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HomeNewsLeague of Legends Riot are attempting to pull out of a sponsorship deal with a bankrupt crypto company…partly so they can find another crypto sponsor …partly so they can find another crypto sponsor As crypto researcher & critic Molly Whitereports, FTX were supposed to pay Riot an escalating annual sum of millions all the way into 2028. They’ve gone bankrupt, so now Riot have filed a motion for their deal to be cancelled, which seems reasonable....

HomeNewsSable Sci-fi adventure Sable is the latest Epic Games Store free gameExplore a futuristic world full of giant skeletons and levitating bikes Explore a futuristic world full of giant skeletons and levitating bikes Sandy hoverbike-riding climb ‘em upSable’s being given away for free on the Epic Games Store up until 4pm GMT on December 19th. That’s today, if you’ve not checked your advent calendar yet. This one’s got my attention because I’m a sucker for a fishing minigame, something Sable added in afree updatejust last month....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: cute frogfishing, handcrafted horrors, and cryptid photographyCome admire these interesting and attractive indie games! Come admire these interesting and attractive indie games! Good brooding in Far Far Down, a visual novel about daily life aboard a submarine in alt-history 2012: For this#screenshotsaturdaywe have Lucy, the beautiful and reserved French stowaway, looking at the recently sprouted seedlings and wondering about herself and the rest of the crew of this nautical#SliceOfLife#VisualNovel....

HomeHardwareFeatures The PC gaming hardware year in review, 2022 editionThe tech, and Deck, that defined this year The tech, and Deck, that defined this year How was your year for PC hardware, reader? Pick up anything nice, or got any old favourite gear still going strong? I’m still very happy with the4K gaming monitor I got for a pittance, and have spent the past twelve months becoming increasingly convinced that tenkeyless keyboards are, in fact, thebest keyboards....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Monday 19 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #548 and hintsHints and the answer to this Wordle word Hints and the answer to this Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Monday 19 December 2022?It’s almost Christmas, but there’s no time to rest just yet! Before you sink into that cup of hot chocolate, or stare wistfully out the window at the snow, get your brain in gear for a quickWordle....

HomeFeaturesGhostWire: Tokyo The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 18thThe line’s dead The line’s dead On the eighteenth day of our Advent Calendar you find yourself curiously, suddenly alone. A fog rolled through town and suddenly everyone has disappeared. Oh, wait, that looks like a bunch of school kids over there, maybe they’ll hel- OH GOD OH NO. Lot of dead people clogging up the lines inGhostwire: Tokyo! A Walk In The Rain In Ghostwire: TokyoOne of the best parts of Ghostwire: Tokyo is exploring the spooky, rainy city....

HomeNewsCostume Quest 2 Costume Quest 2 is free to keep from the Epic Games Store right nowSickly sweet Sickly sweet Costume Quest 2is the current freebie on the Epic Games Store, offered up as part of their 15 days of free games. You’ve got until 4pm GMT/8am PT tomorrow to add it to your account, after which it’s yours to keep forever. Costume Quest 2 // PAX Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube...

HomeNews John Carmack says Meta “constantly self-sabotage” their own VR effortsHis farewell memo as CTO was leaked His farewell memo as CTO was leaked After the leak happened, Carmack posted thefull text of the memo to Facebook, with some additional context. “This is the end of my decade in VR. I have mixed feelings,” Carmack begins. After writing that the Quest 2 “is almost exactly what I wanted to see from the beginning,” he explains that his problem is with the company’s “efficiency....

HomeNewsMinecraft Relax with these five hour-long soothing scenes in MinecraftI’m all about the Rainy Swamp I’m all about the Rainy Swamp I played hundreds of hours ofMinecraftin the years after its original release, but hadn’t returned again until recently. It turns out the standalone expansion I needed was a son. He’s six years in development and today I introduced him to a private Minecraft multiplayer server for the first time. Exploring, building, andthe vibesare all as wonderful as I remember....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Saturday 17 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #546 and hintsHints and the answer to this Wordle word Hints and the answer to this Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Saturday 17 December 2022?This is it, folks: my lastWordleguide of 2022. What a wordy year it’s been! I can’t begin to tell you how many of these I’ve done....

HomeNewsNew World Amazon’s piratical MMO New World opens its frontier for a free weekendIf you have World enough and time If you have World enough and time All the flap aboutWorld Of Warcraft: Dragonflighthas made it easier than ever to forget there’s a wholeNew Worldout there, but there is, and it’s temporarily free. You can jump into the frontier of Amazon Games vaguely piratical MMO without paying a penny this weekend, where you’re free to lark about until December 19th....

HomeNews Brace yourselves, the Steam Winter Sale begins December 22ndDidn’t the autumn one end like, five minutes ago Didn’t the autumn one end like, five minutes ago Valve have announced that the Steam Winter Sale will begin next week on December 22nd. I can already see myself standing in front of my mirror, chanting “I do not need more games” before sitting back down at my desk and splurging on everything I missed from this year’sRPS advent calendar....

HomeNewsThe Block Build small, tiny, very little cities in The Block, out nowWhat is this, a town center for ants What is this, a town center for ants The Blockreminds me of those mini zen sand gardens, except I don’t have to worry about anyone thinking I’m a stressed pretentious business executive when they look at my desk. It bills itself as the world’s smallest city builder, on account of your creations stretching across singular tiles that range from a tiddly 3x3 surface area to a mighty 15x15....