Please fill my eyes with the psychedelic insects of new shmup Nidus Control two characters at once, or join a pal in co-op Image credit:Caleb Wood New arcade shoot ’em up Nidus first caught my eye with its psychedelic bug blast on Screenshot Saturday Monday . Three months later, it has now launched, and for a mere £6 we can all fill our eyes with so many colourful insects. You’d have to pay at least £57 for that sort of fun down the pet shop....

Please make the USA the villain in the next Call of Duty or Battlefield game Stars and killstreaks Image credit:EA I’m not the first journalist to accuse Battlefield 6 of failing to read the room. The new Battlefield’s single player story explores a near-future in which NATO has collapsed, a dastardly private military corporation has filled the power vacuum, and the USA’s somehow-outgunned military must fight to reunite old allies under the Stars and Stripes....

Rat King has eaten my lunch, and now it’s going to eat yours Double your broughlike Image credit:torcado / Rock Paper Shotgun Bad news everybody, I think I have discovered the game that is going to stop you doing anything else today. Witness the verminous splendour of turn-based puzzler Rat King, in which you simultaneously control two rodents who are exploring two different dungeons in splitscreen. I know, I know – to lose one rat in a dungeon may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness....

Resident Evil Revelations update reportedly adds DRM to decade-old game, breaks it, then removes DRM - for now Capcom are apparently making good on their vow to crack down on mods Image credit:Capcom 11-year-old game Resident Evil Revelations recently released an update that apparently introduced DRM, only to swiftly roll back the patch after complaints from players that it reportedly caused performance issues. Capcom aren’t giving up that easily on their vow to crack down on mods, though....

Routine review Moon with a view Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Raw Fury Developer: Lunar Software Publisher: Raw Fury Release: December 4th, 2025 On: Windows From: Steam , Game Pass Price: TBC Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7 12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11 ‘If you want to torture somebody, first show them your tools’ is one of the better horror game design lessons taught by Amnesia: The Dark Descent ....

RPS Verdict: Avowed Awowed? Image credit:Obsidian Nic: James did you work out how to freeze things yet? James: I’ll explain this quickly so Nic can get on to complaining about Avowed having the wrong kinds of boxes. But yes, I did get stuck on an early main quest that required me to use ice magic to create frozen platforms for crossing water, an otherwise neat little systems thingy that had not been communicated or hinted at before that point, but was communicated and hinted at during the following main quest....

Save $900 on this RTX 5090 prebuilt PC, with big savings on an RTX 5080 version too Labor Day deals are here at iBuyPower. Image credit:iBuyPower Look, I’m in the UK, so I’m not entirely sure what Labor Day is all about. I do know it’s on September 1 (cheers, Google) but the key thing to know is that PC gamers can save a bunch of money through deals like those offered by iBuyPower already....

Silksong release date confirmed for 2025 in drive-by Switch 2 video Nintendoes what Team Cherry don’t Image credit:Team Cherry Hollow Knight: Silksong will release in 2025, according to a showcase reel for Nintendo’s upcoming Steam Decklike, the Switch 2. Imagine dropping release details for a game as hotly, wildly, despairingly anticipated as Silksong in an effing montage video. Because that is what Uncle Mario did. The game appears in the showcase for a handful of seconds, so there’s not much more to tell, but it’s nice to have something tangible after years of Team Cherry teaser campaigns and fan conspiracies about cake ....

Smarter than the Steam Frame: inside the VR mod that’s brought virtual reality to hundreds of games Laying eyes and lenses on UEVR Image credit:Gearbox Software Valve’s recently announced Steam Frame is promising a unique twist on VR headsets . On top of being a Quest 3 -style standalone headset that can both stream games from a powerful PC and run less demanding games on its own internals, the latter won’t be limited to VR titles – by using SteamOS as its operating system, the Frame can locally run any Steam game in your library, provided it can perform on the hardware....

Solo Hunters powers tier list Want to know which powers are the best in Solo Hunters? Our tier list has you covered Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Dungeon RPGs Online Want to know which powers reign supreme in Solo Hunters? While exploring dungeons in this Roblox Solo Leveling RPG, you’ll want to rely on more than just a trusty sword to battle your way through the onslaught of fantasy foes. More specifically, you’ll want spells, mostly because they deal huge damage, but also because it’s very funny summoning giant tentacles from the ground to crush small, feeble goblins....

Spooky Metroidvania Animal Well gets May 9th release date It will have full Steam Deck support, too Image credit:Bigmode Solo developer Billy Basso’s enigmatic Metroidvania Animal Well has been dated for May 9th, publishers Bigmode announced yesterday. In it, you’ll explore a vast labyrinth of tunnels, solve puzzles and escape its many mammalian-based horrors, all of whom are out to gobble you up in one fell swoop - though as a strange, tiny little blob creature the size of a chicken nugget, it’s unclear both what you are, and why exactly you’re so appetising to them....

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Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicles will get a sequel to ‘carry on the legacy’ of late creator Yoshitaka Murayama passed away in February ahead of this month’s release for Hundred Heroes Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games Eiyuden Chronicles, the RPG series that’s effectively a sequel-slash-spiritual successor to nineties and early noughties JRPG classic Suikoden , will continue with a sequel despite the death of its creator earlier this year. Yoshitaka Murayama created Suikoden in the mid-1990s over at Konami before departing after 2002’s PlayStation 2-only Suikoden III....

The Best Katanas in Elden Ring and Shadow Of The Erdtree Here are the best katanas in Elden Ring and its DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Are you hoping to find the best Katanas in Elden Ring and Shadow Of The Erdtree? Both Elden Ring and its DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree , feature a wide variety of weapons for players to experiment with. The Katanas in particular offer a little something different for various builds....

The Curious Expedition studio’s next game Mother Machine lets you co-op as emotional support chaos gremlins created by a lonely supercomputer Very serious voice: Please, elaborate on these Chaos Gremlins Image credit:Maschinen-Mensch As long-time readers will know, I’m a piteous mark for weird little game guys. I’m currently trying to puzzle out what the titular Mother Machine in The Curious Expedition studio Maschinen-Mensch’s upcoming co-op platformer refers to. But, if it’s a reference to forming a parental bond with what the game has saw-me-comingishly named “chaos gremlins”, I’m way ahead of you....

The dice are as deadly as the pixelart is lush in dungeon RPG The Fortress That’s the prettiest homicidal gaoler I ever did see Image credit:Baryonyx Games / Stratos Gaming Alas and alack for Lickity Split, knight hero of The Fortress, prisoner of a villainous Sorceror King. ‘Twas I who named him (I wanted a pun on “Lich” and I’m fairly sure we’ve done “Lich My Balls” several times before) and ‘twas I who led him to his death a whole six rooms away from his cell… and ‘twas I who then resurrected him as a wizard and got him killed again, a mere five minutes later....

The Exit 8 perfectly captures the surreal horror of navigating a busy tube station Keep a watchful eye Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kotake Create If you’ve ever been to Shinjuku station in Japan, you know what it’s like to be transported to a dizzying realm of limbs and tickets and signage with myriad squiggly lines that make about as much sense as rainbow spaghetti that’s been hurled at a white rectangle. You, quite literally, need to plunge yourself into an entire city within a city to get from one place to another....

The final RPS Christmas Cracker 2023 You made it! Image credit:RPS Promise you won’t tell the other children, but the RPS staff are actually complex magical spells cast by the Sugar Plum Fairy, as part of an age old pact with the ents of the forest where the RPS treehouse was built hundreds of years ago. Each year the Sugar Plum Fairy has to collect more wishes to power the spells every year (you can help to make the spells more powerful by joining the RPS supporter program )....

The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, August 25th 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini Crossword. Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Mini Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, September 15th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s Mini Crossword on Monday, 25th August? There are 10 tricky riddles for you to solve in today’s puzzle, and getting them all is no walk in the park....

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 22nd The Bug Sleep Image credit:RPS The RPS Advent Calender 2024 is underway! Each day reveals one of our favourite games from this year, leading up to our Game Of The Year on the 24th. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. It was a rainy day when she walked into my office, hard rain, like stray stones from a truck on the highway hitting your car bonnet....