HomeNewsDeep Rock Galactic Deep Rock Galactic is free to play in full on Steam this weekendLeft 4 Dead meets Minecraft, in space Left 4 Dead meets Minecraft, in space If you’re looking for a spot of jolly cooperation this weekend, other thanElden Ring, round up the crew and get rowdy inDeep Rock Galactic. The excellent cooperative FPS, where we play as spaceDwarves gathering spacegems and battling spacebugs in destructible spacemines, is holding a free trial weekend on Steam to celebrate its fourth birthday....

HomeNewsElden Ring Elden Ring players share possible fixes for technical problemsFromSoft say they’re investigating Easy Anti-Cheat issues, at least FromSoft say they’re investigating Easy Anti-Cheat issues, at least After three years of waiting and hoping,Elden Ringfinally launch last night and yep, sounds like it launched too early. Many PC players are reporting suffering low framerates, or stuttering, or crashes, or nonfunctional controllers, or…. While we wait for official fixes in patches, players are sharing possibly-maybe-kinda workarounds that might help....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring: how to get to the Divine Tower of LiurniaThe strange journey to reach the Divine Tower of Liurnia explained The strange journey to reach the Divine Tower of Liurnia explained Trying to figure out how to reach the Divine Tower of Liurnia in Elden Ring?You’re in for quite a journey, let me tell you. Reaching the second Divine Tower of the game is far, far more involved a process than reaching the first - and, very oddly, you won’t actually be able to reach it until you’ve defeated your third demi-god....

HomeReviewsGrid Legends Grid Legends review: the most playable mass-market track racer in yearsWhat’s the story, storming glory? What’s the story, storming glory? Instantly beautiful, fast and playable,Grid Legendsprovides the perfect counterpoint to serious sim racing. It is very clearly similar to 2019’sGridreboot, although there is immediately one thing that’s changed that makes this offering worth the upgrade. No, not theadded story mode, it’s more fundamental than that; it’s the handling. It just didn’t feel quite right in the last game, whereas here it’s arguably the most playable handling system of any modern racer that doesn’t have ‘Kart’ in its title....

HomeHardwareNews Here’s what Valve have been playing on Steam DeckGame recommendations straight from the source Game recommendations straight from the source Over the course of mySteam Deck reviewtesting, the majority of games I tried ran without issue. Some didn’t get on with SteamOS’s Proton compatibility software, and others needed a bit more work on the ol’ anti-cheat, but I wouldn’t be surprised if most Steam games end up rated as Verified or Playable in Valve’scompatibility review programme....

HomeGuides How to fast travel in Elden RingEverything you need to know about fast travel in Elden Ring Everything you need to know about fast travel in Elden Ring Want to know how to fast travel in Elden Ring?FromSoftware are generally quite kind when it comes to allowing you to quickly travel between its various checkpoints, andElden Ringis no exception. You can freely fast travel between Sites of Grace with the touch of a button....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to level up in Elden Ring and the best stats to level up firstHere’s how to unlock the ability to level up and the best stats to prioritise Here’s how to unlock the ability to level up and the best stats to prioritise Want to know how to level up in Elden Ring?As you tackle the Lands Between and uncover each majorboss location, you’ll need a healthy dose of runes to get you through....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to two hand your weapons in Elden RingLower your shield Lower your shield How can you two hand your weapons in Elden Ring?Putting down your shield in order to two hand your weapon can be an effective if risky combat strategy inElden Ring, although the game itself doesn’t give you many pointers as to how or why this can be done. On this page, we’ll quickly go over how to two hand wield your weapons in order to deal more damage....

HomeFeatures Making Souls games accessible isn’t the same as making them easyI’ve finished countless runs, killed every boss, and didn’t see any of it I’ve finished countless runs, killed every boss, and didn’t see any of it In school, I played with imaginary swords. Typical playground fantasy for those not good enough to be picked for football: battles under the netball hoops with weapons no one could see. Little did I know I’d be doing the same when I discoveredDark Soulsover a decade later....

HomeFeatures RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2004We list our favourite games from 2004, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else We list our favourite games from 2004, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else Welcome back to the second edition ofThe RPS Time Capsule, a monthly feature in which the RPS Treehouse gathers round a small tiny shoebox to stick their favourite, bestest best games into from a specific year to preserve until the end of time....

HomeHardwareReviews Steam Deck review: a little big dealEven with some software snags, the Steam Deck is an ambitious and impressive handheld PC Even with some software snags, the Steam Deck is an ambitious and impressive handheld PC Praise and curse theSteam Deck, for it has stolen 20 years of my life. A few minutes into playing on this – the first serious attempt at a handheld PC from a major gaming entity - and I am once more a child, alternating between sinking into the sofa to redirect energy into my thumbs and wanting desperately to rush round my friends’ houses to show them thecool new thing....

HomeHardwareGuides These are the current Steam Deck Verified gamesAll the Steam Deck games that passed Valve’s tests All the Steam Deck games that passed Valve’s tests We Answer Your Steam Deck Questions For 19 minutes StraightWatch on YouTube We Answer Your Steam Deck Questions For 19 minutes Straight All that said, remember that a game doesn’t need to go through Valve’s review process to be fully functional on the Steam Deck; some of the best-performing games I’ve played on it are still untested at the time of writing....

HomeReviewsTiny Combat Arena Tiny Combat Arena early access review: a stylised and supersonic dogfighting sortieFlight risk Flight risk So it’s unsurprising thatTiny Combat Arenais about Harriers of the cold and featherless kind. The one-person dev team behind the air-to-air combat simulator is apparently in love with the floaty-shooty jumping jet, so much so that it’s the only type of plane available to fly in the game’s early access release. The retro-styled sim lets you pore over the low-poly plane as it rests in the hangar, to rest your chin in your hands as you lovingly scroll through its various specifications, inspecting its payload like you’re checking a dog over for ticks....