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Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC performance issues are a draggin’ slog Tweaking settings only goes so far Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Dragon’s Dogma 2 is an RPG of many admirable qualities . I’m especially attached to my Arisen’s current pair of Pawns, one of whom speaks with the wonderfully stretched intonations of a pitch-shifted Matt Berry. Sadly, none of its achievements pertain to technical fidelity. While decent-looking, Dragon’s Dogma 2 takes some serious hardware to maintain consistently smooth performance, with lowered quality settings lending only the most limp-wristed of helping hands....

Dune Awakening: All basic and advanced trainer locations Multiclass to your heart’s content by finding every trainer in the game Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom Looking for all of the trainers in Dune Awakening? While you might have to choose a mentor during character creation to designate your starting class in Dune Awakening, you certainly aren’t locked into playing as that one class for the entirety of the game. Throughout Arrakis, there exist a number of trainers who can teach you the ways of all of the classes in the game - Trooper, Planetologist, Mentat, Bene Gesserit, or Swordmaster - opening up several skill trees for you to tinker with....

Dune: Awakening devs are reimbursing players for a Deep Desert patch mistake that lost folks bases and gear Funcom are also aiming the big worm of justice at cheaters, hackers, and other exploiters Image credit:Funcom Have you recently lost a vehicle or item in Dune: Awakening in a fashion that wasn’t your fault? If so, you may be entitled to in-game compensation from developers Funcom, who’ve said sorry for a Deep Desert patch “oversight” that wiped out “an unfortunate amount” of bases and gear....

Elden Ring: Nightreign - Best main boss order for all 8 Nightlords Here’s our ranking of each Nightlord and Expedition, including The Forsaken Hollows Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco What order should you fight the main bosses in Elden Ring: Nightreign and The Forsaken Hollows DLC? The Nightlords are some of the most fearsome bosses in FromSoftware’s history, not least because the entirety of Nightreign seems predicated on the question: “what if that familiar run back to the boss after dying lasts a whole 40 minutes?...

Embiggen your Steam Deck storage with this 1.5TB microSD, now up to 40% off for Prime Big Deal Days It’s bigger than that, Gabe, it’s large In fact, the Ultra was already one of, if not the best-value Deck-ready microSD cards I’ve tested, being capable of perfectly respectable game load times despite being a more budget-minded design than the likes of the Samsung Pro Plus . The 1.5TB model is a relatively recent addition to the lineup, so I haven’t benchmarked this one specifically, but then performance isn’t really the big reason to buy this....

Fallen Aces has just enough immersive sim substance to match up to its eye-popping pulp comic style FPSOTY (Frying Pan Sound of the Year) Image credit:New Blood Interactive Fallen Aces is a stylish FPS lead pipe ‘em up with immersive sim elements, published by good gun-knowers New Blood Interactive. Your gumshoe ‘tagonist wakes up, hungover of brain, skint of wallet, and unshaven of face, to discover your apartment - undoubtedly reeking of smokerettes and dehydration wee - is being broken into by foes goonly and mookish....

Fallout 4’s anniversary update “didn’t quite land with the impact many hoped for”, so Nexus Mods have assembled their own The modding platform’s Anniversary Collection is being pitched as “a curated, zero-cost refresh” Image credit:Tumbajamba It’s fair to say Fallout 4 ’s anniversary update’s earned some stick due to effect it had on PC mods, just like the RPG’s next-gen update did before it. Lots of works needed updating, and while that happened pretty quickly in a number of cases , there was still disruption for some additions that generally feel a lot more necessary over on console....

Fallout creator asks why triple-A RPGs focus on violence, doesn’t provide very hopeful answer Also talks up the joys of the “rarely chosen path” Image credit:Interplay Productions Original Fallout designer Tim Cain, also known for co-directing The Outer Worlds at Obsidian, has published a video responding to a player’s question about why violence is the “default” path in so many big budget RPGs. That’s specifically RPGs with “AAA” budgets, whatever AAA means these days....

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly is getting a PC remake, bringing its horror photography to Steam Snapping back to 2003 Image credit:Tecmo Smile and say AIEEEEE, horror fans! Tecmo and Team Ninja are bringing a “remake” of PS2 survival horror Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly to PC via Steam in early 2026. Why am I brandishing a glyph-covered Canon EOS 90D at you, while singing the Ghostbusters theme? Allow me to explain: Fatal Frame’s signature touch is that you defeat spooks using a magic camera....

Fatekeeper looks like a spiritual successor to Dark Messiah, but where’s the kick? Boot it up Image credit:THQ Nordic I was munching crisps while watching a showcase of upcoming games from THQ Nordic last week, letting the likes of a new Spongebob Squarepants game and the Gothic Remake wash over me like barely flavoured fizzy water, when Fatekeeper showed up. I straightened up, just a little. It is a fancy looking first-person RPG made with all the hyper detail and vivid lighting you might expect of a game developed in Unreal Engine 5....

Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail benchmarking tool has players happy with its new playable catmoms Teeth remain an issue for some Image credit:Square Enix As MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 ’s upcoming Dawntrail expansion gets ever closer, Squeenix have released a benchmarking tool that lets you see how your rig might handle its graphical update. Not only that, but it also lets you sample the new female Hrothgar playable race. So far, folks seem to be happy with the tool and the catmoms....

Frogwares reveal wet survival horror sequel The Sinking City 2, taking the dev “in a newer direction” in 2025 Get ready for more Lovecraftian fish frightens next year Image credit:Frogwares Frogwares finally regained sole control of The Sinking City in January, after years of dispute, and have wasted no time in now revealing a sequel, with an upcoming Kickstarter campaign for a “safety net”, coming in 2025. The new and extremely damp survival horror game, set in a heavily flooded New England city in the 1920s, is pivoting the studio to a “‘horror-first’ focus with gameplay primarily built around combat, exploration and its Lovecraftian setting and story”....

Game Pass’s “only (outside) shot” for sustainability is to get GTA 6 or Call of Duty, says former Microsoft senior PR lead Xbox under pressure “to cut expenses to the bone” Image credit:Take-Two Interactive/Rock Paper Shotgun Former Microsoft senior PR manager Brad Hilderbrand has blogged about the recent closure of Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin , making a familiar case that Microsoft’s gaming division are now expected “to cut expenses to the bone” in the wake of the wildly expensive acquisition of Activision Blizzard and amid slowing growth of the Game Pass subscription business....

Get this QD-OLED gaming monitor from Alienware for just $765 with a handy voucher vode This highly-rated monitor comes at a steep discount. Image credit:Dell We’re always on the lookout for the best gaming monitors , and while the catchily-titled Alienware AW3225QF might not be on that list, it’s certainly rated very highly if you look around. Better yet, a new discount drops the price massively, meaning it can be yours for just $765, which is over a third off, with a handy voucher code....

Hades 2 tier list: Best weapons ranked Here are the best weapons in Hades 2 and how to unlock them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Supergiant Games Looking for the best weapons in Hades 2? Hades 2 is a gruelling rogue-like dungeon crawler that puts you in the shoes of Melinoe, desperate to avenge her family against the tyrannical Kronos. If you have any hope of even getting to Kronos, you’ll need to have the best weapons possible....

Have Fallout 4 and New Vegas again, say Bethesda, and also a release date for Fallout 76’s Burning Springs No remasters, just an “anniversary edition” and some extra Mojave merch Image credit:Bethesda Yesterday was Fallout Day, the date in the series’ universe when the bombs dropped and permanently turned a lot of people into those skeletons you grind into dust while tramping about in your power armour. Bethesda awakened Todd Howard from cryo-sleep, and announced some stuff in a broadcast....

Helldivers 2 APC-deliverer isn’t gamemaster Joel, claims source, raising grim prospect of multiple Joels Who then, is the Other Joel? Image credit:PlayStation/Rock Paper Shotgun According to our mysterious Treehouse member, our Jource (Joel Source) got in touch with them last night in regards to the APC story I’d posted (to safeguard democracy, I’m not going to reveal either of their identities). They wanted to “put the record straight” and say that it wasn’t the work of Real Joel, because Real Joel’s so busy scheming, he simply wouldn’t have time to drop into games like some patriotic Bad Santa....

Helldivers 2’s Super Citizen Edition is being updated to stop folks accidentally buying the same warbond twice Hopefully Arrowhead’s refund hotline will be a bit less jammed after August Image credit:Arrowhead If you’re prone to passing the bread at the supermarket, totally forgetting you’ve already got plenty at home, picking some fresh up because you probably need bread, then realising later that you now own two full loafs with the same best before date, I have good news for you....

Here’s five great immersive sims Microsoft didn’t just cancel 045wonderful Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Annapurna The Perfect Dark reboot looked like an excellent addition to the immersive sim genre. Based on Microsoft’s previous shuttering of Arkane Austin , I can only assume that this made Phil Spencer very angry. “Why can I lift massive crates but only fit one rifle in my inventory!”, roared Spencer. Subsequently, both the reboot and studio The Initiative were axed this week by Microsoft as part of their ongoing efforts to ensure their legacy going forward is one of destroying livelihoods , participating in what a UN rapporteur describes as an “economy of genocide”, and forcing Copilot inside that little plastic bit at the end of your shoelaces....

Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 13 (Weavenest Atla and Weavenest Cindril) Here’s how to reach both the Weavenests in Act 1 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking to enter the Weavenests in Hollow Knight: Silksong? If you’ve been keeping pace with our Silksong walkthrough so far, then you’ve already unlocked Hornet’s wonderful Needolin skill up in Shellwood - but perhaps you’re not quite sure yet what use it serves. As it turns out, the Needolin can be played to open certain doors, into secretive mini-regions known as Weavenests....