Path Of Exile 2 is coming in 2023, and we'll find out more at Exilecon in July

Path Of Exile 2 doesn’t have a release date yet, as you’d expect. I’ll let you know when I hear more but, for now, Path Of Exile’s ForbiddenSanctumexpansion arrives onSteamon December 9th.

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 32 words · Kaylee Edwards

Path Of Exile goes roguelike with the Forbidden Sanctum expansion next week

Influenced by The Binding of Isaac, the free update drops on December 9th Fantasy action RPGPath Of Exile’s been kicking about for nearly a decade, but it’s still receiving hefty chunks of fresh stuff every three months. The latest, roguelike expansion ForbiddenSanctum, was revealed fully today during a livestream by devs Grinding Gear Games. You can see more of what to expect when update 3.20 Forbidden Sanctum opens its doors on December 9th in the trailer below....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 430 words · Joseph Richardson

Pick up a big tube of thermal paste for a little more than a fiver

Arctic’s MX-4 is a great value option, now 40% off in the UK. Arctic’s MX-4 thermal paste is my go-to choice for basically every system I own, from CPU/GPU test rigs to my own personal PC, so I felt that I should let you know that a hefty 8g tube of MX-4 is down to £5.87 on Amazon right now - a little more than 40% off its £9.99 RRP....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 319 words · Amy Jones

Relic will go "where the players are" for Company Of Heroes 3 post-launch support

The devs tell us they plan to support the game “for many years” With two chunky single player campaigns and a sizable multiplayer component on the way, it’s no secret thatCompany Of Heroes 3is Relic Entertainment’s biggest COH game yet. After playing a chunky new preview build last week, it’s clear there’ll be lots to dive into come release day on February 23rd. But when I sat down with vice president of production David Littman to talk more about their WW2 RTS, I was curious where their focus would lie after launch....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 717 words · Amy Mack

Sonic Frontiers is getting new playable characters in 2023

Among many other free updates Sonic Frontierssplit opinion like most Sonic games do when it released earlier this year. Even Ed in ourSonic Frontiers reviewwas split between finding it fun and frustrating. New modes, new Koco, new…playable characters!? More Sonic Frontiers content coming your way next year!pic.twitter.com/MoZ8Gtj4Ro Update 3 is the most interesting of the bunch, as it will add new story missions and four new playable characters. Those characters are Tails, Knuckles, Amy and [opens Sonic wiki] Sage, an AI girl created by Dr....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 155 words · Ashley Davis

Street Fighter 6's second closed beta throws down on December 16th

Round two, FIGHT! Another closed beta for upcoming thwack ‘em upStreet Fighter 6is scheduled to commence punching on December 16th, Capcom have revealed. This time around you’ll have a chance to jump into the colourful gi of eight more characters in online matches and tournaments, along with a few bug fixes and balance adjustments. Battling concludes December 19th. You can see some very burly Fight Streeters going toe-to-toe, and fist-to-face, by watching the trailer below....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 349 words · Richard Allen

The Game Awards date and time: When are the Game Awards 2022 happening?

What time to tune in if you plan on catching The Game Awards live Awards are being given out in 31 categories this year, recognising excellence in the games industry in areas ranging from narrative and design, outstanding titles in a wide range of individual genres, through to e-sports and content creation. There are even awards for the best game that isn’t out yet, and for the best adaptation of a video game into another entertainment medium....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Amy Myers

The Rally Point: The 25 year patch of Emperor Of The Fading Suns proved me wrong

Twilight all We’ve all worn the rose-coloured glasses when it comes to old games. It’s a real hazard of the job when you started out covering stuff from the 90s. It’s less common though, to fall afoul of whatever its opposite is. The uh, yellow-tinted glasses, maybe? My point is that I did you all a disservice when I described Emperor Of The Fading Suns as “an intriguing, ambitious, crap mega 4X"last year....

December 1, 2022 · 8 min · 1669 words · Andrew Soto

The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 1st

Chaos reigns The RPS Advent Calendar is upon us, but as we open the first door of our end of year countdown, I get the feeling something terrible is waiting on the other side. I can hear the clanking of metal boots in the distance, accompanied by laser fire and the gurgle of orc laughter rubbed raw by some nasty disease. Dare we enter and embrace the chaos lying within?...

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 615 words · Alyssa Harris

The soft and snuggly RPS Advent Calendar 2022

It’s the most wonderful time of the game! This year’s beautiful Advent Calendar image is by Emily Horler on the Reedpop design team, and we thought that Horace The Endless Bear looks so cute snuggled by the fire there that we made his li’l face into a custom emoji for our work Slack chat. You can click on the window to go to each day’s advent post once they’re live, or, if the window links won’t work for you (because, e....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 223 words · Nancy Barnes

Today's Google Doodle celebrates video game pioneer Jerry Lawson by enabling you to make games

One of the inventors of game cartridges Today’sGoogle Doodle- the daily, sometimes-interactive twist on the search engine’s logo - offers up a handful of arcade mini-games to play with in your browser. They’re simple novelties, but there’s also an edit button on each one that allows you to tinker with them so you can plop down your own walls, enemies, switches and keys. The Doodle has been built to celebrate Jerry Lawson, a Black video game pioneer and the engineer who led the team that designed the first home video game console to use cartridges....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 278 words · Daniel Jacobson

Valve are giving away a Steam Deck every minute during The Game Awards

The awards are expected to last three hours. That’s a lot of Steam Decks. Although there were a few initialteething troubleswith registration, Valve sorted that out and opened the competition for anyone living in the US, UK, Canada, and the EU. You need to have bought something on Steam in the past year, too. Sorry, everyone else. You’ll have to be watching The Game Awards on Steam to be eligible for the giveaway, and it’s worth reading through the competition’srulesif you want to be in for a chance....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 126 words · Amanda Mcneil

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s buggy ray tracing has been disabled

Players are still reporting ray tracing being on when it’s set to off by default Ray tracing has been temporarily disabled in newly released co-op accent simulatorWarhammer 40,000: Darktidedue to issues with AMD and Intel graphics cards. Devs Fatshark say they’re looking into what’s causing the problems. Anecdotal reports from the Darktide subreddit seem to suggest that ray tracing was staying on for people who’d set the fancy lighting technique to off....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 392 words · Jordan Brown