The scripts for Suikoden I & II HD Remaster are very different from the original RPGs Kobold choice Image credit:Konami/Rock Paper Shotgun Suikoden I & II HD Remaster is out tomorrow. I’ll have a review up soon, but I wanted to post some quick thoughts on the new translation. “For the original games, the size of the dialogue box was quite small and there wasn’t a lot that we could fit in there," producer Yasuo Daikai told IGN back in 2022 ....

The sequel to acclaimed Metroidvania Ender Lilies gets PC early access release Previously announced for the Switch, Ender Magnolia: Bloom In The Mist also hits Steam in March Image credit:Binary Haze Interactive Out of all the Nintendo Direct announcements last week, the one I was most sad to see not get a PC release date was the sequel to the much beloved Metroidvania Ender Lilies . The announcement came as a bit of a surprise, all told, and I was worried I’d have to consign it to what I’ve now dubbed my Unicorn Overlord pile of games that are never coming to PC....

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 trying to work out what the hell we’re supposed to do when every videogame company above a certain scale has business links to some kind of fearful death machine. And also, for rediscovering the joys of small fan heaters. My fan heater is called Phil. He hunkers by my feet and phils (fills) my ears with a soothing roar....

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 playing a bit of Split Fiction and tinkering with that new expensive camera you bought, the latest in a long line of attempts to adopt a new hobby. You’re almost 40 so if this one doesn’t stick you may as well just give up and start a Band Of Brothers re-watch....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS Sundays are for sorting the tangle of busted pipes under my sink out so I don’t have to change my socks twice a day after forgetting to wear my designated Kitchen Crocs. Before I remember this time and instantly become a style icon, let’s read this week’s best writing about games (and game-related things!) The History Of How We Play wrote about ‘How We Learnt To Play With Our Fingers’, tracing the evolution of game controllers from early cabinets to PlayStation pads....

This “gamified focus tool” lets you construct your own lofi girl/boy to chill/study with Spirit City: Lofi Sessions released on Steam yesterday Image credit:Mooncube Games I’ve worked from home for most of the past decade, but it was during the pandemic lockdowns that I was finally indoctrinated into the world of co-working streams, pomodoro timers and lofi beats to chill/study to. I’m better now, but I absolutely see the appeal of Spirit City: Lofi Sessions , a “gamified focus tool” that just launched on Steam....

This full-size mechanical keyboard is reduced to just £5 The Trust GXT 865 is actually a decent bit of kit too. Image credit:Trust/Rock Paper Shotgun Mechanical keyboards can be pretty cheap these days, but I’ve not never seen one on sale for as little as £4.99 - especially not for a full-size RGB model available for a brand I’ve actually heard of before! That is indeed the case at GAME though, who are selling the Trust Gaming GXT 865 Asta for £4....

This week in PC games: Hytale, Quarantine Zone, a weird Batman sim, and a fresh batch of RPGs and shooters What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:My Next Games Happy Mawday all! This week, I’m thinking about how we can expand our bestiary of Maw manifestations. When describing the beast, we often resort to stock Lovecraftian imagery of a kaleidoscopic kerfuffle of teeth and tentacles, but the Maw’s appearances aren’t always so pulpy and cinematic....

Tiny Glade review: lovely tools and procedural flourishes make building castles a treat Less is moor Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pounce Light Developer: Pounce Light Publisher: Pounce Light Release: September 23rd 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: TBC Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-9400F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 1660, Windows 11 Tiny Glade has been a constant presence on TikTok for the last year or so. It’s never far away. In between burrito recipes and hymns to the Fujifilm X100v, this gorgeous toylike art tool’s gamely turning stretches of balmy meadow into semi-ruined castles, semi-ruined villages and semi-ruined citadels....

Valheim gets a fiery rebirth as Ashlands biome goes live with new siege weapons, bone spiders and boiling seas Penultimate biome is also the survival sim’s toughest yet Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Do you love the smell of napalm in the morning? If so, you’ll probably love the smell of Valheim ’s Ashlands biome, which has just launched for all players after a period of beta testing . Sadly, my computer is incapable of producing smells beyond a faint reek of encrusted pasta sauce and regret, but if it did, I imagine I’d even now be basking in the aroma of burning bone and feather, because that is what the 10 new creatures you’ll meet in the Ashlands consist of, broadly....

Valve change Steam’s rules to let banks and credit card firms prohibit “certain kinds of adult only content” According to their own “rules and standards” Image credit:Valve Valve have updated Steam’s rules and regulations to prohibit games that “may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers”. And in particular, “certain kinds of adult only content”. In other words, they are giving banks, ISPs and credit card companies some degree of control over Steam’s definition of acceptable “adult only content”....

Vampire Survivors developer Poncle on what it takes to be a good publisher: “Not everything can be a breakout hit” “I see a lot of publishers I don’t like, and I think that’s my way to define what a good publisher should be, probably.” Image credit:Poncle Getting your game a publishing deal has never been an easy thing to do. Right now, it’s especially hard given that for many publishers, if it doesn’t seem like a guaranteed hit, it likely isn’t something they’ll take on....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paris: Bureaux de L’Artiste, 1840 Good Saturday, friends! It’s finally hitting Autumn, isn’t that lovely? The leaves are doing that cool visual glitch where they look nice for once. All pretty and crunchy and satisfying. It’s just a shame it only lasts a week or two before turning into mulch on the pavement. Reminds me of a Regina Spektor lyric: “Leaves become most beautiful when they’re about to die”....

What The Car? gets a free demo and September 5th release date Born to golf, forced to car Image credit:Triband Today is Tuesday, statistically the day of the week least rife with wacky hijinks, whimsical calamity, or even, dare I say, madcap antics. However, if you want to buck tradition, you could do worse than playing What the Car? , the upcoming absurdist physics game from What the Golf? and What the Bat?...

What’s better: playing on an old patch or asymmetrical outfits? Vote now! Image credit:Bungie Last time, you decided that Planescape: Torment ’s Litany Of Curses is better than Half-Life ’s Snarks. I hadn’t that expected that snark-off to be so one-sided but Morte’s cussing taunt took 80% of the votes. You have to forgive Snarks for snapping at your finger one day, Gordon, they’re just little critters. Onwards! This week, I ask you to choose between nostalgia and new styles, ya?...

What’s on your bookshelf?: El Paso, Elsewhere and Hypnospace Outlaw’s Xalavier Nelson Jr. Read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome to Booked For The Week - our Sunday feature where we ask a selection of cool industry folks questions about books! Did you know that if you cup a book over your ear you can hear the gentle ambience of a thousand seagulls screaming how Charles Bukowski is literally them fr?...

What’s on your bookshelf?: Inscryption and Pony Island’s Daniel Mullins read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! Did you know that the word ‘book’ is actually an ancient Sumerian greeting, short for: ‘can I have that book back I lent you eight months ago you said you’d have finished in like, two?...

Where to find Blueberries and get Blueberry Leather in Grounded 2 Here’s how to climb the Picnic Table and get Blueberries Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Wondering where to find Blueberries in Grounded 2? This resource is how you get your hands on one of the earliest forms of leather, required for a variety of meaningful equipment and tool upgrades. Getting Blueberry Leather in particular is needed for an Omni-Axe upgrade, so sourcing this fruit is a recommended goal once you start exploring beyond the opening Snackbar region....

Where to find Diablo 4 Lifesbane locations Diablo 4 Lifesbane is easy to farm if you know where to look Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Blizzard Entertainment Where do you find Diablo 4 Lifesbane? Lifesbane is an essential crafting ingredient in Diablo 4 potions, elixirs and incense. The strange-looking berry is only available in certain parts of Sanctuary , so you may need help finding it if you’re not looking in the right place....

Where Winds Meet player convinces one of the game’s NPCs they’re pregnant with his baby Generative AI, meet videogame players Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Sure, you could tease around the edges of generative AI videogame development, spitting out an Anno 117 loading screen here, belching out Arc Raiders NPC voice barks there, or you could just go the whole hog and hook your characters straight up to an LLM. What could possibly go wrong?...