Endless Legend 2 is everything I love about 2014’s best 4X, but on a map that’s constantly changing Oh, and they’ve fixed the battle system Image credit:Hooded Horse / Rock Paper Shotgun The legend goes that in the 12th century, King Canute plonked his throne down on the seashore and commanded the tide to go out, thereby empirically demonstrating to all the toadies at court that he was not, in fact, God Almighty....

Enter the Gungeon 2 gets a reveal almost a decade on from the first one, looks like more of the same, but in 3D Lock and load in, again Image credit:Dodge Roll Enter the Gungeon feels like one of those quintessential indie games right? It came out almost a decade ago way back in 2016, which felt like the peak “indie games are here and they can go toe to toe with the big boys” era....

Escape from Tarkov is offering players in-game currency as a bounty for reporting cheaters Latest patch also adds offline option for PvE mode Image credit:Battlestate Escape from Tarkov is taking extra steps to crack down on cheaters by offering players a cash bounty - in the extraction shooter’s in-game currency, anyway - for reporting ne’er-do-wells. The popular shooter has long been waging war against cheaters, naming and shaming thousands of banned players by dropping lists of usernames as proof that “justice has been served”....

Euro Truck Simulator 2’s Nordic Horizons expansion finally delivers its cargo later this month Your years of pining for the fjords end on November 27th Image credit:SCS Software Start using maps to check out service stations in Scandinavia, as Euro Truck Simulator 2 ’s Nordic Horizons expansion is set to release on November 27th. This DLC was announced back in January 2024 , and as it shuffles out of SCS Software’s ever-busy DLC pipeline, it’ll leave some coaches and a recently revealed trip to Ireland waiting in the traffic queue....

Former Deus Ex developer’s moody sci-fi action game Hell Is Us will launch in September A trailer full of trepidation Image credit:Nacon I had Hell Is Us vaguely pegged as an “arty” game, but then I watched the new release date trailer, which begins with Adam Jensen(’s voice actor) grizzly-grunting that “when the fury of emotions sparks the wildfire of violence, it dissolves our illusions and exposes the fragile structure of reality”....

Frontier announce third Jurassic World game and two other management sims Scientists reportedly so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they aren’t stopping to think if they should Image credit:Frontier Developments Pteranodon-fanciers and Stegosaur-whisperers, please throw your velociraptor-skin hats skyward in adulation. Frontier have partnered with Universal to make a third Jurassic World videogame. It’s one of three new management games inbound from the Elite Dangereux developer over the next few years, including a game based on one of Frontier’s own intellectual properties....

Frostpunk 2’s first bit of DLC gets a seasonally appropriate release date, though it does sound a bit bare-bones Fractured utopia indeed Image credit:11 bit studios I know that with winter on the way, you might be wanting to play some summery games to remind you of what life was like before Jack Frost started nipping at your chestnuts. Put that to the side, perhaps, just for a while, as developer 11 bit studios have revealed the release date for Frostpunk 2’s first bit of DLC, Fractured Utopias ....

Future Creative Assembly games may “require blood thematically”, which sure sounds like a Total War: Warhammer 40,000 teaser Blood is compulsory Image credit:An unknown criminal Over the Christmas break, I took a brief hiatus from reporting on every time a Total War developer breathes or spills tea on their shirt. The year ended, the world did not, and no Thanquol DLC was announced, but I did miss what I reckon is the strongest hint they’ve yet freely given that strategy game Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is both real and due an announcement very soon....

Get in the car, loser, we’re going on an Internet Roadtrip with a thousand backseat drivers Will we ever make it to Canada? Image credit:Neal.fun / Rock Paper Shotgun Friends, it is my sad duty to inform you that Stimulation Clicker dev Neal Agarwal is up to more of browser-based mischief. He’s published a new online squabbling sim called Internet Roadtrip. It’s a roaming Google Streetview cam in which viewers vote on the direction of travel every 10 seconds....

Giving Rainbow Six: Siege a sequel or new engine could doom it, says creative director “You see games that did go through sequels and just completely drop the ball” Image credit:Ubisoft Rainbow Six Siege ’s creative director Alexander Karpazis doesn’t believe the elderly shooter needs a change of game engine or for that matter, a sequel. He feels that Siege can “last forever”, adding that “I’m not going to name names, but you see games go through sequels and just completely drop the ball....

Go Mecha Ball, out today on Steam and Game Pass, is a swish blend of twin-stick shooting and pinball physics Once again pondering the orb Image credit:Super Rare Originals Friends, it is finally time for me to discourse unto you about my great love of balls. The roots of my enthusiasm go back to pinball machines - both the fancier, arcade variety that transmogrify into e.g. screaming robot skulls when you achieve a high-enough multiplier, and the crappy, play-at-home variety that are basically a canted wooden sheet with some numbers drawn on it....

Hades 2 adds a boss fight against Prometheus and a lot more in a chunky update An unexplored region, new pets, and a shiny weapon Image credit:Supergiant Games Praise the gods, it’s Hades 2 update day, and developers Supergiant are not mucking about. They have bolstered the nippy roguelike with a heap of shiny new things in this “Olympian Update”, including a new weapon with homing attacks, a liver-pecking boss fight, two new animal familiars, and the home region of the Gods - mount Olympus....

Having resurrected The Crew, devs behind fan revival project are now working on a big mod to restore the racer to “greatness” “TCU Net 2.0” is also in the works from The Crew Unlimited’s creators Image credit:Ubisoft Earlier this month, fan-made revival project The Crew Unlimited , brought Ubisoft’s decommissioned racer The Crew back to life in server emulated PC form. Now, its devs have put out an update outlining a couple of things they’re working on to try and take things to the next level....

Helldivers 2 Cutting Edge warbond is out, sparking fresh debate about the Illuminate faction All the lightning guns, laser rifles and fancy armour you can eat Image credit:PlayStation Helldivers 2 ’s Cutting Edge Premium warbond, aka DLC battle pass, is now available to buy in-game, and it is chock-full of oddball gadgetry such as lightning shotguns, burst-fire laser rifles and experimental armour. As with the Arc Thrower stratagem, the lightning shotgun fires arcs of electricity that conduct between players and enemies alike, but there’s a fresh armour perk, Electrical Conduit, which reduces arc damage by 95%, allowing close-knit teams of Helldivers to roll around the battlefield frazzling themselves without much penalty....

Helldivers 2’s first licensed crossover is also Killzone’s official debut on PC, sort of Ailing Guerrilla series lends weapons and capes to Super Earth’s war effort Image credit:Sony After much teasing, the vicious tyrants of Arrowhead Games and their noxious puppets, the “democratic government” of Super Earth, have announced the very first Helldivers 2 licensed crossover. In yet another hollow display of solidarity and “Liber-tea”, they’ve teamed up with the loathsome fascists of Killzone, the elderly shooter series from Sony and Guerrilla Games....

Here’s a game where you have to end parallel worlds that only takes 10 minutes to beat for “busy working adults” Yeah, I’ve got time for that Image credit:Kanata Lab, HYPER REAL, Playism There is nothing inherently awful in a game being obscenely long, in fact it can be quite pleasurable to get to know a digital world so intimately. The issue is that I am an “adult” who has to “work” to pay my “bills” and “taxes,” so I don’t always have time for such things....

Hollow Knight Silksong tips for beginners 8 tips for beginners, including how to Pogo and how to get maps Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking for some effective Hollow Knight: Silksong beginner tips and tricks to get you through the early game? The deadly realm of Pharloom has many obstacles in store, and Hornet undeniably feels very different from her predecessor in the first Hollow Knight . She’s way faster, and learning how to restore health and Pogo off of enemies with her is an entirely new experience....

Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 7 (Hunter’s March) Prepare for some serious Pogo-ing through Hunter’s March <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hollow-knight-silksong-walkthrough-7-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=“Hornet in Hollow Knight: Silksong attacks downwards in midair to “pogo” off some red plant bulbs in the Hunter’s March region. - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Stuck finding your way through Hunter’s March in Hollow Knight: Silksong? Of all the parts I’ve written so far for this Hollow Knight: Silksong walkthrough, I think Hunter’s March deserves one the most....

Hollywood Animal is a nifty and detailed golden age simulator populated with eminently hireable alcoholics There’s no business like it Image credit:Weappy Wholesome Hollywood Animal is a management sim about turning a bankrupt movie studio into a money printing machine, set in Hollywood’s golden age. While a Frostpunk 2 or Manor Lords might have you grapple with the elements, here it’s all about balancing a fickle audience and Tinseltown’s seedy underbelly....

How to complete Source of the Contamination in Arc Raiders Visit the Water Treatment Center to see what’s contaminating the water Image credit:Embark Studios Need help with the Source of the Contamination quest in Arc Raiders? If you’re on the hunt to see what’s contaminating the water in the Dam Battlegrounds then you’re in luck! Because that’s exactly what we will be going over in this Arc Raiders guide. A contaminated water situation doesn’t sound good for anyone, after all....