Capcom know you fear minigames in your combat, so why not test out Pragmata’s hacking in a browser Do or Diana Image credit:Capcom Capcom’s upcoming space-me-daddo-shooty-doo has a debuff mechanic whereby the android girl riding on your back hacks the robots you’re fighting – a process of moving a cursor around a grid of glyphs to deactivate shields and so forth. It’s the kind of subtask that may seem annoying on paper....

Celeste devs cancel lush platformer Earthblade to focus on smaller-scale projects “A huge, heartbreaking, and yet relieving failure” Image credit:Extremely OK Games Celeste and Towerfall creators Extremely OK Games have announced the cancellation of their pixelart exploration platformer Earthblade , in what studio director Maddy Thorson calls a “huge, heartbreaking, and yet relieving failure”. The decision to call it quits follows a bust-up within the development team, though this isn’t, apparently, why they pulled the plug....

Civilization 7’s big Test of Time update that’ll bring back playing as one civ for the whole game is set to drop this spring Before that, another smaller bringing nested tooltips and more civ balancing is due Image credit:Firaxis As any Civ player knows, time has a habit of passing. Next week, Civ 7 will turn a year old. It’s been a year of regular additions and tweaks following the mixed initial reception to Firaxis’ attempt to do something different with their grant strategy behemoth....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has launched with a 20 percent discount already live for PC That’s a big day one discount. Image credit:Sandfall Interactive Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is out today, and after reading Nic Reuben’s RockPaperShotgun review , my finger hit buy faster than you can believe. For those on PC and looking to save some coin, Fanatical already has it at 20 percent off on launch day. That’s £33....

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s story mode just got a lot easier, so more people can enjoy the year’s best J’RPG The patch notes do spoil the name of the superboss, though Image credit:Sandfall Interactive 33 Extra Big Eclairs aka Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 aka still my game of the year so far got patched last week , the headline items being a generous increase to parry timing windows and big damage reductions on its easiest difficulty....

Dave The Diver gets Godzilla DLC Out free in May Image credit:Mintrocket Well, they’re finally doing it. They’re making free Godzilla DLC for Dave The Diver , Mintrocket’s hitherto laidback restaurant management/ocean exploration game. The kaiju of kaijus will invade the celebrated “indie” title in May, shortly after the PS5 release. How would Godzilla himself react, if he were writing this news post? I suspect he would say: RRRRRARRRARRGH. It’s not clear what role Godzilla plays in the game - is he an outright foe or just a friend with a habit of stepping on cities, as in the most recent US cinematic adaptations?...

Devolver cutting 28 jobs at Showgunners studio Artificer The games industry cut an estimated 5900 jobs in January alone Image credit:Good Shepherd Entertainment Devolver Digital have confirmed they’re cutting 28 people’s jobs at Artificer, the Polish studio behind Showgunners , the turn-based tactics game about a dystopian murderous gameshow. Most are gone immediately, while some will stay on until Artificer release their yet-unannounced next game. Artificer were previously owned by Good Shepherd Entertainment, a publisher Devolver bought in 2021....

Diablo 4 is coming to Game Pass on March 28th Image credit:Blizzard/Glass Cannon Unplugged Diablo 4 is headed to Game Pass, Microsoft have announced. It’ll be the first Activision Blizzard game to arrive on the subscription service since Microsoft acquired them, and it’ll arrive on March 28th. A trailer announcing Diablo 4’s arrival on Game Pass.Watch on YouTube Microsoft announced the release during this evening’s official Xbox podcast , in which the company also confirmed that four of their games would be coming to platforms other than Xbox and Windows....

Diablo 4 Levelling Guide: Fastest way to level up in D4 Discover how to level up fast and the best way to get maximum XP in Diablo 4 Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Looking for a Diablo 4 levelling guide? Diablo 4 Season 1 is here, and with it comes the need to create and level a new character from 1-100 if you want to access Seasonal content. Levelling has changed a lot since launch, and Season 1 offers the chance to level optimally thanks to buffs to XP gains, from Nightmare Dungeons for example....

Diablo 4 max level: How long will it take to hit the D4 power cap? It’s gonna take you a little while Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment What is the Diablo 4 max level? Diablo 4 ’s max level will take you some time to reach, as there’s some nuance in achieving the power cap in Blizzard’s newest action RPG . Leveling is foundational to the Diablo franchise, and is one of the things that makes your trip through Hell so damn fun....

Diablo 4’s 2025 roadmap outlines upcoming seasons, tweaks and, ugh, collabs Not the dreaded IP collab! Image credit:Blizzard/Rock Paper Shotgun Diablo 4 is coming up to its second anniversary but it still has a good bit of gas in the tank. Earlier today Blizzard shared its roadmap for the game across the rest of the year, though obviously we’re a quarter of the way through that already. The game is currently in its seventh season, with its eighth, Belial’s Return, starting sometime this month....

Diablo 4’s Season 3 developer update reignites “controversial topic” of how to pronounce WASD Keyboard controls will also provide “even more precise control” to avoid Season 3’s new traps Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Earlier this week, Blizzard announced what’s coming up in Season 3 of Diablo 4 , and underneath the mountain’s worth of lore and loot updates, there was the surprisingly good news that WASD key controls were finally being added to help provide even more accurate and precise movement in the game over the series’ traditional mouse clicks....

Discord roll out global age verification system, including an “age inference” model that runs in the background Now taking applications for a Teen Council, so they can understand how kids think Image credit:Discord / Rock Paper Shotgun I hate Discord with the intensity of a supernova falling into a black hole. I hate its ungainly profusion of tabs and voice channels. I regret its cybersecurity breaches. I resent that the PRs use it for every virtual press event....

Don’t assume Skyblivion is getting spellcrafting, as its team say UI lead was consulted on delay video despite post suggesting otherwise Update: According to the Skyrim mod’s comms lead, all of its department heads did get a look at the script outlining the state of the project Image credit:The Skyblivion team Update: In a statement to RPS, Skyblivion comms lead Evan T. Flatt remphasised that when it comes to spellcrafting, while the team would love to deliver it down the line: “We can’t guarantee it will be possible - largely due to the technical hurdles of doing so and the very limited number of people skilled in being able to do it....

Dread toy-peddler Funko Pop gets cool, handsome Itch.io taken offline via dodgy “AI-powered” brand protection It’s back online now Image credit:Funko / Rock Paper Shotgun Among my last-resort tactics for generating precious PC gaming news is to go on holiday - for as sure as toast lands buttered side down while cats always land on their feet, as sure as the number 13 breeds calamity and Star Citizen committing to a release date guarantees a delay, myself going on holiday will always, somehow , conjure a big story from the crevices....

EA hand Command & Conquer modders the source code for Tiberian Dawn, Renegade, Red Alert and Generals Also, Steam Workshop support for a bunch of classic C&Cs Image credit:EA EA have restored and released the full source code for several antique Command & Conquer games under the General Public License , in a red letter day for series modders. The games in question are the original Command & Conquer (aka Tiberian Dawn), Command & Conquer: Red Alert , Command & Conquer Renegade and Command & Conquer Generals , plus the latter’s Zero Hour expansion....

Eidos Montreal lay off 75 workers in further cuts to the Deus Ex studio “One of our mandates is coming to an end” Image credit:Eidos-Montreal 75 people have been let go by Eidos-Montreal, the studio announced yesterday. The Deus Ex and Tomb Raider developers laid off the workers because they didn’t have the “capacity to entirely reallocate them”, according to a statement. It’s a further blow to the workforce at the Embracer-owned company, following hefty cuts last year....

Elden Ring Leyndell walkthrough Fight your way through Leyndell, the Royal Capital, and find Godfrey in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for an Elden Ring Leyndell walkthrough? Leyndell is the Royal Capital of the Lands Between and home to the first Elden Lord: Godfrey. Although you’ll be treated to magnificent views of epic statues and golden towers, Leyndell is full of sad commoners, creepy trumpeters, and other unpleasant surprises....

Elden Ring PC performance and settings guide: Shadow of the Erdtree edition Fully updated for the grim new expansion Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t completely redo a game’s PC performance guide just because it has a new DLC out. But this is Elden Ring , and Shadow Of The Erdtree , and you all love those things. Don’t act like you don’t! I’ve seen the numbers ....

Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree will release in June 2024 Bandai Namco and From Software finally give DLC expansion a release date Image credit:Bandai Namco Shadow Of The Erdtree will release on 21st June 2024, From Software and Bandai Namco have announced alongside the Elden Ring DLC expansion’s first proper reveal trailer, which you can watch below. It’s going to be a fine old summer for returning Tarnished and enjoyers of open world RPGs at large....