HomeNewsTechtonica Tootle around Techtonica’s demo, an upcoming underground automate ‘em upYes please to Satisfactory but underground Yes please to Satisfactory but underground If ‘Satisfactorybut underground and with destructible terrain’ sounds appealing, you might want to stop reading this and start downloadingTechtonica’s demo - then come back and finish reading this, so I still feel useful. It’s a first-person factory-building game set in an alien cavern complex with pretty bioluminescent plants. I am excited to lose dozens or hundreds of hours to it when it launches on early access....

HomeNews Wielding a Buster Sword controller for Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a workoutLevel up your exercise routine Level up your exercise routine Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix JRPGs can be grindy affairs at the best of times, but imagine playing through one while actually swinging about CloudStrife’s cumbersome giant blade. Custom controller maker Super Louis 64’s done just that, crafting a Buster Sword that lets him play throughFinal Fantasy 7 Remakein true Cloud style....

HomeNewsThe Knight Witch The Knight Witch is a witchcore Hollow Knight, with splashy combat and cosy charactersShoot robots and talk to your Himbo husband Shoot robots and talk to your Himbo husband The Knight Witch deserves more attention than it’s getting. It’s a Metroidvania shmup in which you fly about, blast enemies with guns, and cast spells from a deck of cards. For all the bang and zip of the combat, it’s also deeply cosy, with lush 2D art and sweet character relationships in an underground post-apocalyptic world that’s still somehow filled with plants, rustic cabins and cute market stalls....

HomeFeaturesNeon White The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 17thGotta go fast! Gotta go fast! For day 17 of the RPS Advent Calendar this year, you’re feeling the need - the need forspeed. There’s a beautiful load of levels to leap through out there, and if you can take out all the enemies in your way then so much the better. NEON WHITE | Launch TrailerNeon White’s combination of cards, guns, and parkour is a winning oneWatch on YouTube...

HomeHardwareDeals Grab our best value PCIe 4.0 SSD choice at a hefty UK discountThe 2TB Crucial P3 Plus is down to £128 at Amazon UK. The 2TB Crucial P3 Plus is down to £128 at Amazon UK. The Crucial P3 Plus is ourbest cheap PCIe 4.0 SSD for gaming, so I’m happy to report that the giant 2TB model is down to a modest £128 at Amazon UK. This isn’t the lowest price it’s ever been - it was £119 once before - but it is still an excellent price for a high performance PCIe 4....

HomeFeaturesStar Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II Have You Played… Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II?The sounds of my childhood The sounds of my childhood Nothing beats the audio design ofStar Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II. You know when you look at a light for too long and then close your eyes, and you see an imprint of the light against your retinas? The sound of an elevator in Dark Forces II is similarly burned into my memory, whether I like it or not....

HomeNews Hold onto your BB, Death Stranding: The Movie’s been greenlitNo word on whether it will star Norman Reedus, though No word on whether it will star Norman Reedus, though We all know that Hideo Kojima’s a big fan of the film industry, and that many of his games feature big Hollywood talent and have verged on movie-length cutscenes at times. I can’t say it’s a surprise, then, thatDeath Stranding, which just had its sequelconfirmedat The Game Awards last week, is being adapted for film....

HomeNewsInkulinati Intriguing medieval tactics ‘em up Inkulinati launches Jan 31stThere’s a new demo, too There’s a new demo, too Image credit:Daedalic Entertainment Image credit:Daedalic Entertainment I can’t think of a better place for turn-based fights than in the margins of medieval manuscripts. There’s a wealth of weirdness to draw on, andInkulinatiseems admirably willing to dip its quill into messed-up cats and donkeys playing double-ended trumpets. We’ve been waiting a while for it, but we’ll only have to wait a little longer, as developers Yaza Games have just announced they’ll be launching on Steam Early Access on January 31st....

HomeFeaturesHigh On Life Turning off High On Life’s endless gun chatter only reveals an even more mediocre FPSAlien guns aren’t so alien, after all Alien guns aren’t so alien, after all When I previewedHigh On Lifeat Gamescom earlier this year, I came away with a little skip in my step. Justin Roiland and Squanch Games might be on to a winner, I thought. The talking alien gunsweren’t that irritatingand the gun fights seemed solid!...

HomeNews Valve want to make another Steam Controller happenAnd Steam Deck 2 will have a better screen and battery And Steam Deck 2 will have a better screen and battery Steam Deck: The Second OpinionWatch on YouTube Steam Deck: The Second Opinion “Yeah, we want to make it happen,” Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang said. “It’s just a question of how and when.” Yang explains that Valve are keen on another go at their own controller, but Steam Deck is taking priority right now....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Friday 16 December 2022): Wordle word of the day #545 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 Looking for the Wordle answer for Friday 16 December 2022?We’re officially less than 10 days from Christmas, if that’s your thing, and if you’re anything like me, you need something to help you relax for a few minutes, because there is still an awful lot to do before you’re allowed to start enjoying the alleged “winding down” portion of the year....

HomeNewsA Little To The Left A Little To The Left is giving out free festive puzzles for ChristmasSanta Claws has six more messes for you to tidy up Santa Claws has six more messes for you to tidy up I have a confession to make. I’m not really feeling very Christmassy yet. There’s only a week and a bit to go before the day itself, and I’ve got all my decorations up and everything....

HomeNewsHack ‘N’ Slash After 8 years, Hack ‘n’ Slash players have finally solved a secret room puzzleThe developer offered a tiny hint The developer offered a tiny hint Not long after Hack ‘n’ Slash released in 2014, players found a particular file among its scripts called SecretRoom.lua. This particular file was encrypted and could only be unlocked with a decryption key, which no one could figure out. Hack N Slash 1....