Elden Ring Nightreign DLC: How to unlock Scholar and Undertaker How to start the DLC with two new Nightfarers Image credit:Bandai Namco Want to unlock Scholar and Undertaker in Elden Ring Nightreign’s DLC? The two new characters in Elden Ring : Neightreign’s The Forsaken Hollows DLC are true opposites, but both are wonderfully adept on the battlefield and will be worthy additions to your roster of Nightfarers. Scholar is a support hero with a wicked eye when it comes to studying creatures and discerning their weaknesses....

Elden Ring: How to get to Mountaintops Of The Giants Here’s how to reach the Mountaintops beyond Leyndell Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Trying to reach the Mountaintops Of The Giants in Elden Ring? The colossal Mountaintops Of The Giants are found at the far north of The Lands Between in Elden Ring , and they can only be accessed via Leyndell , the Capital and home of the Erdtree. The Mountaintops are a required region in Elden Ring, because you need the Giants’ Flame at the top of the Mountaintops to progress the story....

Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion’s level scaling was a “mistake”, says designer, so why is it in the remaster? “That’s proven out by the fact it did not happen the same way in Skyrim.” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Softworks I never played enough of the original Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to be seriously annoyed by its infamous level scaling system, but I gather from the anguished recollections of colleagues that it was like having a fistfight with a mirror....

Even after Fortnite, there’s still something essential about the MMOFPS Take a walk on the Planetside If you’re in need of some quiet time - and I certainly am, because the people upstairs are having their kitchen refitted, and the resulting powerdrill noise is literally shaking things off my desk - I recommend a stroll across the plains of Planetside 2 . This might seem odd advice, given that PlanetSide 2 is a shooter in which hundreds or even thousands of players fight each other simultaneously, but the thing about planet-sized wars is that they require plenty of legroom, and the thing about crowds is that you can lose yourself within them....

Fallout season 3 will start filming next summer if all goes to plan, as its showrunners want to keep their big iron in the fire With season two about to debut, the plan’s for the show to be back with more as soon as possible Image credit:Prime Video / Bethesda So said executive producer Jonathan Nolan in a recent chat with the Ian Games Network . “With regards to production, we’re hoping to be shooting again next summer,” the producer outlined....

Fangtopia is a scarily delightful puzzle city-builder that I could probably sink my fangs into for a few hours It certainly won’t send shivers down your spine Image credit:Absolutely Games A bit of creepy crawly, low-key city building? Ah, go on then. October and Halloween might be behind us, but Fangtopia is a puzzle game stroke city builder that still feels appropriate for late autumn. Having had a go with its demo, it’s deceptively simple, in fact it felt so simple I wasn’t entirely sure if I was doing anything at all....

Final Fantasy 14’s new cyberpunk city has me hoping Dawntrail will shower more love on the series’ best entry No, it’s not FF7 Image credit:Square Enix Among the slew of reveals for Final Fantasy XIV during Fan Fest Tokyo last weekend was a new town players will visit during upcoming expansion Dawntrail . While a new corner of Eorzea to explore is exciting by itself, the cyberpunk city has added to my hope that the MMO is set to shower a bit more love on the best Final Fantasy game ....

Following their hat and pricing controversies, Splitgate 2 studio 1047 Games have laid off an unspecified number of devs This comes after a mixed launch Image credit:1047 Games Unfortunately, it’s that time of the month again. Yesterday, Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games shared a post on LinkedIn announcing that layoffs had taken place at the company. It was described as a “small group of valued 1047 Games team members,” but as is par for the course for games industry layoffs, there was no mention of how many have been laid off - though of course the usual spiel about “redirecting resources” to make the game better....

Fortnite’s Myths & Mortals season lets you wield godlike powers and bullet-bend as avatar Korra later today Chapter 5 Season 2 launch pushed back several hours after an “unexpected issue” Image credit:Epic Games After cracking open its virtual Pandora’s Box using the magical key of “shooting it with a lot of bullets”, Fortnite ’s mythical next season is due to roll out later today. Chapter 5 Season 2 - or Myths & Mortals, if you prefer - will bring a pantheon of god powers, locations from Greek mythology and, uh, Korra from the Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel, who has a gun now I guess....

FPS Abyssus is allowed to call itself ‘brinepunk’ but you all need to stop this nonsense immediately afterward I’m serious Image credit:DoubleMoose Anyone who is not trying to sell your something will tell you that ‘punk’ is a mostly meaningless term, mainly popularised by Malcolm McLaren and Vivian Westwood so they could sell bondage gear to teenagers. It is, of course, very punk of me to recognise this. However, this hasn’t stopped every other videogame released in the last 74 years trying to coin their own punk subgenre....

Freshly spilled Blood Of Dawnwalker footage reveals an action-RPG where Witcher dialogue meets wall-walking Rebel Wolves certainly aren’t rebelling against precedents Image credit:Bandai Namco How do you Monday, babe? By getting a good night’s sleep, rising with the sparrows, eating a wholesome meal, and settling down at your desk with an airy mind and a glad heart? Or do you fester aimlessly till 5 in the morning then immediately watch 30 minutes of neck-sucking, dismemberment and plague because it speaks to your sorely disquieted soul?...

Frog breeding management sim Mudborne gets a release date this March on World Frog Day Ribbet me this Image credit:TNgineers I generally avoid using the word ‘darling’ as an adjective because it makes you sound like an bourgeois playwright two bottles of sherry deep into a nervous breakdown. Lord Of The Rings tainted the word ‘precious’ forever, and the term ‘wholesome’ has been Cronenberged to hideous effect. ‘Cute’ is too pat, I use ‘adorable’ too much, and you cannot make me say ‘Kawaii’ under any circumstances....

FromSoftware fanatics are making brand new RPGs with the Dark Souls dev’s 25-year-old game-making tools Lunacid - Tears Of The Moon keeps the King’s Field spirit alive Image credit:KIRA LLC Fans of damp tunnels and chatty skeletons may have enjoyed Lunacid , a first-person dungeon crawler which left early access in October 2023. Sin called it “lo-fi first-person dungeon skulking done right” and suggested that it “could well earn a place in some best of the year lists”....

Goblin Stone is an XCOM-like with card combat, colony building and goblin breeding Teach those elves who’s boss Image credit:Orc Chop Games Goblin Stone released almost a month ago, but we haven’t written about it yet, and it feels like you should know about it. It’s a turn-based RPG, it’s a roguelike with permadeath, it’s got XCOM-style base-building, its got card-based combat; it is extremely your sort of thing, if you’re the exact statistical average of Rock Paper Shotgun readers....

Grounded 2 briefcase code combination solution How to crack the code Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Want to know the briefcase code combination in Grounded 2? This optional puzzle is found as you climb the Picnic Table, with it waiting for you on the left before climbing through the cooler. Solving the briefcase code has you source not one - but two - numbers, which are hidden somewhere in the park....

Grounded 2: All 50 Milk Molar locations Grab all 50 Milk Molars to permanently boost your stats Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Looking for all Milk Molar locations in Grounded 2? Sourcing these collectables will give you a series of permanent stat boosts - from increasing max health and stamina, to slowing your rate of thirst and hunger - making survival in the park much easier. As well as standard Milk Molars, there’s also Mega Milk Molars, which offer slightly different bonuses (such as increasing the stacks of various item types you can hold) with the added benefit of their effects spreading to your entire party....

Grow A Garden: How to get Sugar Apple How to buy Sugar Apple Seeds - or steal them! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Roblox Corporation Wondering how to get Sugar Apple in Grow A Garden? Grow A Garden, the super popular idle gardening game experience on Roblox, features a wide variety of crops that you can grow on digital plots of land. Sugar Apples were added to Grow A Garden via the Working Bees and Crafting Update on June 14, 2025, and are the latest super rare crop in the game....

Guess a daily word with only clues as to its position in the alphabet to guide you Another Wordlelike Image credit:RPS / Alphaguess I’m on a one-man mission to destroy your productivity. Yesterday I offered you Scrambled Maps , which is good for fifteen minutes of not working. Today I offer Alphaguess , a once-a-day browser puzzle game in which you must guess a word. With every incorrect guess you make, the game tells you whether the correct answer comes before or after it alphabetically....

Halo’s future as an Unreal Engine game looks both handsome and boring, going by these “Project Foundry” videos 343 retitle themselves Halo Studios in bid to upset and confuse me specifically Image credit:Microsoft Halo creators 343 Industries are having a bit of a glow-up. They’re now calling themselves Halo Studios, a piece of rhetorical doubling-down that reminds me of those dril tweets about “James Bond, author of James Bond”. They’ve also abandoned the proprietary Slipspace game engine used by Halo Infinite in favour of Epic’s Unreal Engine 5, which will be the basis for “multiple new games”....

Hello, Pacific Drive DLC, Boltgun 2 trailer, Denshattack release window and Solasta II early access update Nice to meet you all Image credit:Kepler Interactive Right, so, I’ve thus far failed to grow a second pair of hands, despite Edwin suggesting me and Oisin try. Sorry, mate. As a result, here’s a quick run around the houses of interesting stuff we’ve not covered from yesterday’s Galaxies showcase that I think’s worth nattering about....