HomeNewsKingdoms and Castles Kingdoms And Castles gets larger everything in latest updateExcept churches. Those are smaller Except churches. Those are smaller I had a single, relaxing weekend with citybuilder Kingdoms And Castlesalmost six years ago, and I still look back on it as if it was a revitalising holiday I took. A city break, if you will. Likewise, six years later and Kingdoms And Castles is still getting updates. The Infrastructure & Industry update was released earlier today, and it adds several community-suggested buildings....

HomeNewsValheim Valheim’s beta branch update adds difficulty modes, new trader and moreHardcore, casual, beards Hardcore, casual, beards Valheim’s latest update to the public test branch adds a new merchant: Hildir, the sister of existing dwarven trader Haldor. Hildir offers up fashionable items of clothing to buy, but the more exciting part of the update is its new difficulty levels, which let you try the open world multiplayer survival sim in either easy or hard modes....

HomeNewsValorant Valorant is getting a team deathmatch mode later this monthWith three new maps With three new maps On June 27th, Riot’s hero shooterValorantwill get a team deathmatch mode. Teams of five will be able to do battle without the need to buy weapons at the start of each round, Counter-Strike-style, as they do in the main game. There will also be three new maps to play on.Here’s a trailer, that has a brief bit of backstory but then mostly introduces how the new mode works:THE GAMES BEGIN....

HomeNewsDeep Rock Galactic Deep Rock Galactic season 4 is now live, adding new enemies and a special beerCritical Corruption? We’ve got enough of that in the UK Critical Corruption? We’ve got enough of that in the UK Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Image credit:Coffee Stain Publishing Ahead ofDeep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Ghost Ship Games continue to update the originalco-op, space dwarfFPSgame.Deep Rock Galacticwent live with its season 4 content yesterday. Titled Critical Corruption, the update has added a new event with plenty of new enemies, and fulfilled some community requests....

HomeNewsDiablo IV Image credit:Blizzard Image credit:Blizzard How To Level Up Fast In Diablo 4Watch on YouTube How To Level Up Fast In Diablo 4 Quin69 left hisDruidinside an invulnerability zone as he ported back to Kyovashad. He thought his game had crashed at the loading screen, until he was greeted with the dreaded windowed message: “Your fallen character has gone to the Hall of Fallen Heroes.” The cause of death? Environment, according to the game....

HomeNewsDicefolk Dicefolk is like a Pokémon roguelike with dice, and it’s got a new demoGotta roll ‘em all. Gotta roll ‘em all. Image credit:Good Shepherd Entertainment Image credit:Good Shepherd Entertainment The gist is this: you form a party of cute-looking chimeras, before battling them against other cute-looking (but not as cute as yours, obvs) chimeras. Those battles play out a lot like the classic turn-based attacks of Pokémon, but are controlled with a set of dice....

Yep, that’s right. Not-E3 2023 is over (I think?) and once again I’ve commanded team RPS to dig their microphones out of storage before forcing them to tell me about their favourite game from the cavalcade of directs, showcases and presentations that have replaced my once beloved E3 weekend. In the video above, I chat to pretty much everyone on the team about the game (or games, because as much as I love this group of people they struggle to stick to a brief) that excited them the most....

HomeNewsRedfall Redfall’s disastrous reception hasn’t put devs Arkane Austin at risk of closure (yet, anyway)No boot from Booty for now. No boot from Booty for now. It’s fair to say that Arkane’s vampire-slaying co-op gameRedfallwas… not well received when it released back in early May. Our own Ed wrote that the open-world FPS feat. bloodsuckers in need of a blastin’ felt “drained of Arkane’s magic”,writing in our review: “Flashes of Arkane’s brilliance make an appearance, but they are a rare find amidst a bland, incoherent world that clearly points to deeper issues in a game that’s been drained of its magic....

HomeNewsStar Trek: Infinite Star Trek: Infinite’s first gameplay glimpse looks like Stellaris: The Next GenerationFirst look released in celebration of Picard’s disdain for children. First look released in celebration of Picard’s disdain for children. Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive We’ve been given our first proper look atStar Trek: Infinite, the new grand strategy game fromStellarismakers Paradox, in action - and yep, it’s definitely aStar Trekgame from the makers of Stellaris....

HomeNewsSpirit Swap The new Spirit Swap demo introduces its hella queer castAnd I’m hella down for this And I’m hella down for this Image credit:Soft Not Weak Image credit:Soft Not Weak Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats To Match-3 Tohas been on our radar for a while now, and with its appearance at this year’sWholesome DirectduringSummer Game Fest, I knew I had to go and check out the new demo.It’s different to theendless demothat Alice wrote about in February, which isn’t available here....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#727): How to solve the Friday June 16 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for June 16? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for June 16? 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 can believe it, it’s Friday once again! Only oneWordleto go until the weekend begins, hooray....

HomeNews Yakuza devs share more details on Like A Dragon Gaiden and Infinite WealthRGG Studio’s next showcase is also dated for autumn, because why not? RGG Studio’s next showcase is also dated for autumn, because why not? Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Yakuzadeveloper RGG Studio held their latest RGG Summit overnight, and the showcase contained more details on upcoming releasesLike A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His NameandLike A Dragon: Infinite Wealth....

HomeNewsDead Island 2 Dead Island 2’s first story expansion features a perfectly normal billionaire with a techno-death cultEat the undead rich Eat the undead rich Dambuster Studios have offered up arough roadmapof what we can expect from the pair of upcomingDead Island 2story expansions. The first of the two expansions, titled Haus, asks the question, “How does a billionaire prepare for the zompocalypse?” and answers that with “a techno-death cult with a healthy splash of debauchery and gore!...