I don’t want to play Darktide, I want to walk around it looking at stuff All the Darktide is getting in the way of Darktide Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Fatshark Readers may be aware that I am a Warhammer 40K orbiter, but I am not of Warhammer 40K. Recent events have conspired so that I have experienced a bunch of Warhammer 40K in a way that exposes me to the world passively, without lore dumping....
I’ve never felt more at home than in the labyrinths of Blue Prince Estate of change Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Raw Fury / Dogubomb 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. You are standing in the Dark Room, pockets full of gems and keys, eyeing up the eastward door....
If you missed that cheap Steam Deck dock deal from last week, it’s back for Prime Big Deal Days Sitting pretty at £26 / $30 UK deal: Ugreen Docking Station for Steam Deck Ports: 1x 4K@60Hz HDMI, 2x USB 3.0, 1x USB C, 1x Ethernet. See at Amazon US deal: Ugreen Docking Station for Steam Deck Ports: 1x 4K@60Hz HDMI, 2x USB 3.0, 1x USB C, 1x Ethernet. See at Amazon Sadly, the Ethernet port doesn’t glow, Elden Ring Sending Gate-style, like it does in that picture....
In praise of one-job RPGs, the greatest antidote to FOMO There is exactly one string to my bow Image credit:Psychic Software We have all known the profound sorrow of getting two hours into an RPG and deciding that actually, Mum, I don’t want to be an elven druid anymore. Being an elven druid sucks ass. There’s barely any plantlife in the opening dungeon, so half my support skills are useless, and the only animal companion I’m qualified to conjure right now is a cranky squirrel....
In survival strategy game Dark Moon, you can’t stop moving lest the sun turn you into a burnt roast dinner Blame it on the sunshine Image credit:Jujubee S.A. You could not pay me to go to the moon, I think. I’m glad Mr. Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear had a good time up there, but that place is scary! It’s just a massive, dark rock! But in the case of Dark Moon , an upcoming survival strategy game that just got a release date, that darkness is your friend, because if you want to survive on the moon, you’ve got to protect yourself from that hot, hot orb in the sky called the sun....
In true roguelike fashion, Slay the Spire 2 is only being made because of a 50/50 coin flip “And the rest is history” Image credit:Mega Crit Imagine a second, alternate version of our world. Everything is the same, on the surface. The sky is blue, the economy is in shambles; it’s the unnatural order of things. And yet, you cannot help but feel something is different. Like there’s something missing, or perhaps replaced....
It looks like Space Marine 2 will let you go head-to-head in PvP multiplayer Just Marine-on-Chaos matchups for now, it seems Image credit:Focus Entertainment Gears of Warhammer sequel Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 will feature some kind of PvP multiplayer mode, similar to the first Warhammer 40k game, going by an early look at an art book for the upcoming third-person shooter . A flick-through of The Art and Making of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was shared by YouTuber prdalien0 (via Eurogamer ), seemingly revealing some new details about what to expect from Saber Interactive’s surprising follow-up to Relic’s surprisingly solid 2011 hack ’n’ slash ‘n’ shoot take on Games Workshop’s sci-fi miniatures game....
It won’t fit the Asus ROG Ally X, but Dbrand’s Project Killswitch is a lovely upgrade for the original Ally Ace of case Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Update: There’s now a separate Project Killswitch for the ROG Ally X as well, which kinds of spoils my headline but WHATEVER. Original article continues below: One of my absolute most favouritest Steam Deck cases , besides the one you get for free with the Steam Deck OLED , is the Dbrand Project Killswitch....
Join us for February’s Game Club liveblog on Cobalt Core this Thursday Come and chat all things Cobalt Core with us on Thursday, February 29th at 4pm GMT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Brace Yourself Games Hello folks. With the end of February fast approaching, here’s a reminder that we’ll be diving into our reader liveblog discussion for February’s RPS Game Club pick, Cobalt Core , this coming Thursday, February 29th, at 4pm GMT (which is 8am PT / 11am ET for our American friends)....
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: How to sell stolen horses Or make them your own permanent horse! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Deep Silver Want to know how to sell a stolen horse in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? If you’ve read our previous guide on how to get a horse, you’ll know there are two routes to take: the gentlemanly route, where you buy (or persuade someone to give away) a horse; and the underhanded approach, where you see someone else’s horse, think, “that would look better beneath Henry’s posterior”, and steal it for yourself....
League Of Legends is getting a Vampire Survivors-like PVE mode Arriving later this year Image credit:Riot Games Ahhh League Of Legends , a MOBA that occupied my university years. While I’d argue climbing the ranked ladder with my housemates were some of the best game moments I’ve ever had, I’d also argue giving up League was necessary. I became too involved, too close to the toxicity. But now League’s threatening to drag me back in with something I hadn’t seen coming - a Vampire Survivors -like PVE mode....
Lego Horizon Adventures follows Forbidden West with a co-op spin-off, and we won’t have to wait for it on PC Two-player action game arriving towards the end of the year Image credit:Sony Surprise! The next Horizon game after Zero Dawn and Forbidden West is also the next Lego game. Revealed during today’s Summer games Fest showcase, Lego Horizon Adventures lets series heroine Aloy romp around with a pal in two-player co-op , and it’s coming to PC on the same day as it hits PlayStation....
Leon Kennedy’s in Resident Evil Requiem, PlayStation Store cover art leak confirms There he be, the spooksman Image credit:Capcom Break out your finest middle-parted hairdo, as Leon Kennedy’s in Resident Evil Requiem . The Resi 2 and Resi 4 protagonist’s presence has been leaked by the evil resident that is cover art being pushed out too early on the PlayStation Store, which is like Steam, but a bit more blue....
Life is Strange: Double Exposure brings back original hero Max Caulfield for a dimension-hopping murder-mystery this October Solve a friend’s murder with their help in a parallel timeline Image credit:Deck Nine Max Caulfield is back! The time-bending protagonist of the first Life is Strange is returning in a new entry in the series, Life is Strange: Double Exposure . It’s out this October. Revealed during tonight’s Xbox Games Showcase, Double Exposure is a completely new instalment in the Life is Strange series, following the first game, its direct sequel, prequel Before the Storm and Life Is Strange: True Colors ....
Lorelei And The Laser Eyes is a new notebook-is-mandatory puzzle stunner from the Sayonara Wild Hearts devs Coming this May, it’s is right old brain teaser - and the closest we’ll ever get to Device 6 on PC Image credit:Annapurna Interactive The surreal pop synth of Sayonara Wild Hearts may have been the game that put Swedish developer Simogo on the map for PC players, but for me their earlier iOS puzzler Device 6 stands in my memory as being one of the most distinctive video games I’ve played....
Lush “pure stealth” metroidvania The Siege And The Sandfox launches in May The quick brown fox blackjacks the lazy guard dog Image credit:Plaion We have all ridden the emotional rollercoaster of thinking that we’re smart and patient enough to play a dedicated stealth game, then realising that we’re inept and bored and just want to bonk things with a big axe. Still, I’m moderately enthused by this here release date trailer for The Siege And The Sandfox, a 2D metroidvania in which you clamber steadily out of a huge, opulent dungeon....
Metaphor: ReFantazio, the high-fantasy RPG from Persona’s designers, now has a playable demo Progress carries over to the full game Image credit:Sega Metaphor: ReFantazio is either a high-fantasy Persona or a Shin Megami Tensei with cool fonts and a warm heart. Edwin dug its hybrid combat system , while James was moved by its mad libs monster design . It has an October 11th release date, but you don’t have to wait until then to begin plotting it and you along these various axes....
Night-Runners Prologue demo is a stylish throwback to PlayStation racing classics Restore your feeling Image credit:Planet Jem I’ve entered a stage in my life during which I have enormous nostalgia for the PlayStation era, and most of that nostalgia is focused on racing games and drum and bass. Enter Night-Runners , a racing game set between 1990 and 2009, scored by drum and bass, smeared with VHS filters, and just for good measure, set on and around the expressways of Tokyo....
Nightingale to add offline mode “as soon as feasible”, as devs say they “misjudged” player demand for it The gaslamp fantasy survival game entered early access as online-only Image credit:Inflexion Games After launching Nightingale into early access on Tuesday, developers Inflexion Games (led by former BioWare CEO Aaryn Flynn) have quickly realised a big miscalculation: lots of players want an offline mode. The gaslamp fantasy survival game requires you be online even if you want to play by yourself, which dovetailed poorly with server issues at launch to frustrate folks....
No one should have to “grow a thicker skin”: Valorant studio commit to harsh penalties for harassment “If you want to make evil statements…you aren’t welcome here” Image credit:Riot Games Riot games have committed to a series of new measures to curtail harassment and hate-speech in the Valorant community. In a video entitled ‘Keeping Our Community Healthy // Dev Updates,” studio head Anna Donlon took to Xitter to outline the new measures for the competitive FPS ....
