The best low-profile TKL keyboard now has a mercifully more affordable cousin

Fingers-on with the Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL Read enough of our hardware articles and you’ll eventually come across someone, probably me or Katharine (RPS in peace), banging on about theLogitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless. After half a decade on shelves, it’s still the best low-profile mechanical gaming keyboard going, and quite possibly the best wireless keyboard to boot – while the tenkeyless version, the G915 TKL Lightspeed, is just as lovely to use....

July 9, 2024 · 4 min · 679 words · Victor Rivera

Tomoe is back in the free demo for Sekiro-like indie Bloodless

Not that one That was…slightly cheeky of me. The Tomoe you play in parry-fulactionadventureBloodlessis not the same Tomoe that was conspicuously absent from undeniable influenceSekiro. Theymightbe based on thesame historical figure, but that’s simply Sek-ulation. However! You can make your mind up yourself for zero money, since Bloodless has afree demoon Steam. Trazzer below. Bloodless is pleasingly simple. Space to parry-dash is your only move, omnidirectional. Parry an opponent to defeat them....

July 9, 2024 · 2 min · 395 words · Mary Weaver

Total War: Pharaoh's enormous free Dynasties update gets a July release date and trailer

It’s the “final content addition”, says game director The triumphalism here is perhaps a bit overcompensatory. The release of Legacies follows a complicated half-year for Creative Assembly, who have had to reckon withSega’s cost-cuttingon the one hand, and the long-standing grievances of the Total War community on the other. In December, Creative Assembly’s vice president Roger Collumapologised to playersfor “mistakes” ranging from the company’s patchy communication through the overpricing of Total War DLC to the prevalence of bugs in recent Total War games....

July 9, 2024 · 2 min · 403 words · Amanda Rivera

Wordle hints and answer (#1116): How to solve the Tuesday July 9 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

July 9, 2024 · 6 min · 1210 words · Jeffery Brooks

Disco Elysium-inspired RPG Hollow Home is a memory of Mariupol from before Russia's invasion

“We want to tell the story of the people, and how the city has changed.” TheDisco Elysium-inspiredRPGHollow Homeis a memory of Mariupol from just before the war - not a 1:1 recreation, but a collection of details, colours, personalities and some familiar buildings, painstakingly amassed and offered up in the face of erasure. Speaking to me during a very brief demo at Digital Dragons in Poland this year, artist Anastasia Hlyniana called my attention to the plants jutting from old car tyres around the game’s isometric map, which she says are a common sight in Mariupol....

July 8, 2024 · 2 min · 336 words · Tamara Green

EVE Vanguard gets extremely vague roadmap promising "major event" before early access launch

Aim for the stars and all that They get knocked down, but they get up again, and you’re apparently never going to keepEve Onlinestudio CCP Games from trying to make anFPSset in the universe of their Excel(lent?) MMO happen.EVE Vanguard- the studio’s admirable fourth crack at it - was announcedlast September. Since then, it’s been in gated pre-alpha, offering weekend playtests to EVE Online Omega subscribers. According to a new and rather vague roadmap, should get a substantial update this November....

July 8, 2024 · 2 min · 369 words · Janet Hall

Even sticky keys can't stop Sekiro master and other speedrunners from raising $2.5 million for Summer Games Done Quick

Summer Games Done Good Another year, another huge amount raised for charity by obscenely skilled gamers. Popular speedrunning event Summer Games Done Quick took place last week andraised more than $2.5 millionfor Doctors Without Borders, fielding runners who took on a mix of modern and retro games with various quirky goals or challenging requirements. Like an attempt at getting throughSekiro: Shadows Die Twicewithout being hit (oh god) and a hasty anti-gravitational swim through the solar system ofOuter Wildsbut without using the game’s spaceship (what)....

July 8, 2024 · 2 min · 285 words · Michael Scott

Fog Rift Catacombs walkthrough - Elden Ring DLC

Here’s how to clear the Fog Rift Catacombs in Shadow Of the Erdtree Looking for a full rundown of the Fog Rift Catacombs in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?The Fog Rift Catacombs is a mini-dungeon inElden Ring’s DLCShadow Of The Erdtreethat’s infested with tricky enemies and ceiling spike traps that will threaten to massacre your Tarnished to a pulp. The dungeon contains many rewards, however, including a nice pair of twin axes if you manage to defeat the Death Knight boss at the very end....

July 8, 2024 · 8 min · 1694 words · Paula Smith

Long Dark dev criticises Manor Lords for lack of updates, Hooded Horse CEO replies that not every game needs to be "some live-service boom or bust"

Medieval town-builder under no publisher pressure to expand The publishers of recent citybuildersensationManor Lordsand eldersurvivalsim juggernautThe Long Darkare having a mostly gentlepersonly skirmish about how many significant updates a game should have in early access, and the potential consequences in terms of both developer overwork and players losing interest. Yesterday, Hinterlands CEO Raphael van Lieroppublished a LinkedIn postdescribingManor Lordsas “a pretty interesting case-study in the pitfalls of Early Access development when a game with a small team (and heavily marketed as such) hits the reality of a hungry audience”....

July 8, 2024 · 5 min · 912 words · Brett Robinson

Moody cyberpunk “Tech-Noir Tactics” All Walls Must Fall is now free to keep on Steam

“When you love something - set it free,” says developer Time hopping in Berlin usually meansqueuing several hoursfor a club, only to magically find yourself either right back at the end of the line, or else waking up on the U-Bahn three days later with tinnitus and currywurst spilled down your Acronym jacket. Not so in cyberpunk tactics gameAll Walls Must Fall. Here time travel means dodging bullets, reversing flubbed hacking, and replaying that conversation you had with the bouncer that got you booted to the curb....

July 8, 2024 · 2 min · 399 words · Nicholas Taylor

This weekend I grew a fungus daughter in eerie narrative RPG Mushroom Musume, which has a demo

The morel the merrier I don’t plan on having kids, but in the event that I change my mind, commissioning a forest Witch to grow one from a mushroom seems a lot easier than the usual human procreative process, though possibly just as abundant in screaming. I’ve been playing the demo for “cute-creepy” RPG and life simMushroom Musume, in which you - an unnamed “Recluse” - cultivate and play as a series of mushroom daughters....

July 8, 2024 · 4 min · 703 words · Meagan Mitchell

Wordle hints and answer (#1115): How to solve the Monday July 8 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

July 8, 2024 · 6 min · 1219 words · Angela Kelly

You can now play The Witcher 3's cut boat races thanks to modders

Could the fabled cut ice skating be next? Have I ever bellowed breathlessly about how much I appreciate modders? If I’ve done it a thousand times, it still isn’t enough. Today’s saintly file tinkerers are MerseyRockoff and glassfish77, who’ve restored a series of boat racing quests inopen worldRPGThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntand made themavailable in a modfor your sailing pleasure. Cheers,PC Gamer! To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings...

July 8, 2024 · 2 min · 294 words · Jonathan Lowe