September 2022 Archive

    1. The Night Call devs are swapping taxis for tech-fuelled gas stations in their new narrative management game
    2. Ultimate Audio Bang #25: was Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer beta any good?
    3. Ubisoft reveal co-op shooter Project U exists, with playtests planned
    4. How to do the griddy in FIFA 23
    5. How to do a low driven shot in FIFA 23
    6. How to do an outside foot shot in FIFA 23
    7. Google still hasn't told developers that Stadia is shutting down
    8. Slime Rancher 2’s dazzling new world is bursting with potential but it’s all a little too familiar
    9. Spiderheck is ludicrously fun even without other players
    10. Best Valheim seeds: best starting locations
    11. Valheim Mistlands biome
    12. Valheim cheats & console commands
    13. The Master Of Magic remake dons its wizard robes in December
    14. Out Of Hands' nightmare card combat isn't as thrilling as it looks
    15. It’s off to Canada for Microsoft Flight Simulator’s World Update 11
    16. World Of Warcraft’s Dragonflight expansion lifts off on November 28th
    17. Cassette Beasts is monster-collecting RPG that's more Power Rangers than Pokémon
    18. Homicidal All-Stars asks: 'What if Running Man was a turn-based tactics game?'
    19. The best Genshin Impact Candace build
    20. Wordle answer (Friday 30 September)
    1. Foxhole's massively multiplayer war has now left early access
    2. Vampire Survivors will hit 1.0 on October 20th, move to new engine by end of year
    3. Viking survival success Valheim is now available via PC Game Pass
    4. Scorn will release itself from the bone wall a week earlier than planned
    5. Google are pulling the plug on Stadia in January
    6. Solder ‘em up Retro Gadgets lets you build your own GameBoy
    7. Dead Space remake devs say the entire game is “one sequential shot” with no loading
    8. Valheim bosses order: how to beat every boss
    9. Move over FIFA, you've got nothing on the footballers from Nintendo Switch Sports
    10. Brandon Sanderson wants Moonbreaker's story to "last a decade or longer"
    11. Quake goes Brutalist in a new map pack that's all about concrete
    12. Cute Sony platformer Sackboy: A Big Adventure bounds onto PC in October
    13. Skull & Bones suffers fifth delay in five years
    14. Wordle answer (Thursday 29 September)
    1. The Elgato Wave:1 is a great-sounding, easy-going USB mic - and now it's £50
    2. Kingston's blazing-fast KC3000 1TB NVMe SSD is down to £94 at CCL
    3. FIFA 23 Around the World SBC solution
    4. FIFA 23 ratings and best players
    5. FIFA 23 release date and time
    6. FIFA 23 Seven League Boots SBC solution
    7. Koei Tecmo's first trailer for Wild Hearts has big Monster Hunter energy
    8. FIFA 23 Puzzle Master SBC solution
    9. Mark Hamill's Joker could be coming to MultiVersus
    10. What's better: ridiculous spell animations or the mangled hands of Ethan Winters?
    11. Low-intensity action platformer Itorah is hard to put down
    12. RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2011
    13. Infinity Ward promise plenty of tweaks to Modern Warfare 2 following series' biggest ever beta
    14. Man Of Medan gets new free chapter in surprise update for The Dark Pictures Anthology
    15. The best Genshin Impact Tighnari build
    16. The best Genshin Impact Collei build
    17. Intel announce 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs, confirm Arc A770 Limited Edition GPU release date
    18. Blizzard are "interested in exploring" Fortnite-style crossovers for Overwatch 2
    19. Genshin Impact’s 3.1 update brings new characters and desert domains
    20. The Judgment Collection is a perfect gateway into the Yakuza series
    21. FIFA 23 First XI SBC solution
    22. The Excavation Of Hob's Barrow review: an emotive and doomy folk horror adventure
    23. The best Genshin Impact Kuki Shinobu build
    24. The best Genshin Impact Sayu build
    25. The best Genshin Impact Venti build
    26. Wordle answer (Wednesday 28 September)
    1. Steam is swapping Lunar New Year sales for a new spring sale instead
    2. Teen suspect in GTA 6 hacking case pleads not guilty
    3. The Finals shows environment destruction and grappling hooks ahead of closed playtest
    4. Overwatch 2's new player accounts will be limited to fight "disruptive behaviour"
    5. Darkest Dungeon 2 is overhauling progression and adding bounty hunters next
    6. Moonscars is too punishing for my blood
    7. Metal: Hellsinger offers up mod tools to add your own hellish beats
    8. AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT review: a last hurrah for RDNA 2
    9. Dome Keeper review: a small, but perfectly formed tower defence game that strikes gold
    10. Genshin Impact will sail a giant inflatable child through London this weekend
    11. Our favourite indie games from EGX 2022
    12. Cyberpunk 2077: How to make money fast
    13. Cyberpunk 2077 transmog
    14. Cyberpunk 2077 third person mode
    15. Rick lands in MultiVersus today, while a new update doubles levelling time
    16. Serial Cleaners review: stealth-action body disposal makes for bursts of bloody fun
    17. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla free update gives Eivor more tombs to raid today
    18. Grounded review: a survival game with the best baddies around
    19. Wordle answer (Tuesday 27 September)
    1. Modern Warfare 2 beta times
    2. Five unusual Steam Deck accessories - which are the best?
    3. Cyberpunk 2077 modders are adding loads of Edgerunners stuff
    4. Cyberpunk 2077 classes and Lifepaths
    5. Cyberpunk 2077 character creation
    6. Halo Infinite support studio hint at a big project that could be rumoured battle royale mode
    7. Jeremy Corbyn played a Doom mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher
    8. E3 is back in a new form in June 2023, and here are the dates
    9. Judgment mod adds cut actor Pierre Taki back into the game
    10. Time-travel adventure Oxenfree II: Lost Signals delayed into 2023
    11. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: skeleton wrestling and squirrel muggings
    12. Wordle answer (Monday 26 September)
    1. Wordle answer (Sunday 25 September)
    1. PUBG devs are making a game based on Korean fantasy epic The Bird That Drinks Tears
    2. GOG's End Of Summer sale has discounts on some classic games
    3. The Witcher: Blood Origin will launch Christmas day, and The Witcher season 3 next summer
    4. Diablo 2 Resurrected's latest patch introduces Terror Zones
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. Wordle answer (Saturday 24 September)
    1. Trombone Champ's triumph is making failure fun in a rhythm game
    2. UK teenager arrested in connection with GTA 6 leaks
    3. Stellaris is getting a VR roguelite that lets you explore the galaxy face-first
    4. Valve revamps Steam charts with real-time top sellers and most played hubs
    5. Hyenas opens up its alpha to European players today
    6. Ubisoft's Splinter Cell remake will be "rewriting and updating" the story for today's players
    7. MultiVersus' next fighter is unveiled today, and it sounds like it's Rick
    8. Liveblog: Texts from EGX
    9. Wordle answer (Friday 23 September)
    1. Cult strategy game Solium Infernum returns, from the makers of Armello
    2. Wayward Strand review: a heartfelt story told through an intricate timepiece
    3. TactiCon is a new strategy festival marching onto Steam today
    4. Cyberpunk 2077 is seeing more players than it has since launch
    5. I'm sorry, I cannot resist chasing Hyper Demon's friendly little birds
    6. Trombone Champ deserves to toot its own horn
    7. Dark Souls 3’s servers are offline again
    8. The DioField Chronicle review: deep real-time strategy that gets mired in its own plot
    9. Wordle answer (Thursday 22 September)
    1. What's better: ding! or the Howie scream?
    2. TV’s favourite football manager Ted Lasso is coming to FIFA 23
    3. Beacon Pines review: a cosy horror adventure game that succeeds on the strength of its characters
    4. Spelunky 2's latest patch adds crossplay online multiplayer
    5. Rockstar owner Take-Two's hacking woes continue as 2K confirm attack on their support service
    6. Lost Ark’s Machinist class arrives this month with big own-brand Iron Man vibes
    7. Hyper Demon review: a deadly, unfriendly, and utterly stunning FPS
    8. Scorn's gross meat palace isn't that scary, but its writhing mass of hardcore puzzles did put the fear in me
    9. Creepy co-op Rusty Lake adventure The Past Within takes the series 3D in November
    10. GTA 6 leaks prompt developers to share early footage from their biggest game releases
    11. Wordle answer (Wednesday 21 September)
    1. Warhammer 40K: Darktide's closed beta will take place in October
    2. Steam's latest sale has discounts on hack-and-slash and character action games
    3. Satisfactory's update 6 revamps weapons, creature AI and exploration
    4. Armello devs League Of Geeks are announcing their next game at EGX London 2022 this week
    5. Nvidia reveal the GeForce RTX 4080, RTX 4090, and Portal RTX
    6. There's an Iron Man game coming from Motive and Marvel
    7. Baseball and romance visual novel Butterfly Soup is getting a sequel
    8. AMD’s Radeon RX 7000 series GPU reveal is coming on November 3rd
    9. Ryu Ga Gotoku confirm their series isn't Yakuza anymore, it’s Like A Dragon
    10. Steam Deck shipments get further ahead of schedule, Valve now fulfilling Q4 orders
    11. Stellaris' free 3.5 Fornax update adds a new beginner-friendly difficulty setting today
    12. Hyper Demon is a trippy, surprise new FPS from the Devil Daggers devs
    13. EVGA are quitting graphics cards after splitting with Nvidia
    14. Rockstar confirm GTA 6 leaks, but say it won't have any "long-term effect" on development
    15. Wordle answer (Tuesday 20 September)
    1. Return To Monkey Island review: a perfect new entry into a beloved old series
    2. Wordle answer (Monday 19 September)
    1. The ROG Zephyrus G14, my favourite AMD gaming laptop, is $300 off at Best Buy
    2. AMD's fastest gaming processor is down to $375
    3. With the RTX 4090 waiting in the wings, this RTX 3090 Ti is down to $999
    4. This EVGA 1600W Platinum PSU is down to $200 at Newegg
    5. The GTA 6 leaks benefit precisely no one
    6. Today's Wordle answer (Sunday 18 September)
    1. Valve have much delayed Steam Deck docks on show at Tokyo Game Show
    2. Metal: Hellsinger will let you mod in your own music "soon"
    3. Half-Life 2: VR Mod beta makes the classic shooter fully playable in VR
    4. Genshin Impact is getting an anime adaptation, of course
    5. Lady Dimitrescu's castle gets a jammy new makeover in Resident Evil Village's Shadows Of Rose DLC
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. Today's Wordle answer (Saturday 17 September)
    1. Logitech's G29 racing wheel and pedals is down to $230 at Amazon
    2. Get 32GB of fast DDR5-5600 CL36 RAM for $150 in the US
    3. Nightdive are remastering classic FPS Rise Of The Triad
    4. Oddball derby racer Trail Out is crash happy in the best way
    5. Come play games on weird bespoke controllers with us at EGX
    6. Lost Ark starts knocking them back early as Arktoberfest begins today
    7. Lord, I’m in love with Valve’s Steam Deck TGS booth
    8. Warzone 2.0 map: Everything we know about Al Mazrah
    9. Nvidia are almost definitely teasing an RTX 40 series reveal next week
    10. Ken is so much more than a sad dad in Street Fighter 6
    11. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's second free title update lets you wield a giant corn on the cob
    12. Wild west adventure Card Cowboy turns cards into weird and silly stories
    13. The first two classic Suikoden RPGs are coming to PC as an HD remaster
    14. Street Fighter 6’s closed beta starts round one in October
    15. The Wandering Village early access review: a gorgeous city-builder with a loveable colossus
    16. Today's Wordle answer (Friday 16 September)
    1. Turnip Boy Robs A Bank is the followup to one of last year's funniest games
    2. Uncharted: Legacy Of Thieves Collection gets a trailer, system specs and confirmed release date
    3. Vampire Survivors will increase price soon as 1.0 launch nears
    4. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 details new modes, third-person camera and open beta
    5. Call Of Duty: Warzone 2's new map, modes and release date announced
    6. The best Genshin Impact Dori build
    7. Blizzard detail Overwatch 2’s season one, and its controversial battle passes
    8. Game Pass now tells you how long a game takes to beat
    9. The stunning Corsair iCUE 5000X mid-tower case is suspiciously cheap on Amazon UK
    10. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 202: the best era changes in games special
    11. This discounted 1000W 80+ Platinum power supply is ready for RTX 4090
    12. Deltarune isn’t coming out this year, but here’s some more Toby Fox bangers
    13. Foretales review: channelling Hand Of Fate's tabletop deckbuilding to great effect
    14. Indie horror Saturnalia whisks you to a haunted Sardinian town just in time for Halloween
    15. Deathloop strikes again on Game Pass and the Microsoft Store next week
    16. Disney Dreamlight Valley early access review: a life-sim for Mickey stans
    17. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey makes its hero's journey onto Game Pass today
    18. Valheim invades PC Game Pass at the end of September
    19. Wordle answer (Thursday 15 September)
    1. The Sims 4 base game is going free to play in October
    2. Synduality's a dystopian mech-piloting third-person shooter from Bandai Namco
    3. The Judgment Collection finally brings Yakuza's spin-off series to Steam
    4. What's better: impossible geometry, or games playing the music CD left in your drive?
    5. The best Genshin Impact Sucrose build
    6. Kazuma Kiryu goes all John Wick in Yakuza sidestory Like A Dragon Gaiden
    7. Exclusive new Mask Of The Rose trailer keeps delicious friends weird and potential lovers weirder
    8. FIFA 23: Everything we know
    9. Sega unveil new Yakuza game Like A Dragon 8
    10. Tekken 8 brings the fight to PC in Unreal Engine 5
    11. Take a rogue-trip in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. meets Stranger Things survival game Pacific Drive
    12. Wordle answer (Wednesday 14 September)
    1. Historical Yakuza spin-off Like A Dragon: Ishin! is being remade, coming to PC next year
    2. Team Ninja are making open world samurai game, Rise Of The Ronin
    3. Soviet-inspired platformer Little Orpheus finally gets its PC release
    4. It looks like Yakuza spin-offs Judgment and Lost Judgment are headed to PC
    5. The XIII remake has been remade with its latest update
    6. Excellent indie horror game Mothered has a small sequel hiding in its demo
    7. Tactics RPG Triangle Strategy advances from Switch to PC in October
    8. Octopath Traveler 2 coming to PC on February 24th 2023
    9. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners finally slides its futuristic motorbike onto Netflix today
    10. How to upgrade your house in Disney Dreamlight Valley
    11. Babylon’s Fall is shutting down in February 2023, just before its first birthday
    12. MultiVersus tier list
    13. Halo boss Bonnie Ross is leaving 343 Industries
    14. The next EA Original is a fantasy hunting game set in feudal Japan from Koei Tecmo
    15. Valve show off working Steam Deck prototypes for the first time
    16. Metal: Hellsinger review - a rhythm shooter that can be anybody's tempo
    17. Wordle answer (Tuesday 13 September)
    1. Forspoken looks like a faster, zippier FF15 in fiery new gameplay footage
    2. American Arcadia is a genre-flipping cinematic feast from the Call Of The Sea devs
    3. WW1 Verdun and Tannenberg devs have been bought by Focus Entertainment
    4. Gloomwood's grimy stealth playground deserves better than the agony of early access
    5. Disney Dreamlight Valley ratatouille recipe
    6. Disney Dreamlight Valley crudites recipe
    7. Warlander is third-person Chivalry with apocalyptic meteor showers
    8. Sunday Gold review: tactical point and click puzzling that fails to mesh
    9. Ubisoft start adding indie games to their Ubisoft+ subscription service
    10. Black Friday 2022: dates, tips, and PC gaming deals to expect
    11. How to get clay in Disney Dreamlight Valley
    12. How to get seaweed in Disney Dreamlight Valley
    13. Square Enix sink into partnership with "environmentally-friendly" blockchain firm Oasys
    14. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: freaky bodies and a lovely cat
    15. Assassin’s Creed: Mirage’s 18+ rating leads to online speculation that it’ll include real-money gambling
    16. Wordle answer (Monday 12 September)
    1. Wordle answer (Sunday 11 September)
    1. Uncharted: Legacy Of Thieves Collection will arrive on PC in October, leak suggests
    2. Steam Deck repair centers are open now
    3. The Division: Heartland's first trailer gives little away about the free-to-player shooter
    4. Assassin's Creed Infinity still exists, is still a confusing Assassin's Creed live service, maybe?
    5. Assassin's Creed is finally heading to feudal Japan, plus one with Blair Witch vibes
    6. Assassin's Creed Mirage is going back to the series' roots in 2023 for the 15th anniversary
    7. The blazing-fast PCIe 4.0 Crucial P5 Plus SSD is down to £59 for a 500GB model
    8. Pick up an EVGA 360mm AiO for £82 after a 25% discount on Amazon
    9. What are we all playing this weekend?
    10. Wordle answer (Saturday 10 September)
    1. Marvel Snap will play its multiverse of superhero cards this October
    2. Amy Hennig's untitled Marvel game has its first teaser trailer
    3. Tron: Identity is a new visual novel from Bithell Games
    4. Marvel's Midnight Suns' new release date is this December
    5. Foxhole is adding player-built trains and factories as it hits 1.0 this month
    6. The best Genshin Impact Sangonomiya Kokomi build
    7. Tyrant's Blessing's low pressure tactical puzzles let it punch above its weight
    8. Temtem evolutions: How to evolve every Temtem
    9. Betrayal At Club Low review: a delicious snack-sized espionage RPG set in a nightclub
    10. Steelrising Lavoisier Catalyst and Sublimator locations
    11. Nier: Automata’s secret church is finally enshrined on NexusMods
    12. The power of a Steam Next Fest demo
    13. Overwatch 2’s battle pass has a free track and won’t lock heroes behind a paywall
    14. The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher becomes Star Trek: Online’s Terran Emperor next week
    15. Gremlins cutie Gizmo arrives in MultiVersus, and he’s just in time for the latest update
    16. Details from Amy Hennig’s Marvel game emerge ahead of today's Disney & Marvel Games Showcase
    17. Wordle answer (Friday 9 September)
    1. Battlefield's next campaign being developed by Halo co-creator's new studio
    2. Steam has launched new hub pages to make browsing genres and tags easier
    3. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory now has new official dedicated servers
    4. Eidos Montreal is "now the owner" of Deus Ex and Thief games, but don't get too excited
    5. The Rally Point: Phoenix Point's final form still frustrates as much as it innovates
    6. Disney Dreamlight Valley friendship level
    7. AMD launch FSR 2.1 for sharper GPU upscaling
    8. EVE: Online’s Uprising expansion changes up factional warfare in November
    9. Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 is staying digital because Florida
    10. Disney Dreamlight Valley With Great Power quest
    11. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 201: the best cinematics in games
    12. 5 weird games out in September that I might not have time to review but really want to
    13. Football Manager 2023 scores a PC and Game Pass release date of November 8th
    14. Temtem review: a Pokemon-like that listens to what fans want
    15. Temtem devs address its premium battle pass controversy
    16. Jack Move review: a bite-sized JRPG that blends Neuromancer with Final Fantasy VII
    17. Bring a little light this month with charming adventure game The Spirit And The Mouse
    18. Roadwarden review: a beautifully written visit to a mystery-filled peninsula
    19. Beast Breaker devs are closing due to lack of funding, along with their historic workers union
    20. Skyrim mod adds hidden keys to find for all those locked chests
    21. A Plague Tale: Requiem has dialled up the rat horror, but shows restraint in its approach to violence
    22. The Making of Wildermyth: how a family developer created one of the most innovative RPGs in years
    23. Best weapons in Steelrising
    24. Best Steelrising class
    25. Best build in Steelrising
    26. Steelrising: How to destroy breakable walls
    27. Wordle answer (Thursday 8 September)
    1. £48 is a ludicrously low price for Razer's flagship wireless mouse
    2. Get $660 of 2K games - Borderlands, XCOM, Civ - for $16
    3. What's better: physics freakouts or beautiful food?
    4. Rivals and Family dev is back with more musical puzzle action in Riley & Rochelle
    5. We almost got a Hitman movie directed by James Gunn
    6. The joy of Rollerdrome’s practical weapons
    7. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the latest game to add FSR 2.0 support
    8. Humankind's first major expansion resorts to diplomacy in autumn
    9. Tencent are working in concert with Ubisoft’s founding family after €300m investment
    10. Steelrising review: this steampunk Soulslike take on the French Revolution doesn't execute on its cool premise
    11. AeternoBlade 2 devs hit back at PQube over game's publishing rights
    12. Ubisoft are announcing loads of Assassin’s Creed games on Saturday, leakers claim
    13. Wordle answer (Wednesday 7 September)
    1. Over Jump Rally's demo is a fan-created homage to Sega Rally
    2. One of the best value AMD CPUs for gaming is 32% off at Amazon UK
    3. Out Of Hands is a wiggly indie thriller with a lot of digits
    4. The Asus RTX 3080 Tuf Gaming OC V2 is down to £650 at Overclockers
    5. Weird West is getting permadeath and a new aiming mode in its next patch
    6. Gloomwood's Thief-with-guns 'em up sneaks into enters early access
    7. Gundam Evolution, a free-to-play mech shooter, will launch this month
    8. Keanu is back for next year's Cyberpunk 2077 expansion Phantom Liberty
    9. CD Projekt say Netflix's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is "100% canon", reveal cameos from Cyberpunk 2077 cast
    10. Indie citybuilder The Wandering Village finally brings its giant turtle to town next week
    11. This Celeste-like Metroidvania has already set a high bar for games in 2024
    12. Crop rotation is an unexpected joy in town-builder Farthest Frontier
    13. Disney Dreamlight Valley: Where to find the Royal Tools
    14. Sea Of Thieves is boosting XP to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day
    15. Tabletop battler Moonbreaker is holding multiple playtests this month
    16. More Skate playtest footage has ollied its way online
    17. Railbound review: a charming, first class puzzler
    18. RPS@PAX West 2022: Our top highlights from the showfloor
    19. Wordle answer (Tuesday 6 September)
    1. Want a fancy box with 15 programmable buttons? Elgato's Stream Deck MK.2 is 30% off
    2. Pick up a high-spec Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe SSD with heatsink for £184
    3. Temtem type chart: Strengths and weaknesses of every Temtem type
    4. Temtem Dojos: How to beat the leaders of every Dojo in Temtem
    5. Temtem list: Where to catch every Temtem
    6. Temtem starter guide: The best Temtem to choose
    7. Luma Temtem: How to catch Temtem shinies
    8. Temtem Tuwai shrine locations: How to evolve Tuwai in Temtem
    9. Here's 10 minutes of gameplay from Katana Zero's free DLC
    10. BioShock games' "quality of life" updates actually break them on the Steam Deck
    11. New Tales From The Borderlands won't be episodic, says Gearbox
    12. Disney Dreamlight Valley release time
    13. The Division: Heartland first details emerge from a hastily erased Ubisoft Store page
    14. The Silent Hill 2 remake rumour train is chugging again thanks to some very blurry images
    15. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Shrimp and a Swiss Army plasma rifle
    16. RPS@PAX West 2022: Sunday daily round-up
    17. RPS@PAX West 2022: The cast of Team Fortress 2 reminisce about the FPS's lasting legacy
    18. Wordle answer (Monday 5 September)
    1. RPS@PAX West 2022: We chat with Brainwash Gang about their chaotic deck-building FPS Friends Vs Friends
    2. RPS@PAX West 2022: Saturday daily round-up
    3. RPS@PAX West 2022: Ron Gilbert tells us about the pirate shenanigans in Return to Monkey Island
    4. RPS@PAX West 2022: Hands-on with Souls-like fairytale Lies of P
    5. Wordle answer (Sunday 4 September)
    1. The £93 Lenovo Legion BoostStation GPU enclosure deal is back
    2. Store all the things with an 8TB Seagate IronWolf hard drive for £150
    3. What are we all playing this weekend?
    4. RPS@PAX West 2022: Friday daily round-up
    5. RPS@PAX West 2022: Gearbox tells us what's new in New Tales From the Borderlands
    6. RPS@PAX West 2022: Tour of the show floor
    7. Wordle answer (Saturday 3 September)
    1. Men Of War 2's tactics are impressively complex, but still accessible to a war newbie
    2. Northern Journey's surreal world deserves to be experienced, not merely described
    3. Real-time tactics sequel Men Of War 2 delayed due to the war in Ukraine
    4. Vampire Survivors lets you play as a question mark thanks to today's surprise patch
    5. Publishers PQube accused of withholding money by a second studio
    6. Logitech G502 X review: two clicks forward, one scroll back
    7. The Hexagroove dev's new 90s musical puzzler Backbeat is a puzzle game with XCOM strategy mashups
    8. Gizmo, the cutest Gremlin, is MultiVersus' next fighter
    9. You Have To Burn The Rope and more classic Flash games are playable in your browser again
    10. Grim Guardians: Demon Purge is an upcoming Castlevania-like with intriguing co-op
    11. Halo Infinite’s fresh batch of delays and cancellations spells the end for promised couch co-op
    12. Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is real, and we’ll find out more next week
    13. Kitsune: The Journey Of Adashino is a Japanese fantasy world of yokai and mystery
    14. Wordle answer (Friday 2 September)
    1. A boat-load of Blue Microphones are discounted in the UK
    2. Get 32GB of DDR5-6000 and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD for £235 at CCL
    3. This Twitter bot tours Half-Life skyboxes to brighten up your timeline
    4. The Callisto Protocol is inspired by Die Hard and Shaun Of The Dead
    5. Crusader Kings 3: Friends And Foes brings even more drama to the medieval soap opera next week
    6. The best Genshin Impact Traveler build
    7. HyperX’s first gaming monitors are competent screens perched on modular mounts
    8. EWS podcast episode 200: the things we want 200 of in video games
    9. Microsoft's buyout of Activision Blizzard "could lead to competition concerns" say UK regulators
    10. Rumoured Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla spin-off Mirage springs an art leak
    11. Project Code Name M, the mysterious new game from the Fata Morgana devs, shows a different side of Tokyo
    12. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk's release is sprayed over with a delay to summer 2023
    13. Final Fantasy XIV’s new Island Sanctuary is more Tom Nook sim than peaceful paradise, but it works
    14. Ubisoft give online services for older games a stay of execution
    15. Tower of Fantasy drop rates and pity system
    16. Tower of Fantasy banners
    17. Wordle answer (Thursday 1 September)