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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Take a piratical peek at the first Return To Monkey Island gameplay
They should’ve just called it Guybrush Returns
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Valve are “more than doubling” weekly Steam Deck shipments
Q3 reservations will become available from this week
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Steam’s most wishlisted game seems to be worked on entirely by volunteers
Full-timers are paid an undisclosed amount, whereas part-timers get “cool rewards”
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Feature: Endless Dungeon is a rigorous blend of tower defence and tactical roguelite action
Forgive it for being unforgiving
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Feature: Screenshot Saturday Mondays: trains, ghosts, and cyberpunks
Looking at more interesting upcoming indies
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Feature: Nvidia DLAA: How it works, supported games and performance vs DLSS
AI-powered anti-aliasing for more powerful RTX graphics cards
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Summer Games Done Quick is back for 2022 with plenty of PC speedruns
It’s the first in-person event for years
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Please welcome our new reviews editor, Rachel Watts
The RPS Hivemind is finally complete
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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition on Steam now includes the better ScummVM release
Which was released in 2019
News
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Take a piratical peek at the first Return To Monkey Island gameplay
They should’ve just called it Guybrush Returns
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Minecraft Legends new gameplay trailer has big Dragon Quest Builders energy
A slightly closer look at its action-strategy spin
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Overwatch 2's second closed beta kicks off today
Let’s see what new tank Junker Queen can do
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Sonic Frontiers' Cyberspace stages are refreshing blasts of classic Sonic
Cyberspace might be the best place
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Hearthstone’s next expansion invites us to a murder mystery party in August
Murder At Castle Nathria is a whodunnit with 135 new cards
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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
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Please welcome our new reviews editor, Rachel Watts
The RPS Hivemind is finally complete
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The Fallout: London mod is bringing nuclear war elephants to the UK in 2023
New footage of a blighted Blighty
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Steam’s most wishlisted game seems to be worked on entirely by volunteers
Full-timers are paid an undisclosed amount, whereas part-timers get “cool rewards”
Supporter funded articles
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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
The old school FPS revival has largely left me cold, if I'm honest. Even the ones I've enjoyed tend to get old within an hour. Most of the things that get recreated aren't the things I miss about 90s games, and if they were... Doom still exists, you know? So does Blood, and Strife, and Quake was never that good anyway.
Extraneum is good, though. …
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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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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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Deals
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This Dell G15 gaming laptop is £532 with an RTX 3050 Ti, Core i5 and 512GB SSD
A good entry-level gaming laptop for a bargain basement price.
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Pick up a 27-in 1440p 165Hz Lenovo monitor for £200
A great deal for the current gaming monitor sweet spot.
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This 850W ThermalTake power supply is down to £60 at AWD-IT
An awesome price for an 80+ Gold modular PSU.
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Get a Gigabyte RTX 3060 graphics card for £330 (was £390)
Want double the performance of a GTX 1060 or RX 580? Get this.
Videos
Bestest Bests
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Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy review: a special, chunky roguesomething
Fortune favours the knave
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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2009
We list our favourite games from 2009, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else
Hardware
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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
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Nvidia DLAA: How it works, supported games and performance vs DLSS
AI-powered anti-aliasing for more powerful RTX graphics cards
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Here are all the confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games so far
Get your RTX and RDNA 2 graphics cards at the ready
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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Screenshot Saturday Mondays: trains, ghosts, and cyberpunks
Looking at more interesting upcoming indies
Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, we have cute trainline-building, ghost violence, surreal things both intentional and unintentional, and a cyberpunk New York City.
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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
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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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Raft sails out of early access after four years with a huge update
Survival on a raft, with co-op support
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Dome Keeper is a superbly satisfying wave defence game about fending off aliens with a giant laser
Please, please let there be enough content in the full release
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Fear my tiny undead minions in Necrosmith
Necrosmith was actually the name of the scientist
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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Take a piratical peek at the first Return To Monkey Island gameplay
They should’ve just called it Guybrush Returns
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Minecraft Legends new gameplay trailer has big Dragon Quest Builders energy
A slightly closer look at its action-strategy spin
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Overwatch 2's second closed beta kicks off today
Let’s see what new tank Junker Queen can do
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Sonic Frontiers' Cyberspace stages are refreshing blasts of classic Sonic
Cyberspace might be the best place
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Hearthstone’s next expansion invites us to a murder mystery party in August
Murder At Castle Nathria is a whodunnit with 135 new cards
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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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Valve designer: No, seriously, don’t make this Steam Deck SSD mod
“Hi, please don’t do this”
-
Valve are “more than doubling” weekly Steam Deck shipments
Q3 reservations will become available from this week
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This Dell G15 gaming laptop is £532 with an RTX 3050 Ti, Core i5 and 512GB SSD
A good entry-level gaming laptop for a bargain basement price.
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Pick up a 27-in 1440p 165Hz Lenovo monitor for £200
A great deal for the current gaming monitor sweet spot.
Guides
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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
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Monster Hunter Rise best armor
Including tips on picking out the best early- and late-game armor, and an explanation of how Layered Armor works
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Monster Hunter Rise multiplayer: How to play with friends
How to play Monster Hunter Rise in multiplayer, and what quests can be played with friends
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Monster Hunter Rise: How to lock on
How to track a specific target and lock the camera in Monster Hunter Rise on PC
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Here's where to go to find Veltecite in both Cycle: Frontier maps
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The Cycle: Frontier Smart Mesh
Here's where to go to find Smart Mesh
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Here's an archive of previous Wordle words
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Today's Wordle answer (Tuesday 28 June)
Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word