Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Articles by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Rideshare Stimulator finally gets its genAI disclosure after much Saber-rattling, and it turns out the game also uses the tech for in-game music - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology August 15, 2026

Saber Interactive have belatedly updated the Steam page for Unigine's chatty gig-work game Rideshare Stimulator with a disclosure about generative AI usage, following a withering back-and-forth betweοΏ½...

Subnautica 2's early access PC system requirements are on the punishing side - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology May 3, 2026

Unknown Worlds have released the PC system requirements for Subnautica 2, the ocean exploration and survival game hitherto defined by extravagant legal clashes between publishers Krafton and certain οΏ½...

Kingdom Come devs respond to Lord of the Rings game rumour: "I cannot disclose details but I can tell it is a huge, immersive RPG" - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology May 2, 2026

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developers Warhorse Studios are refusing to confirm or deny a rumour that they're making a Lord of the Rings game for Embracer. This could indicate one of two things: firsοΏ½...

"It's been an interesting year": the jailed creator of Fortune's Run has passed parole and is back working on her Deus Ex-style FPS - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology April 18, 2026

Last January, the lead developer of very good immersive sim shooter Fortune's Run revealed that she was going to prison for three years, having been convicted of an unspecified violent crime several οΏ½...

"This has been heartbreaking" - laid-off Ashes Of Creation devs won't get final paychecks and compensation, says former comms head - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology February 6, 2026

Ashes Of Creation developers laid off during the reported closure of Intrepid Studios will not receive their final paychecks and other compensation they’re due, according to one of the departing tea...

Baldur's Gate 3 studio boss calls out "hurtful", "personal" videogame reviewers - "sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for critics to be scored, Metacritic-style" - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology January 29, 2026

Fresh from the trenches of the Divinity generative AI debate, Larian CEO Swen Vincke has taken to the Twitterverse with some moderately spicy thoughts on video game critics and reviewers. Broadly, heοΏ½...

Peter Molyneux's final game Masters of Albion will release in April - "it's the culmination of my life’s work"

Crypto January 13, 2026

Peter Molyneux and 22cans will release their new god sim Masters of Albion on Wednesday 22nd April via Steam. They’ve also pumped out a new trailer, rich in accents, exploding barrels and stone circ...

This week in PC games: Pathologic 3, a fresh PokΓ©mon rival, a mind-bending FPS and some crablike base building - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology January 6, 2026

Before we begin the year’s first round-up of new PC game releases, an apology: we skipped feeding the Maw for one whole week back in December. In a deceptively carefree comment, I explained that I h...

The most important PC gaming news stories in 2026 - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology January 3, 2026

It's a bad idea to predict a year's worth of Videogame Happenings while you are delirious with cold, but one of the advantages of being delirious with cold is that you become incapable of noticing thοΏ½...

Rogue Trader devs Owlcat are making an Expanse RPG with Mass Effect-style combat - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology June 9, 2025

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and Pathfinder: Kingmaker developers Owlcat Games are venturing into the realm of "hard sci-fi" with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, a new RPG based on the James S. A. CoreοΏ½...