December 2023 Archive

    1. The RPS Selection Sprout: Edders' bonus game of the year 2023
    2. To Hell With The Ugly is a cracking name and even better game
    3. The RPS Selection Box: Ollie's bonus games of the year 2023
    4. The ninth RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    5. Wordle hint and answer #925 (December 31 2023)
    6. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Dec 31)
    1. Escape From Tarkov's newcomer map is live now, alongside vaulting, revised hitboxes and more
    2. American Truck Simulator's next expansion takes the truck sim to Missouri
    3. The RPS Selection Box: James’ bonus games of the year 2023
    4. Saints Row is currently free to keep from the Epic Games Store
    5. The narrative outranks you in The Pegasus Expedition, and it works
    6. The RPS Selection Box: Kiera's bonus games of the year 2023
    7. The eighth RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    8. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Dec 30)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #924 (December 30 2023)
    1. The RPS guides team looks back at 2023
    2. Why did no one tell me PowerWash Sim has actual lore
    3. The RPS Selection Box: Alice Bee's bonus games of the year 2023
    4. The seventh RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    5. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Dec 29)
    6. Wordle hint and answer #923 (December 29 2023)
    1. Steam's Best Of 2023 charts the year's best sellers and most played
    2. Cat Quest is free to keep from the Epic Games Store right now
    3. People should remember where the Game Awards came from by watching the 2007 Spike Video Game Awards
    4. Every last RPS Bestest Best review of 2023
    5. Jake Solomon uncut: here's our post-Firaxis GDC interview in full
    6. The RPS Selection Box: Jeremy's bonus games of the year 2023
    7. The sixth RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    8. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Dec 28)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #922 (December 28 2023)
    1. Popular Slay The Spire mod Downfall was hijacked to spread malware through Steam
    2. Cursed To Golf is free to keep from the Epic Games Store right now
    3. What's your video game-related New Year's resolution?
    4. Our favourite RPS features from 2023
    5. The joy of cheesing bosses in Remnant 2
    6. The RPS Selection Box: Alice0's bonus games of the year 2023
    7. The fifth RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    8. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Dec 27)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #921 (December 27 2023)
    10. This 1440p 300Hz Asus ROG gaming monitor is under $500 at Amazon US
    1. WorldBox's next update will add families, graphs, and another major new feature
    2. Indie publisher Versus Evil closed and all staff laid off
    3. Deathloop is free to keep for Amazon Prime members right now
    4. Our 24 favourite games of 2023
    5. I quite like this £200 27-inch gaming monitor
    6. The RPS-recommended SN850x SSD is $230 for 4TB at Amazon US, a historic low price
    7. The art of the pause
    8. The Legion Go handheld gets its first major discount in Lenovo's Boxing Day sales
    9. The RPS Selection Box: Katharine's bonus games of the year 2023
    10. The fourth RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    11. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Dec 26)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #920 (December 26 2023)
    1. The third RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Dec 25)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #919 (December 25 2023)
    1. The final RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 24th
    2. The second RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Dec 24)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #918 (December 24 2023)
    1. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 23rd
    2. The first RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    3. What are we all playing this Christmas holiday?
    4. Wordle hint and answer #917 (December 23 2023)
    5. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Dec 23)
    1. RPS is on our winter holidays now, please don't email us until 2024
    2. Grimhook is a sweet, free first-person platformer with a touch of Lovecraft
    3. Rock around the Christmas tree with Dracula Cha Cha and Christmas Pain In Christmas Town
    4. Metal Gear Solid’s Master Collection finally gets an official fix for some of its biggest issues on PC
    5. Sorry Mac users, Death Stranding won’t arrive in time for the holidays as release date slides to early 2024
    6. Epic Games Store makes a fresh exception to Adults-Only ban for blockchain games
    7. Bahnsen Knights is a beautiful nightmare
    8. Insomniac break silence on hacked Wolverine PC build: "we want everyone to enjoy the games we develop as intended"
    9. The Black Parade is a Thief mod from a team including a dev at Arkane and an original Thief designer
    10. The Day Before ends its strange, sad tale by shutting down its servers next month, refunding all Steam players
    11. China reveal new limits on game spending and rewards, wiping billions from Tencent and NetEase market value
    12. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 22nd
    13. Bounty of gaming news discovered in isolated Scottish cabin
    14. Reality Bytes: Was 2023 a good year for VR?
    15. The best killstreaks in Modern Warfare 3
    16. Wordle hint and answer #916 (December 22 2023)
    17. Grab NZXT's Kraken 240mm AiO with LCD display for £90 at Scan UK
    18. This Intel Arc A770 16GB OC graphics card is down to £266 at Amazon UK versus £320 elsewhere
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Dec 22)
    1. (the) Gnorp Apologue makes town building into a glorious spectacle
    2. Starfield will get updates every six weeks beginning in February 2024
    3. Steam now lets you mark games as private
    4. Steam's 2023 winter sale is now underway
    5. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is worth revisiting after a year of updates
    6. The Rally Point: It's about time we did Dominions 3,4,5, and probably 6
    7. Modern Warfare 3 maps list
    8. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode Christmas: the end of year special!
    9. MW3 modes list
    10. Best LMG in Modern Warfare 3
    11. Best Assault Rifles in Modern Warfare 3
    12. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 21st
    13. Best guns in Modern Warfare 3
    14. Best Sniper Rifle in Modern Warfare 3
    15. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Dec 21)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #915 (December 21 2023)
    1. Elden Ring is taking its orchestral soundtrack on tour next spring, including its first UK concert
    2. Looks like the Jet Set Radio reboot will be an open-world game full of rollerblading and graffiti tagging
    3. Silent Hill 2 remake devs Bloober Team are working on a licensed horror game from The Walking Dead creators
    4. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s release date has been delayed again, but only on Epic Games Store
    5. Modern Warfare 3 Zombies tips and tricks
    6. MW3 best XRK Stalker loadout
    7. The Finals holiday update is not very merry reading for Heavy players
    8. MW3 best AMR9 loadout
    9. I'm ready to embrace next year's RPG grind, both inside and outside of games
    10. Remnant 2 could get a Survival mode, and Gunfire's president already has ideas for "future games"
    11. What's better: giving items to other players or throwing grenades back?
    12. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 20th
    13. If Scorn was a bullet hell game, it'd be Angel At Dusk, which has a frantic demo
    14. World Of Warcraft expansion The War Within will release over summer 2024 - Blizzard reveal content roadmap
    15. MW3 best TAQ Eradicator loadout
    16. Logitech's superb G Pro X Superlight esports mouse is down to $59.99 refurbished in the US
    17. This electric standing desk is just £90 at Amazon
    18. Charge your Steam Deck and other USB-C devices with this 100W GaN 4-port charger for £36
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Dec 20)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #914 (December 20 2023)
    1. This £10 USB mic radically outperforms the one built into your headset or laptop
    2. Brussels sprouts just in time for Christmas in Microsoft Flight Simulator's new city update
    3. Two of the best indie strategy games are now Steam Deck verified
    4. Warhammer 40,000's movie and TV deal with Amazon now finalised
    5. The Finals technical issue has been preventing "banning cheaters efficiently"
    6. Get Paradise Killer, Roadwarden, Card Shark and seven other top-drawer narrative games for 83% off
    7. Best MW3 BAS-B loadout
    8. MW3 best SVA 545 loadout
    9. Activision’s ending of hybrid working for QA staff “leaves our most vulnerable employees behind”, says union
    10. MW3 best RAM-7 loadout
    11. Lenovo Legion Go review: a big handheld with bigger ideas
    12. Here we go ho ho! It's time for your annual play of Skeal
    13. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 19th
    14. Hackers share over 1.6 terabytes of Insomniac data, including employee personal information
    15. Upgrade to a 4K 144Hz gaming monitor for less: $360 in the US or £399 in the UK
    16. The best-selling AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has dropped to $339.99 at Antonline via Ebay
    17. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Dec 19)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #913 (December 19 2023)
    1. TimeSplitters reboot was reportedly a Fortnite clone before shifting to a remake of TimeSplitters 2
    2. Elden Ring DLC could see a release date in February, with another expansion in 2025, retailer leak suggests
    3. Activision Blizzard will pay $55m to settle sex discrimination lawsuit
    4. James McCaffrey, the voice of Max Payne and Alan Wake 2’s Alex Casey, has died
    5. The Finals review: the most exciting new multiplayer shooter in years
    6. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 18th
    7. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Bumper Christmas Edition
    8. The Maw - 18th-23rd December
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Dec 18)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #912 (December 18 2023)
    1. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 17th
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Dec 17)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #911 (December 17 2023)
    1. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew gets surprise modding tool as a "very final parting gift"
    2. The Steam Awards 2023 nominees sure seem weird to me
    3. Removed from sale: Peter Molyneux's Godus and Godus Wars, never finished
    4. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 16th
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. Wordle hint and answer #910 (December 16 2023)
    7. Ebuyer UK's 'ideal PS5 upgrade kit' is also a cracking deal for PC gamers
    8. Upgrade to Microsoft's Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 at a £60 discount
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Dec 16)
    1. It doesn’t sound like Baldur’s Gate 3 will be on Game Pass anytime soon - if ever
    2. Death Stranding movie is being made with Hereditary studio A24, will be more than a “direct translation”
    3. Baldur's Gate 3 best Wizard build
    4. Motoring MMO The Crew is going offline in March, making it impossible to play
    5. Duke Nukem and Ghostrunner devs 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks are latest Embracer studios to suffer layoffs
    6. Ebenezer And The Invisible World is kinda good, thus excellent by Christmas game standards
    7. MW3 best Holger 556 loadout
    8. Best MCW loadout in Modern Warfare 3
    9. Baldur's Gate 3 best Sorcerer build
    10. Good games from 2023 that didn't quite make my GOTY list #4: Delete After Reading
    11. Naughty Dog cancel The Last Of Us Online while teasing new single player projects
    12. Doom At 30: The developers of your favourite boomer shooters share their favourite things about Doom
    13. Baldur's Gate 3 best Paladin build
    14. Baldur's Gate 3 best Rogue build
    15. Baldur's Gate 3 best Ranger build
    16. A Short Hike meets Moby Dick in this demo for a quirky, laidback exploration sim
    17. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 15th
    18. Doom At 30: Siren is a great intro to the hellish world of Doom total conversions
    19. Creative Assembly apologise for "mistakes" with Total Warhammer 3 and Pharaoh, offering part-refunds and free DLC
    20. Doom At 30: MyHouse.wad is an extraordinary mod that asks, "What if Doom was an ultra creepy horror game?"
    21. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Dec 15)
    22. Wordle hint and answer #909 (December 15 2023)
    1. LG's 34-inch 3440x1440 100Hz ultrawide gaming monitor is down to $199 at Walmart for the holidays
    2. This 4TB TeamGroup NVMe SSD is yours for $151.99 after a $48 Newegg discount
    3. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has a six minute trailer and yes, this looks like a Suikoden sequel
    4. Baldur's Gate 3 best Monk build
    5. Nightdive Studios on a big 2023: acquired by Atari, begging for Dark Forces, and remaking System Shock
    6. Arkane release new Marvel's Blade concept artworks, hinting at missions, combat and levels
    7. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast season 2 Episode 42: the life and death of E3
    8. Baldur's Gate 3 best Fighter build
    9. Intel Core Ultra laptop CPUs have eyes on AI, but it’s Arc graphics that could change the game
    10. In cutting off Baldur's Gate 3's GOTY speech, the Game Awards cut the show's only real mention of mass layoffs
    11. Doom At 30: The evolution of Doom through its first levels
    12. Baldur's Gate 3 best Druid build
    13. Baldur's Gate 3 best Cleric build
    14. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 14th
    15. Baldur's Gate 3 Best Bard build
    16. Doom At 30: Does 1993's Doom still hold up for a first-time player today?
    17. Baldur's Gate 3 best Barbarian build
    18. RPS Asks: you to kindly fill out our annual 2023 readership survey
    19. Dungeon Sweeper is a cute free pixelart puzzler based on a Windows classic
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Dec 14)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #908 (December 14 2023)
    1. Black-and-white bloodbath Mouse looks like Cuphead as a first-person shooter
    2. Fallout 4’s free “next-gen update” has been pushed into 2024, putting it close to a decade after the original
    3. Puzzle your way out of an Among Us escape room in free Escape Simulator crossover DLC, out now
    4. Please stop huffing your Steam Deck vent fumes, Valve plead, as players obsess over “new Deck smell”
    5. What's better: Doom's shotgun or Doom 2's super shotgun?
    6. The creators of Othercide, the grimmest TRPG ever made, are making a superhero dating sim
    7. How does time dilation set Exodus apart from Mass Effect? It "supersizes all of the choices that you make"
    8. Best armor in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    9. Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown has a big, brewing frenemy battle on its hands, and it can't come soon enough
    10. I will miss E3 because I'll miss others reacting to it
    11. I will miss E3 for its spectacle but mostly because it only lasted one week, not months
    12. V.A Proxy is a Nier Automata-like that's on a mission to parry everything, and now it has a demo
    13. Baldur's Gate 3 classes
    14. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 13th
    15. Hackers reportedly leak screens and details of Insomniac's Wolverine game - Sony "investigating"
    16. Doom At 30: The 1996 Doom comic book is an over-the-top masterwork
    17. How do you make video game loot feel satisfying, but not too much? We asked the creators of Path Of Exile
    18. Wordle hint and answer #907 (December 13 2023)
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Dec 13)
    1. Metaphor: ReFantazio's developers explain how it compares and differs from Persona
    2. Starfield will get city maps and "new ways of traveling" next year
    3. Epic win lawsuit as court rules Google's app store is an illegal monopoly
    4. Lenovo's gloriously wide 45-inch gaming monitor makes a mega Christmas gift (to yourself) at £699
    5. This 180Hz Acer gaming monitor is yours for $109.99
    6. Microsoft and ZeniMax union reach "first of its kind" agreement over usage of AI tools in gamedev
    7. E3 is officially dead, say ESA
    8. Baldur's Gate 3 romance options: How to gain approval
    9. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora quest list
    10. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Finding Home quests
    11. How to find Nor in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    12. The Day Before early access review: you won't be missed
    13. Notes from the Tribes 3: Rivals playtest – it’s fun, but is it Tribes?
    14. Baldur's Gate 3 best builds
    15. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 12th
    16. Doom At 30: All classic enemies ranked by how much fun they'd be at a 30th birthday party
    17. Lunchbreak-friendly space 4X Stellaris Nexus is out now in early access
    18. Original "boomer shooter" Dusk gets free HD remaster, five years in the making
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Dec 12)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #906 (December 12 2023)
    1. John Romero marks Doom’s 30th birthday by putting out Sigil 2 - aka episode 6 - for free
    2. Just four days after The Day Before finally launched, devs Fntastic have closed down
    3. Lethal Company’s new arachnophobia mode is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a PC game
    4. Final Fantasy 16’s PC release will require an SSD, hints producer Yoshi-P
    5. TimeSplitters developers Free Radical have been shut down, according to staff
    6. Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden wants to be a thoughtful blockbuster on a budget
    7. AMD's best-selling 7800X3D CPU drops to just £330 in the UK or $358 in the US
    8. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Swamp Hive Nectar
    9. This 17-in 4K 120Hz Alienware RTX 3070 Ti gaming laptop is yours for £1069
    10. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Missing Hunter quest
    11. Apollo Justice Trilogy is an even better glow-up than the original Ace Attorney Trilogy
    12. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: RULES OF NATURE!
    13. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 11th
    14. How to invite friends in The Finals
    15. Doom At 30: An ode to Doom, the first game to give me motion sickness
    16. Slavic witch adventure Reka, aka the one with the chicken-legged house, gets new trailer and 2024 release date
    17. The Maw - 11th-16th December 2023
    18. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Dec 11)
    19. Wordle hint and answer #905 (December 11 2023)
    1. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 10th
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Doom At 30: John Romero remembers his seminal FPS so that we don't remember it wrong
    4. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Dec 10)
    5. Wordle hint and answer #904 (December 10 2023)
    1. This 32-inch LG gaming monitor is down to $187
    2. The Sims 4's For Rent expansion is out, letting you live your landlord dreams
    3. Metal: Hellsinger's free horde mode update and new DLC are out now
    4. The Finals developers say they've found why movement speed feels slower, despite "no change" since beta
    5. The excellent SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless is down to £25 at Amazon UK
    6. This RTX 4070 Ti + Core i5 12400F prebuilt gaming PC is down to £1299 at Stormforce Gaming
    7. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 9th
    8. What are we all playing this weekend?
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Dec 9)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #903 (December 9 2023)
    1. Two indie megahits combine in Vampire Survivors’ Among Us DLC, out later this month
    2. GTA 6 trailer is how the game is “really going to look”, not cinematics, says ex-Rockstar dev
    3. Welcome to Elk and Dead Pets Unleashed devs “no longer exist” as whole team laid off after bankruptcy
    4. Alone in the Dark reboot delayed again, will now land in March so devs “avoid any potential crunch”
    5. An "embarrassing indictment": developers decry last nights The Game Awards ceremony
    6. Colony Ship pairs a decent RPG design with an excellent premise
    7. Good games from 2023 that didn't quite make my GOTY list #3: Roto Force
    8. We don't have to be polite about The Game Awards or pretend it actually cares
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Dec 8)
    10. The Day Before is finally out, and according to its Steam reviews, it absolutely honks
    11. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 8th
    12. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Crush quest
    13. Former Rockstar animator reckons it's "gonna be a long time" before GTA 6 comes to PC
    14. Every trailer and announcement at The Game Awards 2023
    15. EA reveal Tales of Kenzera: Zau, a metroidvania about grief from the voice of Assassin's Creed: Origins
    16. GTFO's final chapter is live now with new horrors
    17. Black Myth: Wukong gets August 2024 release date
    18. Monster Hunter Wilds looks heckin great and is coming in 2025
    19. Sharkmob announce Exoborne, an open world PvPvE shooter featuring exo-rigs and tornadoes
    20. The Finals, the most wishlisted game on Steam, just launched
    21. The First Berserker: Khazan is a brutal hack-and-slash about an exiled general
    22. I blinked and almost missed Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2's release date
    23. Ex-Blizzard devs' RTS Stormgate enters early access Summer 2024
    24. No Man's Sky studio Hello Games unveil Light No Fire, a fantasy survival game set on a single, huge planet
    25. GTFO devs announce cooperative sci-fi heist games Den Of Wolves
    26. Skull And Bones will set sail on February 16th, 2024 - or so they say this time
    27. Nexon's looter shooter The First Descendant swings into summer 2024
    28. Arkane's Deathloop team are making a Marvel Blade game
    29. Life Is Strange devs return to teen mysteries with Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
    30. Saber's Jurassic Park: Survival takes you back to the days after the original movie
    31. Visions Of Mana is the first, all-new Mana game in 15 years
    32. Hideo Kojima is making a horror game with Jordan Peele and it's called OD
    33. Sega announce new Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Streets Of Rage, Golden Axe, and Shinobi
    34. Supermassive reveal The Casting of Frank Stone, a single player Dead by Daylight game
    35. Hellblade 2 coming in 2024 and will be Day One on Game Pass
    36. Ex-BioWare devs reveal Exodus, a sci-fi RPG shooter about time dilation featuring Matthew McConaughey
    37. Ikumi Nakamura's studio's first game is about doing co-op parkour and fighting yokai
    38. Ori studio's new ARPG is a moody mix of Dark Souls and Diablo
    39. Untitled Goose Game devs go on a Big Walk in 2025
    40. THRASHER is a rhythm game about evolution from the artist behind THUMPER - first trailer
    41. World Of Goo 2 announced, bringing goop too
    42. Metaphor: ReFantazio gets a new trailer and it's as beautiful as any Persona
    43. Finji reveal spooky action mystery adventure Usual June
    44. Dead Cells creators Motion Twin reveal cute and gory new roguelike Windblown
    45. Wordle hint and answer #902 (December 8 2023)
    46. Inscryption developer returning to little horses with Pony Island 2
    47. The Rise Of The Golden Idol is the sequel to 2022's best detective game
    48. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons remake revealed - here's the first trailer
    1. Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown demo coming in January, leaked trailer suggests
    2. Best weapons in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    3. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 41: epic GTA 6 trailer reactions!!
    4. Best recipes in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    5. The Game Awards 2023 liveblog
    6. $17 is an absurd price for a great USB mic, the Neat Bumblebee 2
    7. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 7th
    8. Bungie face a full Sony takeover and more layoffs if Destiny 2: The Final Shape flops, according to reports
    9. Best skills in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
    10. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC performance and best settings to use
    11. Genesis Noir follow-up Nirvana Noir spirits you off to a reality where the Big Bang never happened
    12. How Jusant tells its history through art instead of dialogue
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Dec 6)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #901 (December 7 2023)
    15. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Dec 7)
    1. How to get an Ikran in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    2. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora tips and tricks
    3. How to get Na'vi Favour in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    4. How to hunt in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    5. How to get a Direhorse in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
    6. Tempest 2000 dev Jeff Minter will be the subject of Digital Eclipse's next interactive documentary
    7. Lightyear Frontier’s chill mix of Armoured Core, Stardew Valley and PowerWash Sim is ripe for release in March
    8. Baldur’s Gate 3 players have spent more time playing than human civilisation has existed
    9. Lego Fortnite looks a lot like Lego Minecraft actually, ahead of the new co-op survival game's launch tomorrow
    10. All 20 game announcements from Day Of The Devs: The Game Awards Edition
    11. Detective Grimoire returns as Tangle Tower devs announce submarine sequel
    12. Kind Words 2 brings a touch of Animal Crossing to its chill letter writing
    13. Shadow Gambit's pair of expansions are a fitting farewell for Mimimi's tactical masterpiece
    14. I hope GTA 6's Vice City embraces the mundane
    15. Take note, Metroid likers, Ultros is one trip you won't want to miss in 2024
    16. What's better: Ricochet attacks, or blue shadows on dodges and dashes?
    17. The Day Before release time
    18. Tribes 3: Rivals will learn from Ascend monetisation "mistakes" and might let you build your own singleplayer
    19. Rogue Trader is the first Warhammer 40K game I've played that feels genuinely epic
    20. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 6th
    21. Jumplight Odyssey development suspended indefinitely as League Of Geeks face redundancies
    22. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora review: these frontiers will bore ya
    23. Wordle hint and answer #900 (December 6 2023)
    1. Steam VR Fest is underway with discounts and demos for headset fanciers
    2. Cyberpunk 2077's surprisingly substantial Update 2.1 is out now
    3. Skyrim's latest update brings back paid mods with an easier way for creators to sell their work
    4. The fastest Steam Deck memory card we've tested is $29 for 512GB at Best Buy in the US
    5. Microsoft's official Xbox Wireless Controller is down to $35 in the US using this $25 off code
    6. Embracer lay off staff at Insurgency studio New World Interactive and cancel unannounced project
    7. 500 games and apps now have Nvidia DLSS, ray tracing, or both
    8. GTA 6 appears to have its own Florida Man parody
    9. Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora release time
    10. GTA 6 Reveal Trailer
    11. Take a breather from GTA 6 hype with Flock's brilliant new demo
    12. Born of Bread, out today, is a Paper Mario-style RPG starring a cheeky dough golem
    13. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 5th
    14. GTA 6 trailer breakdown and release date
    15. Dragon Age: Dreadwolf trailer confirms several locations and hints at new villain
    16. GTA 6 trailer reactions: Flamingos and gators a go-go, but no BMX bikes?
    17. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is best left as a hazy, enjoyable memory
    18. Rockstar "thrilled to share" GTA 6 "with players everywhere" but no PC release date yet
    19. Best MW3 FTAC Siege loadout and class setup
    20. Best MW3 MCW 6.8 loadout and class setup
    21. Best MW3 COR-45 loadout and class setup
    22. Best MW3 KV Broadside loadout and class setup
    23. A Highland Song review: a beautiful snapshot of wild places that stumbles a little
    24. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Dec 5)
    25. Wordle hint and answer #899 (December 5 2023)
    26. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Dec 4)
    27. Wordle hint and answer #898 (December 4 2023)
    1. Rockstar put GTA 6 trailer live early after more leaks across social media, confirms 2025 release date
    2. Was GTA 6's trailer release date revealed by GTA Online T-shirt in June?
    3. Stellaris Nexus - aka "Stellaris in an hour" - delays its early access release for a week-long open beta
    4. Look at the size of this absolute unit of an NVMe heatsink - and also it's discounted in the UK
    5. Start your Christmas PC build off right with this Corsair 4000D Airflow and RM750 PSU bundle from Scan UK
    6. Outcast sequel A New Beginning has a release date, almost 25 years after the original sci-fi adventure game
    7. Dungeons & Dragons co-op multiplayer game on the way from Payday devs
    8. Endure The Swarm pits your sokoban skills against endless, horrible insects
    9. Orten Was The Case deserves a more appreciative player than me
    10. Against The Storm review: a roguelite citybuilder awash with great ideas
    11. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: A little bit GTA 6, a little bit Mad Max
    12. Reality Bytes: Assassin's Creed Nexus features fantastic VR platforming, but crap combat
    13. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 4th
    14. Dauntless and Fae Farm devs lay off 34 people but insist DLC plans and unannounced games unaffected
    15. In Stars And Time review: a grind of a groundhog day
    16. The Maw - 4th-9th December 2023
    17. Upgrade your Steam Deck with a 512GB Micro SD card for $24.99
    18. This hot-swap mechanical keyboard is $39.99 at Amazon today
    19. AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor dips to £271 at Amazon after retailing for £290
    1. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 3rd
    2. Get AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 7950X processor for 37% off in the UK
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Dec 3)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #897 (December 3 2023)
    1. The Fallout TV series trailer certainly looks like Fallout, except for that one cyclops
    2. Stardew Valley's 1.6 update progressing as developer enters "(self-imposed) extreme crunch mode"
    3. Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a fully functional metro system next week
    4. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 2nd
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. You can pick up a 24-inch 100Hz monitor for $80 at Best Buy
    7. NZXT's excellent H1 v2 small form factor case is 50% off at Best Buy
    8. Wordle hint and answer #896 (December 2 2023)
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Dec 2)
    1. Ark: Survival Ascended devs switch off cross-platform PVP to combat widespread cheating
    2. Fortnite will soon let you shoot Solid Snake in his beautiful butt as Family Guy’s Peter Griffin, it seems
    3. EA are making more of their accessibility tech free for other devs to use, including a personal game coach
    4. Yes, there will be another Resident Evil remake, Capcom confirm - but they won’t say which one just yet
    5. Good games from 2023 that didn't quite make my GOTY list #2: The Banished Vault
    6. Rockstar reveal GTA 6 trailer release date and time in teaser image
    7. Best MW3 ISO 9mm loadout
    8. How to get Overkill in Modern Warfare 3
    9. The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 1st
    10. The bright and beautiful RPS Advent Calendar 2023
    11. Horror car sim Pacific Drive, aka Jalopy meets STALKER, gets a release date and trailer
    12. God-bothering Soulslike Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn gets a flashy new gameplay trailer
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Dec 1)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #895 (December 1 2023)