The author of Ready Player One is making a doomed web3 Fortnite clone Open is coming in 2024, maybe, but I get to make fun of it now Image credit:Readyverse In a real “no thanks, I hate it” move that seems to be aimed at making me, specifically, have some kind of coronary event, Walker Labs and Readyverse studios have announced a new battle royale game, designed with Ernest “I Tip My Hat To You, Sir!...

The best microSD card for Steam Deck is close to its lowest price ever, and I’d snap this up ASAP 1TB for under $80. Image credit:Samsung We’re always on the lookout for great microSD cards for Steam Deck , and now James’ pick of the bunch has seen another discount worth mentioning. Save on this 1TB microSD card for your Steam Deck Image credit: Samsung Samsung microSD card 1TB $74.99 (35% off) See here Read speeds are up to 180MB/s, and write speeds are at 130MB/s....

The Last of Us season three “certainly seems” to be the TV show’s last, reckons HBO chief Abbyly ever after? Image credit:HBO HBO’s The Last of Us TV adaptation is likely ending with its upcoming third season, according to network CEO Casey Bloys. Speaking to Deadline , that boy Bloys used his voice to address the noise that the joys of the Naughty Dog-inspired series would end with season three, saying “It certainly seems that way....

The Maw: what’s new in PC games this week? SWAT Commander, Space Sprouts, The Last Of Us and maw Image credit:Wargaming Group Limited OK you gutless punks, you’ve had this coming for a long time and now, you’re gonna get it. Time to pay the piper, you miserable freaks. Oh, excuse me! I should explain. We’ve been doing some research into boosting site engagement, and it turns out the quickest way to engage people is to abuse and threaten them....

The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, August 29th 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini for today Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Mini Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, September 15th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s Mini Crossword on Friday, 29th August? The NYT is back with another daily Mini Crossword, and you know what that means....

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 14th The coming of the beast Image credit:RPS The RPS Advent Calender 2024 is underway! Each day reveals one of our favourite games from this year, leading up to our Game Of The Year on the 24th. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. Squeezing through the advent calendar window into a sodden glade of flower and coral, you spy a curious organism on a ledge in the shadows....

The RPS Game Club pick for April is Lethal Company! Glory to The Company! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Zeekerss This month’s RPS Game Club pick is Lethal Company , the indie co-op horror game where you must collect scrap for a mysterious Company or face the ultimate penalty… being fired. Oh, and death. For the observant readers out there, you’ll notice that we’ve bumped Lethal Company up in the RPS Game Club calendar ....

The stress-free logic puzzles of Is This Seat Taken? make for my favourite demo in ages I am wearing my big hat Image credit:Poti Poti Studio/Rock Paper Shotgun I really, really like Is This Seat Taken? It might just be that this logic puzzler sticks its thumb out noticeably from the omnipresent gaggle of post-roguelite survivalyptic soulsbuilder decklikes, but I suspect it’s also down to the deeply satisfying bloopy twinkle that plays whenever you drop someone into a seat with your floating hand cursor....

There’s a new episode of Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 documentary With hints at what’s next for the MS-owned studio Double Fine’s PsychOdyssey is a 32-part documentary series which charts the creation of 2021 platformer Psychonauts 2 , from initial brainstorming sessions to its final release. Or it was - now it’s 33 parts, as a new 94-minute episode was just released which looks back at the game, its reception, and the release of the documentary itself....

Today’s NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, June 13) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #368 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s called Connections , and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

Total War Warhammer 3’s frost wyrms are just shrinking because they’re cold, I swear, and other changes in new hotfix The Dwarf’s new grudge system now requires a little less breathless violence to appease Image credit:Creative Assembly Thrones of Decay - the expansion for strategy game Total War: Warhammer 3 that finally made it viable to steamroll the old world with a doomstack of 20 tanks, just as Franz intended - just released around three weeks ago, but developers Creative Assembly are already on their third hotfix....

Tower Of Fantasy codes: Redeem these codes for free rewards The latest Tower of Fantasy Codes you can redeem Looking for the latest Tower Of Fantasy codes? Despite a rocky European launch on PC, anime-esque gacha ARPG Tower Of Fantasy is proving too intriguing to resist for fans of Genshin Impact and other games in the genre. And, like most F2P games these days, Tower Of Fantasy is liberal in its approach to giving away codes you can redeem for in-game freebies....

Tribes soars out of the grave once again with Tribes 3: Rivals entering early access next week Yet another studio take a crack at Tribes, kinda Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Prophecy Games The fast-paced flag-capturing FPS series Tribes will return from the dead once again next week with the early access launch of Tribes 3: Rivals . Over the weekend, developers Prophecy Games announced March 12th is the date, with the full launch to follow after up to a year....

Unknown 9: Awakening gives a first look at its mix of Psi-Ops and Assassin’s Creed, ahead of a summer release First gameplay appears almost four years after the ambitious action-adventure game was revealed Image credit:Reflector Entertainment We first - and last - saw Unknown 9: Awakening nearly four years ago, when the original action- adventure game from developers Reflector was revealed with a flashy cinematic trailer at Gamescom 2020 . Since then, main character Haroona has aged from a young girl in India to an adult with the power to possess people and make them murder each other, if our first look at gameplay ahead of a release this summer is anything to go by....

Vampire Survivors gets online co-op this autumn, even if its devs know “no one plays together anyway” “Lmao” Image credit:poncle Online video games! They’re the future of the medium! Or, I guess they’re already here, but still, online co-op is very much in Vampire Survivor’s future. It’s a feature that’s been promised for a little while now, and developer Poncle have shared a little look at it, as well as a confirmation as to when you can expect it: autumn!...

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s Nightmares and Visions update adds in a sprinkle of Left 4 Dead, and you can try it out now Smile and wave Image credit:Fatshark Fancy a bit of Left 4 Dead in your Warhammer 40,000: Darktide ? Oh, well that’s convenient, as the game’s Nightmare and Visions update just dropped today, adding in Mortis Trials, a new wave-based game mode. The wave-based nature really is what it says on the tin: scores of enemies come after you round after round, but in this mode you’ll get Indulgences, which is just lorespeak for upgrades you can unlock on different runs....

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is a twisted metal death rally with Orks coming in August Waaagh-rio Kart Image credit:PLAION Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks’ release date trailer.Watch on YouTube Speed Freeks has several modes, including Kill Konvoy, in which two 8-player teams compete to speed along their teams Stompa and slow their enemy’s. A stompa is what it sounds like. There’s also Deff Rally, where teams of 8 drive and fight to capture points....

We all went to a magic wood with Nightingale boss Aaryn Flynn Jeremy, Edders, Edwin, Kiera and Ollie join Inflexion’s CEO for a co-op playthrough Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Inflexion Games Twas brillig, and the RPS editors did gyre and gimble in the wabe: all mimsy were the studio executives, and the guides writers outgrabe. If you’re still reading, congratulations, you’ve either got a dangerously high tolerance for bad literary jokes or you’re really eager to hear about Nightingale , the new survival sim from Inflexion, which launches into early access on 20th February....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Metropolitan Museum of Art / John Keyse Sherwin Saturdays are for eagerly sitting beside the front door to the Treehouse ready to jump up and greet writers as they return home. Sure, most of the team aren’t due back until Monday, but this way I can get really good at saying ‘Here comes trouble’ in just the right intonation. ‘Here comes trouble....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Old Book Illustrations / Thomas Allom / London, Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co, circa 1839. Saturdays are for putting your hand in a bucket of ice, swallowing a mouthful of honey and lemon, and breathing a sigh of relief. All that practice you put into your welcome handshake and ‘Here comes trouble!’ paid off. Almost every member of the treehouse has been successfully greeted home....