HomeNews RPS are partnering up with the Rezzed Zone at EGX 2023We’ll be curating great games, hosting panels and highlighting the best of EGX We’ll be curating great games, hosting panels and highlighting the best of EGX Image credit:Reedpop UK Image credit:Reedpop UK FrequentEGXgoers will know that the Rezzed Zone has always been home to the best and most interesting games at the UK’s biggest gaming show, and RPS will be there on the ground this year, highlighting our favourites, bringing you various audio visual delights and more across the course of the weekend....

HomeNews EA Games is dead, long live EA Entertainment and EA SportsIt’s in the name It’s in the name Image credit:Electronic Arts Image credit:Electronic Arts EA are cutting themselves down the middle, with EA Games and EA Sports now making up two separate units, and the former getting a rebrand. From now on, EA Games will be known as EA Entertainment, which really doesn’t have as good a ring to it (no one’s going to be quoting “it’s in the entertainment,” any time soon are they?...

HomeFeaturesSand Land Sand Land’s vehicular combat might have potential, but its desert world is a worryI can confirm the land is full of sand I can confirm the land is full of sand Image credit:ILCA, Inc. / Bandai Namco Entertainment Image credit:ILCA, Inc. / Bandai Namco Entertainment Shown off at this year’sSummer Game Festshowcase,Sand Landis an upcomingRPGfrom the folks over at Ilca Inc, the developers of One Piece Odyssey, and the creator ofDragon Ball, Akira Toriyama....

HomeNewsPenny’s Big Breakaway Sonic Mania team’s next game is a ridiculously colourful 3D platformerNo strings attached No strings attached Evening Star, a new studio made up of the team that madeSonic Mania, have announced their first game,Penny’s Big Breakaway. While Sonic Mania was a 2D platformer, the studio’s first game under their new name brings them into the realm of 3D, taking an incredibly vibrant colour palette that would certainly work in any classic Sonic game, and marrying it a world that one could say is mildly reminiscent of the hedgehog’s rival Mario....

HomeFeaturesThe Tartarus Key The Tartarus Key is great when you’ve got a clever friend who can do the puzzles for youEverything is better with friends, especially really hard puzzlers Everything is better with friends, especially really hard puzzlers Image credit:Armor Game Studios Image credit:Armor Game Studios When Alice Bee selected thriller-puzzlerThe Tartarus Keyas this month’sRPS Game Clubpick, I naively signed up for it thinking I’d be fine tackling a game where most puzzles can’t be solved with a few trigger pulls....

HomeDeals Valve’s Index VR headset kit is available for $599.99 refurbished from GameStopThat’s $400 below the price of a new headset. That’s $400 below the price of a new headset. Valve’s Index remains one of the very best PC VR headsets for playing games likeHalf-LifeAlyx,Beat SaberorStar Trek: Bridge Crew, but it does cost a fair amount - $999 for the full kit in the US, for example. However, it is possible to get used/refurbished models for much cheaper, including at GameStop where you can now pick up the full kit for just $599, a solid $400 off the usual price....

HomeDeals XPG’s Gammix D10 16GB DDR4-3200 CL16 kit is down to £29.99 plus shippingA new lower price for the best value DDR4 RAM spec. A new lower price for the best value DDR4 RAM spec. A few days back, we spotted a16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM kit at a low £36- and today the bottom has dropped out even further with a deal on Adata’s XPG Gammix D10 RAM, where a 16GB DDR4-3200 CL16 kit costs just £29....

HomeNewsNour: Play with Your Food I’m really looking forward to tucking into Nour: Play With Your Food later this yearThis game is very chef’s kiss This game is very chef’s kiss Image credit:Panic Image credit:Panic “Olivia, get the bowls and chopsticks ready to eat dinner,” my mum asks 10 year old me. I do as I’m told, taking them to the dinner table. In childish, whimsical fashion as a childish, whimsical child, I grab my pair of chopsticks and start hitting them together as if I’m a drummer....

HomeNews Metal Gear Solid 3 is headed to PC for the first time, as Konami confirms Steam release for Master CollectionJoining MGS1 and 2, plus the original Metal Gear games. Joining MGS1 and 2, plus the original Metal Gear games. Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eaterwill see its first-ever release on PC thanks to the upcoming release of the series’ Master Collection, freshly confirmed for a Steam release this autumn....

HomeDealsStarfield Pick up the gorgeous Starfield Xbox Wireless Controller for £5 offNASA-punk limited edition. NASA-punk limited edition. Microsoft has done a great job making some truly inventive special edition Xbox Series controllers, and their latest effort is one that uses the ‘NASA-punk’ aesthetics of upcoming big budget Bethesda RPGStarfield. The controller looks phenomenal, but it does cost a fair bit - so I thought it was worth letting you know that the early adopter tax has been lifted, and the controller is now down to £65....

HomeNews Prime Gaming members can claim bonus games for Prime Day 2023 celebrationsToday is always a good day to replay Prey Today is always a good day to replay Prey Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda Prime Gaming is giving away four extra games in June and July to celebratePrime Day 2023, on top of theJune freebiesalready announced.Prey(2017) is already available to claim on GOG, and the next three games will drop weekly....

HomeNewsGrowth Sending forest animals to reclaim the land in Growth is my dream come trueLet me tell you about the boars and the bees Let me tell you about the boars and the bees Image credit:Assemble Entertainment Image credit:Assemble Entertainment It’s no secret that I loveDorfromantik. It opened my eyes to the world of tile-based puzzlerstrategygames, and I’ve looked out for similar ones ever since. Thankfully for me, there’s been a fair few riffs on Dorformantik’s formula recently - a focus on nature, a soothing soundtrack, and some good oldpuzzling....

HomeNews Square Enix staff keep asking for a Final Fantasy 6 remake"Won’t you release it a little sooner?" “Won’t you release it a little sooner?” Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix Final Fantasy 6is so popular within Square Enix that staff keep asking FF brand manager Yoshinori Kitase for a remake. Although the game has been re-released as part of thePixel Remasterbundle, fans within the company have been asking for a full blown remake....