HomeDeals Get SteelSeries' excellent Arctis Nova Pro headset for £169 after a 32% discountA comfortable, great-sounding gaming headset courtesy of its GameDAC. A comfortable, great-sounding gaming headset courtesy of its GameDAC. Image credit:Digital Foundry Image credit:Digital Foundry The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro is down to £169 with this deal at Amazon UK - a great price for one of the best wired gaming headsets for PC and PS4/PS5, which debuted at £249 and normally costs around £200....

HomeGuidesStarfield Here’s how to join all Starfield factionsFrom Ryujin Industries to the Crimson Fleet, we’ve joined them all From Ryujin Industries to the Crimson Fleet, we’ve joined them all Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Trying to figure out which faction you should join in Starfield?Remember the good old days when you only had to choose between Stormcloaks and Imperials? And then along cameStarfieldwith its five different major factions and oodles of minor factions, and you’re just expected to make an informed decision about which faction you should join up with?...

HomeGuidesStarfield How to change your appearance in StarfieldLearn how to change your appearance after character creation Learn how to change your appearance after character creation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Want to change your appearance in Starfield?One of the most impressive systems in Bethesda’s gargantuan newRPGStarfieldis thecharacter creator, which allows you to use the same tool that the developers themselves used to create every NPC in the game....

HomeNewsAperture Desk Job Let the Aperture Desk Job chat commence: the RPS Game Club liveblog returns todayCome join us from 4pm BST Come join us from 4pm BST Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Valve Our live coverage of this event has finished. 13:57 pmUTCAfternoon, we’ll be live from 4pm BST to talk Aperture Desk Job. See you shortly! Afternoon, we’ll be live from 4pm BST to talk Aperture Desk Job....

HomeNewsHolstin Smalltown pixel horror game Holstin has a playtest, and it’s creepy indeedPolish to spare Polish to spare Image credit:Sonka Image credit:Sonka It’s a stormy night. The lights are off. The doors are locked. Somewhere, a woman is singing. Somewhere else, a phone is ringing. The sinks are full of gunk and there are children hiding in the cupboards. Oh, and the darker stretches of floor are covered with writhing tentacles....

HomeReviews Starfield review: surely, the best Starfield game you’ll ever playProperly cosmic Properly cosmic Image credit:joeAmerica Gayms Image credit:joeAmerica Gayms Not to be confused with NickTitle’srather more contemplative game of the same name, to say nothing of Kenneth Nietfeld’s swashbuckling romanceRick Starfield: Hero of Space and Time, or indeedStarfield from Graek Tarmikos, an avant garde reinterpretation of Breakout, joeAmerica Gayms’Starfieldis a straightforward but engrossing blend of action and customisation elements. It’s the same heady brew of role-playing possibilities we’ve come to expect from the resourceful creator ofAbandoned Bog....

HomeGuidesStarfield Starfield: How to pickpocketLearn how to pickpocket in Starfield Learn how to pickpocket in Starfield Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Want to know how to pickpocket in Starfield?If you’ve played past Bethesda games, then you’ll know that there are few things more satisfying than stealing a key directly from an enemy’s pocket. Of course, you can pickpocket inStarfield, but it isn’t as simple as you might expect....

HomeGuidesStarfield The 12 best Starfield builds we’ve found so farDominate the Settled Systems with the very best Starfield builds Dominate the Settled Systems with the very best Starfield builds Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bethesda Game Studios What are the best Starfield builds you can possibly make?Starfieldfeatures a lot of interlocking parts and systems which make up a character’s build. Beginning from the first moments of character creation, you’ll be asked to make choices which could end up affecting your entire playthrough....

HomeHardwareDeals This 2TB Lexar NVMe SSD is under £60 at Amazon UKThe NM610 is around six times faster than a SATA SSD in terms of sequential speeds. The NM610 is around six times faster than a SATA SSD in terms of sequential speeds. Image credit:Lexar Image credit:Lexar Here’s a strong pitch: Want a 2TB NVMe SSD for less than £60? You’ve got exactly that with this Amazon UK deal, courtesy of Lexar....

HomeNewsStarfield Todd Howard hails Starfield as “our best performing game” and Starfield redditors as “gaming’s smartest fans"It’s been a “long and winding” journey since 2013 It’s been a “long and winding” journey since 2013 Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios Today isStarfield early access release day, providing youbought the pricier editions, and senior Bethesda boffins are feeling appropriately festive, and probably also totally exhausted. Bethesda Game Studios director and executive producer Todd Howard has sent an email to staff thanking them for their efforts and ruminating a bit onStarfield’s “long and winding” development, which began with Howard chatting to ZeniMax Media’s now-passed co-founder Robert Altman in the wake ofSkyrim’s enormous success....

HomeNews Call of Duty’s new AI chat moderator can tell “hate speech” from “friendly banter"Or so it says Or so it says This year’sCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3will make use of Modulate’s ToxMod AI to help moderate voice chat in multiplayer, Activision have revealed. The system won’t detect offences in real time, nor will it be able to kick you from games for effing and blinding. It just submits reports of bad behaviour, with Activision staff making the final call on enforcement actions, which might involve reviewing recordings to work out the context of an outburst....

HomeNews Custom Mech Wars looks like a budget Armored Core that lets you build a drill penis robot, and I can’t wait to play itMom: We have Armored Core at home Mom: We have Armored Core at home Image credit:D3 Publisher Image credit:D3 Publisher People are already having fun withArmored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon’s mech editor, creating robots that look like everything fromGrand Theft Auto’s CJtohorrific corporate marketing armed with twin gatling guns....

HomeNews Diablo 4 has only made Diablo Immortal more popular, say BlizzardBlizzard’s Rod Fergusson tells RPS they were “nervous” about Diablo 4 cannibalising Immortal Blizzard’s Rod Fergusson tells RPS they were “nervous” about Diablo 4 cannibalising Immortal Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment BeforeDiablo 4came out, Blizzard had concerns that their latest ARPG would tank the popularity of their most recent entry in the series,Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s franchise general manager Rod Fergusson tells RPS....