Roots Devour’s demo harbours the seeds of a brilliant horror card RPG Make like a tree, and bleed Image credit:GCORES PUBLISHING I had trouble sleeping last night, due to a combination of press trip excitement, chugging too many complimentary coffees, and my hotel room being opposite a strange, insistently symmetrical building that reared over my dreams like Sauron’s penthouse. So to settle my nerves, I got up and played a game about being a horrible tree....

Saber won’t say whether their CEO wrote this highly baity comment about games “imposing morals on gamers” Grimdaft, amirite Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment In it, the poster thanks youtuber Asmongold for the video and characterises Space Marine 2 together with the recent Black Myth: Wukong as a “reversion” to an “old school” era, when “games were simply about fun and immersion”. He also mentions games he allegedly encountered during his time at noted layoff manufacturer Embracer “that made me want to cry with their overblown attempts at messaging or imposing morals on gamers”....

Sand surfing game Sword Of The Sea rides glittering dunes toward a summer release date If only there were some metaphor for time passing here Image credit:Giant Squid In Sword Of The Sea you ride a magical blade across shifting dunes of golden sand. It looks like a combination of the jetbike desert-crossing of Sable and the meditative hiking of Journey . Which makes sense when you learn the art director from the latter game is leading the team....

Sandfall have no plans for more Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just yet, but “chances are good” anyway “We’re honestly still just trying to process everything that’s happening.” Image credit:Kepler Interactive It seems like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is doing quite alright for itself, ’ey? The J’RPG was awarded Rock Paper Shotgun’s coveted Bestest Bests badge by our own Nic in his review , and by all accounts it’s been received well by most everyone else too....

Scare off legally distinct Victorian Ghostbusters with your legion of spirits in Ghost Keeper, out in early access now Busting does NOT make me feel good Image credit:Quest Craft I like playing a game where I get to defend myself from/ take down the likes of ghouls, ghosts, demons and other such and much paranormal, supernatural beasties, but how about a game where you’re the one doing the haunting? Ghost Keeper!...

Scarface PC re-release “unintentionally pushed live” early on Epic with Steam to follow, but I may smell a rat UPDATE: EC Digital say they’re working to temporarily hide Steam listing amid “urgent discussions” about the project Image credit:Radical Entertainment / EC Digital Entertainment Update: In a follow-up Steam post , EC Digital have revealed they’re working with Valve to have their Scarface re-release’s Steam page hidden in the short term, amid “urgent discussions with multiple parties concerning the project’s status”....

Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Please put grappling hooks in more Soulslikes (and all other games) I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:Sprinkle Games Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by the feature every single video game on this green Earth should have (a grappling hook), along with waterparks, a plant knight, a chunky shotgun, a kitbashed hovercarrier, and heaps more....

Shadows Of Doubt’s sharpshooter assassins keep missing and leaving huge piles of wasted ammo everywhere ColePowered Games “currently seeking a fix for these less than accurate shooters” Image credit:Fireshine Games A recent update for procgen whodunnit sim Shadows of Doubt added “Sharpshooter Assassins” with high-powered rifles to the game’s glowering alternate-1980s cities, with players having to work out the killer’s vantage point by deducing a bullet’s trajectory, before proceeding to a secondary crime scene to search for a murder weapon and witnesses....

Should you kill the Shah or Roosevelt in Stalker 2? Here are all the outcomes to your choices in the “King Of The Hill” main quest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/GSC Game World Wondering whether to kill the Shah or Roosevelt in Stalker 2’s “King Of The Hill” quest? This main quest takes place early on in the story, within Garbage - the second major region of the Zone which you explore as Skif....

Some Goodbyes We Made is a collection of sorrowfully sweet games about saying goodbye Skip to the end Image credit:Safe Flight Games / Joey Schutz As the end of the UK workday approaches, and the last few grains of sand trickle through the neck of the huge, obsidian hourglass our overlord Graham keeps on his desk, let me bid you goodbye by writing up Some Goodbyes We Made . Created by Safe Flight Games, it’s an hour-long collection of 11 minigames which include pint-sized visual novels, platformers and free-standing character creators, all contained within a charming faux-desktop interface....

Sons Of The Forest Rebreather: How to get the Rebreather Learn how to get the Rebreather oxygen mask in Sons Of The Forest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games Looking for the Rebreather in Sons Of The Forest? Sons Of The Forest has a huge map to explore, but you can’t see all of it without the Rebreather. The Rebreather allows you to dive underwater and explore without drowning, and it’s key to finding some of the more important items, such as the Shovel ....

Sorry We’re Closed review: old school survival horror with plenty of heart Love hurts Image credit:Akupara Games Developer: à la mode games Publisher: Akupara Games Release: November 14th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: TBC Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, Nvidia RTX 3080, 16GB RAM, Windows 11 Sorry We’re Closed is a retro survival horror -inspired game about escaping the clutches of an excessively horny demon who desperately wants your heart....

Spending on third-party games via the Epic Games Store fell 13% in 2023 Epic will work on player experience in 2024 Image credit:Epic Games Epic have outlined their 2024 plans for the Epic Games Store, which includes a new download manager, a proper offline mode, pre-loading of games, and a focus on game discovery in general. These plans were outlined in the store’s 2023 year-in-review, which paints a mixed picture of Epic’s storefront’s growth over the past 12 months....

Stylish sniper puzzler Children Of The Sun just got a horde mode update and a hefty Steam discount More sun for your money Image credit:Devolver Digital I just played the neon bathroom graffiti on magic mushrooms stylings of puzzle game Children Of The Sun for the first time last night, and it is very much my thing. It’s glowy! It’s violent! It’s thinky! You can be a bullet, and then you can be another bullet !...

Tachyon Dreams Anthology review: ’80s-inspired space questing that channels Sierra’s heyday Almost like the adventures of Roger Wilco, but not quite Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Cosmic Void Developer: Cosmic Void Publisher: Cosmic Void Release: July 23 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: TBA Reviewed on: Intel Core-i9-10850K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 11 In the heyday of Sierra’s adventure game years, there was a series called Space Quest that featured an intergalactic janitor named Roger Wilco....

Tales Of Kenzera: Zau review: a beautifully designed yet imprecise platforming adventure It’s not time to make a change Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/EA Developer: Surgent Studios Publisher: EA Release: April 23rd On: Windows 10 From: Steam , Epic Games Store Price: £16/€18/$18 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-11340F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11 Until I played Tales Of Kenzera: Zau I figured people had run out of ways to make original platformers , but an Afrofuturist story-in-a-story framing for a mythological platformer about healthy ways to deal with grief sure did teach me to not underestimate human creativity....

Team Fortress 2 remake in Source 2 engine fully cancelled after Valve issues a takedown Team behind project had already put development on hold due to code problems Image credit:Amper Software/Valve A fan-made remake of Team Fortress 2 in the Source 2 engine has been cancelled after the ambitious project, three years in the making, ran into a double-whammy of recent development issues and a legal takedown from Valve. Team Fortress: Source 2 has been in the works since at least 2021, aiming to port the venerable multiplayer shooter over to the updated graphics engine used in the likes of Counter-Strike 2 , Dota 2 and Half-Life: Alyx ....

The 25 best FPS games on PC The worthiest reticules of all time FPS games are a classic PC gaming staple, and whether you’ve been playing them since the 90s or started your journey more recently with the boom in battle royales , there are plenty to choose from when it comes to the all-time greats. To help you narrow down what to play next, we’ve created this list of the best FPS games to play right now, from single-player epics to team-based shooters you can play with mates....

The anti-heroes of Grand Theft Auto 6 look sexy and dull Being hot is not a personality Image credit:Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 came out yesterday. The open world crime ’em up looks as flashy and expensive as you might expect from a Rockstar game, and we now know more about the game’s story, particularly the two sexy reprobates you’ll be playing as in the streets of Vice City and the swampy countryside beyond....

The best faces in Content Warning and how to change them Here are the best faces in Content Warning and how to change them Image credit:Landfall Publishing Looking for different Content Warning faces? In Content Warning you can change the face of your character to add some variation to your team as you document spooky occurrences and wrack up views on SpöökTube. You have the choice of various colours and any combination of three letters and symbols on your keyboard....