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Rayman’s 30th birthday prompts Ubisoft to fish out login deets for the first time in years, reaffirm they’re working on his future Also, an hour-long community showcase Image credit:Ubisoft February 1st, 2021. Until yesterday, that was the last time Ubisoft had posted anything on the official Rayman Tweeter account. That outstanding streak has been broken because the platforming series has turned 30, promting the publisher to reaffirm that a team of devs is still busy working on Rayman’s future, with news to come, er, not very soon....

Recently unearthed Fallout: New Vegas builds could be “incredibly useful” for modders, preservationists claim Xbox pre-release builds contain some debug files folks have never had access to, according to Games’ Past Image credit:Obsidian Pre-release builds of Fallout: New Vegas recently unearthed at a shop in Utah contain rare files which could be “incredibly useful” to expanding what modders can do with the RPG. Well, at least they doe in the estimation of the folks who claim to have found them, a group of preservationists whose current online presence only looks to have popped up last month....

Remedy unveil wacky co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak, set in the Control universe Project Condor revealed Image credit:Remedy Anyway, Firebreak! Here’s the announcement trailer. As detailed by an Xbox Wire post , Firebreak casts you as a first responder working for the Federal Bureau of Control - that is, a crack paranormal exterminator who must stop extra-dimensional terrors invading the FBC’s shape-shifting Brutalist headquarters, the Oldest House. Firebreak members can equip Overwatch -style “ultimates” in the shape of Altered World objects that have “paranatural” properties....

RIP Alpha Doshaguma, the doomed dragonfighting guinea pig of my Monster Hunter Wilds demo Capcom’s ecosystem has become a terrible pinball machine Image credit:Capcom This piece is written in memory of the Alpha Doshaguma, a huge furry quadruped with the belly, gait and mournful disposition of an orphaned St Bernard, which - no, who was sleeping blamelessly in a canyon when Capcom’s demo presenter strolled up and bopped it with a bayonet howitzer....

Rockstar leak more clues of a Red Dead Redemption PC remaster Drip, drip, drip Image credit:Rockstar Games It’s been long suspected (if not officially confirmed) that the first Red Dead Redemption will be getting a PC remaster some time in the near future. We’ve already seen a description for the PC version appear briefly on the PlayStation store (of all places). And earlier this year a snoopy fan of the studio who monitors the backend of Rockstar’s launcher found similar game descriptions buried amid metadata....

RPS Game Club Asks: What do you think of Lethal Company? Shower The Company with your opinions ahead of our Game Club live chat Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Zeekerss To keep the ball rolling with this month’s Game Club pick, we’re asking what you, the readers, think of Lethal Company ? By now, I can confidently say that the RPS team are scrap collecting experts and can easily meet the quota set by the enigmatic Company....

Sand Land review: a boring Mad Max lite that should have been very exciting More like Bland Land, am I right? Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Developer: ILCA Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Release: April 25th On: Windows 10 From: Steam , Humble Price: £60/€60/$60 Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-11340F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060, Windows 11 Sand Land is like a sanitised manga-ish Mad Max Fury Road, where there are fewer explosions and nobody huffs paint and screams “Witness me!...

Save 40% on the perfect Anker power bank for Steam Deck—I love this portable charger and use it daily Act fast, the deal expires after today. We’ve all used a Steam Deck, so we all know how poor the battery life can be when playing a more graphically extensive game like God of War: Ragnarok, or Cyberpunk 2077 . Here’s the trick, you need a good power bank to accompany your portable PC adventures....

Shadow-hopping platformer Schim emerges into the light in July A bit like Hitman but a platformer and with no murder? Image credit:Extra Nice If you’ll be hiding from the sweltering sun in July (I say, daring the fates to try to spite me by delivering a cracking summer), good news: you won’t be the only shadow-dweller. The fascinating Schim finally has a release date, July 18th. It stars a little shadowy soul trying to reconnect with its human by hopping from shadow to shadow through city streets, farms, factories, and parks bustling with life and moving parts....

Should you bother with… Wi-Fi 7? The hows and Wis of the latest in cable-free connectivity Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Welcome to another edition of Should You Bother With , where the useless and the utilitarian of PC gaming hardware are sorted into two satisfyingly neat piles. And after the hard science demanded by SYBW’s previous look at Hall effect keyboards , I’m pleased to say that the concept behind this week’s focus can be summed in with as few words as “faster Internet....

Spider-Man 2: All suits for both Peter and Miles All costumes for both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, including Deluxe Edition suits Image credit:Insomniac Games Looking for a list of all the suits in Spider-Man 2? Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man 2 features a plethora of outfits for both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, running the gamut from the Symbiote Suit to costumes inspired by the Sam Raimi films. It’ll take some work to unlock all of these outfit options, and when you factor in the different suit Styles as well as the suits exclusive to Spider-Man 2’s Digital Deluxe Edition, there’s a lot of fashion on display....

Starfield: Shattered Space looks like a wise return to Bethesda basics Assuming you take “basics” to mean “massive complicated things” Image credit:Bethesda Softworks Sorry everyone, I might have to start doing that Token RPS Starfield Liker thing again. The Shattered Space expansion, out on September 30th, probably won’t refurbish the RPG ’s reputation as an overall miss – but it does ditch the proc-gen planet bloat for a single handcrafted hellhole, a true Bethesda speciality honed by years of Fallouts and Elder Scrollseses....

Steam says those hours you time criminals put in during advanced access now count toward the refund allowance No more time crime Image credit:3909 Players that put more than two hours into pre-purchased or advanced access games will now be exempt from Steam’s refund policy, says Steam , the maker of said policy and thus the final word on how it is implemented. As spotted by the Verge , this change is intended to combat a loophole where filthy time criminals could fill their stolen boots with ill-gotten fun pre-release, then get their money back....

Subnautica 2 publishers Krafton accuse ousted bosses of abandoning duties, and now those ex-leads are suing The water’s only getting choppier Image credit:Krafton/Unknown Worlds Subnautica 2 publishers Krafton have accused three recently ousted leads of “abandoning” their duties on the game, suggesting that this is to blame for it being delayed. That statement was almost immediately followed by one of the former Unknown Worlds bosses, co-founder Charlie Cleveland, writing in a Reddit post that a lawsuit’s been filed by the trio against the company....

The Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake will release early 2026 and swaps modern-day sections for more piracy, claims report Also rumoured: RPG-style mechanics similar to Valhalla and Shadows Image credit:Ubisoft Yaaarrr. There be a fresh report about the long-rumoured Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake Ubisoft have still yet to publicly acknowledge. It claims the publisher are currently looking to release the retooled piracy game in early 2026, as well as providing more alleged details as to how the remake’ll differ from the original....

The best Metroidvania games on PC Castleprime, now freshly updated for 2024 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun There’s no shortage of great Metroidvanias out there these days, so to help narrow your search for what to play next, we’ve put together this list of the very best Metroidvania games to play on PC right now. Metroidvanias can be a little tricky to define at times. Most have big, knotty worlds to explore that often require the use of specific abilities to access its farthest corners, but while some put a greater emphasis on slow and methodical combat, others stuff every pixel with rock hard platforming challenges to test their players’ mettle....

The best Steam Deck docks Give your Steam Deck some mouse ’n’ keyboard comfort with the best docks we’ve tested Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun There’s a good chance you’re eyeing up this list of the best Steam Deck docks with suspicion and, frankly, I wouldn’t blame you. The Deck might be a PC in handheld form, but it’s arguably the best of its kind at adapting and optimising the desktop experience for portable controls and inputs....

The Games Industry On… Poached Eggs Gaming eggcentricity Shotgun From The Archives is an ancient RPS tradition we can’t believe you’ve only just noticed. Each Wednesday, we resurface some classic RPS writing. It’s like it never left (the content management system)!. This week, it’s eggs! It’s not all news, opinions and minor complaints about videogames round here, you know. The games industry is bigger, brighter and smarter than the flood of trailers about shooting men to death might suggest, and I feel compelled to reflect that....

The Helldivers 2 bot faction has been eradicated. What do now? I’ve seen Battlestar Galactica, I don’t trust what’s going on here at all Image credit:Arrowhead Exciting news for the future of everyone’s favourite co-op shooter that isn’t legally an adaptation of Starship Troopers. A few days ago, Helldivers 2 issued a new major order to annihilate the Automatons, who had been pushed back like never before. And annihilate you all did, with players’ combined efforts being officially recgonised yesterday on the Helldivers 2 Xitter : Mission Accomplished!...

The next Dragon Age game has a new name, Dragon Age: The Veilguard A 15-minute trailer arrives next week Dragon Age : Dreadwolf is no more. No, EA haven’t once again taken Dragon Age 4 back to the drawing board; instead, they’ve just changed its name. The next entry in their trad-fantasy RPG series is now called Dragon Age: The Veilguard , and we’ll get a “first look at gameplay” next week....