Battlefield 6 beta’s rush mode gets a balancing tweak with EA monitoring the situation, amid player complaints about battle bigness UPDATE: More tweaks have been deployed Image credit:EA Update: EA have made some more balancing changes, this time affecting both the Battlefield 6 beta’s rush and breakthrough modes. “In breakthrough, it now takes fewer players on an objective to speed up capture. Also, defender respawn timers in both breakthrough and rush are now fixed at 12 seconds instead of the previous 6-12 second range,” the publishers wrote ....

Bendy 1930s-styled roguelite Into the Unwell looks for laughs within its misery Highs and lows Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Into the Unwell is a cooperative hack n’ slash roguelite where your characters – cartoonish yet barely upright lost souls, one and all – draw fighting prowess from their vices. My vice, it turns out, is booting sentient pizza slices off cliff edges. It certainly makes me feel better. This game, the first from Swedish devs She Was Such a Good Horse, initially appears to have won a life peerage to the House of Edgelords, ironically pairing the wide-eyed visual style and bouncy ’ rubber hose ’ movements of 1930s animation with grimly decaying battle arenas and a cast of substance abusers....

Best Dragon Age Veilguard Class: All skills and perks Here is a rundown of all three Classes in Dragon Age Veilguard and which you should choose Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Looking for the best Class in Dragon Age Veilguard? If you’re agonising over the character creator, unsure of how each Class will affect your playstyle in Dragon Age Veilguard , we have you covered. We’ve played all 3 classes , the Mage, Warrior and Rogue and highlighted the pros and cons for each so you can make an informed choice....

Borderlands 4: How to beat Axemaul How fo beat Axemaul and get the Bod Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/2K Trying to beat Axemaul in Borderlands 4? Axemaul is a boss definitely worth tackling in Borderlands 4 , as this oversized Mangler has some solid Legendary Drops, including the Buzz Axe and the super sweet Bod Shotgun - currently the only Legendary Weapon that has the precious All-Rounder effect, which means that it counts as all five weapon types in one....

Bungie replace Marathon director amid reports of creative leadership shake-up Former Valorant director Joe Ziegler replaces Christopher Barrett Image credit:Bungie Bungie have announced a change in director on their upcoming revival of their classic shooter Marathon , amid reports the studio is once again shaking up its creative leadership. Former Valorant director Joe Ziegler confirmed his appointment on Xwitter last night, replacing long-time Bungie designer Christopher Barrett in the role....

Bungie used an artist’s work without permission in Marathon Corpo gonna corp Image credit:Bungie An artist has accused Bungie of plagiarising her designs and using them in upcoming first-person shooter Marathon . The artist, who creates futuristic posters under the name Antireal (or “4nt1r34l”), posted images of her own work alongside screenshots from Marathon’s recent alpha playtest, showing that some designs have been copied. Bungie have confirmed this is the case, but lay the blame on one former artist at the studio....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an “evolution of JRPGs” set in 19th century France in which you fight a mad painter Je suis perdu Image credit:Kepler Interactive We didn’t get to Sandfall and Kepler Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 during our coverage of Microsoft’s summer showcase, a couple of weeks ago. If memory serves, when they ran that particular trailer I was busy sponging swampwater out my eyes after writing up South Of Midnight , while Nic had become so vociferously agitated over the debut of Doom: Dark Ages that he was no longer solid and tangible enough to operate a keyboard....

Connections hints and answers for Sat, October 05th Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #481. 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 05th October? Today’s Connections features a wide variety of words, from Bikini to Xerox....

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Cyberpunk 2077 modder makes NPC cleanliness optional in order to avoid popular “non-sexy mods” being “hidden unnecessarily” Judy and Panam’s routine showers aren’t family-friendly Image credit:Deceptious / CD Projekt The Cyberpunk 2077 modder behind a bunch of the game’s most popular romance mods is set to make NPC showering an optional extra in two of their works, with the hopes that these “non-sexy mods” will no longer be “hidden unnecessarily”....

Destined Ascension codes (February 2026) Stock up on crafting items with these Destined Ascension codes Image credit:Destined To Ascend Looking for Destined Ascension codes? In the Roblox RPG you’ll fight powerful bosses, explore new areas, and craft resources like armor, weapons, and potions. This last bit is a huge part of Destined Ascension, and you’ll need plenty of different items to craft your way through the game. Luckily, you can use Destined Ascension codes to stock up on freebies like Cog Tricks and Boom Passes as well as crafting resources like Solar Stones, Idol’s Hearts, and even event items like Terrifying Soups....

Detective game makers tells us how they would murder Humpty Dumpty Eggcellent work Image credit:John Tenniel You can’t take a step on Steam this week without stumbling over a body. Step forward and you’ll trip over a cold-to-the-touch mobster with a knife in their back. Step to the left and, oh God, it’s a wizened academic clutching a poisoned apple in their rigor mortis grip. But one step to the right and you’ll find the decapitated head of a curmudgeonly mayor who had recently made enemies of everyone in their small town....

Dino Crisis-esque horror Code Violet won’t be coming to PC because the risk of “vulgar” mods isn’t worth the “extra money” Diplodocus’s big naturals Image credit:TeamKill Media Ok, let’s get it out of the way up top: I probably won’t be losing any sleep over dinosaur horror game Code Violet not coming to PC either. While I’ve still got a pavlovian response to anything that reminds me even a little of Capcom’s sadly abandoned Dino Crisis series, the trailer below doesn’t inspire all that much confidence this one will pick up the mantle....

Disgruntled Helldivers 2 fans start petition to bring back fired community manager Review bombing causes fallout Image credit:PlayStation/Rock Paper Shotgun Fans of Helldivers 2 have started a petition asking developers Arrowhead to reinstate a fired employee in charge of community management. The employee, “Spitz”, was let go following the fiasco in which Sony told PC players they would need to link their Steam and PlayStation Network accounts to continue playing the shooter....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: A New Godsway quest walkthrough How to collect tonnes of Wyrmslife Crystals in A New Godsway Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest A New Godsway in Dragon’s Dogma 2? With lots of running around the map and farming for Wyrmslife Crystals, A New Godsway will be one of the toughest quests yet in Dragon’s Dogma 2 , unless of course you’ve been straying off the main story path to tackle drakes in your spare time....

Dreams On A Pillow’s developer on the challenges of making games from the West Bank Crowdfunding success aims to tell the story of the 1948 ethnic cleansing Image credit:Rasheed Abu-Eideh “I sometimes joke about it, but it’s like I need a war to start a new game,” Rasheed Abu-Eideh tells me over a call. “The specific thing that made me make Liyla And The Shadows Of War is the attacks on Gaza in 2014, and the specific thing that made me make Dreams On A Pillow is the attacks on Gaza in 2023....

EA’s new owners are making “a huge bet” on generative AI cost-cutting to help repay a $20 billion loan, claims report Investor consortium hoping to “significantly” cut overheads Image credit:EA Yesterday, a group of moneyfolk including private equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners unveiled plans to acquire Electronic Arts for an estimated $55 billion. The buyers are committing $36 billion of their own equity (briefly and inexpertly, “equity” is the value of your assets after you deduct anything you owe), including the value of the PIF’s existing investments in EA....

Echo Weaver is an Outer Wilds-inspired metroidvania in which the only resource is time Clone survivor Image credit:Moonlight Kids Distinguishing one metroidvania from another is a dicey challenge, and not just because there’s a 37.8% chance that saying the word “metroidvania” will cause RPS regular Sin Vega to materialise in the mirror and assassinate you with cheesewire. Metroidvanias stand apart for me only in hindsight - it’s all about the precise ratio of abilities to ability gates, of jump-doublers to overhangs, all things that take time to assess properly....

Elden Ring: All Whetblade locations Here’s how to get all 6 Whetblades in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for all the Elden Ring Whetblade locations? Whetblades are a type of Key Item in Elden Ring which allow you to change the affinity of your weapons. A weapon’s affinity determines the stats that its damage scales with (for example, Strength or Dexterity ), and some of them also add a secondary damage type, such as fire or holy damage....