Shadows Of Doubt update adds gated communities and snipers, making it even more of a reverse Hitman game Stage an Intervention <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/shadows-of-doubt-cowardly-heron.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A person walks past the “Cowardly Heron” during a snowy night in Shadows Of Doubt. - 1”> Image credit:Fireshine Games Revealed during yesterday’s Triple-i Initiative, procedurally generated detective sim Shadows Of Doubt largest update yet is playable right now. Dubbed “The Sharpshooter Assassin”, the the patch introduces two new killer variants, both snipers who’ll blast lead from vantage points around the city....

Sons of the Forest keycard locations: Maintenance, VIP, and Guest keycard locations Discover all Sons Of The Forest keycard locations Want to know every Sons Of The Forest keycard location? Keycards in Sons Of The Forest gain you access to secret bunkers throughout the island that in turn, contain resources, weapons, armor and story items like the elusive Golden Armor . There are three keycards in total - Maintenance , VIP , and Guest - all with different locations and entry requirements....

Sons Of Valhalla Review: A mostly brilliant tac-and-slash tug of war My first motion as staff writer is to lobby for a ‘bestest, but…’ sticker Image credit:Pixel Chest/Hooded Horse Developer: Pixel Chest Publisher: Hooded Horse Release: April 5th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , GOG , Epic Games Store Price: TBC Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-8600K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 Like an aggressively competitive thane at a reindeer-piss guzzling contest, 2D tac-and-slash roguelite Sons Of Valhalla never lets up the pace for even a moment....

Specialist RPG studio’s unannounced Warhammer game revealed following layoffs No morehammer Image credit:Creative Assembly An unannounced “PvE Action RPG” set in one of Games Workshop’s fantasy properties was apparently in development until being cancelled late last year, according to a new report from mp1st . News of the project was pieced together by mp1st from several LinkedIn profiles belonging to former employees of studio Thought Pennies. Different sources alternately describe the project as a “multiplatform, social role-playing game" and a “fantasy live-service RPG”, although it’s possible these refer to different projects from the same time period....

Speed saves lives in Haste, 2025’s best game about outrunning an apocalypse Doors won’t slow this one down Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Landfall The RPS Advent Calendar 2025 has begun! We’re revealing one of our favourite games of the year every day, and our favourite of favourites on December 24th. Check the main Calendar post to see a full list of our choices so far. To successfully deliver presents to every child on Earth within a single Christmas eve, Santa Claus would need to travel in the region of half the speed of light – enough to vaporise the flesh and disintegrate the sleighs of mere mortals....

Split Fiction review It Takes Two 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Electronic Arts Developer: Hazelight Studios Publisher: EA Release: March 6th 2025 On: Windows From: Steam / Epic Games Store Price: £40/€50/$50 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-12600K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti, Windows 10 Brendan: Hello, Nic. Nic: Brendy! Why are you here, in my review? What is this, some kind of Split Fiction ? Some kind of co-op adventure by Hazelight?...

Spooky throwback Elder Scrolls ’em up Dread Delusion leaves early access in May Come bathe in the glare of this pixellated neutron star Image credit:DreadXP Dread Delusion is a creepo-tastic open world RPG that positively reeks of King’s Field and the Elder Scrolls of yore. Created by Lovely Hellplace and published by horror anthology specialists DreadXP, it’s so far up my alley it’s probably been mugged by some kind of hideous clockwork cutthroat - and yet somehow, I’ve never played the thing....

Steam will soon let you filter games by accessibility feature Playing support Image credit:Valve When shopping for a game on Steam you’ll soon be able to filter results by accessibility feature. The filter options are coming some time later this year, say Valve in a Steamworks update post , and will include tickboxes for alternative colour options, adjustable difficulty, menu narration, and subtitle options, among some other useful categories. When searching through the store you’ll be able to use the usual filter side bar (the bit that lets you filter by genre, for instance) to “narrow by accessibility feature”....

Strategy game The Deadly Path is Dungeon Keeper with a writhing helping of tabletop time management Dready player one Image credit:Fireshine Games Countless are the pretenders to Dungeon Keeper ’s skull-buttressed throne, but I sense a certain fearful promise in The Deadly Path, a building management and roguelike strategy game from Owlskip Enterprises. The setup here is that you’re stuck in a tabletop underworld with a bunch of elder gods, or Dread Deities....

That’s a really cool scarf, Agent 47 I really like it Image credit:IO Interactive Hey, Agent 47. That’s a really nice scarf. Battlefield 6 is getting written about a lot these days so I’m seeing quite a few screenshots of buildings being blown up. I’m not sure exactly why, but I seem to have developed a visceral distaste for images of buildings being blown up recently. At times like these, it’s nice to look at a nice scarf....

The Brew Barons is a sumptuous, Ghibli-inspired flight sim that’s also a brewing sim for some reason Do a barrel roll Image credit:Lifetap Studios The Brew Barons unfolds in a horrifying world where most agricultural tasks and outdoor mechanical activities are carried out using the medium of heavily armed seaplanes. Need apples for cider? Fly through the trees, cannons ablazing. Need to gather wheat? Fly the plane through the field using its propeller as a scythe, with hardier types of wheat requiring tougher propeller blades....

The eighth RPS Christmas Cracker 2024 My goodness Image credit:RPS The fell moons rise, and in their cold glare emerges a parcel from the dirt. Bloat and gangrene, crimped as if by tourniquet. A dark promise wriggles within. Grip the fibrous handles, feel its jagged soul imprint upon your palm. Now pull! Rend the sinew, tear muscle from bone, hatch their fetid gift! The yoke draws near! Take up the slip and read the words upon its face....

The Electronic Wireless Show S3 Episode 4: Steam Next Fest recommendations and general indie game enthusiasm We didn’t think there was much news happening this week and then loads did Image credit:The Bworg Here at the Electronic Wireless Show podcast we like indie games (inasmuch as “indie” can ever really be a helpful term; as the “good” doctor Peterson would no doubt say, what do words even mean? It’s bloody complicated!...

The humans are revolting in Ashes Of The Singularity 2, the latest planet-scale RTS from Oxide Games “We’re determined to make the BIG both simple and fun” Image credit:Stardock Stardock and Oxide Games have announced Ashes Of The Singularity II - or Ashes Of The Singularity 2 , as people who hate unnecessary extra keyboard presses may prefer - sequel to the sci-fi real-time strategy game Brendy called “gorgeous, but plain” , adding “there’s nothing here that hasn’t been done before and done better”....

The largest ever Crusader Kings 3 expansion takes us to China, Japan and Southeast Asia this October All Under Heaven out later this month, for a princely sum Image credit:Paradox Interactive Paradox have slapped a release date on Crusader Kings 3 ’s All Under Heaven DLC, the 4X strategy game ’s “largest expansion” ever, which extends its dynastic soap opera to medieval China, Japan and Southeast Asia. The map expansion is coming on 28th October....

The most obnoxious shooter you vaguely remember has returned in 420BlazeIt 2 lol wtf?? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Normal Wholesome Games Cast your mind back ten years. Done? Good, you survived the hideous form of time travel known as long-term memory. Now, do you see a horrendous first-person shooter anywhere back there, full of memes and intentionally terrible font choices? Congratulations, you may have remembered 420BlazeIt, a freakish eyesore of a game developed during a 7-day game jam by one of the people behind Crossy Road, of all things....

The next Total War: Warhammer 3 update will let your dwarves play tall by delving greedily and deep Tall?! Image credit:Sega Any gags I could make about an update that lets Total War: Warhammer 3’s dawi play tall are far too obvious for the discerning comedic palette that brought you such bangers as that time I just wrote “(penis)” a bunch so the Overkill’s Walking Dead page wouldn’t quote me out of context, so let’s just dive right in to the details....

The NYT Crossword answers for Friday, October 10th 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Friday, 10th October? We get it! It can get pretty tough out there in the grid....

The NYT Crossword answers for Monday, September 8th 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Monday, 8th September? Welcome to yet another Monday, another NYT Crossword, and another Rock Paper Shotgun Crossword Companion to match it!...

The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Thursday, September 11th 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Mini Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, September 15th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s Mini Crossword on Thursday, 11th September? Well you have come to the right place....