Photograph bosses to death in this head-pulsing whirligig of a bullet hell
I fear and covet no videogame genre on this Earth like the bullet hell shoot 'em up. I find these scions of the arcades irresistibly beautiful. They look like how I imagine human nervous systems appear to thunder spirits. By the same token, I’m not sure they're actually designed to ...
Devolver boss calls GTA 6 an “AAAAA game” in latest attack on human dignity
Not long before joining Rock Paper Shotgun, I wrote a feature for Edge magazine about the origins of the very silly term "AAA game". The overall conclusion I came to is that "AAA game" is possibly a boardroom-level borrowing from the credit rating industry and Hollywood, and that it has ...
Stardew Valley’s Creator Has A Small Voice Role In Hollow Knight: Silksong
A star is born.Hollow Knight: Silksong, much like its predecessor, is known for featuring quirky voice roles to represent the numerous NPCs you'll encounter along your journey.One these roles features a developer with which you might be quite familiar: Eric Barone, A.K.A. ConcernedApe, A.K.A the creator of a little game ...
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 8 to 12
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 8 to 12 Published September 5, 2025 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox ...
PlayStation Store: August 2025’s top downloads
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. August continued sports supremacy as Madden NFL 26 led the charge on the charts in the US, while Mafia: The Old Country had success on both the US and EU charts for PS5, ...
Work to Improve the Disastrous MindsEye Continues, With Build a Rocket Boy Releasing Hefty Update 4
MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy has released Update 4 across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, insisting it remains “committed to refining” the game following its disastrous launch.In July, IGN reported that Edinburgh-based BARB had issued at-risk of redundancy emails to its around 300-strong UK workforce ...
‘I Guess Silksong Is Just That Respected’: After Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Cracked at Launch, Pirates Are Urging Each Other to Buy Instead — and Some Can’t Believe What They’re Seeing
The splash damage caused by Hollow Knight: Silksong’s massive launch impact has spread beyond huge Steam concurrents and struggling storefronts to the parts of the internet where video game pirates hang out — and there something interesting is happening: the pirates are urging each other to buy the game instead ...
Team Cherry working on “quality issues” with Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Simplified Chinese translation, following mixed Steam reviews
Hollow Knight: Silksong developers Team Cherry are "working to improve" the game's Simplified Chinese translation, following "quality issues" which have seen its Steam user reviews from those speaking the language drop to "mixed". As you can easily see thanks to Steam's recent introduction of language-specific review splits, the mixed reviews ...
“I Can’t Afford To Give It Away For Free” – Silksong’s Low Price Is Causing Devs To Re-Evaluate Their Own Games
Managing expectations.After an exceptionally long wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on the Switch and Switch 2, and perhaps one of the most pleasantly surprising aspects of its launch is its price.You're looking at $19.99 / £16.75 / €19.99 / ¥2300 for the new release which, given the sheer ...
