Apex Legends Season 25 introduces Sparrow, who will definitely kill you This is bullshit, or brilliant, depending on whether I’m playing as him Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/EA Back in the decidedly less macabre context of a week ago, I played a few matches of Apex Legends ’ Season 25, which centres around new legend Sparrow. His debut is scheduled for May 6th, barely enough time for EA’s ink to dry on their mass laying-off of the people that made him (fifth most played game on Steam, y’know, maybe tells you something )....

As Rockstar accuse fired staff of leaking secrets, unions launch street protests against publisher Take-Two Reporting from a gathering at the company HQ in London <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_JAX29Z3.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=“Two hand-made cardboard signs, one reading “Rockstar my ass” and the other “Wage Theft Auto”, held by people with their heads out of shot. - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Last week, GTA 6 developers Rockstar Games suddenly fired around 30 UK-based workers on a charge of “gross misconduct”....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows outlines its stealth systems - which luckily includes the ability to hide in shadows Also the return of double assassinations Image credit:Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Shadows is making changes to how it handles stealth, versus other games in the long-running series. Gone is the companion eagle who can spot enemies for you, for a start; instead, players can hide in the - hey - shadows, lie on their tummies for the first time, and make use of a “shinobi and assassin arsenal” of smoke bombs and bells....

Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest patch improves smooching, idle animations, and a bazillion other things Everyone’s elevated their tonsil tennis game Image credit:Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 ’s latest update has, as per most of their updates, a colossal number of improvements. Notably, there are new animations for folks who hunker down in your camp and a speedier way to dismiss unwanted companions. But most importantly of all, the smooching has been improved tenfold for fans of romance, or voyeurs who relish virtual characters trading saliva....

Best Minecraft mods (February 2026) New mobs, minimaps, performance upgrades, and more await you with our list of the best Minecraft mods Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios Looking for the best Minecraft mods? If you’re looking for the most powerful way to change your experience of Minecraft from one game to the next, mods are the answer. Minecraft’s modding community has been absolutely churning out mods for over a decade now, and we’ve got some incredible tools and game-changing overhauls to share with you today....

Best Minecraft skins (2025): 75 cool Minecraft skins for your latest adventure Dress to impress with the best free Minecraft skins Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios Looking for the very best Minecraft skins? Minecraft has been out for over a decade, and there are nearly as many skins nowadays as there are Minecraft players. It’s relatively straightforward to create your own Minecraft skin from scratch using online skin creator tools - but for those of you who don’t want to spend time doing that, you’ve come to the right place....

Best Pals for Cooling in Palworld Here are our picks for the best Cooling Pals in Palworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Want to know which Pals in Palworld are best at Cooling? As your base levels up in Palworld , you’ll quickly find that you need certain Pals for a variety of tasks. One of these is Cooling, which is necessary for building base structures like the Cooler Box, which keeps perishable items like food from spoiling....

Best race in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered The best races for melee, magic, and stealth builds in Oblivion Remastered Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Wondering what the best race is in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered? As one might expect from a game originally from 2006, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion features some old school character creation bioessentialism, with the different races on display offering up different strengths and weaknesses....

CD Projekt’s mysterious Project Hadar is now their research focus, as Cyberpunk 2 and Witcher 4 gather steam 800 people now working across new Cyberpunk and Witcher games, plus one enigmatic original Image credit:CD Projekt The headcounts of both The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 ’s dev teams continue to steadily climb, as the two RPGs inch closer to our fingertips. Meanwhile, CD Projekt have confirmed that their research division are still busy deciding what the mysterious original game codenamed Project Hadar will look like....

Clone-generating game The Alters may have used AI to generate some writing, despite the lack of a Steam disclosure Players pounce on telltale wording in lore docs Image credit:11 Bit Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun The Alters is a sci-fi management game in which you remix your character’s life history in a “Quantum Computer” to generate a workforce of deeply disturbed, borderline non-functional clones. In a twist so on-the-nose I can feel its fingers plucking at my olfactory bulb, developers 11 Bit Studios may have used generative AI to spawn or auto-translate parts of the in-game lore - despite the absence of a generative AI disclosure on Steam....

Connections hints and answers for Wed, September 25th Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #471. 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 25th September? You’re in the right place, and we’ve got all the clues you need to maintain your perfect Connections streak....

Cuban dark fantasy metroidvania Saviorless gets an April release date Explore and survive the Smiling Islands Image credit:Dear Villagers If you’re fond of the fairly specific blend of doomy theology, rich art direction and Soulslike-tinted metroidvaning encapsulated by Blasphemous , you might also enjoy Saviorless from Cuban team Empty Head Games and publisher Dear Villagers, which now has a PC release date of 2nd April. Saviorless grabs me for a couple of reasons....

Cult of the Lamb’s Sins of the Flesh - aka the sex update - has come You can also get stuck in a massive poop Image credit:Massive Monster The meme that willed itself into existence , Cult of the Lamb ’s ‘sex update’, is upon us. The roguelite cultist sim’s Sins of the Flesh update is live now, bringing a whole bunch of new items, systems and other additions, as well as its promised woo-hooing....

Cyber Monday slices up to 38% off the HyperX Pulsefire Haste, a lovely lightweight wireless mouse Just £42 / $50 for one of the featheriest cordless mice in the business Image credit:HyperX If you want your next gaming mouse to be the sort of thing that feels like it might float off your desk and into the empty blue sky, disappearing forever, then have a look at this here Cyber Monday deal on the HyperX Pulsefire Haste....

Diablo 4 Penetrating Shot Rogue build and best skills Learn how to make the best Penetrating Shot Rogue build in Diablo 4 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Blizzard Entertainment Want the best Diablo 4 Penetrating Shot Rogue build? Diablo 4 has many ranged builds, but the Penetrating Shot Rogue is especially powerful thanks to its ability to churn out Critical Strikes at a high rate. With the launch of Season 1 , this build has become even stronger thanks to the addition of Malignant Hearts, a new item type that grant strong powers, many of which synergise with Penetrating Shot....

Disco Elysium expansion reportedly cancelled, with a quarter of staff at risk of redundancy Third project canned in three years, sources say Image credit:ZA/UM A standalone expansion for Disco Elysium , codenamed X7, has reportedly been cancelled and a quarter of developers at developers ZA/UM are at risk of redundancy. Around 24 employees are said to be affected, according to “sources close to the matter” who spoke to Sports Illustrated’s video games site ....

Disposition is an escape room game that tests whether you’ve got the memory recall of a goldfish I do <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/disposition-header.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=“An old school PC says “Place the object in the correct spot” in green text, as a white arrow points to a nearby desk. - 1”> Image credit:Astro Hound I reckon I’ve got quite a strong long term memory. For instance, I can recall that time I read Stoner on a backpacking trip through Italy and realising that I particularly like sad books....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Halls of the First Dawn quest walkthrough Evacuating cities and killing Purgener Dragons awaits in Halls of the First Dawn Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest Halls of the First Dawn in Dragon’s Dogma 2? Welcome to the longest quest of the Unmoored World in Dragon’s Dogma 2 . Halls of the First Dawn is actually more of a branching path connecting several sidequests, and along the way you’ll have plenty of chances to battle the deadly Purgener Dragons that lurk in the skies at the top of each eerie red beacon....

Dune: Awakening may eventually take players beyond Arrakis to other planets “I would love to make a scene on Giedi Prime,” says Funcom exec producer Image credit:Funcom A couple of decades ago there was a period when all videogames and especially all Unreal Engine videogames had to be brown and grey and dingy. “The Gears of Warrification of graphics,” we used to call it, huddled up in the chest-high trenches with our Xbox 360 controllers....

Elden Ring Lake of Rot walkthrough How to reach the Lake of Rot and survive the Scarlet Rot buildup Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Trying to make your way through the Lake Of Rot in Elden Ring? The Lake of Rot is notoriously difficult to find, and thanks to its Scarlet Rot status effect, even harder to traverse. As long as you know which coffins to rest in and what obelisk buttons to press, you’ll clear this treacherous lake in no time....