The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for counting the days. If you haven’t heard : I’m leaving RPS on July 31st, bringing my 12 years with the site to an end (and 8 years spent with Gamer Network websites more broadly). This isn’t like in 2021 either, when I nominally departed but continued to support the site from the management side and by writing evening news posts....

The Witcher 4’s development is “more console-first”, but don’t worry, CD Projekt will still try and turn your PC into the sun Following Cyberpunk 2077’s infamous launch issues Image credit:CD Projekt Death, taxes, and CD Projekt finding ways to make their massive RPGs come with graphical options that’ll have your computer kicking out enough heat to turn the arctic circle into the Arizona desert. The Witcher 4 sounds set to continue that trend, even if its devs have opted to go “more-console first” when putting it together....

This AsRock A620I WiFi is the affordable AM5 Mini ITX motherboard of your dreams £146 for a mid-range Ryzen 7000 + DDR5 board. Image credit:ASRock Building a small form factor PC is difficult. Not only do you have to find the perfect SFF case , but then you have to spec out all of the components to fit inside it - and miniaturised motherboards in particular often come at a premium, especially if you’re building a current-gen system....

This chill picross logic game about very prescriptive camping was a hit on Switch, and now it’s coming to PC Tents And Trees is out in April, but there’s a demo to try right now Image credit:Frozax Games I remember revealing at some point that my most-played game is actually a free-to-play picross game (picross, also called nonograms sometimes, being the logic puzzle game where you colour in squares on a grid to reveal a larger picture)....

This week in PC games: System Shock 2 remastered, multiple Warhammer 40,000 dogs, and an unexpected continuation of toilet theming What we’re feeding the Maw Image credit:Looking Glass “Experts urge UK households follow tips to beat heatwave, Dread Spider Tide” screech the inter-tabloids. Sparkling pig-grade hogwash, I say. I’ve recently discovered that the only things you need to defeat the sun are a cheap space heater set to fan mode and a PC overworked to boiling point, the combination of which creates some sort of mysteriously blissful temperature vacuum....

TimeSplitters: Rewind, the fanmade sort of remake project, finally makes it into early access 13 years on Better late than never! Image credit:Cinder Interactive TimeSplitters is one of those weird series that I look back on quite fondly despite never having owned a single one of the games as a wistful youth. I think I’ve got one kicking around somewhere these days, but back then the only way I would play it was at a friend’s house, us messing about, not doing a very good job at co-op in the main story, me failing to beat my friend in multiplayer because I was crap at shooting games....

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, July 11th 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini for today Image credit:The New York Times Need a hint for today’s Mini Crossword on Friday, 11th July? Consisting of 10 bewildering riddles neatly packed into a single puzzle, solving the Mini Crossword is a major challenge. If you need some help, that’s understandable. Luckily, help is exactly what we offer here....

Turn heroes into god-beast fodder in this city builder influenced by Black & White and Cult Of The Lamb Gold Gold! Adventure? Gold! Image credit:Can Can Can a Man Gold Gold Adventure Gold is a game that relies on raw enthusiasm and moxie to power you through a blizzard of confusing references. It boldly describes itself as a “Cult-of-the-Lamb-lite, Rimworld-lite, Majesty-like mixed with Black & White with a pinch of Against the Storm”....

Uma Racing codes (February 2026) Need a fresh Uma to crush your fiercest competitors? These Uma Racing codes will give you cash fast Image credit:uma racing Community Update: Codes last checked on Monday, February 9th Looking for Uma Racing codes? Roblox’s answer to the explosion of online interest in anthropomorphic anime horse girls (it’s best to just accept that statement for what it is), Uma Racing outwardly touts itself as a blockier version of Umamasume: Pretty Derby ....

Valve’s ARM64 game testing points towards new Steam hardware, if vaguely ARM offensive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Valve are likely up to something hardware-related again, report NotebookCheck . Their next chunk of plastic and wires – following the Valve Index , Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED – could swap PC gaming’s favoured x86 architecture for ARM, the type of processor favoured by the Nintendo Switch, Macs, and mobile phones....

Veteran Morrowind quest designer returns to the setting they helped build with a huge mod project Vvardenfell back in time Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Softworks 20 years after leaving Elder Scrolls, Starfield , and Fallout 76 makers Bethesda Game Studios, veteran writer and quest designer Douglas Goodall has returned to classic RPG Morrowind with an expansive new quest mod. Red Wisdom: An Ashlander Prophecy - which features writing from Goodall under secret cyberpunk alias AFFA - offers players the chance to “Join forces with wide-eyed Nirani to unlock the hidden truths that lie within the sacred burial sites of the tribes....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1896 Thank you all for your wonderful soundtrack suggestions earlier this week! I’ll be gleefully ploughing my way through them over the coming workdays. But now isn’t the time for that! Weekends are for the playing, not the listening of the playing! Here’s what we’re all clicking on this weekend. Brendy I resisted the siren call of My Summer Car last weekend, but succumbed to the thrumming engines of… Car Mechanic Simulator 2021?...

What are we all playing this weekend? It’s a long weekend here Image credit:Old Book Illustrations How like Ollie to volunteer to take over Playing This Weekend and then go on holiday, or whatever it is he’s done that means he isn’t here today - I don’t know, he’s a law unto himself. What am I, his mother? Thus it falls to me to ask the other staff what they’re playing, and thence communicate that to you....

What is the best starting biome in Nightingale? Here’s our take on each starting biome in Nightingale Curious about the best starting biome in Nightingale? Nightingale sends its Victorian-era heroes into a wide variety of Fae backdrops infused with bizarre magic and all manner of mysterious creatures, and at the very start of the game, players will need to make an important choice regarding their starting biome. Would you rather begin your quest in a Forest, a Desert, or a Swamp?...

What’s on your bookshelf?: Still Wakes the Deep, Little Orpheus and Robocraft’s Robert McLachlan read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! I’ve moved on to Wolfe’s Sword Of The Lictor this week and, readers, I’m starting to think that Severian might not be a very good dude....

Where to find all crests at the Sorcerer’s Rise Mage Towers in Elden Ring: Nightreign How to find the crests that unlock Mage Towers in Elden Ring: Nightreign Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Having a hard time finding the crests that open Sorcerer’s Rise Mage Towers in Elden Ring: Nightreign? Finding the crests is one of the trickier parts of exploring Limveld, and you can easily waste valuable time hunting if you don’t know where to look....

Where to find Diablo 4 Reddamine locations Diablo 4 Reddamine is easy to farm if you know where to look Image credit:Blizzard / Rock Paper Shotgun Where do you find Diablo 4 Reddamine? Reddamine is an essential Diablo 4 crafting ingredient. If you plan on upgrading potions and mixing elixirs — and you’re definitely going to need these things at the game’s highest levels — you’re going to want a lot of Reddamine....

Wordle hints and answer (#1069): How to solve the Thursday May 23 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for May 23? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? We have you covered with a list of hints followed by today’s word to help you keep track of your daily streak....

Wordle hints and answer (#1081): How to solve the Tuesday June 4 Wordle Stuck on the Wordle word for June 4? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is an addicting but challenging test of word acumen....

Wordle hints and answer (#1134): How to solve the Saturday July 27 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 27? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? We have you covered with a list of hints to help you maintain that precious streak....