Ubisoft games are coming back to Steam

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is first up Several Ubisoft games are heading to Steam, signalling a return to Valve’s storefront for the publisher. In a statement toEurogamer, Ubisoft confirmed that their open-world history ‘em up Assassin’s Creed Valhalla would be arriving on Steam on December 6th. It’ll be followed by other games from the publisher, although only RTSAnno 1800and free to play skaterRoller Championshave been touted so far. You’ll be able to find Assassin’s Creed Valhalla onSteamfrom December 6th, with other games from the publisher arriving on the storefront at a later date....

November 22, 2022 · 1 min · 106 words · Lauren Houston

Valheim Mistlands is a foggy endgame biome patrolled by blimp ticks

A horrible bug Viking survival em' upValheimwas arguably one of the biggest games of last year, with its Nordic purgatory providing the perfect lobby for hanging out with your pals. It’s no secret that for a long while, my friends and I were smitten with its PS1-era graphics, snappy building, and heady mixture of relaxation and sense of dread. Our odyssey was one ofcarrotsandboars,half-naked sailsandbees. So, count me excited when Liam and I had the chance to sample Valheim’s next major update Mistlands, which brings with it a smoky new biome, magic, new building bits, and blimps that are actually giant ticks that soar in the sky and spit acidic warheads at you....

November 22, 2022 · 6 min · 1267 words · Jerry Carter

Valve have been awarded a new patent for VR controllers

They look familiar Valve have been awarded a patent for a new virtual reality motion controller. It looks a lot like the Meta Quest controllers, with a ring design at its top rather than the flat face of the previous Valve Index motion controllers. Its inclusion could be a further suggestion that Valve’s next headset will be standalone, without the need to be plugged into a PC. It’s the broadest possible explanation of what the ring on the controller might be for, and in fairness, the patent here is specifically called “Electronic Controller With Linear Hand Strap Adjuster”....

November 22, 2022 · 2 min · 277 words · Benjamin Ayala

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector on Game Pass lured me into turn-based tactics with a familiar setting

It’s leaving Game Pass at the end of the month So off we go, into turn-based battles on a square grid which kinda functions like a hex grid. It is genuinely helpful for me to try more-tactical tactics in the familiar setting of Warhammer 40K. Thanks to games including Dawn Of War and Spice Maureen (not to mention the hypnotic training undergone while being implanted with new organs upon joining RPS), I’m coming in broadly understanding the strengths and weakness of different units and how I should use them....

November 22, 2022 · 5 min · 874 words · Amy Pacheco

WH40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters is getting a dreadfully good-looking expansion

The Duty Eternal expansion is adding the Venerable Dreadnought mech and more on Dec 6th I didn’t think it was possible forWarhammer 40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' name to get any longer, but today Complex Games and Frontier Foundry have announced that theirBestest Best-ratedturn-based tactics game is getting a paid expansion. It’s called Duty Eternal, which I seriously considered trying to cram into the headline for a moment there, but swiftly realised I’d barely have room for anything else other than maybe an “is” and a “get” before we ran over three lines, so here we are....

November 22, 2022 · 3 min · 610 words · Adam Francis

Wordle answer (Tuesday 22 November 2022): Wordle word of the day #521 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle, though, we’re here to help. Below you can find a series of hints to help point you towards the answer, or you can scroll down below the video to view the full spoiler and defintion. Wordle November 22 hints Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need some clues for the Wordle answer today?...

November 22, 2022 · 5 min · 1006 words · Rose Patterson

A quick word about how we’re covering Black Friday deals this year

We’re inviting some friends Through some new syndication doodads installed in our respective sites’ backends, we’ll be cross-posting these hubs and deal highlights so that one article can appear across multiple sites at once. What this means to you, essentially, is that you may see Black Friday content from non-RPS sources on the RPS homepage’s deals shelf, or perhaps click a deals hub link on RPS and be taken to a Eurogamer article....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 398 words · Elizabeth Walker

Ace social deduction survival murder sim Project Winter adds new roles and systems

The plots thicken Project Winteris one of the best social deduction games you can play on your PC. You could uncharitably call it the grumpy rules lawer uncle ofAmong Us, smothering the raw thrill of lies and accusation beneath a blanket of systems and complexities. I had an absolute blast with it a few years ago, though, and for my money the highs absolutely make that blanket worth snuggling under....

November 21, 2022 · 3 min · 486 words · Kristin Johnson

AMD's Ryzen 7000 processors are heavily discounted in the US and UK

These incredible performers just became much better value. We’re seeing big discounts on AMD’s recently released Ryzen 7000 processors for Black Friday, with extremely heavy reductions on the Ryzen 9 7950X flagship and more modest price cuts on the 7900X, 7700X and 7600X. All four are now significantly cheaper than they were on launch, and with similar discounts to DDR5 RAM and AM5 motherboards, it’s a great time to build a new Ryzen 7000 PC....

November 21, 2022 · 3 min · 487 words · Antonio Griffith

Annual RPS supporter memberships are now 25% off for Black Friday week

UPDATE: our sale ends tomorrow, November 30th In case you’re unfamiliar with how the RPS supporter programme works, we have two tiers: Standard and Premium. Standard gets you ad-free browsing, a monthly letter from the editor (that’s me), discounts on RPS merch, and a Supporter flair for when you comment on an article. Premium, on the other hand, gets you all of the above, plusexclusive articleswritten by the RPS editorial team, free game keys (while stocks last), and early access to ourRPS@PAXcoverage (such as theTeam Fortress 2voice cast interview vid bud Liam did at PAX West earlier in the year, which you can view above)....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 424 words · Amy Frazier

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla won’t get a New Game Plus mode

Ubisoft will update the game one last time on December 6th It’s been two years this month since Viking parkour pioneer Eivor sailed their longship into the convoluted waters of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s journey comes to an end on December 6th with the arrival of title update 1.6.2 for the historical action RPG, along with the free The Last Chapter DLC. That concludes Eivor’s story, but unfortunately you won’t be able to continue your medieval adventures in New Game Plus....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 283 words · Shannon Perez

Developers are sharing their game dev "sins" and some of them are gleeful

Always recycle your bottles If Twitter does die, I will miss it. Amidst the wailing lie certain gems, likethis threadof developers sharing confessions and cheeky tricks from across their careers. We’re talking cobbling rat-tunnel ducts together to form a makeshift flare launcher inDishonored, or using the bottom of a bleach bottle as a stand-in for a light fixture. I’ve picked out some of my favourites - come and revel in them with me....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 291 words · Jonathon Henry

Have you played… Golf With Your Friends?

Putting hell See, with ball collision switched off, Golf With Your Friends is pretty fun. The courses are oversized and fantastical, and because everyone’s balls are in play at the same time, you get all the light-hearted competition of a real putting contest without waiting for the person in front to take their turn. All fine and dandy. Turn ball collision on, however, and it becomes outright pandemonium. Instead of opposing balls ghosting harmlessly through one another, they begin clattering about from the first stroke....

November 21, 2022 · 2 min · 297 words · Jessica Lewis