Grab your wallet and keys, it’s about to get real It’s August! How did humanity manage to get ourselves to this point in the year? Well, Valve are celebrating withSteam Survival Festfrom today through until August 8th, so good job for stocking up on all those cans of beans and endless loo roll. Although they do increasingly seem to be making trailers for these things, there isn’t one yet, so here’s vid bud Liam trying to claw back his three quid for survival horrorRefund Me If You Caninstead....

Shame about the prices, though Of the three I’ve tested, the G715 feels the most worth it. It’s not far removed from the outstandingG915 Lightspeed Wireless, specifically its TKL variant, sharing the same rock-solid wireless connection tech and a generous smattering of media keys and control buttons. The G715 is also fully mechanical, with your choice of quiet linear switches or clicky tactile switches. Mine came with the latter, and it’s a lovely keyboard for typing as well as playing, though I did make ample use of the G375 to muffle out the click-clackiness....

And it’s a well-equipped PowerColor Fighter OC model. Update: The same card is now on sale atEbuyer for £310- the next best price after CCL’s stock sold out. Original article continues below: I was going to head in a different direction for my second deals post of the night, but when I spotted this deal on a great mid-range AMD graphics card I knew I had to double-dip on CCL’s excellent summer sale....

Aran’s Bike Trip explores the Dutch countryside through 360° photos While the Tour De France Femmes ended on Sunday and the Tour Hommes the week before, I’ll not be rushed on my own Tour De Jeux. I can’t keep pace with professionals so it’s fine if I run long, and today I want to take my time and enjoy the journey. I’m playingAran’s Bike Trip, a visual novel/interactive diary/thingamy where Dutch indie dev Aran Koning (the designer ofStacklands) documents a two-day bike tour with 360° photos....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word On this page, you’ll find a few hints to help you out with today’s Wordle answer if you find yourself stuck. Alternatively, if you’re just in search of the full answer and/or its definition, scroll down below the video to view the spoiler. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle August 1 hints Strugglingwith the Wordle answer today?...

As well as six new characters HoYoverse have released a new video offering more information on Sumeru, the new region coming inGenshin Impact3.0, the gacha game’s next major update. The same video also offered glimpses of six new characters, details of the new enemies players will face in Sumeru, and hints to “ancient secrets buried in the sand.” Here’s the video, which I appreciate for its moody lighting and transparent whiteboards:...

With some limitations Minecraft: Java Edition’s latest update introduced a new player reporting tool, which allows players to submit “inappropriate chat messages or dangerous behaviour” for moderators to review. That seems like a good thing on the its face, but many Minecraft players aren’t happy that it extends to private servers. Naturally, because this is Minecraft, players have changed what they don’t like. There are now mods which strip messages of information tieing them to your player profile....

I assumed we must have written about The Siege And The Sandfox before, but nope. It therefore falls to me to tell you about this “2D stealth Metroidvania”. Those words alone are enough to get me interested, but there’s a trailer below that shows it in action if you need a little more. The narrative setup is common enough: you’re falsely accused of murdering the king and thrown into the labyrinthine dungeons below the palace....

Supply chain issues are “gradually clearing up” Several people on RPS have managed to secure a Steam Deck since Valve’s handheld starting shipping around five months ago. If you’re not so lucky, then good news: Valve say they’re speeding up production and everyone who has currently ordered one should receive their Steam Deck before the end of the year. “We’re excited to announce that we’re going to be able to fulfill demand sooner than we had estimated for everyone in the reservation queue,” begins the poston the Steam site....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle July 31 hints After some help with the Wordle answer today? Look no further than these clues: It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle. The word is… CRAMP. A cramp is a painful, involuntary contraction of a muscle, usually due to strain or fatigue, and I think we can all agree it sucks to get one....

I crave investigating faults and screwing up repairs Even the most detailed simulator is abstracted, cutting and simplifying elements because we can’t run reality in real-time on a desktop PC. The interesting decision is where you draw this jagged line. For me, PlayWay-style sims trim too much. They often turn complex, fuzzy procedures into a series of of tasks where you click the bit you’re told to click in the order you’re told to click them until it’s all done, like PowerPoint presentations with real-time 3D graphics....

“I wish that I had made fewer games, but better games.” In the age of years-long development cycles, it seems miraculous thatWolfenstein 3D, a game that spawned the modern-dayFPSas we know it, was developed by six people in just six months. The story of Wolfenstein 3D’s development makes for a fascinating time capsule of those early days of game development - a milestone in gaming history that underlines just how much the industry has grown over the decades since....

With zero barrier to entry Having given theMultiVersusclosed beta a whirl around a month ago, I thought it was afree-to-play Smash Bros-like that came out swinging. And now I’ve returned to the open beta phase of the multiverse where Bugs Bunny and Taz The Tazmanian Devil are joined by… Lebron James?! Honestly, my thoughts remain largely unchanged – which is a good thing! It’s a fun free-to-play fighter that iterates on the Smash formula but can’t quite emulate its predecessor’s polish....