The full schedule for the year After a successful first outing,RPS Game Clubis returning for another year of gaming show-and-tells, and this time, we’re publishing the schedule in advance so you know exactly what’s coming up and when. Handy, say, if you want to keep an eye on certain sale prices for games you’ve got your eye on, or you want to clear your calendar so you can join us for our end-of-month liveblog session where we all get together book club-style to talk about the month’s pick....

Appear to tease some kind of restaurant DLC House Flipper turns the grand old age of six this May.House Flipper 2dropped a direct sequel with updated visuals and other quality-of-life improvements last month, but with clear work still to be done as developers Frozen District and Empyreanrecently outlined plans to add features missing from the first game- including before-and-after comparisons and curtains and blinds as decorations - while squishing nasty save bugs....

Here’s how to get Ancient Technology and Ancient Civilization Parts in Palworld Wondering how to unlock Ancient Technology in Palworld?Ancient Technology Points are a way to get your hands on Ancient crafting recipes inPalworld. These recipes are for things like theEgg Incubator,Grappling Gun, Sphere Launcher and more quality-of-life items. As such, knowing how to get Ancient Technology Points is a vital component of gameplay. Once you unlock these recipes, you’ll also need Ancient Civilization Parts to make most of the items....

Here’s how to get High Quality Pal Oil in Palworld, crafting recipes and best farming methods Wondering how to get High Quality Pal Oil in Palworld?High Quality Pal Oil is a crafting material inPalworld, most commonly used to make Polymer. In turn, this is a vital ingredient used to make some of the best weapons in the game such as the Assault Rifle and Rocket Launcher. High Quality Pal Oil is also used for structural recipes, saddles for somePal mountsand several Pal-specific weapons, including Grizzbolt’s Minigun and the Mossanda Grenade Launcher....

Here’s how to get Leather in Palworld Want to know how to get Leather in Palworld?Leather is an important material inPalworld, needed to make armor, saddles forPal mountsand more. As such, it’s worthwhile knowing where the best Leather farming spots are and how to get it ahead of time. Below, we’ve outlined the best ways to get Leather with a full list of all Pals that drop it when defeated or caught....

Here’s how to get the Egg Incubator in Palworld and hatch Pals yourself Looking to unlock the Palworld Egg Incubator?The Egg Incubator is one of many Ancient Technology recipes inPalworldthat can be used to hatch the numerous collectable Eggs you’ll find throughout the world. Below, we’ve detailed how to get the Egg Incubator, including the materials you’ll need to craft it and how to get the Ancient Technology Points to unlock the recipe for it in your Technology menu....

Inject new lighting and AI-‘enhanced’ textures into everything from Deus Ex to Garry’s Mod The Nvidia tools used to createthat raytraced Portal modand other fanciness are now in open beta, inviting all and sundry to jazz up everything fromDeus ExtoGarry’s Mod. Nvidia’s RTX Remix tech lets people fancify old games by injecting fancy modern lighting, new models, textures ‘remastered’ by AI, new environmental decoration, and other such fanciness, even if the game doesn’t have mod support....

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #225 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....

Here is all the essential information you need to survive and thrive in Palworld Looking for Palworld tips for beginners?Palworldis a creature capture game full of colourful ‘Pals’. Elemental creatures that can form a team and help you in combat or can be assigned to work at yourbaseand help produce crafting materials. As you expand your base and fight to complete the fullPaldeck, you’ll face new survival challenges. Join us as we go through the crucial top tips for beginners that will help you in your first few hours ofPalworldand beyond....

Pocketpair working to fix “serious” technical glitches and errors When I innocently went on holiday on Thursday evening,Palworldwas that flagrant cash-insurvivalgame where you can make Pokemon - sorry,Pals- shoot guns and work on an assembly line. As of this morning, it’s among the most-played games in the world, one of just six to exceed one million concurrent players on Steam. Right now, it’s doing almost twice the numbers of Steam’s usual chart-topperCounter-Strike 2....

You’ll live to regret harming any of its NPCs I’m still working my way through thegrim realitiesof Steam mega-hitPalworld, but as developers Pocketpair begin working through their50,000-strong pile of bug reports, I’d hazard to add one more to the pile: please, something must be done about this game’s ruthless police force, who are so dogged in their pursuit of evildoers that they literally will not stop chasing you until you’ve been shot dead....

The founder of the Video Game History Foundation and the devs of Slay The Princess on the place piracy has today The carnival of games discourse long ago sold off its other rides in favour of one giant merry-go-round, and even such shocking statistics rotate out of the zeitgeist far too soon - unless, of course, you live and breathe this stuff like Cifaldi. But the conversation has felt especially pertinent recently....

But they say they’re still in the fight Embracer Groupis once again doing sterling work to demonstrate the perils of consolidation. Piranha Bytes, who are one of well over a hundred studios that Embracer bought up in recent years, todayposted a statement on Xittersaying “Don’t write us off yet!”. The statement goes on to say that they’re “convinced they will succeed”. Succeed at what, you might ask? Not being shut down by Embracer....