HomeNewsBPM: Bullets Per Minute Rock rhythm FPS Bullets Per Minute is out nowShoot and loot to the beat Shoot and loot to the beat Fighting off the forces of the underworld may not be a stroll in the park but at leastBPM: Bullets Per Minutelets you get down to the dirty business to the beat of some rockin' tunes. As an Asgardian Valkyrie you jump, dash, and shoot to the beat of the music as do your hellish enemies....
HomeHardwareNews RPS Asks: are today’s RTX 3080 reviews giving you buyer’s remorse over the RTX 20 series?Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Nvidia’s newRTX 3080comes out tomorrow, and reviews are starting to hit the internet. Ours isn’t quite ready yet - it still needs a little more time in the benchmarking oven - but so far the praise has all been very glowing....
HomeGuidesSpelunky 2 Spelunky 2 shortcuts: what items are needed to open all tunnelsAll the requirements for Mama Tunnel All the requirements for Mama Tunnel You’ll need to fulfil certain requirements to unlock the shortcuts though - here’s what you need to hold onto. All items required to unlock Spelunky 2 shortcuts The first shortcut is unlocked after you beat 1-4 in Adventure mode. Terra, or Mama Tunnel, will be waiting there with her shovel and smile, asking you for a little help with getting her shortcut together....
HomeFeaturesKill It With Fire Terminating spiders in Kill It With Fire has turned me into a monsterEight legs but nowhere to run Eight legs but nowhere to run I don’t like spiders. Ever since I watched a documentary on TV about the leggy nasties lurking in the rainforest when I was but a high-pitched, impressionable Ed, I’ve become one of those people who scrambles for a paper and cup when a spider’s lurking about....
HomeNewsOverwatch Bam! Pow! Overwatch gets graphic with Tracer’s Comic ChallengeA real page-turner. A real page-turner. Super-powered heroes? Nefarious evil organisations? Dubious allegories to real-world oppression?Overwatchis already basically a comic book series, so why not lean all the way into that? This month, Blizzard are doing just that. Tracer’s Comic Challenge is a graphic two-week event for picking up some themed cosmetics, running alongside the release of a new webcomic starring everyone’s favourite spatially-unbound Londoner....
HomeNews Civilization’s Sid Meier talked to RPS all about his brilliant career at PAX X EGXRailroads, Pirates, Civ, and more! Railroads, Pirates, Civ, and more! Sid Meier, that legendary game dev whose name sits before the names of Civilization games, had a lovely chat with our very own Nate Crowley this weekend, as part of PAX Online X EGX Digital. The pair talked all about some of the most notable parts of Meier’s career - including, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates!...
HomeNews Dontnod’s Twin Mirror reflects on a December release with a new trailerMirror, mirror, in my head. Mirror, mirror, in my head. It’s been all quiet on theTwin Mirrorfront for some time now - but after a good deal of introspection, Dontnod reckon their upcoming mental mystery is just about ready. As the studio’s next narrative thriller (and the first one they’re publishing themselves), Twin Mirror’s mind palace opens its doors to a supernatural investigation this December....
HomeNews EA are dumping the Origin name with their new “EA desktop app"What a catchy name! What a catchy name! Origin is, like, so last decade. A few weeks ago, Electronic Arts changed the name of Origin Access to EA Play. Turns out it’s not just the subscription service getting a shake-up however, oh no, they’re coming for the Origin software too. EA aren’t getting rid of their launcher, rather it’s suffering a far worse fate: it’s being renamed to the EA desktop app....
HomeHardwareNews Facebook have leaked the Oculus Quest 2 earlyToo bad it requires a Facebook account, though. Too bad it requires a Facebook account, though. Facebook have accidentally leaked the Oculus Quest 2 after a pair of videos detailing the new VR headset emerged on their Blueprint training site yesterday. The successor to the standaloneOculus Questis due to be officially announced tomorrow during Facebook’s Connect developer conference on September 16th, but you can watch both videos right here to get an early sneak peek....
HomeNewsFall Guys Fall Guys mid-season update adds remixed levels and a giant hammerYeet those beans. Yeet those beans. Fall Guys, evidently, did not have enough hammers in it. With a few weeks still to go before the game goescastle crashing into its next season, Mediatonic are bringing out the toolkit for a mid-season update. Today’s patch shakes up the bouncy battle royale with remixed levels and the irregular appearance of a colossal spectral mallet called “Big Yeetus”....
HomeHardwareNews Glorious' Model O Wireless gaming mouse weighs just 69gReservations open September 23rd. Reservations open September 23rd. Holey mouse makers Glorious have announced their first ever wireless gaming mouse, the Model O Wireless. Weighing in at just 69g, the Model O Wireless is even lighter than mycurrent favourite wireless gaming mouse, the 80gLogitech G Pro Wireless, and at $80, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper, too. Reservations for the mouse open on September 23rd, and here’s what to expect....
HomeFeatures Shove over, Burnout My memories are hazy, but they radiate a sort of chaotic happiness. This is a game where you drive a wedge of a car at blistering speeds around a racetrack and bash into other cars. As you’d expect, the graphics are old and mushy, but I’m fond of the way rocks resemble golden, crinkled Ferrero Rocher packages and debris chips off bumpers in a way that reminds me of those empty crisp packets folded into triangles you’d find in the hands of that one kid in your class....
HomeNews Paper Beast is getting a non-VR version next monthFrom Eric Chahi of From Dust fame From Eric Chahi of From Dust fame I’ve not paid much attention toPaper Beast, the latest god game from Eric Chahi ofFrom Dustfame, because it’s been confined to VR goggles. Something about exploring a weird world inside the Internet, discovering an ecosystem of digilife and using godlike powers to change the landscape? Sounds grand. I will now start paying attention, because developers Pixel Reef today announced they’re making a non-VR version....
