Posts

HomeNewsTax Heaven 3000 Tax Heaven 3000 launches a week early and its Collector’s Edition has already sold outAt least we still have a free Wattpad story to enjoy At least we still have a free Wattpad story to enjoy Tax Heaven 3000changed its release date a couple of times, moving from a March 31st date that was suspiciously close to April Fools' Day, to April 4th after itsremoval from Steam, to yesterday, March 27th....

HomeHardwareDeals The Amazon Spring Sale cuts 56% off the legendary Logitech G502 Hero gaming mouseTo the extent that PC peripherals can be considered legendary, at least To the extent that PC peripherals can be considered legendary, at least The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson claimed that “the mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.” Had he not died in 1894, he might’ve said the same thing about theLogitech G502 Heroshowing up in Amazon sales events, although maybe it wouldn’t have sounded as profound....

HomeFeaturesThe Lamplighters League The Lamplighters League pilfers from the finest strategy games around, and it’s utterly thrillingRelight my fire Relight my fire Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive The Lamplighters League - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube The Lamplighters League - Announcement Trailer These Lamplighters aren’t your ordinary batch of heroes, however. As publisher Paradox Interactiverevealed earlier this month, you’re working with “the best of the worst” in this grid-basedstrategy game, as the best of the best were all biffed to high heaven in World War I....

HomeNews The Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is coming to SteamJust keep it hush-hush with the Big N Just keep it hush-hush with the Big N Rejoice, fellow Nintendoers! Dolphin Emulator - the open-source emulator for Nintendo GameCube and Wii games - iscoming to Steamin Q2 2023. The Steam page is quick to note, for probably legal reasons, that “this app does not come with games” and “you must own an original copy of any game” you want to emulate....

HomeDeals This Lenovo Legion 5 RTX 3060 laptop is down to £730An incredible deal for a warmly-reviewed £1100 gaming laptop. An incredible deal for a warmly-reviewed £1100 gaming laptop. The Lenovo Legion 5 is a laptop that I’ve recommended here at RPS on several occasions, as it gets excellent reviews online yet still provides much better specs and build quality than you’d expect for the money.Today though, the Legion 5 is the best deal I’ve ever seen on an RTX gaming laptop, with this spec including a Ryzen 5 5600H and RTX 3060 Laptop graphics card for just £730....

HomeFeaturesBioShock Infinite A decade later, the Lutece Twins are still the best thing in BioShock InfiniteRemembering that one bit we all quite enjoyed in honour of the game’s 10th anniversary Remembering that one bit we all quite enjoyed in honour of the game’s 10th anniversary I just wish that, after all that prep I did for it, I’d actually liked BioShock Infinite a bit more. Judas - World Premiere Trailer | The Game Awards 2022Ken Levine’s new game is Judas, a sort of BioShock in space, which ahemnobody has done before....

HomeNews Slay The Spire Downfall mod developers are making their own tabletop fantasy roguelikeTales & Tactics is a not-modded auto-battler Tales & Tactics is a not-modded auto-battler Slay The Spirehas remained an incredibly popular deckbuilding roguelike, so it naturally invited a healthymodding communitythat added fun stuff to the game -goofy googley eyes included. One of Slay The Spire’s most popular mods was called Downfall, a huge fan-made expansion that added tons of playable characters, a new mode, and more....

HomeReviewsTerra Nil Terra Nil review: a pretty reverse citybuilder that struggles to find its identityMuddy waters Muddy waters Terra Nilis a puzzle-citybuilder about reclaiming the environment. You replace pollution with lush life across a series of four randomly generated dioramas (plus four slightly more complicated challenge levels), covering the landscape in fynbos and forests, lichen and lagoons. When it all comes together and you can look over the fruits of your labour, birds chirping and piano melodically playing in the background, it’s beautiful....

HomeFeaturesPizza Possum RPS@PAX 2023: Pizza Possum is a chaotic roguelite about a ravenous possum who eats junk food and garbageTime to eat Time to eat Show me a game about a feral, furry creature with a never ending hunger for junk food and I’m immediately interested. I playedPizza Possumon the first day of PAX and knew it would make a great indie highlight for our time here atPAX East. Liam and I have now both played the demo and you can listen to our impressions in the video below:...

HomeNewsGo-Go Town! Go-Go Town! is a cosy Animal Crossing-like from the developers of YonderMake the residents work for you Make the residents work for you It’s mostly an animation, but there’s more of the game in action near the end: Go-Go Town! Announce TrailerWatch on YouTube Go-Go Town! Announce Trailer There’s also more to see in a looping stream at the top of the Go-Go Town!Steam page, which shows an early sandbox demo....

HomeNewsHonkai: Star Rail Honkai: Star Rail confirms April 26th release dateAnd first two banners And first two banners Honkai: Star Railhas been hinting at an April 26threlease datefor months, but now it’s official. The free-to-play, turn-basedGenshin Impactspin-off will be available for pre-download from April 23rd and will be available via its official site and the Epic Games Store come the 26th. A presentation streamed yesterday also revealed its first two banners....

HomeFeaturesMythwrecked: Ambrosia Island RPS@PAX 2023: Become besties with Greek gods on an accidental vacation in Mythwrecked: Ambrosia IslandA sun-drenched vacation A sun-drenched vacation I really enjoyed dark fantasy adventureRokiwhen it first released back in 2020, and keen to see what developers Polygon Treehouse have gotten up to since, I jumped at the opportunity to play thePAX Eastdemo forMythwrecked: Ambrosia Island. You can watch my impressions of the demo in the video below:To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeFeaturesAnimal Well RPS@PAX 2023: We chat with the dev behind upcoming moody metroidvania Animal WellCute but deadly Cute but deadly To find out more about this strange puzzle platformer’s beginnings and development, we spoke to solo develeoper Billy Basso and Bigmode’s Leah Gastrow which you can view in the two videos below. You can watch me interview Billy here: To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings And here is Liam’s chat with Leah:...