Skate Story now has a release date and a Steam Next Fest demo, leaving no excuse not to munch on its moons Time to render underworld philosophers shook Image credit:Devolver Digital Soon, I will eat more than one moon. But for now, both you and I can eat a single moon as a demo starter for the main course Skate Story ’ll ollie into our lives when it releases in December....
Sons of the Forest Rope Gun location: How to get the Rope Gun Discover the Rope Gun location in Sons of the Forest Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Newnight Want to know the Rope Gun location in Sons Of The Forest? Now out of early access and fully feature-complete, Sons Of The Forest throws you unceremoniously into a sprawling island, with countless caves to explore and a huge mountain to climb. But to fully explore the island you first need to get the Rope Gun, which allows you to make and use ziplines....
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is now on Steam, but you’ll have to deal with some Ubisoft faffage It’s also just a re-release, so only the most pressing problems have been patched Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft have opened up the pandora’s box of mid-2000s shooters and deployed Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell : Pandora Tomorrow onto Steam, rendering its PC version easy to grab for the first time in ages. It’s not a remaster, so don’t get too excited, as you might still have fun getting things to run as smoothly as your covert ops....
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster review: a handsome glow-up of LucasArts’ classic, if now rather creaky Star Wars FPS Smuggler’s run Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Nightdive Studios Developer: Nightdive Studios, LucasArts Publisher: Nightdive Studios Release: February 28th 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , GOG Price: £25/€30/$30 Reviewed on: Intel Core i9-11900K, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 10 A long time ago on a desktop far, far away, my family once owned a demo disc for the original Star Wars: Dark Forces ....
Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles gets PC port, proving that the farce remains strong with this one Big heads, new playable characters, old and modernised controls Image credit:Lucasfilm Games / Aspyr That great disturbance in the Force you just felt wasn’t a million voices crying out in terror. It was, in fact, me crying out in terror a million times. You see, Aspyr have just announced that they’re porting Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles to PC and Steam ....
Starseed Pilgrim creator’s new platformer wants to “kill gameplay” That’s an idea <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/droqen-the-end-of-gameplay-starseed-pilgrim-new-1.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&dpr=3&auto=webp" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“A white square navigates a red cavern, with the word “blood” visible in the space. - 1”> Image credit:Droqen The maker of cryptic block-seeding puzzler Starseed Pilgrim has announced a new game in which you are invited to do the unspeakable and “kill gameplay”. The End Of Gameplay will be an exploratory 2D platformer according to the tags on its Steam page but anyone who has played the work of creator Droqen might predict those labels to prove looser than a toddler’s shoelace....
Stray Children, the oddball RPG from the devs behind cult classic Moon, is coming to PC in English later this year I’m not kidding Image credit:Onion Games Back in 2023, Nintendo held one of those Direct thingies it likes to do, and as it often does the Japanese version of the stream had some games the western one didn’t. In particular, there was one game that drew my attention: Stray Children ....
Take a tour of Fallout 76’s Burning Springs with our recently defrosted Ohioan historian Fresh from the cryogenic freezer Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios Greetings traveller, and welcome to Burning Springs! You may know it as the latest location in the newly updated Fallout 76 , but to me, a recently defrosted Ohioan historian from the ancient past of 2025, it’s home. The tour will start shortly....
Team Ninja’s Rise Of The Ronin simply cannot resist the allure of PC, arrives on Steam in March It’s not technically stealth if you keep doing it Image credit:Team Ninja It’s been a veritable Koei Tecmo offensive on PC recently - the kind one could only reasonably attribute to a flurry of panic over stock prices (boring, bad) or else a sheer compulsion to drown us in lots of very agile men with very sharp swords (fun and good)....
Teardown is getting a multiplayer update, so you can rough up innocent walls with your best friends Just waiting on a release date Image credit:Tuxedo Labs Teardown is one of those games that’s just fun to look at, with all of its completely destructible voxel environments. When it first got announced it kind of reminded me of those old Flash games where you had simple creatures you could shake around and chuck stuff at, the joy of it being to see how far you could push things....
That Zelda-ish, Diablo-ish RPG Monkey Island designer Ron Gilbert was working on has, unfortunately, been canned “Doing a pixelated old-school Zelda thing isn’t the big, hot item” Image credit:Terrible Toybox Around May last year, the one and only Ron Gilbert of Monkey Island fame announced an RPG that was meant to be some kind of mix between classic Zelda, and Diablo, and Thimbleweed Park , that last one being another of the game designer’s notable works....
The big fish in swampy adventure South Of Midnight baits us with a release date Okay, I’ll bite Image credit:Compulsion Games / Microsoft Good news for anyone eager to meet a big talking catfish. A new trailer for action adventure game South Of Midnight sees players battering monsters from the folklore of the US’ Deep South. It shows hero Hazel arguing with her mum before a supernatural hurricane cuts off the family drama and sends Hazel wandering the swamps to encounter giant alligators, giant fish, giant dolls, and giant people....
The Blood Of Dawnwalker, the vampire RPG from former CD Projekt folks, is coming out 2026 UV had it mate Image credit:Microsoft Vampires always come out at 6pm BST, that’s a fact. At tonight’s Xbox Showcase, for example. Rebel Wolves showed off more of their vampiric RPG, The Blood Of Dawnwalker , in a trailer that schedules it for a 2026 release. The RPG is being made by some Witcher 3 developers gone rogue....
The indie-heavy Galaxies Showcase is back next week, here’s how to watch it and what to expect Featuring announcements, reveals, new footage, and an excuse for me to talk about Denshattack again Image credit:Galaxies Showcase The Galaxies Showcase games show – which, if you missed the Spring edition, is a game reveal showcase with more of an indie/lower-budget focus – is back next Thursday, October 23rd. Full disclosure: RPS, along with fellow Gamer Networkers Eurogamer and VG247, have been deemed ‘Galaxies media partners’, which I understand to basically mean you can watch the livestream on the homepage....
The jazz is as smooth as the spritework in murder mystery Loco Motive, out now A Lucasartisanal creation Image credit:Chucklefish I go through this life burdened by the knowledge that I will never be framed for murder on a luxurious, multiple-day train journey. Not for me the thrill of flushing out the true culprit (or culprits???) between visits to the exquisitely upholstered dining car, against the backdrop of passing mountains. The best I can hope for is getting chewed out for hogging the toilet on a crowded commuter train to Leeds....
The NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 5th 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, 5th October? You are not alone. It is Sunday, after all, which means this NYT Crossword will be bigger and badder than any of the others we have been faced with this week....
The NYT Crossword answers for Wednesday, October 8th 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 Wednesday, 8th October? Because we have each and every one packaged up for you nicely in this NYT Crossword Companion Guide!...
The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 10th Today’s door hides a game we missed 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 advent calendar pick is one of 2024’s finest games we missed. It troubles our dreams and waking moments alike....
The Silent Hill 2 remake’s combat trailer misrepresents the game, according to one of its own developers It doesn’t capture the “spirit” of the full thing, apparently The Silent Hill 2 remake’s State of Play trailer doesn’t give a full and proper representation of the game, Bloober Team’s president Piotr Babieno has observed in an apparent swipe at publisher Konami, who Babieno portrays as responsible for the upcoming horror game’s marketing....
The sixth RPS Christmas Cracker 2024 You can see it coming but can’t do anything about it Image credit:RPS The fell moons rise, and in their cold glare emerges a parcel from the dirt. Bloat and gangrene, crimped as if by tourniquet. A dark promise wriggles within. Grip the fibrous handles, feel its jagged soul imprint upon your palm. Now pull! Rend the sinew, tear muscle from bone, hatch their fetid gift!...
