Feature: Our favourite games of 2022 so far
The 20 games that have kept us glued to our screens since January
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Feature: Cult Of The Lamb is like The Binding Of Isaac had a cute colony sim, but with more Satan
I always knew sheep were up to something
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This parody of The Witness is funny, fun, and free
The Looker is a rare thing: a fun parody game with good jokes
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Feature: RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2005
Some spicy choices for our favourite games of 2005, and why they should be saved
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Hell Is Us wants to make its action-adventuring even more "old school" than Elden Ring
It's a big no to map markers
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Feature: What's better: boss battles as skill checks, or secrets behind waterfalls?
Intrinsic reward vs. extrinsic reward
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Please welcome our new reviews editor, Rachel Watts
The RPS Hivemind is finally complete
News
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Untangling minimalist puzzles in Hook 2 is catchy
Taking objects to pieces in the correct order
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Ron Gilbert doesn’t want to talk about Return To Monkey Island anymore
The series’ co-creator is fed up of “attack comments”
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This parody of The Witness is funny, fun, and free
The Looker is a rare thing: a fun parody game with good jokes
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Much-delayed expansion Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is finally out today
Meet Ms. Chalice, also a cup of sorts
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Valve halve Steam Deck SSD bandwidth on some models, say games performance is unaffected
256GB and 512GB Decks could include the lower-spec NVMe drives
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Blizzard acquire Spellbreak studio to focus on World Of Warcraft expansions
Proletariat have announced they will shutter their magical battle royale early in 2023
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Dead By Daylight devs are plotting to end the game’s grind, permanently
Overhauls to the progression system should cut grind by “roughly 75%”
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Hell Is Us wants to make its action-adventuring even more "old school" than Elden Ring
It's a big no to map markers
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Devs behind Steam wishlist hit The Day Before defend use of unpaid volunteers
They have over 100 full-time, paid "volunteers", but 40 unpaid "supporters" working on it
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The Fallout TV show has cast David Lynch's muse Kyle MacLachlan as a regular
An actor who’s no stranger to wacky roles
Supporter funded articles
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Street Fighter 6's modern control scheme is an absolute game-changer
Finally, a way in
Aside from the many indies and Sonic Frontiers and this breakfast sandwich I got from Birdies, I must say that Street Fighter 6 was a major highlight of my time in LA for Summer Geoff Fest. Honestly, I went into my hands-on slot expecting to plaster a big "meh" on the game in my notepad. But the inclusion of a "modern" control scheme …
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Extraneum is a bit Doom, a tiny bit System Shock, and a huge bit fun
Bring your slaughter to work day
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Starfield's big reveal helped suppress my inner skeptic
Can't take me anywhere
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Fear my tiny undead minions in Necrosmith
Necrosmith was actually the name of the scientist
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Reviews
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Occupy White Walls review: create and curate your own personal art gallery
Colour me impressed
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The Sims 4 Werewolves is the best supernatural add-on pack yet
Howl at the moon! Eat raw meat! Pee on your lawn! It's a whole new world of possibilities.
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Available in a beautiful white/pink colourway.
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Our favourite games of 2022 so far
The 20 games that have kept us glued to our screens since January
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Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy review: a special, chunky roguesomething
Fortune favours the knave
Hardware
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Valve halve Steam Deck SSD bandwidth on some models, say games performance is unaffected
256GB and 512GB Decks could include the lower-spec NVMe drives
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Sony return to PC hardware with premium gaming monitors and headsets
New InZone brand goes beyond the PS5
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Valve designer: No, seriously, don’t make this Steam Deck SSD mod
“Hi, please don’t do this”
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Valve are “more than doubling” weekly Steam Deck shipments
Q3 reservations will become available from this week
E3 2022
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Sonic Frontiers' Cyberspace stages are refreshing blasts of classic Sonic
Cyberspace might be the best place
I thought Sonic Frontiers was less Breath Of The Wild and more Super Mario Odyssey after I'd given it whirl in LA at Summer Geoff Fest. Despite its rough edges, Frontier's open-ish world was a joy to blitz around as a hedgehog renowned for going particularly fast. But there was one thing I couldn't talk about – Cyberspace stages: Bite-sized levels à la classic …
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Starfield's big reveal helped suppress my inner skeptic
Can't take me anywhere
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The best indies from the Summer Games Fest show floor in LA
Admin! Shadows! Making a friend out of spare bones and organs!
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SpellForce: Conquest Of Eo is a strategy RPG with 4X DNA and "do or die action"
A new vibe for a classic series
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Sonic Frontiers is less Breath Of The Wild and more Super Mario Odyssey
It's way more fun than it looks, trust me
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Final Fantasy VII Remake finally materialises on Steam today
Square Enix show Final Fantasy Rebirth and reveal Remake will be three parts
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Aaryn Flynn says Nightingale's a survival game with a "richer set of storylines"
And we touch on building a home in a realm-hopping world
Indiescovery
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Untangling minimalist puzzles in Hook 2 is catchy
Taking objects to pieces in the correct order
A few years back, Pip enjoyed Hook, a minimalist puzzle game about untangling mish-mashes of hooks and pins by removing pieces in the correct order. If you try to remove that one, the hook will snag on that pin, so first this pin needs to go but ah! that goes through the middle of this ring, so... it's interesting to understand a shape and …
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This parody of The Witness is funny, fun, and free
The Looker is a rare thing: a fun parody game with good jokes
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Cult Of The Lamb is like The Binding Of Isaac had a cute colony sim, but with more Satan
I always knew sheep were up to something
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Pop-punk coming-of-age rhythm game Loud looks cute
Guitar Hero meets Life Is Strange
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Screenshot Saturday Mondays: trains, ghosts, and cyberpunks
Looking at more interesting upcoming indies
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Extraneum is a bit Doom, a tiny bit System Shock, and a huge bit fun
Bring your slaughter to work day
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Buy 2357 bees for £3 then find them in these new hidden object games
It's hard to find a better price on bees
From The Archive
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What happens when you make a Crusader Kings 3 ruler with every stat set to max?
The Age of Men is over. The Time of Gigaknight has come.
The Vatican City, 1146 AD, and 90 years into a game of Crusader Kings III. As the doors of the conclave chamber are sealed, a ring of hangdog cardinals stare miserably at each other in the sudden gloom. It is time, once again, to choose a new Pope. Once, this would have been a gathering seething with the ambitions of powerful men. Now, it …
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The death of my maxed-out Crusader Kings 3 ruler has kicked off an apocalyptic witch fight
The vast and the furious.
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An ode to cutting off boss tails in Dark Souls
Tails from the Lordrans
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Give yourself a good day by playing Webbed
Sling for joy
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G String is like Half-Life 2, except that I like it
Bach to the future
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NIMBY Rails has made me a train person
Love live the Pey Wet Express
Latest articles
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Untangling minimalist puzzles in Hook 2 is catchy
Taking objects to pieces in the correct order
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Occupy White Walls review: create and curate your own personal art gallery
Colour me impressed
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Ron Gilbert doesn’t want to talk about Return To Monkey Island anymore
The series’ co-creator is fed up of “attack comments”
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Our favourite games of 2022 so far
The 20 games that have kept us glued to our screens since January
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This parody of The Witness is funny, fun, and free
The Looker is a rare thing: a fun parody game with good jokes
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Much-delayed expansion Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course is finally out today
Meet Ms. Chalice, also a cup of sorts
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Cult Of The Lamb is like The Binding Of Isaac had a cute colony sim, but with more Satan
I always knew sheep were up to something
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Valve halve Steam Deck SSD bandwidth on some models, say games performance is unaffected
256GB and 512GB Decks could include the lower-spec NVMe drives
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Is 16TB enough hard drive for you? This refurb is down to $200
That's 1.2¢ per gigabyte.
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Get a Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD for £110
A super-fast NVMe drive with an integrated heatsink.
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This week's GTA Online Podium Car
Find out which car is the podium prize this week
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Today's Wordle answer (Thursday 30 June)
Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word
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Dead By Daylight codes [June 2022]
All the Dead By Daylight codes you can redeem right now
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All the latest Shindo Life codes to redeem for free spins
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Best Diablo Immortal Monk build
Pummel the hoards with the best Diablo Immortal Monk build
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Today's Wordle answer (Wednesday 29 June)
Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word
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How to start Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Everything you need to complete to begin the Sunbreak expansion
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Monster Hunter Rise: Tips for beginners
Useful tips for beginners just getting started in Monster Hunter Rise
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Monster Hunter Rise best weapons
Tips on picking your starting weapon from the line-up of 14 possibilities in Monster Hunter Rise