HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Sky Omega update takes aim at new and lapsed players with free weekend and pirate dreadnoughtNew planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more New planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more Image credit:Hello Games Image credit:Hello Games Hello Games describeNo Man’s Sky’s latest Omega update as being geared towards newcomers and “lapsed players looking for a way back in”. Hey, they’re talking about me! I haven’t played the wide-eyedspace gamesince before the pandemic, partly because I only own the PS4 version and now that I’m RPS news editor, I’m not allowed to touch consoles any more....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld’s community manager reminds people impatient for updates that playing other games is fineI’m saying this as a Pal I’m saying this as a Pal Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair If you told me at the start of the year thatPalworldwouldbreak Steam records, I would’ve done a hearty “no no” chuckle. But here we are, with thesurvival gameexceeding19 million playersand Pocketpair probably wondering how they managed such a feat. With its success has come the inevitable slew of impatient people saying the game’s dead because it’s not received updates fast enough, or folks saying it’s lost a hefty percentage of its player base, and others saying its viewership numbers over on streaming services have plummeted....

HomeNewsCobalt Core This Cobalt Core mod adds hapless frog Soggins to your crew for extra chaos"Unavoidable Bumbling Idiocy" sounds about right “Unavoidable Bumbling Idiocy” sounds about right Image credit:Arin, Shockah/Brace Yourself Games Image credit:Arin, Shockah/Brace Yourself Games If you’ve been enjoying the excellentCobalt Coreas part of this month’sRPS Game Club, you may well have stumbled into Soggins the frog along your travels. Running into this hapless buffoon is always a delight in Cobalt Core, as he’s one of the few special characters who doesn’t instantly attack you on sight....

HomeDeals This refurbished 850W Corsair Shift PSU is £84 vs £150 new from Scan UKComplete with a one-year warranty. Complete with a one-year warranty. Image credit:Corsair Image credit:Corsair Corsair’s Shift series of power supplies are one of my go-to recommendations, thanks to their reliable power delivery and convenient side-mounted connectors, and now you can pick up a factory refurbished 850W 80+ Gold unit for just £84 from Scan, versus£145 for the very same PSU new at Amazonor£150 at Scan....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#971): How to solve the Thursday February 15 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for February 15? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for February 15? 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!...

HomeReviewsDeep Rock Galactic: Survivor Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor early access review: pick of the bunchThe best autoshooter without “Vampire” in the name The best autoshooter without “Vampire” in the name Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ghost Ship Publishing Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ghost Ship Publishing Deep Rock Galactic: Survivoris a delicious piece of mad science: what if you spliced the ale-sodden DNA ofDeep Rock Galactic’s dwarven miners with tissue samples from aVampire Survivors-like autoshooter?...

HomeNews Fantasy extraction game Dungeonborne was February’s most played Steam Next Fest demoStormgate, Pacific Drive, Homeworld 3 and Backpack Battles round out the top five Stormgate, Pacific Drive, Homeworld 3 and Backpack Battles round out the top five Image credit:Mithril Interactive Image credit:Mithril Interactive Valve don’t provide any extra context or numbers to show exactly what it takes to rise to the top of the Next Fest charts, but according to developers Mithril Interactive, they had over 19K concurrent players during their Next Fest playtest - a feat that’s helped catapult them from the top 500 of Steam’s most wishlisted games right into the top 50, all in the space of two weeks since it was first announced....

HomeNewsThe Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood Happy Valentine’s, you can win a huge and official Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood dildoOpen to adventurous fans Open to adventurous fans Image credit:Devolver Digital Image credit:Devolver Digital I mean I say “prohibitively”, but I don’t know your life. The winners will also recieve a DIY make-your-own Tarot cards kit, which ties in to the key business of what you do in the game. Entrants must, among other things (check thesitefor details - again, NSFW) create a Tarot card in the game along the theme of desire....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 patch fixes crashes, disconnects and matchmaking bugs as devs aim to “beef up our content plans"It also lays the groundwork for future server improvements It also lays the groundwork for future server improvements Image credit:Arrowhead Studios Image credit:Arrowhead Studios The latest patch - Patch 006, to be particular - is a fairly simple affair. It’s prepped things for further server improvements and resolved a lot of crashes and disconnects....

HomeNewsThe Sims 4 The Sims 4 has added vitiligo in a free updateNew ways for Sims to represent more of the world New ways for Sims to represent more of the world Image credit:EA Image credit:EA A new update forThe Sims 4has added options to give characters vitiligo, the autoimmune disorder which causes patches of skin to lose pigmentation. Rather than a handful of preset full-body patterns, The Sims 4’s vitiligo impressively comes as loads of patterns for separate bodyparts, so you can create a wide range of effects....

HomeFeatures What’s better: health pick-ups looking like cartoon hearts or Doomguy’s pet rabbit, Daisy?Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Health pick-ups looking like cartoon hearts It’s sad to think that the little-known metroidvania series Castlevania failed to leave any lasting impact on video games simply because it did not understand that cartoon hearts are health pick-ups, not ammo or some other nonsense....

HomeFeaturesNightingale Will Nightingale’s crafting card menus be its downfall?The RPS Treehouse goes head to head The RPS Treehouse goes head to head Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Inflexion Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Inflexion Games With so many folks playing it - some diehardsurvivalheads and others who are mostly just glad to be having a break fromPalworldfor a spell - it quickly became apparent that lots of us had quite different takes on how Nightingale worked as a craft ‘em up....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#970): How to solve the Wednesday February 14 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for February 14? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for February 14? 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!...