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HomeNewsIslands & Trains Islands & Trains looks like Townscaper but with trains - and that’s perfectA no-stress transport sandbox A no-stress transport sandbox It’s been a good few years for relaxing, sandbox building games, andIslands & Trainslooks to fit right in. Its name also does most of my job for me: this is a game about constructing islands, right? And then you build trains on them, yeah? It’s “coming soon” and it looks delightful in GIFs the developer has been posting on Twitter....

HomeNews Minecraft Legends new gameplay trailer has big Dragon Quest Builders energyA slightly closer look at its action-strategy spin A slightly closer look at its action-strategy spin Mojang Studios announcedMinecraft Legendsduring this month’s Summer Geoff Fest, dubbing it an “action strategy” Minecraft spin-off that’s being made in collaboration with Blackbird Interactive, the folks behindHomeworld 3and Hardspace Shipbreaker. And that was the extent of our knowledge at the time. Well, thanks to Nintendo’s latest Direct Mini, we got the briefest slice of new gameplay which expands our knowledge just a smidge further....

HomeFeatures RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2005Some spicy choices for our favourite games of 2005, and why they should be saved Some spicy choices for our favourite games of 2005, and why they should be saved The Time Capsule, of course, isn’t intended to be a list of thebestgames from the year in question, but rather a round up of the games we think are interesting or note-worthy enough to save for future generations....

HomeNewsLorelei And The Laser Eyes Sayonara Wild Hearts devs are making a similarly stylish murder mysteryLorelei And The Laser Eyes coming next year Lorelei And The Laser Eyes coming next year Simogo are perhaps best known now for power pop rhythm gameSayonara Wild Hearts, but their next game,Lorelei And The Laser Eyes, looks like something of a return to their roots. It’s a mystery game, a puzzle game, set in a baroque manor and - as per everything they make - dripping with style....

HomeNewsSonic Frontiers Sonic Frontiers' Cyberspace stages are refreshing blasts of classic SonicCyberspace might be the best place Cyberspace might be the best place I thoughtSonic Frontierswasless Breath Of The Wild and more Super Mario Odysseyafter I’d given it whirl in LA atSummer Geoff Fest. Despite its rough edges, Frontier’s open-ish world was a joy to blitz around as a hedgehog renowned for goingparticularlyfast. But there was one thing I couldn’t talk about – Cyberspace stages: Bite-sized levels à la classic Sonic....

HomeGuidesThe Cycle: Frontier The Cycle: Frontier Veltecite locations: The best place to find Veltecite in The Cycle: FrontierHere’s where to go to find Veltecite in both Cycle: Frontier maps Here’s where to go to find Veltecite in both Cycle: Frontier maps Looking for Veltecite in The Cycle: Frontier?Veltecite is one of the earliest materials that may give you a bit of trouble finding in the wild and wonderful lands of Fortuna III....

HomeHardwareNews Valve are “more than doubling” weekly Steam Deck shipmentsQ3 reservations will become available from this week Q3 reservations will become available from this week Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Word from theSteam Deckfoundries is that Valve are significantly stepping up the number of handhelds they ship out to reservation holders. A missive from the officialSteam Deck Twitteraccount claimed they’ll “more than double” the total of weekly shipments, and confirmed that those with order availability estimates in Q3 2022 will start receiving emails to confirm and claim their orders from June 30th....

HomeFeaturesEndless Dungeon Endless Dungeon is a rigorous blend of tower defence and tactical roguelite actionForgive it for being unforgiving Forgive it for being unforgiving First announced last year,Endless Dungeonis a top-down, tactical roguelite hero-shooter set inAmplitude’s Endless universe - yerEndless LegendandEndless Spacetypes. Lots of things with no end, basically. It’s also a sort of sequel toDungeon Of The Endless, a turn-based game from 2014 that laid a lot of the groundwork for Endless Dungeon’s core loop of dungeon runs and wave survival....

HomeHardwareFeatures Nvidia DLAA: How it works, supported games and performance vs DLSSAI-powered anti-aliasing for more powerful RTX graphics cards AI-powered anti-aliasing for more powerful RTX graphics cards Nvidia DLAA (Deep Learning Anti-Aliasing) is more of a niche prospect than its upscaler cousinDLSS(Deep Learning Super Sampling), though it shares the same ultimate goal of making your PC games look sharper. Like DLSS, DLAA uses a dash of AI brainpower to stitch together frames with more detail than conventional anti-aliasing techniques like TAA and MSAA – only with DLAA, there’s no upscaling involved....

HomeNewsThe Day Before Full-timers are paid an undisclosed amount, whereas part-timers get “cool rewards” Image credit:Mytona Image credit:Mytona “Whatever you do in life, you do it willingly or unwillingly. If you do it willingly it becomes a heaven. If you do it unwillingly it becomes a hell.“Watch on YouTube The company website for Fntastic now has a ‘volunteer’ section, which says: “Fntastic’s culture is based on the idea of volunteering. This means that every Fntastic member is a volunteer....

HomeNews Summer Games Done Quick is back for 2022 with plenty of PC speedrunsIt’s the first in-person event for years It’s the first in-person event for years Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Sega Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Sega Charity speedrun festSummer Games Done Quickis staging its first in-person event since 2019, and there are shedloads of PC games to gawp at. SGDQ is one of the highlights of the year’s speedrunning calendar, and this year’s event runs until July 3rd....

HomeGuidesThe Cycle: Frontier The Cycle: Frontier Titan Ore locations: The best place to find Titan Ore in The Cycle: FrontierHere’s where to go to find Titan Ore in both Cycle: Frontier maps Here’s where to go to find Titan Ore in both Cycle: Frontier maps Below we’ll explore both Bright Sands and Crescent Falls and show you exactly where to go to find the highest concentrations of Titan Ore veins inThe Cycle: Frontier....

HomeNewsFallout 4 The Fallout: London mod is bringing nuclear war elephants to the UK in 2023New footage of a blighted Blighty New footage of a blighted Blighty Post-apocalyptic modFallout: Londonwill arrive next year, the development team have announced with a new video released as part of theFalloutFor Hope charity initiative. It’s a DLC-sized mod forFallout 4that’s bringing the unchanging nuclear war across the pond. Doff your bowler hat out of respect for all the nuked chippies, and watch the trailer below....