HomeFeatures Cyberpunk 2077’s new ending is its most heartbreaking, and worth returning forCareful what you wish for Careful what you wish for Image credit:RPS/CD Projekt Red Image credit:RPS/CD Projekt Red I already had my canonical ending to V’s story back in 2020, found among the six or so different endingsCyberpunk 2077had at launch. Phantom Liberty’s story takes place before that ending happens, and nothing about your spy adventure with Idris Elba prevents you from later pursuing those original endings....

HomeNews First-person Forager-like Outpath, out today, is also like Minecraft SkyBlock for lazy peopleNo mine is an island No mine is an island Image credit:GrabTheGames/UpgradePoint Image credit:GrabTheGames/UpgradePoint David Moralejo Sánchez’sOutpath, a blend of island base-building game and idle clicker, is now out on Steam with a launch discount and a rapidly growing sackful of positive reader reviews. The gist, for those who missed out on the demo: you walk around small islands punching resources out of the landscape, building crafting stations and dwellings, and slowly amassing the means to access other islands....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, October 17)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #128 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #128 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeDeals The Ryzen 5 7600X + MSI B650 Tomahawk WiFi for £400. Image credit:AWD-IT/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:AWD-IT/Rock Paper Shotgun With the release of Intel’ssomewhat underwhelming14th-gen processors today, I feel a lot of people are going to be looking once more at AMD Ryzen 7000 systems. These CPUs offer the same access to DDR5 RAM and PCIe 5.0 components as Intel’s latest offerings, yet typically consume less power while delivering better gaming performance at the high end....

HomeNews What have The Witcher 4 or “Polaris” team learned from Cyberpunk 2077? Test on console early and avoid crunchCD Projekt engineer reflects on development and looks to the future CD Projekt engineer reflects on development and looks to the future Image credit:CD Projekt Red Image credit:CD Projekt Red CD Projekt RED’s Colin Walder, engineering director for management and audio, has shared a few thoughts on how the Polish developer’s next WitcherRPG, codenamed Polaris, will improve on the cataclysmic development ofCyberpunk 2077....

HomeFeaturesHermit And Pig EGX Highlights: Hermit And Pig is a breath of fresh air for turn-based RPG loversFighting combos, restorative mushrooms and excellent comedy putdowns Fighting combos, restorative mushrooms and excellent comedy putdowns Image credit:Heavy Lunch Studio Image credit:Heavy Lunch Studio I love it when game namesdo what they say on the tin, but I love it even more when they contain hidden depths behind that initial simplicity.Hermit And Pigis indeed a game about a reclusive old hermit and his truffle-hunting pig, but this charming adventureRPGalso has one of the most involving turn-based battle systems I’ve come across in a while....

HomeFeaturesSilence Of The Siren EGX Highlights: Silence Of The Siren asks what if Heroes Of Might And Magic had dieselpunk moles and was set in space?Or also had alien space worms, or mechanoid moths… you get the picture Or also had alien space worms, or mechanoid moths… you get the picture Image credit:Oxymoron Games Image credit:Oxymoron Games My demo put me in the spiky red army boots of its Fossorians, aspace mole factionwho are big into mechs, and riding around on giant motorbikes and other four-legged creatures they’ve enslaved....

HomeReviewsEndless Dungeon Endless Dungeon review: an excellently moreish roguelike about opening doorsDoor to door gunman Door to door gunman Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Sega Before that, the basics. You play a posse of spacefolk stranded on a monolithic space station, titanic both in size and wreckishness. You want to find a way off, but the answer lies deep in the station’s bowels, and inevitable death awaits. Happily, there’s a device, the “reloader” which zaps your revived corpse back to a friendly saloon, complete with bar and stage band, where you spend “cells” and “scraps” on upgrades to characters and weapons, making your next delve a little easier....

HomeNews How gun giant Remington used Call of Duty to promote weapons to younger playersFirearms company considered games “a primary means” of reaching “the next generation” Firearms company considered games “a primary means” of reaching “the next generation” Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision “It really is irony [sic] that video games that just a decade ago were considered the number one threat to gaining new shooters is perhaps now the number one draw,” Remington’s then-vice president of product management for firearms, John C....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft update 1.21 focuses on “combat and tinkering” with maze-like Trial Chambers and automatic craftingArmadillo wins mob vote as player rebellion reaches 500,000 signatories Armadillo wins mob vote as player rebellion reaches 500,000 signatories Image credit:Mojang Image credit:Mojang The headline addition is an underground structure called the Trial Chamber, a procedurally generated cluster of traps and treasure rooms, fashioned from copper and tuff blocks and arranged around a central hallway....

HomeNewsMinecraft Minecraft’s new Star Wars DLC will let you build a blocky lightsaber and make a droid friend next monthHello square Hello square Image credit:Mojang/Lucasfilm Image credit:Mojang/Lucasfilm Minecraftis getting a new bit of Star Wars DLC filled with a bunch of familiar faces from the galaxy far, far away in blocky, Minecraftified form. You’ll also be able to make your own lightsaber and droid companion to take on your adventures as a Jedi padawan....

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, October 16)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #127 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #127 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeNews RPS is hiring a Staff Writer, and you can apply right nowCome and join our lovely team Come and join our lovely team Image credit:Old Book Illustrations/The Getty Research Institute Image credit:Old Book Illustrations/The Getty Research Institute Following theascension of Eddersinto his new role as Reviews Ed, RPS is now looking for a Staff Writer to fill his vacant boots and join our excellent editorial team. Applications are open now, so read on below to find out how to apply....