2025-05-28 20:46 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
There are a number of roguelikes that continue to provide an excellent time even after having spent dozens of hours with them over the years. Darkest Dungeon and Hades, for example, or, more recently, Balatro and Vampire Survivors. There's also FTL: Faster Than Light, a spaceship simulator that's easy to approach, incredibly difficult to complete, and endlessly playable. It's also available for less than $3 on Steam right now, making now a great time to try it out for yourself. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 12 years later, classic roguelike FTL has a huge unofficial expansion Ho
2024-01-31 12:06 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Faster Than Light is the game that made stress, pressure, and the imminence of total annihilation feel like fun. Before Bethesda's space opera Starfield, or beloved roguelikes such as Hades and Dead Cells, FTL propelled us into the deepest recesses of the cosmos and left us to fend for ourselves. Engines malfunctioned. Airlocks were breached. Entire crews were unceremoniously ejected into the vacuum of the universe. But after enough playthroughs and some hard-learned lessons, Faster Than Light transcended its sharp learning curve to become one of the richest and most rewarding games of 2012. N
2020-11-06 13:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Graham Smith)
Looking back at it now, 2020 doesn’t feel like a banner year for strategy games, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few gems. The list below – gathered by a panel of experts and regularly updated – contains games from as recently as 12 months ago alongside classics from as far back as 28 years ago. They’re all games we think you could play and love right now. (more…)
2020-10-02 08:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Brendan Caldwell)
One Off The List is our monthly list feature. Is there something you think doesn’t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next month it may be struck off. Happy Star Wars: Squadrons day, internet. I have nothing to offer but the sneer of a veteran Elite Dangerous pilot. A disdainful scoff as you vroomify your engines in the docking bay, click-clacking your flight checks in the seat of some dusty Y-wing, some classless X-Wing, some bogus B-wing. Who do you think you are? Sitting there in the pilot’s seat of that garish tin can. Only an exponent of the foule
2020-04-07 12:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Omri Wallach)
Every time I sit down to write, the first thing I do isn’t open up a blank document, it’s find some nice video game music to listen to. And loads of it can be found free on YouTube. Ambient music from Skyrim, relaxing compilations from Animal Crossing, lo-fi Legend of Zelda remixes Sometimes, work or study just can’t get done without my 10-hour loop of Chrono Trigger’s Corridors Of Time. Looking at the millions of comments, uploads, and views these uploads get, it’s clear that I’m not alone. If you’re reading this on a PC right now, there&rsquo
2020-03-06 11:36 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)
Everyone loves a good space game, but sometimes it can feel like there are more space games to play than there are stars in the sky. Fortunately, we’re here to help with our list of all the best space games you can play on PC. Whether you’re a budding space cruiser captain, a wannabe space conqueror or an intrepid space-faring explorer, there’s a space game here for you. (more…)
2020-01-30 19:01 UTC · Community Announcements · Matthew
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4067441/c1e7da21cc0e264a68480e3cc2b946a5458ddd67.png FTL's achievements are now integrated with the Steam client! You will be automatically awarded any achievements you've already completed when you launch the game. For those that haven't unlocked 100% of them yet, good luck getting the rest!
2020-01-29 16:34 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)
For a time it looked as though strategy games had sunk into a kind of deathly malaise, unsure which territory to claim next and which ones it should leave well and truly alone. Fast forward to 2020, though, and strategy games have never looked healthier, which is why we’ve compiled this best strategy games list of all time. Whether you want to conquer the depths of space, wage historical warfare or hulk around in big mechanical robots, there’s a strategy game for you below. (more…)
2020-01-21 23:52 UTC · Eurogamer
Seven years after its original release, FTL: Faster Than Light is getting Steam achievements - and, all being well, they should arrive later this week. When developer Subset Games launched FTL - its critically acclaimed real-time strategy rogue-like in space - back in 2012, a total of 51 achievements were already baked into the experience. They weren't, however, part of Steam's achievement ecosystem. Come FTL's imminent update, though, proper Steam achievement support will be implemented, meaning dedicated players can finally share their FTL prowess with peers. Read more
2020-01-21 14:01 UTC · PC Gamer
They've been a long time coming, but soon achievement hunters will be able to feed off FTL, which is finally getting Steam achievements after only seven years. You can see them now, but you'll still need to wait to unlock them.  FTL will feature 51 achievements, rewarding you for setting fire to ships, winning games, hoarding scrap and lots of other little milestones. The whole list is available now, but Subset Games is still testing them. You'll be able to start unlocking them later this week, once FTL has been updated.  I'm not particularly fussed about Steam ac
2019-12-20 19:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Matthew
FTL version 1.6.12 adds Japanese to the list of supported languages. Windows, Mac, and Linux versions have all been updated to include the new translation. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4067441/2f399dd09680ed59cd8e6815ca61bbdf1275ead4.png
2019-12-06 16:16 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)
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 best games released on PC across the past decade. (more…)
2019-11-30 10:00 UTC · Eurogamer
Alright, confession time: I have never finished a runthrough of FTL. FTL is probably my favourite game. I listen to the soundtrack every day, as I work, or unwind, or try to concentrate for just a minute. But the game? I can't finish it. In fact I'm not even getting close to finishing it, am I. The first run is just the beginning. There are all kinds of variations on your ship, that you unlock by beating that impossible final boss, that I've never used, or even really seen. But I don't care. FTL is not a game I play to finish, it's a game I play to feel at home. For some reason, I feel incredi
2019-10-26 07:02 UTC · Eurogamer
Video games are a small window into Chinese life, but they're a window nonetheless, and video games themselves, in China, are huge. China accounts for more than half of the entire planet's PC gaming revenue. In fact, despite it being smaller than mobile gaming there, China's PC gaming market alone made over $15bn in 2018; more than half the entire amount of revenue made in the US gaming industry overall, including consoles, mobile, the lot. Going by the numbers of analyst firm Niko Partners, as of 2018 there were a total of about 630 million gamers in China - a little over 8 percent of humans
2018-09-28 17:15 UTC · Community Announcements · Matthew
FTL: Advanced Edition is now available in 8 new languages: French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Simplified Chinese! Теперь на русском! Już dostępne po polsku! Jetzt auf Deutsch verfügbar! Ora disponibile in italiano! Désormais disponible en français! ¡Ya disponible en español! Disponível agora em Português do Brasil! 现在有中文版! To celebrate - FTL is 50% off all weekend! Once you update to 1.6.8 it should prompt you change your language. You can always change your language in the options screen. A Japanese version is currently in the works and we may consider
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