220 Rockstar staff sign letter to management calling for “immediate reinstatement” of fired workers “It’s heartwarming to see so many of our colleagues supporting us and holding management to account” <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/IMG_9488.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=“A collection of protest signs, including an IWGB game workers banner and several reading “say sorry, be nice!”, from a worker protest outside Rockstar North - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Over 200 staff at GTA 6 developers Rockstar North have signed a letter to management calling for the “immediate reinstatement” of 31 workers fired recently by the company....

A Baldur’s Gate TV series is set to follow on from Baldur’s Gate 3, though Larian don’t look to be involved beyond a casual chat The Last Of Us show co-creator Craig Mazin is set to helm the new series Image credit:Larian Everything’s a show! Everything’s a show ! Everything’s a show! Everything’s a show! Did you know Baldur’s Gate is a show? Well, it will be soon. One that’ll carry on from the events of Baldur’s Gate 3 and star characters both old and new....

A weaseetlduclob fights a salamander gang and grows ever more horrifying in abomination evolver Strange Seed Body snatcher Image credit:Slug Disco / Rock Paper Shotgun With a final lick, the weasel expires. Its head is mine. I slink back to my nest and shove this new head onto my strangely thick duck neck. Then, I take off in a flutter and scutter of beetle wings and legs. I pass an Oscar the grouch-style bloke in a basket selling animal body parts for crystals....

All Riddler Barley answers in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Here are the answers to all of Riddler Barley’s riddles in KCD2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver Not sure about the answer to one of Riddler Barley’s riddles in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? As you travel about the world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 , you’ll come across random encounters; some fruitful, others rather dangerous. Riddler Barley is one of the former - a wandering traveller who poses a different riddle to you each time you see him....

All syndicate vault locations in Star Wars Outlaws Here is a list of syndicate vaults in Star Wars Outlaws and their rewards Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Looking for all syndicate vaults in Star Wars Outlaws? The power struggle between the four major syndicates in Star Wars Outlaws is a major theme of the game and an opportunity for profit too. Each major syndicate has a vault on planets where they have a strong presence....

Almost a year after ending its open beta, MultiVersus will return on May 28th Holy crossover, Batman! Image credit:Warner Bros The crossover throwdown of MultiVersus will return to officially launch on the 28th of May, Warner Bros. announced today. The return will come almost a year after they closed its open beta , which ran for a striking 11 months. The platform fighting game sees Batman, Bugs Bunny, Arya Stark, Steven Universe, and other characters from across different WB shows and movies coming together for a Smash Bros....

AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT wants to be the cheapest 16GB GPU on the market $349 for an RTX 5060 Ti-botherer Image credit:AMD AMD have rocked up to this year’s Computex tech conference with a handful of new Ryzen Threadripper CPUs (not interested) and confirmation of a long-rumoured graphics card , the Radeon RX 9060 XT (cautiously interested). It’s a true mid-ranger in the RTX 5060 Ti vein, and like its Nvidia rival, will launch with both 8GB and 16GB versions – the latter of which will cost $349, the lowest MSRP of any current-gen 16GB gaming GPU, upon its release in June....

Another Crab’s Treasure review: a playful Soulslike for everyone, especially if you like crabs This will more than tide you over Image credit:Aggro Crab Developer: Aggro Crab Publisher: Aggro Crab Release: April 25th 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , Game Pass Price: £24/€27/$27 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 11 Lots of Soulslikes have about as much joy, and the same colour palette, as a burning cowpat....

Arc Raiders: A Warm Place To Rest quest walkthrough Where to find the red markers in A Warm Place To Rest <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Arc-Raiders-A-Warm-Place-to-Rest-flag.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=“A screenshot from the game Arc Raiders, featuring a circle highlighting the red flags players must follow in the quest “A Warm Place to Rest.” - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Embark Studios Where are those pesky red flags in A Warm Place To Rest?...

Arknights Endfield: How to increase Power Output Here’s how to increase your max power for your factory Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Gryphline Running into Power Output problems in Arknights: Endfield? In one of the biggest innovations in the open-world gacha game genre in recent times, Arknights: Endfield tasks players with building and automating a gigantic factory which produces everything from weapons and gear to medicines and consumables, quest items, and more. You simply cannot progress properly without expanding your factories across the map, and using them to mass-produce important items and equipment....

Balatro’s 1.1 update won’t come out this year, so developer Localthunk can keep working at a healthy pace “The new timeline is going to be it’s done when it’s done” Image credit:Playstack Balatro ’s free 1.1 update won’t release in 2025 as originally planned, developer Localthunk has announced. There’s no new release date, but they say the update’ll arrive when they’ve been able to complete it, while continuing to work at a healthy pace....

Baldur’s Gate 3 custom campaign mod recreates the original Baldur’s Gate’s Candlekeep and prologue The tome-filled fortress is back, provided you don’t mind some misbehaving helmets Image credit:86r786 / Larian A new Baldur’s Gate 3 custom campaign mod has emerged onto the Nexus like Gale’s mitt through that portal, and it’s one you’ll likely want to check out if you fancy getting nostalgic for one of RPG ’s classic siblings. Return to Candlekeep, as you might have gleaned from the title, aims to recreate the prologue of the original Baldur’s Gate , by taking you to a certain library fortress....

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio will likely bring their next game to early access again, but admit it’s not for every dev It’ll be a work-in-progress for a while, if Larian’s past RPGs are anything to go by Image credit:Larian Studios It’s odd to think back on a time before Baldur’s Gate 3 - and even stranger to think that the sprawling Dungeons & Dragons RPG was actually kicking around for a long while before its 1....

Befriend zombies, 18th century literary satirists in RPG The Necromancer’s Tale All my friends are dead Image credit:Psychic Software I do not want to control five zombies and three skeletons and my party and also maybe a dog, is usually what stops me rolling necromancers in RPGs . Zombies: quite slow, famously, but in CRPG The Necromancer’s Tale the undead are your party. Seems no-one wants to travel with a guy whose shoes smell like embalming fluid these days....

Best armour in Black Myth Wukong From early game to endgame, these are the best armor sets in Black Myth Wukong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Looking for the best armor in Black Myth Wukong? It’s probably not the best idea to challenge the Celestial Court in your starting gear, but as soon as you’ve made some progress in Chapter 1, you can find a much better armor set to make the journey to the west a whole lot safer....

Bioshock successor Judas emerges from hiding as Ken Levine explains how you’ll choose the game’s final villain I can feel them judging my woeful hacking skills already Image credit:Ghost Story Games You know when you’re friends with three people, then one of them suddenly pulls a Robbie Rotten and morphs into a real villain who terrorises your existence? No? Just me then, and also the protagonist of Ken Levine’s Judas , whose main foe you’ll get to dictate the identity of through your actions in the game....

BioWare’s Anthem will finally shut down in early 2026, just shy of its seventh birthday Thankfully given the events of this week, EA say no staff have been laid off as a result Image credit:BioWare January 12th, 2026. It’s my next birthday, and also now the date that BioWare exosuit shooter Anthem will finally be taken offline. I very much assume the two things are unrelated. The live-service thing that EA abandoned doing live-service stuff for not that long after its well-documentedly difficult development was followed by a lukewarm release is finally going the way of the dodo....

Blood of Dawnwalker’s time mechanics are surprisingly relaxed, but the hero may kill NPCs if you let him get thirsty The campaign deadline and vampire mechanics explained Image credit:Rebel Wolves The Blood of Dawnwalker is the debut fantasy RPG from new Polish developer Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by former members of Witcher outfit CD Projekt. In June, obvious vampire thrall Mark expressed happy emotions about main character Coen’s balance of mortal and undead abilities - by day, he’ll trot around having regular human chinwags with people and participating in regular human swordfights, by night he transmogrifies into a nimble Nosferatu, able to teleport and slash people with his talons....

Boys will once again be boys in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, revealed today for 2024 release Warhorse’s next open worlder will be twice original’s size, and yes, there are dick jokes Image credit:Deep Silver / PLAION Warhorse have revealed Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 , sequel to the 2018 open world action- RPG which you will likely remember for a couple of reasons: 1) its ostensibly faithful but inevitably skewed representations of race, gender and class in medieval Bohemia, which were amplified by its creative director Daniel Vávra’s qualified endorsement of Gamergate, and 2) being a moderately entertaining , buggy and mucky chivalric fable in which you have to worry about keeping your sword sharp and eating food before it rots....

Car Park Capital is a retro tycoon game in which you try to tarmac the world Car-bon-based lifeforms Image credit:Hilkojj Interactive For too long have our video games been tainted by the spectacle of people moving around using their own feet and legs. For too long have our NPCs been left to rot in the grip of “simple town life”, surrounded by acres of thriving grass that have never known the blessed touch of a Chevrolet or a Ford, let alone that duchess of the asphalt - the Banana Mobile....