The next grand strategy game from Paradox is Europa Universalis 5 Five guys, burghers and fries Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Paradox Interactive Paradox have announced grand strategy game Europa Universalis 5 , following some teasers last week. It’s the next big entry in the series of complex globe-spanning historical simulations, and having played a little as the hapless ruler of Korea in the 14th century, I can confirm that it is so far as chunky, complicated, and deep as usual....

The NYT Crossword answers for Friday, October 3rd 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Friday, 3rd October? Then you have come to the right place! The NYT Crossword is no easy feat, and we know firsthand how tough it can be without any assistance....

The NYT Crossword answers for Thursday, October 9th 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Thursday, 9th October? You’re not alone! The NYT Crossword is notoriously difficult. If you’re stuck on a few of the harder riddles and don’t want to lose your perfect streak or simply give up after all your hard work, we have you covered....

The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, September 1st 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini for today 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, 1st September? It’s a brand-new week and what better way to kick it off than with the NYT Mini Crossword?...

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 24th The final door! Spit when you’re done 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. Here we are, the final voyage of 2024. This is the last advent calendar entry of PC gaming website Rock Paper Shotgun....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for remembering how to write on paper. I used to fill A4 notepads with scribbles as an undergrad but the habit has gradually fallen away, as I’ve sunk into the endlessly editable quagmire of online journalism. I’ve got a nice thick biro with Blue Prince press event branding, and a fresh moleskin notepad I got from a magazine subscription....

The survival game based on Terminator enters early access in October 2024 It absolutely will not stop Almost two years after announcing a survival game based on the Terminator movies, Nacon today revealed the game is named Terminator: Survivors and will enter early access in October. It’s set in 2009 after the end of the world, and will see us scavenging to get by as a fledging resistance begins to form....

The Witcher 3 now has online multiplayer thanks to a mod, allowing gaggles and gangs of Geralts to gather Masses and mobs of moody monster hunters move and mingle amid the medieval marshes and metropolises Image credit:CD Projekt / Rejuvenate7 As much as single-player solitude’s a big reason why I love getting lost in The Witcher 3 , running around its world with a small crew of mates also seems like it’d be a nice time....

Kingston’s NV2 bucks the trend of recent SSD price increases. Get the Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD for £50 (was £64) The Kingston NV2 is the company’s budget PCIe 4.0 SSD of choice, with a range of potential sub-components that combine to produce up to 3500MB/s reads and 2800MB/s writes while using less power than PCIe 3.0 drives, thanks to fewer PCIe lanes being needed for the drive to achieve its speed goals....

This Red Dead Redemption 2 mod turns the western into Cowboytamari Damacy, but you’ll likely never be able to try it High noon’s a good time for rolling Image credit:Rockstar Games Ah, hello, Prince Arthur. This is King Dutch. Long time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling. The katamari. The gunslinger suffering from tuberculosis. Where the first rolls the second follows. Roll, roll, roll....

Ubisoft want to trim down The Division developers and are pivoting Trials creators Redlynx to mobile Voluntary redundancy programs and negotiated reduction proposals unveiled Image credit:Ubisoft Two Ubisoft studios have announced plans to cut back staff, though one of them is trying to encourage people to lay themselves off in the form of “a voluntary career transition program”. The studios in question are Ubisoft Massive - creators of Tom Clancy’s The Division, Star Wars Outlaws , and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - and Ubisoft Redlynx, creators of the multiplayer gadabout Trials biking games....

Stop, stop, my body can only accommodate so much dread <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_gedIHXL.png?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=“The words “Penguin Colony” written in vaporous glowing capital letters on a black background, in homage to horror movie The Thing. - 1”> Image credit:Origame Digital / Rock Paper Shotgun There was really only one way to enhance the prospect of an Antarctic open world game with a choice of playable penguins that’s actually a fractious retelling of Lovecraft’s Mountains of Madness, created by the developers of Umurangi Generation....

Unionised EA workers slam billion dollar buyout for risking layoffs to “pad investor pockets”, while senators worry about Saudi Arabia rewriting US history Choose the form of the Destructor Image credit:EA Unionised EA workers and senators have spoken out against the Battlefield 6 publisher’s recently announced acquisition by US and Saudi-backed investors , which (assuming it’s approved by regulators) will leave the resulting privately-owned EA with a $20 billion debt. The two sets of complainants appear equally cheesed-off, but for mostly different reasons....

Unleash blunt force castration on execs when Stick It to the Stickman finally launches in early access this month Also, the new demo Anger Foot’s devs have released for it is very fun Image credit:Free Lives A stickfellow in a top hat’s just burst through a twentieth story window, taking a fatal tumble down the corporate ladder, and all because I lobbed a parcel at him. This kind of thing happens all the time in Stick It to the Stickman, the roguelite beat ’em up that Anger Foot devs Free Lives are set to release in early access form later this month....

Vaults are open, flames are thrown and ghouls are sick, as Doom mod Fallout: Bakersfield shows off more shootering Also, the recent trailer’s 90s visuals have been delivered in 4K Image credit:Alexander ‘Red888guns’ Berezin We’re back again, gang. Bang bang. The Doom modder behind Fallout: Bakersfield, which recreates the city of Necropolis from the original Fallout as the backdrop to irradiated boomer shooting, has followed up their first trailer in ages with some more footage of the mod in action....

Vote now for this year’s RPS 100: Reader Edition Your chance to get the list right Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun For the past five years, the team at RPS have got together to pick what we consider to be the best 100 games you can play on PC. There’s very little science involved, and we try not to get too hung up on what games should make the cut. From year to year, our rankings and choices vary wildly as the formation and tastes of the team changes....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, n.d. [1873-1877] The highlight of this week’s produce at RPS was very definitely this excellent and important feature from Edwin and Nic. Go read it if you haven’t already; then you’re allowed to let us all know what your gaming plans are over the next couple days. Here’s what we’re all clicking on this weekend!...

What is Tidal Guidance in Infinity Nikki? Get the best Outfit from the permanent Resonance banner using Tidal Guidance Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Papergames Wondering what Infinity Nikki Tidal Guidance means? As part of the Resonance gacha system, you can set course towards your favourite 5-star Outfit on the permanent banner, ‘Distant Sea’, through a system called Tidal Guidance. It may sound complicated, but this guide will show you how it works....

Why the hell not? Let’s slide all Doom: The Dark Ages’ difficulty options to max Hurt me plenty but not like that Image credit:Bethesda I recently got three hours of hands-on time with Doom: The Dark Ages , which included a ride on dragonback and a fist fight with a massive mech. But one other sequence saw me wrecking demon lads in one of the more expansive, explorey levels this newest FPS is promising....

Wordle hints and answer (#1087): How to solve the Monday June 10 Wordle Stuck on the Wordle word for June 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is an addicting but challenging test of word acumen....