The weight of memories burdens Rock Paper Shotgun’s news editor Edwin Evans-Thirwell as he traverses through the bleak mazes of LOVE ETERNAL, the unconventional horror platformer about escaping the domain of a selfish god from developer brlka and publisher Ysbryd Games. The threats to protagonist Maya’s safety and sanity range from Read more…
RockPaperShotgun’s Kaan Serin is ready to wave his traffic baton in Mini Motorways, the award-winning minimalist strategy traffic management sim with more than four million players from developer Dinosaur Polo Club. A new crossover update with Mini Metro is coming up on July 24th to celebrate its tenth birthday. Last Read more…
Katherine Castle at Rock Paper Shotgun double-jumps to give high praise for LUCID, the crystal-hopping adventure platformer by Eric Manahan of The Matte Black Studio and published by Apogee Entertainment, and shared its 2024 release window while recalling a behind-closed-doors preview at PAX East 2022. When I first saw Lucid Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Sin Vega takes to the fight with an enthusiastically positive feature on Symphony of War, the tactical turn-based RPG from developer Dancing Dragon Games and publisher Freedom Games, available now on PC via Steam. “…The game’s structure remains varied, breaking you out of complacency and switching up the Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun‘s Katharine Castle takes on the “challenge” of Mini Motorways’ latest update. With brain-teasing challenge areas added to fan-favorite maps, Challenge City adds a new dimension to the popular minimalist strategy simulation game; making for a great closing note to a successful launch year. Visit Challenge City today Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Colm Ahern compiled his most anticipated games releasing on PC this February and included Batterystaple Games’ Megaroguelike action platformer 30XX in the lineup. The sequel to Batterystaple Games’ Mega Man-inspired, run-and-gun roguelike is even more like Capcom’s creation now, as they’ve ditched the cartoony style of its Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun has some steaming hot news: Necrobarista, the cinematic cel-shaded visual novel from Route 59 Games, pours onto Steam for Windows PC on July 22, 2020. Author Lauren Morton sets the stage for what to expect from this tale of death and decaf: You play as local barista Maddy Xiāo, incidental brewer Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Alice O’Connor shared the Steam™y release date for the clashing crustacean combat arena brawler from PLAYISM and Nussoft, coming to PC on July 30th. From the studio which brought you Neo Aquarium: The King Of Crustaceans and Ace Of Seafood comes a game whose name tells you everything: Fight Crab. We’ve marvelled before at Read more…
What do living statues, sinners, and time paradoxes have in common? A lot, actually, as Rock Paper Shotgun’s Katherine Castle discovered at PAX East 2019 during a demo of The Forgotten City, a time loop murder mystery, by Modern Storyteller. Castle spent 30 minutes exploring The Forgotten City before sitting down with developer Nick Pearce to Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Dominic Tarason served readers with the news that Necrobarista, the gorgeous cinematic cel-shaded visual novel from Route 59 Games, hits Steam for PC with a double-shot, no water kick of magic, myth, and necromancy on August 8, 2019. In this modern-day tale, players serve up foamy, caffeinated drinks Read more…