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HomeNewsMarvel’s Midnight Suns No, seriously, you should disable the 2K Launcher for Marvel’s Midnight SunsReduce stuttering, boost FPS and eliminate an annoyance in one fell swoop Reduce stuttering, boost FPS and eliminate an annoyance in one fell swoop The strategic superheroics ofMarvel’s Midnight Sunsmight make it aBestest Bests winner, but tragically, it does come yoked to the dreadful 2K Launcher. A few monthsbreaking the BioShock series on the Steam Deck, this pernicious piece of software now appears to be a major cause of Midnight Suns' stuttering issues, while seriously hobbling performance more generally....

HomeNewsThat Lonesome Valley Robert Yang’s latest is a free romance that channels Brokeback MountainGet ready for some country lovin' in the Wyoming wilderness Get ready for some country lovin' in the Wyoming wilderness It’s been 17 years and a week since Brokeback Mountain happened, and indie dev Robert Yang has taken the spirit of the movie and turned it into a free to play romance visual novel.That Lonesome Valleylets you play out the relationship between two young herders working alone together out in the American wilderness....

HomeFeatures The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 13thHey! Put that heart back! Hey! Put that heart back! Welcome to theRPS Advent Calender 2022! Every day we open a new door and reveal one of our favourite games this year. Checkthe main calendar postto see the full list.Today we reach day 13 of the RPS Advent Calendar. This is unlucky for some, but not for a group of cool, fast movin', psyche-battlin' schoolkids, who spend a lot of time on extra curricular activities and not enough time getting their talking cat to shut up....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Tuesday 13 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #542 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 Tuesday 13 December 2022?It’s 12 days until Christmas, which isn’t the same thing as the actual 12 days of Christmas, but it feels like a nice excuse to start winding down to the holidays and/or panicking about all the stuff you still have to get done....

HomeNewsReturnal You probably don’t have the RAM for Returnal’s recommended PC spec32GB is a pretty big recommendation 32GB is a pretty big recommendation When I heard timebending roguelike shooterReturnalwas actually, really, definitely coming to PC during The Game Awards last week, I wasn’t quite expecting the recommended system requirements to suggest I set aside 32GB RAM at its disposal. That’s what devs Housemarque and publisher PlayStation have listed for Returnal’s recommended system requirements though....

HomeNewsArmored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon FromSoftware aren’t aiming for “Soulsborne type gameplay” in Armored Core VIThough the combat does sound a bit Sekiro-ey Though the combat does sound a bit Sekiro-ey You might have missed it in the Games Awards news-glut, but FromSoftware announced a new game last week.Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubiconmarks the return of the mechs they used to make beforeDemon’s Soulsset them on a different, swordier path, and IGN have just published a big interview that pokes into what bearing the Soulsbourne lineage might have on a game about flying mechs with guns and missiles....

HomeNewsElden Ring Miyazaki says they’re working on “several more things” for Elden RingMore ring things More ring things Image credit:FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment Image credit:FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment Last weekElden RingaddedPvP colosseums, which are a fine place to spend your time while waiting for From Software to make more sad demons for you to kill. Director Hidetaka Miyazaki has confirmed that more updates are on the way, using his Game Awards victory speech to announce that they’re working on “several more things” forElden Ring....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: an island castle and climbing a creatureCheck out these interesting indie games! Check out these interesting indie games! Co-op “survival-crafting adventure"Abiotic Factor(coming to Steam) looks an awful lot likeHalf-Lifefrom the whitecoats' perspective, so is this an unforseen consequence of Gordon Freeman blowing up the staff room microwave? Eating raw food now has some.. unfortunate side effects.#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/sF9NwTsytK— Abiotic Factor (@ABFGame)December 10, 2022 Eating raw food now has some....

HomeFeaturesSYNCED: Off-Planet Synced is a roguelite looter shooter that struggles to stand outTencent’s stab at live-service is totally fine Tencent’s stab at live-service is totally fine I spent just over an hour with Synced’s PVE mode Dead Sector, where I teamed up with another journo, and a member of the PR team who guided us both through the mode’s inner workings. I bounced between a couple of Runners (classes), one who chucked a poison bomb and a silver fox of a medic who’d probably excel on Hinge....

HomeFeaturesPowerWash Simulator The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 12thJumbo jets Jumbo jets In this work-a-day world it can be difficult to find moments of satisfaction. Well, let the twelfth game on the RPS Advent Calendar deliver a concentrated pressure hose of satisfaction right onto your dirty driveway Tool up and get ready to clean theheckout of some surfaces inPowerWash Simulator. PowerWash Simulator Launch TrailerCleaning in real life may or may not be less fun than cleaning in PowerWash SimWatch on YouTube...

HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Ubisoft say nah, no Steam Achievements for Assassin’s Creed ValhallaThey’re still on Ubisoft Connect, though They’re still on Ubisoft Connect, though Assassin’s Creed Valhallasnuck onto Steam last week, but Ubisoft say they won’t be adding Steam Achievements. You can still unlock 70 of the things via Ubisoft Connect, which launches automatically when you boot the game up on Steam anyway - so the only functional difference is that your achievements won’t all be in the same place....

HomeNews Unciv is a free, open-source take on Civilization 5 that’s coming to SteamRuns on a potato Runs on a potato We Bought Five Unusual Steam Deck Accessories From EtsyLiam and James test some intriguing Steam Deck accessories they found on Etsy.Watch on YouTube We Bought Five Unusual Steam Deck Accessories From Etsy Describing Unciv as “an open-source reimplementation of the most famous civilization-building game ever”, dev Yair Morgenstern is working with volunteers using the cross-platform framework libGDX....

HomeNewsThe Outbound Ghost Valve delist The Outbound Ghost on Steam after its lead developer says don’t buy the gameUPDATE: The game’s now returned to Steam UPDATE: The game’s now returned to Steam The Outbound Ghost | PC Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube The Outbound Ghost | PC Release Date Trailer “The past few weeks have been incredibly stressful due to many factors, but the main reason is that my relationship with the game’s publisher has been dissolved,” Grindheim said in his video....