Not like this Lara Croft is coming toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare2 and Warzone as part of the imminent Season 5 content drop, and… I am not OK with this. I am not OK. The news has been out there for a while, but today’sActivision screenshot bulletinis the first I’ve heard of it, and I am here to tell you that this is a travesty and a disgrace and, excuse me, I’m sorry, I need a moment....
Now with Ubisoft’s blessing Released in 2006,Dark Messiah Of Might And Magicmade the most of still-novel physics tech by letting you torment orcs with slippy floors, collapsing log piles, and swift kicks directly into spikes. These slapstick delights made it a cult classic, but rights-holders Ubisoft haven’t done much with the game since. Now a group of modders have been given a “completely blank check” by Ubisoft to do what they want with their efforts to build a modding SDK for the nearly 20-year-old game, and their ambitions include co-op and raytracing....
Blizzard’s Rod Fergusson tells RPS season 1 was an “educational” experience Vampires might be thethemed threatforDiablo 4’s second season, but it was arguably its own player base who drew first blood when season one started at the end of July. As you may have heard by now, Diablo’s Season Of The Malignant didn’t exactly go down all that well, with much of the hissing and fang-bearing directed toward itsnerf-heavy balance patchthat arrived a couple of days before the season started in earnest - a series of events that Blizzard’s franchise general manager Rod Fergusson describes as “a perfect storm of a couple of situations” when I sit down to talk with him at Gamescom....
Platinum’s touch certainly hasn’t deserted its fights with large skeletons Granblue Fantasy: Relinkhas been on my most anticipated games list for two-years, with all of my anticipation based purely off bitty trailers that haven’t revealed anything other than its flashy actionRPGcombat and deeply anime towns. So, I was rather excited when I had a chance to play it for all of ten minutes in one demo, then around 40 minutes at this year’s Gamescom....
Bethesda literally fed us their space adventure at Gamescom “What’s better than gazing at the Milky Way?”, asks Bethesda. The answer? “Savouring it as well.” That’s right folks, I may not have laid my hands on big Todd’s mega RPGStarfield, but I’ve actuallytastedits universe, in the form of a promotional drink handed out atGamescom. It’s composed of cinnamon and stardust, with the boundless expanse of space taking on the form of a grey liquid goop....
The Grady Bunch ‘Allo everyone. Just a reminder that we’ll be live-chatting all about this month’sRPS Game Clubgame,Aperture Desk Job, this Thursday 31st of August – and you can join us. Simply rock up to the liveblog (post pending) from 4pm BST and share your thoughts on desks, jobs,Cave Johnson’s head,mantis tragedies, and anything else pertaining to Valve’s comedy microgame. Still haven’t played it? No worries – it’s free on Steam, and while it’sbest suited to a Steam Deck, it’s fine with a controller instead....
We get a guided day of the life tour of gym instructor Ronnie at Gamescom How do you condense the vast, far-reaching tendrils of Paradox’s open world Sims-killerLife By Youinto 20 minutes? The short answer is you can’t, really, but while most of my brief, guided Gamescom demo covered very similar ground towhat I saw back in Marchwhen it was first announced, there was one little detail that really grabbed my attention - and that’s how everyone has eyes like a hawk in this game....
Logiart Grimoire in Early Access There are a lot of Picross-style nonogram games available on PC these days, but many of them fail to inspire the easy, compulsive fugue of Picross itself. I’m hopingLogiart Grimoirewill achieve such numbing delights when it launches into Steam Early Access next month. It’s got the pedigree for it, given that it’s made by Jupiter Corporation, the creator of all those original Picross games for Nintendo devices....
Here’s why You may have heard a little game calledStarfieldis coming out soon, and that its review embargo is due to lift later this week. Alas, RPS' review won’t be among them, as we haven’t received code yet. I’m not gonna lie. This isn’t the first time RPS have been in this situation regarding review code. After all, no game developer or publisher is obliged to provide us with a copy of their game ahead of release, and there have been a couple of times even since I took over editorship of the Treehouse two years ago where we’ve found ourselves similarly short of code while other outlets received them yonks ago....
Admire these attractive and interesting indie games Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday (well, unless it’s a holiday), I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by decorating tapes, a wide range of wet worlds, a spread of cool violence, a murderous squirrel, and yes, immersive sims. Come admire these attractive and interesting indie games!...
15 years of gamedev has taken “a heavy personal toll on us and our families”, say founders Sad news, folks. Munich, Germany-based independent developer Mimimi Games have announced that they’re closing doors following the release ofShadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, which RPS only recently described as the studio’s best work yet. The developer plan to support Shadow Gambit with patches and additions, but are otherwise ceasing development and will “slowly ramp down” in the coming months....
A high-end PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD that rivals WD’s SN850x and Samsung’s 990 Pro. So what makes the P44 Pro one of thebest gaming SSDs? And how can I say it’s as good as a flagship-grade SSD from Samsung or WD? Well, like those companies, Solidigm benefits from being the product of one of the five biggest flash memory manufacturers in the world, with NAND flash and controller made by Solidigm owners and KoreanchaebolSK Hynix....
Discover when Starfield releases in your region Want to know the Starfield release time for your region?After a popular week of early access,Starfieldis now launching for the masses. If you’ve held off on the extra-expensive Digital Premium Edition and have waited for the normal release to keep some money in your pocket, then the wait is almost over. If you’re wondering exactly whenStarfieldreleases in your region, then you’re in the right place....
