That definitely not a Fall Guys clone Sonic Rumble is out in exactly one month Gotta go- oh, you know the quote by now Image credit:Sega You know, I’m going to be very real with you right now: I thought Sonic Rumble was already out. It feels like I’ve been hearing about this thing for an eon now, probably because it was leaked a good while before Sega even officially revealed it....

The atrocities of Hell Is Us make me wonder if ‘real-world’ Soulslikes have a future Bringing up the bodies Image credit:Nacon Content warning for discussion of mass killings, sexual assault and sectarian hatred. Very early on in Hell Is Us, you come to a village that might as well be titled “War Crimes Theme Park”. The approach takes you past an exposed mass grave, with mud-soaked bodies piled in the shadow of a digger’s bucket....

The blockchain is still a “focus” for Square Enix in 2024, along with “aggressive” use of AI in gamedev New president looks back on “a year of tumult” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Square Enix Square Enix representative director and president Takashi Kiryu has written a new year’s letter outlining the Final Fantasy publisher’s plans for 2024, while offering a few reflections on the year that was. The topline: they want to do more with generative “AI” machine learning tools, and they’re still dead keen on metaversy VR/AR stuff....

The Blood of Dawnwalker, former Witcher 3 devs’ vampire RPG, shows off a guy being blood explosioned by a flying old lady While offering a first look at what it’s like to play Image credit:Rebel Wolves Blood. Blood. Bloooooooooddddddd. Sorry, I’ve just watched Rebel Wolves show off the first look we’ve gotten at someone playing vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker , and I think it’s rubbed off on me a bit....

The cyberpunk FPS from former Metro devs launches this very month, with a closed Steam beta on the way La Quimera to release barely a month after reveal Image credit:Reburn Reburn’s posh-looking near-future shooter La Quimera now has a release date - April 25th 2025. Which is mighty soon for an FPS project we first heard about this very February , though nothing to be alarmed by - it’s been in development since around 2020....

The Epic Game Store should soon suck a bit less, with speedier load times and actual social features set for the summer Two seconds saved is two seconds saved Image credit:Epic Games Other opinions about the storefront aside, the Epic Games Store launcher, on an experiential level, sucks. I’m not just being needlessly mean here, because this is the exact word Epic Games Store vice president and general manager Steven Allison used in a recent interview about the launcher, where he also detailed what you can expect from it over the course of the rest of the year....

The Fallout TV show has revived an ancient argument about Vault Boy’s thumb Look to windward Image credit:Amazon <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/IMG_20240404_182611.jpg?width=2048&height=2048&fit=bounds&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“An image of a “please stand by” emergency broadcast title card at a Fallout TV show screening - 3”> Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Microsoft As with the company’s Rings Of Power adaptation of Lord Of The Rings, it’s a design-by-committee assemblage of fan-favourite props and fittings , all recreated in flat, bright, HD-optimised shades that felt as sterile as the mocked-up Vault interior our screening took place in....

The Kingdom Hearts games are now out on Steam, don’t ask me to explain them I Sora game you might like Image credit:Square Enix The impenetrable wall of crossover fiction known as Kingdom Hearts has come to Steam. The games have been on Epic Games Store since 2021, so they’re not new to PC folk. But this does open them up to players who shy away from Epic’s storefront. I use the term “open up” loosely, because Kingdom Hearts is popularly regarded as a tangle of criss-crossing JRPG confuse-o-plots that require diagrams and multiple explainer videos to follow....

The Leagues Of Votann are coming to Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2 It’s due out sometime this year Image credit:Bulwark Studios Each army in Warhammer 40,000 has its own codex containing rules, lore, and nice pictures, and The Leagues Of Votann’s - the game’s contemporary space dwarves - was out of date before a single model was available to buy. Advance copies went out, people noticed that the rules were horribly broken, more people noticed that the rules were actually massively, horribly, absurdly broken, and the company issued an apology, pulling out their cutesy ‘James Workshop’ moniker in an attempt to aw shucks the fact they’d just sold everyone some very expensive hardback kindling....

The Maw 29th January-3rd February 2024 This week’s new videogame releases, care of our weekly newsblog As ever, if our list seems desperately inadequate that’s because we have absolutely no taste, and you should definitely address this by leaving a comment (but not a link – beware the dread Automoderator) pointing us toward a game of note. Happy videogaming all. Our live coverage of this event has finished. IT IS MONDAY ....

Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / UGreen + Genshin Impact Image credit: RPS Photo Composite / UGreen + Genshin Impact UGREEN Nexode Power Bank 20000mAh 130W Portable Charger – Genshin Impact Edition (US) $69.99 (22% off, was $89.99) See here This thing isn’t just about looks. With a massive 130W total output and 100W fast charging from its primary USB-C port, it’ll boost your MacBook Pro 16" to 43% or your iPhone 15 to 55% in just 30 minutes....

The NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, September 7th 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Sunday, 7th September? It’s here! Yet another NYT Sunday Crossword. The Sunday ones are notoriously difficult, and this edition is no exception....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS It’s official: I am once again the Sunday correspondent around here. That means it falls to me to round up (mostly) good (mostly) writing about (mostly) video games. I will otherwise be spending my Sunday continuing the fight against my dog’s fleas, which rebound every three weeks no matter how much I spray, scrub or throw things away. On, the independent video game magazine which I linked to last week, has run a series of brief interviews with each of the contributors to its launch issue....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS Sundays are for…god help me, I’m going to start catching up on all the Destiny 2 I missed since Witch Queen. Pray for mojo. Before I shoot infinite dudes and am rewarded with another infinite dudes to shoot, let’s read this week’s best writing about games (and game related things!) For Press SPACE to Jump, Taylor Hicklen wrote about Clickolding . I cannot stress enough what a good and powerful piece of writing this is....

The unofficial Skyrim remake of Morrowind finally has a voice for every last character in Vvardenfell Dagothwaving hello to another milestone in the journey through fire and war Image credit:The Skywind team Very long-in-the-works Elder Scrolls modding project Skywind has hit another milestone in its winding road towards an eventual release. The folks behind the mod, which aims to deliver a version of the series’ beloved third entry Morrowind remade in Skyrim ’s engine, have recruited the final three voice actors they were looking for to fill out the base game’s entire roster of characters....

This Lenovo gaming laptop with a 5070 is now under $1,300 with a huge back-to-school discount Almost $400 in savings, for a limited time only. Image credit:Lenovo Lenovo’s Legion 5 lineup has been getting consistently better in the last few years since James took a look at the 2022 model , and it’s now an OLED gaming laptop that packs a Blackwell GPU. That glow-up has meant that it’s been relatively pricey, but Lenovo’s latest back-to-school deals offer a model with an RTX 5070 for under $1,300 - a saving of 23%....

This roguelite has a brilliant twist on Warhammer Quest’s dungeon crawling, and it’s out today Into The Restless ruins also still has a demo available Image credit:Ant Workshop ltd Into To The Restless Ruins is a roguelite dungeon crawler where you build the dungeon as you go. I really enjoyed the demo, and the full game is out today. In a show of confidence I always appreciate, the demo is also still available ....

This week in PC games: a new Mafia, a bustling Homeworld homage, a cosmic lighthouse and some strange jigsaws What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Team Complex We enter week one of RPS Post-Graham. The office Slack echoes like the Great Hall of Durin after a Balrog teaparty. Horace coils about the foot of the Treehouse like a sullen Viking serpent. The Maw seems peevish and incontinent, spurning any news we offer it....

This week in PC games: sword surfing, creature collecting and a big old bucket of Gamescom What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Playstack Hello all! And a very happy This Week to you. I’m back from break just in time for Gamescom. Gamescom! Broadway overture kicks in A time of booths and blaggardry! Of queues and carousing! Of flinching away from cosplayers promising Free Hugs! Of getting caught in a human logjam between the major exhibition halls and the lavatories!...

Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists is a surreal tactical RPG journey into mythical underworlds from Six Ages’ devs Hell yeah Image credit:A Sharp / Kitfox Games If I went to hell, I can’t imagine the first thing on my mind would be trying to pull off a bank job with a crew of fellow damned souls. However, in freshly announced tactical RPG Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, that’s the sort thing you’ll be doing, with plenty of choice and consequence if things go pear-shaped....