I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week is the end of the year for us here at RPS, so this is the last look I’ll bring you until the future arrives. In that spirit, please enjoy this bumper Christmas edition to tide you over until we’re back....

I hope it blows up Multiplayershootershave become defined in recent years by the methods they use to withhold power from players, whether that’s a hero shooter’s unlocks and battle pass or a survival shooter’s vast map of scattered goodies. Even before these systems became du jour, however, shooters often required you to be good at them before you unlocked their real pleasures, whether by perfecting your rocket timing inQuakeor memorising level layouts in Counter-Strike....

Our weekly news liveblog It’s the last week before the Xmas break, and the grapevine runneth dry. Soon, we will commence the annual Engluttification ceremony, a ritual of banishment in which we feed the Maw our entire Steam wishlists while singing an arcane carol of our own devising, Nth Days of Solstice, in which the famous partridge in the pear tree has Twice-Twenty Wings, and on each Wing I saw an Eye, verily, and a Mouth rejoicing for lo, the Great Catch-Up Period has come....

Is a ghost ship a ship full of ghosts, or is the ship itself a ghost? We’ve reached another day on our Advent Calendar, shipmates! Yo ho ho and a bottle of stealth! Arrr, me hearties, it’sShadow Gambit:The Cursed Crew! Katharine:It’s almost criminal that Shadow Gambit is to be Mimimi Games’last outing, but hey, what a corker to go out on, eh? In this stealth strategy game about a motley crew of undead pirates fighting for their freedom against the tyrannical Inquisition, you still stalk, stab and very possibly shoot your way to victory, undoing the dastardly plots of your foes one unsuspecting corpse at a time....

“Nobody wanted that really, not even us, but we didn’t have much of a choice for a long time” The reboot ofTimeSplittersstarted life as a “clone” ofFortnite’s battle royale mode before becoming a remake ofTimeSplitters 2, according to a former developer at recently shuttered studio Free Radical Design. Speaking with fan wikiThe Free Radical Archive - who claimed to verify the anonymous developer’s credentials via previously unseen characters models from the game - the developer claimed that the TimeSplitters reboot was developed initially as afree-to-playbattle royale game....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?We have a list of hints to keep that precious streak in shape and save any word-based disappointment. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #189 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....

Let’s take a quick jaunt over to Spain We’ve gotta save the President’s daughter Leon! It’s theResident Evil 4 Remake. Kiera:If you’re looking to experience some beautifully cheesy nostalgia this festive season, why not take a trip to Suplex City with the Resident Evil 4 Remake? InResident Evil 4you play as an all-American hero, Leon. S. Kennedy, sent on a covert mission to save the president’s daughter from a nefarious cult....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 17? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?We have you covered with a group of clues followed by the word if you need it, to help keep your streak firmly in place. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

Get a DualSense controller and 2TB NVMe SSD with heatsink for £140 after a £40 discount. In the market for a new SSDanda new controller? Good news, Ebuyer has got you covered with deal that bundles the excellent Sony DualSense PS5 controller with a fast Crucial T500 2TB SSD, complete with heatsink. Bought separately, these would run you £180, but together you can pick them up for just £140. This deal is marketed as the ‘ideal PS5 upgrade kit’, but it’s actually just as relevant for PC users looking to pick up one of the best gamepads (alongside theXbox Elite controller also discounted today) and get more game storage at the same time....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #188 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....

22can’t “Regrettably, due to an upcoming technical change to Amazon Web Services, affecting our ability to serve necessary game files to new users, these titles are to be withdrawn from the Steam store. Please be assured that existing players can continue to enjoy these games without interruption,” saysthe brief announcement. “We sincerely appreciate the incredible support from our players over the past decade and extend our heartfelt thanks to you all....

Make your own stealth missions Stealth tactics ‘em upShadow Gambit: The Cursed Crewis an “all-time treasure”, according to Katharine’sreview, and it has to be given that developers Mimimi announced their closure almost immediately after its release. This might help extend its life closer towards eternity: as a “very final parting gift”, Mimimi have released a modding tool that lets players create their own missions and stories. “Spawn characters, enemies and NPCs throughout a level....