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Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 35 (The Abyss) A step by step guide to navigating The Abyss beneath Pharloom Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Stuck trying to explore (or escape) The Abyss in Hollow Knight: Silksong? Act 3 brings a startling wealth of content to Silksong, but only a couple of entirely new regions to explore - and The Abyss is one of them. After speaking with the Snail Shamans in the previous Part, it becomes clear that Hornet has to find a way to venture down into the source of the Void consuming Pharloom....

Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 4 (Chapel Of The Wanderer) A brief detour through a dangerous biome to find the Wanderer Crest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking to reach the Chapel Of The Wanderer in Hollow Knight: Silksong? Assuming you’ve been following along with our walkthrough thus far, you should have just about enough Rosaries in your possession for a quick detour off the main path. We promise it’s well worth doing this early on....

How long to beat The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered How much time should you expect to spend in Cyrodiil? Image credit:Bethesda Wondering how long it takes to beat The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered ? The remaster of Oblivion contains all of the content of the original game from 2006 plus its expansions, so you should expect your journey through the magical realm of Cyrodiil to last a long while....

How to make Tools in Manor Lords How to build your own Tools in Manor Lords, and what they’re used for Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Want to make Tools in Manor Lords? Look, let’s be honest. Most of us playing Manor Lords for the first time didn’t even realise we had any Tools until Bandits came and took them. And then we were left thinking, oh, what were they used for?...

How to make weapons and armor in Manor Lords Here’s how to construct a good supply of weapons and armor in Manor Lords Image credit:Hooded Horse Trying to make weapons and armor in Manor Lords? There comes a time in Manor Lords where you’ll need to make sure that your populace is outfitted for combat. Luckily, you can acquire spears, bows, shields, and other vital tools of warfare relatively easily by simply ensuring that your town’s housing is always fully developed....

How to use photo mode in Black Myth Wukong How to snap a picture of your favourite anthropomorphic monkey in Black Myth Wukong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Want to try photo mode in Black Myth Wukong? The lush forests and misty mountains are the perfect backdrop for an epic selfie, and luckily, Black Myth Wukong ’s photo mode offers perfect positioning, brightness adjustment, depth of field, filters, and more. The only problem?...

Hytale’s first major update adds in dinosaurs, stops skeletons drowning and lets you have an early night Meanwhile, fire-themed creatures will no longer take fire damage, but can still catch fire Image credit:Hypixel A first major update for Minecrafty block-build-and-basher Hytale arrived over the weekend, and it’s added in some extra danger. There are now dinosaurs running around in the underground jungles. These are work-in-progress dinos, so who knows what might happen if you end up earning their big lizard ire....

I am dissatisfied with the hat selection in Little Kitty, Big City Not everyone can wear every hat Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Double Dagger Studio Graham said he wanted someone to write about Little Kitty, Big City , asked if I liked cats, at which point my soul was possessed by some kind of deep animus. “I really like cats, I just hate the internet UWU nonsense about cats,” I said. “God it’s awful, I can’t stand it, Jesus Christ it’s just an empty and terrible way to talk about cats, cats don’t deserve to be the internet animal-” at which point Graham managed to interrupt and said I was exactly the person who should write about Little Kitty, Big City....

If I never write about video games ever again, let this be my final plea Because you make me use your store client… Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Epic/Ubisoft/Rockstar/EA When I tick the box telling your unwanted launcher to remember my password, make it remember my chuffing password. Origin Video Game Rock Paper Shotgun is better when you sign in Sign in and join us on our journey to discover strange and compelling PC games....

IGF 2025 nominees show what a wild and vibrant place indie gaming is There are several surprise nominations and absences this year Last year’s defining indie smash hit, Balatro ? Not nominated for the IGF grand prize. Animal Well , which turned damn near every games journalist into a tiresome obsessive? Not nominated for anything . UFO 50 , an impressive, important, big boy achievement snubbed by our own 2024 list ?...

IWGB union file legal claims against Rockstar, due to GTA 6 maker allegedly refusing to negotiate over firings “We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting” <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/IMG_9489.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 sign reading “union busting?” in blue letters on a white background from a worker protest outside Rockstar North - 1”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun GTA 6 developers Rockstar Games have had legal claims filed against them by the UK’s IWGB union, with the latter alleging that Rockstar have so far declined to meet with them for negotiations following the recent firing of over 30 workers ....

Jeremy’s most anticipated games for 2026 Kungfu Cthulhu Soulslike Metroidvanias, amirite? Image credit:Frogwares/Bitkid/Cold Symmetry/Postmodern Adventures As we cross out the final days of 2025 on our Treehouse calendar, we’ve allowed ourselves to look out at the encroaching mists of 2026. These are the games we hope will emerge from the fog . Oodles of games are coming out in 2026, and many look impressive. There’s the new Resident Evil, yet another reimagining of Tomb Raider 1, and a 007 game that reminds me of the often-forgotten cartoon series James Bond Jr....

Justice for faces as Jurassic World Evolution 3 drops its AI-generated scientist portraits “Following some initial feedback” Image credit:Frontier Developments Upcoming park management/unethical science sim Jurassic World Evolution 3 will no longer feature generative AI. Publisher-developers Frontier Developments had previously disclosed that the oft-rubbish technology would be used to create scientist portraits for your uneaten staff. That disclosure has now vanished from the game’s Steam page , with the removal of the genAI material confirmed outright in a statement to Game Watcher ....

Last Epoch: Best builds for every class Create the strongest character in Last Epoch with these 10 top-tier builds Image credit:Rock paper Shotgun/Eleventh Hour Games What are the best builds for every class in Last Epoch? The hottest ARPG in town right now has five classes to choose from, followed by a number of subclasses specific to each, meaning there is a lot of build variation possible. When you’re first learning the game though, don’t worry too much about your build specifics....

Let’s Build A Dungeon is a management game about running a dev studio and designing your own subscription MMO Shame that every game but one will fail Image credit:Springloaded The management game progression chart is supposed to go: zoo, then theme park, then hospital, then school. Apparently no one told Springloaded Software, who are following up their 2021 tycoon ’em up Let’s Build A Zoo with a game about building an MMO....

Malys, the devil exorcising deckbuilder from the studio co-founded by Dragon Age’s writer, gets a 1.0 release date Nobody satanic panic Image credit:Summerfall Studios Right, there’s just a constant wall of bad news at the moment, so how about something a bit nicer. Earlier this year, Summerfall Studios announced that the Kickstarter for their demonic roguelike deckbuilder Malys didn’t work out, so they’d be releasing it in early access instead ....

Mama’s Sleeping Angels is a Lethal Company-esque, dream-exploration, Y2K smorgasbord for the zillenialpha generations In before someone says this is a Cruelty Squad rip off somehow Image credit:itamu Isn’t it funny that we don’t have a definitive reason as to why we dream? We have ideas, theories, like that they’re the brain moving memories from short-term to long-term storage. But why the hell can they get so weird? And worse, scary....

Marvel Rivals characters: Full roster and abilities Read up on all 33 Marvel Rivals heroes and their abilities Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Looking for some help understanding the full roster of all 33 Marvel Rivals characters? Marvel Rivals has hit the ground running since its launch, eating into the hero shooter territory with a very fair free-to-play model which allows new players to instantly choose between all 33 heroes from day one....

MindsEye devs accuse studio execs of “disastrously” mishandling redundancies and enforcing “unbearable” crunch 93 current and former Build a Rocket Boy staff have signed an open letter demanding change Image credit:Build A Rocket Boy Update: Build a Rocket Boy have provided RPS with the following statement: Every one of our former team members poured passion, creativity, and hard work into our games and our studio. Parting ways with people is never easy, and we were deeply saddened to make that decision....

Monster Hunter Wilds: Heavy Bowgun weapon tree The full list of all Heavy Bowguns in Monster Hunter Wilds Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Want to see the entire Heavy Bowgun weapon tree in Monster Hunter Wilds? A huge part of the Monster Hunter experience has always been grinding your way up the expansive weapon trees for each individual weapon type , and the Heavy Bowgun - while hardly the most popular of the 14 weapon types - is no exception....