HomeNews Holding the front page, one last time Sad news, folks. Our news reporter CJ is leaving for pastures new today, making this his last day at RPS. Please come and join me in wishing him a fond farewell. CJ joined us full-time last April, although eagle-eyed Joy Of followers will remember his RPS debut actually came a few months before that, where he regaled us with thejoy of going for a swimin the original Tomb Raider....
HomeNewsRisk Of Rain Returns Risk Of Rain Returns' new alt abilities let you cook, shove and snipeBeyond a remaster Beyond a remaster Risk Of Rain Returnsis a remaster of the 2013, side-scrolling roguelike, but it’s adding plenty that’s new. The latest ‘dev thoughts’ video from developers Hopoo Games demonstrates some of the new alternate attack abilities available for every character, from sniper shots to turning your enemies into food.Risk of Rain - Dev Thoughts 29Watch on YouTube"Roguelike" always feels like an inadequate phrase when describing Risk Of Rain, and “platformer” doesn’t really communicate the flavour of the experience either....
HomeNews Steam’s latest experiment is a way to discover DLC for games you already ownBuy stuff for the stuff you bought Buy stuff for the stuff you bought Steam’s various discovery hubs are normally designed to steer you towards new games you might like to buy. The latest experiment from Steam Labs, however, is a DLC Discovery Hub. It offers up a tailored list of additional content you might be interested in for games you already own, and prioritises those you’ve played recently or played most....
HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (#587): What is the Friday January 27 Wordle word?Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 27? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 27? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Stuck on today’s Wordle answer for Friday 27 January 2023?Fret not. We all know how challenging the New York Times' new signature puzzle can be sometimes....
HomeDeals AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X has dropped to £200 on Amazon UKAs a former owner, I can tell you this CPU rules. As a former owner, I can tell you this CPU rules. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X has dropped again on Amazon UK, this time to £200 when you buy stock from Amazon EU. That’s £20 below the next-best price and a fair deal for a strong eight-core 16-thread CPU for gaming and content creation....
HomeFeaturesPlanet Zoo Have You Played… Planet Zoo?Snow leopards. Snow leopards. Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Snow leopards are my absolute favourite animals in the world. I would die happy if I ever got the chance to see one in real life (from a great distance of course, lest it de-grundle me). Alas, the closest that most of us will get in our lives is to playPlanet Zoo- easily the best zoo simulator out there right now....
HomeNewsHitman 3 Hitman World Of Assassination is out, combining Hitman 1-3 and adding new roguelike modeIt’s cheaper and on sale It’s cheaper and on sale Image credit:IO Interactive Image credit:IO Interactive Hitman 3’s long-awaitedFreelancermode is finally out, letting you play missions from across the trilogy with randomised objectives and other roguelike elements. Hitman 3 is also now called Hitman: World Of Assassination and its multitude of editions, bundles and DLCs have been combined and simplified....
HomeFeaturesShoulders Of Giants Shoulders Of Giants smashes together frogs, mechs and 00s weirdnessThis roguelike is way better than it has any right to be This roguelike is way better than it has any right to be Shoulders Of Giantsis out today on the Epic Games Store. When we first saw thetrailerfor Shoulders Of Giants, a few people on team responded with murmurings of “What the hell is this?”, which increased in frequency and volume as more bizarre things appeared on screen....
HomeNews The Witcher 3’s wandering merchants carried quest fixes around the game without players realisingA veritable Geralt Of Trivia A veritable Geralt Of Trivia One dev who worked onThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunthad a good think about their most useless piece of video game knowledge in response to a Twitter stumper, but still came up with something interesting anyway. Patrick Mills was a quest designer on The Witcher 3 and senior quest designer onCyberpunk 2077for CD Projekt RED, and shared a neat bit of trivia about The Witcher 3’s wandering merchants on his own account this week....
HomeNews A new blog post details what’s changing for the battle royale next month Call Of Duty: Warzone 2andModern Warfare 2 multiplayerboth begin Season 02 on February 15th, and the battle royale will see the return of the first Warzone’s 1v1 Gulag. Raven Software and Infinity Ward have shared details about how that’s going to work in a new blog post, along with some info about more changes to battle royale, DMZ, and Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer....
HomeDeals Whoa, this 27-in 1440p 144Hz monitor is $180Innocn are quickly making a name for themselves with great value gear. Innocn are quickly making a name for themselves with great value gear. Amazon US is running a Lightning Deal today that’s worth knowing about: just $180 for a 27-in 1440p 144Hz gaming monitor from Innocn. This brand is one I’ve covered before - my colleague John Linneman was impressed with both aportable OLEDand a40-inch ultrawidefrom the Chinese company - so it’s definitely worth trying in my view....
HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (#586): What is the Thursday January 26 Wordle word?Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 26? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 26? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Stuck on today’s Wordle answer for Thursday 26 January 2023?There’s no shame in today’sWordlegiving you a hard time. For all its simplicity, it can be pretty tricky to guess the right five-letter word out of the thousands of possible words in the English language....
HomeNewsAgent in Depth Alas, I am too slow to parry this many bullets with my katanaParrying platformer Agent In Depth is fast and deadly Parrying platformer Agent In Depth is fast and deadly A fast-paced game that’s all about reflecting bullets back with a katana sounds great to me, a known fan ofparrying projectiles. I bought new indie gameAgent In Depthwithin 20 seconds of seeing it. Then I played it. Oh no....
