"For a few weeks, women were just dropping their babies": The Witcher 3 lead on designing NPCs that react appropriately
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·5d ago
Gone are the days where a developer could give an NPC maybe two lines of dialogue and call it a day.
58%plop scoreSlay the Spire 2 updates are slowing down again, but don't fear, it's all in the name of more modes, an alternate Act 2, and a character with a bandaged foot
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·5d ago
Slay the Spire 2 has been moving at a solid pace since it launched into early access back in March, but back in May developer Mega Crit shared that updates would be switching to once every two...
58%plop scoreStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's meaty 2.0 update brings functional fog, a suite of A-Life improvements, and more when it arrives next week
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·5d ago
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's big 2.0 update is right around the corner, and developer GSC Game World have shared a plethora of details of what you can expect from it.
58%plop scoreWhat are we all playing this weekend?
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby James Archer·6d ago
Bit of a quiet one this week, gang. Half the RPS team are on holiday, ill, or off at some preview event, maybe in a less melty part of the world like Scandinavia, the lucky bastards.
55%plop scoreThe Watcher is a creepy surveillance thriller with shiny Unreal Engine props - I just hope it's not as talkative as its trailer
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·6d ago
Some pressing personal context: I live in a very small flat with huge windows and curtains that only ever seem to cover about 80% of the view, no matter how ingeniously I yank them around.
59%plop scoreRideshare Stimulator finally gets its genAI disclosure after much Saber-rattling, and it turns out the game also uses the tech for in-game music
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·6d ago
Update, 17/8: Former Rideshare Stimulator writer Stella Sacco says, via BlueSky, that she's receieved and accepted an apology from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch for the disparaging comments...
61%plop scoreHave your say on the RPS Supporter program with this short, yet deeply opinion-absorbent survey
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby James Archer·6d ago
You’ve heard our ideas on how to make the RPS Supporter program more betterer, now we want to hear yours.
I love the Dark Soulful architecture of The Canon of Balls, a rolling open world game inspired by Sega, Fumito Ueda and Minecraft parkour
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·6d ago
What do Dark Souls, Super Monkey Ball, Shadow of the Colossus, and Minecraft have in common? They are all explicit inspirations for The Canon of Balls, a spooky and unforgiving new open world...
59%plop scoreTotal War: Warhammer 3 is getting a big free vampiric update in September, alongside the epithet-stuffed Lords of the End Times DLC
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·6d ago
Creative Assembly have announced a release date for Total War: Warhammer 3 expansion Lords of the End Times.
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