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HomeNews Ten CoD players have launched their own lawsuit to stop Microsoft buying Activision-BlizzardIt is their duty It is their duty Two weeks ago,after much hoo hah, the Federal Trade Commisionlaunched a lawsuitwith the aim of blocking Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Yesterday, a bunch of CoD players did the same.The private consumer complaint from the 10 #gamers claims the deal would give Microsoft “far-outsized market power in the video game industry”....

HomeFeatures What’s better: seasonal events, or dynamic snow?Vote now! Vote now! Seasonal events At certain times of the year—Lunar New Year, the spring equinox, Halloween, Christmas, and so on—live service games kick back and chill out with special events themed for the season. Even serious games become keen to hand out silly hats, give levels a seasonal twist, and maybe introduce some party games. Ready for some America Which are your favourites, reader dear?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Wednesday 21 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #550 and hintsHints and the answer to Wordle #550 Hints and the answer to Wordle #550 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Wednesday 21 December 2022?The festive season is in full swing, and it brings a lot of chaos. Last minute gift shopping, visiting family and friends, running to the shop to buy three extra puddings for Christmas Day just in case there’s not enough for everyone....

HomeNewsThe Gecko Gods Be a gecko and climb on any surface in The Gecko GodsA chill puzzle adventure coming next year A chill puzzle adventure coming next year The cat gamereigned supreme in 2022, but there’s a chance 2023 could be the year of the gecko game. That’s how I feel after watching the trailer for The Gecko Gods, at least. It’s an action adventure in which you control a cute little lizard who can crawl across walls and ceilings, and also solves puzzles, fights golems and pilots a boat....

HomeNews Classic FPS Star Wars: Dark Forces has gotten a well deserved glow-upThanks to years of work from modders on The Force Engine project Thanks to years of work from modders on The Force Engine project The Force Engine Version 1 TrailerStar Wars: Dark Forces was the dawn of a whole series of Star Wars shooters on PC.Watch on YouTube The Force Engine Version 1 Trailer Dark Forces was released in 1995, and used the Jedi engine....

HomeNews The Winter Sale continues over on GOG, and they’re giving away Revolution Software’s classic point-and-clickBroken Swordfor free until Thursday. It’s the Director’s Cut too, which adds some more stuff for nosey American tourist George ‘Goat-wrangler’ Stobbart and French journalist Nico ‘Curtains’ Collard to investigate. Good grief, I can’t even remember the last time I played a Broken Sword. The first one is a classicadventure gamefrom a time when they were beginning to fade from PC, goat puzzle notwithstanding....

HomeNewsDark and Darker Escape From Tarkov goes dungeon-crawling in Dark And DarkerYou can try the free alpha playtest on Steam You can try the free alpha playtest on Steam The skeleton-smashing and lock-picking action of first-person dungeon-crawlers combines with the PvPvE tension of Escape From Tarkov inDark And Darker, which currently has a free alpha playtest running. Alone or with a party of pals, you head into dungeons to mash AI-controlled monsters and fill your pockets with loot....

HomeNews Risk Of Rain Returns will remaster the classic 2D roguelike next yearFrom original developers Hopoo Games From original developers Hopoo Games It was announced today:Risk Of Rain Returns, a remaster of the 2013 2D roguelike with all new pixel art, new survivors and new everything else. Risk of Rain Returns – Announce TrailerWatch on YouTube Risk of Rain Returns – Announce Trailer Risk Of Rain Returns “completely overhauls the original and introduces a ton of new content”, according to Hopooin a Steam post about the announcement....

HomeNews The next game from Paratopic’s devs has a tropical Paradise Killer feelI’m not sure what’s going on in Roman Sands: REBuild, but I dig it I’m not sure what’s going on in Roman Sands: REBuild, but I dig it First-person adventureRoman Sands RE:Buildwas announced during Nintendo’s House Of Indies holiday event, and it’s coming to Steam in summer 2023 too. Described as an “end of time adventure gacha puzzle apocalypse visual novel simulation horror trip”, Roman Sands RE:Build hails from the devs behind horror gameParatopic....

HomeFeaturesHardspace: Shipbreaker The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 20thA workers work is never worked A workers work is never worked Exercise caution when opening door number 20 on the RPS Advent Calendar, because it’s an uncaring world of manual labour in space out there. If you open the door wrong you could cause a huge explosion that kills you - but to mitigate that risk you can spend money buying an Official Safe Door Opener....

HomeFeaturesBaldur’s Gate 3 There’s “a lot of stuff” still coming to Baldur’s Gate 3 - including a big secretLarian’s founder and director Swen Vincke reveals he’s still got a special something up his sleeve Larian’s founder and director Swen Vincke reveals he’s still got a special something up his sleeve Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Larian’s now-traditional Panel From Hell method of update delivery dumped some importantBaldur’s Gate 3news last week....

HomeNewsAquatico Underwater citybuilder Aquatico challenges you to build Rapture in JanuaryA week earlier than planned A week earlier than planned Underwater citybuilderAquaticowill submerge players on January 12th, 2023. This new release date comes a little more than a month after its release was set for January 19th, but I won’t look a gift seahorse in the mouth. There’s also a new trailer below which breaks down how you’ll build your very own Rapture equivalent....

HomeNews Microsoft may be considering a lower-priced tier of theirGame Passservice, with a few adjustments from the current standard options. A Spanish-language survey shared onResetErahas allegedly shown the company asking current subscribers whether they’d be up for cheaper Game Pass for PC and console, if that reduction came with a delay for first-party games or running ads. It’s worth taking this with a heavy pinch of salt though, as there’s no confirmed source to the survey....