Cyberpunk 2077 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Ollie Toms)

Cyberpunk 2077 third person mode

Cyberpunk 2077 is predominantly a first-person game, with players seeing the world of Night City from the eyes of its protagonist, V. But many players are wondering whether it is possible to play the game in third-person mode instead. This guide will answer your questions about whether third-person exists in Cyberpunk 2077, and how much of the game you can play from this perspective.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Imogen Beckhelling)

What is it with The Game Awards and showing spooky trailers so late when I should’ve been sleeping? Here’s one I thought would give me a little fright last night, Evil Dead: The Game. Yep, good old chainsaw man Ashley Williams is coming to chop up some evil and dead things in a new co-op and PvP third-person shooter next year. It’s being developed by Saber Interactive, the folks who made World War Z. I’m getting some Left 4 Dead vibes from the trailer, what do you reckon?

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)

An image of Horace the endless bear wrapped around a Christmas tree, for the RPS advent calendar 2020.

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What’s this? The eleventh door of the RPS Advent Calendar is being held captive by a tiny gnome? Better make him some tasty porridge with the ingredients in your backpack so you can make peace and discover the treasure waiting inside.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)

Kiryu strums a ukulele while singing karaoke in a Yakuza 6 screenshot.

Sega today announced that the rest of the main Yakuza games – that’s 3, 4, 5, and 6 – will come to PC next year. That is, by my estimation, about 8000 hours of Kiryu helping strangers with emotional quandaries and absolutely decking villains. Hell yeah. They’ll all be covered by Xbox Game Pass For PC too.

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Among Us - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Imogen Beckhelling)

A group of sus spacemen posing in Among Us artwork.

Innersloth gave us all a first proper look at their upcoming Among Us map, The Airship, at The Game Awards last night. Get ready to murder your pals on a big red plane, complete with ladders and floating platforms on which to make your escape. It’s no spaceship or abandoned research station, but I still wouldn’t wanna be trapped on it with some killer spacemen. It’s arriving early next year, bringing new skins and tasks too.

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Road 96 🛣️ - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Ed Thorn)

You're riding in the back of a police vehicle. The police officer driving has turned to face you, and warns you about the dangers of driving around these parts.

DigixArt, the folks behind 11-11 Memories Retold have announced their new venture, Road 96. It’s a procedural road trip game where you play as a refugee attempting to flee a country under authoritarian rule.

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We Are OFK - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Imogen Beckhelling)

The characters from We Are OFK sitting in a cosy living room, probably making music.

One of the best things about The Game Awards last night was its musical interludes. It was nice to break up all those game trailers with some beats to jam out to. It turns out we’ll be hearing a little more from one of the bands that performed in their own game next year, too. We Are OFK is an upcoming interactive series starring OFK, a virtual pop band working on their very first EP.

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Super Meat Boy Forever - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)

The villainous Dr Fetus in a Super Meat Boy Forever cinematic screenshot.

Everyone’s favourite bleeding slab of meat will finally return this month, as Team Meat have announced a release date of December 23rd for Super Meat Boy Forever. A decade after the first game and six years after its initial announcement, it’s almost time. The platformer sequel will have us once again leaping and sliding through all sorts of deathtraps, dying plenty but learning from it. You can see a few murderous situations in the new trailer below.

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A photo of the Oculus Rift S.

The Oculus Rift S will be sailing into the sunset for good sometime next year, so if you want to grab this PC-based VR headset before it goes off sale then now is absolutely the time to do it, as Oculus have chopped £100 off its price until the end of the year while stock lasts.

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Wattam - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Katharine Castle)

A screenshot of four crying poops saying "Kaboom with me!" in Wattam

It’s difficult to describe Wattam without sounding like you’ve gone completely insane during lockdown. At first you play a lonely green cube called Mayor whose only wish is that he had a friend to share his existential misery with, but within a couple of hours you’re parping golden turds, sticking sentient eyes, a nose and a mouth on a terrifying doll’s featureless face, and flying across the vast cloud sea separating the game’s four islands on the back of a giant toilet. It’s exactly the kind of fever dream you’d expect from Katamari creator Keita Takahashi, but man alive if it isn’t one of the weirdest games I’ve ever played.

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