HomeHardwareFeatures RPS presents Steam Deck Academy: a grand repository of Steam Deck knowledge, made simpleThis’ll learn ya This’ll learn ya Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Welcome to Steam Deck Academy, where we take the microfibre cloth of understanding and wipe away the smudgy touchscreen fingerprints of handheld gaming ignorance. Here, eager students – that’s you, I’m assuming – can feast their minds on all theSteam Deckguides, explainers, and investigations that we’ve produced, as well as further instructive pieces to come....

HomeDeals This 32GB DDR5-6000 kit is just £64 at Amazon UKThese XPG Caster DDR5-6000 sticks are the same as I use in my Intel PC. These XPG Caster DDR5-6000 sticks are the same as I use in my Intel PC. Image credit:Adata/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Adata/Rock Paper Shotgun I always love it when stuff I’ve legitimately bought appears on sale, and that’s the case today with this XPG Caster DDR5 kit that’s 10% off on Amazon UK today....

HomeDeals This full-size mechanical keyboard is reduced to just £5The Trust GXT 865 is actually a decent bit of kit too. The Trust GXT 865 is actually a decent bit of kit too. Image credit:Trust/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Trust/Rock Paper Shotgun Mechanical keyboards can be pretty cheap these days, but I’ve not never seen one on sale for as little as £4.99 - especially not for a full-size RGB model available for a brand I’ve actually heard of before!...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#976): How to solve the Tuesday February 20 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for February 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for February 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

HomeNewsFallout: New Vegas A mod that adds Fred Durst to Fallout: New Vegas, thought to be lost media, has been foundWho Durst, wins Who Durst, wins Image credit:Bethesda Softworks/lb8068/Micky D Image credit:Bethesda Softworks/lb8068/Micky D Someone known only as UsagiCola, assumed fan of either Limp Bizkit or shitpost mods, or both, and who has now locked down their Xitter account (presumably because of their new Durst-related fame) happened to have the mod saved....

HomeReviewsBalatro Balatro review: only fools would sleep on this moreish poker roguelikeNo joke No joke Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Playstack Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Playstack The boss blind I keep coming a cropper with, though, is The Flint. This sucker not only halves a hand’s chip score, but it also cuts its multiplier in two as well, and I’ve yet to figure out exactly how to defeat it. Sometimes it appears with a blind of just 600, but other times it’s been an enormous 22,000....

HomeReviewsBandle Tale: A League Of Legends Story Not quite Hamstardew Valley Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Riot Forge Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Riot Forge Riot Forge’slast stabat publishing smaller spin-offs from indie teams has resulted inBandle Tale: A League Of Legends Story, which at first glance has all the things I love in self-proclaimed cosy games: gorgeous pixel art, laidback objectives and characters cute enough to trigger primal cheek-squishing instincts. But despite looking like an SNES classic and playing like a mix betweenAnimal CrossingandStardew Valley, Bandle Tale unfortunately ties itself in knots with overly grindy crafting that had me rubbing my temples in an effort not to combust....

HomeNewsEnotria: The Last Song Image credit:Jyamma Games Image credit:Jyamma Games Enotria: The Last Song - Official Technical Showcase TrailerWatch on YouTube Enotria: The Last Song - Official Technical Showcase Trailer Enotria looks like what you’d expect from a Soulslike, in the whole dodging and parrying and enemies tanking your health bar side of things. Lots of Soulslikes (looking at youThymesia) focus really hard on being good at one thing like combat, but they fall down on the story, levels, and the like....

HomeNewsNightingale Nightingale’s magical, world-creating Realm cards could become a fullblown collectible card game"We do talk about that", says Inflexion’s Aaryn Flynn “We do talk about that”, says Inflexion’s Aaryn Flynn Image credit:Inflexion Games Image credit:Inflexion Games It’s a nifty concept, and my first thoughton dabbling with the cardswas that I’d love them to form the basis for a full-blown collectiblecard game, where players vie for possession of rarer cards that open the way to especially legendary Realms that house more eldritch Fae wildlife and perhaps, the most intriguing quests....

HomeNewsPlease, Touch the Artwork 2 Please, Touch The Artwork returns with a free, hour-long hidden object puzzler through art historyPlease, Touch The Artwork 2 is out today Please, Touch The Artwork 2 is out today Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Thomas Waterzooi Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Thomas Waterzooi In this comic and delightfulpuzzle game, you guide a besuited black and white, recently-risen-from-the-grave skeleton through an array of Ensor’s artworks. Within them, you’ll encounter several strange and eclectic individuals who are all searching for something - a patron at a seaside bar might want ten bottles of wine, for example, while a cigarette-smoking duck on a table of cooking ingredients is after 24 matches....

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Chugging alongI go on Twitter so you don’t have to I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:Patrones & Escondites Image credit:Patrones & Escondites While I didn’t dig the first game in the Pixel Pulp series, I have always like their look andChristian Donlan’s review of Bahnsen Knightsdoes have me thinking I’ll try out the next one, which is apparently off to Alaska:...

HomeDeals This $10 Lenovo Legion XL mousepad is a great valueOriginally $18 and with many positive reviews. Originally $18 and with many positive reviews. Image credit:Lenovo/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Lenovo/Rock Paper Shotgun I’m a big fan of oversized mouse pads - desk pads, some call them. Today you can pick up just such a mouse pad from Lenovo in a comfortable 900x300x3mm (31.5x11.8x0.12") size for just $10. To get this reduction from the normal price of $18, use codeSAVE15ACCat the checkout....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#975): How to solve the Monday February 19 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for February 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for February 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...