The wonderful destructible sandbox is about done The excellent destructive sandbox heist gameTeardownis winding up to leave early access and launch in full, today announcing a version 1.0 release date of April 21st. Teardown’s a cracking game, about carefully poking holes in destructible environments to prepare for a madcap high-speed heist once an alarm’s triggered. I’m excited for it to be done. For now, check out a new trailer show off some of the newness they’ve added across early access....

Jacking into a 00s alternate-reality Internet I really dig some of those Netscape Navigator-esque logos. The news came from today’sHynospace Next livestream, which included a slightly longer look at the game as well asthe announcement of Slayers X, a 90s-esque retro FPS ‘made by’ loudmouth Hypnospace character ZANE_ROCKS_14. Dreamsettler’s blurb explains that we will “take the role of an internet sleuth, helping users on the Somnius Sleepnet System with their problems....

Also big month for EA games Short(ish), narrative games are what Game Pass is perfect for, and there are a couple of interesting ones heading to Game Pass on April. On top of the pile is Life Is Strange: True Colors, but there’s also the day one indie release of gorgeous cybernoir adventure gameChinatown Detective Agency. Find the complete list below. Here are the games coming (and out now) to PC Game Pass in April:...

And coming to Game Pass The stylish side-scrolling samurai storyTrek To Yomiwill launch on the 5th of May, publishers Devolver Digital announced today. And to sate your black-and-white bloodthirst until then, they’ve released a new 15-minute gameplay trailer full of monochromatic murder. Check it out below. Trek To Yomi is the tale of a young swordsman in feudal Japan, whose vow to protect his town leads him on an adventure taking a supernatural turn....

Out of early access and into some games Unreal Engine 5has finally released, after nearly a year of early access and nearly two years since its reveal (featuring thatTomb Raiderish tech demo). Having launched a few minutes into Epic Games’State of Unrealevent, Unreal Engine 5 is likely to be the basis of many a PC game over the next few years, in addition to a few in-development games that have already made the jump: games likeS....

Better check those reservations The physical devices being ready ship is also only part of the fulfilment process. Anyone reaching their turn in the queue will at first only receive an email from Valve confirming that their Steam Deck is ready, at which point they’ll have several days to actually pay the full price and arrange delivery. It’s the rate at which Valve sends these emails that’s going to increase, as much as (if not more than) the shipping....

World Of Tanks will remain playable in those regions Wargaming, the developers of World Of Tanks and its various spin-offs, are ceasing operation of their studios based in Russia and Belarus. They’re transferring the management of their live games in those regions to Lesta Games, which was previously owned by Wargaming but now “is no longer affiliated” with the company. The games will continue to be available to play in those regions....

WHAT My brain is slightly breaking with the news that: 1) a new Monkey Island game is coming; 2) it’s led by Ron Gilbert, the designer of the first two piratical comedy adventure games; and 3) it’s a direct sequel to Monkey Island 2, a game which already has a sequel. Remarkable news. Come watch the trailer announcingReturn To Monkey Island. The publishers, Devolver Digital say this new game “picks up whereMonkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revengeleft off....

The company planned to stop requiring vaccination for office workers A number of Activision Blizzard employees plan to stage a walkout today, whether in-person or virtually, to protest the company’s plans for employees returning to the office amidst an ongoing global pandemic. The company initially announced last week that they would no longer require people be vaccinated in order to return, then seemed to quickly walk this back a bit in response to many employees saying excuse me, what....

Rip and trace Doom– the 1993 one – can famously run on all manner ofstuffthat generally has no business running games, from inkjet printers topregnancy tests. You’ll be wanting a bonafide PC for this new mod, though, as it adds some GPU-intensive but rather lovely ray tracing to Doom’s first three episodes. There’sDLSSsupport too! WhereasQuake II RTXwas partly an official Nvidia effort, this is a proper indie mod, freelyavailable on GitHubfrom its creator sultim-t....

For if your meteorology is better than your vocabulary If you want to flex your meterology rather than your vocabulary, check out a neat new free game inspired by Worlde: Cloudle. Each day, it asks players to guess the five-day weather forecast for a random city around the world, filling out a grid with weather symbols. It’s Wordle but with weather, and I like it. You canplay Cloudle for free in your browser....

Portable drives, internal drives, highly recommended drives. Crucial make some of the best SSDs in the industry, and here at RPS we have a particular fondness for their portable SSDs, which are both reasonably priced and way faster than any flash drive or portable hard drive that you’ve ever tried. Several of their drives have been discounted for Easter in the UK, so we’ve rounded up a few of our favourites for your enjoyment....

A live service game that’s forgotten it’s a live service game Halo Infiniteofficially launched last December, receiving rave reviews from critics and fans - includingBrendan’s reviewhere at RPS. It peaked withover 200k viewers on Twitch. And for many content creators like Kevin Lynch, akaKevinKoolx, December marked their best month ever in terms of engagement on YouTube and Twitch. Halo, after a decade of somewhat divisive releases, was back. It’s hard to overstate how impressive a feat this was, since the Halo fanbase is almost as divided as the Star Wars one - a seemingly trivial topic like the inclusion of sprint is just one of many decade-long points of contention....