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HomeNewsSoulframe Soulframe’s full reveal shows a “slow and pensive” fantasy RPG built on the bones of WarframeOde to joy Ode to joy Image credit:Digital Extremes Image credit:Digital Extremes I likeWarframe, Digital Extremes’ shockingly enduring free-to-play actionRPG, but I do find its sci-fantasy direction a bit much. The mashing together of tinted alloys and astral flame, the blend of over-the-shoulder shooting and swordplay, the environments that occasionally look likeGPU boxart on steroids– it’s impressive, but a lot to digest....

HomeNewsWarframe Warframe’s next updates include a secret Necralisk lab, grimoires, and a Headless Horseman homage"Our first true hub expansion", say Digital Extremes “Our first true hub expansion”, say Digital Extremes Image credit:Digital Extremes Image credit:Digital Extremes Greetings, Tenno! This message comes to you from that primeval epoch known as “Last Wednesday”, when Digital Extremes treated RPS to a preview screening of theWarframeupdate announcements planned for this year’s Tennocon - a special Tennocon indeed, coinciding as it does with the game’s 10th anniversary and the studio’s 30th....

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Darktide Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s next update will add skill trees to all four classesSubclasses ahoy Subclasses ahoy Warhammer 40,000: Darktidefeatures fun, grisly, co-op combat, but at launch was criticised for live service cruft - from an incomplete crafting system to meagre progression rewards. Some criticism also fell upon its four classes, who lacked the ‘career’ subclasses of its developer’s previous game, Vermintide 2.Darktide’s classes will therefore get an overhaul October 4th, when an update will introduce skill trees for each class....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#798): How to solve the Saturday August 26 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for August 26? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for August 26? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

HomeNewsEuropa Europa’s demo channels Journey’s gentle gliding and Fumito Ueda’s classicsUnrelated to the UEFA League Unrelated to the UEFA League Image credit:Friends Make Games Image credit:Friends Make Games A new demo invites you to glide through fluffy clouds and slide down rolling fields in indie adventureEuropa. The game’s deceptively dour setup channelsJourneyand Fumito Ueda’s work, asking you to explore outsized ruins as the last child left alive, but just like those gems, everything in Europa is wrapped up in a gentle atmosphere....

HomeFeaturesGhostrunner 2 Ghostrunner 2’s cyber bike is the closest I’ve felt to a modern F-Zero in yearsIts more forgiving first-person slashing has some fun new tricks up its sleeve, too Its more forgiving first-person slashing has some fun new tricks up its sleeve, too Image credit:505 Games Image credit:505 Games I will hold my hands up and say that I didn’t get on too well with One More Level’s firstGhostrunnergame. While its one-hit-kill combat was fast, flashy and infinitely more appealing than some of the other neon lambs being led to the cyberpunk slaughter in the back end of 2020, its precise platforming and marksman-grade enemies made it a hard game to love while you were actually playing it....

HomeFeaturesJigsaw Puzzle Dreams Have you played… Fugue In VoidA concrete game A concrete game Fugue in Void | TrailerWatch on YouTube Fugue in Void | Trailer It’s also very short. It’s a 45 minute stroll through different but somhow connected buildings, some set in strange landscapes. They’re all huge, grey, made of blocks of untreated concrete. It’s the sort of place you’d hate to be chased through, which is why I spent the whole game scared I was about to be chased....

HomeNewsPark Beyond Prefabs and ride sharing coming to Park Beyond alongside next month’s Beyond eXtreme DLCThe first DLC and the 2.0 update are coming September 29th The first DLC and the 2.0 update are coming September 29th Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco Bandai Namco have announced a substantial 2.0 patch and the first DLC pack for their rollercoaster management gamePark Beyond, both of which are dropping on September 29th. Prefabs and ride sharing are the big new additions coming with the free 2....

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’s irradiated world is dreadfully peaceful, if a bit confusing at the momentIn a sort of, “I’m going to die” way In a sort of, “I’m going to die” way Image credit:GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Maybe I played a very early build, but while the world itself looks every bit the eerie post apocalypticsurvivalwasteland you hope, NPC interactions aren’t in as great shape. Chats with friendlies are unclear, and in firefights the enemy AI is shonky - to the extent that I think it’ll be more useful as a preview to just tell you exactly what happened to me as I played....

HomeNewsStation to Station Station To Station delivers minimalist railway management in OctoberAnd the chill demo is still available And the chill demo is still available Image credit:Prismatika Image credit:Prismatika Developer Galaxy Grove have announced that the minimalist railway gameStation To Stationis wheeling to release on October 3rd. That’s an already packed month for exciting games, but I’ll forgive this one based on how damned good those voxels look. Plus, a relaxing railwaymanagement gamemight be the perfect antidote for Big Game Burnout in the coming months....

HomeDeals This 22TB WD My Book external HDD is down to $329.99 after a 45% discountIt’s too much space though, clearly. No one needs this much space, right? It’s too much space though, clearly. No one needs this much space, right? Image credit:WD/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:WD/Rock Paper Shotgun Get the WD 22TB My Book for $329.99 (was $599.99) This is the largest single drive solution available, it uses a 3....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 best Warlock build guideChannel might and magic with our Baldur’s Gate 3 best Warlock build Channel might and magic with our Baldur’s Gate 3 best Warlock build Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun What is a strong Baldur’s Gate 3 Warlock build?InBaldur’s Gate 3, Warlocks are a solid Class choice that can leverage an array of powerful Spells....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3 best Wizard buildBecome a spellcasting master with our Baldur’s Gate 3 best Wizard build guide Become a spellcasting master with our Baldur’s Gate 3 best Wizard build guide Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Larian Studios / Rock Paper Shotgun What is the best Baldur’s Gate 3 Wizard build?Wizards are the most spell-driven class inBaldur’s Gate 3, with a stunning array of options at their disposal....