Warframe’s Duviri Paradox expansion takes the online action RPG in a fresh timey-wimey direction

The black-and-white, open-world expansion features roguelite elements The Duviri Paradox casts you as the Drifter, who very much resembles and sounds like that Pedro lad off The Mandalorian. Your mission – which you don’t seem to have any choice about accepting – is to escape the realm of Dominus Thrax. He really likes trying to kill you, then revives you when you do snuff it. Digital Extremes say that the time-curdling nature of the expansion’s paradox quests means you can play it out of order, with aspects from other expansions that came before it popping up out of temporal sync....

July 16, 2022 · 1 min · 208 words · Michelle Murphy

Wordle answer (Sunday 17 July): Wordle word of the day #393 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word If you’re feeling similarly troubled by today’s Wordle answer, take heart: we’ve put together a few gentle clues to get you back on track to inner peace (and the correct solution). Alternatively, if you just want to know the answer, scroll down below the video to the bottom of the page for a full definition. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December!...

July 16, 2022 · 2 min · 288 words · Marcia Perez

Learning bike pr0 stratz from cycling management games

Brushing up in The Cyclist: Tactics and Pro Cycling Manager I know the broad basics, I think. Most cyclists in the Tour De France are not riding for personal victory, with only a few on each team seriously competing in the various sub-competitions. Their teammates run support: trying to control the pace of the race; helping or hindering breakaways; mounting attacks; fetching and delivering water bottles; and straight-up doing the hard work....

July 15, 2022 · 4 min · 650 words · Gregory Flores

Skate 4 is now just skate. and will be free-to-play with microtransactions

Master of pop shove-its It’s been more than two years since EA announced their nextSkategame, but the devs at Full Circle have sat down to share some more info on what to expect from it. Annoyingly for folks like us who have to write about it, they’ve decided to drop the capital S and add a completely unnecessary full stop to its new name. Yep, it’s no longerSkate 4, but “skate....

July 15, 2022 · 2 min · 333 words · Brittany Wells

Steam Deck: The Second Opinion

Valve recently ramped up production for the Steam Deck, with more and more pre-orders being fulfilled every single day. As a result, a few of us here at the RPS Treehouse have finally received that much anticipated email letting us know that our little handheld baby is ready to be personally delivered by Gabe Newell dressed like a big stork. Editor-in-chief Katharine was the first to receive their shiny newSteam Deck, following hardware editor James who’s had a review copy since February, so we were keen to hear her first impressions of the console....

July 15, 2022 · 3 min · 432 words · Michael Bright

Unity really stuck their foot in it this week

The ironSource merger and awful comments from Unity’s CEO rightly slammed by indie devs Respectfully, I’m pretty sure the actual reason I’m a “fucking idiot” is because I’m still using their producthttps://t.co/Aj9eEa5gTL Riccitiello has sinceapologisedfor those comments, insisting they were taken “out of full context”, but needless to say, it’s not a good look. Compounding all this is Unity’s recent swathe of redundancies.Kotakureported at the end of last month that Unity had recently laid off hundreds of staff, or around 4% of their workforce....

July 15, 2022 · 2 min · 225 words · Destiny French

Warner Bros. brawler MultiVersus targets its open beta for July 26th

Anyone who played the closed alpha will be invited to start playing July 19th Multiplayer free-to-play brawlerMultiVersusis barrelling into open beta on July 26th, with an early access period beginning July 15th for those who played the closed alpha. Warner Bros. Interactive confirmed that progression and unlocks earned in the beta will carry forward when the game launches, so that’s nice. Marvel, not DC, at Norville ‘Shaggy’ Rogers implausibly battling the Man Of Steel in the trailer below....

July 15, 2022 · 2 min · 402 words · Aimee Owens

Wordle answer (Saturday 16 July): Wordle word of the day #392 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Some days, finding the right answer can be a struggle, but don’t worry. Below we’ve laid out a few clues to help guide you in the right direction. Alternatively, you can scroll down below the video to see today’s answer in full, complete with a definition. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle July 16 hints...

July 15, 2022 · 2 min · 279 words · Gary Mann

Wordle's official board game gives me the fear

The best Christmas present to ruin all future Christmases My family is obsessed withWordle. Their love for the five-letter-word guessing game has become so strong that we’ve had to create a separate family Whatsapp group for it. Now, Wordle owner The New York Times has partnered with Hasbro to make it into areal-world tabletop game- and I think I might have excuse myself from every family gathering going forward, because I know that someone’s inevitably going to buy this for someone’s Christmas or birthday present in the future, and it’s going to be all they ever want to do and talk about....

July 15, 2022 · 3 min · 548 words · Blake Morris

Battle royale brawler Rumbleverse launches from its cannon on August 11th

It’s a free-to-play free-for-all Fresh off the back of last weekend’s final network stress test, 40-person brawler battle royaleRumbleversehas revealed it will finally be going live on August 11th. Devs Iron Galaxy say that season one will begin a week later on August 18th. Put up your dukes and get ready to go toe-to-toe when you watch the trailer below. Set in the ridiculously named Grapital City, Rumbleverse pits fighters against each other until only one is left standing in truebattle royalefashion....

July 14, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · Juan House

Get a top-spec all-AMD gaming laptop for $1250 at Best Buy after $400 off

This Asus ROG laptop has a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and RX 6800M GPU. One of the fastest gaming laptops is a solid $400 off at Best Buy, bringing an Asus ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition to just $1250. That’s an awesome price* for a laptop that comes with top-end AMD components, including a Ryzen 9 5900HX processor and RX 6800M graphics card, which for context should equal the performance of a good RTX 3080 gaming laptop....

July 14, 2022 · 2 min · 292 words · Steven Olson

Her Story dev delays Hollywood mystery thriller Immortality until August

The mystery of Marissa Marcel will have to wait a little longer to be solved The upcoming new mystery from FMV maestro Sam Barlow,Immortality, has seen its release date pushed back to August 30th. The game was previously scheduled to launch on July 26th. While you’re waiting for that extra month to pass you can always refresh your memory by watching the trailer below. Barlow and development team at Half Mermaid announced Immortality’s delay onTwitter....

July 14, 2022 · 2 min · 360 words · Susan Shelton

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Gaismagorm fight walkthrough, weaknesses, and tips

How to beat Gaismagorm, Archdemon of the Abyss Want to know how to beat Gaismagorm, the final boss of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak?Gaismagorm, Archdemon of the Abyss emerges for one of the longest, toughest fights in Sunbreak and marks the end of the main story. There is plenty of post-game content afterwards (andSPOILER ALERT!even a few new monsters), but after Gaismagorm the credits roll and your Master Rank unlocks. The fight isn’t easy though, and you’ll likely be repeating it a few times....

July 14, 2022 · 7 min · 1339 words · Donna James