Capcom apologise for ’not meeting expectations’ with Street Fighter V, say “self-reflection” made SF6 better The fighting game’s player count has jumped “significantly” since 2020 It’s been eight years since Street Fighter V hit PC. As you might recall, the fighting game landed with the poise of someone shattering both kneecaps on impact, as complaints about a small roster of characters and barebones story mode - to be filled in later with DLC - were made more egregious by a number of technical issues, including bugs and online issues caused by its wobbly servers....

Capcom finally put a bullet in Resident Evil: Re:Verse but haven’t entirely given up on Resident Evil online Baker Street Image credit:Capcom I had totally forgotten that Resident Evil Village was in development alongside a new Resident Evil multiplayer game, which (at the risk of yet again inflating my own importance) is perhaps why Capcom have just shut the latter down. As promised earlier this year , Resident Evil Re:Verse is no more....

Cataclismo is not about protecting your towns, it’s about protecting your beautiful staircases L’esprit de l’escalier Image credit:Digital Sun Between Against The Storms ’ critters, Manor Lords ’s perfect oxen , and now Cataclismo , Hooded Horse’s roster of strategy games share a common thread that many guard-the-village-em-ups can fatally overlook: they present a civilisation that’s worth protecting. Even if the fallen culture you’ll defend against waves of gribblies offers fascinatingly few concrete details on its origins, there’s a lithe and impressionistic otherworldliness and use of colour in Cataclismo’s art that evokes unearthed layers of history....

Caves Of Qud, one of the most exciting development projects in PC gaming, hit 1.0 this week 17 years in the making Image credit:Freehold Games / Kitfox Games This happened on Thursday, but we were busy with other, less interesting news. Late or not, I can’t let it pass unremarked upon: Caves Of Qud , the vast, weird roguelike which has been in development for 17 years, hit version 1.0. It brings multiple endings to the game, a revised UI, improved tutorials and much more....

CEO of GTA 6 publisher Take-Two is surprisingly hesitant about AI usage for entirely unsurprising reasons It’s all about IP, baby Image credit:Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive Zelnick made an appearance at CNBC’s Technology Executive Council Summit on Tuesday, where he was asked about his thoughts on the “promise” of AI in game development. Right off the bat, the CEO reminds us that he is still the CEO of publicly-traded company, as he did make it clear he’s not a “naysayer” of AI....

Children in Norland can now learn pig farming from their elders, the little idiots Know more morons Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Hooded Horse “[Teachers] will now pass on their knowledge to the children they teach,” say the developers in a brief post about the patch on Steam . But they also note that “at the same time, wise conversations with children will no longer be possible… On the one hand, this will reduce micromanagement for those familiar with the Wise Conversation tool....

Civilization 7 gives you an whole two seconds of your life back with a patch that lets you move units instantly On the double Image credit:2K Games Come with me into the sexy world of UI. Chunky 4X strategy game Civilization VII is getting an update today that will let you move units from one hexagonal space to another much more snappily than before. The patch also adds the tallest mountain on earth to the game, but I know what Civ fans really want, and it’s not Everest....

Connections hints and answers for Thu, October 17th Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #493. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Connections hint for Wednesday 11th February ! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 17th October? Well, that’s exactly what we have. Below is a range of clues to help you find the easiest to hardest Connections group answers....

Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators announce a new RPG with “100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings” Typical Image credit:Aniplex Inc. Revealed at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct stream - but absolutely coming to PC because there’s a Steam page for it - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy seems like a mash-up of visual novel and Fire Emblem-y RPG battles on grids. And it’s by the folks behind Danganronpa and Zero Escape, which means there will be lots of consequences and decisions that lead to copious amounts of despair, no matter how you finish the game apparently....

Digital Eclipse are making a new Power Rangers game with extreme Sonic Mania energy You know what time it is Image credit:Digital Eclipse In what is only the third ever piece of videogame-related media to make me weep at my keyboard, Volgar the Viking devs and retro specialists Digital Eclipse have announced a Power Rangers videogame - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind. It’s a 90s-style 2D brawler for up to five players, involves “time twisting”, and has mode-7-esque arcade shooter bits together with its own spin on the TV show’s climactic mecha transformation sequences....

Dune Awakening will burst out of the early access sands in “early 2025” Worming its way to completion Image credit:Funcom Lo, a ripple in the release date sands. Stand still a moment while we study this phenomenon. Yes, yes, it is the unmistakable rumble of a large survival MMO pondering its release date. Dune: Awakening is having a think and has decided “early 2025” is a good non-specific time period to come out in early access....

Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree release date and trailer analysis From the Land Of Shadow’s history to Messmer’s true identity, here’s everything we know about Shadow Of The Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco When does Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree release? It’s long been known that FromSoftware, developers of the phenomenally successful Elden Ring , have been quietly working away at a very large piece of DLC for their new flagship RPG ....

Enotria: The Last Song is a Soulslike inspired by Italian folklore where masks give you powers “Free the world from stagnation, by harnessing the power of Ardore” Image credit:Jyamma Games As time goes by, it really does seem like there’s a Soulslike for every occasion: Lies Of P for those who prefer their fairy tales more on the messed up side, Steelrising for those who like France and robots, Lords Of The Fallen for those who like spectral moths and lanterns....

European Parliament vice president throws his support behind Stop Killing Games campaign Romanian MEP Nicolae Ștefănuță says he’s signed the initative’s petition to EU lawmakers Image credit:Nicolae Ștefănuță on Twitter One of the European Parliament’s vice presidents has voiced his support for the Stop Killing Games campaign, and said he’s signed the group’s petition to the European Commission to stop publishers rendering online games unplayable by shutting down their servers....

Exodus devs want you to know that despite Matthew McConaughey’s AI deal, not a drop has been used in their game so far “Everything that’s in Exodus is bespoke VO recording just for us” Image credit:Archetype Entertainment There has never been a time where the presence of a big Hollywood celeb making an appearance in a video game has drawn me in. Who cares! Most of the time they are not voice actors, and are just doing their own voice, maybe sometimes lending their face....

Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game review: the dirt’s as good as ever, but the science is a bit too clean Scree-ing holiday Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment Developer: Saber Interactives Publisher: Focus Entertainment Release: 5th March 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , Epic Games Store Price: £35/€40/$40 Reviewed on: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 32 GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2080 Super, Windows 10 As someone who finds games about cars wot go fast only intermittently interesting, I’d expect a game about cars wot go slow to be positively soporific....

Fastest way to start the Elden Ring DLC Start Shadow Of The Erdtree as quickly as possible using this path to Radahn and Mohg Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to start Shadow Of The Erdtree as fast as possible? The Elden Ring DLC, Shadow Of The Erdtree, is in my humble opinion one of the most phenomenal expansions ever made. SOTE makes the world of Elden Ring a whole lot larger and deadlier, adding its own gloriously designed late-game map filled with bosses , legacy dungeons, new weapons , and oodles of lore ....

Former Stardew Valley dev reveals urban life sim Sunkissed City Come for the cafes, stay for the monsters Image credit:Mr. Podunkian What do you do after running away from the big city to start a new life in the country? You run away from the country to start a new life in the big city, obviously. Arthur “Mr. Podunkian” Lee - a former contributor to ConcernedApe’s genre-defining farmalot Stardew Valley - has announced Sunkissed City , a life simulation game set in a delightful coastal burb that’s reportedly “pumping with funky vibes and quirky characters”, together with migraines, stretches of dead water and horrible sewer monsters....

Former XCOM and Civilization devs team up to launch a “next gen lifesim” inspired by Stephen King and Gilmore Girls SimSolomon Image credit:Midsummer Studios A group of former XCOM and Civilisation developers have co-founded a new studio, Midsummer Studios, who plan to “revitalise the life sim genre” with their debut release. The latter doesn’t have a title yet, and is described as “a next-gen Life Sim that emphasizes player-driven narratives, allowing communities to share memorable moments that grow out of the creativity of players themselves....

Funko Pop’s co-op shooter lets you blast the heads off dead-eyed dolls from Hot Fuzz, Battlestar Galactica and more this September From former TT Games devs behind the Lego games Image credit:10:10 Games Your feelings on Funko Pop probably fall into one of two categories: you either hate the black-eyed, copy-paste figures modelled on pop-culture characters with a burning passion, or you own enough of them to construct a small fortress and defend your newfounded Funko nation from the government....