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No ads, bonus articles and much more To start your free month trial, you’ll need to follow the steps tosign upfor a month of Premium like normal. When you get to the payment page, just add the promo codeRPSFreeMonthinto the appropriate box. You’ll still need to pop in some payment details for it to go through (sorry about that), but you can turn off auto-renew and cancel at any time before your free month is up, and still receive all the Premium supporter benefits until the end of the trial period....

Also, Bethesda feel their rep for bugs isn’t “particularly fair” A quick heads-up for those of you hopping aboard theStarfieldinterstellar express today: there is a non-zero possibility that one of the game’s elevators has a shark in it. That’s according to Bethesda’s head of publishing Pete Hines, who encountered the displaced piscine trouble-maker while playing the game before release. He’s “almost positive” the shark isn’t there any more - and just like that, my understanding ofStarfieldhas been transformed....

Stuck on the Wordle word for September 1? Read our hint or find the answer below! 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. Wordle can be tricky, you see, and it’s not unusual to look for a little bit of help if you want to preserve your year-long winstreak....

It’s more of the co-op silliness you’d expect Having spent around 45 minutes in a three-playerPayday 3sesh at this year’sGamescom, I can confirm it’s very… Payday. You slap on some masks, choose your loadout, then get to robbing banks or stealing things from crates. Often, it ends in absolute chaos as you mow through waves of coppers and rush to a getaway van. The number three might not signal a sweeping change to the formula, then, but that’s arguably a good thing....

Its pixel art is gorgeous, too Officially unveiled at this week’s Panic Games Showcase,Arcois a triptych of revenge stories set across the deserts, plains and forests of a fantastical, South American-style landscape. It’s a part of the world we don’t often get to see in games, and its stunning pixel art (and tiny cute little llamas) instantly caught my eye when I got to play an early mission from it at last week’s Gamescom....

Expanded Karlach ending included Baldur’s Gate 3’s second major patch is here, asteased earlier this week. It expands Karlach’s character epilogue, as the first of several such expansions that Larian have planned, as well as improving performance fixing hundreds more bugs. It’s not just the ending that has been tweaked, mind. “Additional Karlach moments have also been added in Acts 1 and 2, allowing her to better reflect on her infernal engine and the options available to her,” saythe full patch notes....

Here’s how to solve the Baldur’s Gate 3 Shattered Sanctum stone disk puzzle without making your head spin How do you solve the Defiled Temple stone disk puzzle in Baldur’s Gate 3?Few of the puzzles you’ll come across inBaldur’s Gate 3are as head-spinning as theDefiled Templestone disk puzzle. Even if you know what you’re supposed to do, it can be tough to wrap your head around how to position the disks to reach the solution....

CEO Sven Vincke rebuts rumours of rushed release Over the past week, dataminers have been rifling throughBaldur’s Gate 3’s code and have discovereda dragon’s hoard of alleged “cut content”. It’s hard to specify what they’ve unearthed without accidentally sounding the Major Spoilers trumpet and initiating Armageddon, but the supposed buried offerings include additional areas, swathes of dialogue, storylines, cutscenes, characters, romance opportunities and even deities. Given just how much Larian’s gargantuanRPGgives you to play with, I am kind of thankful for a generous amount of stuff being “left out” - certainly, I don’t need any more romanceable NPCs, I’m already fending them off with a broomhandle....

And to filter in good folk Dota 2summer update is out now, and among its many additions are several designed to make “Dota a better place to play, together.” It includes a “dislike” button that lets you filter out people you’d rather not play with in future, a new reporting system, real-time review of toxic chat, and more. The most interesting of the new features is what Valve are calling personalised matchmaking....

A couple of months after their 30th anniversary Embracer Group have announced that they’re closing down Volition, the Illinois, US-based developer best known today forSaints RowandRed Faction. The announcement - which coincided with the predictably uproarious lifting ofStarfield’s review embargo, though I’m sure the timing is purely accidental - comes as part of broader restructuring at Embracer Group following a multiple-year acquisition spree, whichAlice0 reported on in June. “The Volition team has proudly created world-class entertainment for fans around the globe for 30 years,” readsa statement posted to the studio’s LinkedIn page....

A comfortable, great-sounding gaming headset courtesy of its GameDAC. The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro is down to £169 with this deal at Amazon UK - a great price for one of the best wired gaming headsets for PC and PS4/PS5, which debuted at £249 and normally costs around £200. I’ve been using one of these headsets with my PS5-based racing setup for months, and I’ve found it comfortable, good-sounding and very convenient to use thanks to the included second-gen GameDAC....

A new grim rises “You will trek across the glorious snowy peaks of Asterkarn, delve into frozen caverns, and explore ancient forest valleys and breathtaking hot springs as you seek to purge the corruption tainting this idyllic landscape. Parlay with the Kurn tribes and aid them in rekindling old alliances as you contend with the darker side of their bloody history,” says theannouncement. That sounds a little less grim and a little more dawn than the base game, but otherwise the expansion sounds like a meaty challenge for experienced players....

Here’s how the confusing Starfield fast travel system works Want to know how Starfield fast travel works?The universe is a vast place, and there’s a lot of time spent simply getting to new places inStarfield, so taking advantage of fast travel is crucial.Starfieldpresents a robust set of options for getting around, but learning to use the various fast travel options can be pretty confusing. In this guide, we’ll walk you through every different way you can fast travel in Starfield to reach your destination more quickly and minimise downtime between the periods of action....