The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 15th

Fool’s gold On the fifteenth day of the RPS Advent Calendar you open the door with some trepidation, because you’ve heard there’s a strange series of crimes and murders on the other side. But you needn’t have worried, because all the weirdo miscreants involved seem to be frozen in time for the moment. But can you solve the mysteries ofThe Case Of The Golden Idolwith just a snapshot from the moment after they happened?...

December 15, 2022 · 3 min · 456 words · Mark Herring

Today’s Warhammer 40K: Darktide update brings a new map and targets stability

It’ll let you start a private game, too Futuristic co-op action gameWarhammer 40,000: Darktidereceives its first significant update today. Dubbed a “content drop”, you and your three grimdarkest pals can now take on the new Comms Plex map. Zealots and Ogryns are getting a new weapon each, too, both power mauls. The 1.0.20 patch lands alongside today’s update, bringing a long list of fixes and tweaks aimed at stabilising the game....

December 15, 2022 · 2 min · 401 words · Brenda Wolfe

Wordle answer (Thursday 15 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #544 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word If you need a little hint to set you on the right track towards solving today’s Wordle, look no further, becauses just below we’ve put together a trio of clues to help you out. Or, if you just want to know the answer, scroll down below the video to see it in full along with its definition. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December!...

December 15, 2022 · 5 min · 999 words · Joseph Larson

Baldur's Gate 3 pops in Paladins with Patch 9, out now

Cast some funky level 5 spells If you’re the type of D&D player who likes big swords and being a goody two shoes, then good news! Patch 9 forBaldur’s Gate 3is out now, adding playablePaladinsand increasing the level cap to 5. In true D&D spirit, that’s when you get the good stuff, like the ability to fly or summon zombies. Heck, I think you can summon zombies and make them fly....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 315 words · Sandra Jenkins

Best Warzone 2 Chimera loadout: The best Chimera class setup and attachments

Become a legend with the best Chimera loadout in Warzone 2 Looking for the best Chimera loadout in Warzone 2?The Chimera is the latest gun to arrive inWarzone 2, and as you can see in our guide on thebest Assault Rifles, it certainly isn’t meta. That doesn’t mean that it’s completely useless, though, and we’re here to show you how to create the perfect Chimera setup. Below, we’ll break down the best Chimera loadout in Warzone 2, including the best attachments, secondary weapon, perks, and equipment that you need to make the best Chimera class setup....

December 14, 2022 · 5 min · 898 words · Timothy Fields

Blow up bleeding statues in the fiery hellscape of Hunt Showdown's latest event

The new traits are powerful, but temporary Yee haw, buckle up, root and also toot, for the Devil’s Moon event has kicked off inHunt Showdown. The event sees Crytek’s excellent multiplayer cowboy sneak ‘em up periodically set fire to big parts of each map, where you blow up creepy bleedy statues for points that unlock new weapons and traits. There’s one that makes you invisible to monsters, which sounds ridiculously powerful - which is probably why the traits will only be in play until the event ends on January 15th....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 344 words · Aaron Day

CD Projekt Red say they're working on fixes for The Witcher 3's PC update

You can roll the update back until they do Someone hexedThe Witcher 3’s next-gen update for PC, with players reporting widespread framerate issues along with crashes and weirder problems involving the HUD. Resident RPS hardwaresman Jamesstruggled with performance, too. Developers CD Projekt Red now say they’re “actively investigating” the problems, and will update us on what they find “as soon as possible”. Watch on YouTube Here’s the tweet. We are aware of the issues PC players have been reporting since last night’s release of the update....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 215 words · Lee Hurst

Crisis Core's ShinRa Mansion has more secrets than just yoinked Getty Images art

Be my Valentine Earlier today, it was revealed thatCrisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunionhas a piece of artwork in it with a great big Getty Images watermark slapped across it. The eagle-eyed staff over atKotakuposted an image of the offending painting, found in Nibelheim’s ShinRa Mansion where Zack and co find themselves toward the end of the game, and having gone back in to see for myself, I can confirm that, yep, the in-game painting ofJohn Crowther’s Ludgate Circus, London, 1881does indeed still have the watermark on it....

December 14, 2022 · 3 min · 458 words · Ricardo Swanson

GTA Online's Drug Wars update sets you up with an acid lab truck

Plus no more easy Cayo Perico heists GTA Onlinehas kicked off the Los Santos Drug Wars, launching six new story missions where you help some hippies chase down the equipment they need to set up a mobile acid lab in their truck. I say hippies, I mean bloodthirsty thugs who happen to like psychedelics. The update has also increased security for the popular Cayo Perico heist, which was one of the main ways people earned their money, so folks are understandably grumpy....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 258 words · Emily Luna

Jagex are buying the Scum devs

They’re looking to bring the open-world survival game out of early access Cambridge-based Runescape publisher Jagex have announced they’ve acquired Gamepires, the devs behind open-world survival sandboxScum. The deal was made for an undisclosed amount. Both companies said they’re now looking to work together to “accelerate Scum”, and release it in 1.0 across multiple platforms in the future. Fraser Brown took Scum’s survival sandboxfor a spinback at its early access launch....

December 14, 2022 · 1 min · 176 words · Robert Hawkins

Subnautica’s 2.0 update cribs improvements from Below Zero and fixes "over 800" bugs

The undersea survival game’s Living Large major update adds new building parts Aquatic open-world sci-fi festSubnauticahas hit 2.0 with its Living Large major update, bringing the game’s quality up to par with sequelSubnautica: Below Zero. The update brings across some snazzy construction parts from Below Zero, meaning you’re now free to trick out your bases with surface hatches and glass domes. Nice. It also sweeps away more than 800 bugs, including ones that affected base building, vehicle navigation, and piloting....

December 14, 2022 · 2 min · 217 words · Michael Townsend

Tesla update puts Steam in their cars, so you can crash in games instead

It’s even got keyboard and mouse support for some bizarre reason “You can play Cyberpunk,Elden Ringand 1000s of other games in your car with an epic sound system!!” said the Man With The Blue Tick. I like to think hetweetedit from his Tesla. Although you can only have anRPGsesh in the most recently manufactured Model S and X cars for now, Musk did reply to a comment toconfirmthat a retrofit would be available for older models from the past two years....

December 14, 2022 · 1 min · 207 words · Patrick Martin

The Monster Train devs' new roguelike has the snappiest turn-based combat I've seen

Inkbound has impressive freedom of movement Earlier this year I watched a very short presentation ofInkbound, an upcoming turn-based roguelike from Shiny Shoe, the devs behind deckbuilderMonster Train. Ithought it had potential, but it’s difficult to determine just how much potential something has when all you’ve got to go on is footage they’d prepared earlier, like a cottage pie from a Sunday Brunch oven. I’m excited to report that I spent over an hour with the game alongside Shiny Shoe’s CEO Mark Cooke and creative director Andrew Krausnick, who were not only lovely but put up with my incredible ability to fumble my turns....

December 14, 2022 · 5 min · 1031 words · Scott Glenn