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Braid Anniversary Edition is out now, rewinding time approximately 15 years Let’s do the Tim warp again <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/braid-anniversary-edition-out-now-1.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 dinosaur informs Tim, the hero of Braid, that his “princess is in another castle”. - 1”> Image credit:Thekla Inc Look, you’ve had 15 years to play that well-regarded time-bending puzzler sitting in your Steam library, staring at you this whole time. Well, now you can have another 15 years....

Civilization 7 dev explains how the revamped 4X map generator bolts together continents from Voronoi diagrams Update 1.2.5 will make maps more “varied” and “natural” Image credit:2K Games / Rock Paper Shotgun Firaxis and 2K Games are working on a Civilization 7 update that revamps the game’s map generation, while adding a couple of city states and rounding out Napoleon’s skillset. It’s slated to land sometime in the week of September 29th ....

Combo Critters is a free, crunchy creature collecting deck builder from the Shotgun King devs A nutritious start to the day Image credit:PUNKCAKE Délicieux/Rock Paper Shotgun Tiny deck builder Combo Critters exhibits the winning combination common to both small games and radical breakfast cereals - it’s very crunchy, but also bright, sugary and moreish. If Thaddius Cornflakes had recommended struggling families play Combo Critters instead of eating Cookie Crisp for dinner, I imagine the backlash would have been far more reserved....

Connections hints and answers for Thu, August 29th Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #444. 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 29th August? Solving Connections conundrums can be an exercise in mental frustration, so don’t feel ashamed to look for a little help!...

Consume Me, a life-sim RPG that’ll remind you that you hated being a teenager, actually, has a demo out now But it’ll remind you in a funny way Image credit:Hexecutable “BEING A TEENAGER SUCKS. So we made a videogame about it.” These are the opening words on the Steam page for Jenny Jiao Hsia’s Consume Me, a “life-simulation RPG " about feeling “stupid, fat, lazy, and ugly in high school.” Now, I’m going to go out on a limb and say many of you that are of a post-high-school age probably don’t want to re-experience it anytime soon, but Consume Me looks like such a good time I’m going to suggest you do so anyway, especially because it just got a demo....

Content Warning devs fixing mic, video and connection problems after “wild ride” of a launch Five-person team now patching game after achieving 6.2 million owners Image credit:Landfall It’s a fond hope, a fool’s hope, but perhaps 2024 will be remembered not as the year of Yet More Layoffs, but the year of Unexpected Hits. Surprise record-setters like Palworld , which I don’t especially like, Helldivers 2 , which I rather enjoy, and now Content Warning , which I’m still figuring out....

Convergence Games Showcase will feature announcements from indie publishers including Secret Mode, Thunderful and Kepler Streaming on September 26th Image credit:Convergence There seem to be an infinite number of video game showcase streams these days, each one promising to be full of exciting indie games. Whatever my feelings about the entertainment value of these streams, I can’t deny I watch all of them, or that they introduce me to games I might have otherwise missed....

Cool train strategy game Railgrade gets a free campaign about escaping a rival corporation’s planet Crafted by the pick of the map-making community Image credit:Minakata Dynamics / Gamirror Games This article on a free update for train factory strategy game Railgrade is the absolute height of presumption, for we have never actually covered Railgrade before, even though it came out ONE MILLION YEARS AGO in October 2023. I cannot hear your cries of outrage and scorn, however, for my ears are filled with the otherworldly whistle of speeding locomotives....

Creators of Reigns, Streets of Rage and Saturnalia launch Palestinian Voices in Gaming to support indies from Gaza and the West Bank “The dehumanisation of Palestinians is tied to their rare visibility in the cultural sphere” Image credit:Yusra A group of game industry folks including Reigns studio Nerial, Saturnalia creators Santa Ragione and Streets Of Rage 4 outfit Lizardcube have launched Palestinian Voices in Gaming, an international volunteer network to support current and emerging independent Palestinian developers....

D&D makers also want a Baldur’s Gate 4, but say they won’t rush to a sequel (it shouldn’t take 25 years, mind) “We’re going to take our time and find the right partner, the right approach, and the right product that could represent the future of Baldur’s Gate” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios With Larian having now officially handed the reins of the Baldur’s Gate series back to Dungeons & Dragons owners Wizards of the Coast (and their Monopoly-making parents at Hasbro) - with the developers saying they have no plans to make any DLC or a sequel - the ball for a Baldur’s Gate 4 now sits in Wizards’ court....

Deeply destructive driving game Deliver At All Costs will see you smashing 1950s America to pieces Your package is on its way Image credit:Konami It is 1959. The cold war is in full swing, television is taking over, and environments have just become fully destructible. What a time to be alive. Deliver At All Costs is a chaotic courier sim set in those heady days that sees the player barrelling around a “semi-open” US town as they take on absurd odd jobs....

Disco Elysium has yet another heir in Pera Coda, a Turkish timeloop RPG set in a dreamlike version of Istanbul Also inspired by Buddhism and surrealism Image credit:Elyzio If ever there was a game I didn’t expect to spawn a horde of spiritual successors from startup companies of varying dubiety, that game was celebrated commie hangover simulator Disco Elysium . And yet here we are with yet another claimant to the dance floor, Pera Coda....

Don’t call Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions a sequel - the original still has “years” of updates ahead I mean, call it what you like, you’ll just be wrong Image credit:System Era Softworks Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions isn’t Astroneer 2, so don’t worry if you were as fond of the spacey survival game as Alec Meer (RPS in Peace) was back in 2019 . “Slowly asphyxiating to death in an unforgiving alien wasteland has never been so joyful”, wrote he, reminding me of the over air-fried chicken nugget I got stuck in my throat last week....

Doom on a CAPTCHA is the most frustrating though admittedly raddest way to prove your humanity to an algorithm Thy Flesh Confirmed Image credit:Vercel What difficulty are you on, Doom CAPTCHA ? I want to know because I need to know how bad to feel about myself. Six times I’ve tried to pass your FPS test by killing three monsters to prove I’m human. Six times I’ve failed. For thousands of years, people have asked what it means to be human....

Dune Awakening: How to get Erythrite Crystal Delve into the Hagga Rift to get Erythrite Crystal Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom Wondering how to get Erythrite Crystals in Dune Awakening? If you want to reach the endgame of Dune Awakening and craft Cobalt Paste, an important resource for building an Ornithopter , you’ll first need to farm a healthy amount of Erythrite Crystals. These minerals, immediately identifiable due to their beautiful pinkish appearance, can be found sparingly in outposts around the world....

Dwarf Fortress’s Adventure mode getting tutorials and more direction in the sandbox Help for new demigods Image credit:Bay12 Games/Kitfox Adventure mode was one of my favourite things about Dwarf Fortress , mainly because it made the infamously complex management game more approachable by letting you play it like a more traditional roguelike. I’m excited, therefore, that Adventure mode is coming soon to the Steam version of the game, and excited even more so that it’s aiming to make it even more accessible....

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes review: a relaxed JRPG adventure with a few old school quirks, but even more pals And the love Kickstarts again Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/505 Games Developer: Rabbit and Bear Studios Publisher: 505 Games Release: April 23rd 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , Game Pass Price: £45/€50/$50 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 11 Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is the spiritual successor to a classic JRPG called Suikoden , and it came to be thanks to a very successful Kickstarter campaign....

Elden Ring Nightreign update fixes a graphics problem and makes the RPG easier in single player Limgrave expectations Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Elden Ring Nightreign ’s latest patch, version 1.01.1, makes the co-op RPG somewhat easier for single player Nightreigners. It boosts the number of runes awarded for Nightreign solo expeditions , and gives you one free automatic revive per boss battle. A great day indeed for people who wish the game’s multiplayer were still more in-game covenant than feature ....

Elden Ring Nightreign? The Duskbloods? Who needs them, now that Dark Souls’ seamless co-op mod is here Prepare to die, together Image credit:FromSoftware You can cancel your Elden Ring Nightreign pre-order, you can hold off on picking up a Switch 2 for that inevitable The Duskbloods release, because there’s a pretty good reason to return to the original Dark Souls . Earlier this week, modder extraordinaire Yui released the Dark Souls Remastered seamless co-op mod, which, if you can believe it, allows you to play through the game in online co-op with minimal interruptions....

Elden Ring publishers Bandai Namco cancel at least five games, target future “emphasis on quality” By setting “stricter standards” and “narrowing down titles” Image credit:Bandai Namco Coming off of 2022’s biggest game in Elden Ring has been a tricky time for Bandai Namco, it seems. The publishers have announced that they have cancelled “at least” five games in the works to help overcome a significant drop in income over the last year, adopting a new approach to development that will focus on quality....