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HomeNewsMy Time at Sandrock My Time At Sandrock’s multiplayer beta next week will be set in a simulationYou’ll need to own the game to jack in You’ll need to own the game to jack in SnazzyStardew Valley-like town simulatorMy Time At Sandrockis running its first open beta for multiplayer next week, allowing owners of the game to hop into a separate multiplayer area set in a “semi-fictional” version of Sandrock’s past that includes “compressed stories happening 50 years before single-player events”....

HomeNewsThe Evil Within 2 The Evil Within 2 headlines Amazon Prime’s January 2023 game freebiesAlong with five other free titles Along with five other free titles You can grab free games from every corner of the internet these days. Well, that’s if you consider ‘at no extra cost’ free. One such place isAmazon Prime, where members can claim and keep six free games from now until the end of the month, with 2017 horrorThe Evil Within 2leading the pack....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Wednesday 4 January 2023): Wordle word of the day #564 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Wednesday 4 January 2023?The first Wednesday of January is perhaps one of the cruellest days of the year. With the holidays already seeming long behind us and a great big stretch of time ahead before we can really consider taking another break, it’s important to find the little joys where we can at this time of year....

HomeNews “Dismemberment has been a high priority” for System Shock remakeDoomguy would like a word Doomguy would like a word With aMarch release windowalready locked in, we won’t need to wait much longer to experience developer Nightdive’sSystem Shockremake. The 1994 immersive sim is receiving more than just a facelift, though, as Nightdive have released more new clips of the game in action over on theirKickstarter blog. Nightdive’s first blog post of the year gives us fresh looks at the game’s enemy variants, visual updates, and most importantly, its bloody cool dismemberment system....

HomeNews Bethesda support site reconfirms Starfield’s release for “the first half of 2023"Ready for takeoff Ready for takeoff Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Game Studios seem to have recommitted to a “first half of 2023” release window for their long-awaited sci-fi RPGStarfield. Per VGC, this info comes from aBethesda support sitethat went live earlier this month. There are three other questions/answers about the game on the site, but no new info - which isn’t weird considering, y’know, the game’s not actually out yet - aside from the message “Starfieldarrives exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and PC in the first half of 2023....

HomeNewsStranded Deep Stranded Deep has been released on Game PassAnd five games are leaving the service And five games are leaving the service Open world island survival gameStranded Deephas arrived on Game Pass, while five other games have been announced as leaving the service on January 15th. The leavers are The Anucrusis, Nobody Saves The World, Trigger Happy Havoc, Windjammers 2, and Pupperazi.Nobody Saves the World - Launch Date Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTubeStranded Deep went through seven years of early access development before hitting 1....

HomeNewsElden Ring The Steam Awards winners have been revealed and they are boringThe banality of crowds The banality of crowds Image credit:FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment Image credit:FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment The problem with publicly voted video game awards is that a straight popularity contest overwhelmingly favours games with large marketing budgets and online communities. That’s why there are few surprises among the winners of this year’s Steam Awards, which were announced today.Here’s the complete list of winners:Game Of The Year:Elden RingVR Game Of The Year:Hitman 3Labor Of Love:Cyberpunk 2077Better With Friends:RaftOutstanding Visual Style:Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles MoralesMost Innovative Gameplay:StrayBest Game You Suck At:Elden RingBest Soundtrack:Final Fantasy VII Remake EntergradeOutstanding Story-Rich Game:God Of WarSit Back And Relax:Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaBest Game On The Go:Death Stranding Director’s CutThis is, I think, the most boring list imaginable....

HomeNewsStarfield Zenimax QA workers just formed the largest union in video gamesMicrosoft voluntarily recognised the union Microsoft voluntarily recognised the union Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios As per QA staff atRaven SoftwareandBlizzard Albanybefore them, ZeniMax Workers United have partnered with the umbrella Communication Workers Of America (CWA) union. The 10 Best PC Games Of 2022Watch on YouTube The 10 Best PC Games Of 2022 While ZeniMax is best known as Bethesda Softworks former parent company before the Microsoft acquisition, the 300 QA staff employed there work across all related studios - including Arkane, Id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Tango Gameworks and MachineGames....

HomeDeals Grab a massive 12TB WD_Black D10 external HDD for £180This price is for a refurbished model, sold from WD’s official UK store. This price is for a refurbished model, sold from WD’s official UK store. WD’s D10 game drive, available in a massive 12TB capacity, is on sale at the official WD UK store. To get the discounted price, use codeEXTRA10to get this refurbished WD_Black D10 Game Drive for £180 - more than £200 off its UK RRP....

HomeHardwareDeals The Samsung 990 Pro is the fastest SSD we’ve ever tested - and now the 2TB model is discounted. This debuted at £284, but now has dropped to £240, a historic low price for this record-setting drive that pushes to the limits of the PCIe 4.0 spec. Get the Samsung 990 Pro 2TB for £240 (was £284) The Samsung 990 Pro is our current top ‘fastest SSD’ pick, offering the shortest loading times of any drive we’ve tested....

HomeFeatures The RPS Selection Box: Liam’s bonus games of the year 2022The problem with being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness The problem with being faster than light is that you can only live in darkness Anyway, with that out the way, here’s a list of things I liked this year that no one else at RPS had a chance to play, or in one case just thought was total ass....

HomeDeals Sennheiser’s legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are down to £87 on AmazonNearly £100 off their UK RRP. Nearly £100 off their UK RRP. The Sennheiser HD 599 SE has been one of my favourite pairs of headphones for a long time, with its open-back design, neutral sound signature and comfy velour earpads combining into one of the best affordable headsets for critical listening and gaming in my book. These headphones normally hover around £100 to £180, but today they’ve dropped to a near-all-time-low: £87 at Amazon UK....

HomeFeatures The RPS Selection Box: Alice Bee’s bonus games of the year 2022Creepy, cosy, puzzling Creepy, cosy, puzzling We liked so many games this year that we couldn’t fit them all in ourAdvent Calendar. Everyone on staff has picked aSelection Boxof bonus games they want to give hon. menchies for 2022.I didn’t play as many games as I wanted to this year - but then I say that every single year and will probably continue to do so until the end of time (I assume at some point my consciousness will be uploaded into an immortal robot that will exist until the heat death of the universe, and that robot will still be doing previews)....