Rust gets rusty boat building, so you can sail in search of ghost ships, floating cities and tropical islands Plank you can trick your mates into walking very much included Image credit:Facepunch Studios Rust , the survival game also the world’s foremost simulator of rock-chucking battles between naked people , has gotten a naval update adding in the ability to cobble together your own watercraft and sail the high seas. Those seas have plenty to discover and point your cannons at too, especially the “high risk, high reward, and intentionally unforgiving” deep sea region....

RV There Yet? is a dad-core co-op game about doing a very bad job driving home from your campervan vacation Smoking’s bad for you though, kids Image credit:Nuggets Entertainment It’s really quite interesting how, in a time where big budget live service games are doing anything they can to get you to continue playing (and importantly spend money on) them, the sort of spiritual opposite of this to rise out of this are games where you just hang out with a few buds doing silly nonsense that don’t cost very much....

Sea of Thieves crossing over with Destiny doesn’t make a lick of sense, but here it is anyway Arrr you sure about this one? Image credit:Rare/ Bungie Everything is IP, all of the time, everywhere you look now, because big wigs in suits have got it in their heads that original, uniquely appealing content just can’t win over a combination of pixels that resemble something someone already likes. Sea of Thieves is no stranger to crossovers, with big, thematically relevant ones like Monkey Island and Pirates of the Caribbean , as well as some smaller ones like Halo and Banjo Kazooie....

Slitterhead review: body-hopping action horror that’s best left dispossessed I’m glad I won’t have to say “Slitterhead” out loud in meetings ever again Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bokeh Game Studio Developer: Bokeh Game Studio Publisher: Bokeh Game Studio Release: November 8th, 2024 On: Windows From: Steam Price: TBA Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, Nvidia RTX 3080, 16GB RAM, Windows 11 I was excited for Slitterhead , an action adventure game by Bokeh Studio, a studio founded by none other than your boy Keiichiro Toyama: the creator of Silent Hill, Gravity Rush, and the Siren series....

Solving the problems of generative AI is everyone’s responsibility As we look to the near future of generative AI, we need to decide what we want to do with it Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun In Part 1, Our Generation , we discuss what we mean when we use the term ‘generative AI’. In Part 2, The Art Of The Steal , we look at the issues with generative AI’s current training models....

Sons Of The Forest Virginia clothes locations: Where to get outfits Learn where to find every outfit for Virginia in Sons Of The Forest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games Want to know where to find every outfit for Virginia in Sons Of The Forest? While Virginia first approaches you wearing a Blue Swimsuit in Sons Of The Forest , there are actually many other outfits that you can find scattered around the map....

Souls devs FromSoftware also want Bloodborne on PC, even if the game’s own director can’t admit it “If I say I want one, I’ll get in trouble” Image credit:FromSoftware Look, everyone wants to play Bloodborne on PC. It’s one of those universally accepted truths, like gravity or pizza being delicious. And, yes, nobody really knows why Bloodborne isn’t on PC yet, almost a decade after it released on PlayStation 4 - despite Sony’s apparent delight in bringing every other PlayStation exclusive to PC, just to mock us....

Square Enix announces £112m in “content abandonment losses” as it seeks to be more selective Aiming for fewer, higher quality games Square Enix have announced 22.1 billion yen (around £112m) in “content abandonment losses” for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The loss is the result of the publisher being “more selective and focused in the allocation of development resources,” suggesting they have cut funding to or cancelled undisclosed projects....

Surprise! A Painkiller remake is coming later this year, but it’ll be slightly different from how you remember it Pass the aspirin Image credit:People Can Fly/ Anshar Studios Tonight’s Future Games Show obviously wasn’t about any one game or studio in particular, but funnily enough, it did open and close with games from (technically) one developer. The show started things off with a look at Lost Rift , a supernatural, survival, PvPvE extraction game - that’s a lot of things - from People Can Fly ....

Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival beats its way onto Steam today, with 70+ songs (and 700 more behind a subscription) The series’ first time on Steam Image credit:Bandai Namco I first played Taiko no Tatsujin in an arcade (in Japan, because I am very cool), where it’s controlled by hitting a recreation of an actual taiko drum. It was fun enough that I wish there was a taiko drum peripheral available for PC now the series is on our platform....

Take-Two are selling Private Division and closing Roll7 and Intercept, because they’re in “the business of making great big hits” GTA 6 publishers belatedly confirm studio closures following mass layoffs Image credit:Private Division Take-Two Interactive have sold their publishing label Private Division to an unnamed party, along with five of Private Division’s “live and unreleased titles”. The GTA 6 publisher have also finally confirmed that they have shut down OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome devs Roll7 together with Kerbal Space Program 2 creators Intercept Games, months after performing mass layoffs at both studios....

Tekken 8 review: the difference is slight but we still like the fight Tekken no prisoners Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Tekken 8 review It’s a lot like Tekken 7, but angrier. Developer: Bandai Namco Studios Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Release: Jan 25th On: Windows From: Steam Price: £60/$70/€70 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 When I am faced with Death, and that grim skeletal mouth asks me to choose the game we play to decide my fate, I have long believed I will pick Tekken....

The Division: Definitive Edition looks like it may be a thing, assuming this poster in Japan’s the real deal The Hunt for Red Octposter Image credit:Ubisoft A poster advertising a definitive edition of Tom Clancy’s The Division appears to have been spotted by folks attending a Ubisoft-run eSports event in Japan. At least, that’s assuming this isn’t some elaborate ruse designed to draw in spies from other game studios, while only Jack Ryan can see what’s truly going on....

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 11: are AI NPCs the future? Our impression of what they sound like suggests no Hot topics coming out of GDC Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment No James this week, but I am joined by Nate for this week’s Electronic Wireless Show podcast to discuss Ubisoft’s new NEO NPC prototype - an NPC you can have a stilted, weird conversation with using the power of AI!...

The fifth RPS Christmas Cracker 2024 Threading a needle here 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 fourth RPS Christmas Cracker 2024 Apologies in advance 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 Fremen are the missing link in Dune: Awakening’s efforts to be more than a survival game Thoughts from the beta Image credit:Funcom Among the first terrain fixtures you discover on Dune: Awakening ’s Arrakis are moisture seals: puffy wads of fabric that fill cave entrances to create makeshift microclimates, where travellers can escape the constant threat of dehydration. Awakening’s moisture seal are, in practice, the paper lid on a tube of wilderness Pringles: poke through with your dagger to find resources and the occasional hostile NPC....

The Manor Lords dev has the “ideal” approach to early access, says Hooded Horse: “It’s not like, vote on the next feature” Publisher CEO also stresses the value of in-game footage in trailers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Medieval city builder Manor Lords was Steam’s most-wishlisted game prior to release, and has now managed the feat of transmuting that anticipation into broad enthusiasm and very healthy sales . Not too shabby, considering that it’s mostly the work of just one person, Grzegorz Styczeń of Slavic Magic, who has hopefully found time to sleep now and then between fielding bug reports and preparing the game’s first patches ....

The Necromancer’s Tale is the most I’ve enjoyed creating an RPG character in a while, and no I don’t mean the walking corpses By the book Image credit:Psychic Software I’ve only dipped my distal index fingerbone in The Necromancer’s Tale , a just-released historical fantasy tactics RPG from Psychic Software, but I can at least report back that the character creator is a gentle joy, to the point that I was disappointed to reach the end of it....

The NYT Crossword answers for Friday, September 26th 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, 26th September? We get it! Those NYT Crosswords can be grueling. That’s why we have created this NYT Crossword Companion that you can use alongside the crossword....