» The Sunday Papers
27/07/25 10:00 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
What pressure! As I mentioned last week , this is my last ever Sunday Papers as I'm leaving Rock Paper Shotgun (and Gamer Network) this coming Wednesday. I'm not sure how to meaningfully summarise twelve years on this site or twenty year...

» What are we all playing this weekend?
26/07/25 07:01 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Graham doesn’t want a big fuss about his last WAWAPTW, which is just as well, because I’m writing this at 4pm on a Friday and don’t have the energy to make one. Let’s save the goodbyes for a few days more, and in ...

» My best deals for PC gamers today include an Alienware x16 laptop and savings on premium keyboards and mice
26/07/25 00:00 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Alienware’s Aurora mid‑range x16 laptop deal is the highlight today, coming in at the same price as the entry‑level model but with a stronger CPU. It’s effectively a free upgrade for anyone shopping smart. To round things out...

» Devolver sign up to publish Quarantine Zone, in which you run the checkpoint during a zombie apocalypse
25/07/25 17:10 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
In Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, you play one of the hazmat-sporting goons at a government checkpoint during a zombie apocalypse. Your job is to let refugees through the gate one by one, and appraise them for evidence of infection. Yo...

» Once again, I have been flanked by ginger cats the size of office buildings in a racing game
25/07/25 11:47 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"You OK babe? You've barely touched your boost?" mentions a helpful fish in the trailer for roguelike racer Reality Drift , thus setting the new standard for all reminder pop-ups going forward. I tabbed this one because the phrase "racin...

» Dear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, please prove that an AI didn’t write your insulting, vacuous blog about why you're laying off thousands during a time of huge profits
25/07/25 11:30 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Microsoft have published a memo recently sent to staff by CEO Sayta Nadella, which addresses the strange fact of Microsoft reporting net income in the ultrabillions while laying off thousands of supposedly "treasured colleagues" . Most o...

» Indie gaming's only three genres have inevitably converged into grimdark Balatro with a whimsical egg idiot
25/07/25 10:19 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Whimsy, grimdark, and gambling? And a roguelike to boot?! In my 2025 indie game? Eh, go on then. It looks neat. The trailer below features a desolate, hellish area called "The Pläins öf Päin" (umlauts mine) inhabited by lo...

» Intel is laying off 24,000 employees and retreating from some countries
25/07/25 09:46 from The Verge - All Posts
In April, Intel attempted to announce layoffs without announcing layoffs. “We have not set any headcount reduction target,” Intel spokesperson Sophie Metzger told The Verge. But the company has laid off thousands of employees since — and...

» Ubisoft date Assassin's Creed Shadows New Game+ mode alongside plans to make its open world more convenient
25/07/25 09:27 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Assassin's Creed Shadows will get a New Game+ mode on 29th July, Ubisoft have announced in a video about their summer plans for the feudal Japanese open world stab-me-do. They're also working on a free Assassin's Creed Shadows update tha...

» The Alienware Aurora 16X with an NVIDIA RTX 5070 is down to its lowest price since launch
25/07/25 02:00 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Alienware’s laptop range this year includes the Alienware Aurora 16 and its more impressive Aurora 16X . Both are great laptops, but as you may have guessed from the ‘X’ in the title, the latter is the more impressive v...

» My best deals for PC gamers today include massive discounts on Alienware gaming PCs and GPUs
25/07/25 01:20 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Today’s deals cover a full range of Alienware desktops, with discounts across RTX 4060 Ti up to RTX 5090 configurations. The Aurora line gives you clean, efficient builds for 1080p and 1440p gaming, while the Area 51 range steps th...

» Paramount-Skydance merger approved after companies agree to government speech demands
24/07/25 23:57 from The Verge - All Posts
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Skydance’s $8 billion purchase of CBS-owner Paramount after the companies agreed to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs but feature a “diversity of viewpoints from ...

» Starlink’s satellite internet is back online after a massive outage
24/07/25 22:53 from The Verge - All Posts
Starlink users reported they couldn’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service for a few hours on Thursday afternoon before service was eventually restored. Widespread Starlink outages, like the ones we reported on in 2022 and 2023...

» VTuber agency VShojo shuts down after talent exodus
24/07/25 21:54 from The Verge - All Posts
VShojo, the VTuber agency that billed itself as “talent first,” is shutting down. VShojo CEO Justin “Gunrun” Ignacio made the announcement today on X, writing, “I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us to this point.” Ear...

» Google rethinks search results with its new AI-curated ‘Web Guide’
24/07/25 21:36 from The Verge - All Posts
On Thursday, Google launched Web Guide, a new AI-powered search feature that “groups links in helpful ways” for people who opt in to the test on Labs. Web Guide runs on a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model to process search queri...