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HomeReviewsNobody Saves the World A world worth saving? In Nobody Saves The World, said world has succumbed to The Calamity, a dark force that’s mutated its residents into blubbery eyes that spit spikes and sentient puddles of acid. A great mage called Nostramagus usually keeps these at bay but, in classic fashion, he’s gone missing. Nobody Saves the World - Launch Date Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube Nobody Saves the World - Launch Date Reveal Trailer...

HomeFeaturesOlliOlli World OlliOlli World is a good-spirited renovation of punishing skateventuresSkate or don’t Skate or don’t Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Roll7 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Roll7 To perform an ollie is to commune with gods. Or maybe just look cool.OlliOlli Worldis shaping up to be a good-spirited renovation of the 2D skateboarding series that has traditionally been quite punishing. This one’s got a flashy third dimension, moon-faced cartoon characters, and a plucky story to match....

HomeNewsWordle Wordle’s app store namesake is donating its proceeds to charityOlder game called Wordle has benefitted from new viral hit Older game called Wordle has benefitted from new viral hit When I first heard aboutWordle, I assumed it was an app, and went looking for it on various app stores. I didn’t find it - Wordle is insteada website, and completely free. It turns out I’m not alone. App developer Steven Cravotta explainedon Twitterthat a completely unrelated game he released five years ago, also called Wordle, has had a major increase in downloads over the past few weeks....

HomeNewsYs IX: Monstrum Nox Ys IX: Monstrum Nox adds cooperative multiplayerIt’s for local co-op, but you can work around that to play online It’s for local co-op, but you can work around that to play online The PC version ofYs IX: Monstrum Noxnow supports cooperative multiplayer, a tidy little post-launch bonus for Nihon Falcom’s action-RPG. Nadia Oxfordtold uslast year that for fans of the genre, “the Ys series is a must-play, and Ys IX is as good a place to start as any....

HomeNews A blindfolded speedrunner beat Sekiro in two hours on AGDQThe speedrunning week has raised £2.5 million for a cancer charity The speedrunning week has raised £2.5 million for a cancer charity Image credit:Activision/FromSoftware Image credit:Activision/FromSoftware I strongly recommend watching for yourself (parts, at least) and keeping an eye out for different tricks he uses in different places. Dozens of speedrunners zoomed throughover a hundred gamesacross a week of 24-hour streaming, and you can catch up on them allon YouTube....

HomeNewsDiplomacy Is Not An Option Diplomacy Is Not An Option delays its hordes until next monthMore time to plan your castle More time to plan your castle Diplomacy Is Not An Optionlooks pleasant and lovely, a bucolic town builder of the sort that would enrapture me for a lost weekend. There’s a little combat, but not mu– Oh, wow. Waitaminute. There’s a moment in this trailer where it suddenly looks like one of those adverts for fake mobile games....

HomeNewsGod of War (2018) God Of War PC offers test fix for “out of memory” errorsAvailable through a beta branch on Steam Available through a beta branch on Steam God of War - Features Trailer | PCWatch on YouTube God of War - Features Trailer | PC “We’ve seen a number of people reporting issues with ‘Out of Memory’ errors on start up when the computer should otherwise have ample memory,” the devs explained ina Steam postover the weekend....

HomeNews Konami’s Castlevania NFT collection sold for £119,000That’s a lot of money to get basically nothing That’s a lot of money to get basically nothing Konami’s first auction of NFTsconcluded over the weekend, with idiots collectively spending the equivalent of £119,000 ($162k) in cryptocurrency to buy 14 database entries pointing to Castlevania artwork, music, and videos that anyone online can see for free. On one hand, thank god it was only £119,000 because if it was the millions that some ugly Twitter avatars have sold for, every other mercenary games company would ramp up their own NFT initiatives....

HomeNews Turn your Wordle result into a cute building with the Townscaper converterMake your failings cute for all to see Make your failings cute for all to see Even if you’re not playing smash-hit word puzzle game Worldle, you’ll likely have seen grids of green and yellow squares in your social media feeds from people sharing their solutions to the day’s puzzle. A good way to share info in an abstract, but not the prettiest....

HomeNewsNotre-Dame on Fire Ubisoft are making a VR escape game set inside the burning Notre DameIn partnership with a docudrama In partnership with a docudrama “Like any escape game, it’s a question of puzzles and co-operating with your teammates,” says Deborah Papiernik, Ubisoft senior VP new business and strategic alliances, to Variety. “The idea is to make your way through the cathedral to find relics and to fight the fire, because you have to save Notre Dame [before the clock runs out]....

HomeFeatures When will video games give me their sad murder mums?It’s complex, Oedipus It’s complex, Oedipus I enjoy the sub-genre of meme about Sad Murder Dads as much as the next gal. Heck, I enjoy those lads themselves. From Kratos inGod Of War, to Joel inThe Last Of Us, and even less story-focused murder dads like Soldier 76, dudes rock. Successfully rehabilitated and reimagined as father figures struggling to inhabit that role and accept their emotions, in some very good games to boot....

HomeNews GOG now has tags and new ways to search and filter gamesWith more improvements to come With more improvements to come You’ll find most of thenew features down the left handside of the GOG homepage. According tothe post announcing the features, it’s been designed to make it faster for people to find a game among the 5500 currently sold via GOG. PC Game Music Quiz | Can You Guess PC Classics From The Music?...

HomeNewsGod of War (2018) How are you finding God Of War on PC so far?RPS Asks RPS Asks God Of Waris out now, as of Friday at 5pm. This gives PC gamers their first chance to experience 2018’s hottest memes, yelling “Boy!” at one another, and writing thinkpieces about videogame dads. It also gives them the chance to satisfyingly throw an axe through a lot of skeletons. James' look at the port will breakdown the best settings to use when you play....