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All of a sudden, here’s a game where you mix potions for Disney villains Yeah, alright Image credit:Bloom Digital/ Disney When there’s as big a brand as Disney , that has enough money to just kind of throw whatever at the wall and see what sticks, eventually you wind up with something that might make you scratch your head a bit. Today, that thing is Disney Villains Cursed Café, a visual novel where you serve a bevy of potions to various Disney baddies, announced earlier today as part of the final Nintendo Direct for the OG Switch (but yes, it is on PC too - in fact it’s already out on Steam )....

All The Forge Ores and where to find them A full list of all Ores and Ore Traits, along with where to find them Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / The Forge Community Struggling to find a specific Ore in The Forge? Whether it’s to complete a quest or satiate your burning desire to assemble a mighty new weapon, you need to know how to find the rarest and most valuable Ores in this blacksmithing Roblox RPG....

Alternate between 14 lives in Level-5’s latest open world fantasy RPG, out on PC this week No men are an island Image credit:Level-5 Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a “Slow Life RPG " in which you live out 14 different lives in… hold on, record scratch and/or Gru’s Plan fourth panel - let me run that premise by myself again. I have to live 14 different lives?...

As good as Silent Hill f might be, don’t expect it to be the norm for the series, says its series producer He’s not f-ing around When you review a game, if you don’t know anyone else that’s also reviewing it, it can be a bit difficult to guess how it might be received overall. There’s normally some assumptions you can make, but with a series like Silent Hill, a series where the general consensus is all over the place from game to game, it’s certainly not easy to predict....

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag voice actor claims Ubisoft threatened to sue him over remake tease Matt Ryan might want to start making sure convention goers aren’t quietly filming his piratey chats Image credit:Ubisoft Avast, fellow salty sea-dogs. Some legally-minded landlubbers may have had words with Edward Kenway, captain of The Jackdaw and protagonist of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag . Well, Kenway’s voice actor Matt Ryan at any rate, who’s been filmed at a convention saying that Ubisoft threatened to sue him over a previous video from another convention in which he teased a remake of the game....

Avowed: How to deal Elemental and Explosive damage Here’s how to cross pits and clear obstacles with Fire, Frost, Shock, and Explosive damage Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Obsidian Wondering how to deal Fire, Frost, Shock, and Explosive damage in Avowed? It only takes a few minutes into Avowed , Obsidian’s latest RPG , for you to start encountering different damage types. Shortly after washing ashore on the Living Lands, you’ll run into a bunch of thorny brambles blocking your progress, and you’ll need to unleash some Fire damage to burn them out of your way....

Balatro can run Doom – or can it? “Literally nobody asked for it, but…” Image credit:Playstack/UwUDev Chaotic poker-themed roguelike deckbuilder Balatro quickly captured hearts and frazzled minds when it released earlier this year. However, nowhere in Katharine’s (RPS in peace) review does it address the one eternal issue: can it run Doom ? Yes, according to reddit user UwUDev, who shared their prototype for how the seminal FPS could be played within the confines of a comedy poker game....

Baldur’s Gate 3 publishing director says “almost all games should cost more at a base level” because they cost so much to make “Everyone’s just waiting for GTA6 to do it lol.” Image credit:Larian Baldur’s Gate 3 publishing director Michael Douse has reopened the topic of video game prices being very modest for what those games offer, commenting that the pricing of blockbusters like the recent Star Wars Outlaws has not kept pace with rising development costs and general economic inflation....

Baldur’s Gate 3’s reactivity didn’t ruin Veilguard’s linearity for me - it let me enjoy it more Branching paths Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Electronic Arts Minor spoilers for the first few hours of Veilguard and heavy spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3 For all the things I ended up enjoying about Dragon Age: The Veilguard , it isn’t much of an RPG . What little roleplaying it does offer revolves around what flavour of supportive hero you prefer, and you can count the number of impactful dialogue decisions on a three-fingered hand....

Best blunt weapons in Elden Ring Here are the best blunt weapons in Elden Ring for Strength, Dex, Faith, Intelligence builds and more Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Looking for the best blunt weapons in Elden Ring? The best Blunt Weapons in Elden Ring tend to be Strength-based Hammers or Warhammers. However, there is also a range of Dexterity, Faith and Intelligence options too if you want to maximise your Strike output....

Best Hunting Horn in Monster Hunter Wilds These are the best endgame Hunting Horns in Wilds right now Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom What is the best Hunting Horn in Monster Hunter Wilds? The Hunting Horn is as complex as it is alluring - a big bonking hammer which plays musical notes with every strike, allowing you to cast group-wide buffs in song form while you fight. The Hunting Horn weapon tree is one of the most complicated in Monster Hunter Wilds , as you have to take into account not only the weapon damage, sharpness, and so on; but also note colours, Echo Bubble types, and more....

Best Sniper Rifle in Battlefield: RedSec Only snipe with the best in Battlefield: RedSec! Image credit:EA What is the best Sniper Rifle in Battlefield: RedSec? If your goal is to be the last team standing in RedSec, you’re going to need to get your hands on the best weapon possible. If you’re running Recon or prefer to patrol the rooftops, your weapon of choice should be a good sniper rifle....

BioWare are “focused exclusively” on the next Mass Effect, says exec producer, along with a Krogan teaser “We have a lot of universe to cover, lots of features to build…” Image credit:EA Even as the consortium led by Donald Trump’s haunted finger puppet Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund proceed with their wildly leveraged $50 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts , Mass Effect executive producer Mike Gamble would like everybody to know that we’re just fine, you guys....

Brütal Legend goes free to grab as Double Fine pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, but you’ll have be quick Unless you were up barking at the moon Image credit:Double Fine Productions Right, here we go, this is gonna have to be be quicker than the tempo of your average Motorhead thrashathon. Brütal Legend , the heavy metal action-adventure Double Fine put out on console back in 2009 (before coming to their senses and doing a PC port in 2013), is free to grab as I write this, but won’t be for much longer....

Build A Boat For Treasure codes: Latest codes for free blocks The latest codes for free blocks and more fun extras in Build A Boat For Treasure Image credit:Roblox/Chillz Studios Looking for the latest Build A Boat For Treasure codes? Build A Boat For Treasure is a shipbuilding and exploration adventure game on Roblox , with the ultimate goal (of course) being to claim the hidden treasure. Build A Boat For Treasure codes can be redeemed in-game for free building blocks and other fun extras to help keep your boat afloat in this Roblox fan favourite!...

Build tiny castles in another new relaxing diorama-em-up, out now Le Château is very aptly named Image credit:TheShelfman I approve of the recent trend towards making building games as relaxing as possible (e.g. Summerhouse ). Today sees the release of a new one on Steam, this one a teeny medieval city builder called Le Château that gives you strict limitations for building a castle. You can have a go of the demo for free - I like it a bunch....

Call Of Duty Black Ops 6: All camo challenges Here’s a list of every camo challenge for multiplayer and Zombies in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Activision Looking for a list of all the camo challenges in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6? If you’re in the mood to make your weapons look feisty and fierce, get ready to grind for camo in Black Ops 6. There’s a tonne of really cool skins to make your guns stand out from the crowd with everything from Granite prints to glowing Ectoplasm, and with different challenges laid out across Black Ops 6 normal multiplayer and Zombies matches, you’re going to be busy for quite a while....

Call Of Duty Black Ops 6: All Operators and how to unlock Here’s a full list of every Operator in Black Ops 6 and how to unlock them Image credit:Activision Looking for a list of all the Operators in Black Ops 6? Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 continues the franchise’s tradition of featuring an impressive roster of Operators at launch for you to use in both regular multiplayer and zombie matches....

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 multiplayer early access and open beta dates revealed A big September for FPS fans Image credit:Activision The ouroboros is a snake eating its own tail: an infinite thing, a never ending cycle. While I do think this is a rather metal logo, there’s an argument to be made that it’s not current or trendy enough. With this in mind, I think the words “Call Of Duty” should represent the endless, unstoppable nature of existence....

Can the creators of Control really make a great multiplayer FPS? Remedy talk hiring and firefighting Firebreak is “just a Remedy that the world hasn’t had a chance to see yet” Image credit:Remedy Earlier this month I had the chance to check out Remedy’s forthcoming Control spin-off game FBC: Firebreak , which casts you as a bunch of weaponised office gremlins fighting the extra-dimensional Hiss and other “paranatural” lifeforms in the corridors of the Oldest House....