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Stop Killing Games’ UK petition has been debated in parliament: “The law works, but companies may need to communicate better” The government stick to their guns, but other MPs argue that “the warning signs are here in this industry and to act now would be far less painful”. Image credit:Stop Killing Games campaign The Stop Killing Games campaign ’s petition to the UK government urging action against publishers rendering online games unplayable when servers are switched off has been debated in parliament....

Stormbinders is tempestuous strategy inspired by Heroes Of Might & Magic Also inspired by bad weather Image credit:Slitherine Inspired is one word for it, anyway. Still, since Heroes Of Might & Magic-likes aren’t exactly giving roguelite deckbuilders a run for their ubiquity, I’m broadly receptive - the warmest and most exploitable of the four gamer emotions. Stormbinders is a turn-based strategy set in a fantasy land with bad weather and badder shimmering angelic eyeballs....

Subnautica 2 creators offer no explanation for sudden regime change, instead promise “no loot boxes” “Nothing has changed” Image credit:Krafton The studio making underwater survival game Subnautica 2 have promised fans that “nothing has changed” despite a recent drastic change in leadership at the company. The game is still planned to be a single player survival adventure with optional co-op. “Nothing has changed with how the game is structured,” said a statement posted to Unknown World’s website yesterday....

Ten PC games I could have played, in full, during the time I spent failing to connect to Elden Ring: Nightreign on PS5 …Well not back to back, but still Image credit:Bandai Namco In an ultimately failed attempt at cobbling some Elden Ring: Nightreign impressions together, I spent a little over three hours of my Valentine’s Day fruitlessly trying to get a match going in the roguelike spinoff’s doomed PS5 network test ....

The 25 best multiplayer games Great games to play against friends We love a good multiplayer game here at RPS, because let’s be honset, there’s just something about doing battle with others over the internet that adds an extra bit of spice to the experience. You get the thrill of competition and friendship as you knock those scores upwards and combine your powers to outdo your enemies. To help you chase that feeling, we’ve curated this list of the very best multiplayer games on PC for your perusal....

Image credit:Amazon On the upside, this should mean more chances topick up some quality PC gaming hardware on the cheap. Been putting off that new SSD or graphics card upgrade? Spring Deal Days is likely your best opportunity to exploit mass discounts until Summer. Amazon Prime 30 day free trial - free from Amazon UK and Amazon US In the meantime, here are some of the 2023 Spring Sale’s bestsellers:...

The Buckshot Roulette creator’s next game is about hacker puzzles, “unethical superstructures” and despair Out in July Image credit:Mike Klubnika Mike Klubnika’s previous Buckshot Roulette was a simple, harrowing game about aiming a shotgun at your very own face and praying for a click, not a bang, then challenging a manky git across the table to do likewise. The developer’s forthcoming s.p.l.i.t, by contrast, looks like a squirming snakepit of moving parts that calls to mind both Duskers and Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator ....

The Crew Unlimited devs have prevented the Ubisoft racer’s “3rd imminent death”, this time via a “Y29K” bug A pesky date-related bug is the latest spike strip dodged Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft racer The Crew has avoided yet another shutdown after being ressurected in server-emulated form by fans earlier this year . According to the modders behind its revival project, The Crew Unlimited, a bug would have seen the game stop working once 2029 rolled around....

The Dark Queen Of Mortholme is a reverse Elden Ring where you play the final boss Didn’t expect anti-narrative Image credit:Mosu FromSoftware’s RPG s have done much to explore the cycle of death and resurrection that games have historically taken for granted, but ask comparatively few questions on how the bosses feel about all this. What of the growing psychological weariness that comes from having to swat the same quixotic gnat over and over?...

The first hours of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 uncloak a slick action game, but a limited RPG Come on baby, fight my Phyre Image credit:Paradox Interactive I feel for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 . If it was named something like Fang Bastard: The Punching Of The Many, the trailers wouldn’t have so many views, but those who’d watched them would probably be quite jazzed for that new bitey-talky game that looks a bit like Dishonored with more story branching....

The Maw: what’s new in PC games this week? Monster Hunter Wilds, R.E.P.O., Faceminer and maw Image credit:semiwork This week is peak Maw-feeding season, for it is the release week of Monster Hunter Wilds , in which there are many maws. Fanged maws! Tusked maws! Pincered maws! Floppy toad maws! Whatever the Rompompolo has on the front of its head - possibly a proboscis, possibly a customisable screwdriver? Whatever shall we throw into all these hungry mouths, gaping at us from the dung-caked dens of Steam?...

The new Skate resurfaces with a surprise Tim Robinson appearance, snippets of gameplay and plans for a playtest expansion Console players will be able to join the closed Insider programme later this year Image credit:EA Things that weren’t on my Summer Game Fest bingo card: a surprise appearance from I Think You Should Leave’s Tim Robinson. Things also not on my Summer Geoff Fest bingo card: that Tim Robinson would show up to reassure us that, yes, Skate is still in the works....

The NYT Crossword answers for Monday, October 6th 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 Monday, 6th October? It’s the start of a brand new week, and you know what that means!...

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 16th Grapple with this door handle 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. Today’s door has a big DO NOT ENTER sign, suggesting your immediate opening of it was in fact prohibited....

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 8th Poor sales? Team disbanded? No no no, that’s not the way it happened 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. It’s Ubisoft metroidvania Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown!...

The Stanley Parable co-creator announces a tea-brewing sim that’s secretly not-so-cosy Ivy Road’s Wanderstop gets pretty bleak for a shop-keeping sim, but who’s surprised? Image credit:Annapurna Interactive When the Summer Game Fest trailer for “narrative-centric cosy game” Wanderstop said it was from the creator behind The Stanley Parable , I thought I had surely entered a different dimension where The Stanley Parable was actually a wholesome shop-keeping sim rather than a zig-zagging office-based nightmare....

The Tales Of Kenzera devs are making a Gothic horror RPG beat ’em up where two characters fight over one body But they need funds Image credit:Surgent Studios The creators of “beautifully designed yet imprecise platforming adventure” Tales Of Kenzera: Zau are working on an Afrofuturist gothic-horror RPG with isometric visuals and a body-sharing dual character premise. Currently known as Project Uso - the Swahili word for ‘face’, ‘appearance’ or ‘surface’ - it’ll take place in the same world as Kenzera, and will take inspiration from Surgent Studio founder Abubakar Salim’s experiences of parenthood....

The twisted animals of horror zookeeping sim Zoochosis will be released from their cages in autumn Do not feed the hippos Image credit:Clapperheads / Playworks Animal caretaking sim Zoochosis is about being an ordinary zookeeper working in an ordinary zoo. What’s that? There are no ordinary zoos? My mistake. Let me start again. Animal caretaking horror game Zoochosis is about being a stressed-out zookeeper in a hideous zoo where the giraffes have tendrils coming out of their chests and the kangaroos have rows of chattering teeth in their marsupial pouch....

There’s something oddly familiar about this escape room poster but I can’t quite put my finger on it Image credit:Creative Assembly/Liberation escape rooms I guess Reader, I’m getting some serious de ja vu from the the poster for Liberation Escape Rooms ‘Castle Of Conundrums’ experience, but I’m having trouble placing it. I don’t think I’ve been to this escape room before, never having visited the town of Southaven, Mississippi. Perhaps I should go?...

This 45-inch Lenovo gaming monitor is down to £699 at Currys 5120x1440, 165Hz and DisplayHDR 400 support mark this out as a decent mid-range choice. Image credit:Lenovo/Rock Paper Shotgun If you want a gaming monitor that leaves no doubt that you are a very cool gaming person, look no further than this titanic 45-incher from Lenovo, the R45w-30. It’s £100 off today, making the price of admission to the really big monitor show just £699....