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Lights out XCOM-y pulp strategy adventureThe Lamplighters Leaguehas been written off as a ‘disappointing’ flop costing publishers Paradox almost $23 million, a mere week after the game’s launch. The Lamplighters League applies theturn-based strategyofXCOMand its ilk to a setting somewhere between Hellboy and Lovecraftian series Arkham Horror, as the player’s ragtag crew of secret agents take on multiple evil factions wreaking havoc across the world during the 1930s. There’s also a dash ofMutant Year Zeroin the way that characters can explore and sneak around levels in real-time before swapping to familiar turn-based battles....

Sounds lovely Video game concerts are some of my favourite things in the world.Final Fantasy’sDistant Worlds, the NieR:Orchestra concerts, theSonic Symphony- whatever particular series is your personal earworm, hearing music you’ve spent dozens or hours of hours listening to performed by a live orchestra can be incredibly moving and transformative. For those who feel that kind of connection withStardew Valley, the engrossing farming-slash-romance-slash-dungeon-crawling sim is taking its OST on the road next year....

There’s not that many funky specs to rattle off here, though that’s really part of the Hyper 212 Evo V2’s charm. It’s a very simple amalgamation of copper pipes, radiator fins, and a single 120mm fan, but crucially, it sucks heat fromgaming CPUsquieter and more effectively than any bundled stock cooler. The only chips I’ve seen overwhelming its cooling capabilities have been made-for-liquid-cooling, absurdly core-rich Intel Core i9s. It’s also an absolute doddle to install, further enhancing its suitability for first-time builders, and comes with all the mounting kit you’d need for Intel’s LGA 1700 socket, so is ready for the 14th Gen Core CPUs once they release....

A simple, customisable and great-feeling keyboard for typing and gaming. Keychron makes some of the very best mechanical keyboards in the world, combining premium components, mature aesthetics and extremely aggressive pricing. Amazon’sPrime Big Deal Dayskicks that tendency into overdrive, with Keychron’s V3 TKL keyboard dropping from $90 to $60. That’s a fantastic price for a keyboard that sports features normally seen on custom keyboards: hot-swappable switches, QMK/VIA programmable firmware and gorgeous double-shot PBT keycaps....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 11? 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?Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses? All you have to help you in finding the Wordle answer are the contextual clues you gain from each guess - but often, that’s not enough....

The P3 Plus, P5 Plus, and X9 Pro are all slashed down Now that I’ve spent two breathless hours updating our mainAmazon Prime Big Deal Days PC gaming deals hub, it’s time to focus in on some of the standout offers that Amazon’s latest sale is serving up. As expected,SSDprices have been widely cleaved; friend of RPS Will Judd already caught the superlativeWD Black SN850X going for a bargain, and it turns out a bunch of excellent Crucial drives are on sale for even less....

Fight nobody or everybody in vintage-styled space CRPG If you’ve been gunning for aCRPGin the classicBaldur’s GateorFalloutvein, and you don’t have many leisure hours to spare, you might get a kick out ofSpace Wreck. Created by Latvia-based Pahris Entertainment, it launches out of Early Access today with a brace of Very Positive reviews, tantalising perma-hungoverDisco Elysiumplayers like me with flirtatious mention of “an intentionally short”, very non-linear campaign in which combat is totally optional and there are “three to eight ways” to complete any quest....

What’s the difference between Premier and Competitive? Wondering what Premier is in Counter-Strike 2?Counter-Strike 2is finally here, and it brings a few notable changes to everybody’s belovedCounter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some of these biggest changes affect CS2’s Premier mode, which doesn’t completely flip the Counter-Strike we know on its head, but it does have a few differences from Competitive (and its CS:GO counterpart) that we’ve outlined below. Here’s everything you’ll need to know about Premier mode inCounter-Strike 2, including what it is, how it compares to Competitive, and how its new ranking system works....

Plus a handy flowchart for how to reach every ending in Phantom Liberty There’s a wealth of different choices to make in Phantom Liberty, but only a couple of key choices matter when it comes to deciding which of the four (technically five) endings you’ll receive. In this guide we’ll walk you through each of the Phantom Liberty endings in great detail, including how to reach each ending, and the consequences of your choices for each of the characters involved....

Activision looking forward to completion of Microsoft acquisition Much like a Call of Duty player inching up the stairs behind a wily sniper, Microsoft are closing in on final,finalapproval of their multi-billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, havingmore-or-less won over the UK’s competition and markets authority. The company expect tobring it homeby 13th October. Activision have poppeda statementon the socials in which they hail the completion of the Acti-Microsoft legal nuptials, while admitting that Modern Warfare 3 andDiablo 4specifically won’t release on Game Pass this year....

A beautiful monitor for HDR gaming. Alienware’s AW3423DWF is a fantastic gaming monitor - and the one that I was the most sad to return after my review. This 34-inch QD-OLED ultrawide debuted at $1100 last year, but it’s now available for $300 off at Dell’s US store in a nicely-timed Anti-Amazon deal. That brings it to $800 - still a lot of money for a monitor, but absolutely worth it for a monitor that has become well-loved for users and critics alike....

Check out Cobalt Core! Werecommended a dozen Steam Next Fest demosout the gate but that barely scratched the surface of the demo-o-rama. So after diving back into the demo pile myself, I have another recommendation for you: adventuring across the galaxy in roguelikelike spaceship deck-building dungeon-crawlerCobalt Core. If you enjoy Slay The Spire and FTL, do have a look, though I might argue that FTL’s follow-up, Into The Breach seems a stronger influence....

The Samsung 990 Pro 2TB Heatsink is down to $129.99 at Amazon US. Samsung’s 990 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD is the fastest gaming drivewe’ve ever tested- faster even than theCrucial T700, a PCIe5.0SSD. And unlike that SSD, the 990 Pro works on a wide range of PCs and even the PS5, and it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. In fact, today it’s down to $129.99 for a 2TB Heatsink model on Amazon as part of the firm’s Big Deal Days, which is a pretty sweet offer - albeit one restricted sadly to Prime customers....