STALKER 2: Cost of Hope review: An expanded Zone that begs to be explored, even as its faction war fizzles
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby James Archer·19 Aug 2026
Like the technical fix-uppery of the 2.0 update it’s launching alongside, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s Cost of Hope expansion arrives with a determinedly furrowed brow; that kind of...
"Through the looking glass": as Arkane fight for their future, Dishonored veteran Harvey Smith reveals new studio dedicated to immersive sims
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·19 Aug 2026
Days after Deus Ex director Warren Spector announced that he was quitting the business, another former Ion Storm developer, Harvey Smith, has revealed Black Pony Immersive - a new studio dedicated...
"Without us, Bethesda games aren’t Bethesda games": Rallies against Microsoft layoffs at Elder Scrolls studio continue, with unionised devs' morale "on the upswing"
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·19 Aug 2026
Yesterday, August 18th, further union rallies against Microsoft's mass layoffs across Xbox studios were held across North America.
Latest alleged GTA 6 leak "risks tarnishing the reputation of our communities", say Stop Killing Games after hackers claim pro-consumer motivations
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·19 Aug 2026
As you might have seen, there was another alleged GTA 6 leak yesterday, with apparent footage of Rockstar's crime sandbox in action spread across the net and in many cases swiftly hit with DMCA...
Clipmatrix is a Counter-Strike-like, bunny hopping, platforming romp through surreal and industrial locales
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·18 Aug 2026
A thing that always tickles me in a particular way is when a game takes a beloved mechanic from an iconic game that doesn't technically exist.
GTA 6 footage once again appears to leak online, this time because of a group that wants games like The Crew to have offline modes and the end of digital preorders
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·18 Aug 2026
Yeah, it's happened again: some GTA 6 bits appear to have leaked. I'm not going to link to any of them for I hope obvious reasons, as well as the fact I don't want John Rockstar to send me an email...
Entropy, a deliciously miserable Final Fantasy-esque RPG where your party members can permanently die, is now out in early access
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·18 Aug 2026
I was already aware of Entropy before Edwin called it a game that looked like a PS1 game fished from a toilet, primarily thanks to the stellar work developer Lovely Hellplace carried out in their...
Subnautica 2's Buddy System update brings in the promised proximity chat, easier trading, and emotes so you can sarcastically applaud your friends
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·18 Aug 2026
Another month, another Subnautica 2 update! Last month's focus was on changing creature behaviours to make it a bit less frustrating for those of you that just wanted to go on a killing spree.
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, a Morrowind-inspired RPG weirdfest out this week in early access, has immediately seduced me with dialogue camera hijinks
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·18 Aug 2026
I've woken up on a beach. I'm staring up into the nostrils of a bald man whose face looks to be made of wet clay.
Marathon's limited time Ordnance Heist is a multi-run and map event that nets you a cool gun you can't keep
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·18 Aug 2026
Marathon's Vault Breaker, an experimental PvE mode that allowed even solo folks to take on the endgame map Cryo Archive, is wrapping up today, but Bungie does at least have a new event for you to...
Trainwatch is a life sim, a horror game, and a time management experience rolled up into a haunting story about the eerie places you see from a speeding carriage
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·18 Aug 2026
Recently, RPS has seen a mighty renaissance of train game reporting. Look to east, and you will find James doing locomotive kickflips in Denshattack, a J-pop stunt racer turbocharged by the hope of...
Rather than calling for GTA 6 boycott, fired Rockstar workers urge players to support them in their legal battle against the studio by buying union merch
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·18 Aug 2026
Former Rockstar staff currently embroiled in a legal battle with the company over their firings last year have asked supporters not to boycott GTA 6, but instead to consider helping cover the costs...
Stare at an imprisoned god to stop the apocalypse in Sarco, a no-saves horror game in which you'll also, somehow, have to explore a gutted scientific base
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·18 Aug 2026
In Hello Andromeda's Sarco, you're trapped in a scientific research base with a sarcophagus housing a cosmic being that starts to open when you aren't looking at it.
Talking trees, flying witch heads and an unsettling rabbit man await in the shrubbery of cursed woodland ranger sim I Hear the Forest
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·18 Aug 2026
Nature's relaxing, yeah? Life as a forest ranger, wandering around amid the trees and making sure none of the animals are getting up to mischief sounds a bit like bliss.
Death Stranding meets party-based tactical combat in open world RPG Fog'n'Silence, in which you lead twisted humans through the Afterlife
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·18 Aug 2026
On viewing the trailer for Fog'n'Silence, I transformed instantly into a caricature of a Texan oilman. "Hoowee!!"
Deus Ex director and immersive sim legend Warren Spector is retiring, despite having "three games in particular" he'd still like to make
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·18 Aug 2026
Warren Spector, Deus Ex director and general household name of the PC gamingverse, has announced his retirement from game development.
The US Senate are investigating Roblox for prioritising "revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children"
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·17 Aug 2026
US senators have launched an investigation of game creation platform Roblox on a broad charge of putting money before child safety.
I'm not saying Bethesda are trolling me specifically, but Fallout 4 and Skyrim updates are imminent just as I've modded up the latter for the first time in ages
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·17 Aug 2026
Right, just a couple more location overhauls and there we go. A fresh Skyrim load order created for my first modded toe-dip into Tamriel for quite a while, outside of grabbing the odd article...
Mortal Shell 2 review: A monumental heavy metal sequel with the spirit of a '90s PC game
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Jeremy Blum·17 Aug 2026
A few hours into your sojourn across Mortal Shell 2's harsh realm of Fainweald, you might stumble upon a tavern called The One Legged Wolf.
Boardroom beat-em-up Stick It to the Stickman punches its way out of early access next month, complete with neurolinkage and an "absolutely absurd finale"
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Mark Warren·17 Aug 2026
Fetch your finest presentation materials about lines on graphs going upwards and proceed to try and beat your colleagues to death with them.
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