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As you may have noticed, we've been throwing a Rezzed Digital party over the last few days, and were inundated with demo and preview builds for a whole plethora of interesting indie games. We weren't able to play them all - but we played a lot. As is our way, a few of us got together to share our pick of the bunch, which coincidentally…

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It's Rezzed time, baybee! And sure, we might have pushed the physical event to the summer, but that doesn't mean that we and the Rezzed team aren't still dedicated to bringing you some great talks, entertainment, and the best of the best indie games, as rays of light beamed straight into your computer box machines! Yes, that's right: we're going digital. Starting tomorrow, Thursday the…

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Nate: The galaxy has been remade once again. Space opera strategy extravaganza Stellaris has a new DLC out, called Federations, and a massive free patch that overhauls a greater-than-usual number of the game's systems. Both the DLC and the patch focus hard on diplomacy, and so I thought it'd be a good idea to rope in a fellow space obsessive and see if, working together,…

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Everyone loves a good space game, but sometimes it can feel like there are more space games to play than there are stars in the sky. Fortunately, we're here to help with our list of all the best space games you can play on PC. Whether you're a budding space cruiser captain, a wannabe space conqueror or an intrepid space-faring explorer, there's a space game…

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, Descent, Distant Worlds: Universe, Elite Dangerous, EVE Online, Freelancer, Freespace 2, FTL: Faster Than Light, Homeworld, Homeworld Remastered Collection, Kerbal Space Program, Mass Effect 2, No Man's Sky, Outer Wilds, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Star Traders: Frontiers, Stellaris, X3: Albion Prelude.

The best Skyrim mods let you tweak or overhaul nearly every part of the game. There are options available whether you want to improve graphics, make your companions better company, turn the dragons into something silly, or play a whole new adventure as good as the original story. It's been nine years, but Skyrim modding shows no signs of slowing down. Below you'll find our…

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Ever since Minecraft got us hooked on surviving its deadly nights and sinister, snickering foes over a decade ago, there have been wave upon wave of new survival games to scratch our deepest masochistic itches. Attempting to tackle them all at once, however, would probably lead to an early grave, so we've put together this list of the very best survival games on PC to…

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, 7 Days To Die, Ark: Survival Evolved, Astroneer, Darkwood, Don't Starve, Don't Starve Together, Frostpunk, Kenshi, NEO Scavenger, Oxygen Not Included, Project Zomboid, Raft, RimWorld, Rust, Starbound, Subnautica, Terraria, The Forest, The Long Dark, This War of Mine.

Let us cast our minds back to pirate times now, as we embark on brand new adventures set in the sober nautical history simulation called Sea Of Thieves. In this intermittent chronicle, we'll be following the story of Captain Bartholomew Humungus, played by Nate, as he attempts to go down in history by completing the legendary 12 Labours of Pirate Hercules (which tasks Nate has,…

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Virtual reality has grown in a short few years from a wasteland of minigames to having more good games than you'll ever have time to play. Thankfully we created this list of the best VR games so you don't waste your time.

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When you're looking for the best free games on PC, what are you looking for? We think we've got you covered with our selection below, whether it's browser games you can start playing instantly, free-to-play games to rival anything you'd spend money on, or downloadable games that you can play for a lifetime.

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Everyone loves a good action game. It's the driving force behind so many of our favourite PC games, but only a few can lay claim to being the best action games of all time. That's why we've compiled this list - to sort the pulled punches from the bestest biffs that PC has to offer. Whether it's the joy of pulling off a perfect combo,…

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Ape Out, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Batman: Arkham City, Bayonetta, Binary Domain, Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow, Control, Dead Cells, Devil May Cry 5, Grand Theft Auto V, Hades, Hotline Miami, Hyper Light Drifter, Katana ZERO, Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne, Monster Hunter: World, NieR: Automata, Nuclear Throne, Red Dead Redemption 2, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, TowerFall Ascension, Vanquish, Yakuza 0.

Some of you love building a PC. You’re well into hardware trends and technical innovations and model numbers and all of that. This is fine and valid. But a lot of players are just not interested. They love games on the PC, but the machinery itself is irrelevant. I am one of those people. I’m not totally clueless. I know some basics. I can put…

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The best RPGs have always found their home on PC, but it's a big genre and it can be difficult to know what you should play next. That's why we've put together this list.

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Anachronox, Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura, Avernum: Escape From the Pit, Baldur's Gate II, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, Brogue, Chrono Trigger, Dark Souls: Remastered, Darkest Dungeon, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Diablo III, Disco Elysium, Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Dwarf Fortress, Fallout, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Hand of Fate 2, Kenshi, Legend of Grimrock 2, Mass Effect 2, Monster Hunter: World, Mount & Blade: Warband, NEO Scavenger, Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, NieR: Automata, Path of Exile, Pillars of Eternity, Planescape: Torment, Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director's Cut, Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind, Star Traders: Frontiers, Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic, Stardew Valley, Sunless Skies, System Shock 2, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Titan Quest, Ultima VII, Undertale, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Yakuza 0.

For a time it looked as though strategy games had sunk into a kind of deathly malaise, unsure which territory to claim next and which ones it should leave well and truly alone. Fast forward to 2020, though, and strategy games have never looked healthier, which is why we've compiled this best strategy games list of all time. Whether you want to conquer the depths…

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Anno 1800, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2, BattleTech, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Company of Heroes, Crusader Kings II, Dawn of Man, Defcon, Distant Worlds: Universe, Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest, Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis, Endless Legend, Europa Universalis IV, Frozen Synapse, FTL: Faster Than Light, Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising, Imperator: Rome, Into the Breach, Invisible Inc, Men Of War, Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden, Neptune's Pride, Northgard, Offworld Trading Company, Sacrifice, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind, StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty, Stellaris, Supreme-Commander, The Banner Saga, They Are Billions, Total War: Shogun 2, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Total War: Warhammer II, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Unity of Command, Warcraft III, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm, Warhammer 40000: Mechanicus, XCOM 2.

Management games have been enjoying a bit of a renaissance in recent years, meaning there are now even better, more efficient ways to direct trains, corral visitors, lay down conveyor belts and profit, profit, profit than ever before. To that end, we've put on our builder hats and constructed a list of the best management games you can play on PC in 2020. Whether you…

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Every game is better with friends, but some games are the most betterer of all. These are the best co-op games you can play on PC in 2020. Whether you want to survive against zombie hordes, fell giant monsters, or fling your physicsy forms across chasms, there's a game for you below.

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Below you'll find the list of the best PC games we recommend you play right now. These are games that are new, that are being freshly updated, or that are stone cold classics of their respective genres. This is a living list, which means we'll be updating it throughout 2020 as we fall in love with new games.

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There are rumours that robo-dinosaur hunting adventure Horizon: Zero Dawn is coming to PC soon, which would be the first time a game produced by a Sony-owned studio has shaken loose from its console shackles. We've also seen other former PlayStation exclusives developed by third-party studios make the leap to PC in the past year, such as Journey and Detroit: Become Human, and 2020 will…

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Over the break we had a chance to do some serious scientific study of this business we call games, and it turns out that games are actually good. 2020 in particular has a healthy mix of big budget bonanzas and smaller indie plates to suit everyone's discerning tastes. And, as you know, the RPS treehouse is the most discerning, so to make it easier for…

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Across The Grooves, Ancient Cities, Backbone, Before We Leave, Chivalry 2, Crusader Kings III, Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, Death Trash, Desperados III, Doom Eternal, Eastward, Empire of Sin, Half-Life: Alyx, Halo Infinite, Humankind, Maneater, Marvel's Avengers, Murder By Numbers, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Resident Evil 3, Sable, SkateBird, Spiritfarer, The Eternal Cylinder, Unto The End, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Watch Dogs Legion, Wildermyth, Yes, Your Grace.

Look, there's only so original you can be with a best-of-the-last-year feature. At the end of the day, a post like this is little more than a rickety bicycle, creaking under the weight of the glistening Content Ogre that rides it. Still, even an ogre's bike needs a decent paintjob, so here's the gimmick: the year is 2020, and 20 plus 20 is 40. So…

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2019 was a great year for PC games - aren't they all? - but you might not yet know what the very best PC games of 2019 were. Let us help you.

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