Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth seemingly locks New Game+ behind expensive special editions A £15 upgrade Image credit:Sega Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth releases this coming week and takes the series’ best boy protagonists to the new shores of Hawaii. It’s one of our most anticipated games of 2024 . There’s a slight snag though: New Game+ mode, a staple of both the genre and the series, is this time locked away within the more expensive Deluxe and Ultimate Editions....

Little Nightmares 3 review Little as in diminished Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supermassive Little Nightmares 3 is a heartbreakingly competent cover act of the series previous entries. It’s got a few truly brilliant moments, but a comparative dearth of imagination. Developer: Supermassive Games Publisher: Bandai Namco Release: Out now On: Windows From: Steam Price: £35/€40/$40 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-12600K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti, Windows 11 The code Bandai Namco were kind enough to send me for puzzle platformer Little Nightmares 3 included a swathe of bonus costumes resembling characters and monsters from the previous games....

Loot goblins and Remnant players should check out new fantasy RPG Empyreal, which launches in May It’s got some philosophy to go with the loot Image credit:Secret Mode Silent Games and Secret Mode have announced that their acrobatic, pensive action-RPG Empyreal will launch on 8th May, with a demo still available on Steam . I hadn’t come across Empyreal before, but I already have Opinions, mostly positive. Firstly, the fonts for damage number pop-ups are… weirdly stringy, given the heft and colour of the character models and environments....

Marathon Steam pre-orders no longer automatically try to install Destiny 2, as Bungie fix Freudian slip/bug Somehow ending up with Destiny back on their hard drives is no longer the destiny of Marathon purchasers Image credit:Bungie Ah, no, not that one. That, I assume, has been the reaction of folks who’ve gone to pre-order the Marathon reboot on Steam, and immediately been informed that Destiny 2 is sneaking its way back onto their machines....

Marvel’s Wolverine at long last gets a borderline uncomfortably bloody gameplay trailer, and a PS5 release window We all know a PC release will come eventually, at least Image credit:Insomniac Games After four whole years of silence, PlayStation and Insomniac have very graciously offered up a new trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine . With gameplay no less! Horrifically gruesome, violent, and bloody gameplay that is so intense you should probably give it 15 minutes or so if you’ve just had your supper....

Mentari has you heal a petrified world through the power of sick dance moves Hit the griddy, help the city Image credit:indie.io Indonesian indie developers stellarNULL have announced action adventure game Mentari , a coming of age story about a magical girl who heals the world and fights baddies with the power of dance. As they attack you, you’ll hit them with sick twirls and the ‘ol two step, cleansing them of a sickness called the “Stillness”....

MSI Claw 8 AI+ review: second time’s the charm for this powerful handheld revamp Fortune talon Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun MSI Claw 8 AI+ specs: CPU/GPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V/Intel Arc 140V RAM: 32GB LPDDR5X Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD Display: 8in, 1920x1200, 120Hz IPS Ports: 2x USB-C, 1x 3.5mm, 1x microSD Dimensions: 299x126x24mm Weight: 795g Price: £899 / $900 One thing this review can’t tell you is how exactly the MSI Claw 8 AI+ improves on the original Claw , for the simple reason that MSI themselves binned off the latter before I had a chance to try it....

Nacon think there are “too many games” due to a Covid-era boom and player standards are going up New game avalanche reflects heavy investment “when the market was bursting” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Nacon It’s time for another pull on the velvet rope labelled “too many games”. In fairness, this time the argument is a touch more involved than perennial moaning about backlogs – to whit, “there are too many games and it’s all the pandemic’s fault”....

Neath, the Rogue Legacy devs’ RPG set in an “irradiated, inverted tower” warped by godly whims, arrives 2026 Get ready to “ascend the corrupt citadel to defy the decree of the undivine” in Cellar Door Games’ latest work Image credit:Cellar Door Games “PRAISE NEATH”, cry the developers of Rogue Legacy . “What’s Neath?”, I ask politely. It’s their new game, they say, a roguelike RPG with some tactical combat about an upside-down tower constantly shifting because a god can’t make up his mind....

New Transformers game Galactic Trials is part racing game and part roguelike battler, out this year Rolling out in October Image credit:Outright Games It’s been a good while since we last got a proper Transformers video game, with the four years since the XCOM -ish Transformers: Battlegrounds in 2020 only seeing long-in-the-works MMO Transformers Online finally biting the dust. That’s about to change, with the reveal of a curious new combination of racer and roguelike starring the robots in disguise....

New Witcher 3 mod adds an in-depth standalone monster hunting mode set in a fresh region the size of Toussaint There’s also the option to turn it into a sort of high-stakes extraction sworder Image credit:CD Projekt Sometimes the simple life is the one I crave when I fire up The Witcher 3 . Go away, warring rulers, meddling mages, and otherworldly elven harbingers of the apocalypse, let me concentrate on being medieval pest control....

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black: Is it a remake or remaster? Here’s an in-depth comparison on Ninja Gaiden 2 Black versus Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Image credit:Koei Tecmo Wondering if Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is a remake? Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo have shadow dropped a new version of Ninja Gaiden 2 on Steam and consoles, and this marks the third major iteration of Ryu Hayabusa’s second Xbox adventure. Considering that Ninja Gaiden 2 is one of the most aggressive and challenging character action games released in the late 2000s, this new version is well worth a look....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, May 19) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #343 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, July 18) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #403 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hints and answers, Friday Nov 21 Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #893. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Connections on Friday, 21st November? It’s totally okay to be a veteran Connections player and still need a bit of help from time to time; no matter how many victories you’ve achieved, it remains a devilishly difficult puzzle!...

NYT Connections hints and answers, Monday Feb 17 Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #616. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Connections on Monday, 17th February? If today’s themes are right up your alley, you’re in luck… but since you’re here, maybe they’re not....

NYT Connections hints and answers, Saturday Jun 14 Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #733. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Connections on Saturday, 14th June? There’s no such thing as an impossible Connections puzzle - not if you’re using this handy guide, at least....

NYT Connections hints and answers, Sunday Apr 6 Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #664. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Connections on Sunday, 6th April? Connections is back with another tricky puzzle. This one includes everything from “Pizza” to “Spike Lee,” so you can bet that it’s going to be a real head-scratcher to solve....

NYT Connections hints and answers, Thursday Apr 17 Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #675. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Connections on Thursday, 17th April? Connections puzzles aren’t easy, and take it from a veteran: they never will be, no matter how many you solve....

NYT Connections hints and answers, Thursday Jun 5 Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #724. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Connections on Thursday, 5th June? If you’re struggling, don’t feel bad about it; the NYT Connections puzzles are very difficult, and completing every daily puzzle without ever needing a guide is probably impossible....