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"We feel we’re reaching a new level": Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer mod just completed its "most stable and successful test" yet
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"We feel we’re reaching a new level": Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer mod just completed its "most stable and successful test" yet

So, an ambitious Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mod called CyberMP has been in development for a little while now, and the folks behind it have just concluded its "most stable and successful" closed beta test yet. Tweaks to key elements like vehicle and player synchronisation, as well as a new interface and custom lobbies went down well with testers, while technical gremlins were minimal. If this is your first time hearing about CyberMP, it's a project that's currently being worked on by a team of

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 12:09 Uhr
Wine 10.20 released with upgraded vkd3d
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Wine 10.20 released with upgraded vkd3d

The Windows compatibility layer Wine version 10.20 was released over the weekend, here's all the highlights from it..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux 01.12.2025 11:32 Uhr
The snazzy and sumptuous RPS Advent Calendar 2025
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The snazzy and sumptuous RPS Advent Calendar 2025

Dastardly December has done it again. Here I was having a nice time with November, joking about the time February tried to explain leap years to August, and the wintry month snuck up in my blindspot. Now December's in the house, kicking back on the sofa with its feet up on the table. At least it's brought a gift: the RPS Advent Calendar 2025, the list of our favourite games of the year. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 01.12.2025 09:00 Uhr
The Sunday Papers
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The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for writing your first ever Sunday Papers. Though your excitement, like mine, may slip a little when you realise you've been reading almost anything but gaming articles this week. So, I shall be leaning quite heavily into the "(mostly)" in the column's mission of rounding up "great writing about (mostly) videogames". I hope you'll be able to find as much joy in writing about bacteria, lighthouses, and life after a nuclear war as I have. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 30.11.2025 13:00 Uhr
Become a wolfgirl with a fliphone and explore brutalist, liminal dreamscapes in nophenia
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Become a wolfgirl with a fliphone and explore brutalist, liminal dreamscapes in nophenia

I understand why walking sims aren't really a thing any more. Some of the earliest big names like Gone Home, Dear Esther, and arguably The Stanley Parable all came at a time where indie games were growing in popularity, but were still predominantly 2D. Something simple like a walking sim is obviously quite resourceful compared to contemporary AAA games, but now the indie scene has blown up to the point where mechanics-first genres like roguelikes are dominating. Except I like walking sims! So

Rock Paper Shotgun 29.11.2025 23:50 Uhr
The Long Dark: Wintermute's final episode catches a delay but nabs a concrete release date to make up for it
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The Long Dark: Wintermute's final episode catches a delay but nabs a concrete release date to make up for it

Crikey, it's been a long time coming, but it looks like The Long Dark is finally coming to a close… next year. Up until earlier this week, the fifth and final episode of The Long Dark's Wintermute DLC was due to be released by the end of the year. As you've probably gathered, the end of the year is very close now, so as a result, episode five has been delayed, but it is a delay that at least comes with a concrete release date. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 29.11.2025 22:30 Uhr
Into the Fire mixes fire and rescue, mysterious folklore, and a volcanic island in what might be yet another Divine Comedy adaptation
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Into the Fire mixes fire and rescue, mysterious folklore, and a volcanic island in what might be yet another Divine Comedy adaptation

When I first caught a very quick glimpse at Into the Fire, the kind of glimpse where you more just see a character design amidst a bunch of fire, I thought it was a new simulation game. A fireman sim, that kind of thing, the kind of game I'm sure exists already without needing to Google it. Into the Fire is not that at all. There is fire, and there is rescue, but there are also ancient mysteries amongst natural disasters, fiery, destructive jellyfish-esque spirits, and a tantalizing mix of sci

Rock Paper Shotgun 29.11.2025 20:00 Uhr
A new Dead Rising is reportedly on the way, and one that might come with a familiar face
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A new Dead Rising is reportedly on the way, and one that might come with a familiar face

All that trouble going on with Monster Hunter Wilds aside, for a good long while now Capcom has been doing quite well for itself. Multiple quite well liked Resident Evil games, fresh new bits like Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and the upcoming Pragmata, and even a few remasters, namely for the Ace Attorney games (throw a dog a bone and give us a new one of those, though Capcom), but also for series like Dead Rising that also haven't had a new entry in a while. Well, for now at least, as a

Rock Paper Shotgun 29.11.2025 19:06 Uhr
However a non-Hollow Knight game from Team Cherry might look, there's a particular through line you can still expect
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However a non-Hollow Knight game from Team Cherry might look, there's a particular through line you can still expect

Right now, Team Cherry's future is pretty unclear. There is some kind of Hollow Knight: Silksong DLC that'll be coming somewhere along the line, but understandably the developer is keeping their cards close to their chest in terms of what's actually next. They certainly do have some ideas on how they would expand Hollow Knight, i.e. by not making any direct sequels, much like how Silksong isn't one. But in a recent interview, Team Cherry spoke (ever so slightly) more openly about their own fut

Rock Paper Shotgun 29.11.2025 18:09 Uhr
After six hours of tweaker gunslinging and trench warfare, I'm sold on Darktide's imminent Hive Scum update
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After six hours of tweaker gunslinging and trench warfare, I'm sold on Darktide's imminent Hive Scum update

I was precisely whelmed when Fatshark revealed the mohawked, chem-huffing Hive Scum as Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s next class; most of the existing player characters being unwashed crims as it is. Turns out, however, they make good company when it counts. Having played about six hours of Hive Scum, ahead of launch on December 2nd, I’m convinced the class offers something new – and even those who don’t drop the requisite $12 on it will still, on the same day, get a roll

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 19:00 Uhr
With Black Friday discounts, the top-spec Lenovo Legion Go S is faster than the equivalent Steam Deck OLED and almost as cheap
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With Black Friday discounts, the top-spec Lenovo Legion Go S is faster than the equivalent Steam Deck OLED and almost as cheap

I never bought a Lenovo Legion Go S, or even slotted it into our best handheld PCs list, though it’s funny how much a fat Black Friday price cut can massage the desirability gland. And it helps that these savings cover not just the budget Ryzen Z2 Go model I originally reviewed, but the top-of-the-line Z1 Extreme version with an upgraded 32GB of RAM – and the same SteamOS, instead of fiddly Windows. That extra memory’s probably worth about four billion quid by itself, though w

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 18:20 Uhr
Command a massive walking gun in Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator
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Command a massive walking gun in Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator

Of steel is my spirit, of thunder my bones. I am the hawk's justice, the quadrupedal crucible of oil and atrocity in which the future is forged. BEHOLD, ye strategy simulation enthusiasts. Behold my unabashed phallic symbolism menacing the gates of heaven, while my hissing hydraulics uncipher the coordinates of my prey. Many are my supplicants, strangers from near and far who seek to beguile me and aim my blessed ordnance, but mine is the judgement, and mine the tactile gratifications of lever

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 18:15 Uhr
Seduce serial killers on the dark web in dating sim Killer Chat, which is free on Steam
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Seduce serial killers on the dark web in dating sim Killer Chat, which is free on Steam

If you've been struggling lately with the thought that everybody you interact with online is a closet serial killer, why not fire up Killer Chat, which will remove all uncertainty from your brain and flood it with delicious, sexy fear. Hitherto available on Itch.io, and just released on Steam, it casts you as a reporter researching a book on serial killers. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 17:01 Uhr
The PS5 DualSense controller is a surprisingly good PC pad that’s dropped to £43/$55 in the Black Friday sales
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The PS5 DualSense controller is a surprisingly good PC pad that’s dropped to £43/$55 in the Black Friday sales

Convention tells us that to be a PC gamepad, the gamepad in question must follow the layout – or, at least, match the button glyphs – of the Xbox controller’s ABXY design. Even the new Steam Controller is doing it. To convention, though, I say: appreciate you’re an important component of usability design but also get lost. One of the best PC controllers right now is the PS5-pattern DualSense, which today's Black Friday deals have brought down to its lowest price in month

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 16:55 Uhr
Fallout season 2 still sounds like it won't commit to a New Vegas ending, but for the love of all that's Housely, I hope it will
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Fallout season 2 still sounds like it won't commit to a New Vegas ending, but for the love of all that's Housely, I hope it will

Update: Yep, no endings being picked here, just fog. Prime Video's Fallout TV series has been followed around by a buzzing swarm of canon chatter hornets since the moment its first series emerged from the vault. Such a thing's natural and healthy - people care enough about the games to have thoughts about how this adaptation portrays the world in which they take place. It goes double when when you head to locations which have played host to entries especially beloved for how much say they let t

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 16:40 Uhr