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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Rock Paper Shotgun· Published 1d ago
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multiple pieces a week, mostly news
617 PIECES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS

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23 OCT
4 pieces
Rock Paper Shotgun·23 Oct
Woim is the earth-guzzling, self-bisecting sokoban pick-me-up I needed after a week of games industry disasters
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Woim
Rock Paper Shotgun·23 Oct
"This was not a Creative Assembly developed game": Total War boss points the finger at external partner for Shogun 2 Complete Edition disaster
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Total War
Rock Paper Shotgun·23 Oct
Helldivers 3 "only makes sense" if it’s so unlike Helldivers 2 "that both games can exist side by side", says Arrowhead boss, discussing their new prototype game
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Helldivers
Rock Paper Shotgun·23 Oct
"What if Larian had shut down after Divine Divinity?": Star Trek Online exec scorns publishers who close teams like BioWare in favour of "AAA veteran" start-ups and AI "magic beans"
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Divine Divinity & Star Trek Online
22 OCT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·22 Oct
"We made a very difficult decision": Australian indie showcase Freeplay reject antisemitism claims after delisting a Jewish sponsor who was allegedly accused of being a "zionist"
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21 OCT
1 piece
Rock Paper Shotgun·21 Oct
Subnautica 2's next major update adds "the scariest region we've ever done", together with frog mechs and a very welcome tweak for dashing
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Subnautica 2
19 OCT
4 pieces
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Oct
"Too big a risk": Moonlighter devs delay new game's demo for fear of genAI cloning, calling on platforms to "keep strengthening protections for original work"
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ReVamp
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Oct
"Sexy sorceresses" and "bare-chested fighters": Dragon Age's original artists wanted to base it on Conan the Barbarian, much to the outrage of the designers
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Conan the Barbarian
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Oct
This week in PC games: build a better zombie in Stupid Never Dies, glue together houses in Cutout Village, and settle brave new worlds in Star Trek: Outposts Unknown
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Stupid Never Dies & Star Trek: Outposts Unknown
Rock Paper Shotgun·19 Oct
Life has once again found a way in Athanasia, an "immersive" dinosaur FPS that feels like comfort food for Dino Crisis and System Shock players alike
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Athanasia
16 OCT
3 pieces
Rock Paper Shotgun·16 Oct
Nonolith traps you in a living maze and challenges you to find hidden terrain magic using good old copy-paste
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Nonolith
Rock Paper Shotgun·16 Oct
The creator of last year's cult hit RPG The Necromancer's Tale is back with The Lich Wars, a storybook RPG that follows 30 years of undead botheration
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The Necromancer's Tale
Rock Paper Shotgun·16 Oct
We have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear of copycats ripping them off before release
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Drunken Goddess Reflux
14 OCT
3 pieces
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Oct
Fortnite is finally coming to Linux thanks to Epic rebuilding Easy Anti-Cheat, though Steam Deck support is still in the wind
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Fortnite
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Oct
If you've sworn off genAI Crazy Taxi and dislike all the twerking in GTA 6, consider Shifu: Traffic Masters, a jolly open world driving game set in 1990s China
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Crazy Taxi
Rock Paper Shotgun·14 Oct
Ubisoft are making layoffs at Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced studio Ubisoft Singapore while closing Trials creators Redlynx
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Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag