Rockstar North “remains open and operational”, following boiler malfunction Update: Rockstar confirm that “everyone is well” Image credit:Rockstar Games Update: Rockstar have issued a statement on the incident to IGN . “Early Monday morning, there was a malfunction in one of the heating boilers at Rockstar North,” a spokesperson for the company said. “Many thanks to those that reached out with concern, and also to the police and fire crews who were on scene quickly to assess the situation - please know that everyone is well and our studio remains open and operational....

Samson, a gritty driveabrawler about duffing up dudes and drifting to defeat daily debt spikes, drops in 2026 Punch punch, vroom vroom, ka-ching Image credit:Liquid Swords If you’re a fan of gruff blokes punching goons and putting the pedal to the metal in muscle cars, Samson looks like it’ll be up your alley. It’s the debut game of Liquid Swords, the Swedish studio founded by former Just Cause and Mad Max developer Christofer Sundberg, and mirrors the gritty open-world destructive mayhem both of those are known for....

Senua’s Saga Hellblade 2 review: a visual step forward even more contemptuous of interactivity than the first Par for the Norse Image credit:Ninja Theory Developer: Ninja Theory Publisher: Xbox Game Studios Release: May 21st, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , Microsoft Store , Game Pass Price: £50/€50/$50 Reviewed on: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Nvidia RTX 2080 Super, 32 GB RAM, Windows 10 Three questions before we start: If you answered ‘yes’ to all of the above, then I come bearing wonderful tidings for you about Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 ....

Shadow frog? Shadow frog! Shadow frog puzzler Schim has a free demo you can play now That’s one more free shadow frog than you had yesterday Image credit:Extra Nice The demo for puzzle game Schim , in which you play as a boy and his frog that only exists in the shadows, is out now on Steam . I’ve given it a whirl, and its pretty froggin’ delightful. The game has you progress through different scenes set in a chill, colorful townscape....

Shapez 2’s Early Access should run smoothly with factories 12x bigger than the first game And it’ll offer a polished 40-hours at launch Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Gamera Games Shapez 2 will launch in Early Access on August 15th , bringing the relaxing, shape-cutting factory builder into 3D. In a new post, its lead developer has laid out what to expect from Early Access . In the main: a polished, 40 hours-or-so experience with no known major issues, and a post-release roadmap waiting to be defined by player feedback....

Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater remakes listed for 2024 release Konami stealth-and-horror combo to launch this year Image credit:Konami Did we put the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2 remakes on that list of our most anticipated games of 2024 ? The article is so voluminous I’m not sure I have the energy to check. I get halfway down the page and feel like I need to pitch camp below one of the paragraph breaks, like a mountaineer sleeping beneath a crag in one of those dangling tents....

Silent Hill 2 review: a handsome horror remake that plays safe with its own history Hole lot of trauma Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Konami Developer: Bloober Team Publisher: Konami Release: October 8th On: Windows From: Steam Price: £60/$70/€70 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 No game protagonist is more willing to stick his hand down a toilet than James Sunderland. Why is he doing this?...

Sky Of Tides is the anti-Disco Elysium in which balance is queen In this lush sci-fantasy RPG adventure, min-maxing is a sin Image credit:ESDigital Games Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man is a legendary drawing of a nude with his arms and legs reaching towards the rim and corners of a circle and square. It’s often invoked as an archetype for the humanist worldview of Man the Measure and Centre of all Things, holding a perfectly proportioned universe in shape....

Skyrim co-lead claims The Elder Scrolls 6’s helm was once promised to him, and he envisioned a plot mirroring the best Star Wars film Though, he doesn’t seem sure Bethesda’d have okayed his plans for the ending Image credit:Bethesda According to long-time Bethesda developer and Skyrim co-lead designer Kurt Kuhlmann, he was originally told he’d be leading the charge on basting the great turkey that is the The Elder Scrolls 6 ....

Smite 2 early access review: prettier, snappier, but not spicy enough “It’s not Deadlock” out of 10 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Titan Forge Games Developer: Titan Forge Games Publisher: Hi-Rez Studios Release: Out now On: Windows From: Steam Price: £25/€30/$30 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-10875H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2080 Super, Windows 11 Bear with me on this, but I adore how swordfighting works in Dune. Ubiquitous wearable sci-fi shields repel any attack that comes in too fast, so everyone has to learn this unique, overtly dance-like form of close-quarters combat where every thrust and parry is necessarily slow and considered....

Solve an Outer Wilds-style time loop, grow tea on the Moon, and fish on Neptune in this indie game anthology (In space) Image credit:LocallySourcedMI Fish! Tea! Time! Space! An ‘immersive horror sim’! Stopping the sun from not burning anymore but also not getting burnt in the process! Locally Sourced Anthology I: A Space Atlas does not, somewhat disappointingly, offer the infinite possible game concepts that space allows for. It’s got eight though, which I must say is a good start....

Space Engineers 2 launches this month and promises a refined and expanded starcrafting experience First alpha to introduce creative mode Image credit:Keen Software House This is a quiet month for video game releases, as January tends to be, but there’s at least one approaching asteroid in the shape of Space Engineers 2 . Announced over the winter, it’s a spruced-up reimagining of your scientifically determined 22nd favourite space game - the hectic Second Coming of a simulation we’ve devoted 14 whole-ass features to since 2013, including a seven-part diary series featuring many a starfaring Vengabus or Wild Wild Westerly giant robot spider ....

Star Citizen devs Cloud Imperium fined for discriminating against autistic programmer over work-from-home request UK tribunal finds that company “treated the claimant unfavourably” due to disability Image credit:Cloud Imperium A UK employment tribunal have ordered Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium to pay around £27,748 - approximately $35,230 - in compensation for discriminating against former senior programmer Paul Ah-Thion, who was dismissed in 2022 after his requests to work from home following an office move were denied....

Stardew Valley creator confirms harvesting in a certain direction is faster - but not for long, as 1.6 fix due Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has been teasing incoming patch notes for the massive update Image credit:ConcernedApe If you’ve ever suspected that harvesting crops in Stardew Valley is faster in one direction than another, validation is at hand. The beloved farming sim ’s creator has confirmed that the long-rumoured quirk is real, as its incoming 1....

Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update now in the “bug-fixing and polishing phase” Should release soon Image credit:ConcernedApe Stardew Valley ’s 1.6 update is almost done, with developer Eric Barone saying he’s “done adding major new content to it now.” He’s now in the “bug-fixing and polishing phase”. When it does arrive, it’ll be Stardew Valley’s first major update in over three years. “1.6 ended up being a little larger in scope than originally planned,” Barone tweeted yesteday ....

Starfield’s biggest update yet has been delayed by a few days Steam Beta launch had been planned to land today Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios A massive update for Starfield , cramming in over 100 fixes and other improvements, has been delayed. Originally due to hit Steam’s beta branch today, January 17th, the patch is now expected to arrive later this week - but Bethesda aren’t sure exactly when, just yet....

Stellar Blade PC will release on 11th June, according to leaked trailer montage of technical improvements All About Eve Image credit:PlayStation Publishing LLC Stellar Blade - the apparently very good third-person action extravaganza with a heroine who definitely only dresses like that because she’s comfortable with her sexuality and besides, bunny girl outfits are lightweight and tactically efficient - will launch for PC on 11th June, according to a new trailer....

Team Fortress 2 mod Classic is now Classified, literally, and gets a short delay into 2026 But not so classified I can’t tell you about it Image credit:EMINOMA In an ideal world, none of us would have to be bound by the rope called copyright, we could produce all the media we want about our favourite things, like that Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisend and Cinderella ship I have now likely made many of you aware of....

The 10 best Palworld mods Upgrade your Palworld experience with these awesome mods Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Looking for the best Palworld mods? With Palworld ’s explosive popularity making it one of the first standout releases of 2024, it was only a matter of time before the game’s mod scene started popping with all sorts of ways to allow players to customise their Palpagos Islands experience. We’ve taken a look at several of the most popular Palworld mods and sorted the most useful into the list below....

The best Final Fantasy games on PC Ranked in the correct order, finally We’re still waiting for the PC release of Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth while jealously looking over the shoulders of our PS5 brethren. But that doesn’t mean we can’t ride some other chocobo, so to speak. There are tons of other great Final Fantasy games you can play on PC right now. Below, we’ve ranked the 10 best Final Fantasy games you can currently play on Steam, putting an end to the debate over which Roman numeral is objectively best....