DLSS 4.5 does look nicer, I just wish it would explain itself better Hands-on with Nvidia’s new upscaler, in all its Model M vs. Model K mystery Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun DLSS 4.5 is out now, and while previous new versions of Nvidia’s performance-massaging upscaler would have required waiting around for game implementation – beyond the inevitable Cyberpunk 2077 debut, anyway – it follows more recent additions in letting you impose it upon existing games from the off....

Don’t worry, Lara’s tank controls are still an option in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Glory to Team Tank Image credit:Aspyr As the release of the (deep breath) Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft approaches (yes, that is its full and official Steam title) on February 14th, developers Aspyr have detailed some of the game’s new features over on the PlayStation Blog , and how they’ve approached bringing the art, controls and effects up to date for 2023....

Doom: The Dark Ages - How to open the Fire Door Here’s how to open the door covered in fire in Chapter 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Wondering how to get through the Fire Door in Chapter 2 of Doom: The Dark Ages? The 20-odd expansive levels of Doom: The Dark Ages house a number of hidden areas, some much more secretive than others. The majority of these areas in the first couple of chapters aren’t too tricky to find, but if you’re reading this, you’ll likely have already found the exception: a doorway towards the end of Hebeth which is engulfed in perpetual flames that deny all entry....

Dosa Divas is almost done simmering, as it gets a new demo and eyes up an April release Cheque please Image credit:Outerloop Games I am very much of the opinion that for the most part, video games do not have a very good relationship with food. There are plenty of games where you can eat food and get some delicious HP back for it, but rarely is food the focal point narratively....

Dragon’s Dogma 2 beginner’s tips and tricks Here’s everything you need to know for delving into Dragon’s Dogma 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for Dragon’s Dogma 2 tips for beginners? With so many dungeons to explore and so many monsters to defeat in Dragon’s Dogma 2 , it’s fair to feel slightly overwhelmed at the onset of Capcom’s expansive action RPG. Luckily, we’re here to help your first hours as a resurrected Arisen feel a little smoother....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Convergence quest walkthrough How to complete Convergence and obtain the Godsbane Blade Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for a walkthrough for the main quest Convergence in Dragon’s Dogma 2? After the lengthy story quests that saw you entering Battahl in Dragon’s Dogma 2 , it’s nice to have a bit of a break. You’ll enter a minor dungeon in this quest, but as you’ll see in the following Convergence walkthrough, the most memorable moments in this brief mission consist of meeting a shadowy figure and obtaining a mighty weapon (which happens to need some repairs) - the Godsbane Blade....

Dune: Awakening review Dunescrolling Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Funcom The world of Dune is well-realised in multiplayer survival game format, offering a harsh planet of unintentional comedy, braindead NPCs, and plenty of grindy crafting. Developer: Funcom Publisher: Funcom Release: June 10th, 2025 On: Windows From: Steam Price: £42/$50/€50 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 A survival game lives or dies on the personality of its world....

EA’s big AI push is reportedly leading to staff concerns about “flawed code” and setting up your own layoff Bosses even want the tech used to script chats with colleagues about pay and promotions, report claims Image credit:EA Workers at soon to be under new ownership Electronic Arts are reportedly struggling with a push from management towards trying to use AI for “just about everything”. That’s according to a new report, which claims staff are concerned about the likes of code mistakes they’ll then have to clean up and the tech being trained to replace them....

Elden Ring Nightreign now confirmed to be getting those duo expeditions, plus “enhanced” fights against its current Nightlord crop Tough two-person tangoes incoming Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Good news, people who’ve been struggling to form the perfect Elden Ring Nightreign trifecta and don’t fancy taking on the task of battering Nightlords solo . FromSoft have now confirmed that duo expeditions will be coming to the game later this year, as part of post-launch plans which also include “enhanced” fights against existing bosses....

Elden Ring Stormveil Castle walkthrough How to fight your way through Stormveil Castle and find Godrick the Grafted in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for an Elden Ring Stormveil Castle walkthrough? Stormveil Castle is an extremely dangerous stronghold, with many hidden enemies, confusing corridors, and unexpected shortcuts. It’s one of the first major castles you’ll come across during your Elden Ring playthrough. This Elden Ring Stormveil Castle walkthrough will help you survive this intimidating stronghold and find the Stormveil Castle boss: Godrick the Grafted....

Epic detail plans for Unreal Engine 6 and share vision of a metaverse spanning “Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite” “Let the best ecosystem win” Image credit:Epic Games Epic Games laid off over 800 people a year ago , following what CEO Tim Sweeney confessed was an “unrealistic” period of investment designed to “grow Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators”. Now, it’s time to start talking about brighter, metaversal tomorrows and hopefully, not do the whole thing all over again....

Fallout’s TV series looks pretty good in latest trailer, will release April 11th Dang, now I want to watch it Image credit:Amazon The upside of things being bad is that you don’t have to pay attention to them. Think of the time you’ve saved, in life, by movies, TV shows and video games being rubbish, and therefore culturally irrelevant and safely ignored. Here’s the final, official trailer: Fallout TV show’s final trailer....

Familiar choppiness makes Dune: Awakening’s PC performance less of a smooth wormride May thy knife chip and stutter Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Funcom I’ve always found Dune: Awakening an oddball concept – it’s been repeatedly made clear, by Zendaya no less, that Arrakis will immediately kill, flay, and digest anyone who pokes a toe into its sands without an impossible sci-fi techsuit and a lifetime of edged weapons training. Not, you’d suspect, an obvious setting for a survival crafting game where genre conventions demand you begin life as some naked loser picking up sticks....

Game-sized Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London has been delayed indefinitely by Bethesda’s incoming next-gen update “The past four years of our work stand to just simply break” Image credit:Team Folon Fallout: London , the Fallout 4 mod set in a post-apocalyptic English capital that’s large enough to effectively be its own game , has been hit by an indefinite delay just two weeks from its planned release date. The reason? Fallout 4’s long-in-the-works next-gen update is now due to drop just two days after London’s planned launch date, which its fan devs say will “simply break” the ambitious project....

Games Workshop ban staff from using genAI in Warhammer, saying they’re not “excited about it yet” No Abominable Intelligence in Warhammer art - but what about third-party videogames? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment Let the runes of protection blaze upon the vestments of the machine spirit; let psalm pervade circuitry and obliterate the Enemy’s designs; let fire and catechism fall upon the creeping ruin of Abominable Intelligence. Brothers! The hour of motion is at hand....

Helldivers 2 balancing has been “removing the fun”, Arrowhead CEO frets - “just tweaking damage numbers is a blunt tool” “I think we’ve gone too far in some areas.” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation I spent this morning being pseudo-profound about Animal Well and pseudo-elegaic about Tango Gameworks , so now it’s time to get back to the Real Business - being a pseud on the subject of videogame gun balancing....

Helldivers 2 CEO teases finally releasing long-awaited review bomb cape, as PlayStation rolls back region locking “A cape to celebrate is in order” Image credit:Arrowhead PlayStation have finally come to their senses and rolled back a lot of the unpopular PC region locking that’s been stopping folks in various parts of the world enjoying a bunch of games. It looks like one of those titles, Helldivers 2 , could finally be getting a cape players have craved for a year or so as a result....

Helldivers 2, Spider-Man 2, and more PlayStation titles have been freed from their region lock prison on PC Your mileage may vary though Image credit:Arrowhead Sony have been making a lot of mistakes over the past couple of years, including things like mistakenly thinking they could release 12 live service games by 2026 , but the more immediately annoying one is its whole PSN thing. I probably don’t need to remind you of that whole Helldivers 2 fiasco, where they tried to make logging into a PSN a requirement for those on PC and later scrapped this because it went down horrendously....

Helldivers 2’s post-death and destruction Super Earth rebuild begins, financed by more death and destruction Meanwhile, some players are getting sick of the same sort of death and destruction Image credit:Arrowhead Helldivers 2 players might have managed to stop the Illuminate from totally destroying their home planet towards the end of last month, but it still got pretty badly trashed. Enter the game’s latest mission - kick off the Super Earth rebuild by securing “reparations”....

Here’s a free N64-style version of Celeste from Extremely OK Games Devs give legendary 2D platformer a Nintendo makeover to celebrate 6th anniversary Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Extremely OK Games Celeste celebrated its sixth anniversary this month, and developers Extremely OK Games have marked the occasion by releasing a free Nintendo 64 homage to their excellent platforming game over on Itch. Made in just “a week(ish)”, Celeste 64: Fragments Of The Mountain channels the spirits of Super Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie as it tasks players with collecting dozens of strawberrys hidden around its snowy 3D landscape....