HomeNewsDune: Awakening Survival MMO Dune: Awakening’s latest trailer is much spicier than its reveal teaseA pre-alpha trailer was shown during The Game Awards A pre-alpha trailer was shown during The Game Awards Ahh, I’ve got my eye on youDune: Awakening. An open-world survival MMO set in perhaps one of the most suitable sci-fi universes for such a thing, Funcom’s upcoming game based on the works of Frank Herbert and the recent movie showed its first in-game footage at tonight’sGame Awards....

HomeNewsSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League The Flash has another terrible day in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s latest trailerWe’ve also got a firm May 26th release date, too We’ve also got a firm May 26th release date, too Man, I was never much of a Flash liker, but even I feel a bit sorry for him in tonight’s new trailer for Rocksteady’sSuicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. He gets a right old beating in the newGame Awardsfootage, but thankfully it looks like The Batman will be on hand to deliver some much needed… justice (sorry) when it comes out on May 26th 2023....

HomeFeaturesBetrayal At Club Low The RPS Advent Calendar 2022, December 9thIt’s pizza, but not as you know it It’s pizza, but not as you know it Roll three dice and get all 3s! Yeah! Worm eyes! That must mean it’s day 9 of the RPS Advent Calendar. But wait a second. There’s something funny about your dice. You cheatin' me? Oh, hang on, they’re just pizza dice. Well inthatcase. What could it be but some Cosmo D?...

HomeFeatures The RPS Alternative Game Awards AwardsWe had this idea a month ago and I can prove it We had this idea a month ago and I can prove it I wasn’t on call last night, so I didn’t get to experience The Geoffies in their full, live glory, as God intended. But that doesn’t matter, because we’ve done our own awards, and who needs a live show with a smiley man in clean, clean trainers when you’ve got a list of the games and things in games that we liked for reasons too specific to get a category on stage?...

HomePodcastsCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) Ultimate Audio Bang #28: will Warzone 2 stand the test of time?We dive into everything Al Mazrah We dive into everything Al Mazrah Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision Ultimate Audio Bangis RPS' fortnightly podcast that looks at everything happening in online shooters.On this week’s episode of theUltimate Audio Bang, we drop our early verdicts on the state ofWarzone 2and whether or not it lives up to expectations....

HomeNewsDays Gone Days Gone studio “do not share” former director’s views on its critical receptionThrown under the motorbike Thrown under the motorbike Yesterday morning, John Garvin, the creative director of underwhelming zombie biker dramaDays Gonetweeted that its poor reception was due to “woke reviewers”. In a statement released this evening, Garvin’s former employers and Days Gone developers Bend Studio say they do “not share his sentiment, nor does it reflect the views of our team....

HomeNews GTA 5’s Nervous Ron returns in GTA Online’s trippy next updateYou’ll get to cook stuff up in a “massive rolling chemistry set” on December 13th You’ll get to cook stuff up in a “massive rolling chemistry set” on December 13th Rockstar have teased a new story update coming toGTA Onlinenext week, which pits players against a ramshackle bunch of rival drug dealers. The Los Santos Drug Wars kick off on December 13th with the first part of the update....

HomeNewsStreet Fighter 6 Looks like Street Fighter 6 has been accidentally confirmed for June 2023A PlayStation store listing leaked the date ahead of The Game Awards A PlayStation store listing leaked the date ahead of The Game Awards We’re all bracing ourselves for the imminent arrival of Storm Geoff at The Game Awards, but it seems as though some potential announcements are slipping between the various embargoes of the games industry a wee bit early....

HomeNewsSeason Pretty bicycle adventure Season is out in January after some internal studio troubleOn yer bike, following an internal investigation this year On yer bike, following an internal investigation this year Image credit:Scavengers Studio Image credit:Scavengers Studio SEASON: A letter to the future - Release date revealI want to ride my bicycleWatch on YouTube SEASON: A letter to the future - Release date reveal Alas there is a small bit more context to the studio....

HomeNews The FTC are suing to stop Microsoft buying Activision BlizzardArguing the buyout presents a risk to industry competition Arguing the buyout presents a risk to industry competition The US Federal Trade Commission have moved to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. After months of review, during which Microsoft argued thatthe merger was fine because Activision Blizzard’s games aren’t that great really, the FTC have filed a complaint which argues that the acquisition “would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors to its Xbox gaming consoles and its rapidly growing subscription content and cloud-gaming business....

HomeNews Valorant and League Of Legends join Game Pass next week with all characters unlockedGame Pass will also offer perks for Riot’s mobile games Game Pass will also offer perks for Riot’s mobile games Riot Games are joining Game Pass next week, bringing free-to-play games includingValorantandLeague Of Legendswith the benefit of having all characters unlocked. Other games will have other perks on Game Pass, including Riot’s mobile games—a novelty for Game Pass....

HomeNewsWordle Wordle outright won Google this yearThe puzzle game was the most searched for term of 2022 The puzzle game was the most searched for term of 2022 The amount of stuff that human beings search for on the Internet every day during a year would surely boggle the minds of those very same people, tapping away to find recipes for avocado toast, local personal trainers, or King Charles III impersonators....

HomeFeaturesThe Great War: Western Front C&C Remastered dev’s new WW1 RTS is aiming for a very different kind of tactical victoryEarly impressions of The Great War: Western Front ahead of its 2023 release Early impressions of The Great War: Western Front ahead of its 2023 release 2023 is shaping up to be a great time for wartime RTS games. IfMen Of War 2andCompany Of Heroes 3weren’t enough to keep you busy on the WW2 side of global historical conflicts, Petroglyph Games’The Great War: The Western Frontwill also be stepping into the trenches of WW1 at some point next year as well – literally, in this case, as planning, digging and capturing these muddy lines of defence will play a vital role in both its pre-combat Theatre Commander mode and busy real-time strategy battles....