Black Ops 7 single-player doesn’t allow pausing or mission checkpoints on top of being always-online Co-op focus vs quality of life Image credit:Activision The rough beast that is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has cracked its shell and slouched towards the wincing light of day. They’ve released it, I mean. No verdict from us yet: our reviewer is still picking their way among the exploding motorbikes and mocking spectres of deceased Nicaraguan terrorists....

Bloodborne Kart will “scrub the branding off” after being contacted by Sony’s lawyers A fangame no more Image credit:LWMedia Bloodborne Kart is a fan game which aims to use From Software’s gothic horror action RPG as the basis for a PSone-era kart racer. Or it was. Its developers say that Sony have been in touch and, as a consequence, “need to scrub the branding off.” It’ll stil come out after it a short delay, but it won’t be called Bloodborne Kart anymore....

Bluepoint’s cancelled God Of War game revealed by alleged leaked screenshots Would have had Hades in it, claims source Image credit:MP1st / PlayStation Screenshots for Bluepoint’s cancelled live service God Of War game appear to have slipped through the titan fingers of publishers Sony. Assuming they aren’t a dream woven by Morpheus (via his earthly emissaries at MP1st ), they reveal a few work-in-progress environments from the abandoned project, which Sony reportedly cancelled earlier this year alongside a new game from Days Gone devs Sony Bend....

Brilliant autobattler Mechabellum has a new unit in stealth aircraft Phantom Ray Plus more in update 1.1 Image credit:Game River/Rock Paper Shotgun Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. This is a lie, of course. I haven’t been ‘out’ of strategy autobattler Mechabellum since I started playing around the 1.0 launch back in September . There I was, just starting to get to grips with the card-house-careful balance between each of its units when, bam, makers Game River dropped a Jenga block on top of it....

Build A Zoo codes (February 2026) Need some rare eggs and quick cash in Build A Zoo? Redeem these codes! Image credit:Century Farmers Digging around for some Build A Zoo codes? This money-making gacha collectathon employs you as the owner of a zoo, or, more aptly, a vacant plot of land that you must transform into a zoo. To do that, you collect rare eggs, incubate them and then hatch a variety of animals you can farm for cold hard cash....

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles review: cliffside citybuilding that dries up sooner than you’d hope Sinking feeling Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Wired Productions Developer: Tomas Sala Publisher: Wired Productions Release: March 26th 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , GOG , Epic Games Store Price: £15/€20/$20 Reviewed on: Intel Core i9-11900K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 10 Maintaining the thrum of a finely-tuned citybuilder has to be one of the most satisfying acts of video game plate-spinning around....

Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 day one patch goes to war with the aim assist, also fixes the hot tub Plus: new weapon balance tables! Image credit:Activision A huge scary bearded man has just kicked down my door. His face and shoulders are doused in tactical Dorito dust. His eyes are heavily redacted. He’s got assault rifles and comparison screenshots poking out of his ribcage, which are making an absolute mess of the hallway plaster....

Campy Suda 51 and Shinji Mikami joint Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered gets Halloween release date Hellaween or something idk I’m exhausted Image credit:Grasshopper Manufacture Likely as a conspiracy to make me use the word boner in two different articles on the same day, campy horror shooter Shadows Of The Damned : Hella Remastered has received a release date - this Halloween, 31st October 2024. This spiffier version of the 2011 console game was announced earlier this year ....

Captain Blood, a hack-and-slash pirate game revealed in 2004, will finally release in 2024 Belay! Delay! Image credit:SNEG Ltd Way back in 2004, that terrible year when I swore off video games entirely to focus on my university studies, developers 1C SeaWolf announced Captain Blood , a piratical action game loosely based on Rafael Sabatini’s adventure novels, in which a crew of 17th century freebooters set forth across the Spanish Main to rescue a magistrate’s daughter from assorted bilge-drinking scallywags....

Celeste composer shares a snippet of Earthblade’s soundtrack, and now I’m even more gutted it was cancelled Like tears in Raine Image credit:Extremely OK Games I’m not all that big on ranking games, truth be told - why would I want to catalogue a piece of art that way? But seeing as you have me at gunpoint (just pretend for me), I’ll admit I’d probably put Celeste in my top five....

Cities: Skylines creators Colossal Order are handing the series over to the Surviving The Aftermath devs And saying goodbye to Paradox after 15 years of collaboration Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paradox Interactive Cities: Skylines developers Colossal Order are moving on from the city building series and parting ways with publishers Paradox Interactive, after 15 years of collaboration. They’re handing Skylines over to one of Paradox’s in-house teams, Surviving The Aftermath developers Iceflake Studios, who will take over “all existing and future development for Cities: Skylines 2 “, spanning free updates and paid expansions....

City Of Heroes’ community-run private server gets official license from NCSoft Homecoming Image credit:NCSoft Super-powered MMO City Of Heroes closed down in November 2012, but in recent years it has been revived by industrious fans via privately-hosted servers. While those servers allowed caped crusaders to continue roleplaying, the caveat was that they could be shut down at any moment by the most dastardly supervillains of all: lawyers. That should be less of an issue in future....

Connections hints and answers for Sun, September 1st Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #447. 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 1st September? A new month brings with it a new Connections challenge, and we’re here to help you maintain your perfect score in September....

Connections hints and answers for Thu, October 10th Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #486. 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 10th October? Connections can turn from light entertainment to pure frustration sooner than you think....

Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has a demo out, and it’s wonderfully atmospheric when you’re not plummeting a short distance Also, it keeps surnaming me Image credit:Thunderful Publishing Warren! Warren! Warren! ARRGGHHH! WHAAAA! HUHHHH! Replaced , the long-in-development dystopian platformer from Sad Cat Studios , keeps shouting my last name at me. It might because the game’s main character, a jacketed gap jumper and baddie shooter, is called Warren. It might also because I did plenty of falling and accidentally got shot by a robo-sniper in Replaced’s demo, which is now live ahead of the full thing’s release next month....

Diablo 4 Bone Spear Necromancer build and best skills Discover how to create the best Bone Spear Necromancer build in Diablo 4 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Blizzard Entertainment Looking for the best Bone Spear Necromancer build in Diablo 4? If you’re after high damage in Diablo 4 , there’s nothing better than the Bone Spear Necromancer. While it saw some small nerfs with the launch of Season 1 , it continues to be one of the best-performing builds that will clear high-tier Nightmare Dungeons and the Uber Lilith boss with ease....

Diablo 4 Ice Sorcerer build and best skills Discover the best Ice Sorcerer build in Diablo 4 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Blizzard Entertainment Want the best Diablo 4 Ice Sorcerer build? Despite nerfs to Vulnerable damage with the launch of Season 1 , the Ice Sorcerer continues to be one of our favourite Diablo 4 builds. It’s a high-damage playstyle that can deal with single targets and larger packs with ease. Where it falls down is survivability, which is even worse with the defensive nerfs in Patch 1....

Diablo 4 Storm Druid build and best skills Discover the best Storm Druid build in Diablo 4 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Blizzard Entertainment Want the best Diablo 4 Storm Druid build? Diablo 4 recently received its biggest update yet, ushering us into Season 1 and introducing the new Malignant Hearts mechanic. These offer strong new powers for every class, and the Storm Druid sees some significant buffs that’ll make it far more viable in the endgame....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Best Trickster skills and augments Best Trickster skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Interested in the best Trickster skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2? Of all the vocations in Dragon’s Dogma 2 , the Trickster is the trickiest, pardon the pun. Instead of attacking with a weapon, the Trickster is all about baffling opponents with trails of smoke from the Censer, a special tool exclusive to the class....

Dryleaf Dane questline guide - Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Here is the full Dryleaf Dane quest walkthrough for Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for a walkthrough of the Dryleaf Dane questline in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? Dryleaf Dane is a monk of the Dryleaf Sect in Elden Ring ’s DLC Shadow Of The Erdtree . While he might be a man of little words, Dryleaf Dane is a master of martial arts who lets his fists do the talking....