The Raid homage Acts Of Blood is Sifu’s jankier, snackier cousin

It plays like a PS2 game! (complimentary) Calling a game ‘no frills’ or ‘no nonsense’ is always a back-handed compliment, because it sounds like you’re saying it’s a bit straightforward and simple. And yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying here. Acts Of Blood feels like a spiffy PS2actionbrawler; a slightly tighter oldYakuzagame, or a stripped-backSifu. It’s snacky and a bit janky, but it’s also great coffee break fodder, assuming you want to spend your break breaking a selection of heavy objects over the crumbly skulls of ne’er-do-wells....

November 7, 2024 · 2 min · 371 words · Derek Harrington

VED: Purification is a free prologue to the full hand-drawn RPG, complete with Stetson hats and Evil Dead trees

‘Tree’ and ‘hat’ singular, I suppose Got an email about this. Looks cool. Is free. “I’ll write about that,” I thought. “I’ll write about that for Rock Paper Shotgun, a place that semi-regularly posts articles about cool andfreegames.” So here we are. If you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop, assuming the only reason I’d open an article in a superfluous and straightforward manner is because I’m about to deliver some sort of third sentence twist, you’re completely wrong!...

November 7, 2024 · 2 min · 304 words · Amber Brown

Wordle hints and answer (#1237): How to solve the Thursday November 7 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 7? 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?Wordleis a tricky test of word acumen. Luckily, we’ve got all the hints you could ever need. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

November 7, 2024 · 6 min · 1219 words · Benjamin Pearson

Anime Royale codes December 2024: Free Gems and Capsules

Redeem these new Anime Royale codes for free Capsules and Gems! Want to redeem all the new Anime Royale codes in Roblox?Anime Royale is one of the hottest newRobloxtower defence games out there right now, where all the “towers” are iconic anime characters fromDragon BallZ, Demon Slayer, and more. The aim of the game is to defend your base by summoning heroes, positioning them where they can best use their powers to defeat your enemies, and using Gems and other resources to upgrade your heroes' powers and abilities....

November 6, 2024 · 2 min · 301 words · Michael Robles II

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November 6, 2024 · 1 min · 2 words · Tina Marshall

Dress To Impress codes December 2024: Free outfits and accessories

Redeem all the latest Dress To Impress codes for free outfits and other goodies! Want to know all the currently working Dress To Impress codes?Dress To Impress is one of the most popular and recognisable dress-up games in Roblox right now. The aim? To dress your character up as fabulously as possible in order to earn votes from other players and improve your standing as a famous model. The more votes you get, the more clothes you unlock - but you can also use Dress To Impress codes to speed up the process and unlock even more goodies....

November 6, 2024 · 2 min · 291 words · Christina Haynes

Fisch codes December 2024: Free Cash and Instant Catchers

Use our up-to-date Fisch codes list to redeem lots of free rewards! Looking for all the newest Fisch codes to redeem in Roblox?As the name suggests, Fisch is a fishing game - one of the most popular fishing games in Roblox, in fact. If you’re a fan of fishing minigames in other quiet and relaxing games likeStardew Valley, Minecraft, orDredge, you’ll be right at home with the thousands of fish it’s possible to catch in Fisch....

November 6, 2024 · 2 min · 285 words · Mr. James Fisher

Foxhole is getting planes next summer and an infantry combat overhaul later this month

Land, sea and air combine in the MMO wargame Foxholeis one of my favourite games to read about, even if I don’t play it. It’s a massively multiplayer World War 2 game, viewed from above, where battlefield logistics matters as much as aiming and flanking. Its developers have just announced a major new update coming next summer, Foxhole: Airborne, which adds planes to the game for the first time. Planes, in a topdown MMO?...

November 6, 2024 · 2 min · 298 words · Daisy Smith

Halo 2's lost E3 2003 demo will finally be playable thanks to modder magic

Doing more than grunt work Halo Infiniterecently received a big update in the form of Delta Arena, a playlist that features recreations ofHalo 2’s most popular maps and a special third-person mode. The true highlight, though, is yet to come. And that’s through an entirely different Halo game:The Master Chief Collection. Soon enough, you’ll be able to play Halo 2’s lost E3 demo on it, thanks to some lovely modders....

November 6, 2024 · 2 min · 296 words · Kara Reed

How to open the Liberty Falls vault in Black Ops 6 Zombies

Here’s how to crack open the vault in Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode Want to open the vault in the Liberty Falls map in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies?The Liberty Falls map in Black Ops 6’s Zombies mode has a good array of loot inside, but in order to crack it open, you’ll first need to find three codes hidden in different locations across the map. Get ready to do some jogging back and forth in order to find the entire six-digit combination, which is randomised in every match....

November 6, 2024 · 3 min · 600 words · Chelsea Bishop

Metal Slug Tactics, the surprising genre-twist of the classic run-and-gunner, is out now

I prefer Plastic Love I would never have predicted there’d be an isometric tactics game based on run-and-gun series Metal Slug, yet hereMetal Slug Tacticsis, and I am here for it. We’ve been following its development for a while but it’s out now on Steam, and seemingly as strong as its demo suggested. Metal Slug Tactics is a tactical RPG, to be specific, as well as a roguelite. You fight your way through squads of enemies to unlock weapons and perks for your own soldiers, with those upgrades persisting across the campaign even if you fail and must repeat specific missions....

November 6, 2024 · 1 min · 174 words · Angel Fox

NYT Connections hints and answers for Wed, November 06th

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #513. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 06th November?Look no further, for we’ve got all the tips you need to solve today’s array of Connections groups one-by-one. Connectionsis a word puzzle game published every day by the New York Times (NYT), the hosts of the endlessly popularWordlepuzzle....

November 6, 2024 · 3 min · 629 words · Shane Sanchez

Oh thank Horace, our comments system is up and running again

How have you been? “Never read the comments,” is a truth much-rehearsed by senior games journalists, but I have long since levelled-up past this axiom and entered into a new world of benevolent narcissism. Ialwaysread the comments, for all commenters are my children. They exist to glorify and preserve me in my dotage. True, occasionally my children say things like “I think your writing and opinions are appalling, and that you deserve to be repeatedly run over by a herd of deer”, but it is the nature of children to rebel....

November 6, 2024 · 1 min · 182 words · Amber Harris MD