Feature: The making of The Gunk: how the SteamWorld devs went from mist balls to saving the planet
We sit down with director Ulf Hartelius to celebrate its release on Steam
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Activision Blizzard shareholders approve the company's $69 billion acquisition by Microsoft
Correction: that’s 219,262,920,000 Freddos in real money
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Dragon Age QA testers are joining the growing ranks of unionised industry workers
KWS Edmonton United group cites low pay and Covid as catalysts for change
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Feature: Winkeltje: The Little Shop keeps things simple, but lets my imagination run wild
Baking the best bread in the business
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Alice0 is evolving! Please congratulate her on her ascent to Associate Editor
Our indie coverage is about to go through the roof
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Peggle goes roguelike in Peglin
Bounced into early access with a demo
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Feature: What's better: romance, or de_dust2?
Love blooming or a battlefield
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Deals: Here's where to find the cheapest Ryzen 5000 CPUs in the US and UK
We've done the (processor) time so you don't have to.
News
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Knotwords is a new word and logic puzzle from Zach Gage
Crosswordlike
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Minecraft Dungeons' Luminous Night update adds new biomes to the Tower
And new mobs, pets and capes
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Migrating from the Bethesda Launcher to Steam isn't going smoothly for some
DLC and Deluxe Editions are going missing
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Rocket League's Knockout Bash battle royale mode is available now
For a limited time
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Skull & Bones footage leaked, but it sounds like an official re-reveal isn't far off
The footage leaked, and then was sunk
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Dragon Age QA testers are joining the growing ranks of unionised industry workers
KWS Edmonton United group cites low pay and Covid as catalysts for change
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Shotgun King is roguelike chess with a shotgun
Your only piece is one king with two barrels
Supporter funded articles
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I stand with the excellent regicidal duelling robots of Hats Are Not Allowed
One in a millinin'
This is just superb.
I'm not a fan of most fighting games. All too often they have too many elaborate moves, too much memory testing, or they feel like glorified puzzles you have to figure out the one solution to.
Hats Are Not Allowed takes an approach I find far more interesting. Combat is pared down to a few basic principles, and the challenge comes …
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The whole carnival's come to town
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RPS@PAX 2022: The best cosplay we saw at the show
Elden Ring cosplayers were particularly strong this year
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Reviews
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Dorfromantik review: the best strategy puzzler two years in a row
Out on the tiles
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The Iron Oath early access review: a tactical RPG on a mission to stand out
Band of the battles
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Lenovo Legion 5 review: all-AMD gaming laptop keeps it simple
A minimalist notebook with decent gaming power
Deals
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Get an MSI RTX 3080 Ti OC for £1054 with code at CCL
The cheapest overclocked RTX 3080 Ti we've seen so far.
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The super-fast WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD is going cheap at Best Buy
$150 for a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD with a built-in heatsink, ideal for PC or PS5.
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£60.77 is an excellent price for a Corsair 240mm AiO - nearly £25 below RRP
This is the cheapest brand name 240mm liquid cooler by some margin.
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Here's where to find the cheapest Ryzen 5000 CPUs in the US and UK
We've done the (processor) time so you don't have to.
RPS@PAX
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The whole carnival's come to town
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RPS@PAX 2022: The best cosplay we saw at the show
Elden Ring cosplayers were particularly strong this year
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RPS@PAX 2022: Sunday daily round-up
Our final report from the show floor
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RPS@PAX 2022: We tour Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 booth, and chat about its 2023 release date
Our minds are flayed at the majesty of this walled city
Videos
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Dorfromantik review: the best strategy puzzler two years in a row
Out on the tiles
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Turbo Overkill early access review: a retro-inspired FPS that never lets up
I can't stress this enough - you have a chainsaw for a leg
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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2014
We list our favourite games from 2014, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else
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Weird West review: a breathtakingly reactive spin on classic Fallout
Dead-and-buried-wood
Hardware
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt system requirements, PC performance and the best settings to use
Sanguine prospects for better FPS
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How to set the Steam Deck lock screen
Secure your Deck with PIN protection
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Best graphics cards: the top gaming GPUs
Our top graphics card picks for 1080p, 1440p and 4K
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Best SSD for gaming 2022: our top SATA and NVMe picks
Our top solid state drive recommendations
Indiescovery
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I stand with the excellent regicidal duelling robots of Hats Are Not Allowed
One in a millinin'
This is just superb.
I'm not a fan of most fighting games. All too often they have too many elaborate moves, too much memory testing, or they feel like glorified puzzles you have to figure out the one solution to.
Hats Are Not Allowed takes an approach I find far more interesting. Combat is pared down to a few basic principles, and the challenge comes …
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Winkeltje: The Little Shop keeps things simple, but lets my imagination run wild
Baking the best bread in the business
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Shotgun King is roguelike chess with a shotgun
Your only piece is one king with two barrels
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Is this the first horror game set in Sunderland?
Sunderland 'Til You Die
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Peggle goes roguelike in Peglin
Bounced into early access with a demo
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Dorfromantik review: the best strategy puzzler two years in a row
Out on the tiles
From The Archive
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What happens when you make a Crusader Kings 3 ruler with every stat set to max?
The Age of Men is over. The Time of Gigaknight has come.
The Vatican City, 1146 AD, and 90 years into a game of Crusader Kings III. As the doors of the conclave chamber are sealed, a ring of hangdog cardinals stare miserably at each other in the sudden gloom. It is time, once again, to choose a new Pope. Once, this would have been a gathering seething with the ambitions of powerful men. Now, it …
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The death of my maxed-out Crusader Kings 3 ruler has kicked off an apocalyptic witch fight
The vast and the furious.
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An ode to cutting off boss tails in Dark Souls
Tails from the Lordrans
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Give yourself a good day by playing Webbed
Sling for joy
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G String is like Half-Life 2, except that I like it
Bach to the future
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NIMBY Rails has made me a train person
Love live the Pey Wet Express
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