The Steam Next Fest demo for this deckbuilding RPG has me hooked You know when the look of a game instantly captures your attention, and then you play a demo for it and it’s even better? That’s the journey I’ve been on with deckbuilding RPGCross Blitzthis week. I first heard about it last month back when word hit that it wascoming to early accessthis year, and I was instantly taken with its chunky animal character sprites....
Best Way’s WW2 RTS arrives on September 20th Best Way have announced the release date for their WW2 RTSMen Of War 2, and it’s coming in one of the busiest months of the year so far for big PC releases. Arriving on September 20th on Steam and the Epic Games Store,Men Of War2 joins the likes ofLies Of P,Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion,Pay Day 3,Mortal Kombat 1andLife By Youin the fight for your attention in the wake of Bethesda’s epic space RPGStarfield, which launches just two weeks beforehand on September 6th....
Trouble on the airwaves Here’s the set-up: You’re playing as Forrest Nash, a big-time radio DJ who has found himself stuck in Small Town, Nowhere, USA. While you’re working as the host for the town’s local station, it turns out the police chief has only gone and gotten themselves stabbed by a serial killer. With them out of action, you’re roped into acting as a stand-in 911 operator - and with the murderer still on the loose and ready to strike again, that line is going to be pretty busy....
The OG is being retired in favour of Warzone 2.0 Warzone 2.0 is currently underway with Season 4, and Activision stated that their development efforts forCall Of Dutymoving forward will include “more Warzone content across consoles and PC” and the upcoming Warzone mobile game with “shared battle pass and cross-progression”. Caldera will shut down on September 21st. This year’s Call Of Duty game is rumoured to be afollow-up to Modern Warfare 2 that isn’t Modern Warfare 3, which will presumably lengthen the lifespan of Warzone 2....
We’ll be curating great games, hosting panels and highlighting the best of EGX FrequentEGXgoers will know that the Rezzed Zone has always been home to the best and most interesting games at the UK’s biggest gaming show, and RPS will be there on the ground this year, highlighting our favourites, bringing you various audio visual delights and more across the course of the weekend. As the partner for the EGX Rezzed Zone this year, we’ll be stepping up ourusualcoverageof the show by bringing you lots more previews of our favourite games....
I’m starting the ‘horror doesn’t have to be scary’ discourse early There are a bunch of reasons I likeThe Tartarus Key(enough to make it ourRPS Game Clubpick this month), and one of them is that it’s not actually scary. Like, sure, you could attach thehorrortag to it on Steam if you wanted, but it’s more of a costume for you to enjoy - like the family down the street who are really into Halloween and turn their suburban semi into a haunted house with a movie-quality zombie in the front yard....
Let’s! Revolution! is a real charmer AsSteam Next Festsgo, I think the one this June has easily been one of the best Next Fests in a little while. Seeing all the great demos this week has made me far more excited about the future of video games than any of the notE3 streams did the other week, and I’m not gonna lie, a large part of my excitement stems from the brilliantLet’s!...
Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 23? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Friday brings all manner of joy to people’s lives, not just because it heralds a new weekend, but because it also brings the world a brand newWordlepuzzle to solve. 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?...
How to find every Altar Of Lilith statue in Diablo 4 Looking to clean up every last Altar Of Lilith in Diablo 4?There are a lot of collectibles strewn about the gigantic open world of Sanctuary in Blizzard’s new flagshipRPG,Diablo 4. Some of the most useful to find are the Altars Of Lilith - statue effigies of the Daughter Of Hatred, which give you stat bonuses for all your existing and future characters at once....
It’s in the name EA are cutting themselves down the middle, with EA Games and EA Sports now making up two separate units, and the former getting a rebrand. From now on, EA Games will be known as EA Entertainment, which really doesn’t have as good a ring to it (no one’s going to be quoting “it’s in the entertainment,” any time soon are they?). The name change does imply a broader expansion into more than just games, but it’s obviously a bit of a wait and see kind of situation until EA show off something that isn’t a video game....
Spinoff devs speak on unlikely origins and recutting a co-op gem While the bug-squishing autoshooter is itself still in the larva stage,Deep Rock Galactic: Survivoralreadylooks likea worthwhileVampire Survivors-like. It apparently helps to crib the mining, mineral hoarding, and maladroit approach to industrial safety that makes source materialDeep Rock Galacticone of thebest FPS gamesgoing. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is in the works at Funday Games, not original DRG devs and fellow Danish outfit Ghost Ship Games....
Take a hike Microsoft have announced they’re raising the price of Game Pass, but PC players don’t need to worry too much about it (for now, at least). As reported byThe Verge, come July 6th, Xbox Game Pass will be going up from £8/ $9 a month to £9/ $11, and Game Pass Ultimate will increase from £11/ $15 a month to £13/ $17. If you’re just a PC player though, you’ve got nothing to worry about, as Microsoft hasn’t announced any changes for PC Game Pass at this point in time....
Spirited away Horses are trotting their way intoThe Sims 4as part of the game’s next expansion, with leaks sharing some specific details ahead of its full reveal. The official Sims Twitter account did show ashort teaser trailerearlier this week of a Sim imagining a life out in the desert, promising a “rootin' tootin' expansion, two bold kits,” and a Behind the Sims presentation. You can check out the full trailer for that when it debuts later today, but leaks regarding the expansion were shared on theSims Communityfan site after details and screenshots were mistakenly shared on Steam earlier this week....
