“Hey, I’ve got this far. Let’s see how far I can take it.” “Oh yeah, we’ve got theSystem ShockIP,” said the insurance company. “What do you want to do with it? Do you want to make a sequel?” It’s a question you could imagine being posed to Ken Levine, or Warren Spector, or several other notable designers who could reasonably lay claim to the legacy of Looking Glass and Irrational’s legendary immersive sims....
Come and chat all things Citizen Sleeper with us on June 2nd Ssssh, listen, I know today’s the last day of May and I’ve scheduled this month’sRPS Game Clubliveblog for a day inJune, of all things, but I’m away travelling at the moment and won’t be back until late tomorrow. There’s a chance I could be back tomorrow afternoon, but my flight was delayed coming out and I want to be absolutely sure I’m near a desk with a solid internet connection rather than trying to chat to you all on my phone, so Friday it is....
A great choice for 4K gaming thanks to its hefty VRAM allocation. As AMD’s (underwhelming) mid-range RX 7000 graphics cards are being released, we’re seeing extremely good discounts on their past-gen offerings, making them significantly better value. Case in point is this deal on the MSI RX 6800, which is a great card for 1440p to 4K gaming and now costs just £430. That’s £260 cheaper than the same card cost at the end of April, reflecting a heck of a savings!...
Take turns powerbombing The world of pro wrestling slams into an SNES-era RPG withWrestleQuest, which now has a release date of August 8th. Inspired by the older Final Fantasies and Dragon Questies, you’ll be engaging in turn-based brawls and running around in magical pixel realms. But unlike those games, you’ll climb the wrestling ladder from fresh-faced rookie to world champ - instead of the usualRPGtrope where you go from a village’s rat-killer to the universe’s god-killer....
Postcards from Citadel Station, past and present You didn’t hear it from me, butgames look different now to how they did in 1994. Mmm. Nonetheless, Nightdive Studio’sSystem Shock remakestays resolutely faithful to the Looking Glass original even when giving it a modern 3D makeover, with a retro flourish in its intentionally pixellated textures. These shots are all from early in the game, so if the System Shock remake is likely to be your introduction to SHODAN and her spacefaring army of chrome-faced meat men, don’t worry about major spoilers....
UPDATE: Strong Bad has now been pulled from sale Update: Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People has been removed from sale on Steam. Meaning it’s now Strong Bad’s Cool Game For People Who Bought It Before June 1st. Original Story: Telltale can “no longer sell” the 2008 episodic comedyStrong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People, the developer announced in yesterday’sblog post. The studio have apparently lost the rights to the game and the series may or may not be pulled from storefronts soon, based on the slightly unclear wording of their notice....
Getting totally locked If you woke up in a mysterious mansion, with no memory of how you got there and only a walkie-talkie and a bunch of security cameras for company, how d’you reckon you’d handle it? Personally I know, sure as eggs is eggs, that I would absolutely go to pieces. I’m not hitting the end credits ofThe Tartarus Keyin real life, but fortunately, it’s a nails thriller puzzle game that fuses PS1-style retro graphics with Saw-esque murder traps....
Elation For The Wonder Box 6000 looks horrifying I feel like claymation has always been a bit creepy, you know? Yeah, sure the Aardman films are whimsical and fun, but have you seen those early Wallace and Gromit shorts? There’s something kind of unsettling about the odd shape of Wallace’s uneven head and I’ve always deeply hated that you can sometimes see the subtle lines of a thumb imprint on parts of his face, like he’s been smothered inbetween the pads of two giant fingers....
Vote now! Last time, you decided thata silent protagonist is better than combat style ratings. Not by much! It was a 60/40 split, and I’m surprised/glad it was this close. We are now one decision closer to knowing the best thing. This week, I ask you to choose between a matter concerning movement, and what an enemy does in response to when and how you move. What’s better: an enemy which can’t see you but can sense you, or it only moves when you’re not looking?...
No more heroes One of my absolute favourite elements ofCitizen Sleeperis how you essentially play as a nobody. When we first meet the Sleeper they’ve had their memories completely erased; the last thing they remember is stuffing themselves into a cargo container and shooting off into the depths of space - a last resort in wanting to escape the clutches of a scary corporation. They now find themselves on a dishevelled space station called Erlin’s Eye, desperate and alone....
Stuck on the Wordle word for May 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Fellow fans of Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training are presumably well at home withWordle, a puzzle game that applies a Sudoku-esque method to word games. And with all due respect to the Doc, you don’t even have to fork out for a Nintendo device plus cartridge to play Wordle, since it’s free-in-browser....
Fable’s Horizon? Xbox’s official social media channels seem to be teasing something to do withFable. The main Xbox channel posted a clip to Twitter that moves through a house, following a glittery trail from a controller to a monitor displaying the Xbox Games Showcase art. The Fable games used sparkly breadcrumb trails as a waypoint of sorts and the clip also had some jolly fairytale music on top, leading many to guess that the long-dormant series would finally rear its head again....
June has Dordogne, Hypnospace, Stacking, and more summery stuff Microsoft have announced what’s coming to Game Pass for the first two weeks of June, which includes games about cute childhood summers (Dordogne), a bunch of stacking dolls (Stacking), and a horrifying monster chasing you in the shadows (Amnesia: The Bunker). Something for every type of person, then, from those that suffer from summertime blues to sun-loving extroverts. Here’s everything coming to Game Pass in the next two weeks:...
