Review: Age Of Empires 4 review: a confident and moreish strategy epic
One small step for mankind
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Halo Infinite campaign trailer shows big levels with bases to capture
And big explosions
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Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy's first trailer looks shiny yet cartoony
Check out these old/new comparisons
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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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Feature: How Psychonauts 2 turns the mind inside out
It’s all in your head?
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Haunted Chocolatier is the Stardew Valley developer's next RPG
Run a chocolate shop staffed by ghosts
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Supporters only: Please, stop with all the godawful emails about NFT gaming
It will never be a good idea
News
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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
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Truck Simulator now supports mods in multiplayer
'Cause we got a modded convoy rockin' through the night
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Grand Theft Auto remastered trilogy's first trailer looks shiny yet cartoony
Check out these old/new comparisons
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Doom Eternal's Horde mode arrives next week
It's part of the 6.66 update
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Halo Infinite will let you host a cross-platform LAN party on a PC dedicated server
A new trailer details the PC edition's features and options
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New World character transfers paused due to gold duping glitch
Amazon will ban players found exploiting it
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Supporter funded articles
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Please, stop with all the godawful emails about NFT gaming
It will never be a good idea
It started a few months ago: we got an email about shoes designed using 'blockchain technology', and had a good laugh about it as a concept. But in retrospect, this email was merely the ripple on a glass of water that go ahead of a T-Rex's mighty tread. Except in this analogy the T-Rex is one of 10,001 unique dinosaurs programatically generated from different traits. …
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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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The zombies in Back 4 Blood are more fashionable than me
Fresh to death
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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
Deals
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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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One of the best FPS mice for just £40, complete with optical switches, flexible cable and 69g weight.
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Get an RTX 3070 gaming laptop for £1250 after a £150 discount
A big discount on a mobile gaming powerhouse.
Bestest Bests
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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 uninstall Windows 11 and go back to Windows 10
Upgrader’s remorse? Read this guide
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Oh, for 11’s sake
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Razer cap RazerCon announcements with first PSU and liquid cooler components
New haptic feedback headsets launched as well
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Can’t buy an RTX 3080? GeForce Now will let you play with one in the cloud
Still gonna cost you, though
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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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
"I have a phobia of animal suits, and I have done my entire life," says surreal artist and Spiral Circus' co-founder Tom Mead. I'm listening to him talk about the making of his latest game, Silt, at EGX 2021. First announced at the PC Gaming Show earlier in the year, Silt is a surreal 2D puzzle game in which you play a mysterious diver …
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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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Mon Amour is the most crazed, loved up take on Flappy Bird you'll ever see
Another kiss of life from Onion Games
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Song Of Farca is great if you don't take it personally
I hardly know her!
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Pokémon-like RPG Monster Crown has left early access
No balls here, only pacts
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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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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
-
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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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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Overwatch's McCree will be renamed Cole Cassidy
After allegations involving the cowboy's real-life namesake
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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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Age Of Empires 4 review: a confident and moreish strategy epic
One small step for mankind
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Guides
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Best Diablo 2: Resurrected classes and builds
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Everything we know about Frogs in Minecraft
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Set off some fireworks with this explosive Hoffman build
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How to uninstall Windows 11 and go back to Windows 10
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New World Saltpeter locations: how to gather Saltpeter Ore in New World
Where to find Saltpeter Ore, a key component in crafting gunpowder