Modern Warfare 2 suplexes Christmas with festive multiplayer makeover

HomeNews Modern Warfare 2 suplexes Christmas with festive multiplayer makeoverShipment’s being decorated for the season for the next two weeks Shipment’s being decorated for the season for the next two weeks Klaus Operator Bundle | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0Klaus Fisker is Modern Warfare 2’s equivalent of Santa Claus.Watch on YouTube Klaus Operator Bundle | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0 DanishEliteSpecial Forces memberKlaus Fiskeris a new operator for Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer and Warzone 2 battle royale, and he sports a very fetching red Christmas hat and scarf....

December 20, 2022 · 2 min · 276 words · Albert Mendoza

Stranded: Alien Dawn is on a mission to disrupt what we know about survival sims, and it's working

HomeFeaturesStranded: Alien Dawn Stranded: Alien Dawn is on a mission to disrupt what we know about survival sims, and it’s workingWe chat to the Surviving Mars devs about their latest otherworldly base builder We chat to the Surviving Mars devs about their latest otherworldly base builder “Do not be afraid to die.” That’s the advice of Haemimont Games' CEO Bisser Dyankov when it comes to playing their new open world survival simStranded: Alien Dawn....

December 20, 2022 · 7 min · 1488 words · Nancy Sweeney

The Witcher 3’s next-gen update hotfix revives PC performance, though issues remain

HomeHardwareFeatures The Witcher 3’s next-gen update hotfix revives PC performance, though issues remainRay tracing and rasterised performance on the up; AMD FSR looks broken Ray tracing and rasterised performance on the up; AMD FSR looks broken Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt Red Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt Red Hello, yes, I know this is our fourth post on the subject but it’s mostly good news –The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s next-gen update is now considerably less of atechnical muddle....

December 20, 2022 · 3 min · 430 words · Edward Jones

Wolfenstein: The New Order is free to keep right now

HomeNewsWolfenstein: The New Order Wolfenstein: The New Order is free to keep right nowGrab it in the next 19 hours Grab it in the next 19 hours Wolfenstein: The New Orderrebooted the classic FPS series back in 2014, turning it into a tonally incoherent, ultra-violent sometime-stealth ‘em up about murdering robo-Nazis in an alternate 1960s. It was surprisingly great. It’s also free to keep if you grab it from the Epic Games Store right now....

December 20, 2022 · 5 min · 878 words · Curtis Baker

Wordle answer (Tuesday 20 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #549 and hints

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Tuesday 20 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #549 and hintsHints and the answer to this Wordle word Hints and the answer to this Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’re not feeling festive because you’re currently struggling to guess the Wordle answer today, then fear not! Below, we’ve listed three handy hints that you can use to guess today’s Wordle answer, along with the solution itself just a little further down....

December 20, 2022 · 4 min · 705 words · Joel Wilkins

A fresh hotfix means The Witcher 3's next-gen update might work now

HomeNews A fresh hotfix means The Witcher 3’s next-gen update might work nowBreak out the Kriek Break out the Kriek The Witcher 3’s next-gen update was borked on PC, but a fresh hotfix from developers CD Projeckt Red might have just unborked it. They say the update to the update “should improve the overall stability and performance”, which will hopefully be especially good news for anyone trying to de-neck nekkers on an ageing graphics card....

December 19, 2022 · 4 min · 815 words · Andrea Villegas

Duelyst 2's free public beta revives Duelyst's cracking chess-like card play

HomeNews Duelyst 2’s free public beta revives Duelyst’s cracking chess-like card playMore revival than sequel, but I’ll take it More revival than sequel, but I’ll take it Duelyst 2! It’s a thing! It’s a thing with a free public beta you can play right now, and it’s a good enough thing to be worth the risk of your boss coming over to ask why your screen is full of gorgeous battling wizards and creatures rather than spreadsheets....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 329 words · Eric Matthews

Epic Games settle Fortnite privacy and purchase complaints for $520 million

HomeNews Epic Games settle Fortnite privacy and purchase complaints for $520 millionA drop in the ocean for a company that earns billions each year A drop in the ocean for a company that earns billions each year We Bought Five Unusual Steam Deck Accessories From EtsyWatch on YouTube We Bought Five Unusual Steam Deck Accessories From Etsy Epic are paying another $245 million for a separate complaint made in administrative court, which alleged the company deliberately used tactics to encourage players to make unintended purchases of Fortnite’s cosmetics....

December 19, 2022 · 2 min · 261 words · Ryan Dunlap

Have you played... Aviary Attorney?

HomeFeaturesAviary Attorney Have you played… Aviary Attorney?Winging it Winging it Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.I love a courtroom visual novel and after dealing with the wonderful nonsense of the Ace Attorney andDanganronpaseries, I barely batted an eyelid atAviary Attorney’s schtick of playing as a bird-brained lawyer (who is literally a bird). At first glance, it seems kinda gimmicky, but this short visual novel has a special flair for melodrama that can turn a boring, stuffy courtroom into a theatre of drama and spectacle (plus some lavish visuals to boot)....

December 19, 2022 · 5 min · 856 words · Amber Evans

Skeal reflects the power, pleasure, and pain of all our Christmasses

HomeNewsSkeal Skeal reflects the power, pleasure, and pain of all our ChristmassesThis free skiing game is an RPS Christmas tradition This free skiing game is an RPS Christmas tradition As fun as it is to declare something “a tradition” and blithely repeat it year after year to entertain myself, it has been quite magic to see other people anticipate and adopt the things I’ve declared RPS Christmas traditions. That’s all you need to form tradition: people who want to experience something together....

December 19, 2022 · 3 min · 522 words · Daniel Brown

Sonic Frontiers is popular, but it's a boring Sonic game - and I'm bitter about it

HomeFeaturesSonic Frontiers Sonic Frontiers is popular, but it’s a boring Sonic game - and I’m bitter about itSonic is dead; long live Sonic Sonic is dead; long live Sonic And so he runs, pinging his way between springboard, winches, boost pads and little floating balloons, tapping the X button to bounce between them when a little target appears, beckoning him to do its bidding. Sonic looks east, he looks west. And he sees grind rails....

December 19, 2022 · 4 min · 670 words · Priscilla Hamilton

The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 19th

HomeFeaturesTunic The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 19thLooking foxy Looking foxy On the nineteenth day of Christmas my true love gave to mea partridge in a pear treea little fox with a can-do attitude. Sadly, he doesn’t speak the same language as me. It’s the little Zelda-like fox who could,Tunic! 7 Reasons Why You’ll Fall In Love With TunicTunic is an open-world roguelike but with a cute fox, so, like, betterWatch on YouTube...

December 19, 2022 · 3 min · 614 words · Joann Carr

Them's Fightin' Herds trots out as today's Epic Christmas freebie

HomeNewsThem’s Fightin' Herds Them’s Fightin' Herds trots out as today’s Epic Christmas freebieNo need to pony up a penny No need to pony up a penny People likeThem’s Fightin' Herds, an accessible fightin' game about controlling ponies that punch other ponies. I don’t know whether it’s as good as its name, but I do know it’s the latest game Epic are handing out in their 15 days of Christmas freebies. Grab it now, keep it forever - but only if you click the button before the next game lands....

December 19, 2022 · 4 min · 727 words · Sara Wilson