This Final Fantasy 7 Trombone Champ mod is pitch perfect

HomeNews This Final Fantasy 7 Trombone Champ mod is pitch perfectMove over, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line Move over, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line I was absolutely elated when Square Enix announced a newFinal FantasyTheatrhythm game during the Tokyo Game Show last year, as there’s been a Final Fantasy music game shaped hole in my life for the best part of a decade. I played the pair of Theatrhythm 3DS games to absolute death back in the day, and was hoping that Squeenix’s newfound PC love-in would mean I’d be able to write about it non-stop when Theatrhythm Final Bar Line comes out on February 16th....

January 25, 2023 · 7 min · 1426 words · Jennifer Bray

What's better: a pre-boss battle supply cache, or resources too good to use?

HomeFeatures What’s better: a pre-boss battle supply cache, or resources too good to use?Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games Last time, you decided overwhelmingly (94%!) thatknocking folks over edges is better than big engines rising from the bonnet. Honestly, I cannot disagree. I adore that giant supercharged engine. I will always pick the cars with that giant supercharged engine....

January 25, 2023 · 4 min · 651 words · John Savage

After huge layoffs last week, Microsoft are now chucking billions of dollars into OpenAI

HomeNews After huge layoffs last week, Microsoft are now chucking billions of dollars into OpenAIThey want to apply tech such as ChatGPT and DALL-E to consumer products They want to apply tech such as ChatGPT and DALL-E to consumer products Image credit:Bethesda Image credit:Bethesda It’s only been a week since Microsoft announced they were laying off 10,000 human staff across their various divisions (including their games studios), but they’ve now revealed they’ll be investing billions of dollars into driving breakthroughs in AI....

January 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1086 words · Andrew Barrett

Dead Space's USG Ishimura is believable because it sucks

HomeFeaturesDead Space Dead Space’s USG Ishimura is believable because it sucksYou don’t have to be depressed to work here, but it helps You don’t have to be depressed to work here, but it helps Even before the monsters arrived, the USG Ishimura was a nightmare. Dead Space PC Review - An Excellent Remake Of A Horror ClassicThis is the Dead Space you remember but with a brilliant new sheen, luxuriously improved in small but considered ways....

January 24, 2023 · 4 min · 650 words · Ashley White

Forspoken's demo is now available on PC

HomeNewsForspoken Forspoken’s demo is now available on PCMaybe it’s for you Maybe it’s for you It seemed a shame, givenForspoken’s somewhatunusual system requirements, that its demo remained unavailable on PC. Well, that’s no longer the case. As of today, you can now give Square Enix’s Cuff-ing season action-adventure a whiz before you decide whether you want to pay £65/$70 for it.You can grab the demofrom Steamorfrom Epic. It requires 42GB of disk space....

January 24, 2023 · 4 min · 707 words · Levi Harrison

Grab a 480GB Kingston SSD for £25, upgrade an old laptop or something

HomeHardwareDeals While we spend a lot of our time over here in the deals corner of RPS covering high-speed NVMe SSDs, I also try to keep an eye out for good deals on classic 2.5-inch SATA SSDs as well. These drives are physically larger, slower and not much better value than NVMe M.2 alternatives, but occasionally prices become so low that you have to take notice.Today’s example is this 480GB Kingston A400 SSD, which has been reduced to under £25 versus an original RRP of £63....

January 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1071 words · William Foster

Mahokenshi review: a deckbuilder that sticks you with the pointy end

HomeReviewsMahokenshi Mahokenshi review: a deckbuilder that sticks you with the pointy endLuck of the draw Luck of the draw It’s certainly a refreshing take on deckbuilding, and it lends itself to even more spontaneous wins and comebacks than the usual frisson of tension you get from simply drawing a good or bad hand. But with main story missions quickly ramping up in difficulty, that scramble for bigger and better cards up front is often Mahokenshi’s undoing....

January 24, 2023 · 5 min · 927 words · Mary Hernandez

Psst hey, delightful puzzle game Windosill is now on Android too

HomeNewsWindosill Psst hey, delightful puzzle game Windosill is now on Android tooPlayful puzzling rewards curiosity Playful puzzling rewards curiosity Windosill — Switch Release TrailerWatch on YouTube Windosill — Switch Release Trailer Windosill is a series of single-room puzzles which feel somewhere between little curio cabinet and cardboard theatres. A box of geometric plants dripping with dew and buzzing with life. A display of interesting items, hinged paper legs and an eerie doll and a little house and a twirling crib mobile of ghosts and a springy thing and a clock and folded cloth and waves which ripple as you drag and and and....

January 24, 2023 · 2 min · 376 words · Jill Jensen

This MSI Katana laptop with RTX 3070 Ti GPU is down to £1200 at Amazon UK

HomeDeals This MSI Katana laptop with RTX 3070 Ti GPU is down to £1200 at Amazon UKA £400 discount on a machine with 12th-gen Core i7, 1TB NVMe SSD and 16GB RAM. A £400 discount on a machine with 12th-gen Core i7, 1TB NVMe SSD and 16GB RAM. Get the MSI GF66 RTX 3070 Ti laptop for £1199 (was £1599, 25% off) I’ve not used this generation Katana, but the series has gotten a good reputation for its value, offering high-end specs at more mid-range prices....

January 24, 2023 · 2 min · 273 words · Tammy Guzman

Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora trailer, story, gameplay, and everything we know

HomeGuidesAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora trailer, story, gameplay, and everything we knowEverything you need to know ahead of Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora’s release Everything you need to know ahead of Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora’s release Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft What is Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, and when is it coming out?It’s a big time for Avatar fans, with the recent release of Avatar: The Way Of Water predictably having surpassed $2 billion worldwide at the box office, and the opportunity to jump into the jawdroppingly beautiful (and deadly) world of Pandora for ourselves seemingly just around the corner....

January 23, 2023 · 5 min · 880 words · Robert Garcia

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gets Hardcore mode in next month’s Season 02 update

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gets Hardcore mode in next month’s Season 02 updateAlong with some changes to DMZ for Warzone 2 Along with some changes to DMZ for Warzone 2 Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer sees a return for the fast-paced Hardcore mode from previous Call Of Duty games when Season 02 arrives on February 15th. Over the weekend, devs Infinity Wardtweetedabout Hardcore mode’s imminent comeback in the forthcoming update....

January 23, 2023 · 2 min · 296 words · Todd Jenkins

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf production director and Mass Effect veteran leaves BioWare

HomeNews Dragon Age: Dreadwolf production director and Mass Effect veteran leaves BioWareFormer lead writer on Mass Effect 2 and 3 Former lead writer on Mass Effect 2 and 3 Dragon Age: Dreadwolfapparently hit alpha in October last year, suggesting development was advancing as planned. Now production director and BioWare veteran Mac Walters has left the studio - one of several lead developers to depart over the past couple of years....

January 23, 2023 · 2 min · 339 words · Shane Wilson

Forspoken release time and preload times: When can you play Forspoken?

HomeGuidesForspoken Forspoken release time and preload times: When can you play Forspoken?Make a note on your calendar ahead of Forspoken’s release on January 24th Make a note on your calendar ahead of Forspoken’s release on January 24th What time does Forspoken release?Forspokenlaunches on January 24th as the new action-RPG from the makers ofFinal Fantasy 15, and as you might expect, that comes with a mixed bunch of expectations and concerns going in....

January 23, 2023 · 5 min · 1007 words · Thomas Ferrell