HomeHardwareNews Valve are selling refurbished Steam Decks, and they’re dirt cheapAnother chance to get a discounted Deck, though supplies are limited Another chance to get a discounted Deck, though supplies are limited Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you don’t mind your handheld gaming PC coming with the odd scratch mark, you may be interested to hear that Valve are now selling “Certified” refurbishedSteam Deckson the cheap. A refurb of the top-spec 512GB model will save you over £100 / $100, and there are similarly proportioned discounts on renewed 256GB and 64GB models....

HomeDeals This 128GB USB flash drive is just five bucks at NeweggNot bad for a drive capable of up to 100MB/s reads. Not bad for a drive capable of up to 100MB/s reads. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/TeamGroup Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/TeamGroup Want a 128GB flash drive forhalf a sawbucka fiverfive of your US dollars? Good news, as this TeamGroup C175 USB drive is down to $5.49 at Newegg, half price and a great deal for a drive capable of 100MB/s reads in the right circumstances....

HomeDeals This Ryzen 5 3600 is the heart of many gaming PCs - and for £70 it can be yours tooGood enough, with upgrade potential. Good enough, with upgrade potential. AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 processor remains one of the best “good enough” CPUs on the market, providing a six-core design and enough grunt to run most games at 60fps when paired with DDR4-3200 RAM and a good modern graphics card. The CPU launched at £200 and now costs around half that, but it does occasionally go on discount - and today that’s happened, with the CPU now costing just £70 at Scan....

HomeNews Total War: Warhammer 3’s Shadows of Change DLC brings three new playstylesForest hags, demon tricksters, jade lions Forest hags, demon tricksters, jade lions Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Sega have formallyunveiledthe next steaming helping ofTotal Warhammer 3DLC, Shadows of Change, which adds three Legendary Lords to this already-jam-packedstrategy game: the Changeling for the demonic Tzeentch faction, Yuan Bo for Grand Cathay, and Mother Ostankya for Kislev, plus a brace of new campaign mechanics, units and battlefield abilities....

HomeHardwareReviews Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 (2023) review: the grand duke of desktop replacementsThis RTX 4090 gaming laptop leaves a serious mark This RTX 4090 gaming laptop leaves a serious mark Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Newgraphics cardgenerations are a typical driving force behind gaming laptop refreshes, butCPUscan floor that pedal with just as heavy a boot. The result is often something like this latest Asus ROG Strix Scar 17, which wields not just a top-spec Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 but also one of AMD’s newest and most number-crunchy processors, the Ryzen 9 7945HX....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3: How to highlight objectsLearn how to highlight objects in Baldur’s Gate 3 Learn how to highlight objects in Baldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Want to know how to highlight objects in Baldur’s Gate 3?Baldur’s Gate 3is an incredibly dense CRPG, filled with powerful items hidden throughout the world. It’s not always easy to spot those items among the highly-detailed environments, though, so you’ll need to know how to highlight objects to pick them out with ease....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3: How to revive charactersLearn how to revive characters in Baldur’s Gate 3 Learn how to revive characters in Baldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Want to know how to revive characters in Baldur’s Gate 3?Death is a sad part ofBaldur’s Gate 3, and one that feels almost impossible to avoid in such a sprawling CRPG. However, death does not need to be the end for your characters, as you have access to a variety of ways to bring allies back from the land of the dead....

HomeNews Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya wants us to drop the “retro” game labelBut is pretty keen on “JRPG” But is pretty keen on “JRPG” Image credit:PlatinumGames Image credit:PlatinumGames “I don’t like the word ‘retro game’,” Kamiyatold VGCin a wide-ranging interview also notable for some chunky insights on onomatopoeia in Japanese manga and its US adaptations. “I’m obviously not a native English speaker so it might be something I’m interpreting from a Japanese perspective, but hearing the word ‘retro’ from a Japanese viewpoint, suggests more of a ‘fad’ brought back from a past era and reskinned for the current era....

HomeGuidesBaldur’s Gate 3 How to multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3Learn how to multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3 Learn how to multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Larian Studios Want to know how to multiclass in Baldur’s Gate 3?Multiclassing opens up a wealth of synergies inBaldur’s Gate 3, allowing you to blend any classes together and gain access to their features and spells. It’s also far simpler than the pen and paper alternative, shedding some of the stricter elements of D&D 5e multiclassing to make it far more approachable for those new to the system withBaldur’s Gate 3....

HomeDeals Logitech’s G502 X gaming mouse hits $50 in the US with this couponA $30 price drop on Logitech’s latest iteration of the mega-popular G502. A $30 price drop on Logitech’s latest iteration of the mega-popular G502. The Logitech G502 X is an interesting remake of theRPS reader favouriteG502 gaming mouse, and today it’s discounted to $50 in the US when you use a $10 coupon code at Amazon. It features a more streamlined design that James called “achingly close to perfection”, with hybrid optical-mechanical switches and a slightly lower weight (89g) - plus the same high complement of programmable buttons and the hyper-advanced scroll wheel that made the G502 such a hit in the first place....

HomeNews Say hello and welcome to Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, our new news editorHold the front page Hold the front page Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun It’s been a hot minute since we first started looking for a news editor to take the reins of RPS' daily news posting, but today I’m very pleased to announce that search has finally come to an end. Please give a very warm welcome to Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, the latest addition to the RPS hivemind....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#778): How to solve the Sunday August 6 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for August 6? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for August 6? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?If you want to inject a little bit of brain-teasing linguistic complexity into your serene Sunday afternoon, thenWordleis here for you....

HomeNewsAge of Empires III: Definitive Edition Age Of Empires 3: Definitive Edition now has a time-unlimited free trial versionNewbies can jump in with a rotating pool of three civilisations Newbies can jump in with a rotating pool of three civilisations Image credit:Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Xbox Game Studios To war, for free this time.Age Of Empires 3: Definitive Editionrolled into battle three years ago to spruce up the real-time strategy classic for modern PCs....