than right this second – averaged out, and despite repeated attempts to the contrary, humanity has never been healthier, freer, or more enlightened by knowledge. It’s true of games too. For every by-committee platter of passionless map markers, there are thousands of more personal, more creative, more interesting works, all adding to the decades’ worth of great stuff we can still play today....

Arc Raiders’ devs would you like you to slam its servers with one last, open to all tech test next month Something, something, Raiders of the Lost Ark joke Image credit:Embark Studios With Marathon having received an indefinite delay back in June , that just leaves one game to test whether extraction shooters can make it mainstream: Arc Raiders . While this one has been cooking for a while now, it actually has a release date , October 30th....

Arc Raiders’ first roadmap promises lots of goodies like a new map, quests and more before the end of the year Quick work Image credit:Embark Studios Sure looks like Arc Raiders is off to an alright start, ’ey? Success doesn’t mean there’s any rest for the wicked, i.e. a live service game, however. Just yesterday, only a day after launching, developer Embark Studios revealed their Arc Raiders roadmap for the rest of 2025....

Ark: Survival Ascended to get mod tools that let you create “entire custom Unreal Engine games”, devs boast Out end of this month Image credit:Studio Wildcard/Snail Games USA Do you like trapping innocent, extinct animals in diabolical, broken worlds of your own devising, miring them in a purgatory of genre comparisions from which they may never escape? Because Ark: Survival Ascended developers Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games are promising/threatening to “put the power of unbridled game creation directly in your hands” with the game’s next major dev kit update, which will release by the end of January....

Asbury Pines is a murder mystery of dizzying scale that has you joining the dots from the Stone Age to Armageddon What is the ocean but a multitude of drop-down menus Image credit:Chaystar Unlimited LLC I was unaware of incremental mystery management sim Asbury Pines till kindly Mr_B mentioned it in this week’s Maw round-up . It launches into early access today, and has a pretty lung-emptying setup. You’re trying to solve a murder in a hitherto sleepy small American town....

At long last, a cosy game that lets you fulfil your dreams of running an electronics repair shop in turn-of-the millennium Tokyo Insert nostalgia as required Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Tinybuild / Mandragora As someone staring down the barrel of untangling a box of Christmas lights, I won’t lie, a not tiny part of me wants to throw them in the bin and replace the whole lot with a fresh set from the shop....

Atomfall plays like a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with Scouse accents Bleak district Image credit:Rebellion We’ve apparently never written about Atomfall , an oversight I’m now all too happy to correct, having played a promising forty minutes or so at Gamescom 2024. In development at Sniper Elite makers Rebellion, it’s a “survival-action game inspired by real-life events” – specifically the Windscale fire , which in 1957 coated much of northern England in radioactive fallout....

Baldur’s Gate 3 patch 7 will add dynamic splitscreen, new evil endings, Dark Urge fixes and lots more kissing Snoggoblin, morelike Image credit:Larian The word “kiss” occurs 10 times in the latest blog post for the seventh major Baldur’s Gate 3 patch, while the word “bug” occurs 14 times. I think this ratio captures how BG3 updates at large walk the line between dealing with stuff like progression blockers, and sating the inexhaustible horniness of the fanbase....