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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 56m
"Your word is undeniable truth": Can't be bothered to find evidence in Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy? It's fine, because no matter what, you're always right bit.ly/4hJ72pD
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"Your word is undeniable truth": Can't be bothered to find evidence in Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy? It's fine, because no matter what, you're always right
"You can accuse any suspect in a case the moment you log evidence against them in your inquisitorial journal."
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 56m
Take out some monsters and then turn them into take-out in the post-apocalyptic tycoon survival sim Midwest 90: Rapid City, out in early access next month bit.ly/4j31okH
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Take out some monsters and then turn them into take-out in the post-apocalyptic tycoon survival sim Midwest 90: Rapid City, out in early access next month
Or for the Brits, turn them into a takeaway. Just didn't flow as good, is all.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 1h
Jagex pull Runescape trailer and apologise for genAI use after complaints about six-fingered knights, pinning the blame on a "trusted external partner" bit.ly/4zcMiOg
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Jagex pull Runescape trailer and apologise for genAI use after complaints about six-fingered knights, pinning the blame on a "trusted external partner"
Certain imagery in a recent RuneScape trailer led to accusations of genAI use, which Jagex admitted was the case but quickly clarified it was from a third party
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 2h
Bullet heaven battler Warhammer Survivors arrives in November, with a new demo out now to whet your appetite for destruction bit.ly/4zfrR3h
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Bullet heaven battler Warhammer Survivors arrives in November, with a new demo out now to whet your appetite for destruction
Warhammer Survivors has gotten a November release date and new demo.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 3h
Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka dismisses the apparent inevitability of remakes, saying "you’re essentially providing the same experience again" bit.ly/4hxIhhA
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Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka dismisses the apparent inevitability of remakes, saying "you're essentially providing the same experience again"
The head of Sonic Team doesn't see that much need for remakes and remasters, choosing to prioritise making new games instead.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 3h
Question passengers with tarot-like cards in Dreadline Express, a train mystery with the most intriguing conversation system I've played since Her Story bit.ly/4yBJE4X
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Question passengers with tarot-like cards in Dreadline Express, a train mystery with the most intriguing conversation system I've played since Her Story
Use cards to question the passengers of a mysterious train in detective game Dreadline Express.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 4h
Star Wars Galactic Racer review: now this is frenetically fun podracing with a totally unforgiving streak bit.ly/4ybuGBv
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Star Wars Galactic Racer review: now this is frenetically fun podracing with a totally unforgiving streak
This is our Star Wars: Galactic Racer review.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 5h
PlatinumGames CEO pauses a discussion on Stellar Blade's Bayonetta costume crossover to casually infer more Bayonetta may be on the way bit.ly/4i59tnR
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PlatinumGames CEO pauses a discussion on Stellar Blade's Bayonetta costume crossover to casually infer more Bayonetta may be on the way
More Bayonetta games might be on the horizon, if PlatinumGames CEO's wry comments are anything to go by
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 6h
Car Park Capital's cities are utopias of public transport networks and green living, or they were before I got done with them bit.ly/3TCVwV2
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Car Park Capital's cities are utopias of public transport networks and green living, or they were before I got done with them
In management game Car Park Capital, you must undo the good of a public transport system and get everyone to drive cars instead.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 7h
Retro platformer series Dizzy is back for a new game from its original creators, who are really happy for you to know it's made with AI bit.ly/4j7CkJo
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Retro platformer series Dizzy is back for a new game from its original creators, who are really happy for you to know it's made with AI
Retro egg-rolling platformer Dizzy is on its way back from the 80s, but with the caveat of its creators being very happy to use genAI for the entire production.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 8h
Following through on their warning, Until Dawn and Directive 8020 devs Supermassive lay off "more than 70" staff bit.ly/4i3XK94
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Following through on their warning, Until Dawn and Directive 8020 devs Supermassive lay off "more than 70" staff
Supermassive Games have laid off "more than 70" staff, having previously announced jobs were at risk not long after Directive 8020's launch.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 9h
After 12 years, Ultra Street Fighter IV gets not one, but two connection-stabilising rollback netcode mods aaaand they're both made using Claude bit.ly/4jEVTJ4
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After 12 years, Ultra Street Fighter IV gets not one, but two connection-stabilising rollback netcode mods aaaand they're both made using Claude
Two new mods adding connection-stabilising rollback netcode to Ultra Street Fighter IV appear, but both are made with generative AI.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Noematica is a lucid dreamer's "n-dimensional" take on The Sims that proudly boasts it will never ever gouge you for DLC bit.ly/4ef39b3
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Noematica is a lucid dreamer's "n-dimensional" take on The Sims that proudly boasts it will never ever gouge you for DLC
Noematica: Digital Dollhouse is a life sim set in a kind of permanent 3am world of metaphor in which you do still have to worry about hunger bars and so forth.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Claims that genAI speeds up PC ports of classic games are either "false" or missing the point, says Banjo Kazooie: Recompiled developer bit.ly/3TBcVxm
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Claims that genAI speeds up PC ports of classic games are either "false" or missing the point, says Banjo Kazooie: Recompiled developer
A Banjo Kazooie: Recompiled developer has spoken out against the idea that generative AI allows for faster PC ports and, therefore, better preservation.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Even if I knew how it would end, I would do it again": Hellblade developers Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process bit.ly/4i1fGRM
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"Even if I knew how it would end, I would do it again": Hellblade developers Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process
Hellblade studio Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process as part of a closure post-Microsoft split.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
GTA 6 writer says the series has never had "much focus on national politics" beyond GTA 4's war on terror, and the latest entry won't get "too specific" bit.ly/4i3cXY3
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GTA 6 writer says the series has never had "much focus on national politics" beyond GTA 4's war on terror, and the latest entry won't get "too specific"
GTA 6's approach to satirising politics and the American dream has been discussed by Rockstar's senior vice president of narrative.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Coders will never forgive me for this level": Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 has a rotatable "fleshmetal" puzzle map that drove its own development team crazy bit.ly/3Vi0YgB
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"Coders will never forgive me for this level": Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 has a rotatable "fleshmetal" puzzle map that drove its own development team crazy
"Quite the performance challenge": Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 has a level made of spinning "fleshmetal" rings that drove Auroch's artists and coders nuts.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week in PC games: Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Hellraiser: Revival, and a throwback tycoon game about turning utopias into carparks bit.ly/4yw5Z3D
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This week in PC games: Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Hellraiser: Revival, and a throwback tycoon game about turning utopias into carparks
New PC games for the week of 5th October 26 include a pair of fancy metroidvanias, some experimental horror, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Hellraiser: Revival.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RuneScape 4 is a new Unreal Engine MMO which reportedly grew out of a planned Dragonwilds expansion, though it's still a long way off bit.ly/4hxLgoI
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RuneScape 4 is a new Unreal Engine MMO which reportedly grew out of a planned Dragonwilds expansion, though it's still a long way off
RuneScape 4, a new Unreal Engine MMO which reportedly grew out of a planned RuneScape: Dragonwilds expansion, has been announced by Jagex.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"We opted out of some things really early on": How the small team making No Law plan to make it look as big as Cyberpunk 2077 bit.ly/4s6BIpX
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"We opted out of some things really early on": How the small team making No Law plan to make it look as big as Cyberpunk 2077
Open-world sci-fi RPG No Law looks like it could rival Cyberpunk 2077, but the developers have found clever ways to make it seem bigger than it is
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Sunday Papers bit.ly/4i0tCLU
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The Sunday Papers
A round up of the best writing about games (and other things) from the past week.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Crusader Kings 3's By God Alone expansion offers plenty of holy hijinks, even if your polyamorous Pope doesn't get divorced three times in one day. bit.ly/3TCF4Uu
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Ultimately, we asked 'why are we doing this?'": the creators of Arc Raiders wildly underestimated how hard it is to make a live service game. bit.ly/4y06lOZ
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Getting sidetracked doesn’t feel too unnatural": Baldur's Gate 3 Act Two Expansion modder on how they seamlessly fit a "detour" to fight an army into the RPG's plot. bit.ly/4xXiiFg
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GTA 6 will simulate hurricanes, rainbows and persistent, dynamic clouds, among other efforts to make you stop doing crime and become a weather nerd. bit.ly/3TwRkGg
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With Deadlock's latest updating promising six new heroes, over 10,000 new voice lines and too much more to mention, it's clear Valve are still pretty committed to it. bit.ly/4xNMAKl
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Valve is changing Steam's homepage discounts and events section to go the way of the algorithm to get you to look at, and buy, obviously, more games. bit.ly/4rGRPKD
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"You will not be using belts": Satisfactory's first expansion isn't the same game set underground - there's a whole new set of resource-moving toys to master. bit.ly/4jtyoTc
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past sounds like it's mirroring Blood and Wine in being "a lot dreamier" than a "bread-and-butter Witcher story". bit.ly/4hTW81C
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"A quite beautiful compromise": The LEGO Skylines devs did consider brick by brick building, but decided it was too much fuss for players. bit.ly/4deAKlc
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Witcher 3 Remastered has scuppered an ambitious cut plague quest restoration mod, but there'll be "something extra" in the update that gets it working again. bit.ly/4z1cP0K
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CD Projekt release full updated Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered system specs, including ray-tracing and path-tracing requirements. bit.ly/47mkZFf
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We didn't want to demonise fetish or BDSM": People aren't dying in horror game Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival because of what they do in the bedroom. bit.ly/3VkG4gC
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We clearly handled that responsibility poorly": Paradox ban Discord profile pics of historical figures born after 1800, after bust-up with Hearts of Iron 4 players over Atatürk banning. bit.ly/4iSnpT8
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's Chimera tank boss fight was apparently so complex it took two years of "reiterating over and over" to get it right. bit.ly/4hx9sI4
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Do 665 runs if you want!": Control Resonant is getting a new game++ mode, and don't worry you happy snappers, a photo mode is on the way too. bit.ly/4hhuLP2
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Colourful JRPG Armed Fantasia has been cancelled, four years after a successful Kickstarter campaign descended into delays and lawsuits. bit.ly/4ykV7FU
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Arc Raiders is testing a PvE mode because "a large and growing group" refuse to hunt each other. bit.ly/4hoCf1b
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Other One: Jordan Magnuson's Game Poem jam is a fascinating collection of chimeras bit.ly/4rMF7dg
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The Other One: Jordan Magnuson's Game Poem jam is a fascinating collection of chimeras
RPS digs into the Poem Game jam organised by TIGSource founder and long-time game poet Jordan Magnuson.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The future of Marathon includes a fungus-filled Perimeter, a social hub, and a shift "beyond extraction" bit.ly/4hLcyta
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Once upon a time The Blood of Dawnwalker's timer mechanic was a lot tougher, and it's because of all those pre-release complaints that it was made easier. bit.ly/4xGNNmM
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's final DLC is now coming in December, with an "unsanctioned psyker" companion who cries tears of blood. bit.ly/3V0sEGC
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Steam Frame-ready VR rhythm game Beat Saber is adding hand-tracking and a punchy new mode in its "biggest update ever". bit.ly/3V8oJHS
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What are we all playing this weekend? bit.ly/4700L49
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What are we all playing this weekend?
The team share that they're playing this weekend, which number multiple Star Wars games, a Castlevania demo, and many secret games.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Desktop and handheld prices going out of control means PC bargain hunts lead to my old enemy: gaming laptops bit.ly/4dN9jyY
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Desktop and handheld prices going out of control means PC bargain hunts lead to my old enemy: gaming laptops
With the RAM crisis making PC hardware so expensive, I'm being forced to reevaluate my relationship with - eurgh - cheap gaming laptops.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Support modders, not AI": Total War: Warhammer 3 mod "deliberately corrupted" by its own creator in protest of AI-infused unauthorised reuploads bit.ly/4zfGuUq
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"Support modders, not AI": Total War: Warhammer 3 mod "deliberately corrupted" by its own creator in protest of AI-infused unauthorised reuploads
Total War: Warhammer 3 mod SFO: Grimhammer 3 has been "deliberately corrupted" by its own creator in protest of AI-infused unauthorised reuploads.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Capcom have done a brisk trade in Resident Evil remakes this past decade. bit.ly/4z5w35v
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Despite recently having overseen the laying off of 268 staff in the second of multiple rounds of cuts planned for this financial year, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has denied that their are plans to sell Microsoft's gaming division. bit.ly/3TCfbnP
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RAM shortages are only getting worse and will last until at least 2028, Micron boss declares from atop a mountain of money bit.ly/4hHTH12
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RAM shortages are only getting worse and will last until at least 2028, Micron boss declares from atop a mountain of money
RAM shortages will carry on until at least 2028 with "much higher prices" being paid next year, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra has said during an earnings call.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reigns and Card Shark developers Nerial have announced that they're shutting down or at least, "entering hibernation mode", following discussion with their parent company Devolver Digital. bit.ly/4AKturh
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