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Why are there so many bloody roguelikes or roguelites, and what really makes a game roguish?
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Why are there so many bloody roguelikes or roguelites, and what really makes a game roguish?

Some days, I think I'd rather gouge my eyes out than read another email about a new roguelike or roguelite. This confuses me, because many of favourite games are roguelikes or roguelites, including Dead Cells, Balatro, FTL: Faster Than Light, and the recent Morsels, a reeking procedural dumpsite that speaks to the overproduction of Rogue/rogue derivatives at large. Roguish games are everywhere right now. According to SteamDB, 1602 games tagged "roguelike" were published in 2024 out of 18567 to

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 16:13 Uhr
MangoHud performance overlay for Linux v0.8.2 released
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MangoHud performance overlay for Linux v0.8.2 released

The excellent and incredibly useful Linux performance overlay MangoHud has released version 0.8.2 after being in testing for a few weeks with new features..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux 28.11.2025 16:10 Uhr
Ugreen’s 9-in-1 Steam Deck stand is perfect for resting weary handhelds, and it’s going cheap on Black Friday
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Ugreen’s 9-in-1 Steam Deck stand is perfect for resting weary handhelds, and it’s going cheap on Black Friday

I, erm, write about the Steam Deck a lot, and keen eyed readers may have spotted a recurring theme among the accompanying photographs: a lurking Ugreen logo. That’s the Ugreen 9-in-1 Steam Deck Dock, aND what it lacks in sexy naming, it makes up for by being just the nicest little stand/port extender combo that a handheld PC could ask for. It’s also a mere £36/$40 on Black Friday, up to a third off its usual price. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 15:43 Uhr
The best-ever lightweight gaming mouse, in my opinion, is ÂŁ46/$50 off for Black Friday
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The best-ever lightweight gaming mouse, in my opinion, is ÂŁ46/$50 off for Black Friday

Rejoice, those with nimble wrists or heightened gravity anomalies localised on top of their desks. Logitech’s G Pro X Superlight 2 gaming mouse, which for my money is the finest ultra-lightweight mouse in existence, is getting cut down in the Black Friday sales – so for your money, it’s down from an admittedly ambitious £149/$180 to a far more reasonable £104/$130. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 14:59 Uhr
Recently unearthed Fallout: New Vegas builds could be "incredibly useful" for modders, preservationists claim
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Recently unearthed Fallout: New Vegas builds could be "incredibly useful" for modders, preservationists claim

Pre-release builds of Fallout: New Vegas recently unearthed at a shop in Utah contain rare files which could be "incredibly useful" to expanding what modders can do with the RPG. Well, at least they doe in the estimation of the folks who claim to have found them, a group of preservationists whose current online presence only looks to have popped up last month. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 13:47 Uhr
Black Friday’s microSD sales cut prices on our top Steam Deck cards – and they’ll work on the Steam Machine too
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Black Friday’s microSD sales cut prices on our top Steam Deck cards – and they’ll work on the Steam Machine too

I will begrudgingly accept that Black Friday, bleak as it is to anyone who didn’t grow up with framed spreadsheets above their beds, is at least a good opportunity to pick up dirt-cheap PC storage. Case in point, today’s sales include some nice, sharp slashings on some of the best Steam Deck microSD cards. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 13:15 Uhr
Oh hey, it's Black Friday, so here are the best Black Friday best graphics cards deals
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Oh hey, it's Black Friday, so here are the best Black Friday best graphics cards deals

I’m trying something new for this year’s Black Friday coverage: drastically overestimating how long it would take to put together a guide to its best graphics card deals. How is it past 11 already. Still, I do hope this helps any potential upgrader or from-scratch DIY builder out there – GPUs haven’t been 'cheap' in years, and while RAM is currently doing its best to replace them as the most overpriced component type in PCdom, graphics cards are usually in drastic need o

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 12:28 Uhr
Control Resonant trademark applied for in Europe by law firm Remedy have used multiple times
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Control Resonant trademark applied for in Europe by law firm Remedy have used multiple times

A trademark for Control Resonant has been applied for in Europe by a law firm who've represented Alan Wake developers Remedy on numerous previous occasions. This application's been lodged not long before The Game Awards and is to permit the phrase to be used in relation to games, but at the moment it's still a mystery what exact sort of Control-related thing it refers to. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 28.11.2025 11:03 Uhr
In a break from tradition, Ubisoft have no plans for a second big Assassin's Creed: Shadows DLC expansion
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In a break from tradition, Ubisoft have no plans for a second big Assassin's Creed: Shadows DLC expansion

Assassin's Creed Shadows probably won't get a second major DLC expansion on the scale of Claws of Awaji, Ubisoft's associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois has revealed. It's a blow to fans who are accustomed to getting a couple of major expansions per Assassin's Creed, and a boon to people who haven't even played Shadows yet, let alone the 10-hour-long Claws of Awaji, and are getting dry heaves from FOMO. It's me, I am people. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 27.11.2025 19:20 Uhr
Epic CEO wants Valve and Steam to stop requiring devs to disclose generative AI usage
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Epic CEO wants Valve and Steam to stop requiring devs to disclose generative AI usage

A couple of weeks after arguing that generative AI shouldn't be considered in videogame reviews, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney is calling for Steam and digital storefronts generally to stop requiring generative AI disclosures. Sweeney's argument is broadly that all videogames will use generative AI tools at some stage, so you and I might as well stop hearing about it. He thinks tagging things as made with generative AI is only necessary when there's a formal need to prove legal authorship, or help b

Rock Paper Shotgun 27.11.2025 18:16 Uhr
Paradox take the blame for Bloodines 2 not selling as planned, will "evaluate" how to do World of Darkness games going forwards
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Paradox take the blame for Bloodines 2 not selling as planned, will "evaluate" how to do World of Darkness games going forwards

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 hasn't sold as well as publishers Paradox predicted. As such, the company have announced plans to write-down 355 million Swedish Krona (approximately £28 million/$37 million) of the game's development costs - essentially the financial way of saying something along the lines of 'oops, this isn't worth as much as we thought it was'. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 27.11.2025 17:48 Uhr
Where Winds Meet devs plan improved Steam Deck support
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Where Winds Meet devs plan improved Steam Deck support

Where Winds Meet continues to be a big hit on Steam and it works quite well on Desktop Linux but it needs a lot of improvements on Valve's Steam Deck..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux 27.11.2025 17:21 Uhr
"Essentially, War Sails is a large mod": Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord devs on delaying leaving port and why custom naval battles were a late addition
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"Essentially, War Sails is a large mod": Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord devs on delaying leaving port and why custom naval battles were a late addition

Earlier this year, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's War Sails naval expansion had its release pushed back from June 17th to November 26th. You can give it a go right now if you fancy, so it obviously made that second date. Prior to the DLC dropping, I chatted with Bannerlord senior producer Falk Engel about what went into the decision to ditch the initial summer date, and why custom naval battles were only confirmed to be arriving with its launch quite late in the day. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 27.11.2025 17:04 Uhr
Cyberpunk 2's dev team is set to double in size by the end of 2027, hopefully meaning its cyberfoundations'll be laid by then
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Cyberpunk 2's dev team is set to double in size by the end of 2027, hopefully meaning its cyberfoundations'll be laid by then

Cyberpunk 2's dev team is set to grow substantially over the next couple of years, as CD Projekt ramp up development. While most of their ranks right now are on The Witcher 4, a game that's at least made some public cameos even if it's still sans release date, once 2027 rolls around, Cyberpunk 2 looks like it won't be too far behind. This info comes from the company's latest financial report, covering the time running from July 1st to September 30th this year. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 27.11.2025 13:57 Uhr
Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”
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Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

Valve have blocked card game Flick Solitaire from the Russian version of Steam, after federal censorship body Roskomnadzor contacted the platform holder to order its removal for "promoting non-traditional sexualities". In a letter, Valve have also reproached developers Flick Games for failing "to do your due diligence regarding where your game is allowed to be distributed, and to inform us of any territory where it cannot be". Flick Solitaire is still available in Russia via the iOS and Androi

Rock Paper Shotgun 27.11.2025 12:42 Uhr