HomeNewsWildfrost Wintry deckbuilder Wildfrost gets release date of April 12thA good day to get snowed in A good day to get snowed in Layer up with your thickest snow coat and a pack of cards becauseWildfrostis coming to PC soon, on April 12th. One of the standout games we played at last year’s EGX, this roguelike deckbuilder has a healthy dose ofSlay The Spireabout it as you venture out to defrost an eternal winter, battle baddies, and expand your card collection with elemental items stronger, cuter companions and elemental items....

HomeDeals A trio of Corsair peripherals are 50% off at their US storeThe K70 Pro Mini Wireless, Sabre RGB Pro and HS65 Surround are all strong options. The K70 Pro Mini Wireless, Sabre RGB Pro and HS65 Surround are all strong options. A trio of Corsair peripherals has gone on flash sale at the company’s US web store, making it a nice time to pick up a matching all-Corsair setup for about 50% off....

HomeFeatures How the Gulf War, Apple’s drag-select and “cheesed together” FMVs gave us Command & Conquer"If we were trying to make it cheesy, it probably wouldn’t have worked" “If we were trying to make it cheesy, it probably wouldn’t have worked” There’s always been something quaintly practical about the nameCommand & Conquer. Sure, there’s a touch of Julius Caesar’s ‘veni, vidi, vici’ in there. But less romantically, the title evokes Internet Explorer or Acrobat Reader - sitting comfortably alongside the clearly and sensibly labelled Windows software of the mid-90s....

HomeNewsCassette Beasts Monster-taming RPG Cassette Beasts is launching on PC and Game Pass next monthA Pokémon-like where you transform into the monsters A Pokémon-like where you transform into the monsters Are you a fan ofRPGswhere you make friends with adorable critters? Not a fan of trapping said friends into small balls, only letting them out to fight gangs and other Godlike creatures? Well,Cassette Beastsmight be the game for you. It’s a Pokémon-like where you’ll still be beating up wildlife creatures in turn-based combat, but rather than capturing them, you record their likeness on the titular tapes and then transform into those same street cone-wearing crabs and metal-clad wolves....

HomeDeals Razer’s Naga Trinity, your favourite MMO mouse, is down to £45 (from £100)RPS readers can’t be wrong, right? RPS readers can’t be wrong, right? The Razer Naga Trinity is the RPS MMO mouse of choice, or at least it was the highest-ranking MMO optionthe last timewe did some Reader’s Choice polls, so I thought you might like to know that this popular rodent is more than half-off on Amazon at present as part of the firm’sSpring Sale....

HomeNews Silent Hill 2 remake is not “ready for release”, Bloober Team confirm after week of rumoursFoggy stuff Foggy stuff Image credit:Konami Image credit:Konami Bloober Team have issued astatementabout their upcomingSilent Hill 2 remake, clarifying rumours about the project’s release schedule and sales expectations. Last week, Polish siteBankierspoke with Bloober Team’s CEO Pitor Babieno in an interview that was mistranslated and began to circulate online. The mistranslations mentioned the remake was “technically ready” for launch, but Bloober Team have clarified these “statements have been taken out of context, due to inaccurate translations....

HomeFeaturesThe Tartarus Key The Tartarus Key looks like a fabulous PS1 version of SawDoes not appear to feature Cary Elwes though Does not appear to feature Cary Elwes though Waking up in a room you don’t recognise with a camera trained on you: the result of a heavy Saturday night, or the opening salvo in an inexplicable kidnapping? InThe Tartarus Key, a PS1-style thriller/puzzle/horror game, it’s definitely the latter. The free demo is out now, and throws you into the first couple of puzzles for the game as Alex, whose last memory is of being at home in her apartment....

HomeFeatures Alt.Ctrl.GDC is aregularfixtureat the Game Developers Conference, and this year I spotted some properly incredible creations from its largely student-led group of exhibitors. There was a big focus onco-op gamesand time trial demos in this year’s cohort, with nearly every stand having some sort of whiteboard pinned up that was constantly being scrubbed out with new fastest lap times and corresponding visitor names. There was also lots of friendly hooting emanating from them as well, as mates and strangers attempted to co-ordinate their gaggles of limbs to steer various game characters in the right direction....

HomeFeatures What’s better: time loops, or resuming interrupted reloads?Vote now! Vote now! Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Last time, you decided thatground pound attacks are better than reloads dumping unspent ammo. 60% against 40%, that one, which is a satisfying outcome. Chunky disagreement but a clear outcome. This week, I ask you to think carefully about two quite different cycles, one repeating and one resuming. What’s better: time loops, or resuming interrupted reloads?...

HomeNewsSifu Aging kung fu brawler Sifu has arrived on SteamAfter a year of Epic exclusivty After a year of Epic exclusivty After a year or so spent fighting down the long Epic Games Store corridor in a single continuous take, kung fu brawlerSifuhas finally reached Steam. It also comes bearing a fourth and free expansion which adds an Arenas mode.Sifu | Arenas Expansion Launch Trailer | PC, Xbox, PlayStationWatch on YouTubeArenas mode features 45 new challenges spread across nine locations, completely separate from the existing singleplayer mode....

HomeNews Final Fantasy 14 is giving away its Stormblood expansion for freeAvailable to all Standard Edition owners for a limited time Available to all Standard Edition owners for a limited time From now until May 8th, Square Enix are giving awayFinal Fantasy 14’sStormblood expansion for free to all new and existing owners of the MMORPG’s Standard Edition. The offer ends at 7am PDT/ 3pm BST, so you still have over a month to grab and keep the second expansion on Steam, the PlayStation store, or any other storefront that’s participating in the promotion....

HomeNewsHi-Fi Rush Join us for our first RPS Game Club liveblog this ThursdayCome chat with us in real-time about Hi-Fi Rush on March 30th Come chat with us in real-time about Hi-Fi Rush on March 30th Come one, come all to our very firstRPS Game Clubliveblog session about this month’s chosen pick,Hi-Fi Rush. We’ll be piling into a liveblog onThursday March 30th at 4pm BST (that’s 8am PDT / 11am EDT), so please do come and join us to talk about what you loved most about Tango Gameworks' infectious rhythm action brawler....

HomeNews Kerbal Space Program creator is relaunching his physics sandbox followup with a new nameBalsa Model Flight Sim is now Kitbash Model Club Balsa Model Flight Sim is now Kitbash Model Club Balsa Model Flight Simulatorlaunched into Steam Early Access last year, to positive reviews and few sales. It is, like its developer’s previous gameKerbal Space Program, about building a machine designed to fly, crashing it back to earth, then constructing something better....