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Counter-Strike 2 update brings back Arms Race, the bestest best FPS mode Alongside new stickers, guns, maps and tweaks Image credit:Valve The latest Counter-Strike 2 update re-introduces Arms Race, a beloved multiplayer mode from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in which players level up and are handed new guns as they moider each other, with victory going to the player who levels all the way up and performs a final knifekill. I’ve played many variations of this mode - which was originally a mod, Gun Game - over the years in other games, and it’s always a laugh, for the simple reason that it can be tuned to allow less proficient FPS players to catch up with their brethren, by introducing less powerful or harder-to-master weapons at certain levels as “speed bumps”....

Dave the Diver’s next DLC may not stick to sushi, but its underwater croc fights and jungle exploration have my attention Get ready to stick some straws in coconuts Image credit:Mintrocket Dave The Diver took over my PC around Christmas in 2023. I found Mintrocket’s wonderfully charming restaurant manager/ocean explorer a joy to flipper around the depths of, battling big fish, discovering ancient civilisations, and then returning to the surface to do some sushi waitering....

Deadly Delivery codes (February 2026) Use these Deadly Delivery codes for powerful items Image credit:WTHHHELL BRO Update: We added new Deadly Delivery codes on Saturday, January 17th. Looking for Deadly Delivery codes for Cash or items? In Deadly Delivery, you’ll take on the role of a waiter who has to explore sewers to fetch food for a post-apocalyptic restaurant alone or with friends. Be careful, though - there are creepy monsters around every corner, and you’ll also need to remember the route back to the elevator and make it back before the elevator leaves to get your food back to the surface....

Deltarune Chapters 3 + 4 is a virtual Dip Dab, and its contrast of zingy humour and bitter story was delicious And now a worm for our writers! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / tobyfox The RPS Advent Calendar 2025 has begun! We’re revealing one of our favourite games of the year every day, and our favourite of favourites on December 24th. Check the main Calendar post to see a full list of our choices so far....

Demon-battling escort ’em up Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess gets a demo on Steam I Seethe what you did there Image credit:Capcom When Edwin disappeared into the hot mists of Summer Games Fest we couldn’t know he would return with a crazed look in his eye, raving about “phantasmagorical mulch” and insisting: “As of this week, I am seriously excited by tower defence.” That’s because he played Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess , the upcoming action strategy game about defending a maiden from colourful monsters and recruiting villagers to cleanse demonic defilement....

Dragon Age: The Veilguard won’t arrive before October 1st Don’t book that September holiday Image credit:EA BioWare have said that Dragon Age: The Veilguard is due for release sometime this autumn, causing many to predict it would arrive in September. That seems unlikely now, as EA say the RPG is due to launch in their financial third quarter which begins October 1st. EA’s financial year begins April, with Q1 ending on June 30th and Q2 ending on September 30th....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Best Fighter skills and augments Best Fighter skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Interested in the best Fighter skills and augments in Dragon’s Dogma 2? When it comes to knocking down a horde of fantasy foes, there’s nothing like a good ol’ fashioned Fighter. This is especially true in Dragon’s Dogma 2 . While some of the game’s other Vocations might require a bit more explanation to grasp, the Fighter should be immediately familiar to anyone who’s played an RPG in the past....

Dragon’s Dogma 2: How to unlock Magick Archer How to unlock the Magick Archer vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Looking for how to unlock the Magick Archer vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2? As one of the advanced vocations in Dragon’s Dogma 2 , the Magick Archer isn’t available from the game’s beginning. You’ll need to make your way to the bottom of the world map and endure a fairly lengthy escort mission before the ability to weave spells into your arrows finally becomes available....

Dune: Awakening’s base building looks like a great way to spend some time ignoring that whole spice war thing It’s not much, but it’s home Image credit:Funcom I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. So I can only imagine how absolutely, overwhelmingly irritating it could be on a planet like Arrakis, where a sandstorm could quite easily kill you. Or, I suppose I don’t have to imagine, as that’s something you can actually experience in Dune: Awakening ....

Elden Ring Nightreign’s next enhanced boss wave crashes against the shores of frustration at the end of this month Some more new, but also kinda old baddies will soon “unleash their darkest powers upon Limveld” Image credit:FromSoftware If you’re sick of being tag-teamed by Gaping Jaw & Darkdrift Knight, then I bring good news. Elden Ring Nightreign ’s next wave of enhanced bosses have now successfully RSVPed to the big darkness party....

Elden Ring: How to get to Consecrated Snowfield Here’s how to use the Haligtree Medallion to reach the Consecrated Snowfield Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Trying to make your way to the Consecrated Snowfield in Elden Ring? The gigantic Elden Ring map is divided into 15-odd regions (soon to be one more with the Shadow Of The Erdtree expansion), and one of the trickiest to reach is the Consecrated Snowfield. This high-level area joins the Mountaintops Of The Giants with the famous Haligtree in the far north, but getting there is easier said than done....

Elden Ring: Nightreign - Guardian tips and tricks Master the art of defence with these tips on playing the Guardian in Nightreign Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking to take your Guardian play to the next level in Elden Ring: Nightreign? If you do, you’ll be a credit to every team you’re on, as you can single-handedly save entire runs with one good Ultimate use. And with the right weapons and buffs, you can turn into a walking tank capable of withstanding blows from any enemy in the game....

Elder Scrolls Online’s new Gold Road expansion might just make me an MMO convert After a brief muck about in its mad jungles and autumnal estates, I’m ready to go whole hog Image credit:Zenimax Online Studios Yesterday, if you can believe it, marked the tenth anniversary of The Elder Scrolls Online . That’s a whole decade of tromping across Tamriel with your mates, and a whole decade in which I’ve watched tentatively from the sidelines, thinking about dipping my toes into the MMO pool, but never quite building up the courage (or lining the walls of my bank account) to fully take the plunge....

Factorio expansion Space Age and 2.0 update arrive this October, will cost as much as the original game Sounds like you’ll get more than your money’s worth Image credit:Wube Factorio ’s whopping Space Age expansion has been in the works for a good few years now , and we finally know when we’ll get our hands on it. Space Age will arrive this October alongside a major 2.0 update for the moreish factory-automating hit, with the expansion costing as much as the base game....

Fallout is headed to Fortnite’s next season Wrecked will kick off next Friday Image credit:Epic Games/Bethesda War never changes, and either does Fortnite ’s love of a crossover. Thus, Fallout and Fortnite are colliding as the post-apocalyptic RPG heads to the battle royale shooter’s upcoming next season. The official Fortnite TwiXer account confirmed that Fallout would appear in its Wrecked season - that’s Chapter 5 Season 3, for those keeping count - by sharing an imagine of a Brotherhood of Steel knight in the iconic T-60 power armour looming over some yellow-orange clouds....

Footage of Free Radical’s TimeSplitters cancelled Fortnite clone has emerged online A five minute video was shared by a former developer Image credit:Electronic Arts A little while back, Embracer Group sadly shut down Timesplitter’s studio Free Radical Design in a typical case of Embracer-led restructuring. After the closure, a former Free Radical developer revealed they’d worked on a “clone” of Fortnite before it transitioned to a remake of Timesplitters 2. And now footage has emerged of the cancelled project, which certainly does look like a team shooter reminiscent of Epic’s epic....

For a jetpacking open worlder starring bug-sized Captain Picard, Infinitesimals feels a lot like Operation Flashpoint Tactical infestation Image credit:Epic Games Publishing / Rock Paper Shotgun Much to my surprise, the overgrown garden setting of Infinitesimals is not especially indebted to any Dreamworks and Pixar films about insects. Nor is the game’s steel-jawed space flea protagonist, Captain Awkney Relinrake, directly inspired by Buzz Lightyear. Instead, he channels the stately, swaggering Englishness of Jean Luc Picard and Richard Sharpe, aka Napoleonic Sean Bean....

Get an Asus RTX 4060 Ti for its lowest-ever price in the Prime Big Deal Days sale Image credit:Asus I haven’t benchmarked the Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Evo OC Edition specifically, but performance differences between third-party designs are usually minimal, and the MSI model I original tested confirmed the RTX 4060 Ti as a capable mid-ranger that can tackle 1440p and 1080p alike. Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Evo OC Edition See at Amazon Best of all, it’s a relatively inexpensive route into Nvidia’s RTX goodies, which range from AMD-spanking ray tracing performance to the best-in-class DLSS upscaler, as well as DLSS 3 frame generation in the games that support it....

Glittering, gut-churning FPS Hyper Demon gets a free standalone 1v1 multiplayer release on Steam Hatched from an Easter Egg Image credit:Sorath How to describe Sorath’s Hyper Demon , other than by labelling it an arena score-attacking FPS from the developer of Devil Daggers ? Well, imagine you’re a caveman, the descendant of a forgotten tribe miraculously preserved in the remote wilds. You accidentally eat some fermented berries one day and stumble upon a billionaire’s wilderness Halloween fancy dress party....

GOG announce a new new one-click system aiming to “take things to another level entirely” for fuss-free modding The good old game sellers are going all-in on mods Image credit:Team FOLON After providing a go-to place for very big and very buggy Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London last year, GOG have just announced that they’re expanding their efforts to be a go-to place of you want to easily play high-profile or must-have mods for certain games....