A slice of the first level The first gameplay footage ofKatana Zero’s free DLC expansion has finally sliced its way onto the internet. Developer Askiisoft released a near-ten minute slice of the DLC’s first level over the weekend, showing off some of the ultraviolent delights we can expect to see when it eventually comes out. Have a watch of the level in full below (and apologies in advance to Jim, whose birthday wish of escaping any surprise intruders on his special day goes very much unheard)....

Our PAX West team chat to director of production James Lopez “We do kind of keep the idea of episodes, meaning that there are five episodes in this game, but whether you buy it on disc or buy it digital, it’s all released at the same time,” Lopez told our vid bud Liam afterGearbox’s big show at PAX Weston Friday. “And this was sort of a conscious choice for us because we had thought about doing an episodic release, but you know, the - not only has the industry kind of changed since then, but also the way people consume content in general has changed....

27% off the UK RRP for one of the fastest drives available. The Samsung 980 Pro is one of thefastest NVMe SSDson the market, making excellent use of the PCIe 4.0 spec, and today a 2TB model has been reduced to £184 on Amazon UK. The usual price for this model is £252, making this a sweet 27% reduction. This particular drive comes with an integrated heatsink that should keep performance high for longer and also allows the drive to be an all-in-one solution for the PS5, as Sony recommends that internal expansion SSDs do use heatsinks....

Day three from the show floor The weekend is over and our third day ofPAX Westhas come to a close. I feel like I say this every day, but it was another busy day today as we bounced around the PAX show floor. We played some of our favourite games from the whole event and also recorded two incredible interviews you won’t wanna miss. Watch our daily round-up of everything we did for more info!...

Favourite lines from the game, creating their character’s voices, and more. In an interview opportunity that Liam and I are still reeling from, we had the chance to chat to the cast ofTeam Fortress 2about their experiences lending their voices to one of the most iconic FPSs of all time. After watching yesterday’s TF2 panel, we were incredibly excited to put our own questions to the TF2 squad. Ellen McLain (the TF2 announcer), Gary Schwartz (Heavy and Demoman), John Patrick Lowrie (Sniper) and Robin Atkin Downes (Medic) answered all our questions including how they each created the voices for the characters and if they would they return for a completely metaphorical release of Team Fortress 3 which - spoilers - was a resounding yes....

Admiring more upcoming indie games 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, my eye has been caught by a shrimp breeding game, some lovely places to explore, some bleak places to explore, and a plasma rifle with a surprising number of functions. A perfect existence in slice-of-life game The Garden Path (coming to Steam):...

Sounds like we might find out more at Ubisoft Forward on Saturday A store page for The Division’s upcoming free-to-play looter-shooter spin-offThe Division: Heartlandwent up on the Ubisoft Store yesterday, revealing new details about the game’s setting and multiplayer modes. The store page has since been taken down, but not before it was spotted by a few eagle-eyed Twitterers. Seeing as the next Ubisoft Forward showcase is scheduled for this coming Saturday, it’s entirely possible that we’ll be seeing some concrete deets about Heartland then....

Lyrical Ballads A truly dynamic story is a goal game designers have strived toward for decades. Worldwalker Games’Wildermythgets closer to that goal than most. In this spellbinding RPG, players guide bands of heroes through a lifetime of adventure, embarking on dozens of short, whimsical quests wherein they grow, age, and quite literally evolve, with the potential to transform into walking trees, celestial beings, and anthropomorphised crows. Wildermyth is an inspired example of narrative design, with some nifty tactical combat to boot....

All aboard the Bloober express Images that allegedly show aSilent Hill 2remake have been doing the rounds online over the weekend, featuring creepy nurses and the very shadowy back of protagonist James Sunderland’s head. They’reappropriately blurry, considering the series' penchant for mistiness, but still recognisably Silent Hill. Once again, it’s claimed that the game is being developed byLayers Of Fearstudio Bloober Team. Dusk Golem, who leaked images purporting to be of another Silent Hill project earlier this year,commentedwhen the images were shared on ResetEra by another user....

£97.30 for 15 programmable buttons with graphics. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that means there’s little reason to upgrade if you’ve already got a Stream Deck - but it does mean that the Stream Deck MK.2 is just a little bit nicer than the older model if you’re buying one for the first time. Those replacement faceplates arepretty neat, too. For me, the Stream Deck is cool because it fulfills, in a way, a promise that was made many years ago when I was first starting in the industry....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word In this guide, you’ll find three hints for the Wordle answer today. If you’re just here to quickly grab the answer, then simply scroll down past the hints to find today’s Wordle answer. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle September 5 hints It’s dangerous to go alone! Take these hints, as they will help you solve the Wordle answer today without a problem....

It’s day two ofPAX Westand to kick off our second day of game events and demos we got hands-on with a build of Neowiz’s Pinocchio RPG,Lies Of P. The gameplay demo caused quite a stir when it was at Gamescom earlier this year, so we made it one of our priorities to check it out here in Seattle. Neowiz are notactuallyat PAX so there wasn’t anyone on the team to give us some behind-the-scenes info, but I got stuck into the demo for a solid 30 minutes, brawling with the game’s angry robot lads that roamed the city’s blood-washed cobbled streets....

Adventure game fans rejoice Today’sPAX Westinterview is with the one and only Ron Gilbert, series creator of the iconic point-and-click adventure series, Monkey Island. We arebigfans of Monkey Island here at RPS, so after watching him guest speak on the Adventure Games PAX panel today, we got a chance to chinwag with Gilbert and to chat about his upcoming comeback to the series withReturn to Monkey Island. Gilbert was lovely enough to tell us all about the next game in the Monkey Island saga - what it was like to return to Monkey Island’s world after so long, what we can expect from the puzzles, and snippets of the game’s story....