Electronic Wireless Show

The RPS team talk about the Steam summer sale and their respective piles of shame. Our editor Graham joins us to talk about his spelunking in Caveblazers, while Pip takes on the free-to-play Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Brendan is still trying to finish the Witcher 3. What? Also featuring a big interview with the creators of Dead Cells, the popular and slash-happy "roguevania". Plus, some reader's questions and BRAND NEW JINGLES. Links and info: Our giant Steam sale recommendation list: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/23/steam-summer-sale-our-giant-recommendations-list/ The joy of the Witcher 3's great outdoors: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/16/the-joy-of-the-witcher-3s-great-outdoors/ Caveblazers: an interesting contrast to Spelunky: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/07/caveblazers-is-an-interesting-contrast-to-spelunky/ Life of Tar's journey through prehistory: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/28/life-of-tar/ Orcs Must Die! Unchained beta preview: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/07/orcs-must-die-unchained-beta/ Orcs Must Die! Unchained returns to PvE: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/12/13/orcs-must-die-unchained-pvp-removed/ Dead Cells review (early access): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/16/dead-cells-review-early-access/ Our EVE Online coverage: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/eve-online/ Quadrilateral Cowboy review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/27/quadrilateral-cowboy-review/ Have you played... Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/13/have-you-played-brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons/

Adam of the RPS podcast crew returns from E3 and we interrogate him about the games he's played, including Destiny 2, Frostpunk and Middle Earth: Shadow of War. We've also had time to play blood-spattered expansion for Darkest Dungeon and dusty survival RPG Kenshi, as well as catch up on sad GTA V news. On top of that, we see the return of our patch notes quiz, Patch Adam! This time: Dwarf Fortress. Links: Frostpunk’s steamy city in the snow teased: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/11/frostpunks-steamy-city-in-the-snow-teased/ Destiny 2’s combat is punchy, kinetic joy: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/19/destiny-2-singleplayer-preview-pc/ Middle Earth: Shadow of War casts a shadow over the open world genre: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/12/mordor-casts-a-shadow-over-the-open-world-genre/ GTA V modding tool OpenIV shut down by legal threat: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/15/grand-theft-auto-iv-mod-tool-openiv-shut-down/ Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court expansion released: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/19/darkest-dungeon-the-crimson-court-released/ Darkest Dungeon review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/25/darkest-dungeon-review/ Premature Evaluation: Kenshi: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/20/kenshi-review-early-access/ Dwarf Fortress patch notes: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Every PC game announced or trailered at E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/13/e3-2017-pc-games/

We take on the tidal wave of news from E3 to talk about Beyond Good and Evil 2, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Anthem, Sea of Thieves, Wolfenstein 2 and much more. We've so much news that we need our news editor Alice to come on and help us in this extra-long special episode. We also (somehow) had time to play battle royale murder sim PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, arcadey sci-fi dogfighter Everspace, and Football Manager 2017. Links: Life Is Strange: Before the Storm trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/12/life-is-strange-2-release-date/ Life Is Strange voice actor changed because of strike: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/13/life-is-strange-before-the-storm-different-chloe-voice-actor/ Beyond Good and Evil 2 announcement trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/12/beyond-good-and-evil-2-is-online-world-of-space-pirates/ Sea of Thieves co-op trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/13/sea-of-thieves-storms-skeletons-and-treasure-hunting/ Sailing the Northwest Passage in a sailing sim: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/02/northwest-passages-sailing-into-terror-bay/ BioWare’s new online sci-fi game Anthem: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/11/anthem-e3-2017-reveal-trailer/ XCOM: War of the Chosen trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/12/xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen/ The Evil Within 2 trailer is pure dad schlock: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/13/the-evil-within-2-gameplay-trailer/ The tension and elation of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/02/the-tension-elation-of-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/ Football Manager pass and save diary, part one: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/09/football-manager-2017-lets-play/ Everspace early access review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/19/everspace-review-early-access/ Every PC game announced or trailered at E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/13/e3-2017-pc-games/

Pip, Adam and Brendan talk about sun-drenched platformer RiME, imperial strategy Endless Space 2 and some of the best board games from the UK Games Expo. Also featuring: Quickfire Questions with Scott Benson of Night in the Woods, walking sim meets rudimentary shooter, OrbLands, and some of the best games of the year so far, as suggested by readers. Links: The top bestest best games of 2017 so far: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/06/best-pc-games-2017/ Endless Space 2 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/18/endless-space-2-review/ Rime review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/01/rime-review/ UK Games Expo: https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ OrbLands video: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/20/orblands/ Night in the Woods review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/27/night-in-the-woods-review/

Pip, Adam and Brendan talk about their E3 expectations, the multiplayer slasher Friday the 13th, Witcher card game Gwent and mathematical puzzler CrossCells. Also featuring Patch Adam, in which we jumble fake patch notes into a pile of real ones and ask Adam to guess which are true and which are false. This week: Crusader Kings 2! Links: Friday the 13th review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/26/friday-the-13th-game-review-in-progress/ CrossCells review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/26/crosscells-review/ Gwent preview: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/01/gwent-beta-review/ Ubisoft's new "ice cream": http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-05-31-ubisoft-has-a-new-logo Crusader Kings 2 patch notes: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/ck2-dev-diary-48-2-7-1-patch-notes.1008864/

The Electronic Wireless Show makes a triumphant return! Pip, Adam and Brendan talk about Far Cry 5's "Last Supper" image, the layoffs at Hitman developer IO Interactive, and the peaceful jaunt of Old Man's Journey. Also featuring Quickfire Questions with one of the developers of survival platformer Rain World. Click "show more" for links and info! Far Cry 5's "Last Supper" art: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/22/far-cry-5-set-in-montana/ Far Cry 5 trailers and info: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/26/far-cry-5-trailer-details/ Layoffs at Hitman devs IO as Square Enix ditch studio: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/23/hitman-developer-layoffs/ Rain World review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/27/rain-world-review/ Prey review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/09/prey-review/ Old Man's journey review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/18/old-mans-journey-review/

We chat to the creators of Hyper Light Drifter and Virginia about how to tell a story with no words

We have the makers of Ladykiller in a Bind and One Night Stand on to talk about sex in games and why it is usually so bad

This time we host the creators of Orwell and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and talk to them about politics in games

We gather the creators of Duskers, Event[0] and Quadrilateral Cowboy to talk about science fiction in games and the joy of pressing buttons on old machines.