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HomeNews Sokpop’s Pipo Park offers up one last cosy autumn afternoonPut your coat on, it’s nippy out. Put your coat on, it’s nippy out. We finally did it, folks. 2020 is almost over. And while it felt like spring and summer were interminably long, autumn seems to have passed in the blink of an eye. But we can still enjoy the best season a little while longer with Dutch indie boyband Sokpop, who are taking us all out on a cosy trip toPipo Park’s tiny sandbox....

HomeNewsFall Guys Fall Guys devs opening another studioWhat are they making? What are they making? TheFall Guysstooges at Mediatonic this week announced they’ve found a spot for new studio in Leamington Spa, which I suppose means they can go ahead and open one. They initially announced plans for a studio in the English spa town back in February, but they hadn’t created a gaming sensation at that point so, y’know, fewer people were interested in the news....

HomeFeaturesDream Daddy Have You Played… Dream Daddy?So many hot dads, so little time. So many hot dads, so little time. I’ve never really played many dating simulator games. Back whenDream Daddyfirst came out, I gave it a go, and had a solid time overall. I went on some nice dates with a handsome coffee shop owner and he introduced me to the band PUP, who have a load of absolute angsty bangers....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Highlander Hunter deck list guide - Darkmoon Faire - Hearthstone (December 2020)The new and improved Darkmoon Faire Highlander Hunter. The new and improved Darkmoon Faire Highlander Hunter. Highlander Hunter is a deck built around reaping the benefits of cards that work best when your deck contains no duplicates. A midrange build focused around gettingDinotamer BrannsummoningKing Krushto hit your opponent’s face on turn 7, your gameplan is to contest the board early and overwhelm your opponent when the opportunity arrives....

HomeVideos Mystery Steam Reviews is all PlayStation and Xbox this weekPick a port that’s new Pick a port that’s new In the past couple of weeks, the internet has been full of Smart Delivery-this and DualSense-that. No one can escape the buzz surrounding the launch of the two new video game boxes. That’s why this week’sMystery Steam Reviews— a quiz segment on a weekly video podcast calledThePCGaming Weekspot— revolves around all things PlayStation and Xbox....

HomeNews What’s your favourite game of 2020?With apologies to those releasing in December With apologies to those releasing in December The RPS treehouse has been filled with that most festive of activities: arguing. We’ve been selecting games for the RPS Advent Calendar, which means both trying to decide what games we loved most in 2020, and also trying to remember even a single game we played in 2020. To help with both of these things, I’m asking you: what was your favourite game this year?...

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3’s next patch will make you start a new saveFrustrating, but not surprising Frustrating, but not surprising A new early access update is headed toBaldur’s Gate 3soon, and be warned: it will break save file compatibility, requiring players to start a new save to play with the patch. You will be able to revert to the previous version of the game to continue an existing save, mind, just without any of the newness....

HomeHardwareDeals Best Cyber Monday VR headset deals 2021: Oculus and ViveThe best Cyber Monday VR headset deals right now, for the UK and US. The best Cyber Monday VR headset deals right now, for the UK and US. It’s hard to find good deals for VR headsets, but this year’s haul of discounts is better than last year’s - and, importantly, they remain available now that it’s Cyber Monday. These include deals on both the Oculus Quest 2 and HTC’s Vive headsets, so read on below to see what’s on offer....

HomeNewsThe Legend of Bum-bo Bum-Bo’s free DLC is back on track after a pretty crap yearIt’s all been a bit poopy. It’s all been a bit poopy. We haven’t heard from deckbuilding Isaac spin-offThe Legend Of Bum-boin a while, have we? After launching in a shaky state last year, the cardboard sewer-crawler creators went silent. Finally speaking this week, creator Edmund McMillen explained that the team have had a particularly rocky time with 2020 - and that hopefully, things have settled long enough to finally get back on track on that free DLC promised way back when....

HomeHardwareDeals Cyber Monday 2021 Razer deals: all the best deals on Razer mice, keyboards, headsets and laptopsFind all the best Cyber Monday deals on Razer PC hardware right here Find all the best Cyber Monday deals on Razer PC hardware right here Cyber Monday is here and with it comes some great deals on everything black and green. If you missed out on getting a new keyboard, mouse, headset or a laptop over the past couple of weeks, there’s still time to pick one up on the cheap....

HomeNewsSpintires: MudRunner Mudrunner’s filthy motoring is free on the Epic Games Store this weekPacked your wellies? Packed your wellies? To cut a long story short, Spintires creator Pavel Zagrebelny had a bit of a spat with publisher Oovee, leading to the game’s delisting (andeventual relisting). Zagrebelny would eventually take the game to Focus Home Interactive where it would slowly drop the Spintires branding while its arctic follow-up ignored it entirely. Got it?...

HomeNewsCave Story Nicalis issue DMCA takedowns against Cave Story fangameLost in the dark. Lost in the dark. In aDMCA noticeposted last week, a representative for Nicalis called for the entire Cave Story Engine 2 repository (which included various editions of the fan-made edition) to be stricken from the site. From the looks of things, they’ve been successful. The takedown notice alleges that CSE2’s source includes code based on the original Cave Story, which Nicalis own as part of their deal to distribute their own Cave Story + and Cave Story 3D on Steam and Nintendo Consoles....

HomePodcasts Podcast episode 119: the fashion in games specialMr Jeans says keep buying denim Mr Jeans says keep buying denim Today we hit the yearly milestone of deciding it was finally cold enough to turn the heating on. You hold out as long as you can, obviously. Not made of money. Perhaps we could have lasted longer if we’d had very fashionable coats made out of the skin of a rare bat monster, such as you can hunt and kill inMonster Hunter: World....