The sleeper has aquakened I’ve had to look up…. goddamn it, hang on. I’ve had to look upWrath Colon Aeon Of Ruinevery day to remember its utter nothing of a name. Such a weak title deserves a much worse game, but this captures the feeling of its late 90sFPSinfluences as they actually were, and ends up just familiar enough to work, and just original enough to refresh the formula. At times, it’s a littletooaccurate, but even with its annoyances dialled up by the pressure of playing it too hard for the sake of review, I’m impressed with the balancing act it’s struck....

A smattering of new info on the forthcoming Age retelling When I did my undergrad degree in the nowadays-blissful-seeming early noughties, I swore off videogames entirely. I sternly and sorrowfully turned my back on such hit releases asShadow of the Colossus,Far Cryand yes, even, that PC gaming essentialHalf-Life 2, so as to spend 11-hour days boning up on Aeschylus and Samuel Johnson. Then, two weeks before my final exams, I somehow went out and bought Ensemble’sAge Of Mythology....

Spared genericism The roguelikelike deck-building poker gameBalatrois frankly the only game I care for right now. My head fizzes with ideas for fiendish combos and deeply illegal hands. I’m delighted by its deserved success, with the makers boasting that it sold enough to become profitable within one hour then sold 250,000 copies in 72 hours. In a recent interview, the developer claims that part of why it’s so damn successful is because they’ve barely played other roguelikelike deckbuilders so it’s free to do its own thing outside genre conventions....

We also see more of its après-slay Persona-style socalising Austrian developers Microbird released a new trailer for their upcoming Alpine dungeon-crawlerDungeons Of Hinterbergover the weekend, giving us a closer look at some of the eponymous dungeon environments we’ll be biffing monsters in come its release later this summer. In addition to the previously revealed mountainsides and glacial snow peaks, it looks like Hinterberg will have a big green swamp to travel to as well....

Leaving his last complete soundtrack as iOS exclusive RPG Fantasian Nobuo Uematsu, the celebrated composer behind the iconic soundtracks for much of theFinal Fantasy series, has said he probably won’t score a full video game again. While Uematsu didn’t rule out creating the main themes for future games, he said that his days of scoring an entire game are likely over - leaving his last complete soundtrack as the OST for mobile-exclusive RPGFantasian....

“You see games that did go through sequels and just completely drop the ball” Rainbow Six Siege’s creative director Alexander Karpazis doesn’t believe the elderly shooter needs a change of game engine or for that matter, a sequel. He feels that Siege can “last forever”, adding that “I’m not going to name names, but you see games go through sequels and just completely drop the ball.” Rainbow Six Siege isn’t exactly a spring chicken - it’s nine years old now - and is often targeted by folks who think it’s a buggy mess that needs a massive upgrade....

Last weekend was a smooth one for Arrowhead Helldivers 2developers Arrowhead have said they will be able to get back to working on future “improvements” for thesuperb bug-stomping, bot-blasting shooterafter finally resolving the weeks-long server struggles caused by the game’s immense popularity. Helldivers 2 released on February 8th and quickly rocketed to incredible player counts, overtaking the likes of God of War and Spider-Man to becomethe biggest PlayStation game released on PC to date- and bringing hundreds of thousands of concurrent players crashing into its multiplayer servers....

Mac release confirmed Honkai: Star RailpredecessorHonkai Impact 3rdwill drop its massive Part 2 update later this week, shifting the hack-and-slash actionRPG’s story to the new planet of Mars, introducing a new main character and revamping its aerial combat. Part 2 follows a new main character in the Martian Dreamseeker, who will be exploring the new setting of the Red Planet alongside other new additions to the ARPG’s roster of companions. Those characters will include the upbeat Senadina, reliable fighter Helia and hammer-wielding Coralie, whom the player will meet at the beginning of the new story....

Come and chat all things Cobalt Core with us on Thursday, February 29th at 4pm GMT Hello folks. With the end of February fast approaching, here’s a reminder that we’ll be diving into our reader liveblog discussion for February’sRPS Game Clubpick,Cobalt Core, this comingThursday, February 29th, at 4pm GMT(which is 8am PT / 11am ET for our American friends). Looking forward to seeing you there! Thank you forall your thoughts and commentson the game so far - it’s been great to see so many of you having such a good time with it over the last few weeks....

More time on the workbench required - but there’s still hope Steam Deck Academybrings together all our guides and explainers on getting the most out of your Steam Deck, no student loans or sweaty dormitories required. Nightingale’s dapper cast of cross-dimensional pathfinders are right about one thing: realmwalking is dangerous business. Attempt to tele-portal between realities on theSteam Deck, for instance, and you may find yourself trapped in the Stygian void, naught but a frozen loading screen tip for company and suspended hopelessly for all eternity....

Inflexion share plans for the urban side of their survival sim Sometimes I wonder whether every genre fantasyRPGor RPG-inflected game is essentially a journey towards the Big City. Most such games start you off on the periphery of the world, out in the sleepy and/or brutish hamlets of FirstActShire, Chosen One County, and send you on a loose quest towards the cosmopolitan centre, where you’ll typically learn about the ultimate villain of the piece, gain access to the juiciest concentration of shops, crafting facilities and quest-givers, and glean some hint at the location of the endgame dungeon....

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #260 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

The team will be looking for new roles from mid-March The company’s official Xitter accountposted the announcement earlier today. “We halted production on the 19th Feb, and used our remaining runway to give the current team a month of paid time to catch their breaths. We will still try and seek funding to resume production, but wanted to announce this publicly in order that the team can share that they’r2 looking for new roles....