HomeFeaturesThreshold The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 19thEvery calendar door hides today’s entry, if you cross it Every calendar door hides today’s entry, if you cross it Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Huh, it’s a little hard to breathe today, don’t you think? Like the air’s a bit thin. Anyway, I have a job I need to get to and there’s this guy who’s going to mentor me on my first day....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1279): How to solve the Thursday December 19 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Wed, December 18thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #555. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #555. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 18th December?...

HomeGuidesPath Of Exile 2 Path of Exile 2 Ascendancy: Trial of ChaosHere’s how to complete the Trial of Chaos in Path of Exile 2 and improve your Ascendancy Here’s how to complete the Trial of Chaos in Path of Exile 2 and improve your Ascendancy Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Wondering how to complete the Trial of Chaos in Path of Exile 2?As you level your character inPath of Exile 2, you will unlock ‘Ascendancy’ trials that allow you to choose a specialized Ascendancy class for your character, complete with powerful new abilities....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1278): How to solve the Wednesday December 18 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

HomeNews Elden Ring: Nightreign will support singleplayer, but it might not reward itFromSoftware seem mighty keen on this “co-operative multiplayer” concept FromSoftware seem mighty keen on this “co-operative multiplayer” concept Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco Great was the adulation last week when FromSoftwareannounced a new Elden Ring game,Elden Ring: Nightreign- and great the lamentation from certain quarters when it was revealed to be a co-op-focussed experience. If you missed the reveal, perhaps because you value sleep overthe spectacle of Geoff Keighley’s fashion friends, let me catch you up: in Nightreign, you pick one of eight preset characters and explore a parallel-universe version ofElden Ring’s Limgrave map, fighting lesser foes and levelling up quickly so that you can battle a boss at the end of each 15-minute in-game day....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 17thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #554. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #554. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 17th December?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1277): How to solve the Tuesday December 17 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

HomeFeaturesWreckfest Playing Wreckfest while learning to drive was surprisingly helpfulCrash course Crash course Image credit:THQ Nordic Image credit:THQ Nordic At 9 years old, in the plastic seats of a Sega Rally arcade machine, I quickly learned that “automatic” is better than “manual” without understanding why. And now I know: changing gears is a fucking chore. This year, in my mid-thirties, I finally learned to drive. And weirdly, a racing game about destroying clapped-out old bangers helped me along....

HomeFeaturesHorizon Forbidden West The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 16thGrapple with this door handle Grapple with this door handle Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS It’sHorizon Forbidden West! James:Structurally, Horizon Forbidden West adopts a fairly routine open-world setup, which I think sometimes gets lumped in with the kind of factory-produced map marker collectors one might associate with certain France-based publishing houses. Fighting the robot dinosaurs is also a pleasure in itself. Partly because of the beasts: I love the detail of their creaking carbon fibre muscles, or the constantly spinning chainsaw-teeth on some of the deadlier predators....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Sun, December 15thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #552. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #552. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 15th December?...

HomeFeaturesStraftat The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 15thThe past and future of video games The past and future of video games Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Today’s advent calendar window is a window upon Xmas past. It returns us to the days of LAN parties and dial-up, of demo discs and Fileplanet – a more innocent era, before multiplayer shooters fell under the spell of progression. Not that innocent, maybe. There were plenty of arseholes back then....

HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: I am going to sleep for several weeks editionread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Booked For The Weekis our weekly chat with industry folk about the books they love, have loved, and are hoping to love in the future.Can one sleep on a bookshelf? I’m going to find out. See you in the new year. Or, probably next Sunday with another minimum effort column entry. Book for now!...