Let’s face it, we’ve all been in situations where we’ve done something at work that’s resulted in a conversation we know is going to be awkward and embarrassing, but we’ve still had to do it anyway. On this basis, I sympathise with CD Projekt Red’s joint CEO Adam Kiciński and board member Michał Nowakowski, who had a Q&A call with investors yesterday to discuss the news that Cyberpunk 2077, big action RPG and pre-anointed game of the year 2020, has been delayed. Again.

On the call, Kiciński explained that the game is ready to go on PC and next-gen consoles, but on the current-gen builds “some very final optimization processes for such a massive and complex game require a bit of additional time”. This is what’s led to the three-week delay from its previous release date of November 19th. But they probably definitely will be ready to launch on December 10th – or at least that’s what he says in response to an investor asking if the studio can really be comfortable saying it’s going to actually come out on the 10th: “That’s more or less what I’m saying, I guess – yes.” But the full transcript goes from excruciating to downright embarrassing.

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Feeling squeamish? If so, A Total War Saga: Troy‘s latest DLC probably isn’t for you. The subtly-named Blood & Glory DLC for Creative Assembly’s Ancient Greek murderfest arrived today, bathing Troy in a flood of blood, gore and grizzly details. And hey, if you’re a sicko wot wants to immortalise your bloodiest victories forever, you can now snap your most gruesome battles with Troy’s free photo mode update.

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After the rip-roaring success that was last week’s episode of The Electronic Wireless Show, where we talked about autumnal games and Matthew and I almost came to blows, this week’s podcast is a sequel. Yes, this week we are discussing our favourite wintery games. There is, obviously, a discussion about what constitutes ‘wintery’, because I think a game being snowy isn’t enough.

Surprisingly, it is Nate who tries to keep on theme this week, and me that goes off on upsetting tangents. Wonders never cease! We also spend some time discussing Skyrim, i.e. whether it is on or off the wintery table. Tangents include the Vic Mignogna lawsuit and whether Judi Dench is an autumn or a winter. Also, thank you to listener Kitku, who sent us a very nice email telling us how great we are.

The Five Nights At Freddy’s Book Club will return…

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Intel have revealed more details about their upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop CPUs, including the name of its new desktop architecture, “Cypress Cove”. Intel claim this new architecture will bring “double-digit percentage IPC (instructions per clock) performance improvements” over their current 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs, leading to even faster gaming performance. We still don’t know the exact specs of Intel’s Rocket Lake CPUs, but they will include Intel’s hotly anticipated Xe graphics and, crucially, introduce support for a brand-new motherboard chipset, the Intel 500 series.

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We’ve put together all kinds of guides on Watch Dogs: Legion, and it’s easy to lose your way in the techno-futuristic world of sort-of-London. No worries though – I got you. Here’s the Rock Paper Shotgun Watch Dogs: Legion guide hub, constantly updated for your convenience.

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There’s nothing quite like a fully destructible world to relieve a little stress, is there? Smash ‘n’ grab heist ’em up Teardown came out in early access today, inviting you to absolutely demolish some voxel environments. In it you’ll get to use explosives, vehicles and all kinds of tools to tear down walls and buildings to pull off the perfect (and messy) heist.

The trailer gives me GTA-meets-Minecraft vibes, but with a very healthy dose of ruthless destruction thrown in there. It looks: great.

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Cyberpunk 2077

, it should be no surprise to anyone, is an incredibly ambitious game, and this ambition extends to the startlingly diverse arsenal of weapon types available to the player throughout their journey. Our Cyberpunk 2077 weapons guide will give you a full understanding of how Power weapons, Tech weapons, Smart weapons, and Cyberware all differ from one another, and which are best to use in different situations.

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For so long has Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice‘s One-armed Wolf been running and jumping around in the same drab clothes, it’s about time he jazzed up his wardrobe. In the new free update that dropped yesterday, From Software have done exactly that, and added three new outfits. They’re not just giving them to you that easy, though. To unlock two of them, players will need to have a go of the game’s new Gauntlets: a boss rush-style game mode that’ll pit you against a series of Sekiro’s most punishing enemies.

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The PC Gaming Weekspot

has everything you could ever want from a weekly video podcast about PC gaming. We chat all the latest news, we review the newest games, and we get cross with one another while we try to guess video games from just their Steam reviews.

This week is an emotional rollercoaster.

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If you’d told me back in 2018 that I’d be able to get the same amount of graphics performance as Nvidia’s $1100 / $1200 RTX 2080 Ti in a card that cost less than half of that in just two years time, I’d have straight up laughed in your face. Impossible, I would have said. It cannot be done. Yet here we are with the £469 / $499 RTX 3070, the third [cms-block] GPU to have been released so far that’s effectively an RTX 2080 Ti in all but name, and the soon-to-be rival of AMD’s just announced [cms-block] GPU, the RX 6800.

It’s an eyebrow raising feat, to be sure, and I bet there are a fair few RTX 2080 Ti owners out there who are biting their knuckles in remorse right now as a result. It’s also probably the most compelling upgrade option out of all Nvidia’s RTX 30 cards released so far, too. Its 1080p and 1440p performance are well into the 80s and 90fps zone on max settings in today’s big blockbuster games, and it’s also perfectly equipped for Medium to High gaming at 4K and ultrawide, too. Unless you’re adamant about playing at Ultra 4K with the [cms-block], the RTX 3070 offers more than enough power for everything else. The only question remaining is whether it’s a better buy than AMD’s Radeon RX 6800, which is also meant to offer faster than RTX 2080 Ti speeds for a similar price.

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