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Low pay, ignored harassment, and mismanagement Last week, Team17 announced Worms NFTs and then, amid an enormous backlash from their audience and business partners, cancelled them the following day. Now several staff at the publisher have spoken out about low pay, overwork, and management failures ina new report by Eurogamer. Speaking under condition of anonymity, the staff allege that “the company has recently been shedding team members, as many are fed up by low salaries, long hours, and concerns around HR and upper management....

Large and in charge I’m happy to announce that rapper Rick Ross is richer than he’s ever been. That’s according to a song from his latest album: “Richer Than I Ever Been”. He may be referring to his own pockets, but it can’t be a coincidence that he’s perfectly summed up yet another of my earlyhands-on sessionswith FromSoftware’s action-RPGElden Ring. That’s because I’ve now been able to return to the starting area of Limgrave, this time on PC and with unfettered access to all the nooks and crannies we’ll be exploring in just a couple of weeks time - and I found it to be richer and more vast than, well, it had ever been....

The Among Us sequel I never expected to see The sequel is set six months after the first, with winter now upon NYC and a new case for our hard-boiled sheriff to solve using investigation and violence. For more info, check out this dev chat from yesterday with video game marketing celebrity Geoffrey Keigh: Whilethe new Telltaleis not the old Telltale and many employees had to scatter to other studios after the company closed, they have tried to get people back....

But what does stealth mean in Ubisoft terms these days? A planned expansion forAssassin’s Creed Valhallais instead being spun off into its own separate standalone game, a new report claims. The unnamed and unannounced game supposedly stars chaotic frenemy Basim, and will be more a smaller stealth-focused game rather than another rambling open-world murder-o-rama. But are we talking stealth-stealth, or Assassin’s Creed stealth, or modern Ubisoft stealth? Rift’s supposed star Basim is a Hidden One (forerunners of the Assassins) who crosses paths with Eivor several times during Valhalla....

Sail away I saw an image of Wind Waker earlier today, and that game does not age. Link never sailed onto PC however, so that leaves us withWindbound, a survival adventure about sailing between islands. It’s currently free to keep from the Epic Games Store. Windbound wasn’t beloved when it released last year, owing mostly to a rough combat system. It remains an aesthetically gorgeous game, and a compelling mix of Wind Waker’s sailing and Breath Of The Wild’s scavenging, cooking and paragliding....

The cards and combos you need to win with the Zoodiac Tri-Brigade deck Want to master the Zoodiac Tri-Brigade deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel?The Tri-Brigade engine is powerful in the currentYu-Gi-Oh Master Duelmeta for its speed in bringing out powerful Link Monsters with ease, and for how it integrates in other decks. In combination with the Zoodiac engine, the Tri-Brigade archetype improves both the strength and consistency of these monsters, making them one of thebest meta decksin the game....

Konami say they’ll be investigating cheating Konami have announced thatYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duelwill run its first in-game event, the XYZ Festival, between the 17th and 24th of February. XYZ Festival duels will tweak the rules, limiting the cards in your Extra Deck to XYZ monsters, and offer medals to those who take part. These medals will then grant you some unannounced rewards when the event ends. This announcement comes alongside a promise to investigate reports of cheating, as Konami say they “strive to create a safe and enjoyable gaming environment for all Yu-Gi-Oh!...

Mini LED tech makes this pricey 4K gaming monitor shine From living room TVs to the most recent iPads, Mini LED screen tech has been catching on. Desktop monitors are trying it out as well, like the Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX: the very first Mini LED gaming monitor on the market when it launched late last year. As a 32in, 4K, 144Hz display, it does all it can to welcome Mini LED into high-end gamingland, and from what I’ve tested it’s a brilliant match....

Find out whether you can change servers in Lost Ark Want to know whether you can change servers in Lost Ark?Like many MMOs,Lost Arkasks you to select a server when creating your character. The server you choose is extremely important, as friends must select the same server to play together. However, as Lost Ark’s player count continues to explode, you might struggle to get into the same server without experiencing long queues and wait times....

Like and subscribe The RPS video chamber has been a little quiet since Colmleft usat the end of last year, but this week I’m pleased to announce that strange noises have once again been heard from deep within our Treehouse recording booth. Indeed, our search for a new vid bud is finally over, so please say hello and welcome to Liam Richardson. Liam may already be a familiar face to some of you out there....

Exploring potential future relationships between sports and esports The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial multi-sport international competition—a bit like the Olympics, but about fragments of the former British Empire. This year’s event is in Birmingham, England. And running alongside it, allied but quite separate, will be a Commonwealth Esports Championships. Organised with the Global Esports Federation and British Esports Association with support from a tourism fund, it’ll see ethletes from across the Commonwealth duking it across a variety of genres in yet-unconfirmed games....

A free extra Intertwined Fate for all! The Lunar New Year celebrations inGenshin Impacthave become a little more generous than planned, with the free-to-play action-RPG offering all players a double of one of the gifts. A glitch with the game’s mail system meant some players received a duplicate of one of the daily Lantern Rite gifts, a bundle including one of the precious Intertwined Fate doodads which can unlock event characters and weapons....

Swinging up the wrong tree I resentGrapple Dogfor making me resent Grapple Dog. Look at him. He doesn’t deserve it. See his little paws, there, dangling out of that cannon? Tip of the iceberg. You haven’t seen his eagerness, his joie de vivre, as he swings between the many improbably-convenient floating grapple hook platforms of the world. You haven’t witnessed the plucky determination with which he clambers up wall after wall, no matter how many times he’s climbed them before....