James Archer
Hardware Editor
James had previously hung around beneath the RPS treehouse as a freelancer, before being told to drop the pine cones and climb up to become hardware editor. He has over a decade’s experience in testing/writing about tech and games, something you can probably tell from his hairline.
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Diablo IV Steam Deck report: scorching performance is worth the installation faff
Battle.net takes some tinkering, but Diablo IV itself is deeply Deck-friendly
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Meta Quest 3 announced: mixed reality headset launching this year for £500
The Meta Quest 2 is getting a price cut too
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System Shock through the ages: remake, Enhanced Edition and original visuals compared
Postcards from Citadel Station, past and present
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Review: Crucial T700 review: an untethered, unaffordable PCIe 5.0 SSD
A new generation of SSDs has arrived, but will anyone want to answer the door?
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Review: Asus ROG Ally review: a nifty handheld PC with the best and worst of Windows
A respectable Steam Deck rival
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Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti review: the big middle of graphics cards
It’s AI and performance-per-watt, not pure FPS, that make the RTX 4060 Ti a worthy mid-range GPU
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Nvidia reveal the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 – here’s everything you need to know
The 8GB RTX 4060 Ti launches first at £389 / $399
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Atomic Heart’s graphics options have gone mysteriously missing on the Steam Deck
The curious case of the vanishing menus
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PC patches tested: less stuttering, still slow
A stubborn malaise hangs over stability and ray tracing improvements
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Review: Philips Evnia 42M2N8900 review: a colourful colossus of an OLED gaming monitor
This bold behemoth highlights the benefits – and costs – of OLED gaming screens
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The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 15: welcome to the Fortnite Olympics
They don’t release lions in football
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The Asus ROG Ally's price is £699 / $699, will release in June
Windows-based Steam Deck rival lacks the usual ROG tax
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Customers' personal info stolen in data breach, Western Digital says
SSD makers admit names, addresses, and encrypted passwords were pinched
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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2003
We list our favourite games from 2003, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else
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Redfall Steam Deck performance report: a heavy drinker
It mostly works, but framerate drops and always-online nonsense drain the fun
