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HomeNewsAmong Us Among Us had 1.5 million people playing at the same time this weekendNo wonder it’s gone wonky No wonder it’s gone wonky Uncovering spacetraitors inAmong Ushas become surprisingly popular, a success which is not unexpected because the game’s bad (it’s good!) but because it had been out for a year-and-a-half before really being noticed. The developers, Innersloth announced over the weekend that the sneaky party game hit 1.5 million concurrent online players, which is, well, damn....

HomeNewsMadden NFL 21 Colin Kaepernick returns to Madden 21 as a stellar free agentFree agent, free update. Free agent, free update. The NFL might still be skirting around giving Kaepernick a team. But now, you can add him to your own Madden lineup - and with the stats he’s boasting, you’d be a fool not to. pic.twitter.com/R2agq5B64p— Madden NFL 21 (@EAMaddenNFL)September 8, 2020 pic.twitter.com/R2agq5B64p — Madden NFL 21 (@EAMaddenNFL)September 8, 2020...

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer will have microtransactions, but not singleplayerCDPR clarify, kinda, a bit CDPR clarify, kinda, a bit CD Projekt Red have been clear about their ‘no microtransactions’ policy forCyberpunk 2077the singleplayer RPG for ages, but their vagueness on Cyberpunk multiplayer has caused trouble and confusion. This week they clarified yes, the Cyberpunk online doodad due after launch will have microtransactions, but no, they’re not liars because this is a separate project....

HomeNewsAdios In Adios, you’re tired of burying bodies for the mobPig chow. Pig chow. Making its debut all the way back at Microsoft’s ID@Xbox show in April, Adios has uprooted a new trailer and Steam page this week. Watch on YouTube Watch on YouTube Adios kicks off with an absolute stonker of a premise. After years of letting the mob feed bodies to your pigs, you’ve had enough. When the latest delivery arrives, you muster up the courage to tell your pal, an assassin, that you’re out....

HomeFeaturesCrusader Kings III Paradox Interactive’s QA staff allege poor treatment, low pay, and mismanaged layoffs"It was very, very obvious that QA was lowest down on the ladder." “It was very, very obvious that QA was lowest down on the ladder.” Three months ago, Paradox Interactivesigned a collective agreement, to better establish workplace rights with the unions in their company. In an industry where we hear so many horror stories about underpaid and poorly treated employees, unionisation can be an important tool in giving workers a bigger voice, and providing support when it comes to negotiating their rights....

HomeHardwareNews PC game load times are about to get a whole lot faster thanks to Microsoft’s DirectStorage techDirectStorage and RTX IO explained DirectStorage and RTX IO explained The tech behind the super fast load times on the Xbox Series X is coming to PCs in the form of DirectStorage, Microsoft have announced. The DirectX API aims to dramatically reduce loading times and enable developers to create bigger, more detailed worlds than ever before thanks to its “best in class IO tech” (that’s input / output, in case you’re unfamiliar with the term) - if you’ve got the right kind of SSD, that is....

HomeNewsStar Renegades Robo-smashing roguelite Star Renegades is out nowThe future’s pink. The future’s pink. Listen. Just because we’ve got a multiversal authoritarian state to demolish doesn’t mean we can’t take a few moments to enjoy the scenery. Released today,Star Renegadesis a bloody stunning tactical roguelite RPG about smashing robots, dodging rivals, and catching some sweet sunsets at the end of the universe again, and again, and again.As the unofficial resident expert on giant robots here at RPS, I’ll just say: cor, those are some phenomenal giant robots....

HomeNewsUnpacking Unpacking wants to make moving house as chill as possibleMake a house a home. Make a house a home. Image credit:Humble Games Image credit:Humble Games Moving house is a nightmare. From dealing with landlords to hauling your junk halfway across the country, it’s more stressful than anything the world of videogames could throw at you. Fortunately, upcoming chill puzzlerUnpackingskips all that for the good part of settling into new digs - the moment where you finally get to spill boxes all over the floor and start turning a sterile showroom into a messy, intimate home....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Vehicles have returned to Call Of Duty: WarzoneFuelled up and ready to go. Fuelled up and ready to go. Barely two days after forcing Warzone players to hoof it across the map on their own two legs, Infinity Ward today announced the return of vehicles as part of a small playlist update. Along with today’s playlist update, we also added vehicles back into Warzone. Thank you for your patience....

HomeNewsGraven I think because it has wizards? Here’s 10 minutes of narrated explain-o-gameplay from a pre-alpha version: To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings If you want even more, a whole half-hour without commentary isin this video. “Gravenbegan as a game we had often dreamed of,” said Frederik Schreiber, the game’s director and vice president of 3D Realms, in the announcement. “‘What would a spiritual successor to a Dark Fantasy series such as Hexen, have looked like if it was made in 1998 in the original Unreal engine?...

HomeHardwareNews AMD are using Fortnite to tease their RX 6000 Big Navi GPUsSomething “big” is coming… Something “big” is coming… Hey@AMDGaming@AMDRyzen@AMD@sherkelman. Found this on Fortnite. What does it mean?pic.twitter.com/C3cpOTx8DU— Gina (@MissGinaDarling)September 4, 2020 Hey@AMDGaming@AMDRyzen@AMD@sherkelman. Found this on Fortnite. What does it mean?pic.twitter.com/C3cpOTx8DU — Gina (@MissGinaDarling)September 4, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The “Something Big” is almost certainly a reference to the current code-name for AMD’s next-gen GPUs, “Big Navi”, while the “+6000” is likely to be a hint for their eventual model names....

HomeFeaturesTerraria Have You Played… Terraria?A favourite of mine A favourite of mine Terrariaastounds me. It astounds me because it is bottomless. I mine materials for hours, finally smelt some armour, then the developer saunters over and refills my glass. Just when I think I’m done for the evening, another one slides across the table. Oh, go on then. Before I touched the game, I thought it was just 2D Minecraft. If you, like younger, sillier me, think this is the case, you are mistaken....

HomeFeaturesParadise Killer Paradise Killer’s OST is the sound of the summerTheir first album was way better than their first album Their first album was way better than their first album Image credit:Fellow Traveller/Leoful Image credit:Fellow Traveller/Leoful My word, doesParadise Killerooze style. As “investigation freak” Lady Love Dies, you’re thrust into an open-world murder mystery on a tropical island. And not just any island, but one dipped in a radioactive vat of vaporwave punch....