American Truck Simulator's next expansion takes the truck sim to Missouri

Mrs. M, Mrs. I, Mrs. SSI… American Truck Simulatoris heading to Missouri for its next expansion. It’ll be the first appearance of the Mississippi river in the beloved simulation game. I’m going to quote a chunk from theannouncement post, because goodness knows I have nothing of value to say about Missouri as a place: Known as the “Show-Me State,” Missouri invites visitors to explore its diverse offerings. The iconic Gateway Arch in St....

December 30, 2023 · 2 min · 265 words · Joseph Moore

Escape From Tarkov's newcomer map is live now, alongside vaulting, revised hitboxes and more

Much more Escape From Tarkov’s major new 0.14.0.0 update is live now. It brings with it all of themany features announced last month, including a new map, Ground Zero, designed specifically for newcomers, as well as a vaulting system, new armor and hitbox modelling, and much more. The new location is in the city center of Tarkov, surrounded by skyscrapers and packed with “banks, cafes, restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and so on”....

December 30, 2023 · 2 min · 299 words · Derek Jensen

NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, December 30)

This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start. In this guide, we’ll give you a handy hint selection for today’s Connections puzzle on Saturday, December 30th, before revealing the group themes and the Connections answers themselves....

December 30, 2023 · 3 min · 543 words · Jeffrey Wheeler

Saints Row is currently free to keep from the Epic Games Store

Months after its developer was closed down Head over to theSaints Rowstore page and you can add the game for free to your account anytime before 4pm GMT tomorrow (the 31st). This is the latest in the Epic Games Store’s daily holiday freebies, which has previously includedCursed To GolfandCat Quest, among others. Alice B explained in herSaints Row reviewthat Volition’s attempt to reboot their open world shooter was fun, but too derivative to make a lasting impression:...

December 30, 2023 · 2 min · 226 words · Erin Montoya

The eighth RPS Christmas Cracker 2023

This joke earns a minimum of one “booooo!” Promise you won’t tell the other children, but the RPS staff are actually complex magical spells cast by the Sugar Plum Fairy, as part of an age old pact with the ents of the forest where the RPS treehouse was built hundreds of years ago. Each year the Sugar Plum Fairy has to collect more wishes to power the spells every year (you can help to make the spells more powerful by joiningthe RPS supporter program)....

December 30, 2023 · 1 min · 114 words · Sean Rodgers

The RPS Selection Box: James’ bonus games of the year 2023

More top games that SOME PEOPLE didn’t vote into the Advent Calendar Still, while the man’s rules prevent me from recommendingDeep Rock GalacticorDarktide, I do have a few picks that fell short of full Advent Calendar glory. And they’re all… colourful, quite short indie platformers? Hmm, maybe I havetwotypes. Wavetale The actual jumping, battling, and pickup-collecting is concentrated on and around a few surviving islands, though it’s how you get between them that produces the most ocean-going gratification....

December 30, 2023 · 3 min · 618 words · Heather Allen

The RPS Selection Box: Kiera's bonus games of the year 2023

Cosy, spooky, fun Dead Island 2 Although DeepSilver’s hotly anticipated sequel received a middling reception, I found it good fun, especially once I perfected the art of switching off my critical thinking for a few hours. You travel through “Hell-A” as one of six preset slayers, trouble inevitably ensues as you fight to escape the zombie-infested city and find out what’s behind your immunity to the virus. This is all while being shadowed by a mysterious cult-like group of fellow immune people....

December 30, 2023 · 4 min · 725 words · Andrea Hooper

Wordle hints and answer (#924): How to solve the Saturday December 30 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 30? 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?...

December 30, 2023 · 6 min · 1203 words · Theresa Mcbride

NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, December 29)

This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start. In this guide, we’ll give you a handy hint selection for today’s Connections puzzle on Friday, December 29th, before revealing the group themes and the Connections answers themselves....

December 29, 2023 · 3 min · 543 words · Sandra Greene

The RPS guides team looks back at 2023

And thus, we arrive at the end of another year. A year filled with somevery excellent games, and somevery not excellent games. And through it all, the RPS guides team has been quietly toiling away, appeasing The Beast That Is Google with medium-rare slabs of SEO meat, and providing the answers to oft-asked gaming questions. It’s important to me to have a moment in the year where we can step into the light for a little bit and celebrate everything the guides team has accomplished this year....

December 29, 2023 · 4 min · 762 words · Amanda Scott

The RPS Selection Box: Alice Bee's bonus games of the year 2023

You probably won’t be surprised Mask Of The Rose Mask Of The Rosewasn’t a mega-hit when it came out, and I fear that some people who might have liked it have overlooked it because they assume it’s something it isn’t, in a couple of ways. It’s a dating sim set in Failbetter’sFallen London, and being made by Failbetter (who, full disclosure, have been letting me semi-embed with them the last while) means it isn’tonlya dating sim....

December 29, 2023 · 5 min · 937 words · Gina Lopez

The seventh RPS Christmas Cracker 2023

Actually quite like the joke today Promise you won’t tell the other children, but the RPS staff are actually complex magical spells cast by the Sugar Plum Fairy, as part of an age old pact with the ents of the forest where the RPS treehouse was built hundreds of years ago. Each year the Sugar Plum Fairy has to collect more wishes to power the spells every year (you can help to make the spells more powerful by joiningthe RPS supporter program)....

December 29, 2023 · 1 min · 121 words · Randall Barnes

Wordle hints and answer (#923): How to solve the Friday December 29 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 29? 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?...

December 29, 2023 · 6 min · 1206 words · Dennis Perkins