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Against The Storm’s update 1.1 is out, making the early game more interesting PC Game Pass players should backup saves if they can Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Against The Storm left early access late last year, but has just now received its first major post-release patch. Update 1.1 “isn’t as spectacular” as its developers had first hoped, but it does buff the roguelite citybuilder with som new art, UI improvements and quality-of-life tweaks, as well as new orders to make early stage settlement building “a little more interesting....

Age Of Mythology: Retold swims like a suspicious swan on to PC and Game Pass this September Anewbis Image credit:World’s Edge Age Of Mythology: Retold , the remaster of the classic strategy beast-em-up, is due to release this year, 4th September 2024 on PC and Game Pass. This will be the 2002 game’s second remaster following its Extended Addition re-release in 2014, and aims to thoroughly spiff up the original with a 3D visual overhaul, new animations and texture, plus UI and QOL improvements....

All 3 Elden Ring Talisman Pouch locations How to equip more Talismans in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to equip more Talismans in Elden Ring? The answer is the Talisman Pouch. These one-of-a-kind items permanently increase your Talisman slots in Elden Ring , allowing you to equip more Talismans at once. And seeing as many of these Talismans proffer quite astonishingly powerful benefits, it’s well worth knowing where to get these Talisman Pouches....

All Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Map Fragment locations Here are all Map Fragment locations and how to uncover each area in the Elden Ring DLC Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for all Map Fragment locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? Shadow Of The Erdtree may go down as one of the largest DLCs in FromSoftware history. With it, we have a total of 5 Map Fragments to find across the various regions of the Land of Shadow....

We’ll bite your arm off for it. Image credit:Razer If ever a headset’s name shouted ‘GAMER’ , it’s a Razer BlackShark. It’s not just a shark, it’s a very specific type of shark that’s presumably very good at games. Get $30 when you buy this Razer headset Image credit: Razer Razer BlackShark v2 headset $49.99 (And get $30 Amazon coupon) See here If you’re in need of a relatively affordable but still very capable headset anyway, you can get $30 back to use on anything else you fancy....

30% off one of the best gaming SSDs around. Image credit:RockPaperShotgun Just when you thought Prime Day was over, we’ve mentioned it again and triggered all those flashbacks . Samsung 990 Pro SSD w/ Heatsink 2TB $149.99 (29% off) See here Starting with the US, there’s a 990 Pro 2TB with Heatsink model that’ll set you back just $149.99, and it offers sequential speeds of 7,450MB/s read and 6,900MB/s write and random speeds of 1400K/1550K IOPS....

An algorithm, among the many other things they ruin, is causing stability problems on Intel Core CPUs Fix coming mid-August, say chipmakers Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Intel have identified the fault behind reported stability issues with their 13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs , many of which have been failing after feeding themselves excessive voltages. The blame, Intel told PCG , lies with the same kind of pernicious force that fills your Twitter feed with pillocks, has turned Google into an AI-sodden shell of its former self, and keeps making Spotify suggest I listen to ninety different electroswing arrangements of Everybody Wants to Be a Cat....

Arknights: Endfield codes (February 2026) Need Oroberyl and T-Creds in Arknights: Endfield? We’ve got just the codes for you. Image credit:Hypergryph Looking for Arknights Endfield codes? This free-to-play, open-zone RPG feels like what would happen if the gacha genre had a baby with Factorio . You roam around big open areas, fighting enemies, gathering loot and trying to roll better Operators to join your team. Then, you head back to your base for the real fun: conveyor belt optimisation and hours of restructuring purely because your machines aren’t aesthetically pleasing enough....

As I Began To Dream’s quickfire tile-flipping gives its puzzles a satisfying snap Click, clack, jump Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Soft Source I like to think that, having been supplanted by autoshooters and twig-picking survival games as the Steam Next Fest genre du jour, 2D puzzle-platformers can circle back from ubiquity to becoming cool and clever again. In any event, I’ve definitely enjoyed As I Began To Dream, a charmingly hand-drawn side-scroller that delivers its puzzles with a tactile clickiness straight out of your childhood toolbox....

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s allegedly Saudi-backed DLC, Valley of Memory, releases November 18 Ubisoft workers reportedly raised concerns about the publishers’ Saudi partnership earlier this year Image credit:Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Mirage ’s free Valley of Memory DLC, reportedly the product of a partnership between the publishers and the Saudi-backed Savvy Games Group, releases in November. Announced back in August, the free DLC takes players to 9th century AlUla, an ancient oasis city and governorate in Saudi Arabia ....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is getting a much-needed parkour update The year one road map has been announced Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Ubisoft today revealed the year one update roadmap for open world weather-appreciate-em-up Assassin’s Creed Shadows . It includes a steady drip feed of new quest and story updates, some fan requested features like NG+, and a few additional quality of life bits. However! None of this matters. Shoo, less important details....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows: How to transmog your gear How to customize your armor and weapons in AC Shadows Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft How do you transmog your gear in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Changing the appearance of your gear so you can avoid sacrificing style for stats is a wonderful quality-of-life feature in any RPG , and Assassin’s Creed Shadows lets you do this very easily with its wealth of Japanese armour and weapons....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ next update adds in a cool staff, Ezio’s threads, and some neat quality of life bits Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo staff Image credit:Ubisoft You want an Assassin’s Creed Shadows update? You’ve got an Assassin’s Creed Shadows update! Well, you will tomorrow, September 11th anyway, but Ubisoft did release the patch notes for the action game in any case. Here’s what you can expect for the Assassin’s Creed Shadows 1.1.1 title update!...

Avowed: Best Kai companion build Here are the best abilities for Kai, your Fighter aumaua companion in Avowed Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Obsidian Wondering what the best build is for Kai, your first companion in Avowed? You’ll meet Kai, a coastal aumaua (that means semi-aquatic fish folk), shortly after you touch down in the first main area of Avowed . With a sharp blade and a powerful blunderbuss at his disposal, Kai quickly takes up the role of a reliable frontliner in your party, and his at-ease personality and deep-as-gravel voice are both very endearing....

Baby Steps isn’t ‘Twitch slop’, you have simply let your sense of wonder atrophy Foot in mouth disease Image credit:Devolver Digital Two thoughts kept occurring to me while playing through the first few hours of Baby Steps , the new masocore QWOPlike from Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy. The first was a Dara Ó Briain bit where the Irish comedian talks about hiring a personal trainer and, after complaining about being sore following a workout, he’s told “That’s because you’re using muscles you haven’t used in years!...

Battlefield 6’s California Resistance update delivers a new map and mode today, plus aim assist and gun accuracy tweaks It’s the one with the golf carts Image credit:EA Battlefield 6 ’s latest set of additions, dubbed the California Resistance update, have arrived today, November 18th. Alongside the unboxing of the new suburban skirmish setting that is the Eastwood map and a sabotage mode, the update brings a sizeable patch with tweaks aimed at the likes of ensuring bullets do end up where you intend and making sure mortars are clean enough to eat meals off of....

Besiege: The Splintered Sea review: a small vessel for expansive seafaring Just one more tweak to get these timbers shivering just right Image credit:Spiderling Studios/Rock Paper Shotgun Developer: Spiderling Studios Publisher: Spiderling Studios Release: May 24th 2024 On: Windows, Mac, Linux From: Steam / Humble Price: £8/€9/$9 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-8600K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 2070, Windows 10 I cannot compare my experience of writing a review for The Splintered Sea, the first paid expansion for dastardly clever physics puzzle builder Besiege , to that of a journaling sailor facing lethal storms on the horizon....

Best Diablo 4 Necromancer builds Discover the best Necromancer builds in Diablo 4 Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Looking for the best Diablo 4 Necromancer builds? If you’re motivated by big damage numbers in Diablo 4 , then the Necromancer is for you. Whether you’re detonating corpses to obliterate large groups of demons, or slinging bone spears at bosses for millions of damage, the Necromancer makes short work of tough content such as Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons....

Best Elden Ring armor sets and where to get them How to get the best armor sets in Elden Ring early on Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for the best Elden Ring armor? Debating just what is the best armor in Elden Ring is a tricky conundrum as it depends on what build you’re optimising for. Due to that, we’ve decided to cultivate a list of the best armor sets in Elden Ring for heavy, light, mage builds and more....

Best Insect Glaive in Monster Hunter Wilds These are the best endgame Insect Glaives in Wilds right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom What is the best Insect Glaive in Monster Hunter Wilds? The fascinating and satisfying Insect Glaive has a number of facets in Monster Hunter Wilds - the most prominent of which is the ability to control massive bugs called Kinsects, to bash into monsters and harvest their essence to empower your attacks....