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HomeNewsCore The official Game Awards “metaverse experience” is dead boring so farp.s. to hell with “the metaverse” p.s. to hell with “the metaverse” When The Game Awards start cranking out trinkets and marketing tomorrow night, you’ll be able to watch the whole shebang from within an official “metaverse experience” in game-making platformCore. Launched on Monday, it’s named Axial Tilt, and what I played of it ahead of the live in-game event is rubbish....

HomeNews Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is out now, adding bunnyboys (and other stuff)New classes, quests, and more in the fourth expansion New classes, quests, and more in the fourth expansion After a pre-order early access period so popular itoverwhelmed serversand left players in long queues,Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalkerhas now officially launched. The fourth expansion pack for Square Enix’s fantasy MMORPG continues the story with new quests, adds two new player classes, takes us to new areas to fight new enemies, and, most importantly, opens a male option for the Viera race so you can play as a bunnyboy in a maid costume....

HomeNewsThirty Flights of Loving Thirty Flights Of Loving gets surprise 9th anniversary updateAdding support for Mac and Linux Adding support for Mac and Linux I fell mushy, gooey, sweaty in love withThirty Flights Of Lovingfrom the first time I played it. It’s a rapid-fire, magical realistic heist game, which tells its short story using smash cuts, flashbacks, and no dialogue.It is now nine years old, and so of course it’s received a 9th anniversary update....

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Ubisoft are launching Ghost Recon Breakpoint NFTs later this weekI love making my trousers scarce I love making my trousers scarce Well, they’ve done it. After declaring their desire to be"key players" in blockchain gaming, Ubisoft have announced in-game NFTs on a new platform called Ubisoft Quartz. They’re cosmetic items called Digits, and they’re coming to Ghost Recon Breakpoint later this week. Here’s Ubisoft’s video introduction:...

HomeFeaturesElex II Elex II is a weird science fantasy RPG that doesn’t care about you at all, and I respect thatGet ready to die Get ready to die I was talking to Graham (RPS in peace) about this and he said: “Eventually one of these RPG sci-fi fantasy things will get close enough to being a BioWare game that it makes loads of money.” This being the games equivalent of monkeys and typewriters....

HomeNews Final Fantasy XIV giving players a free week in apology for queuesOh, the perils of popularity! Oh, the perils of popularity! Even before the official launch ofFinal Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion on Tuesday, the MMORPG’s servers have been overloaded during its early access period for pre-orderers,leaving players in long queuesto join. Oh, the perils of popularity! Sharing a status update over the weekend, game director Naoki Yoshida apologised again for the problems, and said they plan to give all active subscribers seven days of free game time....

HomeNewsPowerWash Simulator Powerwash Simulator has added online co-op multiplayerCooperative cleaning for up to six players Cooperative cleaning for up to six players The breakout novelty simulator this year for me isPowerwash Simulator, a game about methodically moving your mouse over the surface of objects to blast away grime and rust with a murderously strong stream of water. It’s not a chaotic system likeViscera Cleanup Detail, it’s just a game where you slowly make something dirty all sparkling clean....

HomeDeals The best gaming mouse deals, including Logitech and RazerMouse deals to make you squeak with joy Mouse deals to make you squeak with joy A lot of gaming mice, for whatever reason, appear to exist in a perpetual state of discount-dom; a neverending cycle of savings that makes one wonder if they were ever sold at full price to begin with. Of course, that’s nothing to moan about if you’re in the market, and this guide to the best gaming mouse deals right now will help you skip to the best stuff....

HomeNewsTitan Quest Titan Quest’s fourth expansion, Eternal Embers, is out nowThe little game that could The little game that could I’ve seenTitan Questdescribed as the best Diablo 2-like available, and I’ve seen it praised for its colourful environments when its competitors (including Diablo 2) are either grey or brown. Well, now there’s even more Titan Quest. The Eternal Embers expansion is out now, with Asian-inspired locations and loads of new things to hack and slash....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Warzone ‘Last Hours Of Verdansk’ event: When does it start?Pacific Caldera is coming Pacific Caldera is coming This guide will explain everything you need to know about the Last Hours Of Verdansk event, including when it starts in your time zone and how to get involved in the grand finale. Killing folks with top-tier guns in Call Of Duty: WarzoneWatch on YouTube Killing folks with top-tier guns in Call Of Duty: Warzone...

HomeNewsForza Horizon 5 Forza Horizon 5 patch fixes convoys and Horizon Arcade bugsAmong many more Among many more Image credit:Playground Games Image credit:Playground Games Despite being aForza Horizon 4mega fan and having played it three times, I’ve yet to dig intoForza Horizon 5. I’m relishing the experience of still having it to play, like keeping a big chocolate bar on a high shelf in case of an emergency.When I do decide to head down Mexico way, I’ll get a better experience for having waited....

HomeFeatures The RPS Advent Calendar 2021, December 4thBlink and you’ll miss it Blink and you’ll miss it Welcome to the2021 RPS Advent Calender! We’re revealing one of our favourite games of the year each day in the run up to Christmas. Check back at the Calendar post to see the games behind other doors.Please pay attention to the fourth door of our Advent Calendar. But try not to blink. Or do blink, if you want, maybe....

HomeNews Valve shows off Steam Deck’s case and final packagingThe last prototype before production The last prototype before production TheSteam Deckhas been delayed untilFebruary 2022, but a newupdate from Valvesays that they’ve now completed their final prototype of the handheld PC before it enters full production. They’re now sending out a new wave of dev kits to creators, and as part of that they’re also testing their final packaging. That includes the neat-looking case pictured above....