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enMon, 01 Jan 2024 00:01:00 +0000Hyper Demon review: a deadly, unfriendly, and utterly stunning FPShttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hyper-demon-reviewAlice O'ConnorWed, 21 Sep 2022 13:51:46 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hyper-demon-reviewSorathIndiescoveryDevil DaggersShooterHyper DemonIndie

The best way I can explain the difference between Devil Daggers and its surprise sequel is comparison to another pair of goth-o-ramas: Devil Daggers is Dark Souls to Hyper Demon's Bloodborne. Both first-person score attack shooters are dressed in similar beautiful cloaks of skulls and gurgling industrial soundscapes, but while Devil Daggers nudges you into cautious survival, Hyper Demon shoves you into aggression. In Hyper Demon, a long and cautious run will likely score lower than a short burst of ultraviolence. What glorious ultraviolence it is!

When I first saw Hyper Demon's trailer, I felt excitement, wonder, and fear. Here's the important thing to realise: the unearthly and incomprehensible violence you see in that trailer is genuinely what the game looks like to play. That's how it feels to play, too.

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Hyper Demon is a trippy, surprise new FPS from the Devil Daggers devshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hyper-demon-is-a-trippy-surprise-new-fps-from-the-devil-daggers-devsCJ WheelerTue, 20 Sep 2022 10:53:40 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hyper-demon-is-a-trippy-surprise-new-fps-from-the-devil-daggers-devsSorathHorrorFantasyDevil DaggersShooterHyper DemonIndie

Imagine waking up in the morning and finding out there’s a brand new FPS from the creators of trippy skull-obsessed shooter Devil Daggers. Well, that’s exactly what’s happened for some of us today. Hyper Demon seems to be all about the disembodied, infernal craniums too, but don’t call it a sequel. Brace yourself as you watch the nightmarish trailer below. It's a wild one.

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The 25 best FPS games on PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-fps-gamesEd ThornWed, 21 Jul 2021 11:01:25 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-fps-gamesBorderlands 2BioShock 2Monolith ProductionsPS32K ChinaElectronic ArtsPS5Single PlayerDevolver DigitalXbox Series X/STitanfall 2PCBungieArcadeFightingVivendi GamesSuperhotBestest BestsTurtle Rock StudiosHunt: ShowdownTom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeApex LegendsCrytekD3 PublisherDay 1 StudiosAction AdventureBethesda SoftworksRiot GamesMMORPGDestiny 2Xbox OnePlayStation VitaLeft 4 Dead 2ActivisionMachineGamesFar Cry 2SorathThird personAspyrDevil DaggersRPGFar Cry 4Half-Life: AlyxHack & SlashHalf-Life 2Multiplayer CompetitiveMac2K MarinVirtual RealityTake-Two InteractiveBoomerang XPS4Team Fortress 2ValorantXbox 360Call of Duty: Warzone CalderaXboxFeral InteractiveIron Galaxy StudiosAmid EvilShooterInfinity WardWolfenstein: The New OrderIndieActivision BlizzardSimulationMultiplayer CooperativeRespawn EntertainmentNew Blood InteractivePuzzleSUPERHOT VRValve CorporationUbisoftSUPERHOT TeamValveF.E.A.R.Valve SoftwareNintendo SwitchIndefatigableUbisoft MontrealDigital Extremes2K GamesFirst personGearbox Software

FPS games are a classic PC gaming staple, and whether you've been playing them since the 90s or started your journey more recently with the boom in battle royales, there are plenty to choose from when it comes to the all-time greats. To help you narrow down what to play next, we've created this list of the best FPS games to play right now, from single-player epics to team-based shooters you can play with mates. Heck, some don't even necessarily have guns in them at all, and you may find the odd boomerang or bow in here too.

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Devil Daggers has added a dagger you'll never earnhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devi-daggers-has-added-a-dagger-youll-never-earnGraham SmithSat, 20 Feb 2021 15:57:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devi-daggers-has-added-a-dagger-youll-never-earnSorathDevil Daggers

Demonic shooter Devil Daggers is five years old, and to celebrate its developers have put out a quality of life update. It's got some neat new features for replays, some performance improvements, and a new dagger that I will never, ever unlock.

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The greatest PC games of the 2010shttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-games-of-the-decade-on-pcRPSFri, 06 Dec 2019 16:16:13 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-games-of-the-decade-on-pcHotline MiamiKonamiArkane StudiosParadox Development StudioUndertalePS3Fallout: New VegasThe Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimQLOCElectronic ArtsPS5Single PlayerHitman 2Devolver DigitalPlatformerXbox Series X/S2:22AMFromSoftwareNamco BandaiPCDishonored 2Annapurna InteractiveArcadeFightinginkleDaybreak Game CompanyBestest BestsCrusader Kings IIVisual Novel & DatingMass Effect 2Apex LegendsNintendo GBACounter-Strike: Global OffensiveAction AdventureSegaBethesda SoftworksHumble BundleWith Those We Love AliveRimWorldMMORPGTextSide viewRockstar NorthTri SynergyXbox OnePlayStation VitaApe OutWarner Bros.ActivisionFactorioWhat Remains of Edith FinchMossmouthUntitled Goose GameSid Meier's Civilization VSorathDennaton GamesStory RichThird personLarian StudiosSecret HabitatAspyrPanic ButtonDevil DaggersRPGBethesda Game StudiosMobius DigitalNamco Bandai PartnersMarvelous Entertainment Inc.Abstraction GamesGiant SparrowPlanetSide 2Lucas PopeSquare EnixMicrosoftHidden Path EntertainmentCosmo D StudiosCities: SkylinesAndroidDark Souls: RemasteredHack & Slashid SoftwareiOSToby FoxSports InteractiveMultiplayer CompetitiveThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntMacMesshofKlei EntertainmentFTL: Faster Than LightIO InteractiveHarmonixTake-Two InteractiveNidhoggPS4BlockbusterDeadly PremonitionCard GamesStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyColossal OrderPapers PleaseRising Star GamesThe Norwood SuiteDivinity: Original Sin 2Cataclysm: Dark Days AheadDota 2Xbox 360FrogwaresWube SoftwareFootball Manager Touch 2019AppleStrategy: Real-Time StrategyYakuza 0Dark SoulsFeral InteractiveWarner Bros. GamesSpelunkyBird view / IsometricEA PartnersGrand Theft Auto VFiraxis GamesShooterRockstar GamesIndieInvisible Inc.CD ProjektHouse HouseActivision BlizzardAtariMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainSimulationBiowareOverwatchMultiplayer CooperativeRespawn EntertainmentXCOM: Enemy UnknownMastertronicOuter WildsPuzzleParadox InteractiveCD Projekt REDStar Traders: FrontiersPortal 2ElizaBlitWorksValve Corporation80 DaysNEO ScavengerAccess GamesFeatureSony Online EntertainmentValveObsidian EntertainmentBandai Namco EntertainmentDoomSlay the SpireHumble GamesBlizzard EntertainmentValve SoftwareNintendo SwitchBernbandVirtuosReturn of the Obra DinnPoint and ClickSportsMOBA2K GamesInto the BreachFirst personKojima ProductionsStrategy

It's been an eventful decade for PC games, and it would be hard for you to summarise everything that's happened in the medium across the past ten years. Hard for you, but a day's work for us. Below you'll find our picks for the 50 greatest games released on PC across the past decade.

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Devil Daggers records still being broken, still wild as all heckhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-new-recordAlice O'ConnorMon, 08 Oct 2018 16:04:49 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-new-recordShooterDevil DaggersSorath

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven," Satan once wrote on a toilet door, back before he was ejected from his skull throne by Devil Daggers players. Those Hellbound hearts have been scrapping for top spot on the leaderboards since the wave-survival FPS launched in February 2016, and today I'm delighted to see records are still being set. New hellchamp "Bintr" yesterday survived over eighteen minutes, beating a months-old records by a precious three seconds. I am still in awe of not only how well they play, but how amazing the game looks and sounds once things really kick off (officially the best-looking and best-sounding FPS, says me). Come watch Bintr's performance.

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2016 GotY Devil Daggers summoned on GOGhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-released-on-gogAlice O'ConnorTue, 10 Apr 2018 17:32:50 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-released-on-gogShooterDevil DaggersSorath

Our favourite game of 2016, Devil Daggers, has escaped the shackles of Steam and is now sold on GOG too. It's not of this world, a brutal score attack arena FPS which swarms with skulls and communicates by roars, hisses, and wibbles. If you're particular about storefronts and have been holding out, get stuck in. Even if you're not into the idea of an intense score attack arena shooter, £3 to fill your ears and eyes with a game which looks and sounds like no other isn't half-bad. And if you have to play Devil Daggers intensely to improve enough to reach its best sights and sounds, well, so be it.

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These Devil Daggers mods are a great reason to head back to hellhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-modsMatt CoxTue, 06 Mar 2018 19:00:32 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-modsSorathShooterDevil DaggersModsFeature

Devil Daggers turned two last month, so I went looking for ways to celebrate. What's the world record by now, I wondered? In this hellscape of an arena shooter in which most people struggle to get past the 60 second mark, someone's managed to last an utterly flabbergasting 18 and a half minutes. That video awaits below, but more exciting still is my round up of the best Devil Daggers mods.

Yep, those are a thing! If you're hoping for new enemies or weapons, I should probably nip those expectations in the bud: nobody's made Devil Badgers just yet. For the most part, all these do is mix up the enemy spawns. If this were any other shooter that might not be all that interesting, but which enemies appear and when defines Devil Daggers to such an extent that these mods almost feel like different games.

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Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations listhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-summer-sale-our-giant-recommendations-listBrendan CaldwellFri, 23 Jun 2017 17:01:52 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-summer-sale-our-giant-recommendations-listHitmanMiddle-earth: Shadow of MordorLife Is StrangeFran BowTorment: Tides of NumeneraDoor KickersFootball Manager 2017MachinariumTyrannyJust Cause 3SteamPreyHyper Light DrifterNorthgardSamorost 2Deadly PremonitionWatch Dogs 2This War of MineLeft 4 Dead 2The Binding of Isaac: RebirthXCOM 2No Man's SkySubnauticaGrand Theft Auto IVResident Evil 7: BiohazardSokobondBlood Bowl 2ValveDishonored 2Story RichEndless LegendMetro 2033Metro: Last LightAbzuDevil DaggersMorphopolisThe Long DarkState of Decay: Year One Survival EditionTransistorMountainState of DecayDying LightThe RoomDarkest DungeonDead CellsNieR: AutomataSid Meier's Civilization 6Viscera Cleanup DetailVoid & MeddlerWolfenstein: The New OrderSOMAStellarisTeam17Grand Theft Auto VOri and the Blind ForestThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntBroforceElse Heart BreakDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

The Steam summer sale is in full blaze. For a while it even blazed so hot that the servers went on fire and all the price stickers peeled off the games. Either that or the store just got swamped with cheapskates looking for the best bargains. Cheapskates like you! Well, don’t worry. We’ve rounded up some recommendations - both general tips and some newly added staff choices.

Here are the things you should consider owning in your endless consumeristic lust for a happiness which always seems beyond reach. You're welcome.

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The 23 best bite-size games for busy liveshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-short-gamesAlec MeerFri, 05 May 2017 18:00:58 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-short-gamesHitmanPS3Electronic ArtsPlaydeadSingle PlayerDevolver DigitalPlatformerPCTharsisEdmund McMillenArcadeAbzuinkleHer StoryAction AdventureNo CodeProteusMini MetroMMORPGCurve DigitalTextSide viewTri SynergyXbox OnePlayStation VitaMode 7 GamesSorathDinosaur Polo ClubThird personDevil DaggersRPGSquare EnixThe Binding of Isaac: AfterbirthiOSMultiplayer CompetitiveMacPortalIO InteractiveVirtual RealityEd Key, David KanagaPlayismPS4Card GamesStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyThirty Flights of LovingThe Signal From TölvaXbox 360FrogwaresRocket LeagueSam BarlowBird view / IsometricShooterIndieFrozen SynapseActivision BlizzardSimulationNicalisTrackmania TurboCROWS CROWS CROWSKentucky Route ZeroOverwatchMultiplayer CooperativeGiant SquidPuzzlePsyonix StudiosValve CorporationTwisted Tree Games80 DaysUbisoft505 GamesMicrosoft StudiosFeatureValveStories UntoldInsideBlizzard EntertainmentNadeoValve SoftwareNintendo SwitchPoint and ClickSportsRhythmHexcells InfiniteDr. Langeskov The Tiger and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind HeistRacingFirst personCardboard ComputerStrategy

I am dad, hear me whinge. Too many games, not enough spare time, for all my non-work hours are spent kissing grazed knees, explaining why you cannot eat the food in that cupboard, constructing awful Lion King dioramas out of toilet roll tubes and being terrified that the next jump from the sofa to the armchair will go fatally wrong. I'm lucky in that my job to some extent involves playing games, so by and large if there's something I really want to check out I can find a way to, but I appreciate that there are many long-time, older or otherwise time-starved readers for whom RPS is a daily tease of wondrous things they cannot play.

Now, clearly I cannot magically truncate The Witcher 3 into three hours for you, but what I can do is suggest a few games from across the length and breadth of recent PC gaming that can either be completed within a few hours or dipped into now and again without being unduly punished because you've lost your muscle-memory.

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In their haste to make "soulslikes", devs have forgotten what makes Dark Souls unique - its level designhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/in-their-haste-to-make-soulslikes-devs-have-forgotten-what-makes-dark-souls-unique-its-level-designBrendan CaldwellMon, 24 Apr 2017 20:00:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/in-their-haste-to-make-soulslikes-devs-have-forgotten-what-makes-dark-souls-unique-its-level-designMy Summer CarBloodborneHidetaka MiyazakiTitan SoulsDark Souls IIILords of the FallenKentucky Route ZeroRain WorldDevil DaggersDark SoulsRPGFromSoftwareFeatureBound By FlameHyper Light DrifterSalt and SanctuaryDark Souls II

I finally completed Dark Souls III [official site] last week, a world that I have been dipping in and out of between bouts of listlessness since its release in April last year. It didn’t grip me like the first revered Dark Souls, but it still made me sad to know it was all over. Where could I go now for my Souls fix? The answer, it turns out, is loads of places. The games industry is quietly reverberating with the series’ influence. From small games boasting “souls-like” combat, to bigger games doing weird things with death and player messages. Meanwhile, our PlayStation brethren got Nioh, which took the “pocket full o’ souls” idea and simply renamed them “Amrita”. There is a popular complaint that everything in the industry is now being compared to Dark Souls, and it's easy to forget that games embraced difficulty and strangeness long before the Bed of Chaos made you weep with frustration. Nevertheless, the mechanics and the tone of Miyazaki’s magnum opus is leaking into games everywhere.

That there's an influx of Soulsian disciples out there isn’t a problem to me. My problem is that they are learning all the wrong lessons. At least, they are neglecting the most important one. But first let’s look at what sly tricks are being lifted from the series, and who is lifting them.

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RPS Advent Calendar, Dec 24th: Devil Daggershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-game-2016RPSSat, 24 Dec 2016 17:00:05 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-game-2016SorathThe RPS Advent Calendar 2016Devil DaggersShooterBestest BestsIndieFeature

Here we are at last. What was the best game of 2016? What was the best hell of 2016? It's the same game. It's behind the final door of the RPS Advent Calendar, which lists our favourite games from across the year...

It's Devil Daggers!

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Free Loaders: Launching Devil Daggers Into Spacehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-free-pc-games-octoberBrendan CaldwellTue, 11 Oct 2016 20:00:03 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-free-pc-games-octoberFree gamesFree LoadersDevil DaggersIndieFeature

There was a GameBoy jam this week and everything has gone slightly green. Sprites have taken over the free games mines and are playing non-stop chiptune down there. I can barely show my face in all my regular cyberspots because I’m just not pixellated enough. It was difficult to get you a haul of free games this week, is what I’m saying. So you’d better appreciate this bag of goodies.

Here’s the first one – a hot mess of planet-jumping, bomb-throwing arcade action. It’s a passionate mash-up of Devil Daggers and Mario Galaxy. Don’t say I’m not at the top of my curation game, because I am the undisputed king. Look upon my warez, ye mighty, and despair.

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Devil Daggers & Prison Architect In New Humble Bundlehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/humble-bundle-devil-daggers-prison-architectAlice O'ConnorTue, 20 Sep 2016 19:29:14 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/humble-bundle-devil-daggers-prison-architectShooterPrison ArchitectDevil DaggersHumble Bundle

In case you've not picked up on all the hints: Devil Daggers [official site] is my favourite new game of 2016, and I'd say the best-looking game in yonks too. Devil Daggers is Geometry Wars thrown against a satanic altar in a darkened room made of Quake [see me -metaphors ed.]. I do recognise a leaderboard-climbing first-person shooter in skull-filled satanarena is a hard sell for some so here, look, it's in the latest pay-what-you-want Humble Bundle along with Prison Architect and more games. Maybe that makes it cheap enough for you to give it a try?

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Devil Daggers Summons New Skulls, Top-Down Replayshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-top-down-view-v3-updateAlice O'ConnorMon, 19 Sep 2016 15:47:37 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-top-down-view-v3-updateShooterDevil DaggersSorathPC

New satanskulls are now roaming the darkness of Devil Daggers [official site], thanks to an update launched today. Along with new enemies, the 'V3' update has added a top-down viewing mode for replays, which makes the FPS's arena shoot 'em up stylings even clearer. It's both cool to look at and helpful, as finally I can learn about the horrors I only ever hear behind me. Also new: a Linux version.

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From DOOM 'Til DUSK: A New 'Classic' FPS Murderthonhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/from-doom-til-dusk-a-new-classic-fps-murderthonBrendan CaldwellThu, 15 Sep 2016 18:48:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/from-doom-til-dusk-a-new-classic-fps-murderthonDavid SzymanskiDoomDuskDevil DaggersBrutal DoomShooterIndie

Hello, murder fans. We’ve already played DOOM and QUAKE and OTHERS, but the demand for caps-locked first-person shooters with gibs and chaos somehow seems to grow. So here is DUSK [official site], an FPS from publisher New Blood, which is paying tribute to the classics of the genre the only way it knows how: by killing everything in sight with shotguns, scythes and explosives. It looks like the hellish speed of Devil Daggers combined with a more traditional homicidal experience. If you're a fan of quick-paced killing, there’s a trailer down here.

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The RPS Summer Games: Devil Daggershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-summer-games-devil-daggersPhilippa WarrFri, 19 Aug 2016 11:30:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-summer-games-devil-daggersSorathEsportsRPS Summer GamesDevil Daggersesports

The last of the high-score events on the RPS Summer Games schedule is Devil Daggers [official site]. A glorious first person arena shooter with a graphical style determined to catapult us back into the nineties. I admired it from afar when it came out, but around half the staff got really competitive, sneaking off for "email" breaks which coincided with a "so-and-so is playing Devil Daggers Steam notification. Now it's time to see if those snatched minutes of training have paid dividends...

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Dark Gift: Devil Daggers Adds New Enemies, Mac Versionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-new-enemies-mac-versionAlice O'ConnorWed, 06 Jul 2016 17:36:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-new-enemies-mac-versionShooterDevil DaggersSorath

It's been almost one day since we last posted about Devil Daggers [official site] and I agree with you: that is too long. And since then, developers Sorath have released a major update for the arena survival FPS. It brings two new enemy variants and fresh new leaderboards to accompany them, a field of view slider, a Mac version, and new ways for cackling skulls to become even more intimate with your ears. All this is good.

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Satanic Savings: Devil Daggers Is Steam's Daily Dealhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-steam-saleAlice O'ConnorTue, 05 Jul 2016 18:44:57 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-steam-saleShooterDevil DaggersPC Gaming DealsSorath

We're awfully fond of Devil Daggers [official site] round here, full of quivering praise for the hellish arena survival shooter and in awe of how good some players are. It's a flipping great video game. But I know some of y'all have reservations - dear, sweet, naive reservations - about a leaderboard-climbing FPS with one mode and one level, and might have looked for it in the Steam summer sale. It wasn't there. But it is now today's Steam daily deal with a wee discount. You've gotta see these satans.

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Have You Played... Devil Daggers?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-devil-daggersPhilippa WarrTue, 19 Apr 2016 14:00:01 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-devil-daggersHave You PlayedDevil DaggersIndieFeature

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.

So this might be a weird one as Devil Daggers [official site] only came out a little while ago but I'm asking because, alongside the question "Have you played?", I want to ask "Are you still playing?"

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What It's Like To Play Non-VR Games In Steam VRhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-desktop-theater-guideAlec MeerWed, 23 Mar 2016 17:00:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-desktop-theater-guideHorrorHitmanXCOM 2Devil DaggersSteamVRVRRise of the Tomb Raider

We already knew that Valve was planning something called Steam Desktop Theater, in which non-VR games could be used within their Vive headset (and, indeed, any other headsets which end up supporting the SteamVR APIs), but I wasn't expecting to see it until the first giant boxes full of matte-black hardware arrived at pre-orderers' houses.

Turns out that Valve snuck out a beta update to Steam over the weekend, part of which was an early version of Desktop Theater. In like Flynn, me. The good news: it works. The bad news: I'm now more certain than ever that the hardware needs another generation or two before it's truly ready for the world.

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Devil Daggers' New World Record Is Out of This Worldhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-new-world-recordMelodyMon, 14 Mar 2016 12:03:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-new-world-recordShooterDevil DaggersSorath

If the rest of us keep struggling to surpass the 90 seconds mark, it's because Devil Daggers [official site] wasn't made for me, or for you. It was made for them. Governmental agencies the world over are keeping track of the leaderboards, to identify the first humans to develop super-human abilities and try to contain them before they become self-conscious. Before it's too late.

And now DraQu is once again at the top of that list of names, and he's being kept under strict surveillance by all the competent authorities. He had already claimed the world record before, but after being surpassed by "weaksauce13" he felt the need to reclaim the spot. Let's watch his 612 seconds run.

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This Is What Being Top Of The Leaderboard In Devil Daggers Looks Likehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-best-timeGraham SmithMon, 29 Feb 2016 11:30:14 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-best-timeShooterDevil DaggersSorath

Devil Daggers is brilliant, as Adam explained in his review. It's a first-person arena shooter with shades of Quake. Part of its appeal is that it doesn't explain anything about how it's overlapping enemies and few systems work, meaning each life and death is a process of discovery. Another part of its appeal, however, is that you can press a button on its leaderboard and instantly be watching the replay of that person's session.

That means you can watch stages of the game far beyond where you've reached. They feel a little like spoilers, but they're also ways to learn and a big part of the reason why I'm enjoying the game. It's exciting to watch excellent in action. Which is why I've recorded the replay of the best time in the world and embedded it below, for you to watch if you so choose.

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Wot I Think: Devil Daggershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-reviewAdam SmithThu, 18 Feb 2016 19:00:19 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-reviewSorathHorrorRPS RecommendedReviewsWot I ThinkDevil DaggersShooterIndieFeature

Devil Daggers [official site] is a mystery to me. It's an arena of grinding bones and rattling insectoid limbs that I experience in 30-60 second bursts. I probably average around 45-50 seconds. That's survival time for an entire playthrough, which is also the metric by which the game ranks players on its leaderboard. Alice has topped two minutes, which leads me to believe she has sold her soul to the devil daggers. How else to explain such longevity?

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Not Of This World: Devil Daggers Launching This Monthhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-release-dateAlice O'ConnorThu, 04 Feb 2016 15:05:47 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-release-dateGutsShooterDevil DaggersSorath

"Ah, man, I don't know how to start this Devil Daggers post," I grumbled in the RPS treehouse earlier. "I am excited about this game in a way I'm not usually. I often get excited by 'oh yeah, this game does that thing I like in a good way' but this is... it's in my guts, man." Solution: quote that watercooler muttering and roll from there.

Devil Daggers [official site] is an arcade FPS which may have parts familiar from '90s shooters but as a whole feels like nothing I've seen (or heard!) before. Now it has a release date and my guts, man, my guts.

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Unholy Heck! Devil Daggers Sounds Amazinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-gameplay-trailerAlice O'ConnorMon, 14 Dec 2015 11:58:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-gameplay-trailerShooterDevil Daggers

Hot dang, Devil Daggers [official site] is one of the best-sounding games I've heard in yonks! The circle-strafing, leaderboard-climbing FPS is a heck of a looker, sure, with creatures of tentacle and bone and unfiltered texture rearing out the darkness, but good grief you need to hear this too. Distorted abstract roars and screams and groans and gunshots all come together in a wonderful/terrible soundscape of ultraviolence. Slip on your headphones or turn up your speakers and tape your jaw shut for this:

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Circle-Strafing Shooting: Devil Daggershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-fpsAlice O'ConnorFri, 02 Oct 2015 16:18:41 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/devil-daggers-fpsShooterHitbox TeamDevil Daggers

Dustforce is a fine platformer but what I've really wanted from developers Team Hitbox is their follow-up Spire, a first-person shoot-o-platformer with skill-based movement inspired by Quake III and all that. Well, now I'm also keeping an eye on Devil Daggers [official], a leaderboardtastic arcade-y FPS made by one Hitboxer and some of his other chums. Here, have a gander at this here trailer:

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