This demo has it all: anime girl brawling and bakery management We kneaded this Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromDawn The demo lets you sample the earliest portion of the game, where you’re introduced to a cute anime girl (surprise) who’d like some help running her bakery. Each day you have a choice, either venture on a roguelike run to harvest ingredients, or set up shop and rake in some dough (had to be done, sorry)....

This impressive Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 Gaming PC just dropped below $3,000 Decked out with the most powerful GPU on the market… at the time of writing. The high-end prebuilt PC market is a battleground for premium prices, but catching a solid deal can save you a significant chunk of change. Case in point: Dell is offering the Alienware Aurora R16 GeForce RTX 4090 gaming PC for $2,899.99 , a full $1,000 off the usual price....

This roguelike has you batter mutants with ricocheting footballs A solid pitch Image credit:Turtle Knight Games/CobraTekku Games I’ve never been a true “Football Enjoyer”. I’ll weirdly get into it at certain times, like when the World Cup is on and I get suckered into the belief that, “It’s actually coming home this time”. But maybe I could be a football enjoyer, now that there’s a roguelike out there that combines football skills with room-clearing....

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands SHiFT codes [February 2026] Grab yourself some premium loot with these new SHiFT codes for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands! Looking for a list of all Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands SHiFT codes to redeem? As live-service elements become more and more ubiquitous, it’s increasingly common to see games offering codes, which players can redeem outside of the game itself for bonus loot and other in-game perks. Borderlands developers Gearbox got in on the action fairly early on, with their dedicated SHiFT site offering codes and other goodies for their various games....

Today’s NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 Get a bit of help with today’s NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Sunday, 19th October? We get it! The NYT Crossword is always challenging, and Sunday’s release is basically the final boss of each week’s puzzles. The Sunday NYT Crossword is about twice the size and full of the most advanced riddles you will be faced with all week....

Todd Howard says Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC arrives “in the fall”, update fixing stupid map “really soon” A released game may eventually be good Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Wow, remember Starfield ? I do, just about, although any interest in it feels like a distant dream now. But not to Todd Howard! The Bethesboss had a chat with Kinda Funny and confirmed that Shattered Space, the first big DLC for the brave little space RPG that could, has a release window of “in the fall”....

Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics make yet more layoffs, with"just under 30" workers losing their jobs Company say it’s a “a way to optimize the continued development of our flagship Tomb Raider game” Image credit:Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider developers Crystal Dynamics have announced another round of layoffs, their third round of jobs cuts this year. The studio say “just under 30 team members across various departments and projects” are losing their livelihoods, and claim this is necessary “to optimize the continued development of our flagship Tomb Raider game, as well as shaping the rest of the studio to make new games for the future”....

Turn Medieval II: Total War into Redwall with this Mossflower TW mod Cheese is encouraged Image credit:FleshEatingBeans If the surprising number of you brought scurrying out of the woodwork by the announcement of Redwall-style survival game Hawthorn is anything to go by, the medieval rodent fanatic to RPS reader pipeline is a sturdy one, despite being constantly nibbled at. Here’s some more delicious bait for you, then. Mossflower TW is a campaign mod for Medieval II: Total War expansion Kingdoms that lets ranks of mace-wielding mice, helmeted hedgehogs, and ornery otters skitter wildly all over the venerable strategy game....

Ubisoft lay off another 185 people and shutter one of the studios behind Star Wars: Outlaws and The Division 2 More restructuring for the restructuring gods Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed publishers Ubisoft are making another round of layoffs as part of wider efforts to persuade their investors to stop yelling at them. They’re letting 185 people go across their European operations, and will be closing UK-based Ubisoft Leamington, whose recent projects include supporting development of Star Wars Outlaws and Skull And Bones ....

Valve won’t sacrifice battery life to deliver a more powerful Steam Deck 2 The “real” next generation of handheld PC won’t get here for a while Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’re fondly dreaming of an actual Steam Deck 2, not some half-and-half OLED travesty, you should also be fondly dreaming of a better class of battery. Valve designers Lawrence Yang and Yazan Aldehayyat have shared a little of the company’s thinking regarding “generational leaps” in hardware, commenting that they don’t want to release a Steam Deck sequel that is “only incrementally better”, and in particular, that they don’t want to release a new Steam Deck that is drastically more powerful at the expense of battery life....

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 should have been called something else, agrees former creative director Any suggestions, people who’ve completed it? Image credit:Paradox Interactive The former creative director of The Chinese Room’s Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has finally said the quiet part loud and agreed that the game really shouldn’t have been called Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Have you played Bloodlines 2? What would you have called it?...

Vending machines rule, waiters suuuuuccckkk: so sayeth the “touchstone” of Bioshock creator Ken Levine’s Judas “Judas Simulator” Judas’ Judas apparently isn’t a big fan of going out for meals Image credit:Ghost Story Games Bloody waiters. Asking you what you’d like to eat after you waltz into the restaurant at which they’re employed. The absolute cheek of it. Why can’t they just ingest my money and spit a vaguely edible chocolate bar out of their belly button?...

If an article is posted and there are no commenters, does it make a sound? Image credit:C. Gilbert, 19th c If we had been able to plan this further in advance, we would have published a series of articles containing our most controversial opinions, to take advantage of your brief inability to yell at us. But alas, it wasn’t to be. Instead I’ll say that I truly value the comment community here and I look forward to hearing from you all again on these pages soon....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/London, New York: John Lane, n.d. [1907] The search for the cheapest and yet best quality supermarket drink-as-you-go coffee continues. I know it’s the first time I’ve made you aware of this project, but it’s been going on since I moved to Glasgow. So far, Lidl’s own brand remains the clear winner, a solid 8 on the taste meter at just 59p....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:John Augustus Knapp An eerie wind blows through the treehouse this weekend. The floorboards creak, though no one stands upon them. The fairy lights flicker, though they have not been plugged in since January. The screens in the corner where we all pretend to work lie cracked and cold. Here’s what some of us - those who remain - are clicking on....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/London, Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., n.d. [1843?] Last week, I wrote: “Another week has fallen into the Maw. Theoretically, that means we’re now one week closer to the release of Silksong. As if such words mean anything to any of us anymore.” Does this make me omniscient? Here’s what we’re all clicking on this weekend, to fill the gap between now and 4th September!...

What is the Animus Hub in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? All the details on Ubisoft’s new Assassin’s Creed launcher Image credit:Eurogamer/Ubisoft Confused about the Animus Hub in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Upon starting Assassin’s Creed Shadows you’ll be greeted with the Animus Hub, a unique interface based on the Animus virtual reality memory-accessing machine, which has been a part of the franchise’s modern gameplay since the beginning. The Animus Hub acts as a launcher for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and all other recent Assassin’s Creed games, and using it might feel slightly unusual at first, especially if you own older titles....

Woot’s Spring sale includes some excellent discounts on refurbished MSI gaming PCs, GPUs, and more Refurbished components that are easy on your pocket. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / MSI I’ve always preferred building a machine piece by piece, but sometimes even I have to admit a good refurb sale is smarter. Woot’s MSI event sale , alongside Woot’s Spring gaming sale , feels like it was designed for anyone who wants real gaming hardware without paying real gaming hardware prices....

Wordle hints and answer (#1063): How to solve the Friday May 17 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 17? 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? We have you covered with a group of clues followed by the word if you need it, to help keep your streak firmly in place....

Wordle hints and answer (#1071): How to solve the Saturday May 25 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 25? 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? We have you covered with a list of hints to help you maintain that precious streak....