Tiles, teeth, and terrible diseases There’s something so intriguing about a newsurvival game. You just never know what you might find, with some becoming the best thing since cubed diamonds and others getting left in a state of endless early-access jank. Partly to help you all avoid the duds and partly to satisfy my own morbid curiosity, I trawled through this Summer’sSteam Next Festdemo list to test out a bunch. As you might expect, I got subjected to some chugging framerates and a bit of body horror, but also found some great multiplayer shooting in Dysterra and terrific tile-placement in Above Snakes, which might just become a new personal favourite....

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Below we’ll help alleviate the pain of having to engage your brain on a Saturday morning by revealing our three carefully crafted hints to today’sWordlesolution. And for those who just want the solution itself, further below you can find today’s Wordle answer and an explanation of its meaning. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! If you’re looking for a few clues that might help you towards finding today’s Wordle word, check out the below hints for today’s answer:...

And we touch on building a home in a realm-hopping world Nightingaleis an upcoming PvE open-world survival craft ‘em up by Inflexion Games, a studio led by former BioWare boss Aaryn Flynn. Imogen (RPS in peace)spoke with him earlier this yearabout the game’s gaslamp fantasy setting and why they chose to enter the survival genre gauntlet, among many other things. At this year’s Summer Geoff Fest, I caught up with Flynn for another quick chat....

Plus a new free update Prison Architecthas received a new DLC and free update. The Gangs DLC introduces - no surprise - new gangs to your prison and expands their significance, allowing them to grow in power by recruiting new members and forcing you to struggle to rehabilitate them. The free update, meanwhile, includes bug fixes and a handful of new features. The Gangs DLC introduces three new gangs - the Jackals, Bone Breakers and Vipers - each with their own traits....

It’s the next game from the devs behind action RPG Grim Dawn Farthest Frontier, which arrives on Steam Early Access on August 9th, sounds as much of a statement of intent as it does the name of a city-building game. It’s a combination of town management and survival sim, putting you in the presumably cheap clogs of a band of settlers trying to make a go of it in the wilderness....

Square Enix show Final Fantasy Rebirth and reveal Remake will be three parts Square Enix’s 25th anniversary livestream forFinal Fantasy VIIplayed out in almost textbook fashion for the JRPG giants, starting and ending with the two most important pieces of news for PC players. First up,Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergradeleaves Epic exclusivity to steer its motorbike onto Steam today. Steam Deck compatibility was touted too, you lucky beggars. Then, after much faffing with mobile games and memorabilia, producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed footage from the second part of Remake, now known asFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth....

The speedrunning FPS is a heavenly delight I am, at present, the world record holder on one level inNeon White. Admittedly, “world record” is less impressive when only developers and media have played, and I expect to be toppled soon after it launches today. Point is: while writing this post about how much I adore the speedrunning FPS, several times I’ve had ideas about how I might make that record time even faster, so I’ve stopped writing, dropped into Neon White for a few minutes, and come back out with a new record....

Legs for days Listen, there’s no reason to beat around the bush with this one.Anger Footis amazing. It was amazing when I played itsearly build last year, and itsSteam Next Fest demois somehow even better. How could it not be! Have you seen it? Anger Foot is a game about kicking doors at muppet men. That’s it. That’s the pitch. It rules. OK fine, I guess I’ll elaborate. I suppose that’s my job....

Both available at their UK RRP - plus more FE options. Two of thebest value Nvidia RTX graphics cardsare available at RRP in the UK, as Nvidia Founders Edition cards restock at Scan. This is an excellent opportunity to pick up the highlight of the RTX 30-series lineup, representing the best value choices for 1440p and 4K gaming. Let’s talk a little about each GPU too - starting with theRTX 3060 Ti....

Bittersweet news for fans of the Zach-like everywhere Infinifactorydevelopers Zachtronics have revealed what they say is their last game,Last Call BBS. It’s a compilation of eight smaller games, some new and some reworked elements of previous games. These range from assembling Gundam-esque models to the tile-matching fromExapunks, now with an added single–player campaign. Of course, there’s two solitaire games thrown in for good measure too. Check out Zachtronics’ last hurrah in the trailer below....

Cross the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island Here’s the trailer itself: The firstSlime Rancherwas a surprise delight: a first-person farming game in which you gather unpredictable jelly creatures, spit them into pens you’ve built, feed them crops you’ve grown for them, and earn money with which to further expand. It’s relaxing and moreish which Pip (RPS in peace) called “a delightful, irrepressible thing” in herSlime Rancher review: Slime Rancher 2 looks, honestly, like more of the same, as the same protagonist ventures to a new environment with new slimes and softer lighting but the same set of activities....

Taking the carapace My biggest question aboutStarship Troopers Colon Terran Commandwas what tone it would strike. The RTS potential for an interplanetary ground war against overwhelming swarms of giant not-insects is obvious enough. But the dual spirit of most Paul Verhoeven films is a major reason that The Extraordinary Lust Of Dizzy (working title: Starship Troopers) still holds up 25 years on. You play as the commander of the Mobile Infantry, the original space marines, as they fight a big ol' horde of Arachnids on the desert mining planet Kwalasha....

30% off UK RRP for one of the most popular condenser USB mics. The world’s most popular* USB condenser mic, the Blue Yeti, is 30% off at Amazon UK right now. This mic is an institution amongst podcasters, game streamers and interviewers, thanks to its detailed sound capture and simple plug-and-play setup. *probably So where does the Yeti make sense? It’s an excellent choice for anyone working in a quiet environment, as good condenser mics like this one are able to capture voices with warmth and detail, but don’t do as well as dynamic mics when it comes to rejecting off-axis noise....