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WarpFrog’s VR swashbuckling sim makes stabbing impressively tactile In fairness to Blade And Sorcery, it isn’t just about hacking people to death. It’s also about beating them to death, burning them to death, shocking them to death, and tossing them over conveniently-placed precipices. To death. Structurally it’s akin toBoneLab, less a cohesive game and more a sandbox with gamey bits dangling off. But it’s far more focussed than Stress Level Zero’s surreal VR sim, with all its systems dedicated to fantasy-infused gladiatorial combat....

Bigger and better things Space management simThe Last Starshiphas movedearly access plansforward from a hazy Spring release to next week on February 15th. Coming fromPrison Architect’s devs, Last Starship has you build and customise your own fleet of spacecraft before taking them on various missions. If you want to try this spaceship builder now, there’s a free demo available on Steam as part ofSteam’s Next Fest. Owning a massive spacecraft might sound like a huge power trip, but that’s until you remember the crew that relies on you for food, water, and basic survival....

Coming next week, it adds more than 100 fan-made stages Strawberry Jam has been in development for over two years, and that’s evident from the trailer. There are a ton of new biomes on display, like the titular Strawberry Jam fields, a neon-lit urban area, and some dusty dunes. More abstract, spacy designs return from the main game, too. The trailer has a little bait and switch half-way through, transitioning from the eye-candy biomes to tough-as-nails platforming teases....

Discover the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston Some of my favourite games involve visiting a fantastical town, befriending the residents, discovering their stories, and trading with them. Too often those same games also have too-difficult turn-based murderfests in-between, though. Here comes Townseek to fix that. It’s an adorable and “relaxing” exploration-trading game in which you pilot an airship, customise your balloon, and visit eg. some sort of bee kingdom, as per the screenshot above....

A better UI, improved rivers, and much more OpenTTD13.0 been released, which is “one of the largest releases we’ve done in several years” according to the developers. If you don’t know OpenTTD, it’s an open source and free fan remake of Transport Tycoon which greatly expands, polishes and modernises the beloved business sim. This latest update improves the interface further, tweaks the world generation, and more. You can see asummary of the changes over on Steam....

Not all machines are compatible, so do check this first! Crucial’s 3200MT/s CL22 laptop RAM is a great upgrade for gaming laptops with slower DDR4 memory, and now you can pick up a 2x8GB kit for £33 with the use of a 10% code at Crucial’s UK site. To get this price, use code10CRUCIALat the checkout. It’s also possible to get a greater discount by using the site’s System Scanner, which ensures the RAM is a good fit for your system and should offer you 15% off instead - bringing the price to around £31....

Our first RPS Reader genre list is underway Hello folks! As youmay have spotted last week, this year we’re going to be compiling a new series of game genre lists, as voted for by you, the RPS readership. They’re essentially going to be your versions of our ownBestest Best lists, and to kick things off (and to celebrate the upcoming launch ofCompany Of Heroes 3later this month), we’re asking you to vote for yourfavourite strategy games of all time....

This man loves stabbing animals Last week,Star Wars Jedi: Survivorwas delayed until April so that Respawn could polish their lightsaber until it truly glowed. Now IGN have released a new, nine minute video showing some exploration and much stabbing from an early section of the game. Cal Kestis kills more wildlife in this than Lara Croft, but it also has more traditional parts of the Star Wars canon, like force shoving robots off the cliff edges they all like to stand beside....

World’s best boss We’ve seenAustin Powers take a stab at running the Normandy, but the 60s spy is probably too old school to be fighting Reapers in the year 2183. The head of the Normandy requires a modern managerial style, someone with the diplomatic skills necessary to bring the galaxy together. So, obviously, the natural choice to replace Commander Shepard is… Michael Scott? Someone made a video editing The Office’s nutty boss into scenes from theMass Effecttrilogy, and the results are hilarious....

This game is my retirement plan Although my favourite type of witch is a spooky old crone, who cackles at the top of her lungs and lives in a swamp crunching rat bones and squeezing crow blood into her cauldron, the laid-back cottagecore witch is a close second. What’s not to love? Living in a cute little thatched roof house, tending to your garden, baking bread, sipping magical teas, reading old tomes on the front porch - absolute bliss....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Feb 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis a great way to wake yourself in the morning. It’s a quick brainteaser that slots perfectly into any five-minute gap, tasking you with guessing a five-letter word in just six tries. However, it’s never nice to wake up and see tiles flashing grey if you fail to find any of the letters....

Our top demo picks to get you started Steam Next Festis back with a veritable truck ton of fresh game demos to sample, and we’ve been plunging our eager little mitts into the latest batch of indie delights to unearth some handy recommendations for you to hit first. Running from now until February 13th, there are always oodles of demos to try in a Next Fest, so sometimes it’s nice to have a helping hand in working out what’s worth sinking your time into....

Join us for a spell Cower, brief mortals! Wait, that’s a halloween thing, isn’t it. Welcome to the magic circle, pals! Not the actual one, just, like, thematically speaking. Starting today until next Friday, February 17th, it’sMagic Weekhere at RPS, where we aim to highlight all manner of fabulous games about magic, witches, wizards, general sorcery and other spell-adjacent tomfoolery. We’re also putting special emphasis on magic games made by trans developers, too....