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Ark: Survival Ascended’s famous-people-laden expansion Lost Colony gets a December release date Where are they getting the money for all of this? Image credit:Studio Wildcard Ark is one of those strange series to me that seems to have a ridiculous amount of cash to dispense, what with its star-studded cast in the animated adaptation. Gerard Butler and bloody Michelle Yeoh are in it! Not to mention David Tenant, Elliot Page, Russel Crowe and Vin Diesel, the final of whom is meant to be in the borderline MIA Ark 2 ....

Arrowhead need just a smidge more time for that next Helldivers 2 patch, promises a healthy suite of optimisations Optimisations out the wazoo Image credit:Arrowhead You might be currently wondering where the latest Helldivers 2 patch is, seeing as it hasn’t turned up yet, and to explain its absence developer Arrowhead have taken to the game’s Witter account with a post going into some details about it. Apparently it was originally planned for Tuesday, i....

Baby Steps has a multiplayer mod and it looks like the ultimate breeding ground for bumbling betrayals A heard of stumbling failsons approaches Image credit:Devolver / Caleb Orchard Falling over is the thing in Baby Steps . Sure, the goal in Bennett Foddy and co’s walking sim is technically getting from A to B despite your doughy corpus’ best efforts to get in the way, but it’s the constant stumbling and hilarious unintended pratfalls which make these sorts of games really sing....

Best Dragon Pals in Palworld Here’s the best Dragon Pals to have in your team in Palworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Looking for the best Dragon Pals in Palworld? Dragon Pals are an elemental creature in Palworld , with enhanced strength against Dark-type Pals. As such, if you’re gearing up for a boss fight against a Dark Pal you’ll need a team of the best Dragon Pals in Palworld at your disposal....

Black Myth: Wukong is a pleasantly surprising Soulslike, even if it’s given me an enemy for life This monkey means business Image credit:Game Science You may or may not have seen Black Myth: Wukong impressions floating around as of late. Some claim it’s not a Soulslike , or is merely Soulslike-adjacent. Some say it’s a “boss rush” with a world that lets it down. Having spent 90 minutes with it myself, I’d like to add my ferocious take to the pile: you play monke = is good....

Black Myth: Wukong needs an Assassin’s Creed-style discovery mode So I can point my staff and ask questions, instead of thwacking everything Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla , Odyssey, and Origins all have one thing in common: they’ve got a Discovery mode , which replaces murdering with learning. You can, quite literally, go on tours curated by historians around each of the game’s respective maps. Instead of diving off a Sphinx and plunging your hidden blade into someone’s spinal column, you can look up at the Sphinx and read a paragraph on its significance....

Bore Blasters review: achieve catharsis as a dwarf yelling and shooting mud Explodey hole Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/8BitSkull Developer: 8BitSkull Publisher: 8BitSkull Release: March 8th 2024 On: Windows 10, macOS, Linux From: Steam Price: £8/€9/$10 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-11340F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11 I tried to look up the plot of Bore Blasters , because my focus when playing the game is entirely on exploding dirt, but it turns out the Steam store page doesn’t bother to explain any kind of plot either....

Bungie reportedly fired Marathon reboot director Chris Barrett for “unwanted” and “inappropriate” messages to female staff “If anyone ever felt that way about their interaction with me, I am truly sorry,” says Barrett Image credit:Sony Back in March, Bungie announced a leadership reshuffle on their Marathon reboot project, with former Valorant dev Joe Ziegler replacing veteran Bungie designer Christopher Barrett as director. It seems there was more to that story than concern about the progress of Marathon....

Bylina knows the secret to getting my attention: an environmental corpse of a mournful giant monarch from a bygone age framed to evoke wistful contemplation of history’s relentless march toward entropy It happens more than you might expect Image credit:Far Far Games Perhaps it’s just a testament to the archetypal strength of the image, honestly, but there’s no denying this fallen giant king looks especially gorgeous in Bylina . I’ll move on from his large majesty for a moment though, because it isn’t the only thing this one looks to have going for it....

Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 08th Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #484. 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 08th October? We’re here to give you all the tips you need to ensure that your Connections score stays perfect and pristine....

Cronos: The New Dawn trailer shows off Dead Spacious combat and merging enemies Don’t rip and tear - burn Image credit:Bloober Team If you pine for the rotting corridors and tactical limb-surgery of Dead Space , it looks like Bloober’s upcoming Cronos: The New Dawn may have you covered. Fresh from revealing that they’re remaking the first Silent Hill , the Polish team have released a new trailer for Cronos that shows off more of its bubble-suited third-person gunnery....

Daedalic reveal story-driven Star Trek: Voyager strategy game in which you can betray everything Janeway ever stood for Please state the nature of the medical emergency <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/STVATU-press-asset-1920x1080.png?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 view of the starship Voyager flying over a sun’s surface towards the game title “Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown”. Voyager has a silver curving hull with stick-out warp nacelles. - 1”> Image credit:Daedalic Oi oi, where my Janeway fans at?...

Deliver At All Costs review Quit stalling Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Studio Far Out Developer: Studio Far Out Games Publisher: Konami Release: May 22nd, 2025 On: Windows From: Steam / GOG / Epic Games Price: £25/€30/$30 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-12600K, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti, Windows 11 They say that if you ignore your detractors, you also have to ignore the praise. But I’m proud that my boss told me I’m a good courier....

Dell has slashed the price on this excellent Alienware 27-inch gaming monitor, now down to just $200 Save $180 on this premium monitor for a limited time. Image credit:Dell / Alienware Dell is currently offering an excellent 27-inch Alienware gaming monitor for just $200 in its latest round of discounts ready for Presidents Day. The Alienware 27 QHD (AW2724DM) is a solid option for those looking for a balance between performance and price....

Diablo 4, Terra Invicta, and Lightyear Frontier headline the next wave of PC Game Pass additions Microsoft confirm additions for late March and early April Microsoft have confirmed the waves of games coming to Game Pass in late March and early April, headlined by the expected addition of Diablo IV. This is the first Activision Blizzard game coming to Game Pass since Microsoft’s ridiculous $69 billion acquisition, with more due to follow....

Dominions 6 expands the already packed 4X series next week Pretender gods rise up Image credit:Illwinter Game Design Dominions 6 was announced last year , with promise that the latest iteration of the complex 4X god-battler would be thick with UI and quality-of-life improvements. I dared to dream of a game that was more accessible than Dominions 4, the last in the series I played. Well, it now has a release date of next Wednesday, January 17th, and there are videos that show it in action....

Dune: Awakening hopes to spruce up its endgame in its next major update, coming next week And no more taxes! Image credit:Funcom Dune: Awakening has struggled a touch with its endgame pretty much since launch, but with the MMO’s next big update, Chapter 3, is promising to offer a revamp that you (yes, you! The person playing Dune: Awakening right now! Maybe!) have been after. A release date was also offered up for the big update, alongside some specifics on just what this new endgame might look like....

Dying Light: The Beast developers are working on fixes for broken day-night cycles and indoor rain Can’t rage, rage against the dying of the light if the sun won’t set Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Techland Techland’s Dying Light: The Beast launched last week and is, sources say , “a good Dying Light game, and a fine open-world zombie game in general, full of crunchy combat and simple but satisfying number-go-up loops”. Being a new videogame, it also has some bugs....

EA CEO Andrew Wilson got a nice pay bump last year, while the company’s workers earned less on average During a period that saw the publisher lay off more staff Image credit:EA Congrats, Andrew! You’re almost certainly not reading this, but regardless, it’s only polite for me to offer you a big well done, Mr Wilson. After all, you, EA’s CEO, were paid $30.5 million (around £22 million) in the financial year just gone, nearly $5 million (around £3....

Elden Ring DLC update on Steam’s backend hints that Shadow of the Erdtree’s release could be very, very close A controller announcement last year suggested a February drop for the long-awaited expansion We’ve had barely an official word on Elden Ring DLC Shadow Of The Erdtree since it was announced about a year ago , itself a year after the release of From Software’s superb open-world soulslike . That hasn’t stopped a steady drip of decidedly unofficial rumours and signs about the Elden Ring expansion could arrive, though - and the latest indication is that Shadow of the Erdtree’s release date might be soon....