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He’s put it in the public domain I knewMinecrafthad an ending, but I didn’t know that ending consists of an unskippable 9 minute long poem. I also didn’t know that last month the author of that poem, Julian Gough, placed it into the public domain, which according to him he’s legally entitled to do because nobody at Mojang or Microsoft ever successfully got him to sign a contract. He now says Microsoft are stonewalling any attempts to contact them about whether or not they own the copyright, and that this silence killed a piece he’d written for an unnamed “global news organisation” because they didn’t want to risk drawing the ire of Microsoft’s 1700 strong lawer team....

Join in the live Discord chat at 7pm GMT, January 7th TheRPS Discordis hosting a live Q&A with video game composer and principal Game ON! concert conductor Andy Brick tomorrow, and you are all cordially invited to come and sit in on what’s bound to be an insightful and interesting chat about video game music. Taking place at 7pm GMT on Saturday January 7th, Andy will be chatting to admin Cei about his 25 years in the video game music industry, as well as what’s in store for Game ON!...

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 6? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Today’s Wordle word in particular is a tricky one. Not only is it an unusual word, but it’s also unusual in its… shall we say genetic makeup? Regardless, you’ve come to the right place. We’re here to help you conquer Wordle today, with our list of handy hints below and our reveal of today’s Wordle answer just below the video....

“That’s it! We win… and it’s your fault!” Dwarf Fortressreleased on Steam on December 6th and by the end of the month it had sold half a million copies. That’s according to the monthlyBay 12 Games report, in which its developers traditionally share their revenue figures from player donations. Now they have Steam sales figures to share. “Thanks to everybody that helped out in December,” writes Tarn Adams in the update....

Starting today, the victor gets a statue in Ilios Overwatch 2’s second season has been all about Greek mythology, with several characters receivingskinsbased on iconic Greek gods. But now that the festive winter event has wrapped up,Overwatch 2is debuting its next limited-time eventBattle for Olympuslater today, and it’s reimagining seven characters’ abilities. The free-for-all deathmatch mode begins today and will be around until January 19th. The recent trailer shows off the seven of its featured playable characters alongside their new moves....

I’m sure Game Pass subscribers can relate to the pain of having a game leave the service, especially when you’re in the middle of a hefty playthrough. Your options are to binge the game in two weeks, buy the game outright, or cry. Unless you were playingMortal Shell, in which case all you have to do is wait a month for the title to be re-added. The fantasy Soulslike had left the service on November 30th last year, but now it’s back, this time with the Enhanced Edition....

Absolute scenes Persona fans are passionate about the series’ various party members. This is partly due to the dozens upon dozens of hours we spend with these schoolmates. Our digital anime friends. I carried Morgana the cat around my bag for a year, so he might as well be real. As expected, then, when Atlus released the results of a character popularity poll forPersona 5recently, fans understandably had some strong reactions, particularly over the placing of best boy Ryuji....

Two great games Shadow Tactics is such a goodreal-time tacticsstealth strategy gamethat it rejuvenated the genre. There’s a chance you already own the sneaky samurai sim, however, and much less of a chance that you own its standalone expansion,Aiko’s Choice. It’s the latter that is currently being given away for free over on the Epic Games Store. Kerbal Space Program is about designing your own rockets and blowing them up on the launchpad until you finally internalise enough about physics to get one into orbit....

“We remain faithful to the original title” Bloober Team’sSilent Hill 2 remakewill “stick close to the original” while applying adjustments like an over-the-shoulder camera. In an interview withDreadXP, Anna Jasińska from Bloober Team spoke about their approach to the remake. “We are focusing on bringing the distinct, visceral atmosphere back in the modernizedSilent Hill 2,” said Jasińska, Bloober’s chief marketing officer. “Longtime fans shouldn’t worry about us ‘missing the point’ while we’re livening up the title....

Into the thick of it The developers behind text-based political simSuzerainhave announced their follow-up, a narrative RPG calledThe Conformist.It’s set in the same universe and fictional country as Suzerain, although it takes place before the events of that game. Instead of leading the country of Sordland, this time players will guide the government propagandist Orwin through the city of Holsord, as you make tough decisions, befriend NPCs, and keep your family safe....

An excellent price for one of SK Hynix’s best SSDs. The Solidigm P41 Plus 2TB SSD is a top performer amongst QLC drives, and now it’s down to $122 at Newegg in the US. That’s nearly $25 cheaper than the next-lowest price, at Amazon, and a solid deal on a high-spec drive that can hit up to 4125MB/s reads and 3325MB/s writes. Looking at other similar specced drives online, this is among the cheapest available - only theKingston NV2 at $110and theCrucial P3 Plus at $125are in the same ballpark....

Duck Duck Goose has half a million concurrent players Goose Goose Duck is a 2D game in which geese work together to complete a mission while other players - whether ducks or other birds - infiltrate, sabotage and murder them. It’s Among Us, then - or any of a number of other similar games. In fairness to Goose Goose Duck, it does have more variety of modes than Among Us. It’s also free-to-play, while Among Us costs a few bucks....

A $25 discount on a highly-rated 80+ Gold modular PSU. Thermaltake’s Toughpower GF1 Snow Edition 850W PSU is down to $115 at Newegg, a great price for a 80+ certified modular PSU in a colourway that’s perfect for builds with other light-coloured components like motherboards, AIOs and graphics cards. The power supply normally costs $140, making this a neat $25 discount below the US MSRP. This power supply is in the ‘A’ tier of the LTT Forums PSU tier list, so it’s a solid choice in terms of power delivery and reliability....