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HomeReviewsGrotto Grotto review: a grim, mystical tale about the limitations of languageStars in their eyes Stars in their eyes It’s a hard life, being a soothsayer inGrotto. You live in a dingy little cave, the locals look at you with varying levels of distrust and suspicion, and occasionally your campfire will perk up and talk to you when no one’s looking, its yellow flames turning an ominous shade of blue as it whispers dread-filled words about failure and the beating heart of the mountain into your ear....

HomeFeaturesNew World I’m sorry to say it New World, but you need mounts, mateI refuse to get off my high horse I refuse to get off my high horse My heart sinks every time I accept a quest in MMORPGNew World, which isn’t ideal. These are tickets to adventure, to discovery, to that sweet, sweet EXP. But the more time I spend with the game, the more I’m beginning to loathe them....

HomeNewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator is getting more free updates with GOTY editionAnd the Reno Air Races expansion has a release date And the Reno Air Races expansion has a release date Microsoft Flight Simulatoris getting a ‘Game Of The Year’ edition. The skybound sim has received regular free updates since launch, each adding new cities and points of interest. The GOTY edition will bring even more, including new potogrammetry cities, 8 new airpirts, and 5 new aircraft....

HomeNews RPS Asks: you to please take our 2021 readership surveyHelp shape the future of the RPS supporter program Help shape the future of the RPS supporter program It’s that time of year again where we come to you with a single question: would you fill out ourRPS Readership Survey, please? It should only take around 5-10 minutes of your time to complete, and it will be a big help to us going forward - particularly when it comes to shaping the future of the RPS supporter program....

HomeNewsTotal War: Warhammer III Total War: Warhammer 3 trailer shows Grand Cathay and Tzeentch rumblingBut who will win? There’s only one way to find out But who will win? There’s only one way to find out After a lot of explaining how the factions of Grand Cathay and Tzeentch will work inTotal War: Warhammer 3, Creative Assembly today demonstrated with a nine-minute video dramatically recapping a battle between the two. The third game in their fantasy real-time strategy series has needed to invent and fill out a lot of armies not present in the tabletop game, so it’s interesting to see them in action....

HomeGuidesBack 4 Blood Back 4 Blood jukebox music list: every song that plays on the Back 4 Blood jukeboxSlash along to a killer soundtrack using the Back 4 Blood jukebox Slash along to a killer soundtrack using the Back 4 Blood jukebox Want a list of songs that play on the Back 4 Blood jukebox?A few missions into Act 1, you’ll come across the Bar Room Blitz mission. Sure, there are some story points about distracting zombies and saving people, but this mission is a smash-hit for one reason....

HomeHardwareFeatures Exclusive: Here’s how you’ll know which games will run on Valve’s Steam DeckWe speak to Valve about their Steam Deck compatibility review programme We speak to Valve about their Steam Deck compatibility review programme Valve have always maintained that theSteam Deckis closer to a conventional PC than a handheld console, and as such should be able to run your existing library of games on Steam. But while the officialSteam Deck Twitteris full of videos showing games performing well on dev kits, the compatibility status of many more gamesremains up in the air....

HomeNewsGotham Knights Gotham Knights trailer introduces its baddies, the Court of OwlsHoo? Hoo? If your reaction to hearing that the villains of Batman ‘em upGotham Knightsare the Court of Owls is “Hoo?”, 1) wow, good grief 2) you might want to watch these new trailers. Released over the weekend during the DC FanDome pow-o-rama, they introduce the secret society who pull Gotham’s strings, as well as giving us a peek at the game’s version of Penguin....

HomeReviewsInscryption Inscryption review: a sinister and excellently crafted card game with a darkly comic underbellyI’ve never meta-fiction I didn’t like I’ve never meta-fiction I didn’t like Be afraid.Inscryptionis both a love letter to card games and a twisted, jocular caricature of their numerical excess. It had me grinning ear to ear, sometimes nervously, sometimes with the joy of someone who simply loves thumbing through new cards, even when a rustic antagonist with big hands is reaching for my throat....

HomeNewsMachinarium Machinarium is selling the best merch: a bronze statuette of its adorable starThe gold (well, bronze) standard for merch The gold (well, bronze) standard for merch I don’t buy video game merch, and if I did buy video game merch I wouldn’t buy statues, and yet… my heart melts looking atMachinarium’s hot new merch drop. Amanita are selling a limited run of bronze statuettes of the adventure game’s adorable scrap robot star, Josef, and I love him....

HomeHardwareFeaturesMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise PC vs Switch: how the demo comparesWitness the Windows glow-up Witness the Windows glow-up Therecent launchof theMonster Hunter Risedemo on PC has given us a free look at how this soon-to-be-former Nintendo Switch exclusive will run and play when it releases in full in January 2022. This calls, naturally, for some screenshot comparisons.Not to smack talk the Switch, but there’s definitely still a whiff of the low-power handheld console about Rise’s visuals....

HomeNews Oh, nope, Microsoft’s big hint at Fable news today was nothingTeasing tweets now deleted Teasing tweets now deleted Yesterday, Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios Publishing Twitter account offered what sure sounded like tantalising hints that Monday would bring big news on the mysterious upcomingnew Fable game. Like, really sounded like. Like, totally sounded like the sort of obvious hint marketing campaigns drop when they’re pretending it’s a surprise but want you to know full well what’s up....

HomeNews Say hello to RPS' new guides writers, Rebecca Jones and Hayden HeffordBack to full strength Back to full strength After months of searching, I’m pleased to announce that the RPS guides team has finally added two fresh faces to its ranks. Please say hello to Rebecca Jones and Hayden Hefford. Top 10 New PC Games For October 2021Watch on YouTube Top 10 New PC Games For October 2021 AsRPS supporters will already know, Rebecca has actually been with us for a while now....