» I just found up to $1000 off gaming laptops and prebuilds in HP's new 4th July sale
30/06/25 18:30 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
While I have not one but two Windows gaming rigs for testing and writing, they’re both desktops. For working on the go, I use a MacBook Air (boo, hiss), but these HP Omen laptop deals have me considering a swap. Read more

» Capcom finally put a bullet in Resident Evil: Re:Verse but haven't entirely given up on Resident Evil online
30/06/25 17:14 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
I had totally forgotten that Resident Evil Village was in development alongside a new Resident Evil multiplayer game, which (at the risk of yet again inflating my own importance) is perhaps why Capcom have just shut the latter down. As p...

» Oblivion Remastered gets its inevitable lightsaber mod, made by someone who once accidentally decapitated the entire population of Cyrodiil
30/06/25 16:48 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
It's happened. Oblivion Remastered modding is one step closer to 100% completion. The 2025 game about a 2006 game that's undergone some serious plastic surgery has gotten its first mod that adds in Star Wars' iconic fighty sticks, so you...

» 11 Bit confirm that they used generative AI for The Alters "in a very limited manner"
30/06/25 16:25 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Well, that was quick. Following rumours last week and our own report just today , 11 Bit Studios have confirmed that they made use of generative AI tools in sci-fi management sim The Alters for the translation and localisation of what th...

» Monster Hunter Wilds title update two aims to defeat the biggest beasts of all: shader compilation and VRAM issues
30/06/25 15:06 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Capcom have a tough fight on their hands at the moment. No, Arkveld hasn't escaped from its lair to terrorise the non-OP masses. Monster Hunter Wilds has been suffering from some pretty nasty performance issues on PC. While they don't lo...

» Clone-generating game The Alters may have used AI to generate some writing, despite the lack of a Steam disclosure
30/06/25 13:55 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
The Alters is a sci-fi management game in which you remix your character's life history in a "Quantum Computer" to generate a workforce of deeply disturbed, borderline non-functional clones. In a twist so on-the-nose I can feel its finge...

» Rumoured Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake teased by actor who's pretty chill about loose lips sinking ships
30/06/25 11:26 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Yaaar, me hearties. Pull up a barstool and take another swig of grog. I be hearin' fresh tales of a treasure that's reportedly still in development at Ubisoft. These whispers be comin' from Matt Ryan, the voice actor behind Assassin&rsqu...

» Rematch has a mild case of hackers moving at cheetah speeds
30/06/25 11:14 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Balls have never been footed so fast. Rematch , the moreish multiplayer soccer game from the developers of Sifu , has seen its first cases of speedhackers infesting the game over the last week. It's not unusual for multiplayer games to s...

» Hytale studio founder says he'll reach out to Riot in an effort to buy back and revive the game
30/06/25 10:31 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Update: Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has confirmed to RPS that the DM exchange between him and a Hytale fan about a possible revival is genuine, but says it was "not a public message that I was trying to convey". "I'm not actively doing an...

» The Dead Space remake is brilliantly, devastatingly 80% off in the Steam sale
30/06/25 10:11 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Welcome, friend, to the good year of 2025. Scavengers Reign has just been renewed for its third season, Greggs have starting doing their festive bake all year round, and the Dead Space remake sold gangbusters. Wait, no, sorry. This is th...

» This week in PC games: Mecha Break, ICE protest charity bundles and vibrant ostrich farming
30/06/25 09:58 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
This week in PC gaming news my flat continues to feel like a fondue served in a grizzly bear's armpit. Readers in equatorial latitudes may sneer at what we in the UK are pleased to call a "heatwave", but you have to remember that British...

» Number Machine looks like it does for factory automation what Mini Motorways did for city builders
30/06/25 09:01 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
I have thus far in my life avoided playing any factory automation games because I only ever see them recommended in the same breath as dire warnings and laments. "Play Infinifactory ! It ruined my life! ", "I now exclusively play Opus Ma...

» What's on your bookshelf: The Quiet Year and Monsterhearts designer Avery Alder
29/06/25 15:00 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! We're doing tabletop designers now, firstly because I think tabletop is cool and se...

» The Sunday Papers
29/06/25 10:00 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Sunday! What more do you need to know? "AI is here to stay" is a common refrain. Mike Cook tackles the meaning and limits of that phrase , with apt comparisons to asbestos. Read more

» Just over a week on from the last one, there's a fresh Battlefield 6 leak here that shows the return of Rush
28/06/25 21:54 from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Yes, yes, you're reading that headline right. Yet another Battlefield 6 leak has taken place, if you can believe it, showing 15 whole minutes of the game that we all know exists but hasn't really been shown off in an official capacity. T...