Surprise, surprise, someone’s already modded actual Pokémon into Palworld The Pokémon-like Steam hit becomes, well, just Pokémon Image credit:ToastedShoes/Pocketpair If the accusations of Palworld peeking at Pokémon’s homework for its catchable monster designs weren’t already rife enough, a modder has decided to take the Garth Marenghi approach and remove any possible question by turning Palworld’s Pokémon-a-likes into just straight-up Pokémon. The overhaul mod shared by YouTube ToastedShoes swaps Palworld’s Pals for their Pokémon equivalents, meaning that the Pokémon-like creatures wielding guns and labouring away in mines and factories become actual Pokémon wielding guns and labouring away....

Tabletop Tavern is Total War meets Slay The Spire set in a medieval Games Workshop With a demo on Steam Image credit:Memori Studios Tabletop Tavern is, currently, not quite where it needs to be to properly scratch that Total War: Warhammer itch. The units can be a bit flaky, charges lack impact, and there’s just not enough to do to keep early battles interesting. What is it, however, is a great concept with a lot of personality: you’re playing actual tabletop miniatures inside a medieval tavern, gradually building up your army across Slay The Spire style branching progression nodes....

Tactics RPG Band Of Crusaders is a zealous take on Battle Brothers, but not (yet) the religious horror story I’m hoping for Demo out now Image credit:NCSoft Reader, I must apologise for the intolerably wholesome nature of RPS of late. My last couple of reviews were of a laidback farming sim and a showcase of nostalgic hardware . Glancing down the news feed, I note with outrage that Oisin has recently been writing about Very Good Doggos (being thrown into pits), while Mark has been spilling ink over that least offensive of politicians, Keir Starmer ....

The eighth RPS Christmas Cracker 2025 Octojoke Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun We eight scribes from RPS are, Bearing jokes, we wrote in the past, Christmas crackers, god we’re knackered, After twelve months of graft. But first, time to enjoy your lovely joke! Q: What do you get when your mum forces you to switch off your bedside light? A: Room: The Dark Ages Rock Paper Shotgun is better when you sign in...

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 Episode 15: everyone loves Fallout and the Fallout TV show We give it seven Vault Boy thumbs up Image credit:Amazon Plus! A trio of different recommendations, an impression of a South African accent, and a great beans metaphor as James discusses the secondhand hardware market. You can listen above, or on on Spotify , iTunes , Stitcher , or Pocket Casts . You can find the RSS feed here , and you can discuss the episode on our Discord channel , which has a dedicated room for podcast chat....

The Fallout TV show’s Season 1 is now available to stream Eight episodes of Pip-Boys, power armour and daddy issues Image credit:Amazon Prime Video Purnell plays Lucy McLean, a Vault 33 resident who must make her way to the irradiated surface and search for somebody - an open-ended premise that has served many Fallout games down the years. Walton Goggins, meanwhile, plays a legendary ghoul cowboy handed one last job, and Moten is a Brotherhood Of Steel trainee who soon discovers that the Brotherhood Of Steel aren’t as righteous as they claim....

The Forge: How to find Tomo’s Cat Need help finding Tomo’s missing cat in The Forge? Here’s exactly where our elusive feline friend is hiding. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / The Forge Community Searching for Tomo’s Cat in The Forge? Tomo is a questgiver you’ll run into early in Roblox’s mega-hit fantasy RPG, and while you’ll no doubt want the experience that comes from helping him, he’ll assign you the most difficult of tasks: Finding his missing cat....

The former Disco Elysium devs of Summer Eternal announce their new game “Red Rooster”… in the form of a book Now this is disco Image credit:Summer Eternal Summer Eternal , one of the infinite number of Disco Elysium spiritual successor studios that cropped up last year , have been mostly quiet on whatever it is they’ve been cooking up since forming. They announced their existence with an evocative political manifesto, and today they revealed what’s next....

The mad artiste of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paints a release date for the Persona-like RPG Brush with mortality Image credit:Kepler Interactive If you turn 33 years old in the next couple of months then, sorry, you are dead. I don’t make the rules, that’s just how Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 explains the lack of elders in its very French yet very JRPG world. The fantasy game will see you journey across a dangerous landscape to stop the mad “paintress” who’s magically culling humanity at younger and younger ages every year....

The Maw: what’s new in PC games this week? Flock, Flintlock, Kanitsu-Gami, Norland and more besides Image credit:R. Benard after Delarue / Wellcome Collection I’m not sure it’s physically or metaphysically possible to overfeed the Maw, but this week we put that desperate daydream to the test. There aren’t any mega-sequels in the offing, none of yer Call Of Dutifuls, just an absolute deluge of neat and nifty originals - a deluge of such proportions I have been forced to unsheathe my HTML hammer and smash the customary single paragraph of PC game releases in twain....

The next free Total War: Warhammer 3 update makes spreading Nurgle plagues even more rewarding Also, Gold Wizards and a hidden cursed crown Image credit:Sega I can feel some kind of sore throat bug coming on. It must be the baleful influence of Creative Assembly’s latest free update for bellowing strategy bonanza Total War: Warhammer 3 . Out 30th April, the update introduces Epidemius, Proctor of Pestilence - a new Nurgle Legendary Lord who gains rewards based on how many ickle diseases you’ve spread to other factions (already my favourite aspect of playing Nurgle in the game)....

The Nintendo Switch 2 looks like a Steam Deck but worse Nintendo exposed Image credit:Nintendo/Valve The world looked upon the Nintendo Switch 2 , and saw that it was good. Or is it? Observe its enlarged, bezel-shaved screen. Its all-black colour scheme. Its redesigned, more sculpted controllers. Clearly, this is a naked attempt at ripping off and cashing in on the real best gaming handheld of 2025, the Steam Deck ....

The NYT Crossword answers for Friday, September 12th 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, 12th September? Friday’s NYT Crossword is here to test your mettle, stretch your vocabulary, and possibly make you question whether “eel” or “smurf” are the answers to everything (spoiler: they’re not, but the chances of encountering at least one of them are high!...

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 13th Open the Super Door Image credit:RPS The RPS Advent Calender 2024 is underway! Each day reveals one of our favourite games from this year, leading up to our Game Of The Year on the 24th. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. Would you like to know more? Open the door and earn your citizenship today. It’s Helldivers 2 !...

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Welcome back to The Sunday Papers. It’s 2025, which means that this column has been running for eighteen years . What might change here as we move into adulthood? Very little, I suspect. We here are like the chalk cliffs of the South Downs: bright and imposing and subject to inevitable but slow erosion by the sea....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS Sundays are for stretching your hip flexors, lest you get lower back pain. Let’s breathe as we read the week’s best writing about games and game-related things. For The Guardian, Patricia Hernandez wrote about the man who owes Nintendo $14m . He maintains a remarkably positive outlook, considering the sheer amount of money he owes, among many other things that aren’t great. While the months after his release have been bumpy and uncertain, he has still experienced worse....

There Are No Ghosts At The Grand was a real highlight of tonight’s Xbox showcase All the clubs have been closed down Image credit:Friday Sundae ‘Weird’ is one of those words I try to avoid because it usually just means “I’m not going to even attempt to understand or unpack the specific thing this is going for”, but supernatural hotel renovator There Are No Ghosts At The Grand really stood out to me this evening for a tone that felt pretty singular in a weekend weighed down by soulslikes and shooters....

This sidescroller combines cat photography with the joy (misery) of social media clout-farming Mewtwo likes Image credit:Flyhigh Works One of my proudest pictures of a 2018 trip to Croatia wasn’t of me and my pal. No, it wasn’t of the beautiful scenery or the glistening sea either. It was of many cats lying in the sun together outside a little church. I hadn’t seen that volume of cats in my life, nor that volume together in one spot, all hanging out....

This week in PC games: a new Inkle game, a Total War alternative, a Paper Mario-like RPG and some bladesongs What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:MicroProse Software Happy new week of PC game releases, all! First, the customary paragraph of Maw musings. What we refer to as the Maw goes by many other names in different regions, as different cultures react to its cosmic incursions. Across the channel in Normandy, generations of monks have addressed the creature as La Bête des Trous....

This week in PC games: Jurassic Ninja Vampire Powerwash Plant vs Katamari Double Dragon Edition What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Koei Tecmo Is that you, RPS readership? It’s me, Edwin. I’m back from last week’s unscheduled spell of Maw mastication, and regrettably, I still have possession of all my typing fingers. James was kind enough to do the round-up post in my absence , but the experience has clearly taken a toll, as he is now in India....