Category: Rock, Paper, Shotgun

I hesitate to call Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator “the best organ trading sim of 2021”, because Cruelty Squad also came out in 2021 and I worry about starting a localised flame war. But it means Strange Scaffold’s sci-fi stockbroker sim was, at the very least, 2021’s second best organ trading sim. Nice to see it’s getting a sequel then, called… oh no. Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator.

“We aren’t monsters. You aren’t going to be trading babies,” says head of studio, Xalavier Nelson Jr. “You’re going to be trading stocks based on babies, which means you can short a baby.”

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Publishers Krafton have told workers at Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds they would still get a promised bonus if they ship enough of the game by the end of 2026. In other words, they’ve been given an extension to hit their targets. The bonus money was in question after the surprise firing of senior staff a couple of weeks ago, and the enforced delay of the survival game by Krafton. After worker concerns and fan outrage, now the corp says “don’t worry, we’ll pay!” Although it’s not the huge $250 million they were originally supposed to.

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What happens when an unenforceable force meets an un-shut-uppable object? Cooperative monsterman shooter Killing Floor 3 found out this past Sunday, as players of its closed online stress test were asked to agree to a nondisclosure agreement (shared on Reddit) that would stay in effect for five years. Or four years, three hundred and fifty-four days after KF3 is supposed to launch, on July 24th.

Naturally, this was broken almost immediately, including by Twitch streamers clicking through the agreement live on air. In a forum post, developers Tripwire Interactive have since declared that they stopped bothering to enforce within the test’s first hour, and apologised for making such a mad demand in the first place. The post also confirms that another stress test – which PC players can still apply to join – is happening later today, Wednesday 16th, and won’t insist on any legal gagging at all.

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I liked Avowed, and having read through the notes for its summer update, patch 1.5, I reckon I’ll like it even more whenever I next decide to don the persona of a trickshotting Envoy.

This patch is the second of three seasonal updates Obsidian outlined that the game’d be getting over the course of this year. It’s brought a substantial rework of fighter and ranger skills, some extra unique weapons for you to get your mitts on, Steam Deck verification, plus a bunch of other tweaks and fixes.

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We are straining Rock Paper Shotgun’s innovative “News To Me, Anyway” subcategory to breaking point with Anoxic Depths: Caves Of The Yendori, a turn-based spelunking roguelite from Studio Tectorum. The scurvy bean-counters among you might protest that it came out 10 years ago, possibly before some of you were old enough to read, operate video games, or count beans. To you scurvy bean-counters I would say: if you’re going to be so picky about details, how about you help me remember which way is up, because I am stuck in an underwater cave.

I have maybe 12 breaths left in my oxygen cylinder, and all I can see is rock texture. The ladder to the surface could be a foot away or 20. Soon, my body shall join those of the divers who came before. Ye gods, I love being this confused in video games.

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We’ve covered the Dell Black Friday in July deals a few times in recent days, and they’re still coming. In fact, there are now so many offers that we’ve got a whole list of them here.

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I spent a good chunk of my weekend combing through GPU deals like these. I don’t really need a new graphics card, but seeing prices drop by almost half gets my curiosity going. It’s not even just the big names like the RTX 5090 or the Radeon RX 7900 XT, even refurbished cards look tempting when they’re going for hundreds less. I know some folks hesitate with renewed products, but I’ve had solid luck so far. Last year, I grabbed a renewed RTX 4070 super and it’s been running steady since. I guess it’s that mix of curiosity and trying not to miss out that keeps me scrolling through these lists. Here’s the best deals I can find for your latest rig upgrade:

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Quick, get down! It’s enhanced!

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I recently ripped out my Steam Deck’s SSD and enthusiastically slapped in a WD Black SN770M 2TB mini SSD, and it’s easily the smartest thing I’ve done with it that didn’t involve tinkering around in desktop mode.

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Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Game is finally coming out this month, offering terrifyingly cosy Hobbitiness to us bumbling Bilbos. Its system requirements have just dropped, and they’re pretty reasonable.

In fact, its needs are so modest and homely that I’m wondering whether you might be able to run it on a Hobbit, provided you could find one in real life and staple some Nvidia – or AMD- branded plastic into the surface of its flesh. It’s ok, I’m sure Gandalf has a magic stapler that doesn’t produce excruciating pain if you fire it directly into a person.

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