Bleak Faith: Forsaken launched earlier this week on March 10th, and as expected, it shares lots of similarities with FromSoft games such as Elden Ring and Dark Souls: an interconnected world, big boss battles, animation-heavy combat, and so on. But comparisons began to surface online showcasing mirrored animations between Bleak Faith and FromSoft’s titles, leading to accusations of stolen assets, as reported by PC Gamer. Archangel have now responded to the allegations of plagiarism, pointing to the Epic Marketplace where the team purchased the assets.
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Crucial’s excellent 2TB X8 portable SSD is down to £123.61 at the Crucial store
RPS-recommended external SSD.
RPS makes interactive maps now
best thing in videogames. She could’ve just come and asked me. The best thing in video games is clearly the maps. Interactive maps, to be specific. Or rather, our interactive maps.
Yes, glorious people. Rock Paper Shotgun and its sister sites within the network now do interactive maps. It’s something that I’ve been after for years now, and it’s finally here, and it’s working, and it’s beautiful. I’m giddy.
Meta are laying off another 10,000 people
laid off 11,000 employees.
The Chaos Dwarfs are finally coming to Total War: Warhammer 3
Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting a new expansion on April 13th. The Forge Of The Chaos Dwarfs campaign pack adds, well, the Chaos Dwarfs, with three Legendary Lords – Astragoth Ironhand, Drazhoath the Ashen, and Zhatan the Black – and new campaign objectives and units to command. One of those units is a big, roaring daemon-machine-dinosaur hybrid.
The Sims 4’s free infants update has spawned
The Sims 4 has now birthed its free Infants update, which takes the runtiest part of your digital doll’s lives and expands upon it. Sims during those pre-walking years now have full needs and wants, which means the Sims around them will need to spend more time caring for them lest they grow into maladjusted adults.
Citizen Sleeper’s third and final free DLC is coming at the end of March
Citizen Sleeper is receiving its third and final DLC episode at the end of the month. DLC for Citizen Sleeper was first announced last summer through a post-launch content roadmap, and with Episode: Flux and Episode: Refuge out the door, it’s now time for Episode: Purge, free for all owners on March 30th. Purge is introducing a new narrative arc alongside more characters, locations, and lore.
Hyper Light Breaker’s first gameplay trailer shows off stylish action and fast-paced traversal
Hyper Light Drifter for their 3D co-op sequel, Hyper Light Breaker. Earlier in January, we learned that Breaker’s roguelike structure would include procedurally generated open worlds, and we’ve now seen them in action thanks to its first gameplay trailer. Breaker doesn’t look as effortlessly stylish as its predecessor, but its bullet-hell action and fast-paced traversal have me eager to learn more when it launches into early access this Fall.
Myst FPS is a hilarious dig at the classic adventure game, and it’s free on Itch.io
Myst has been rereleased in countless forms, resurrected in 25th-anniversary boxsets, VR takes on the game, and even a full remake in 2021. But the power of the internet determines that nothing is sacred, and even the point-and-click Myst can be turned into the point-and-kill Myst FPS. Yes, developers Steven Nass and Peter Henningsen have released Myst FPS on itch.io, a free browser-based shooter that’s a good laugh, and an even better shitpost.
The Wreck review: a raw road trip down memory lane
The Wreck‘s endlessly repeating car crash has to be one of the worst fates to get stuck in. Sure, it’s not quite as bad as ‘death by exploding sun’ in Outer Wilds, say, but when each crash is also accompanied by heroine Junon reliving a harrowing memory from her past that she’ll need to sort through and analyse before she’s able to (quite literally) move on with her life, I reckon that one-two punch of sudden physical trauma and deep, emotional soul-bearing is probably just about on par with having skin and muscle seared off your own bones by a honking great supernova. You know, figuratively speaking.