HomeNews This roguelike is all about inventory TetrisPlay the Backpack Hero demo, it’s great! Play the Backpack Hero demo, it’s great! If you’ve ever enjoyed shuffling and rotating items to fit into an inventory grid, do have a play of the free demo forBackpack Hero. It’s a roguelikelike dungeon crawler that’s all about inventory Tetris, filling your knapsack with weapons, armour, and items that can gain powerful bonuses and synergies depending on their placement....

HomeNewsHalo Infinite Campaign co-op launch targets the end of summer and Forge beta in September 343 Industries have finally detailed the long-promised roadmap forHalo Infiniteahead of the arrival of Season 2 in May, and it’s not great reading. Theroadmap sets outnew maps, modes and two batches of story events for Season 2. So far, so good. Yet it also hints vaguely at what’s coming in Season 3 – now starting all the way off on November 8th, with the open beta for Forge from September....

HomeNews Perfect World Entertainment are now part of Gearbox Publishing, still making nerdy MMOsAnother one for the Embracer Group Another one for the Embracer Group Perfect World Entertainmenthave announcedthat they’re now known as Gearbox Publishing. Or Gearbox Publishing have announced that they’re no longer Perfect World Entertainment. Same difference. Gearbox Publishing say the change shouldn’t affect anything to do with the ageing live service games they steward, likeStar Trek OnlineandNeverwinter. They’re all part of the Embracer Group, y’see....

HomeDeals The cheapest Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti in the UK is this £649 Zotac modelStill £100 above UK RRP, but that’s great progress for a GPU selling for £1000+ a few months ago. Still £100 above UK RRP, but that’s great progress for a GPU selling for £1000+ a few months ago. The RTX 3070 Ti is a great mid-range to high-end GPU, with excellent performance in rasterised games plus DLSS and RT support, but it’s been hard to find at a good price if you haven’t lucked out with a Founders Edition restock....

HomeFeatures RPS@PAX 2022: Saturday daily round-upIndie games galore, and hanging out with Skyrim Grandma Indie games galore, and hanging out with Skyrim Grandma We also got to sneak up to the ludicrously high convention centre catwalks during our lunch break, giving us a bird’s eye view of the show floor and all the many hundreds of people zipping between the booths. I took a couple of timelapse shots on my phone, but uploaded them too late for Liam to include in the video, so have a gander at these very short GIFs (standing still for two minutes was all I could muster up there) here instead....

HomeFeatures RPS@PAX 2022: Sunday daily round-upOur final report from the show floor Our final report from the show floor PAX East2022 has officially closed its doors for another year. We’ve had a great time over the last four days, but alas, it’s time for us to head back home to the RPS Treehouse, find a nice cosy corner, and sleep for 100 years. Before we do that, though, here’s our final daly round-up video, which is all about games, games, games....

HomeNewsDarwinia Darwinia’s 10,000th anniversary edition remasters the classic indie RTSThe only good metaverse The only good metaverse Darwinia’s 10,000th anniversary edition launched this week, with a newly re-written graphics engine, support for surround sound, cloud saves, Steam Deck, and various bug fixes. Lovely stuff. Darwinia 10000th Anniversary TrailerWatch on YouTube Darwinia 10000th Anniversary Trailer You can find the full list ofnew additions in the Steam post. It includes support for anti-aliasing modes like MSAA and SSAA and anisotropic texture filtering, but the real wins are things like the in-game UI now scaling better for different monitor sizes....

HomeNewsPotionomics Potionomics is the latest witchy shop sim to catch our eyeMix, haggle, sell Mix, haggle, sell Potionomicsseems to contain several things I’d like from a video game. It’s got brewing potions, yes, that’s good. There’s shopkeeping, I like that a lot. Then there’s a card-driven social system for haggling with customers - perfect. Recettear meetsPotion CraftmeetsSigns Of The Sojourner? With beautiful character animation? Gold.Watch its new trailer below.Potionomics - PAX East 2022 TrailerWatch on YouTubeWe’ve written about Potionomics a couple of times before, with an early lookat its character art in 2019and an initial teaser trailerin 2020....

HomeFeatures RPS@PAX 2022: All the news from Gearbox’s big PAX panel in 5 minutesSave yourself the torment of an 80 minute stream Save yourself the torment of an 80 minute stream Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Pretend it’s Thursday for a second. We’ve just emerged from Gearbox’s 80-minute panel atPAX East2022, and we’re wondering how they managed to spend so much time talking about so little. You know something’s gone wrong in a conference when you’ve got an entire segment dedicated to just merch, and Gearbox groupies are hollering for Tiny Tina G-Fuel cans like it was mana from heaven....

HomeNewsSentry Sentry is a co-op shooter about laying traps to defend your spaceshipFrom the makers of Abandon Ship From the makers of Abandon Ship Image credit:Fireblade Software Image credit:Fireblade Software SENTRY Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube SENTRY Announcement Trailer That’s a well put together trailer, isn’t it? Sets the scene, escalates in pace and action, and highlights some of the finer details of its systems. I like that meaty shotgun which seems to blast enemies into bits, I’m interested in the ability to use the environment to crush enemies, and I dig the look of those bubble traps....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring Legendary Armament locations: How to earn the Legendary Armaments achievementWhere to find every Legendary Armament in Elden Ring Where to find every Legendary Armament in Elden Ring Looking for the locations of every Legendary Armament in Elden Ring?There are nine unique Legendary Armaments inElden Ring,each of which you will need for the Legendary Armaments achievement. Some of these are also extraordinarily powerful and are worth tracking down even if you aren’t an achievement hunter....

HomeDeals Get a triple pack of Corsair’s RGB magnetic levitation fans at 29% offLegitimately good fans for airflow, plus synchronised RGB lighting. Legitimately good fans for airflow, plus synchronised RGB lighting. Corsair’s ML (magnetic levitation) fans are a popular choice for system builders, thanks to their high RPM range, good cooling performance and better durability than traditional designs. The latest edition is the RGBElite, which offers improved acoustics over its predecessors, and it’s this one that’s been discounted at Amazon UK today....

HomeNews Godzilla and King Kong are coming to stomp Call Of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard in MayKaiju hit CoD in Operation Monarch as part of season three’s Classified Arms update Kaiju hit CoD in Operation Monarch as part of season three’s Classified Arms update Bestest monster frenemies King Kong and Godzilla will get to break stuff in season three ofCall Of Duty: WarzoneandVanguardbattle royale, Activision has announced. Cue much bellowing....