Spiritfarer with less grief Manor Lordsis obviously this week’s big survival-citybuilder game release, but I suspectDiluvian Windsis more my pace. It’s a “relaxing management game” about building a town for anthropomorphic animals around the foot of a lighthouse, although exactly how relaxing will depend on your ability to prepare for tsunamis and other weather emergencies which can strike and destroy your buildings. It’s out now. The art style - cute, 2D, hand-drawn animals and buildings on stilts from a side-on perspective - invites obvious comparisons to the wonderfulSpiritfarer....

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #320 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #319 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

Get high like planes Myexperience with actual flight simulatorstypically amounts to approaching the runway far, far too quickly at far, far too perpendicular an angle, so perhaps I’m better off just flying folded-up bits of A4. Happily, that’s exactly whatPaper Sky, a “semi-open worldpaper plane adventure” from solo indie dev Brute Force, is offering. You can play thedemo on Steamright now, as I have, and it all looks like good, clean, floaty fun so far....

Shower The Company with your opinions ahead of our Game Club live chat To keep the ball rolling with this month’sGame Clubpick, we’re asking what you, the readers, think ofLethal Company? By now, I can confidently say that the RPS team are scrap collecting experts and can easily meet the quota set by the enigmatic Company. Much toJames' chagrin, who prefers the chaos of being objectively ‘bad’ at the game. So confident was I in our abilities after our co-op sesh, that I dove into a solo game....

some of it is also about chips The closest I have come to having any interest in sport is when I got really into reading about football hooligans, or like,Blood Bowl, but I do absolutely recognise the romance of it all.SUDDEN DEATHis a deliciousfreeslice of playable art-pie that celebrates that romance. It is -saysdev Cécile, who co-made the project withNat PussyandMOTHER GOOSEfor collectiveDomino Club- “a game about love and sports. it’s gay, it’s very australian, and it’s great....

What have we got in our digital pocketses This week saw the first (small) look at the new and upcoming Hobbit-themed cosy life simTales Of The Shire, plus the news that Embracer group is splitting into three,including a Middle-earth And Friendsgroup. We thus use this as an excuse to spend some time talking about The Lord Of The Rings games we’d like to see, plus our favourite Rings games from days gone by (and also Gollum, and also we do impressions of Gollum)....

Also, Gold Wizards and a hidden cursed crown I can feel some kind of sore throat bug coming on. It must be the baleful influence of Creative Assembly’s latest free update for bellowingstrategybonanzaTotal War: Warhammer 3. Out 30th April, the update introduces Epidemius, Proctor of Pestilence - a new Nurgle Legendary Lord who gains rewards based on how many ickle diseases you’ve spread to other factions (already my favourite aspect of playing Nurgle in the game)....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for April 25? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?We have you covered with a list of hints, followed by today’s word to help you keep track of your daily streak. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

Stuck on the Wordle word for April 26? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?If you’re on your last guesses for the day, don’t fear! We have you sorted with a list of hints as well as the answer itself to help you along the way....

This will more than tide you over Lots ofSoulslikeshave about as much joy, and the same colour palette, as a burning cowpat. They are grim and dark and often have gimmicks that are a bit middling: mechanical arms that spew gunk, or turning to stone. Or they stand out with incredibly deep combat, with dense menus and rainbow loot. So,Another Crab’s Treasurecomes as a refreshing surprise, what with it’s crustacean theme, platforming, and shell gimmick that actually complements fights in clever ways....

Head of Ori and the Blind Forest studio says there’s “just no way” they could’ve shipped the game without player feedback Dark Souls, one of the most widely acclaimed video games of the last two decades - perhaps all time - and progenitor of one of modern video gaming’s most influential and oft-copied-rarely-bettered genres, theSoulslike, would’ve been a better game had it launched into early access. That’s the suggestion from the head ofOri and the Blind Forestdevelopers Moon Studios in the wake of launching their own early access Soulslike,No Rest For The Wicked....

Here are the best Power Armor sets in Fallout 4 and where to find them Looking for the best Power Armor in Fallout 4?Power Armor inFallout 4not only provides optimal style when exploring the massiveRPG, but also makes you stronger, able to carry more weight, land without fall damage and gives you more protection against the dreaded RADS. As such an intrinsic part of the Fallout 4 experience, we’ve gathered a list of the best Power Armor sets you can find both early and late game....