More Skate playtest footage has ollied its way online

Allegedly from the latest build of the still early-in-development game The latest playtest build of the next in EA’sSkateseries appears to have leaked, continuing the pattern that seems to have been established for the game over the past few months. Footage from the build wassharedby Reddit user Parzalai, who said they had been banned from their EA account for leaking a previous build. Modders have been running their ownmultiplayer serversbased on leaked builds of skate....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 303 words · David Wheeler

One of the best value AMD CPUs for gaming is 32% off at Amazon UK

The Ryzen 5 5600 is 98% of the performance of the 5600X at 81% of the price. Normally the 5600 retails for £173, in comparison to £185 for the 5600X, but today it’s down to £150 on Amazon, coming within £10 of the best price we’ve ever seen on this model. This is a great opportunity for anyone building a new AM4 gaming PC, taking advantage of lowered prices in the wake of Intel’s competitive 12th-gen CPUs and before the next generation of AMD CPUs hits later this year....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 245 words · Robert Kemp

Out Of Hands is a wiggly indie thriller with a lot of digits

Part card game, part video collage, and all hands I didn’t think your average, everyday, common-all-garden hands bothered me at all. Not until I saw several scrunching up, pretending to be the eyes, nose and mouth of someone’s face in images from upcoming psychological horror card gameOut Of Hands. See, Out Of Hands has a slight fixation on the ol’ phalanges. Witness for yourself in the trailer below. Your mission is to find your way back to reality by successfully dealing with negative emotions and repressed memories....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 256 words · Michael Robinson

Over Jump Rally's demo is a fan-created homage to Sega Rally

Built in Unreal Engine 5 I have lovely, blue sky memories of Sega Rally, and I’m not the only one.Over Jump Rallyis a fan-created homage to Sega’s forgotten arcade racer built in Unreal Engine 5, and there’s a demo available now if you want to get your wheels dirty. The demo recreates the Forest stage, and there’s a video with some side-by-side comparisons below: Over Jump Rally is the work of Alessandro Schiassi, a VFX who has been posting about the projectin a thread at Sonic Fan Games HQ....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 299 words · Shawn Ellison

Railbound review: a charming, first class puzzler

Mind the gap The sight of a two-carriage train is normally something that prompts a deep sigh of despair from me in real life. Nine times out of ten, it’s a sign that something’s gone wrong further up the line - that someone, somewhere, has sent out a train with half its usual number of carriages, and is therefore destined to ruin everyone’s day in the process by cramming us all in like a pack of sardines....

September 6, 2022 · 5 min · 962 words · Carol Miller

RPS@PAX West 2022: Our top highlights from the showfloor

RPS say goodbye to Seattle As PC setups are carefully packed away and booths are dismantled, the curtain closes on another PAX West and it’s time to say goodbye to Seattle (for now anyway). After four packed days of demos, panels, interviews, and lots of fruit smoothies, Liam and I are completely PAXed out, but we’re not donequiteyet. Below you’ll find something a little different from our usual daily round-ups. For our last day at PAX, we’ve done a super, uber, mega round-up on the entire event....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 262 words · Brandi Murphy

Sea Of Thieves is boosting XP to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day

Just keep a lookout for more ancient skeletons Rare’s pirate adventureSea Of Thievesis marking this year’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day a few days early for its Season Seven Community Day on September 17th. This season’s special event busts out boosts to the game’s Renown progression system, kicks off a skeletal infestation, and might even land you a very fancy hat. Put on your eyepatch and have a watch of what’s in store for the event below....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 390 words · John Brady

Tabletop battler Moonbreaker is holding multiple playtests this month

Ahead of the game’s early access launch on September 29th Sci-fi tabletop simMoonbreakeris getting two rounds of playtests on Steam in September ahead of its launch into early access, devs Unknown Worlds have revealed. These run on September 9th to 11th and again on September 16th to 18th, giving access to most of the game. You can take a look at Moonbreaker in action from its announcement at last month’s Gamescom below....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 369 words · Peter Paul

The Asus RTX 3080 Tuf Gaming OC V2 is down to £650 at Overclockers

The best-reviewed RTX 3080 model at a new low price (£400 below RRP) During the first wave of RTX 3080 reviews, when we had no idea of the graphics card supply shortage to come, I remember being really impressed by the Asus Tuf Gaming model. It didn’t look particularly special on the outside, but it consistently beat even more expensive models in terms of thermals and performance. I resolved to get one for myself, but things went mad and I only eventually managed to get one through my work....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 300 words · Mikayla Johnson

This Celeste-like Metroidvania has already set a high bar for games in 2024

Lucid is one to watch Yep, those sure are some bigCelestevibes I’m getting from that trailer, all right. Lucid isn’t going to be a straightforward platformer, however. Its corrupted world of Aedyn is a bit more open-ended than Celeste’s mountaintop, with multiple locations to visit, puzzle-y dungeons to tackle, big bosses to fight and lots of collectibles to tempt you off the beaten path, according to developer The Matte Black Studio....

September 6, 2022 · 2 min · 339 words · Jonathan Thomas

Weird West is getting permadeath and a new aiming mode in its next patch

Due for release next week Let’s start with the “experimental” aiming sytem, in which “the camera controls are preserved while aiming.” Here’s a video of it briefly in action: Weird West’s twin-stick controls were trickier to make work in 3D than you might initially expect, although the controls in general are also one of the main thing’s I’ve seen people criticise most. I’m curious if this helps folks at all....

September 6, 2022 · 1 min · 173 words · Elizabeth Harper

Wordle answer (Tuesday 6 September 2022): Wordle word of the day #444 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Below, you’ll find three clues for the Wordle answer today. If you’re not in the mood for a puzzle and just want to know the Wordle answer, then simply scroll down a little further. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle September 6 hints The Wordle answer today is a tough one, but we’re here to nudge you in the right direction....

September 6, 2022 · 5 min · 937 words · Jonathan Peters

BioShock games' "quality of life" updates actually break them on the Steam Deck

Infinite and both remasters affected, but there are workarounds BioShock Remastered,BioShock 2 RemasteredandBioShock Infinitehave all fallen afoul of some questionably titled “quality of life” updates that publishers 2K Games released last week. Theseupdatesadded a new 2K Launcher to all three BioShocks that appears when booting them up from Steam, but as found byGamingOnLinux, something about this launcher doesn’t take kindly to Linux-based operating systems. Linux-based operating systems like theSteam Deck’s SteamOS....

September 5, 2022 · 3 min · 452 words · Jennifer Johnson