Alienware price crash sale lands RTX 5070 Ti rig at just $1750, it’s first time ever this low Over $1000 savings, and $200 less compared to the discount from last week. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / Dell NVIDIA’s latest GPUs are here, and whatever you think about them, the combination of DLSS, Reflex, frame generation and more makes them impressively capable. Still, that power comes at a cost, but Dell’s Alienware brand is doing its best to make it a little easier to stomach, at least....

All Crystal Tear locations in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Here’s where all 8 Crystal Tears in Shadow of the Erdtree are located and what they do Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Do you want to find all of the Crystal Tears in Shadow of the Erdtree? The Elden Ring DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree , has an abundance of new items to find, from brand new weapons to cookbooks to Spirit Ashes you can summon into battle....

All of Oddworld can be yours for a pound or dollar “I was employee of the year. Now, I’m dead meat.” Image credit:Oddworld Inhabitants The years pass and the animals perish and the oceans rise and the wealth gap widens and I repeatedly think to myself through a fug of nitrogen oxide, Steam discounts and microplastic sediment, “man, those Oddworld games were excellent, weren’t they”. If you’ve yet to have the pleasure, you can scoop up the entirety of the squalid anti-capitalist satire universe on Fanatical right now for a pound or dollar....

Arc Raiders and The Finals hit by “extensive, co-ordinated DDoS attacks”, according to developers Embark Attacks were “still ongoing” as of midday UK time on January 28th Image credit:Embark Studios Arc Raiders and The Finals developers Embark have warned players that the two shooters have been hit by “extensive, co-ordinated DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks”. The studio said these attacks were “ongoing” in a post put out at 11:59 AM GMT today....

Arma 4 will release in 2027 Snippet of footage reveals very little Image credit:Bohemia Interactive Bohemia Interactive have announced that Arma 4 , the next big instalment in their shooter simulation series, will release in 2027. The announcement came at the tail-end of Bohemia’s 25th Anniversary Concert, alongside some disturbingly gun-less footage of a coastal promontory with rippling ocean waters against a cloudy sky - it reminds me more of The Elder Scrolls 6’s announcement teaser than any tactical mili-banger....

Arrowhead will target Helldivers 2’s “crippling” tech issues now Xbox release is sorted, but would rather not do a “performance-only update” CEO also admits the freshly deployed Into the Unjust update “didn’t hit the mark” performance-wise Image credit:Arrowhead Shams Jorjani, boss of Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead, has taken to Discord to address the rise in reports of performance issues following the arrival of the shooter’s Into the Unjust update. In addition to admitting that the new addition has missed the mark from a stability pespective, the exec added that the game’s Xbox release now being in the rear view mirror should free up more resources to tackle performance problems....

Battlefield 6 is getting persistent servers, and two vehicle-heavy maps are coming in the next Labs playtest 24/7 [insert map here] ONLY listings here we come Image credit:EA Battlefield 6 ’s open beta may be over, Battlefield 2042 might also have been transformed into Battlefield 6 , but there must be more battles in the fields of six, so sign-ups for another round of Labs testing are now open. Two fresh maps with plenty of room for vehicle-based fisticuffs will be on offer, as well as a chance to check out the server browser that may well be chock full of 24/7 scraps once the final game launches....

Berserk Boy review: a fast and frantic platformer dashed by swift credits A less dorky Mega Man Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/BerserkBoy Games Developer: Berserk Boy Games Publisher: Berserk Boy Games Release: March 6th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-10300H, Nvidia GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, Windows 10 Berserk Boy is the legally distinct lovechild of Sonic The Hedgehog and Mega Man X , on account of how it fondly emulates the Blue Blur’s speedy momentum and the Dorky Mega’s various power-altering suits....

Best light weapons in Elden Ring Here are the best light weapons in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Looking for the best light weapons in Elden Ring? Light weapons in Elden Ring are a fantastic option if you’re looking to keep light rolls and carve out a dual-wield or Dexterity build . The lightest weapons are usually Daggers, Whips, Fists and Claws followed by Light Thrusting Swords and Light Bows....

Best PC gaming deals for today: I’m think these new monitor discounts are excellent I’ve also found some tasty discounts on pre built gaming desktops and laptops too. Image credit:LG and Steelseries Today’s gaming deals are stacked, I’m so hyped. We’ve got premium laptops with decent discounts, curved OLED monitors, and high-refresh powerhouses, all with serious price cuts. A couple of these are big hitters from HP and ASUS with RTX 5080 GPUs inside, while the LG and Samsung monitors are flying under $800 thanks to that JULYFINDS coupon on eBay (don’t forget to apply it at checkout)....

Black Myth: Wukong’s first DLC is aiming for a Shadow Of The Erdtree-style second wave of popularity Game Science to work on expansions before any sequels Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Not very shockingly for a game that set Steam records within hours of release, Black Myth: Wukong is getting DLC, the first in a series of follow-up projects that continue the action epic’s explorations of Chinese mythology. That’s from a new Bloomberg interview with Daniel Wu, co-founder of Hero Games, the largest external shareholder in Wukong developers Game Science....

Blockbuster games are in the grip of a “fidelity death cult”, says former Dragon Age producer It’s “a trap that dev teams are kind of laying upon themselves” Image credit:EA Dragon Age: The Veilguard consultant and former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has published a Youtube video addressing the question: “why do AAA games take so long?” It’s a tidy 25 minutes or so, and gets a fair way into the weeds of a variety of topics, from the current enthusiasm for live service “forever games” over ‘finite’, narrative-led affairs, to the “misleading” announcement of highly-demanded sequels years before they enter full production, in order to pump up a publisher’s brand during a dry spell....

Cities: Skylines latest DLC came out this week, 18 months after its “final” DLC came out last year It’s about building mountain villages Image credit:Paradox Interactive Cities: Skylines received its final piece of DLC last May , as developers Colossal Order shifted their focus to its sequel, Cities: Skylines 2 . Eighteen months and the release of Cities: Skylines 2 later… Cities: Skylines 1 is getting new DLC again. The “Mountain Village” creator pack add 45 new buildings designed to help you construct quaint and picturesque destinations....

Connections hints and answers for Thu, September 19th Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #465. 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 19th September? Well, that’s exactly what we have. Below is a range of clues to help you find the easiest to hardest Connections group answers....

Cosy life sim Tales Of The Shire needs more time in the oven, delayed until 2025 An unexpected delay Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Game has been delayed into early 2025. The cosy life sim set in the home of the hobbits had initially been aiming for a late 2024 release, but developers Weta Workshop Game Studio announced they need more time....

Crawl 8-bit catacombs with a glowstick in first-person horror Repose Level codes? In this economy? Image credit:Akupara Games If you’ve been playing Blue Prince and thinking, ah, this could really benefit from having approximately 16.7 million fewer colours and a couple more homicidal husks in diving suits, may I usher you wincingly towards Repose. It’s a moodalicious, monochrome dungeon-crawler in which you get 50 in-game steps to search hideously dishevelled techno-crypts for oxygen cylinders, before you die of exhaustion....

Creators of Kerbal Space Program, DayZ, and a SpaceX engineer join forces to launch kittens into the atmosphere (virtually) Say miaow and how are ya to Kitten Space Agency Image credit:RocketWerkz / Rock Paper Shotgun People who savour the sweet reek of Saturn V exhaust, rejoice. People who love cats, tremble. Felipe Falanghe, original developer of gurning spaceflight simulator Kerbal Space Program , has teamed up with Dean Hall , original creator of zombie MMO DayZ , to make a spiritual Kerbal successor - Kitten Space Agency....

Cronenbergian bear mutator Winnie’s Hole gets a Steam demo Nothing hunny about it Image credit:Twice Different You may remember that in January of 2022, A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-pooh stories entered the public domain, inspiring deeply crap ideas like “what if children’s character but knives?” in the case of Blood And Honey , and “what if children’s character but mildly naughty word? “, in the case of smirking billboardian human doppelganger Ryan Reynolds....

Doom: The Dark Ages - All Hebeth secrets (Chapter 2) Discover all Hebeth’s secrets with our Chapter 2 100% guide Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Looking for all the Hebeth secrets in Chapter 2 of Doom: The Dark Ages? Chapter 2 sees the Doom Slayer bringing his considerable power to the assaulted planet of Hebeth, where you’ll be forced to contend with more powerful demonic enemies like the Stone Imp and Mancubus - as well as a greater number of more carefully hidden secrets than in Chapter 1....

Doom: The Dark Ages helms a week of GTA-style cop games, sweaty animal spas and feudal strategy What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Kwalee Our regular PC game round-up column underwent further mysterious ructions during my absence last week, when substitute news chief Brendy introduced a list format with subheadings . I can only assume he had been driven mad by terror of being eaten by the Maw. Regardless, I will trust his instincts and follow in his footsteps....