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We’re launching our next RPS Bestest Best: Reader Edition list Hello folks. I meant to kick off this list last month, but I accidentally put it in the wrong airlock in the RPS Treehouse and poof. Off it went. (I also ran out of time to put our voting form together - apologies!). But as we all continue zhoooming our lightsabers around inStar Wars Jedi: Survivoror jumping aboard the stellar space train inHonkai: Star Rail, it still feels like an appropriate time to ask you this all-important question:what are your favourite space games of all time?...

“We sacrifice the meta sometimes to make sure that the player’s first experience of the game really feels awesome.” As you might expect from a roster of 12 Marvel superheroes (or 17, if you count thefour extra DLC supesand its original, player-designed protagonistThe Hunter), the lycra-clad buds ofMarvel’s Midnight Sunsall look and feel substantially different from one another when it comes to combat. When Firaxis were designing the moveset for each hero, creative director Jake Solomon says he and fellow lead game designer Joe Weinhoffer would take turns being “point designers” for certain characters....

But he’s “upset with” himself Redfallcurrently has ‘Mostly Negative’ reviews on Steam, reflecting a co-op shooter that feels sparse, unsatisfying and buggy to players. Our Ed isno fan either. In an interview with Kinda Funny earlier today, Xbox head Phil Spencer talked at length aboutRedfall’s issues. “I’m upset with myself,” said Spencer, while defending the decision not to delay the game. “I’ll just say all up, there’s nothing that’s more difficult for me than disappointing the Xbox community....

In honour of World Press Freedom Day ACounter-Strike: Global Offensivemap is being used to sneak information about the ongoinginvasion of Ukraineto Russian gamers. Players candownload the de_voyna map, which recreates an abandoned Eastern European city that’s not too dissimilar to the war-torn streets you might find in other multiplayer maps. The difference here is a secret underground room that contains information about the invasion: headlines, maps, newspaper clippings, and images of the war....

Plus a new Weapon Mastery system, and an Apelegs museum…? The newApex Legendsseason, Arsenal, looks exciting from watching the new trailer. The 17th season is set to launch on May 9th, and features new character Ballistic, a competitor in the Apex Games' predecessor the Thunderdome Games, now making a comeback as the new legend. The popular World’s Edge map is also getting some healing, and there’s an Apex Museum within the map that celebrates Apex’s past, present, and future....

I’m not sure whether Silica gels RTS-FPS hybrids aren’t a new thing, but they also haven’t been the most historically successful ventures. Well,Arma 3developers Bohemia Interactive are taking a punt at blending the two genres withSilica, in the hopes that you can both shoot and command things with equal levels of good. It’s the first project to hatch from Bohemia’s incubator program, which helps indie devs make cool games. Silica is largely the work of one developer, Martin “Dram” Malicharek, who was previously the lead on Bohemia’s Take On Mars....

AMD’s latest and greatest was hard to find at launch, but now prices are dropping. Good news, everyone! The blindingly quick Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor has dropped to just £440 at UK, a fair bit better than than the £450+ price points and poor availability that greeted the launch of the CPU last month. You can pick up the 7800X3D for this price at Amazon, Ebuyer and Overclockers, so you have a fair few options too....

And, no less importantly, why it’s good to have friends in Honkai: Star Rail How can I add another player to my friend list in Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Raildoesn’t feature multiplayer, but you can still buddy up with other players and add them to your friends list in the game. There are some real benefits to doing this, which we’ll go into below, but before you can do anything, you need to know how to make contact in the first place....

Details of where, when, and how you can claim every free character in Honkai: Star Rail Version 1.0 How do I get all the free characters in Honkai: Star Rail?Honkai: Star Railis a gacha game, meaning that it’s monetised via a lootbox-esque system that allows you to essentially gamble for new characters. However, it’s important to understand thatHonkai: Star Railcan absolutely be played for free, and in fact, eight of the characters in Version 1....

Steam accounts full of sin We’re one episode away from being in the double digits, folks! Whoop! But for now, let’s dive into episode nine ofIndiescovery. This time we’re chatting about our biggest Steam sins. That’s right, we’re revealing it all: shamefully ignored indie gems, outrageous playtimes, and games that we promise we’ll return to one day, honest! We also get into what we’ve been recently playing and then end, as always, with our hyperfixations....

How to solve the puzzle with the seven terminals Confused about the Alignment Control Center puzzle in Jedi: Survivor?It’s an odd one, I’ll give you that. The Alignment Control Center is one of the many regions of Koboh, the largest planet inStar Wars Jedi: Survivor. It’s found directly beneath the Untamed Downs, accessible through the door in the central rock on the side facing Rambler’s Reach Outpost. Insidethe Alignment Control Center, around the Meditation Point, is a semi-circle of 7 terminals, all with red screens - at least to begin with....

The Starfield Direct will also follow directly afterwards Microsoft had alreadyannouncedtheir annual not-E3 Xbox Games Showcase, but now we know when exactly to tune in: June 11th at 10am PT/6pm BST/7pm CEST. Microsoft are promising “new surprises and first-looks” from both Xbox-owned studios and third-party teams, but I’m sure most people will be tuning in for the (also previously announced)StarfieldDirect, which is airing immediately after the Xbox show. On the subject of the Starfield Direct, director Todd Howard teased that “there’s so much that we still have to show you… the game has many of the hallmarks you’d expect from us....

If you can dream it, you can build it Anypremium supporterswho’re missing out on a good theme park sim may have cause to rejoice this week, as the good folks at Bandai Namco have given us a blast of codes to give away for fantastical theme park ‘em upPark Beyond’s upcomingclosed beta test, starting this Friday, May 5th. Park Beyond is not just a complex theme park management sim, or a physics-ish coaster builder (although it is both of those), it’s also an anti-physics weird-ride expando-game, allowing you to unlock increasingly unrealistic upgrades for rides in a process the developers Limbic Entertainment call “impossification”....