Oisin Kuhnke

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Raise up a mech pilot and make sure she doesn't get Evangelion-level depressed in the sci-fi visual novel Valkyrie Iteration: Mecha Pilot Raising Pocket Simulator - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology August 24, 2026

Raising sims aren't a genre I've partaken in, partially because so many of them are geared towards a sort of father, daughter vibe that doesn't quite fit me. Raising a mech pilot, however, seems likeοΏ½...

Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology August 2, 2026

I don't need to tell you how badly the games industry is doing, right? Badly in the sense of a handful of people desperate to continue making millions are laying off workers by the tens of thousands,οΏ½...

Steam wishlists are getting categories, making it even easier to organise all those games you'll definitely buy next sale - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology July 24, 2026

If there's anything I know about Steam users, it's that they bloody love that wishlist system. Hundreds, if not thousands of games, all plonked in a single list that we can pretend we'll go through eοΏ½...

"During the training sequence, we make a false promise": IO Interactive on the ensemble James Bond game that 007 First Light never was - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology July 20, 2026

It sounds like IO Interactive's take on the world of James Bond in 007 First Light was going to be quite different at first. Where the game as it currently is focuses on just Mr. Bond, once upon a tiοΏ½...

Subnautica 2's first proper update is coming tomorrow, bringing in much needed creature behaviour changes and more - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology July 9, 2026

The day has come! Almost, anyway, that day being Subnautica 2's first update that isn't just a hotfix, bringing in a small bounty of those previously promised improvements that'll hopefully make you οΏ½...

The devs behind Bradley the Badger want it to be the video game industry's satire moment - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology December 15, 2025

Satire is a genre that you find often enough in mediums like film and television, but there is an argument to be made that it doesn't happen as often in games, and that maybe, this is due for a reckoοΏ½...

You don't need to have played OG Control to play Resonant, so say Remedy, but I wish they'd stop doing that - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology December 14, 2025

How about that Control Resonant! What was previously referred to as Control 2 now has its own name, and its own protagonist, Dylan Faden, the tongues-speaking brother of the first game's heroine JessοΏ½...

Embark dishes on all the goodies you'll get in Arc Raiders if you choose to prestige later this month - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology December 8, 2025

The eternal problem with online shooters of any flavour that has some variation on a levelling system, is that eventually you run out of room, and can't progress any more. That's why so many of them οΏ½...

In true roguelike fashion, Slay the Spire 2 is only being made because of a 50/50 coin flip - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology December 7, 2025

Imagine a second, alternate version of our world. Everything is the same, on the surface. The sky is blue, the economy is in shambles; it's the unnatural order of things. And yet, you cannot help butοΏ½...

Weeks after an indefinite delay, Mina the Hollower's success is a "make-or-break" moment for Yacht Club Games - Rock Paper Shotgun

Technology December 5, 2025

Back in October, three weeks out from its release date, Yacht Club Games' first completely new game since the original Shovel Knight, Mina the Hollower, was indefinitely delayed. It still doesn't havοΏ½...