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

With Valorant‘s current season (or Act) finishing up next week, you might find yourself wondering what new stuff is in store for Riot Games’ magical tactical FPS. Well, according to a Russian leak, a new character is on the way. It looks like Agent 14 will be a new sneaky teleporting lad named Yoru, who can fake footsteps and turn himself completely invisible. I already don’t want to fight against him.

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The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)

A poo monster in a Binding Of Isaac: Repentance screenshot.

Over six years after The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth came out, the rad roguelikelike dungeon-crawler is preparing to launch a huge new DLC. Repentance is the final expansion’s name, and it’s coming on the 31st of March. It’ll add two new playable characters along with oodles of new items, bosses, levels, and such. As someone still playing Isaac, I am cautiously stoked.

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Half-Life - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Imogen Beckhelling)

Get your speedrunning shoes on and prepare your glitches: Awesome Games Done Quick has arrived for its yearly speedrunning extravaganza. As with previous years, the charity event is raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s been live since yesterday evening and runs until this Sunday, and there are already some fab runs in the likes of Mirror’s Edge and Dragon Age: Origins to catch up on.

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Cyberpunk 2077 romance guide: how to romance Judy, Panam, and more

Cyberpunk 2077 is a game all about player choice, and that includes romance options. Aside from one-night stands and hiring prostitutes, there are a handful of more fleshed out characters who you can get to know and, if you play your cards right, you can start a more meaningful relationship with them. Our Cyberpunk 2077 romance guide will walk you through how to romance Judy, Panam, River, Kerry, and Meredith, so you don’t have to worry about whether you’re making any wrong decisions during your journeys.

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Cyberpunk 2077 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Imogen Beckhelling)

V has very dead eyes with the Cyberpunk third-person mod.

If you’ve spent hours in Cyberpunk 2077‘s character creator only to be disappointed that the first-person RPG rarely lets you see your gorgeous V, then I have some good news for you. A modder has created a third-person mode so you can see V’s beautiful backside as you play. It works pretty well while you’re running around normally – just be mindful that whipping out a gun contorts V’s body into a terrifying Slinky.

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Know by heart - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)

Know By Heart screenshot showing two people standing before a giant tree.

The ever-unpredictable Ice-Pick Lodge, the Russian studio behind Pathologic, have announced their next game. Know By Heart is set in a provincial Russian town and, as far as I can see, this one is not stricken by a plague so we shouldn’t end up desperately rummaging in bins for bottles. Looks like it might just be a touch melancholy, a game about childhood friends reuniting then things going a bit pear-shaped. That’s fine. I don’t know if my heart could take another Pathologic right now. Come see the announcement trailer below.

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

A Hitman 3 screenshot showing Agent 47 looks down at Dubai's skyscrapers poking through clouds.

A new Hitman 3 gameplay video shows off Ian Hitman’s first few minutes in Dubai, the dystopian city beloved by the likes of Jim Davidson and #sponcon #influencers. He’s come to do murders during the opening of the world’s tallest building, and it is a pretty one. The video from Game Informer doesn’t show much sneaking or murdering, but it is nice-lookin’. Some of the technical improvements for Hit 3 will benefit the first two games too, one of the game’s devs has revealed, including fancier reflections and a smaller install size.

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

James Heller from Prototype 2 flying towards the ground with his big blade arms

The only reason I know the name of Prototype 2’s protagonist (Sgt. James… hang on, let me be sure… yeah, Sgt. James Heller) is because I just Googled it. I think the story involved the playable goodie from the first game turning bad and infecting people with some type of supervillian zombie disease. Also your wife… and daughter (?) are dead.

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In the foreground, a Christmas cracker in harlequin colours wearing a jester's crown tears itself open. It has a pained grin on its face. Out of it bursts slips of papers saying things like 'PC GAME HUMOUR', 'GR8 JOKE', and 'BIG LARFS'. In the background, Horace the Endless Bear sits on a throne, wearing a crown and ermine robes. He does not appear to be amused.

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

People dancing round a bonfire in an illustration from 'La Bretagne ancienne et moderne'.

Hallo again, and a happy new year to you! We’re slowly rousing from our slumber before RPS returns on Monday the 4th but while I’m briefly up to grab a wheel of cheese to gnaw on in bed, I may as well ask: what are you playing this weekend? New year, new games? New gaming habits? Though I understand old habits die hard, I say after falling back into The Binding Of Isaac over the hols. But enough about me, officially I’m not even here; what’s up with you?

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