Gaming News

Infinity Nikki Dev Celebrates 10 Million Downloads With In-Game Rewards

Infinity Nikki, the open-world dress up role-playing game from former The Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga, has already crossed 10 million downloads, and developer Infold Games is celebrating with in-game rewards.An X/Twitter post revealed the impressive milestone was reached just four days after Infinity Nikki's December 5 launch, and ...
/ IGN

Tekken 8’s next character will be revealed this week, and clues point to a certain lady in red

The big question a Tekken player always wants to know is: which DLC character is coming next? Well, you'll know by the end of the week, as the studio is planning to reveal this at Geoff Keighley's winter festival of expensive advertising, the Game Awards. However, there may already be ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Call of Duty Fans Give Black Ops 6’s Zombie Santa Loading Screen the Finger Amid ‘AI Slop’ Backlash

Activision is embroiled in a backlash over Call of Duty Black Ops 6 in-game art that some fans have accused of being "AI slop."Following the release of the Season 1 Reloaded update, fans noticed a number of telltale signs in Black Ops 6 loading screens, calling cards, and art used ...
/ IGN

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 9th

There’s an awful lot behind this door, lemme tell ya. Hours of adventure, of tension, of action, of sci-fi strangeness. It’ll be great. Unfortunately the door itself is bugged out so you’ll need to reload a quicksave or something to get it open. Read more ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Random: Metroid Prime 3 Dev Left Retro Studios After “Unhealthy Relationship” With Nintendo Micromanagement

"If you're not directly working on the game, go away".We know that Nintendo can be a little protective of its intellectual properties (now there's an understatement), but it turns out that the company's micromanagement was enough to make one artist on Metroid Prime 3: Corruption leave his position at Retro ...
/ Nintendo

Path of Exile 2 Enjoys Massive Launch, Becomes 15th Most-Played Game Ever on Steam

Path of Exile 2 looks like a smash hit for developer Grinding Gear Games, with over half a million concurrent players on Steam alone.Path of Exile 2 is GGG’s action role-playing sequel set years after the original game. Players return to the world of Wraeclast and seek to end a ...
/ IGN

I have rarely hated a bad guy as much as I hate Voss in Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

It's not just because he's a Nazi. It's because he's a smartass Nazi. As the main antagonist in Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, Emmerich Voss vacates the archetypal armchair usually reserved for secondary fascist goons, so that he can goosestep straight into the big boy seat himself. He smiles ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Daily Deals: Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Astro Bot, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and More

The weekend is officially here, and we've rounded up the best deals you can find! Discover the best deals for Sunday, December 8, below:Sackboy: A Big Adventure for $12.59Sackboy: A Big Adventure first made its debut alongside PlayStation 5, eventually jumping over to PC in Fall 2022. For a limited ...
/ IGN

What’s on your bookshelf?: Divinity: Original Sin 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Saltsea Chronicles’ Charlene Putney

Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! Everyone knows about ‘hardback’ and ‘softback’ books, but have you heard of the quickly discontinued ‘rice puddingback’? While hiring so many ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 8th

Today's door is shimmering and promises dark magics within. It's an unlikely marriage of big budget publisher and a genre beloved most by smaller development teams. What mastery will unlock the door and expose the vast arenas within? Why, clicking to read more, of course. Read more ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun