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That Zelda-ish, Diablo-ish RPG Monkey Island designer Ron Gilbert was working on has, unfortunately, been canned
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That Zelda-ish, Diablo-ish RPG Monkey Island designer Ron Gilbert was working on has, unfortunately, been canned

Around May last year, the one and only Ron Gilbert of Monkey Island fame announced an RPG that was meant to be some kind of mix between classic Zelda, and Diablo, and Thimbleweed Park, that last one being another of the game designer's notable works. It never got a full reveal, or even a name, and unfortunately it seems it never will, as it's essentially been canned. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 22:30 Uhr
Haunted PS1's Madvent Calendar returns with 24 micro-games that'll put you in the horror-holiday spirit
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Haunted PS1's Madvent Calendar returns with 24 micro-games that'll put you in the horror-holiday spirit

I can only assume that Halloween's proximity to Christmas is the reason as to why there is so much winter holiday horror media. Perhaps it's even just as simple as the fact that people like it when Christmas is a little bit messed up! Either way, I do actually enjoy some Chrimbo horror, so I'm pleased to see the return of Haunted PS1's Madvent Calendar this year, which just so happens to have launched today. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 21:14 Uhr
Styx: Blades of Greed isn't releasing in 2025 after all, but that's okay, because it's got a firm release date now
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Styx: Blades of Greed isn't releasing in 2025 after all, but that's okay, because it's got a firm release date now

"Where the hell did that goblin go?" asks a mean knight of some sort whose English accent is of questionable authenticity at the beginning of the latest trailer for Styx: Blades of Greed. This is a reasonable question! When the goblin stealth game was revealed earlier this year, it was slated for a 2025 release, except the rest of the year is in very short supply. So, this trailer acts as a double way: a confirmation of a delay, and the announcement of a proper release date. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 19:15 Uhr
CD Projekt plan to release The Witcher 4, 5, & 6 within six years of one another, and oh, are those pigs flying?
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CD Projekt plan to release The Witcher 4, 5, & 6 within six years of one another, and oh, are those pigs flying?

If a CEO says their company is going to do that something sounds ridiculously unrealistic, or borderline unachievable if you actually take a second to think about it, you can probably assume that this is for the ears of shareholders. With that said, CD Projekt Red recently held a financial call (thanks, IGN), where co-CEO Michał Nowakowski made some comments about The Witcher 4… and The Witcher 5 and 6, all of which are apparently planned to be released within a six-year period.

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 18:13 Uhr
The 100 best PC games of all time in 2025
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The 100 best PC games of all time in 2025

Since 1873, the team at Rock Paper Shotgun have gathered once a year to select what they believe to be the best PC games of all time. Admittedly, they only started writing the list down in 2021, but try not to hold their spotty recordkeeping against them. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 17:00 Uhr
Fortnite chapter seven: Pacific Break adds self-revives and "self-build", as its art faces AI use allegations
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Fortnite chapter seven: Pacific Break adds self-revives and "self-build", as its art faces AI use allegations

Fortnite's latest skin-shedding has seen the battle royale take on a more Hollywood-ish guise, with the new Pacific Break map parodying the American west coast. Epic have also taken the chance to add in self-revive items you can use to bring yourself back from the brink and an option which makes building simpler. Meanwhile, the update's rollout has seen one of the artists who created some graffiti of Back to the Future protagonist Marty McFly have to produce video evidence that their art wasn't

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 16:51 Uhr
Wonder of Blue is a very pretty, startlingly hard Alice in Wonderland dungeon crawler, with zero American McGees
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Wonder of Blue is a very pretty, startlingly hard Alice in Wonderland dungeon crawler, with zero American McGees

I'm still a little burned-out on Carrollian adaptations after Nightingale, but I will not let that tarnish my enjoyment of Wonder of Blue, a fey 2D labyrinth roguelite based on fiction's most famous Alice after Alice Bee (RPS in peace). It features a lovely selection of pixelart colour palettes, and some pleasingly tricksy enemies. You play Liddell – yes, I too had forgotten Alice's second name isn’t “in Wonderland” – and you are trying to navigate a series of proc

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 14:12 Uhr
Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil, the full Imperial expansion from the devs of Skyrim's massive Bruma mod, gets a bird chatter-heavy teaser
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Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil, the full Imperial expansion from the devs of Skyrim's massive Bruma mod, gets a bird chatter-heavy teaser

Right, so. There's Oblivion Remastered, the official Oblivion remaster which released earlier this year. There's Skyblivion, the fan-made Oblivion remake mod which still currently looks due out relatively soonish, despite its release window having been a source of drama a few months ago. There's also Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil, another massive Skyrim modding project, but this time seeking to re-create the province in which Oblivion's set as it might be at the time The Elder Scrolls five takes plac

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 13:31 Uhr
GTA 6's wholesome Boris Bike docking revealed in alleged WIP Rockstar portfolio video
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GTA 6's wholesome Boris Bike docking revealed in alleged WIP Rockstar portfolio video

Over the weekend, Grand Theft Auto 6’s legions of fan weather-watchers spotted a portfolio reel created by former Rockstar animator Benjamin Chue that includes what appears to be some WIP stuff from GTA 6. Assuming the leak is legitimate, this isn’t nearly an eruption on the scale of the 2022 GTA 6 leaks: it contains a couple of extremely non-final animations from the forthcoming open world game. One is of deuteragonist Lucia Caminos jumping out of a pick-up truck, which seems lik

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 13:18 Uhr