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HomeFeaturesApex Legends 5 years of Apex Legends: how “surreal” success became a fight to stay freshRespawn on their battle royale’s past, present, and future Respawn on their battle royale’s past, present, and future Image credit:EA Image credit:EA Then again, if you actually ask Respawn’s Apex team how they reached this point – as I did when I visited their Los Angeles offices for aSeason 20 test run– you’re unlikely to get just one answer....

HomeFeaturesApex Legends Apex Legends Season 20’s skill trees see the battle royale take a surprising MOBA turn"Legend upgrades" aim to reward fiercer fighting and diminish RNG “Legend upgrades” aim to reward fiercer fighting and diminish RNG Image credit:EA Image credit:EA I’ve playedApex LegendsSeason 20, and it might be the fastest and fiercest that the battle royaleFPShas ever been – while also being the richest in tactical opportunities and metagame theorycrafting. It’s all thanks to a drastically expanded Evo experience system, one that now not only boosts your shield capacity, but unlocks the branches of a MOBA-style skill tree that permanently buffs your character for the duration of a match....

HomeNewsArtificer’s Tower Artificer’s Tower is a magical tower defence game with just one, really big, towerA drizzle of Orcs Must Die and a dash of Fallout Shelter mixed in a wizard’s cauldron A drizzle of Orcs Must Die and a dash of Fallout Shelter mixed in a wizard’s cauldron Image credit:RodentGames Image credit:RodentGames Mix the side-on colony management ofFallout Shelterwith the trap-laying tower defence ofOrcs Must Die, stir both together in a wizard’s cauldron, and you’ll end up with something not far fromArtificer’s Tower....

HomeDeals Great deal alert: $2500 58-inch Samsung monitor now $1800A $700 savings on what is essentially two 4K 240Hz monitors glued together. A $700 savings on what is essentially two 4K 240Hz monitors glued together. Image credit:Samsung/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Samsung/Rock Paper Shotgun Still, I can dream, and this monitor is pretty cool, so let’s take a closer look at this absolute bargain. Get the Samsung 58-inch Odyssey Neo G9 Mini LED monitor for $1800 (was $2500) So, the specs....

HomeGuidesPalworld How to get Electric Organs in PalworldHere’s how to get Electric Organs in Palworld Here’s how to get Electric Organs in Palworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pocketpair Want to know how to get Electric Organs in Palworld?Electric Organs are an important crafting material inPalworldfor building electricity-powered structures and tools. InPalworld’s mid-game, they become absolutely critical for crafting the Power Generator that you need to elevate your base to a higher level....

HomeNewsPyrene If Inscryption was a fantasy-themed roguelike dungeon crawler, it might look a lot like thisPyrene is another budding deckbuilding obsession Pyrene is another budding deckbuilding obsession Image credit:Indie Asylum Image credit:Indie Asylum Apologies if I’m starting to sound like a broken record these days, but here I am, back with another edition of"Have you heard about this cool new roguelike deckbuilder?“I swear I’ll find a new/another niche one of these days, but listen,Pyreneis very cool indeed, and I lost a good hour to its free demo last week on Steam....

HomeDeals Intel’s best value gaming CPU is down to £125 at Amazon UKThe Core i5 12400F is a capable performer that comes in £75 less than its 13400F or 14400F successors. The Core i5 12400F is a capable performer that comes in £75 less than its 13400F or 14400F successors. One of Intel’s best value CPUs for gaming is even better value than usual this week, as the Core i5 12400F is down to just £125 at Amazon....

HomeNewsQuake New Quake singleplayer map pack remixes multiplayer levels from Counter-Strike, Mario Kart, and more"Wait, is this from…? Oh god I can’t believe they made this" “Wait, is this from…? Oh god I can’t believe they made this” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Colossus Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Colossus Johnsto’s Law states: if a game has a level editor, someone will recreate de_dust2. The iconic Counter-Strike map is,I have argued, “one of the fundamental shapes of video games”....

HomeGuidesPalworld Palworld: How to get Pure QuartzHere’s how to get Pure Quartz in Palworld Here’s how to get Pure Quartz in Palworld Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pockerpair Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pockerpair Want to know how to get Pure Quartz in Palworld?One of the late game crafting materials inPalworldis Pure Quartz, which is used to build the Circuit Boards that you ultimately need to automate your base. Pure Quartz is elusive and fairly tricky to acquire, and chances are you’ll need to venture into the Astral Mountains,Palworld’s northern snow-covered zone, to mine it....

HomeNews Respawn are “thinking about Titanfall a lot,” even if it’s to serve Apex LegendsCallbacks must be “thoughtful and respectful,” says Apex narrative chief Callbacks must be “thoughtful and respectful,” says Apex narrative chief Image credit:Respawn Entertainment Image credit:Respawn Entertainment Like manyTitanfallenjoyers, I look at the gleaming success of battle royale spinoffApex Legendswith both a smidge of pride and a gutful of sadness that I haven’t had any wall-running, mech-droppingFPSadventures since....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Flushing the urinal and kiting the rat ballI go on Twitter so you don’t have to I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:Frogman Interactive Image credit:Frogman Interactive Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. We’re a bit short this week because of the rolling technical disaster that is modern Twitter, but I’ve still enjoyed ogling everything from a must-have immersive sim feature and a very unpleasant nighttime drive to lovely simulated water and strange spaceship shenanigans....

HomeNewsFootgun Underground This roguelike has you batter mutants with ricocheting footballsA solid pitch A solid pitch Image credit:Turtle Knight Games/CobraTekku Games Image credit:Turtle Knight Games/CobraTekku Games I’ve never been a true “Football Enjoyer”. I’ll weirdly get into it at certain times, like when the World Cup is on and I get suckered into the belief that, “It’s actually coming home this time”. But maybe Icouldbe a football enjoyer, now that there’s a roguelike out there that combines football skills with room-clearing....

HomeNewsStarfield Starfield is getting AMD FSR 3 support in beta sometime next weekFollowing DLSS 3 support added last year Following DLSS 3 support added last year Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Starfield’s next update to appear on the Steam beta branch will add support for AMD’s FSR 3, the magic frame-boosting tech that makes games run smoother without extra strain on your hardware. It should arrive in beta next week and in a final release later this month, Bethesda say....