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Team Ninja fix a terrifying “very rare” Nioh 3 bug that corrupts your save when you pray at shrine checkpoints Truly, the Nioh 3 of bugs Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Koei Tecmo Nioh 3 “is less punishing” than Nioh 1 and Nioh 2 , according to our reviewer Jeremy Blum . In a fine example of the Duality of Man, this observation forms part of a sentence in which Jeremy also confesses to smashing a hole in his desk with his controller....

The best builds in Elden Ring for every stat Discover the best builds in Elden Ring for every attribute Looking for the best Elden Ring build? Elden Ring uses five key stats to determine effectiveness in combat. These are Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, and Arcane. Whether you want to wield a greatsword, katana or use the power of spells, you’ll need to know which stats to prioritise and the best weapons for each build....

The best Tools in Hollow Knight Silksong The best Red, Blue, and Yellow Tools in Silksong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking for the best Tools to equip in Hollow Knight Silksong? There are 53 of these handy items to find in the game, so you’re never spoiled for choice. The best of them turn Hornet into an even deadlier warrior than she’d ever be without them, and many Tools provide interesting synergies when equipped....

The fastest gaming CPU now has a very, very, very, very, very, very, very slightly faster replacement The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is a mid-gen tune-up Image credit:AMD In what has become CPU tradition , AMD have announced a new fastest-ever gaming processor to replace their last fastest-ever gaming processor. The newcomer, detailed at CES 2026 , is the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, which actually shares the same architecture, socket, core and thread counts, and power usage rating as the erstwhile big dog, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D....

The first Dead Rising is getting a Deluxe Remaster ahead of its 20th anniversary Technically a remaster of a remaster Image credit:Capcom Dead Rising is a proper gem, taking an overdone trope - zombies in a shopping centre - and turning it into a brilliantly quirky and challenging survival game that fully delivers on the madcap joy of using anything you can find to mow down hordes of the undead and then snap photos of them....

The hardest part of making Arc Raiders was creating a “meaningful” item meta so that your loot doesn’t just feel like “cash” Embark discuss the game’s extraction shooter economy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios A question I often ask game developers when I’ve run out of real questions is: what was the hardest part of making your game? Which is a terrible line of inquiry, because it’s like asking somebody with their foot in a hornet’s nest which individual hornet they dislike the most....

The new Steam Deck OS update improves a little bit of everything Also adds overclocking controls, for the confident or mad Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun It’s hard to pick out the highlights from the Steam Deck ’s latest SteamOS update, 3.6.19, just because its collection of tweaks and fixes seems to span the entire gamut of handheld PC hardware as a concept. Graphics driver improvements! Third-party SSDs working better! More balanced display colours!...

The NYT Crossword answers for Friday, September 5th 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Friday, 5th September? Well you are not alone. The NYT serves us with a brand-new Crossword every day without fail, and they don’t get easier, either!...

The NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, September 21st 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Sunday, 21st September? It’s Sunday, and you know what that means: another extremely tough NYT Crossword to kick your brain into gear for the rest of the week!...

The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, September 5th 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Mini Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, September 15th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s Mini Crossword on Friday, 5th September? We get it! The NYT Mini Crossword consists of 10 tricky riddles and each and every one of them is designed to stump you....

The Outer Worlds 2 global release times All global release times, pre-order bonuses, and advanced access info Image credit:Obsidian Entertainment Looking for The Outer Worlds 2 release date? Obsidian is back with the sequel to their 2019 effort The Outer Worlds , and they’ve delivered a game that’s bigger and better with more interstellar environments to explore, companions to recruit, capitalist parodies to confront, and nifty space guns to use on all manner of both flesh and blood and robotic enemies....

The Rise Of The Golden Idol review: fiendish but fair detective puzzling whose mystery you’ll want to unravel Fuzzwords Image credit:Color Gray Games/Rock Paper Shotgun Developer: Color Gray Games Publisher: Playstack Release: November 12th 2024 On: Windows, macOS From: Steam Price: £20/€20/$20 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-12600K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 Here’s a Steam quote for you: ‘ The Rise Of The Golden Idol is the best game I’ve ever played where I spent most of my time staring at the screen going “well what chuffing well is it , then?...

The seventh RPS Christmas Cracker 2024 You can see how we got there Image credit:RPS The fell moons rise, and in their cold glare emerges a parcel from the dirt. Bloat and gangrene, crimped as if by tourniquet. A dark promise wriggles within. Grip the fibrous handles, feel its jagged soul imprint upon your palm. Now pull! Rend the sinew, tear muscle from bone, hatch their fetid gift! The yoke draws near!...

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for wheeling my old gamer chair to the curb, before flopping back in my new ergonomic office chair with the same awful posture and whining, “Why doesn’t it work?! Who knew that furniture named things like Titan, Pro and Conquer aren’t the most conducive to lumbar support?...

The Ukrainian armed forces are reportedly using Steam Decks to remote-control gun turrets Test footage of ShaBlya system shared by government-run website Image credit:TPO Media / Rock Paper Shotgun According to Ukrainian government-run website United24 Media, Ukraine’s armed forces are using Steam Decks to remote-control gun turrets in the course of the on-going war with Russia. The site has shared a video of a new turret system, ShaBlya, which was apparently developed by Ukrainian engineers and approved for mass production earlier this year....

The video game voice actor strike is over, with new AI agreements reached over ‘digital replicas’ SAG-AFTRA have been fighting for the contract for three years Image credit:SAG-AFTRA Following a “tentative agreement” reached last month between video game voice actors represented by union SAG-AFTRA and companies including Activision, Insomniac, and EA, the 11-month strike is now over. A new contract has been approved, “effective immediately” . with 95% of participating union members voting in favour, with 5% opposed....

“I hope [your boyfriend] doesn’t mind I text you a lot” Image credit:Bungie A lawsuit between Sony and a fired Bungie director is getting messy. Sony have revealed the text messages sent by the former director, which they say are proof of his “predatory behaviour” and justify their decision to dismiss him. Christopher Barrett was removed from his position last year in a dramatic reshuffle and it was later revealed that the reasons included alleged “inappropriate” and “unwanted” messages to female staff at the studio....

These XPG Caster DDR5-6000 sticks are the same as I use in my Intel PC. Image credit:Adata/Rock Paper Shotgun Get the XPG Caster DDR5-6000 CL40 32GB kit for £64 (was £72) I’ve been using this kit with an Intel Core i7-12700K system for the past year or so, and I’ve found that the DDR5-6000 provides a noticeable speed-up in many titles at 1080p and 1440p. The CL40 latency isn’t the best available at this frequency, but given the price for CL30 alternatives - typically £100 to £125 - this is an acceptable sustitute!...

This week in PC games: Dying Light, a Martian themepark sim, a glossy RPG remake and some cuddly LEGO co-op What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Mateusz Skutnik Some weeks, finding new games for the Maw is like scouring a village of octogenarians for the last remaining virgin to throw into a rumbling volcano. You awkwardly pop the question during a dozen hastily organised afternoon tea dates, and riffle through family trees in desperation as the air thickens with sulphur....

High resolutions, high refresh rates, surprisingly low prices Image credit:LG My top two picks for the UK crowd are the AOC Gaming U27G3X and the LG UltraGear 27GR93U, which have been slashed to £399 and £420 respectively. Both are 27in diagonally, which isn’t terribly vast by 4K standards, but they’re fully equipped for games, with quick refresh rates and combined Freesync and G-Sync compatibility. The slightly faster U27G3X would appear to be the better-value of the two, but personally I’d spend a couple of tenners more on the UltraGear 27GR93U....