SteelSeries mice and headsets are discounted at Amazon UK

Including the Aerox 5 Wireless, our best lightweight wireless mouse pick. Good news, everyone! Our pick for thebest lightweight wireless mouse, the Aerox 5 Wireless, is discounted by 35% on Amazon UK. That’s not all either, as the wired version of the same mouse and a host of other SteelSeries mice and headsets arealsodiscounted. The wired version is unsurprisingly even lighter at 66g, with a super-flexible cable that makes itfeelsurprisingly untethered for a wired option....

May 26, 2022 · 2 min · 232 words · David Sullivan

Survarium, spiritual successor to S.T.A.L.K.E.R., will shut down this month

Seven years in the zone Survarium was one of several games that hoped to claim S.T.A.L.K.E.R’s stalking hood after GSC Game Worldburst. Ten years after it was first announced and seven after it was released, developers Vostok Games say that Survarium’s servers will go offline for the final time on May 31st. Survarium, much like its inspiration, is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and one which is beset by deadly anomalies and human scavengers....

May 26, 2022 · 1 min · 179 words · Joanna Riley

The Crucial P5 Plus 1TB is down to £100 at Amazon UK

A high-speed PCIe 4.0 SSD for a low(ish) price. Crucial’s P5 Plus is one of the best value SSDs for gaming, thanks to its impressive 6600MB/s read speeds and high-speed PCIe 4.0 NVMe connection. Normally it costs £110, but today it’s on Amazon for £100.79, making it a good time to upgrade your PC with a DirectStorage-compatible SSD. The P5 Plus is one we’verecommended on RPSseveral times before, so you’re probably familiar with why we’re such big fans of this particular drive....

May 26, 2022 · 2 min · 255 words · Tiffany Skinner

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 188: the best noble failures in video games special

Can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs This week on the Electronic Wireless Show PC gaming podcast we’re talking about the best our favourite noble failures, like the time I tried to make feta and red onion breakfast muffins. Ne’er touch the muffin pan since. No, of course it’s our favourite video games that made big swings but didn’t quite hit, a Nate Crowley-backed themed - and he kicks us off with a bid discussion about the infamousJurassic Parktie-in game Trespasser....

May 26, 2022 · 2 min · 358 words · Jerry Robertson

The Marvel MMORPG from the DC Universe Online devs has been cancelled

Must be Thanos snapping his fingers again Remember when it emerged that the folks behindDC Universe Onlinewere working on a Marvel MMORPG back in November? You know, the one that was beingled by Jack Emmert, co-founder of Cryptic Studios and designer of City Of Heroes? Well, hope you weren’t too excited because it’s been cancelled by parent company Enad Global 7. In astatementon their website, Enad Global 7 said that the cancellation was due to the board deciding they wanted to “change the development priorities and reallocate resources within the group to focus on alternative long-term projects”....

May 26, 2022 · 1 min · 191 words · Steven Herman

The PS5 DualSense controller is 25% off at Amazon UK this week

A great deal on one of the best PC gamepads. Sony’s PS5 DualSense controller is one of the best gamepads for PC too, and now it’s 25% off at Amazon UK. This makes it the perfect time to pick up one of these comfortable, long-lasting and very haptic controllers for your very own - or double-up if you’re enjoying split-screen games. Despite being ostensibly a PS5 controller, the DualSense has received a fair amount of coverage here at the good ship RPS thanks to its popularity amongst PC gamers for its comfy design, precise thumbsticks and adaptive triggers....

May 26, 2022 · 2 min · 238 words · Nichole Moore

The Quarry is giving 80s slasher screams to 2022 teens

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a Supermassive jump scare When I saw the new Scream film earlier this year, the audience was a mix of zoomers sitting at the back giggling at how rubbish it was, and people my age and older fighting the urge to go, “No, see, it’s actually really cool and good how they say what the plot is and then that actuallyisthe plot!...

May 26, 2022 · 5 min · 915 words · David Wade

The Quarry's online multiplayer has been delayed to July

Supermassive’s next horror game will still launch with local co-op, though The launch of Supermassive Games' upcoming teen horrorThe Quarryis just over two weeks away now, but its online multiplayer component won’t be arriving on day one, the studio confirmed today. The announcement wastweetedby Supermassive this afternoon, saying the mode will now added “by July 8th” at the latest. No reason was given other than wanting to “deliver the best possible experience” for players....

May 26, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Alan Watson

This cool roguelike mockup looks like screenshots printed in an old magazine

A great look for a game which does not exist A digital artist has created a stylish mockup of a roguelike (maybe even a Roguelike) which looks like printed screenshots in a magazine. It’s a pretty little thing, though I should stress it is only a mockup to demonstrate a shader, not an actual game. But still, come, watch. Halftone roguelike.pic.twitter.com/aAIND9deFT That’s neat. It isn’t a game. It really isn’t a game, and it doesn’t seem it ever will be, but it’s neat to look at and that’s good enough....

May 26, 2022 · 1 min · 201 words · Hannah Underwood

Two Point Campus' students are as weird, wonderful and w-fun as you'd expect

Students unite, you have nothing to lose but your curriculum It’s tempting to make a bunch of jokes aboutTwo Point Campusin the vein of, “A nudist knight and a wizard studying the dark arts? Sounds like my freshman year!” and then chortle at the open mic night audience. It’s also tempting to say something like, “You knowTwo Point Hospital? It’s like that, but at a university,” but that would also be the lazy way out....

May 26, 2022 · 8 min · 1528 words · Barry Robinson

Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy review: a special, chunky roguesomething

Fortune favours the knave Gather round the fire, rogue likers and roguelike likers. In a moment of high folly, perhaps hubris,Unexplored 2has arrived to these lands to preach the benefits of novelty and moreish dungeon delving. This is a chonker of a roguelikeRPG, in which long-held assumptions about how the genre ought to be designed are thrown away, while others are strictly obeyed. The designers of this colourful ‘splorer have rubbed their chins and decided to see what our beloved randomly generated death tales would look like without two sacred cows: money and meters....

May 26, 2022 · 7 min · 1417 words · Dominic Martin

V Rising best base locations: Where to build your Castle in V Rising

The best place to build your first Castle in V Rising Trying to find the best location for your new base in V Rising?A large part of survival and progression inV Risinginvolves building and expanding your very own gothic castle, where you can rest, craft, drink blood, and survey the passing of the poisonous sun across the sky before the time comes to start your next hunt. Different players look for different things in an ideal place to build a base....

May 26, 2022 · 5 min · 1057 words · Robert James

V Rising Blood Types and Blood Quality: Every Blood Type explained and how to get 100% Blood Quality

Learn more about every Blood Type in V Rising, and how to raise Blood Quality Looking for information on every V Rising blood type?There are 7 different blood types inV Rising, each offering different stat boosts and buffs to your character, who has a blood pool that will slowly diminish over time. If your blood pool is empty, you’ll take damage until you fill it again. You can fill your blood pool by using the Feed ability (“F” key) on the various creatures and enemies in the world of Vardoran....

May 26, 2022 · 9 min · 1909 words · Kimberly Parker