HomeNewsAtelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg 1997’s Atelier Marie is being remade and heading to Steam this summerThe origins of the Atelier series The origins of the Atelier series The Atelier series and its mixture of potion-crafting and JRPG combat has only recently found success out west, but the series began in 1997 with the release of Atelier Marie in Japan. Now that first game is being remade with new graphics and released outside of Japan for the first time....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is more popular now than it has ever beenIt broke its concurrent player count earlier today It broke its concurrent player count earlier today Counter-Strike: Global Offensiveis over ten years old, and much of the game design that underpins it dates back to the original mod release in 2000. Yet it’s arguably more popular today than ever, after breaking its all-time concurrent player record earlier today....

HomeNewsPsychonauts 2 Double Fine’s new documentary about making Psychonauts 2 is a must-watchCompelling insight into the world of game dev Compelling insight into the world of game dev Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios I like a lot of Double Fine’s games, but none as much as I likethe documentary which charted the development of Broken Age. I can’t get enough of watching funny, smart, creative people work, and Double Fine Adventure offered a one-of-a-kind, candid and thorough glimpse of game development....

HomeFeaturesWizard of Legend Five years on, Wizard Of Legend is still kicking ass and taking namesMine, specifically Mine, specifically As Magic Week reaches the halfway point here at RPS, we’ve covered a pretty broad spectrum of wizard games over the last few days. There’s yourchill little potion brewersthat let you coo over a bubbling cauldron all nice and cosy like; there’s your darker, moresupernatural witchy adventuresthat dig into the spookier side of the fae realm, and then you’ve got your lovely genre mash-ups that add spicy, magical seasoning to well-worn action tropes, like theexcellent bullet-hell Metroid-like The Knight WitchI wrote about the other day....

HomeFeaturesHarmony’s Odyssey Harmony’s Odyssey’s adorable shell hides an even more adorable puzzle centreToo cute to fail Too cute to fail Harmony is a cute witch with both a cat and yer traditional wand that’s a stick with a star on the end - the kind of job you could unearth from a regional panto prop basket. The wand’s chief (possibly only) ability is dividing the world into equal square portions and then mixing them up....

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Darktide Rather than overhaul gear and crafting systems, Darktide should rip them outPlanned changes sound better, but still tedious and uninteresting Planned changes sound better, but still tedious and uninteresting The makers ofWarhammer 40,000: Darktidehave laid out their plans to improve the co-op shooter’s shopping and crafting systems. The gear system changes, due to arrive in the next patch, do sound like improvements to the current state of things....

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s The Division 2 Ubisoft accidentally breaks The Division 2 while trying to update itThe game is currently in unscheduled maintenance The game is currently in unscheduled maintenance Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft The Division 2has enjoyed a long life since its 2019 release, but it seems like the looter shooter has finally tripped. Just last week, Ubisoftdelayedthe game’s imminent Season 11 launch due to localisation issues that had been “impacting the experience for many players....

HomeNewsV Rising V Rising is overhauling the magic system in May’s free expansionAlso a new “territory” feature Also a new “territory” feature Vampiric survival gameV Risingcontinues its early access with a free expansion coming in May. It’s meaty, overhauling a few areas of the game including magic progression, spellcasting, and lair building in preparation for the endgame. But it’s also “giving you more of what you already love” with new weapons and spells, boss battles, areas, and factions....

HomeNewsGhost Trick: Phantom Detective Ace Attorney creator’s other mystery puzzler is headed to PC this summerThe leaks were true The leaks were true Once again, the age ratings don’t lie. It waswidely reported last yearthatGhost Trick: Phantom Detective, the 2010 Nintendo DS banger from the creator of Phoenix Wright, had been rated in Korea for release on PC.It was confirmed last night during thesurprisingly PC-relevant Nintendo Direct. A remaster will come to Steam this summer....

HomeNews All of last night’s Nintendo Direct games that are also coming to PCGhost Trick, Etrian Odyssey, Katamari and more Ghost Trick, Etrian Odyssey, Katamari and more As a PC player, watching Nintendo Directs can be finicky business. Everything simply has a Switch logo, so how do you know what to be excited for? We hear your (very important) woes, so we’ve compiled every PC game featured in last night’s direct....

HomeNews Classic dungeon crawlers Etrian Odyssey 1-3 are heading to PCNintendo DS JRPG classics coming at you Nintendo DS JRPG classics coming at you TheEtrian Odysseyseries is a huge blindspot for me, and I imagine many others. They’re a series of dungeon crawling JRPGs in which you pilot a party of adventures through first-person, grid-based mazes and turn-based battles. Now is your chance to fill the gap in your knowledge: theEtrian Odyssey Origins Collectionis headed to PC on June 1st....

HomeNewsHarmony: The Fall of Reverie Harmony: The Fall Of The Reverie is a new world-jumping story from the Life Is Strange devsAnd it’s coming this June And it’s coming this June I had still thought theLife Is Strangeteam were called Dontnod, not Don’t Nod, so I didn’t pay too much attention when the unfamiliar logo popped up at last night’sNintendo Direct.That was a mistake, since their newest story-focused adventureHarmony: The Fall Of Reverielooks amazing....

HomeGuidesMinecraft How to change gamemode in MinecraftHaving trouble switching your game mode in Minecraft? Here’s what you need to know Having trouble switching your game mode in Minecraft? Here’s what you need to know Want to change your gamemode in Minecraft?There are four different gamemodes to choose from inMinecraft: Survival, Creative, Adventure, and Spectator. Each one offers a very different experience to the rest, and help to tailor each Minecraft game to your needs and desires....