In space sim Tin Can, you are a janitor in an escape pod and all the red lights are flashing Pushing my buttons Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Tin Can Studio “Do not forget to turn the system off before touching anything,” says my astronaut colleague over the radio. I grab the faulty power transformer without listening, and am immediately electrocuted. Worse still, I have to hammer a quick-time button to recover....

Killer strategy boardgame Root’s new Steam expansion has made me aware that Root exists as a PC game Trunk-based development Image credit:Dire Wolf I have an on-and-off-again relationship with boardgaming based mostly on the fact that I have nobody to play boardgames with. I used to be part of a boardgaming circle, but then I missed a fateful opening round of Twilight Imperium, and then the pandemic started, and then everybody lost patience with Tabletop Game Simulator....

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: How to save the Gamekeeper Learn how to “Save the Gamekeeper” in KCD2’s Mutt side quest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver How do you save the Gamekeeper in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? One of the earliest side quests you can begin in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is “Mutt” - and it’s easily the most pressing issue when you first start exploring Trosky. After all, what’s Henry without his faithful canine sidekick?...

Larian hope to have future companions spend less time jumping straight into your bed, and more time with each other Get ready to spent the first 40 hours subtly flirting, rather than immediately being crushed by an amorous bear Image credit:Larian / Rock Paper Shotgun With Baldur’s Gate 3 and its gang of rowdy adventuring mates in the rear view mirror, Larian are hoping to improve a couple of aspects of how they handle companions going forwards - a process that’ll likely kick off in Divinity ....

League of Legends’ anti-cheat won’t brick your PC, Riot insist, after adding Valorant’s controversial system to the MOBA Offer reassurance that Vanguard doesn’t take screenshots of anything except the game itself Image credit:Riot Games The already controversial decision to add the anti-cheat tool used in shooter Valorant to League of Legends has seemingly caused developers Riot Games even more of a headache. The studio have issued a lengthy assurance that - at least as far as they know - the new anti-cheat software isn’t causing players’ hardware to end up bricked, despite various reports of major issues after its introduction....

Left 4 Dead’s ratty cousin Vermintide 2 is finally getting a Versus mode, with alpha tests in the “near future” A tail worth telling Image credit:Fatshark Wake up, mayflies! FatShark have detailed the closed alpha for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 ’s long-awaited Versus mode, in which the doughty Ubersreik Five go up against four player-controlled Skaven Pactsworn (translation: ratty supervillains) in addition to the rank-and-file AI-controlled rodent hordes. The alpha will launch in the “near future”, and sounds like just the dollop of rancid PvP shenanigans this lapsed Elven ranger needs to re-install one of the all-time great Warhammer adaptations, which unaccountably isn’t on our list of the best co-op games or the best multiplayer games on PC....

Let’s beat some usefulness out that Black Myth: Wukong benchmark tool Journey to the Best… settings Image credit:Game Science Unlike Ed, I wasn’t deemed important or youthfully handsome enough to get Black Myth: Wukong review code, leaving my only hopes of conducting some hardwarey performance investigation with the recently released benchmarking tool . The one that, by the admission of developers Game Science themselves, “may not fully represent the actual gaming experience and final performance at the time of the game’s release”....

MacVulpes InCulkin stares at a guy spitting blood, as Fallout season 2’s latest trailer sets up many family searches Also, ghoul Kings and a guy with a mouth on his chest Image credit:Prime Video As previous trailers have outlined, this chain of episodes is set in NEW VEGAS. That’s NEW VEGAS, the setting of obscure 2010 RPG Fallout: NEW VEGAS . There are characters, factions and things from NEW VEGAS, which the established cast will be interacting with because they’re heading to NEW VEGAS....

Mask Quest is a deceptively gimmicky platformer where you must press A to breathe while avoiding the cops From increpare, creator of Stephen’s Sausage Roll Image credit:increpare / undef Out 17th October on Steam , Mask Quest is a platform game in which you hold and release a button to refill your character’s lungs while dodging police batons, bullets, gas grenades and drones. Neglect to do so, and you’ll pop your clogs....

Metaphor ReFantazio best Archetypes for each character Here are the best Archetypes for each player out of the 46 on offer Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Looking for the best Archetypes in Metaphor ReFantazio? There are a whopping total of 46 Archetypes in Metaphor ReFantazio and 7 playable characters who can wield them. This means you may have a tough time narrowing down your options and choosing the best Archetypes for each character....

Mewgenics developers reckon going for a full launch over early access is “a weird thing now” “There’s a handful of situations where it makes sense, like multiplayer stuff. Other than that, I feel like almost anything else would be better” Image credit:Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel Mewgenics , the cat breeding roguelike battler from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel, finally saunters out of its litter box with a cheeky smirk next week....

Minecraft is getting a new biome and The Creaking, a creepy mob that only moves when you look away Creaking angels Image credit:Mojang Mojang want to release smaller updates more frequently for Minecraft , instead of one major update each summer. This evening’s Minecraft Live stream detailed the Bravery And Bundles update , coming next, but also another update to follow in the next few months. A creepy update. It doesn’t have a name yet, but it’ll add The Pale Garden, a new biome of eerie, grey trees and hanging moss that’s quiet during the day, but which at night is inhabited by a new mob, the Creaking....

Minecraft mod users beware, some fake mods are going around that can steal your Steam details and more Not exactly ideal Image credit:Mojang Downloaded any good Minecraft mods lately? Well, you might want to give them a good once over, as it appears there’s a bit of a malware scam going around at the moment that can loot you of your Minecraft login details, browser credentials, Steam and Discord account info, and more besides (this includes things like your cryptocurrency wallet buy if you had any sense you wouldn’t have one of those in the first place)....

Minecraft’s “vibrant” update has me thinking about video games as time capsules Making self-preservation an artistic objective Image credit:Microsoft In the latest Minecraft Live, developers Mojang revealed a “Vibrant Visual” overhaul for a game that is now older than many (most?) of the people playing it. Initially planned for the game’s Bedrock edition, with a Java version update to follow, it garnishes Minecraft ’s blocky wilderness with directional lighting, volumetric fog and other gimcrackery you might recognise from more recently published open worlders....

Minecraft’s new faster update schedule will probably fill modders with both despair and nostalgia Expect “free game drops” throughout the year, rather than one big summer update Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios If there’s one thing I’ve heard from Minecraft modders when I’ve asked for their thoughts on the future of Minecraft, it’s some variation on “fewer updates, please”. This might seem unreasonable if you’re not into modding, but the price of updating a game is often that you break any mods designed for it....

Morsels review We aren’t rotting, we’re fermenting <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/morsels-review-header.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 huge crocodile in a hat saying “I try to focus on the things that I can change” in Morsels. - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Furcula / Annapurna Interactive Developer: Furcula Publisher: Annapurna Interactive Release: November 18th, 2025 On: Windows From: Steam , Epic Games Store Price: 16/£12/€14 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7 12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11 The word “morsel” comes from the Latin “mordeo”, meaning “I bite”....

Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill is surprisingly deep for a 4-hour long 90s point and click game This school needs to start doing background checks Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Her Interactive Well, well, well. Of all the detectives in all the world, she came to me. She was a dame with hair red as communion wine spilled by a bishop looking at a nun’s cleava- oh what, wait, she’s how old?...

New platformer Paperklay is a little bit Banjo, a little bit LittleBigPlanet Out this month Image credit:WhyKev 3D platformer Paperklay has perhaps the least appealing protagonists I’ve seen in a game recently. I hate avian buddy duo “Chick & Nugget” and all their works, beginning with the ghastly 3am pun that appears to have spawned them. Look at that ampersand, dangling in the middle like a chunk of gristle. What an absolute crime against typography....

New screenshots from canceled Paradox sim Life By You show off all the fits we’ll never get On reflection I probably won’t be writing the words ‘fits’ again Image credit:Richard Khoo/Paradox It is I, the wound salter. The injury insult adder. Life By You , the simulation life-em-up from Paradox, was canceled in June after being delayed indefinitely . The day after the cancellation - which Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester implied was down to a “lacking”, unfixable development state - designer Willem Delventhal spoke about his time at the subsequently shuttered Paradox Tectonic....

Nioh 3: How to find and beat Demon of Pride How to locate and defeat this hidden Warring States boss Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Koei Tecmo Struggling to beat the Demon of Pride in Nioh 3? Hidden amongst Nioh 3 ’s large maps are several secret bosses, including a smattering of demons who will test the skills of any tried and true warrior. The Demon of Pride is the first of these foes that most players will encounter, and while he can be found in the starting Warring States map, you’ll first need to acquire a Guardian Spirit from the Heian era to access him....