Here are the best Stalker 2 guns to get early on Get these top-tier Stalker 2 weapons as early as possible Image credit:GSC Game World Want to get your hands on some of the best weapons in the Zone early on in Stalker 2? The Stalker series has always given players a remarkable freedom to go where you please and play how you like, which means there’s very little stopping you from forging out in any direction you like after the prologue....
Here’s a proper look at Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions and its spacey, co-operative gameplay The final… funtier? I’m not convinced by this one either Image credit:System Era Softworks Like a lot of These Kinds Of Games (we really should agree on a name for them at this point), to start off you’ll have to prepare for the challenge ahead. You do this on the titular S.S. Starseeker, a big ole ship filled with a bunch of other cutely designed also titularly titled Astroneers....
Hi-Fi Rush is ditching Denuvo in January, and it’ll become unplayable if you don’t grab the latest patch The switch will necessitate “significant changes” to the game’s underbelly Image credit:Tango Gameworks Hi-Fi Rush is ditching its Denuvo anti-tamper software as part of developers’ Tango Gameworks transition to working under new owners Krafton . A fresh patch has been released swapping logos to reflect that switch in management, and you’ll need to install it before mid-January if you want the game to stay playable....
House Flipper 2 devs say before-and-after comparisons, curtains and blinds, and fixes to save bugs on the way Spring update will add hair accessories, beach toys and adorable plant pots Image credit:Frozen District/Empyrean The developers of renovation sim House Flipper 2 have outlined their own ongoing renovation plans for the chill clean-and-decorate game, including notable bug fixes and incoming features missing from its predecessor. It’s been just over a month since House Flipper 2 arrived, with devs Frozen District and Empyrean’s visual improvements and quality of life tweaks generally seeing a warm reception among fans....
How to complete A Lay Of The Land in Arc Raiders How to find the LiDAR Scanners in the Spaceport Image credit:Nexon Struggling to find the note and LiDAR Scanners you need to complete A Lay Of The Land? It happens to the best of us! This is one of Arc Raiders ’ longest and hardest quests that sends you to multiple locations. Not only are these locations dangerous to reach in the first place, but the items they hide are tricky to find, and you have to complete everything in one run....
How to get Diablo 4 Demon Hearts Diablo 4 Demon Hearts will let you upgrade your healing potions Image credit:Blizzard / Rock Paper Shotgun How do you get Diablo 4 Demon Hearts? Finding Demon Hearts in Diablo 4 isn’t quite as simple as ripping them from creatures’ ribcages, Mortal Kombat-style. The natural world drop rate is rather low, so if you’re seeking these cursed body parts, you’ll have to do some searching....
How to get Silk Thread in Palia Here’s how to get Silk Thread in Palia Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Singularity 6 Corporation Looking to get Silk Thread in Palia? Palia is an MMO farming RPG full of various crafting resources like Silk Thread that you’ll need to collect from the various wildlife around Kilima Valley and Bahari Bay. Silk Thread is particularly useful if you’re looking to craft Silk for Weekly Wants, gifts or other crafting projects....
I’m already smitten by upcoming action RPG Town of Zoz thanks to how much it understands food Order up! Image credit:Studio Pixanoh/ Humble Games I love a game that features some kind of cooking element, so I was quite pleased yesterday when Humble Games revealed they’re publishing Town Of Zoz, a new action RPG that’s all about fighting off rats from eating your crops, taking down baddies to gather up ingredients, and using said ingredients and crops to make some tasty meals....
I’ve found the best PC gaming deals in the Black Friday in July sale at Dell - save up to $750 PCs, laptops, monitors, and more on sale. Image credit:Dell / Alienware We’ve covered the Dell Black Friday in July deals a few times in recent days, and they’re still coming. In fact, there are now so many offers that we’ve got a whole list of them here. If you’re looking for a powerful 50-series PC, a gaming laptop, or even a slick new monitor, there are plenty of options available, and history tells us that these deals are actually as good as (or even better) than the full Black Friday deals that’ll come in a few months....
The Core i5 12400F is a capable performer that comes in £75 less than its 13400F or 14400F successors. Get the Intel Core i5 12400F six-core CPU for £125 (was £200) The 12400F is a six-core, 12-thread CPU that turbos up to 4.4GHz; by comparison the 14400F is a 10-core 16-thread that tacks on four extra efficiency cores and a 300MHz higher boost clock. That makes it a better choice - and probably worth the extra money - for anyone that wants to speed up heavily multi-threaded tasks like 3D rendering or video production, though a higher-tier Intel CPU would provide an even more meaningful speed-up....
It looks like the original Resident Evil is headed (back) to PC Not the remastered remake; the 1996 classic Image credit:Capcom The original Resident Evil might be returning to PC - and soon! - if recent signs hold true. An age rating for the 1996 survival-horror classic was recently confirmed by European suitability judges PEGI, hinting at an impending (re-)release for the almost three-decade-old zombie game. Before you butt in to tell me that Resident Evil 1 is already on PC , it’s time for some clarification!...
Just Cause devs Avalanche shut down UK studio amid wider cuts after Microsoft’s shelving of Contraband “We will reduce our workforce and restructure the teams to address our games’ needs” Image credit:Avalanche Studios Just Cause developers Avalanche Studios are cutting staff and closing their Liverpool, UK-based studio following Microsoft’s cancellation of co-op smuggling game Contraband. Avalanche announced Contraband back in June 2021 in the form of a trailer replete with lockboxes, scribbly heist maps and Steely Dan music....
Large catfish spotted chasing tiny little man around in Japanese folklore game, is terrifying, wonderful I’m hooked Image credit:Mamoru Kano One of the most memorable moments of Metro Exodus comes from a standoff with a giant catfish, who you have to avoid for a while (along with the cultists who worship it) before going “fishing” using an entire human corpse as bait. I didn’t expect to see any rival catfish appearing in games after that, but now that I think about it - why not?...
Luxuriate in Persona 3 Reload’s opening movie a month ahead of release One for anime intro fans Persona is one of the most stylish video game series around, which means it’s a pleasure just to watch the games in action whether in one of its lushly animated cutscenes or during its in-game combat and dialogue. Persona 3 was no exception and its imminent remake Persona 3 Reload seems only to be pushing it into the modern era....
Mafia: The Old Country release date shrinks to summer 2025 Leaked trailer makes weary news-writer offer he can’t refuse Image credit:2K Games Open world fuhgeddaboudit simulator Mafia: The Old Country will release in summer 2025, according to a Youtube trailer that has leaked on social media ahead of tonight’s Game Awards. The trailer also treats us to a few snippets of the game’s story scenes, shoot-outs and punch-ups. We get to see wise guys swinging knives, riding horses and glowering silently at sun-baked Sicilian countryside....
Marvel Rivals patch makes Hulk less hulky, Hawkeye less shooty and the Goddess of Death deader, just in time for Season 1 Black Widow and Squirrel Girl among those boosted Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Marvel Rivals Season 1 is about to begin, adding the Fantastic Four to the free-to-play hero shooter’s roster so that they can beat up Dracula, who has swamped the Earth in eternal night. It launches January 10th at 1 am PT / 4 am ET / 9 am GMT, and developers NetEase are paving the way in the traditional manner by rebalancing the character line-up so as to simultaneously win the adoration of certain player groups, while plunging others into apoplectic fury....
Master Of Command is a gunpowdery Total War alternative that narrows the focus to armies and real-time battles One for the Empire and Napoleon: Total War diehards Image credit:Armchair History Interactive My dearest Hedwig, I write to you from the churning battlefields of King Friedrich II’s campaign to reinforce Silesia against the lurking Gallic aggressor. I regret to inform you that the French Hussars are kicking our Hussarses. We just engaged what our scouts from the 17th Pop-Up Tutorial Squadron promised was a “light” patrol of ill-trained musketmen and cavalry, just outside Hildesheim....
Microsoft block Israel’s access to Azure and genAI tech used to surveil millions of Palestinian phone calls, according to report Amid ongoing boycott of Xbox and Microsoft’s gaming services Image credit:Microsoft Microsoft’s vice-chair and president Brad Smith allegedly informed staff of the termination of the Unit 8200 partnership in an email sent on Thursday 18th September, shared with the Guardian. In that email, he said that Microsoft had “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel ministry of defense”, including cloud storage and AI services....
Minecraft creators are already trying to fix the Minecraft movie Animators, skin pack creators and players rally in the wake of dire trailer Image credit:Nogard When Warner Bros released a fairly abysmal trailer for the Minecraft Movie last week, there could be only one possible result: the game’s legions of fan filmmakers, modders, texture pack creators, and garden-variety players would attempt to upstage it. That process begins with the speedy release of several fan reworkings of the trailer that use something like vanilla Minecraft graphics, rather than the original, unholy fusion of LB Photo Realism and Jack Black....
Modders race to revive long-dead Borderlands MMO ahead of Borderlands 4’s release “Thousands of errors” to fix, help needed Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / 2K A modder is asking for help resurrecting Borderlands Online, an MMO version of Gearbox’s comedy gun-runner that only ever saw daylight in China. It was announced in 2014 and shut down in 2015 alongside development studio 2K China, but footage of the abandoned project appeared online earlier this year....
