For a best-case scenario future, generative AI must put creators at its heart What happens if everything to do with generative AI goes right? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun In Part 1, Our Generation , we looked at what we mean when we say ‘generative AI’. In Part 2, The Art Of The Steal , we investigate the issues of how generative AI is currently trained to produce art and creative work....
Forgotton Anne follow-up Forgotlings is a gorgeous jaunt into a mountain full of adorable weirdos - and it has a demo Less Forgot, more just finding out about it Image credit:Throughline Games Alice Bee (RPS in peace) covered the announcement for Forgotlings back in 2023. It’s a metroidvania by ThroughLine Games, them behind Forgotton Anne - one of my favourites from 2018. Forgotlings , however, managed to completely slip by me until I recently noticed it had a Steam demo ....
Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick accuses Embracer of secretly organising a lawsuit against him and Microsoft Embracer say WTF Image credit:Activision I’m going to keep this one as succinct as possible, because every word is causing me psychic damage. Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has alleged that an ongoing lawsuit accusing him of rushing Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard to avoid the fallout from company-wide sexual misconduct allegations was, in fact, secretly orchestrated by noted layoff manufacturer Embracer Group to boost sales of Embracer’s own games....
Former Metro studio’s new cyberpunk shooter La Quimera has a rough landing in early access First four missions out now Image credit:Reburn / Rock Paper Shotgun Sci-fi FPS La Quimera is the first game from Reburn, a new incarnation of Metro co-developers 4A Games Ukraine . It’s out now in early access. That last bit is a surprise: the developers had planned to release the new shooter as “a large, complete journey”, but had to make “certain pivots” in the face of resource constraints, technical complications and, presumably, the broad impacts of living in a warzone....
Frostpunk 2 review: I became a dictator because everyone was so goddamn annoying Old town snowed Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/11 bit studios Developer: 11 bit studios Publisher: 11 bit studios Release: September 20th 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , GOG , Epic , Humble Price: £38/€45/$45 Reviewed on: AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 3400G, Radeon RX 590, 24GB RAM, Windows 10 Frostpunk 2 was an ambitious gambit. With survival achieved, and the introduction’s excellently sinister advisor whispering evil Tory ideas, the whole city you built in Frostpunk is now just the headquarters for a sprawling expansion effort, and your rule is no longer absolute....
Game Pass will “either kill everyone else, or give up”, says Dishonored and Prey dev Arkane founder AI is a “bs excuse” for recent layoffs, says Raphael Colantonio Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Seemingly in response to the latest round of layoffs at Microsoft and Xbox , Arkane founder and WolfEye president Raphael Colantonio has taken to socials to ask why no-one is talking about “the elephant in the room”, Xbox Game Pass....
Generation Exile is a new sustainable citybuilder from the Mark Of The Ninja and Gone Home devs It’s very pretty Image credit:Sonderlust Studios Shown off at the PC Gaming Show the other day, Generation Exile is a sustainable turn-based citybuilder with some real talent behind it. It’s being developed by Sonderlust Studios, headed up by Mark Of The Ninja ’s lead designer Nels Anderson, alongside other talented developers like Karla Zimonja, who worked on Gone Home ....
Grab our best cheap PCIe 4.0 SSD - in 2TB heatsink form - for just £87 from Box That’s after a 15% Ebay discount and well below the £140 charged elsewhere. Image credit:Lexar/Rock Paper Shotgun SSD prices have risen sharply as of late, as the Black Friday and Christmas sale madness has been replaced with more realistic prices and low supplies for many popular models. However, there are still bargains to be had, including this 2TB Lexar NM790 Heatsink model that’s down to £87 at Box’s Ebay store using the code JANJOY15 ....
Helldivers 2 devs Arrowhead pull new Rupture Strain bugs offline for five weeks to fix their, er, bugs Rupture warriors have burrowed their way into the bad books Image credit:Arrowhead Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have opted to pull a recently deployed variant of the shooter’s Terminid bugs offline for five weeks, in order to fix issues with them. Yep, for now you can dive onto planets like Oshaune and explore some Into the Unjust update caves without having to worry about burrowing bugs jumping out to mercilessly kick your bottom....
Hello Rockstar, please make an open world based on my unplayable Xbox edition of Red Dead Redemption How the West was Weird Image credit:NaughtyMonk33 / Fandom I never completed the original Red Dead Redemption , but not for the usual reasons of being terrible at the game, or thinking that open worlds are too big and boring these days and I just want to lie down forever and watch anime. I never finished it because my Xbox 360 version was not, in practice, an open world game, but a lonely farm at the bottom of a vortex of butchered spacetime....
Here’s a free miniature town-builder with trams from the creator of Viewfinder Dutch ado about something Image credit:Matt Stark / Rock Paper Shotgun Sometimes I want to play a video game, and sometimes I just want to assemble a quiet little Dutch town with iron bridges, fountains and dinky trams bustling about like bumble bees. The project in question is Tramstertram . Aside from being a terrifying feat of punmanship, it’s a browser-based building toy from Matt Stark, creator of the really rather lovely Viewfinder ....
Here’s a new trailer for Menace, the turn-based mechwar RPG from the Battle Brothers devs Got a few tanks and some infantry in there too Image credit:Hooded Horse There was a crowded second there when I read the press release and thought they’d militarised the Beano, but Menace is not, in fact, about Dennis the Menace joining the Colonial Marines. It’s the new turn-based tactics RPG from the creators of Battle Brothers , and look at that, it has a freshly deployed gameplay trailer....
Here’s the trailer for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, from Koei Tecmo, Dotemu, and the Blasphemous team One hell of an opener Image credit:The Game Kitchen NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound is the next entry in the venerable series of action slice-em-ups, revealed tonight at pre-Geoffies. It’s arriving in 2025 as a joint effort between Koei Tecmo, Blasphemous developers The Game Kitchen, and retro revivalists Dotemu. Trailer below. Here are a few ninja secrets for you:...
Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 30 (Memorium) Visit previous regions in microcosm with the Memorium Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking for a Memorium walkthrough in Hollow Knight: Silksong? For my money, the Memorium is one of the most intriguing and unique regions in Silksong, ironically because it is made from transplanted flora and fauna from various other ecosystems within Pharloom. It doesn’t take too long to explore, but there is an ideal order and route to everything in the Memorium to ensure that you discover all its secrets in an intuitive manner....
How to find Arachnophobia Mode in Grounded 2 and spider differences How to become a spider hider in Grounded 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Want to know how to turn on Arachnophobia Mode in Grounded 2? Before you start your playthrough, know that it’s possible to tweak the appearance of spiders into something far less intimidating - but ultimately still recognisable. If you haven’t started Grounded 2 and are are wondering if this option is available immediately, the good news is you’ll be prompted not once, but twice before you start the game - and even then, you’ll still have time to jump into the options screen once your session is underway if you change your mind....
How to get a Happy Ghast in Minecraft Here’s how to tame and ride this flying mount Image credit:Mojang Studios Wondering how to get the Minecraft Happy Ghast? Introduced as part of Minecraft’s Chase the Skies update, Happy Ghasts are friendly variants of the normally hostile Ghast mob. Instead of attacking you, these cheery cherubs are more than willing to hang around builders, serving as capable steeds. Once you use a Harness on a Happy Ghast, up to four players can ride one as a flying mount....
How to install Decky Loader on the Steam Deck The easy way to add plugins for screenshots, recording, UI customisation and more Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Steam Deck Academy brings together all our guides and explainers on getting the most out of your Steam Deck, no student loans or sweaty dormitories required. Installing Decky Loader on your Steam Deck is one of the biggest free upgrades you can make to it....
How to make Clothes, Cloaks, and Shoes in Manor Lords Here’s how to make Clothes and get Clothing Stalls in Manor Lords Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Want to know how to make Clothing, including Cloaks and Shoes in Manor Lords? One of the key requirements for keeping your citizens happy in Manor Lords is Clothing - but it’s kinda hard to pick apart what that actually means. There’s a bit of a chicken and egg problem going on here, because at first glance it seems like you need Clothes to reach Level 2 Burgage Plots, but you can’t reach Level 2 Burgage Plots without Clothes....
I spent a week using supermarket own-brand gaming peripherals, and suggest that you don’t This seemed like a good idea eight days ago Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun What if the company that sold your cheese also sold your PC gaming hardware? This is not the murmuring of some poor sod on a nineteen-hour Dota 2 binge who’s started thinking that the crumbs in his keyboard resemble a viable snack, but a bold new reality, one I recently found myself staring down during a trip to Asda....
I’ve taken my desire for a new Burnout game down to the Paradise City in wplace Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Image credit:EA / Rock Paper Shotgun Please, for the love of all that can be side-swiped into oncoming traffic, make a new Burnout game. This has been one of the five thoughts that fill my head on a daily basis for years at this point, and thanks to a website that’s letting people draw pixel art all over Google Maps, I’ve been given yet another outlet via which to let it out....
