A new trailer for scenic travelogue Season shows who you’ll meet on your bicycle travels

HomeNewsSeason A new trailer for scenic travelogue Season shows who you’ll meet on your bicycle travelsThe cycling adventure tasks you with photographing an endangered valley The cycling adventure tasks you with photographing an endangered valley Cosy photographic biking adventureSeason: A Letter To The Futureis out on January 31st, and a new trailer reveals a little more about the game’s story and the people you’ll meet on your journey. Season puts you in the loafers of Estelle, a young woman from an isolated village who sets off on a two-wheeled trek to capture and preserve memories from her home valley before a soggy disaster wipes them off the map....

January 12, 2023 · 1 min · 203 words · Christopher Marshall

Are video game achievements good?

HomeNews 14 Indie Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023Liam takes a peek at the indie games we can’t wait to play in 2023.Watch on YouTube 14 Indie Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023 “Unpopular opinion: achievements/trophies have been bad for gaming,” Thylander said in his original tweet. “It narrows games down, it disrupts and diverts attention, and it eats resources that could have made the game better....

January 12, 2023 · 2 min · 276 words · Michael Powell

Co-op shooter Outpost: Infinity Siege has mechs, grapple hooks, and a release window

HomeNewsOutpost: Infinity Siege Co-op shooter Outpost: Infinity Siege has mechs, grapple hooks, and a release windowIt also has a confirmed name, now It also has a confirmed name, now Several games have attempted to successfully marry first-person shooting with real-time strateging, and to my mind none have quite succeeded.Outpost: Infinity Siege, at the very least, understands why the ambition its worthwhile. First revealedduring last year’s E3, its newest trailer shows more massive scale combat - as well as confirming its name and a release window....

January 12, 2023 · 1 min · 181 words · Jacob Terry

Everything we know about Redfall: Release date, platforms, multiplayer, gameplay details, and more

HomeGuidesRedfall Everything we know about Redfall: Release date, platforms, multiplayer, gameplay details, and moreAll the details we know so far about Redfall’s release date, gameplay, platform availability, Game Pass launch, and more! All the details we know so far about Redfall’s release date, gameplay, platform availability, Game Pass launch, and more! Uncertainty around its release date hasn’t stopped us here at RPS from declaring Redfall one of ourmost anticipated games of 2023, so it’s safe to say that we’re pretty darned excited....

January 12, 2023 · 7 min · 1408 words · Anthony Macdonald

FTC hearings could delay Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard

HomeNewsCall of Duty FTC hearings could delay Microsoft’s buyout of Activision BlizzardFinal hearings begin in August, after Microsoft’s current fiscal year ends Final hearings begin in August, after Microsoft’s current fiscal year ends Warzone 2 - Ultimate Beginner’s Guide | Everything You Need To Know About Warzone & DMZVid bud Liam gives some top tips on how to start playing Call Of Duty: Warzone 2.Watch on YouTube Warzone 2 - Ultimate Beginner’s Guide | Everything You Need To Know About Warzone & DMZ...

January 12, 2023 · 2 min · 254 words · Gabriel Caldwell

Gamedec, First Class Trouble and Divine Knockout are free on the Epic Games Store

HomeNews Gamedec, First Class Trouble and Divine Knockout are free on the Epic Games StoreAll three games are going for nowt until January 19th All three games are going for nowt until January 19th The latest free offerings from the Epic Games Store are futuristic RPGGamedec - Definitive Edition, space-based party gameFirst Class Trouble, and godly 3D brawlerDivine Knockout. All of them are free for the next week, so you can pick them up for precisely zero outlay right now wherever you are in the world....

January 12, 2023 · 2 min · 296 words · Kerry Miller

Have You Played... The Incredible Machine?

HomeFeaturesThe Incredible Machine Have You Played… The Incredible Machine?Dropping bowling balls since 1993 Dropping bowling balls since 1993 Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.I can’t even remember how my family came uponThe Incredible Machinenow, only that I spent many hours as a child happily fiddling about with mice, pipes, and a surprising variety of sporting balls. I’m pretty sure it was my first real encounter with a game that concentrated on a combination of physics and engineering to complete a puzzle, rather than ignorantly bouncing on an enemy, or trying to combine random items from an inventory with characters’ faces....

January 12, 2023 · 6 min · 1072 words · Nichole Huff

Old World’s The Sacred And The Profane DLC gets religious with Saint Paul next week

HomeNewsOld World Old World’s The Sacred And The Profane DLC gets religious with Saint Paul next weekThe pack includes new characters and hundreds of ancient events The pack includes new characters and hundreds of ancient events Grab your specialist gaming cassock, because historical 4X strategyOld Worldis doubling down on religion for its second wave of DLC on January 16th. The Sacred And The Profane pack bundles in more than 350 fresh events, mostly themed around worshipping things....

January 12, 2023 · 1 min · 177 words · Kristen Sanders

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is now available on Steam

HomeNewsTom Clancy’s The Division 2 Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is now available on SteamIt’s heavily discounted, too It’s heavily discounted, too Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot once said thatTom Clancy’s The Division 2being absent from Steam was “a long-term positive”. Perhaps he meant that only in the sense that, long-term, the game would come to Steam anyway. That’s what has happened now. As announced late last year, the open world cover shooter is now available on Steam after a period of Epic and Ubisoft store exclusivity....

January 12, 2023 · 2 min · 263 words · Laura Johnson

What is a video game producer? Paradox's Linda Tiger says every team has one, even if they don't know it

HomeFeaturesCrusader Kings III What is a video game producer? Paradox’s Linda Tiger says every team has one, even if they don’t know itCrusader Kings 3’s former lead producer says it’s work that needs doing, and there’s always someone getting it done Crusader Kings 3’s former lead producer says it’s work that needs doing, and there’s always someone getting it done Linda Tiger’s career in gaming started two decades ago, in a test house in Glasgow....

January 12, 2023 · 20 min · 4117 words · Charles Martinez

Classic X-COM-like Xenonauts 2 is heading to early access later this year

HomeNewsXenonauts 2 Classic X-COM-like Xenonauts 2 is heading to early access later this yearIt should be hitting Steam sometime between April and June It should be hitting Steam sometime between April and June Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse It’s inevitable that as soon as you make a list of yourmost anticipated gamesfor the year, more excellent games start getting announced the moment you hit publish. Case in point: Goldhawk Interactive’s long-awaitedXenonauts 2has just been confirmed to be heading to Steam early access later this year....

January 11, 2023 · 6 min · 1227 words · Chad Lang

Final Fantasy 14's perfect steamed bun animation puts its blocky grapes to shame

HomeNews Final Fantasy 14’s perfect steamed bun animation puts its blocky grapes to shameThe most important change in Patch 6.3 The most important change in Patch 6.3 Final Fantasy XIV’s latest Patch 6.3 “Gods Revel, Lands Tremble” features new main scenario quests, a 24-player alliance raid dungeon, amongst many other tweaks and additions to theMMO. Really, though, it should be called “Baos Split, Tummies Rumble” as players have discovered the real highlight: a bao bun animation that’ll leave your salivary glands twitching....

January 11, 2023 · 2 min · 342 words · David Stout

Marvel Snap will speed up card progression on January 31st

HomeNewsMarvel Snap Marvel Snap will speed up card progression on January 31stYou’ll be able to battle your buds, too You’ll be able to battle your buds, too Marvel Snapis excellent, and when you first start playing it chucks new cards at you faster than a confused magician. That slows down once you’ve got a few hours under your utility belt, but developers Second Dinner have some changes in the works that should make rarer cards easier to snag....

January 11, 2023 · 8 min · 1597 words · Laura Stevens