Best Ashes of War in Elden Ring Here are the best Ashes of War in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Looking for the best Ashes of War in Elden Ring? Not to be confused with Spirit Ashes (summonable spectres that can aid you in combat), Ashes of War are unique skills that can be applied to weapons and shields in Elden Ring . Whether it’s your first time playing Elden Ring or you’re looking to try a different build before the Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC releases, picking the right Ashes of War can be imperative for a successful playthrough....

Best Grass Pals in Palworld Here’s the best Grass Pals to have in your team in Palworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Looking for the best Grass Pals in Palworld? Grass Pals tend to be the best Planting Pals for your base and are extra efficient at taking down Ground-type Pals. This means, if you’re up against a Ground-type boss you’ll need the best Grass Pal in Palworld on your team. Additionally, if you want to keep your base flourishing and your Pals well-fed, you’ll need skilled Grass Pals to work for you....

Best M433 Loadout for Battlefield: RedSec Make the most of your M433 with these loadouts. Image credit:EA The M433 is your default Assault Rifle in Battlefield: RedSec. Unlocking further weapons requires time and effort, but just because you’re only just getting started doesn’t mean you can’t head into the field with a good gun! Here, we have two of the best M433 loadouts in Battlefield: RedSec — one for long-range and one for close-range, so you can mould the M433 to suit your specific playstyle....

Bithell Games are laying off most full-time staff, with the Tron: Catalyst studio “unable to secure a new larger scale project” “We were not immune to the challenges faced by many game development teams” Image credit:Bithell Games Some upsetting news from the past weekend: Bithell Games, the Mike Bithell-founded indie studio behind Thomas Was Alone , John Wick Hex , Tron: Identity and the just-released Tron: Catalyst , are laying off 11 developers....

Black Myth Wukong Chapter 2 map Use our Chapter 2 map of Black Myth Wukong to make sure you don’t miss a thing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun What does a Chapter 2 map for Black Myth: Wukong look like? If your answer is “a goddamn jumble of chaos”, then you’re in the right ballpark. Chapter 2’s environment is one of the least linear and most confusing in Black Myth: Wukong , with multiple paths to various locations, several one-way connections between regions, and a whole heap of secrets to discover....

Blizzard’s old manual art is a real nostalgia trip Ahh… That’s the stuff! Image credit:Blizzard I’ve gone on record as not being a huge fan of the artstyle choices used in the new Warcraft I & II remasters. It’s crisp and readable, sure, but I’m never exactly thrilled to see all the roughness of older sprites completely done away with, especially when I always felt some of that ruggedness was the point....

Bloody on-foot racer Deathsprint 66 is getting singleplayer PvE modes with grisly challenges Anger Feet <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/4_h5MNAvC.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 single “clone jockey” runner jumping through a hoop in Deathsprint 66. - 1”> Image credit:Secret Mode The situation: Sumo Newcastle are making a dystopian on-foot multiplayer racing game called Deathsprint 66 , in which you control one of eight Running Men hurtling through the spiked and bladed contours of a futuristic megacity....

Borderlands 4 launching early has “literally 0%” to do with GTA 6’s release date, Marathon or anything save “confidence”, says Gearbox boss Pitchford in pitchfork mode Image credit:Gearbox Gearbox and Take-Two recently brought forward the release of giggling gunslinger Borderlands 4 from 23rd September to 12th September. This came a week or two after Bungie and Sony also decided to release their Marathon reboot on 23rd September. If you thought all that was evidence of publishers playing 4D chess around the currently unannounced release date of GTA 6 , with Bungie and Sony making the fair assumption that Take-Two won’t release GTA 6 and Borderlands 4 on the same day… then you were mistaken....

Catholic Priest AI chatbot is defrocked within a week after taking confession and okaying Gatorade baptisms Forgive me, Father Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Catholic Answers Last week a Catholic media ministry (not sure what that is but okay) called Catholic Answers created a generative AI priest chatbot called Father Justin. Fr. Justin used a large language model to answer questions about the Catholic church and Catholic orthodoxy, and if you have any familiarity with how people love to test AI chatbots - or you read the headline of this article - then you know where this is going....

Connections hints and answers for Mon, September 2nd Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #448. 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 2nd September? There’s no shame in looking for some assistance when it comes to Connections - after all, this game is arguably even harder than Wordle!...

Connections hints and answers for Wed, September 18th Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #464. 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 18th September? Connections can sometimes introduce challenging puzzles, more convoluted the more you look at them....

Creative Assembly explain Total War: Warhammer 40,000’s factions - the Eldar “play totally differently to anything we’ve ever done” Marines are tactical, Guard are plentiful, Orks are Orks Image credit:Sega Creative Assembly have taken us a little deeper into the biomechanical contours of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 ’s faction design, with a new development roundtable video featuring principal creative director Ian Roxburgh, lead designer Simon Mann and product owner for battles David Petry....

Darkest Dungeon 2’s free Kingdoms update “remixes” the first two games into a turn-based strategy game Red Hook’s co-founders explain their latest act of butchery Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Red Hook There have been a lot of remakes that take provocative creative liberties with the original game of late. I’ve always felt like last year’s Darkest Dungeon 2 was secretly one of them. Rather than simply building on the previous game’s premise of a Hamlet’s worth of upgradeable, derangeable heroes venturing into tabletop RPG -style labyrinths, it stripped away Darkest Dungeon ’s skin and moved its bones and organs around to create a gruelling roguelike ....

Dead Space remake devs EA Motive are building a team to work on future Battlefield projects Alongside their Iron Man game Image credit:EA The Battlefield series increasingly seems like a square peg held by a publisher that only owns round holes. Created by EA Dice, overseen now by Respawn CEO Vince Zampella, recently worked on by EA’s founded-and-shuttered Ridgeline Studios , and now EA Motive are the latest to be stuck with the beleaguered milsim....

Doom: The Dark Ages is out May 15th, 2025. Here’s everything we learned from Id’s press show My single listicle allowance for the year Image credit:id Software Typical, really. I get all excited about sharing details from a preview event for upcoming FPS Doom: The Dark Ages , then it turns out the gameplay reveal video is going public before the embargo anyway. Then the alleged release date allegedly leaks , allegedly....

Dragon Age Veilguard Neve romance guide Here’s how to steal the heart of a charming private investigator Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Wondering how to secure a Neve romance in Dragon Age Veilguard? Neve is a popular romance choice in Dragon Age Veilguard due to her street smarts, dry sense of humour and connections with the criminal underbelly of Dock Town. Cultivating a Neve romance in Dragon Age Veilguard requires a specific set of choices within the main questline....

Dungeons of Hinterberg, Zelda meets Persona in the Alps, gets a playtest next month ahead of July release date Slay a day Image credit:Microbird Dungeons of Hinterberg ’s alpine mix of dungeon-crawling and relationship-tending will be upon us this summer, with the fetching cel-shaded blend of Zelda and Persona now having a fresh release date announcement for July. Before then, though, we’ll all be able to spend a couple of days socialising and monster-slaying in the Alps next month thanks to a public playtest....

Dying Light: The Beast is a new standalone game from Techland Didn’t they just release one of these? Image credit:Techland This seems like an odd one. I’m only tangentially familiar with the Dying Light games, but I was under the impression that the model here was releasing a single game, then updating and expanding it for years. Whether standalone adventure Dying Light: The Beast represents an attempt to course correct after Dying Light 2 ’s mixed reception, then, I’m not entirely sure....

Earth Defense Force 6 players on Steam will only need to sign into Epic once, say publishers in apology for “lack of advance notice” Ant-agonising requirements Image credit:SANDLOT Earth Defense Force 6 players on Steam aren’t happy about having to sign into the Epic Games Store, it seems. The latest entry in the co-op ant-control shooter launched yesterday, and critics reckon it’s a decent time. Still, it’s currently sitting at an angry red ‘mostly negative’ on Steam....

Elden Ring: Nightreign - Where to find the Wylder during the Duchess Remembrance quest Here’s where to find the Wylder during Chapter 5 of the Duchess’s questline Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the Wylder in the Duchess Remembrance quest of Elden Ring: Nightreign? The answer is frustratingly simple but can still be an infuriating headscratcher. Perhaps most importantly, once you find him, you’ll experience a small but touching moment in a quest chain that’s honestly full of them....