Issue #286

NEWS Link to heading

Legendary Counter-Strike map Cache apparently bought by Valve, is coming to CS2

FTC Case Vs. Microsoft Activision Deal Is Finally Over

Diablo 4 Season 9 Will Let Players Build Their Own Spells

SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs

Starfield PS5 Port Should Be Announced This Year, Insider Reports

A Roblox farming game made by a teenager ‘in like three days’ had 8.9 million players online at the same time—Steam peaked at 11.5 million across all games on the same day

Ex-Dragon Age Writer Says EA Didn’t Think Traditional RPG Fans Were Worth Focusing On

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games; bonus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog titles for June 2025 announced

Apple Buys First Video Game Studio

Eve Online Legion expansion transforms the space MMO with a new missions system

The Division 2 Joins Game Pass Today As Battle For Brooklyn Expansion And Year 7 Launches

Open letter slams Gamescom Latam’s treatment of Brazilian developers

After parting ways with EA, WRC gets new home and six-year deal to “reboot” rally series

Diablo Immortal is celebrating its third anniversary with a myriad of events

Apple to launch ‘dedicated video game app’ around Switch 2 launch

WoW Classic Mists of Pandaria targets July 21 as Season of Discovery portends ‘enormous appetite for new experiences’

Hideo Kojima reveals that a Death Stranding anime adaptation is in the works: “I want to pursue the expressive potential of cinema”

Cyberpunk 2 is Officially in the Pre-Production Phase

EA cancels Black Panther and shuts down Cliffhanger Games

Nintendo Switch Online App Undergoes Major Revamp For Switch 2

World of Warcraft Season of Discovery is coming to an end as new project begins

Persona 4 remake is on the way, according to one annoyed voice actor

Steam Deck Gets Native Nvidia GeForce NOW App

Xbox Handheld Reportedly Sidelined For Now

REVIEWS Link to heading

Elden Ring Nightreign

Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

Many Nights A Whisper (http://rockpapershotgun.com/many-nights-a-whisper-review)

FEATURES Link to heading

The best Project Zomboid mods

New James Bond Game Project 007: Everything We Know So Far

How deep is Sony’s commitment to live-service? | Opinion

Could MMORPGs Learn From the ‘Be More Like Larian’ Mindset?

I went back to a classic racing game, and I finally realized what made it so good

The Last of Us season two wraps with episode seven, but was it a satisfying finale?

F1 25 Interview – Path Tracing, LiDAR Scanning, My Team Mode, and More

“Even people in the studio had problems” with Cyberpunk 2077’s most uncomfortable quest, but CDPR stood by it because “we don’t do heavy things for the sake of edginess”

Interview: Over A Decade Later, Guild Wars 2 Still Finds Its Voice

Hands-On Preview: Trainfort

Gamer historians are doing the lord’s work for Myst fans

Arc Raiders: All the key details on the most exciting extraction shooter of 2025

Elden Ring Nightreign’s Concept Artist on Making Nightreign Feel Familiar But Also Different – IGN First

We asked Toby Fox for some indie game recommendations—and he did not disappoint

Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti revisited in 2025: seven years old - and it’s still delivering

The big Leslie Benzies interview: MindsEye, Everywhere, and the double-edged sword of GTA

Apple prepares to cry wolf over gaming again | Opinion

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Gamers of Reddit, what’s ONE game that lives rent-free in your head, not just for the gameplay, but for the feeling it gave you (and you’d give anything to experience it for the first time again)?

What game hooked you at first, but later became too repetitive and boring?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Fallout 76 Season 21 Gone Fission Official Trailer

Lies of P: Overture 4K Extended Gameplay

Skywind Gameplay Teaser - Rescue Joncis Dalomax

Davy x Jones: Official Reveal Trailer

MindsEye - Official Gameplay Overview Trailer

Streets of Rogue 2 - Paradise Gameplay Trailer

Pioner - Official Gameplay Trailer #3

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Bring Me to Life Trailer

Pirates Outlaws 2: Heritage - Gameplay Trailer

Delta Force | Official Victory Unite Gameplay Trailer

FUNNY Link to heading

Why do I do this to myself?