How to start a new game in Dragon's Dogma 2

Here’s how to start a new game in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Looking to start a new game in Dragon’s Dogma 2?Dragon’s Dogma 2only allows you to have one save file at a time, which means if you’re looking to completely start a new game you’ll have to jump through a few hoops first. Below we’ll go through the steps you need to take to delete your old save on PC and start a new one inDragon’s Dogma 2....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 251 words · Peter Ingram

I'm enjoying the unique challenge of playing Darktide with rubbish weapons and no talents

A little self-flagellation never hurt anyone I’ve griped before thatWarhammer 40,000 Darktidehides satisfying challenges behind tedious grind, but another interesting challenge is easily missed and forgotten at the opposite end of the scale. Darktide is hard when you start a new character, with weapons that barely scratch some foes and no talents to back them up. It’s a challenge unlike the official high difficulty levels, which lean towards drowning you in special enemies....

March 28, 2024 · 4 min · 844 words · Valerie Flores

In Chymicalia, you're the slave of a teleporting alchemy shop

And even better, you’re in Yorkshire Chymicaliais an adventure game and/or visual novel “about causing chaos in a small Yorkshire town with unlicensed alchemy”. Hey, I’m from a small Yorkshire town originally! I recognise that chip shop with the palsied neon sign! And hey, that looks like the underpass they told us kids to stay away from! And the textile mill they eventually turned into an old folks home! And the teleporting sentient potion shop where we used to hang out and play pogs!...

March 28, 2024 · 3 min · 555 words · Kenneth Todd

Join us, varlets, to talk Warhammer 40,000: Darktide in today’s RPS Game Club liveblog

In the grim darkness of 4pm GMT The time is nigh for this month’sRPS Game Clubliveblog, where we’ll of course be discussingWarhammer 40,000: Darktide. We’ve already had some goodpre-chat, and now at4pm GMT today (March 28th), we’ll reconvene right here for a proper 41st Millennium natter. DoesDarktide get in the way of Darktidefor you as well? Are you a fellowacolyte of the rock?Let’s talk. Our live coverage of this event has finished....

March 28, 2024 · 6 min · 1250 words · Allen Carter

Metal: Hellsinger VR re-tools the rhythm shooter for headbanging in a headset

Rhythm shooterMetal: Hellsingerhas you circle-strafingQuake-style level layouts at high-speed while you shoot demons to the beat. I meet the news that it’s getting a VR version this year with some trepidation, therefore. Do I really want to vomit on the beat? Metal: Hellsinger VR contains “everything you’ve come to know and love” from the original game,according to the announcement. That includes the original campaign and soundtrack. It has been “rebuilt” however to take advantage of VR, with 2D menus replaced by a hub area, the ability to aim your dual pistols independently, and so on....

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 156 words · James Sullivan

Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3 brings back fan-favourite maps, adds new perks and modes

You could call it somewhat of a Rebirth Activision have revealed what’s coming toCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3andWarzone 2in its upcoming Season 3 update. For Modern Warfare 3, there’s a slew of new and remastered 6 vs 6 maps, new modes, and Zombies story additions. As for Warzone, highlights include the return of fan-favourite Rebirth Island, biometric scanners, new perks, and four new weapons. Let me break the details down for you, like how I used to break my friends' spirits by sprinting at enemies without communicating my intentions, going down, then spectating as they attempted to pick up the pieces....

March 28, 2024 · 3 min · 615 words · Joseph Calhoun

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, March 28)

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #291 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....

March 28, 2024 · 3 min · 556 words · Darlene Stewart

Pepper Grinder review: short, sweet and incredibly neat

You know the drill In fact, describing Pepper Grinder as aplatformeris already underselling it. This isn’t so much a game about jumping between ledges as it is about grasping your drill and holding on for dear life as it tears through the world around you. Solid ground means (mostly) nothing to heroine Pepper and her trusty grinder, as the bulk of your time is spent boring through said ledges - as well as clearly marked pillars, mounds and banks of pliable topsoil - before erupting back out into the open again like a rocket-powered dynamo, flying upwards and sideways before diving back into the bedrock....

March 28, 2024 · 5 min · 964 words · Marc Turner

Sega Of America staff have ratified a union contract, the first to do so at a major US studio

The move comes amid layoffs at the company Sega Of America employeesannounced their intent to unioniselast April, working alongside Communications Workers Of America. Catalina Brennan-Gatica, a representative for the CWA, call the contract ratification “a watershed moment for workers in the video game industry.” The last several years have seen an increased push for unions across the industry, particularly in quality assurance and other support departments, including at companies such asRaven,BioWare Edmonton,Blizzard AlbanyandZenimax....

March 28, 2024 · 1 min · 181 words · Cody Orr

Sega sell Company of Heroes developer Relic and lays off more staff at Creative Assembly and Hardlight

It’s the second round of layoffs at the Total War Studio in the last six months Sonic Dream Team developer Hardlight and Total War studio Creative Assembly have been hit with a round of layoffs by publisher SEGA Europe, affecting around 240 roles across Creative Assembly, SEGA Europe, and Hardlight,via IGN. Staff were notified by an email sent around this morning from SEGA Europe’s managing director Jurgen Post, alongside the news that Relic Entertainment, makers ofCompany of Heroesand Dawn of War, would be sold....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 392 words · Lisa Frye

Stardew Valley mini-update adds pet adoption, fixes moss issues arising from the 1.6 mega-update

ConcernedApe may never stop updating this game Stardew Valley, one of our favouriteRPGsdespite coming out almost a decade ago, still has an attentive steward in the form of developer Eric Barone. Afterthe recent 1.6 mega-updateto the game, which added a whole bunch of stuff, Barone (better known in his developer form as ConcernedApe)Xeeted out a listof fixes in the now-available 1.6.3 update. This makes tweaks to things arising from 1.6 (many of them addressing moss, a new foraging item) and fixes bugs, one of which was causing ‘excess trash’ to be fished....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 319 words · Latoya Meadows

The developers of Dead Cells, Darkest Dungeon and Slay The Spire are launching their own "triple-I" Game Awards

“We have to find new ways of trying to break through.” A regular rogue’s gallery of independent game developers - including the makers ofDead Cells, Slay The Spire,Darkest Dungeon,Spiritfarer,TerrariaandV Rising- have clubbed together to run their own videogame showcase: theTriple-I Initiative. Initially screening on 10th April, it’ll be a 45-minute, unhosted, back-to-back series of trailers, reveals and surprise game or demo releases, designed (as per the press release) “to highlight fan-favorite games and hype up established indie classics as well as new IPs”....

March 28, 2024 · 4 min · 711 words · Samuel Chambers

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 12: Helldivers 2 has a game master and this is good

For democracy, and so forth A month ago Arrowhead’s CEO revealed the existence of Joel (technically J.O.E.L., in game), a game master running the galactic battle ofHelldivers 2. A human being who gets up in the middle of the night to throw more robots at players if they’re doing too well. We at the RPS Electronic Wireless Showpodcastthink this is a good thing, in broad terms, and we discuss why (but also hope Joel is allowed holidays), as well as the response the community of players has had, which is also very interesting....

March 28, 2024 · 2 min · 239 words · April Owens