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Luality usually specialises in dance mat playthroughs of FromSoft games In typically British, self-deprecating fashion, I’m happy to admit I’m not very good atSoulslike games, the massively successfulElden Ringincluded. That’s why I raised an intrigued eyebrow while sipping my seventeenth cup of tea today, after I saw Twitch streamer Luality playing FromSoftware’s latest with just a drawing tablet. Taking on the challenge with admirable confidence, Luality used a virtual keyboard on the tablet’s left side for movement, and bound strokes of the stylus to attack its enormous monsters....

Tunic Team’s audio designer has revealed all Anyone who’s played the charmingTunicknows that it’s a little cryptic. There’s an immediately nonsensical language to try and decipher, for one thing. Then you’ve got anin-game manualthat’s been pulled apart, with pages strewn around the world to find before you can figure out how to do everything your little fox is capable of. Well, now audio designer Kevin Regamey has explained a whole other secret side to Tunic, and it turns out the game’s soundtrack hides a whole other language....

AsEd detailed in his review earlier this week,Gotham Knightsis a bit of a disappointing dud. I’ve also been picking my way through Gotham City as various members of the bat family, weightlessly punching dudes in alleys before crafting new sticks that hit 2% harder than the one I was using before. Despite a relatively good looking rendition of the iconic gothic metropolis and a pretty engaging story, Gotham Knights ultimately failed to capture my imagination....

Royale with cheese Buried beneath an Everest sized pile of TikTok dance emotes, Marvel skins and lavish live concerts for Ariana Grande lies theactualreasonFortnitehas kept me playing for the best part of half a decade: Fortnite is one of the finest multiplayer shooters on PC, and no, I’m not joking. It rules. Battle Royale may have been built upon the game’s original survival mode with the same slapdash energy as cooking a garlic bread as a side for a roast dinner, but without this base the game would never have found overnight success....

Can you hear the call to adventure? This puts us PC lot in a bit of a pickle. Naturally, if you haven’t played any of these PlayStation exclusives until now, you’re missing three entire games worth of story context. So, is it worth starting with Uncharted 4? The short answer is, “Yes”. The long answer is, “Yeeeeeeeeeees - probably”. I myself have been onboard the Uncharted train (the same one hanging off the side of a cliff, through which you must climb whilst avoiding gunfire and falling cargo) from the word go....

Confirmed after multiple scrubbed launches Kerbal Space Program 2 has a few new things to muck about with compared to the original. Among these are the planetary atmosphere system, which generates cloudscapes for the game’s various celestial bodies, and the ability to set up colonies. You’ll be able to paint and customise vehicles too. I can imagine that’ll result in some interestingly phallic designs, but that might just be me. Intercept say Kerbal Space Program 2’s terrain system will make landing your trousersnake-esque vehicle much harder....

Cheers, Steam Deck client beta update Another day, another handy update for Valve’sSteam Deckhandheld PC. This time, it’s a beta update that lets you peek inside your Deck without busting the device open. So if you were thinking of hanging your Steam Deck up like a piñata today and whacking it with a big stick to see what goodies are hiding in there, just grab the client beta update instead. You can opt in by heading to Settings, selecting System, and then the Steam Update Channel....

Halloween Terror event ghouls live on October 25th Today marks the start ofOverwatch 2’s first double XP weekend, one of three lined up for the hero shooter before the end of season one. You’ll be able to net your heroes twice the match XP until October 24th, starting at 7pm BST/8pm CEST/11am PDT today and ending the same time on Monday, but the bonus doesn’t apply to daily and weekly challenges....

Refills a familiar game with surprises, mmmost of them good Last night, I caught up with a dear old friend the classic way: over a round ofLeft 4 Dead 2. Valve’s cooperative FPS is still a great hangout game after 13 years but while waiting for my pal to log on, I did think I might refresh it by browsing the Steam Workshop and installing some popular mods. Turns out, modders have made lots of anime girls and VTuber avatars to replace friends, enemies, and even guns....

It’s been just over a year since werelaunchedour RPS Supporter programme. Back then, we introduced two different tiers: Standard and Premium. Our Premium tier has all the same benefits as our Standard one, but also throws inexclusive articles and podcast episodes, early access to ourRPS@PAX videos, as well as free game keys while stocks last. This introductory offer is for our Standard tier. This normally costs £4 / $5 a month, and gives you a glimpse of what RPS looks like without all the loud, shouty adverts and auto-playing videos....

There’s a particular battle in the first chapter ofTactics Ogre: Rebornthat I’ve been banging my head against all week. It’s an uphill fort siege where you’re facing off against an evil necromancer who’s shooting down powerful, magical fireballs at you from above, alongside his never-ending army of undead skelly archers. The challenging terrain alone would be a test of anyone’s mettle in this tough, turn-basedstrategy game, especially when trying to parse all the different heights of its grid-based map....

First of a series of paid updates over a year, but more free stuff is coming too Frosty survival gameThe Long Darkis releasing the first part of its paid expansion, Tales From The Far Territory, in December. The expansion is part of devsHinterlandStudio’s efforts to make further improvements to the game’s Survival Mode, and will be split into multiple releases over twelve months. I’m getting aStranger Thingsseason four vibe from what’s been shown so far....

All the latest info about Minecraft Legends, including gameplay footage, system specs, and more Looking for everything we know about Minecraft Legends?Minecraft Legendsis an RTS spin-off ofMinecraft, the survival sandbox game that lets players unleash their creativity in blocky fashion. Whether you’re a new Minecraft fan, or have eagerly played everything over the years, from the original to the recent Minecraft Dungeons spin-off, then Minecraft Legends has probably caught your interest....