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In action strategy builder RailGods, Cthulhu is a train and you’d better keep it fed All aboard the Azathoth Express Image credit:Digital Vortex Entertainment RailGods Of Hysterra is one of those games that, as it were, shovels a bunch of relatively dried-up concepts into the squirming furnaces of something appealingly ghastly. On the one hand, it’s burdened by talk of “crafting”, “base- building " and " survival " - all things I have enjoyed but am currently weary of, and which together make the game sound interchangeable with half of Steam....

It’s time to play Monster Hunter again, but now you’re an Orc Hunters Inc gets a WAAAAGHY demo Image credit:WYLDERZONE We could have saved ourselves a few thousand words and just pointed at Hunters Inc, instead. It’s basically a first-person low-budget Monster Hunter game in which the Hunters are Orcs. Orcs do not do self-deception, as a rule. They do not go for sanitised violence or anthropocentric fantasies about becoming “nature’s caretakers”....

Layoffs at Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 studio as Paradox promise RPG will still release in October “We are none of us safe from the headsman’s axe” Image credit:Paradox Still Wakes The Deep and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 developers The Chinese Room have laid off a number of staff, seemingly as part of parent company Sumo Digital’s wider strategic decision in February 2025 to move away from original game creation and “focus exclusively on development services for partners”....

Marathon shows signs of life with a closed network test scheduled for later this month Alongside a few gameplay changes Image credit:Bungie Marathon lives! Well, of course it does, it would be quite shocking if PlayStation were to cancel it before it even got a chance to become Concord 2, but that’s neither here nor there. What is here, and soon to be there, is another playtest, of which sign-ups are now available....

Metal: Hellsinger VR re-tools the rhythm shooter for headbanging in a headset Coming in 2024 Image credit:The Outsiders Rhythm shooter Metal: Hellsinger has you circle-strafing Quake -style level layouts at high-speed while you shoot demons to the beat. I meet the news that it’s getting a VR version this year with some trepidation, therefore. Do I really want to vomit on the beat? Metal: Hellsinger VR announcement trailer.Watch on YouTube...

Microsoft say it’s “misleading” for the FTC to call the Game Pass experience “degraded” now it costs more Because the cheaper tier now includes multiplayer, they say Image credit:Activision Microsoft have responded to the US Federal Trade Commission’s assertion that the tech giant are now offering a “degraded” Game Pass experience , posing “exactly the sort of consumer harm” the FTC warned was possible in advance of the Activision Blizzard acquisition ....

Monster Hunter Wilds: Chapter 2-3 walkthrough Steal a spider’s meal in our Chapter 2-3 walkthrough Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Having trouble with Monster Hunter Wilds Chapter 2-3? Take advantage of our walkthrough, which will help you prepare for the newest monsters in a feezing climate. This sub-chapter sees your hunter making their way deeper into the Oilwell Basin where instead of getting hotter, it becomes a frigidly cold new region. You’ll get to fight two new monsters in this sub-chapter....

Need to catch up with FF14 before Dawntrail? Best start now: there won’t be a free way to skip its story soon Yoshi-P wants to keep the story a ‘main focus’ of the lengthy MMO and avoid ‘diminishing its value’ Image credit:Square Enix Fallen behind on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn ’s story? Whether you’re still yet to finish Endwalker or are looking to pick up the MMO for the first time in anticipation of enjoying a lovely summer holiday with your fellow Scions of the Seventh Dawn, you’re going to have to work before your Warrior of Light can kick back in next expansion Dawntrail ; there won’t be a free way to simply jump to the latest chapter of the story for free anytime soon....

Neva already makes me want to protect its magic wolf baby with my life Dogsitting has never looked this good Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Devolver Digital In hindsight, I feel like I wronged Neva – the upcoming action -platformer from Gris devs Nomada Studio – by allowing my first thoughts on its reveal trailer to be “I bet the dog dies at the end.” A new, obviously gorgeous adventure with serious platforming pedigree and that’s your response?...

Next year looks huge for Frostpunk 2, with a free major content update and two paid DLCs Staying frosty Image credit:11 bit Studios We’ll chat about what Frostpunk 2 ’s new roadmap is bringing to the strategy game in a second, but first, here are some other genres with the -punk suffix I would like to see brought to fruition soon: Pastrypunk (A sort of Great British Bake Off meets The Running Man murder gameshow) Beepunk (A gritty post-apocalypse following a catastrophic pandemic that only beekeepers were able to survive due to those funny hats they wear) Jinglepunk (Christmassy!...

No Man’s Sky Omega update takes aim at new and lapsed players with free weekend and pirate dreadnought New planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more Image credit:Hello Games Hello Games describe No Man’s Sky ’s latest Omega update as being geared towards newcomers and “lapsed players looking for a way back in”. Hey, they’re talking about me! I haven’t played the wide-eyed space game since before the pandemic, partly because I only own the PS4 version and now that I’m RPS news editor, I’m not allowed to touch consoles any more....

No Man’s Sky’s latest big update that is somehow also free will let you become a mayor, of all things There’s some new robot friends to hang out with too Image credit:Hello Games It is happening again . No Man’s Sky is getting another huge update filled with all sorts of new things to do, and because there’s so much, we’ll just jump straight into it. First of all, the space simulation game just lets you become a mayor of a town now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, February 16) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #250 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, March 18) Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #281 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, March 4) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #267 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, May 13) Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #337 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, April 6) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #300 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, April 11) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #305 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, March 7) Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #270 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, May 1) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #325 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 ! Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....