HomeFeatures The RPS Selection Box: Rebecca’s bonus games of the year 2022Really, you can just jump in anywhere Really, you can just jump in anywhere Sequels are often contentious, but I feel like video games can get away with being a part of a long-running series – and, crucially, still be good while they’re at it, well past the point where a book or movie franchise would have outstayed its welcome....

HomeDeals The Ryzen 5600 is much better value than the 5600X - especially with this deal£138 for a six-core 12-thread AMD Ryzen CPU that launched at £220. £138 for a six-core 12-thread AMD Ryzen CPU that launched at £220. AMD’s Ryzen 5600X was a favourite of value-oriented gamers when it debuted in late 2020 -to say nothing of RPS head big honcho Katharine- so unsurprisingly AMD followed it up with an even cheaper model, the 5600, about a year later....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Thursday 29 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #558 and hintsHints and the answer to Wordle #558 Hints and the answer to Wordle #558 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Thursday 29 December 2022?It’s the fifth day of Christmas, typically associated with bellowing the phrase “Five Gold Rings” at eardrum-bursting volume. But we’ve no interest in ring-necked pheasants here at Wordle towers (or any other festive birds for that matter....

HomeNews Yet another Activision Blizzard studio has formed a unionRecently acquired Proleteriat are third studio this year Recently acquired Proleteriat are third studio this year Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment Image credit:Blizzard Entertainment The 10 Best PC Games Of 2022Watch on YouTube The 10 Best PC Games Of 2022 “Everyone in the video game industry knows Activision Blizzard’s reputation for creating a hostile work environment, so earlier this year, when we heard that Blizzard was planning to acquire Proletariat, we started to discuss how we could protect the great culture we have created here,” said Dustin Yost, a Software Engineer at Proletariat, ina press release....

HomeFeatures Every last RPS Bestest Best review of 2022A big ol' list of the games we’ve given the coveted bestest bests badge to this year A big ol' list of the games we’ve given the coveted bestest bests badge to this year I’ve been looking back over an entire year of RPS reviews and, well, we’ve writtena lot. Over the past twelve months, the RPS treehouse and our merry band of freelancers have reviewed 168 games in total - and that includes early access reviews, PC-port reviews, group reviews, reviews-in-progresses, and your common or garden fully-fledged reviews....

HomeDeals Plug in all the things with this 12-gang power towerDown to £15 on Amazon UK. Down to £15 on Amazon UK. Duronic do a good range of electricals, and today the only one I’ve actually bought is reduced on Amazon: a 12-gang power tower, basically a power extension lead with a supportive base that points the unit towards the sky. This particular model normally costs £18, but today has been reduced to £14....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Wednesday 28 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #557 and hintsHints and the answer to Wordle #557 Hints and the answer to Wordle #557 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun In this guide, we’ve got three clues that you can use to solve the Wordle answer today. If you’re just looking for the answer to maintain a streak, then scroll a little further down....

HomeNews Archer Maclean has passed away, aged 60Developer of IK+ and Jimmy White’s Snooker Developer of IK+ and Jimmy White’s Snooker Archer Maclean, the developer of several classic games for early home computers, has passed away. Maclean was 60 years old. In the ’80s, Maclean developed fighting games International Karate and sequel IK+, before developingJimmy White’s Whirlwind Snookerand Archer Maclean’s Pool and several sequels in the ’90s. Maclean’s final releases were Archer Maclean’s Mercury, a launch game on PSP, and battle racer Wheelspin for Wii in 2009....

HomeFeatures Page1of5Next page Page1of5 Page1of5 Next page With all the doors on ourRPS Advent Calendarwell and truly busted open for 2022 now, we thought it was high time to gather all of our favourite games of the year together in one handy location. If you’ve been diligently scoffing our Advent treats throughout December, then you’ll already know what our game of the year picks are for 2022, but just in case you missed them or want to go through them one final time, we’ve got ‘em all right here for you in our definitive Games Of The Year list....

HomeFeatures Our favourite RPS videos from 202211 months of #content distilled into one handy article 11 months of #content distilled into one handy article Hello! VidBud Liam here. You may recognise me from those videos that autoplay on every page. Or not. It depends on how quickly you scroll past, I suppose. I joined team Arpus all the way back in February, and to say the last 11 months have been a whirlwind is a bit of an understatement....

HomeNews Steam Replay offers a Wrapped-style recap of your 2022 in gamingYour year in graphs Your year in graphs Valve have launched Steam Replay, their own equivalent to Spotify Wrapped. It offers you a single page covered in graphs and diagrams which illustrate how you spent your time on Steam in 2022. Me? 30% of my total playtime was spent inSpelunky 2, and I played 41 different games over the course of the year....

HomeFeatures The RPS Selection Box: Ollie’s bonus games of the year 2022I’ll make my own advent calendar! I’ll make my own advent calendar! We liked so many games this year that we couldn’t fit them all in ourAdvent Calendar. Everyone on staff has picked aSelection Boxof bonus games they want to give hon. menchies for 2022.Listen, I don’t have much time. I enjoyed a lot of games this year, but Alice just told me that if I spend more than 1,500 words on this list then she’s going to murder my whole family*....

HomeNewsTrombone Champ Taking tooting to a new level Trombone Champis a good joke. I played it once, chuckled along with its simulated tooting, and haven’t felt any compulsion to return. I will click on any Trombone Champ video I come across online, however. Armed with some community-made modding tools, creative players have added custom songs to the game, with custom models and backgrounds. At their best, these videos turn a good joke into a complete comedy sketch....