HomeGuidesMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise: 10 things I wish I’d known before playingUseful tips for beginners just getting started in Monster Hunter Rise Useful tips for beginners just getting started in Monster Hunter Rise To compound the issue, the game’s tutorials aren’t always delivered at the best moments, and you may well find that you’ve clicked through several pop-up text boxes without really taking in some information you later wish you’d paid more attention to....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise: How to lock onLearn how to track a specific target and lock the camera in Monster Hunter Rise on PC Learn how to track a specific target and lock the camera in Monster Hunter Rise on PC How do I lock on in Monster Hunter Rise for PC?InMonster Hunter Rise, you’ll frequently find that your prey runs away from you at various points during the fight....

HomeNewsMuseum Of Mechanics: Lockpicking Museum Of Mechanics: Lockpicking has cracked its way onto SteamA playable exhibition A playable exhibition Lockpicking is a frequently maligned component of many games, but as FPS minigames go I’ve always had a soft spot for it. I’d rather pick a thousand more locks in Oblivion than hack another Pipemania computer terminal inBioShock. EnterMuseum Of Mechanics: Lockpicking, a curated, playable exhibition of lockpicking minigames throughout the history of videogames....

HomeReviewsSands of Salzaar Sands Of Salzaar review: a sparkling, but occasionally muddy action RPG gemThe whirling skirmishes The whirling skirmishes It’s no clone, though. While its component parts are familiar, Salzaar does enough of its own thing to win my affection, and its odd but sincere personality shines despite some muddy edges. Sands of Salzaar - Official 1.0 Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube Sands of Salzaar - Official 1.0 Launch Trailer...

HomeNews Spelunky 2 and The Anacrusis are out on Game Pass todayA fine offering A fine offering Image credit:Mossmouth Image credit:Mossmouth Roguelike platformerSpelunky 2is out now on PC Game Pass. I’m less excited and more angry, actually. This is because it’s my nemesis, a game I know is good but I’m absolutely shocking at. Alongside it, the newLeft 4 Dead-like co-op shooterThe Anacrusisenters early access later today and will be on Game Pass from the start....

HomeFeaturesThe Anacrusis The Anacrusis is so much more than a sci-fi Left 4 Dead-likeThe new co-op shooter from ex-Valve and Riot devs is daft, gooey fun The new co-op shooter from ex-Valve and Riot devs is daft, gooey fun Yes, it’s still pretty similar to Left 4 Dead, but is home to a few things that help separate it from its zombified brethren. To test this stuff out, we had a full team of four in our hands-on preview session at the very end of last year – myself, Imogen (RPS in peace), Katharine, and Chet himself, who steered us through encounters with supreme patience....

HomeNewsWordle Absurdle is a Wordle variant that hates you - while Sweardle curses youSpins in the popular word game Spins in the popular word game Wordle hasengrossed me for a couple of weeks, along with much of the rest of the internet. It’s also a free, simple word game, meaning it’s relatively easy to recreate. Naturally, other developers are building their own twists on its core. Among them,Absurdleis my favourite, an “adversarial version” of the game where the winning word changes as you guess....

HomeNews Call Of Duty gets a cursed Attack On Titan crossover next weekI feel attacked I feel attacked To celebrate anime series Attack On Titan and its impending final series and Call Of Duty’s next big update, they both decided that a totally normal crossover was in order. Soon,Call Of Duty: VanguardandWarzonewill play host to a cursed set of Attack On Titan cosmetics, including gun bits and an Operator skin. They are frightening and confusing....

HomeHardwareFeaturesGod of War (2018) God of War PC performance, recommended specs and the best settings to useAll Gungnirs blazing All Gungnirs blazing Fatherly axe-‘em-upGod of Waris out on PC this week, and I’ve been dragging my disappointing son around the Nine Realms to see how it copes with the jump from PlayStation to Windows. The answer: pretty well! Like previous marquee Sony portHorizon Zero Dawn, this is a game that already looked lovely on console, and the extra muscle of even a modest PC rig can deliver sizeable boosts to both visual quality and frames-per-second....

HomeGuidesMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise best weapons: How to choose your starting weaponTips on picking your starting weapon from the line-up of 14 possibilities in Monster Hunter Rise Tips on picking your starting weapon from the line-up of 14 possibilities in Monster Hunter Rise On this page you’ll find an overview of the weapon types in Monster Hunter Rise and an idea of how they handle. There’s no single definitive best weapon in the game, but there are a number of strong contenders based on your playstyle, so read on for our notes on how each weapon performs....

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise is on PC now, but not without hiccupsSome players are unable to, well, play Some players are unable to, well, play [PC] Monster Hunter Rise - Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube [PC] Monster Hunter Rise - Launch Trailer Our Katharine’sMonster Hunter Rise PC reviewthought it “a more than worthy successor” to the previous game, 2018’sMonster Hunter: World. “There’s a generous and playful sense of freedom here that keeps combat and exploration feeling fresh, and the momentum of its hunting-led missions means you’re rarely spinning your wheels as you seek out that last elusive armour part,” she said....

HomeNewsPUBG: Battlegrounds Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is now free-to-playEveryone invited to the deadly stag party Everyone invited to the deadly stag party Seminal battle royale shooterPlayerunknown’s Battlegroundsis now free-to-play, inviting all stag and hen parties to parachute into holiday resorts for paintballing which accidentally uses real guns. Folks who previously paid for PUBG: Battlegrounds (the new-ish official name replacingPlunkbat) have been grandfathered into the new Battlegrounds Plus account tier and receive receive some edgy virtual clothes too....

HomeNews Xbox head says Game Pass isn’t about replacing game salesBoth are growing, says Phil Spencer Both are growing, says Phil Spencer Microsoft don’t intend to do away with selling individual games anytime soon. That’s the takeaway from Xbox head Phil Spencer’s recent interview withthe New York Times. “The retail market continues to be very strong and grow. So let’s make sure we offer our customers choice between subscriptions and transactions,” says Spencer....