HomeNews The EU are slapping Microsoft with an antitrust warning over their Activision-Blizzard buyoutCan’t let the Americans have all the fun Can’t let the Americans have all the fun Image credit:Activision/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Activision/Rock Paper Shotgun The US Federal Trade Commisionhas already committedto blocking Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision-Blizzard buyout, so now it’s the EU’s turn to kick up a fuss. The EU’s antitrust watchdog is nearing the end of a 90-day probe into whether Microsoft’s buyout violates antitrust laws, and they’re reportedly about to serve up a charge sheet that lays out all their beef....

HomeHardwareDeals This Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is the first to cross the £50 barrierThat’s one cheap drive. That’s one cheap drive. Mum, get the camera! It’s finally happened - a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is selling for less than £50. The winner of this impromptu contest is Kingston’s NV2, an expectedly budget drive that still manages to deliver some fairly impressive performance according to independent reviews. To squeak in under the £50 mark, you’ll need to use codeJAN10at the checkout at Ebay....

HomeNewsSimCity 4 SimCity 4, the greatest citybuilder of all time, was released 20 years agoWe may never see its like again We may never see its like again When it was released on January 14th 2003,SimCity 4had its problems. Its huge cities would chug on even decent PCs, for one, and its traffic simulation seemed outright broken. Twenty years later - thanks to faster PCs, the Rush Hour expansion, and a huge modding community - SimCity 4 is the best of allSimCitygames....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (#574): What is the Saturday January 14 Wordle word?Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 14? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 14? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Stuck on today’s Wordle answer for Saturday 14 January 2023?Wordleis a daily brainteaser that’s perfect for filling those quick, quiet moments....

HomeGuides 2023 upcoming games: PC video game release dates scheduleRead about all the PC games coming out in 2023 with our release schedule guide Read about all the PC games coming out in 2023 with our release schedule guide What upcoming games are releasing on PC in 2023?2023 is well underway now, and as we push beyond the first few months it seems like PC gamers are about to have more top-tier games than there are hours in the day to play them....

HomeNewsFinal Fantasy VII A fully voiced mod for the original Final Fantasy 7 launches todayWith a very sweary trailer With a very sweary trailer A mod for the originalFinal Fantasy 7that adds full voice acting to the game is set to release today after seven years of work. Tsunamods’ Echo-S 7 mod has actors from around the world voicing every character in Final Fantasy 7, including the battle barks. You can see a trailer of the mod in action below, but if you’re watching in the office on your lunch break then be aware that there’s a fair few cuss words in it....

HomeNewsDesktop Dungeons: Rewind Ace puzzler Desktop Dungeons: Rewind has a demo and incoming daily challengesA remaster of a classic A remaster of a classic Desktop Dungeonsis a morish puzzle game from 2010 that channels conventional dungeoning into fiendish headscratching. Every enemy sits still, waiting for you to come and whack it. Whack willy-nilly, though, and they’ll kill you in no time - so you have to tactically explore parts of each level to heal, while targeting foes in an order that lets you survive long enough to level up and take on the big bads....

HomeNewsBeyond Good and Evil 2 Don’t worry, Beyond Good & Evil 2 has survived Ubisoft’s recent game cull14 years and counting 14 years and counting It’s been 14 years since RPS started writing aboutBeyond Good & Evil 2, Ubisoft’s open world follow up to the cult classic I’m too young to have played. We haven’t seen hide nor genetically modified pig tail of it since 2018, but rest assured, it lives....

HomeNewsBabbdi Explore a Brutalist city with climbing axes and a trumpet in this great free indie gameCheck out Babbdi toot suite Check out Babbdi toot suite As I scale the sides of apartment blocks with climbing axes and pole-vault through windows, I often feel like I’m breakingBabbdi. I feel I’ve done something particularly clever or busted outside the boundaries of its little brutalist city. I haven’t, but I’m delighted to explore with this feeling....

HomeNewsKatamari Damacy Someone made a custom Katamari controller with roll-on deodorants and a football, and it rulesNice piece of recycling if you can manage it Nice piece of recycling if you can manage it When you think of object-gathering gameKatamari Damacythe first things that spring to mind are usually balls, and the rolling thereof. Computer scientist and custom controller kitbashing experimenter Dr Tom Tilley had the same thought and, erm, rolled with it....

HomeNewsTeam Fortress 2 TF2 asset leak reveals 60gbs of unused maps, modes, mechs and witchesNostalgia, coming at ya Nostalgia, coming at ya A huge Valve leak from last weekalready gave us a peekat the Counter-Strike Source map that lead toLeft 4 Dead, but there are plenty more old-school Valve assets where those came from. Fans are currently sorting through 60 gbs of unusedTeam Fortress 2assets, including 20 maps, 40 man vs machine maps, and assorted intriguing models....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (#573): What is the Friday January 13 Wordle word?Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 13? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 13? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Stuck on today’s Wordle answer for Friday 13 January 2023?If you find yourself confronted with a sea of yellow and grey boxes in today’sWordlepuzzle, worry not!...

HomeNews A new Hitman 3 mission briefing video explains how Freelancer mode worksAgent 47’s going roguelike on January 26th Agent 47’s going roguelike on January 26th The long-awaitedFreelancermode forHitman 3goes live later this month, tasking the world’s blandest professional killer with taking down nefarious organisations one target at a time. To prepare for Freelancer’s launch on January 26th, devs IO Interactive have shared a new trailer that’s essentially just the mission briefing your Agent 47 will see when he begins his bloodthirsty roguelike quest....