HomeFeaturesArco The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 10thToday’s door hides a game we missed Today’s door hides a game we missed Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Today’s advent calendar pick is one of 2024’s finest games we missed. It troubles our dreams and waking moments alike. It mushrooms in our peripheral vision and drifts towards us as we batter out advent calendar posts, hoping we can finish writing and beat a tactical withdrawal to the kitchen before the accusatory phantom overwhelms us....

HomeNews This is my first time learning of this nearly useless novelty keyboard gift and I am in mourning for all the microseconds I’ve wasted in my lifeI am afraid I am afraid Image credit:BTXETUEL Image credit:BTXETUEL I cannot say how the first tailor to gaze upon a sewing machine felt, nor the first egg-abacus attendant to behold the sorcerous ticking of the automated egg timer. But I think now that when they saw those things, they were afraid....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1270): How to solve the Tuesday December 10 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 10? 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 “Winners do drugs after all” - you can rewrite your favourite game screens with this fun tool"Our mistake, drugs are cool" “Our mistake, drugs are cool” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Nintendo Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Nintendo You can mess about with the FBI warning that famously told every arcade visitor in the United States (and beyond) that “Winners don’t do drugs”. You can play with Dracula’s existentialist screed in Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night....

HomeNewsEclipsium It’s worth downloading the demo for uncanny horror Eclipsium just to stare at your handsNails the atmosphere Nails the atmosphere Image credit:Housefire Image credit:Housefire The only sound that greets you upon booting upEclipsiumis a loudly throbbing heart. As one must when encounteringhorrormedia, the game and I immediately enter a spiritual staring contest, each of us knowing therealgame here was it trying to freak me out. “It’s fine”, I decided. “It’s just a heart!...

HomeNewsOOLO The demo for Oolo offers up a magical metroidvania with hints of classic ZeldaOolovely Oolovely Image credit:Riddle Master Productions Image credit:Riddle Master Productions “Hang on a sec. Haven’t I seen this exact genre of little guy before?” was my reaction upon encountering the yellow-eyed, hat-shrouded mage of isometricadventureOolo. Some quick internet sleuthing turned upthis lovely bit of artfeaturingFinal Fantasy 9’s Vivi, Journey’s Traveller, and He-Man’s Orko. It’s a great feeling to begin your week identifying an archetype of diminutive magician, and I hope it becomes a regular occurrence....

HomeFeaturesPrince Of Persia: The Lost Crown The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 8thPoor sales? Team disbanded? No no no, that’s not the way it happened Poor sales? Team disbanded? No no no, that’s not the way it happened Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS It’s Ubisoft metroidvania Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown! Graham:Indie developers have led a resurgence of metroidvanias in recent years, creating games likeHollow Knightthat can challenge even the namesakes of the genre....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1268): How to solve the Sunday December 8 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 8? 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!...

HomeNewsEscape Simulator 2 Escape Simulator 2 announced with promises of Dracula’s castle and an improved escape room editorThere’s been an escape boom in recent years There’s been an escape boom in recent years Image credit:Pine Studio Image credit:Pine Studio I had a few merry evenings playingEscape Simulatorback in 2022. Of the co-op escape room games I’ve played, it was the best, both in terms of its relatively neutral framing (with little heavyhanded storytelling) and its pretty solid puzzle design....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Sat, December 7thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #544. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #544. 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 7th December?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1267): How to solve the Saturday December 7 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 7? 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!...

HomeGuidesPath Of Exile 2 Best Path of Exile 2 class for beginnersHere’s a tier list of all six classes in Path of Exile 2 Here’s a tier list of all six classes in Path of Exile 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Wondering what the best class is in Path of Exile 2?Path of Exile 2might only be in Early Access, but there are already six character classes for you to play with, each with a wide array of builds that are sure to test the mettle of any ARPG enthusiast....

HomeNewsDoronko Wanko Canine filth-criminal Doronko Wanko is getting some new dog breeds to cause tangible financial damage withI’m on Wanko I’m on Wanko Image credit:Bandai Namco/ Phoenixx Inc. Image credit:Bandai Namco/ Phoenixx Inc. It stole our hearts, it did. And talking of stealing things and having a good time doing it, it’s also releasing on the Nintendo Switch soon, which means the Steam version of Doronko Wanko is getting some free DLC to celebrate....