Feature: Lo-fi horror and the allure of an uncanny Bitsy
Why haunted pixels are sometimes better than spooky polygons
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Feature: Turbo Overkill is the most fun you'll have with a chainsaw leg
"What would happen if you could slide into monsters to kill them?"
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Darkest Dungeon 2 is out now in early access
I hope you're ready for a stressful wagon ride
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Review: Age Of Empires 4 review: a confident and moreish strategy epic
One small step for mankind
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Feature: It's Halloween Week on RPS, and we've got a load of horror-themed writing to celebrate
Find all our seasonal spooky article delights right here
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Review: Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy review: a blast from the past
My superhero name is Layman, and I really like this game
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A deep dive into the making of Spiral Circus' debut game
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Valve confirm Steam autumn, winter, and Halloween sale dates
Start saving those pennies
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How to enable Auto HDR in Windows 11
Get brighter lights and more vibrant colours in almost any game
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Supporters only: Step back from the brink in Precipice
Close encounters of the third world
News
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You can visit New Vegas again in a Fallout 4 mod
But this very much isn't Fallout: New Vegas ported to Fallout 4
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Darkest Dungeon 2 is out now in early access
I hope you're ready for a stressful wagon ride
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You can batter people with fish in Chivalry 2's new tavern brawl mode
Also new: last-ditch headbutts for players who are literally disarmed
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Rad roguelike Caves Of Qud has added friendlier modes
Plus new end-game stuff for veterans
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Valve confirm Steam autumn, winter, and Halloween sale dates
Start saving those pennies
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No More Heroes developers Grasshopper bought by NetEase
Planning three big games over the next 10 years
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Halo Infinite campaign trailer shows big levels with bases to capture
And big explosions
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Overwatch's McCree will be renamed Cole Cassidy
After allegations involving the cowboy's real-life namesake
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CD Projekt have bought the studio behind The Flame In The Flood
They're making a mystery game set in a CD Projekt world
Supporter funded articles
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Step back from the brink in Precipice
Close encounters of the third world
Brinkmanship doesn't get explored all that much in games. Precipice is almost certainly derived from Balance of Power, a political strategy simulation from 1985 about the Cold War powers and their winner-armageddons-all staring contest. It was impressively original, complex, and completely unplayable. Happily, Precipice has kept most of what made that game interesting to begin with, and dumped the baggage.
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Please, stop with all the godawful emails about NFT gaming
It will never be a good idea
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My hunger for games like Warcraft 2 is slowly being sated
Discovering new games is great, innit
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Letter From The Editor #03: EGX Rezzed is dead, long live EGX Rezzed
We talk Rezzed's move to Birmingham and new site features
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Reviews
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy review: a blast from the past
My superhero name is Layman, and I really like this game
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Age Of Empires 4 review: a confident and moreish strategy epic
One small step for mankind
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House Of Ashes review: very nearly a fun horror romp
It's still too serious for its own good, but it's going in the right direction
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Corsair's flagship Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT headset is 26% off in the UK
A deep £65 discount on an unreasonably luxurious gaming headset.
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A good price for the PC and PS5-compatible XPG S70 Blade.
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A big discount on a mobile gaming powerhouse.
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Inscryption review: a sinister and excellently crafted card game with a darkly comic underbelly
I've never meta-fiction I didn't like
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The 50 best strategy games to play on PC in 2021
From tiny robot battles to grand historical warfare
Hardware
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How to enable Auto HDR in Windows 11
Get brighter lights and more vibrant colours in almost any game
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Best gaming monitors: the top 144Hz, 240Hz and 4K HDR displays
All the best monitors for gaming, including budget, HDR and ultrawide displays
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How to uninstall Windows 11 and go back to Windows 10
Upgrader’s remorse? Read this guide
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Oh, for 11’s sake
From The Archive
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Little Hope spoiler chat: I have some questions
One condition and one term
Alright so I played and finished the second game in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Little Hope, this weekend. I did a spoiler-free review of it, if you are interested. But I would very much like to discuss a lot of very spoiler-heavy things, which is what this post is going to be.
See, like the other interactive horror stories Supermassive have made, Little …
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Let's take a moment to enjoy the post-it notes and graffiti in Back 4 Blood
Don't dead open inside
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I'm a sucker for a good menu noise
It can't only be me
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Monster Hunter Rise might just be my ideal Monster Hunter game
After years of trying (and failing) to make high fashion dino pants, I've finally found a MonHan that clicks
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Man, I'm so looking forward to The BB Boys becoming The BBBB Boys
Buddy Bot's gonna be my new best friend in Death Stranding Director's Cut
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How Hades plays with Greek myths
Hell to pay
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Resident Evil Village's Beneviento house is like the monstrous lovechild of PT and Resi 7
It scared the bejeezus out of me
Indiescovery
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Darkest Dungeon 2 is out now in early access
I hope you're ready for a stressful wagon ride
Darkest Dungeon 2 has launched in early access, inviting us all on a delightfully stressful wagon ride. The sequel to Red Hook Studios' dark roguelike moves away from expeditions in the gloomy Hamlet, and instead sends you on a journey through horrific lands to stop an apocalypse. The devs recently told me about why they're taking their gothic tale on the road, and it has …
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Step back from the brink in Precipice
Close encounters of the third world
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Lo-fi horror and the allure of an uncanny Bitsy
Why haunted pixels are sometimes better than spooky polygons
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How Beatrix Potter and a fear of open water inspired the surreal, Limbo-like horror puzzler Silt
A deep dive into the making of Spiral Circus' debut game
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Into The Pit was inspired by Devil Daggers and a Nicolas Cage film
"It was such a specific vision... how people were trying to emulate that nostalgic feel with modern technology."
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Lo-fi adventure Chasing Static is now out with some classic horror puzzling
Blown fuses? Spooky bunker? You know what to do.
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TFI Friday: three indie puzzle games with slightly melancholy vibe
Feel happy sad with A Juggler's Tale, The Sundew and Night Reveries
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