HomeNews Netflix are developing a ‘AAA’ PC game with no microtransactionsIt’ll probably come free with your subscription It’ll probably come free with your subscription Image credit:Netflix Image credit:Netflix Not content with your telly or your tablet, Netflix has begun making moves on your PC. The streaming giant is recruiting people to work on “a brand-new AAA PC game”, seeking those with knowledge of Unreal Engine and “experience with FPS and/or third person shooter games”....

HomeNewsEverspace 2 Pop through portals in Everspace 2’s final early access update, out nowA fine way to spend an endgame A fine way to spend an endgame Spaceship looter shooterEverspace 2has launched one last update at the final frontier, with today’s Ancient Rifts update constituting the sixth and final major early access content drop. The full game won’t be out ‘til next year, but what’s there now includes an endgame where you head through rifts to blow up lost pirates “who’ve succumbed to madness”....

HomeNews RPS Asks: you to kindly take our 2022 readership surveyIt’s 10 minutes, tops It’s 10 minutes, tops It’s that time of year again, folks, where we come to you, cap in hand, to ask: “Please, dear reader, can you fill out our RPS Readership Survey for us?” The whole thing should only take between 5-10 minutes of your time, and it will be a big help to both us and our corporate siblings in the wider Reedpop multiverse going forward....

HomeHardwareReviews Samsung 990 Pro review: a new standard of gaming speedSamsung’s latest PCIe 4.0 SSD ain’t cheap, but cuts load times to shreds Samsung’s latest PCIe 4.0 SSD ain’t cheap, but cuts load times to shreds 2022 has had its PC hardware disappointments, but it’s been a vintage year forgaming SSDs. In the latter half alone we’ve seen the top-class PCIe 3.0 speeds of the Crucial P3, the surprising affordability of the PCIe 4....

HomeNews Tactical CRPG Dark Envoy mixes guns and sorcery in 2023Steampunk wizards aplenty from the Tower Of Time devs Steampunk wizards aplenty from the Tower Of Time devs Image credit:Event Horizon Image credit:Event Horizon Fantasy doesn’t really do guns very often, preferring to stick to the ol’ sharp pointy metal things that don’t fire bullets instead. I do enjoy when the odd boomstick appears in magical realms though, so I’ve got one eye trained on tactical CRPGDark Envoy....

HomeHardwareDeals The Logitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless gaming keyboard is on sale for Black Friday – and so is the TKL versionBig savings on two top-tier wireless keyboards Big savings on two top-tier wireless keyboards Sometimes you just gotta play the hits, which Amazon are very much doing with theirearly Black Friday keyboard deals. TheLogitech G915 Lightspeed Wirelessis an enduringly comfortable, responsive, and strikingly slim gaming keyboard that’s a regular feature of sales events likeBlack Fridayand Prime Day, and once again it’s on sale now – both in the UK and in the US....

HomeFeaturesVampire Survivors Vampire Survivors-likes need to cut through the clutterKudos to the OG Kudos to the OG Vampire Survivorsis a game where you control a little pixellated person who auto-attacks periodically. Your aim is to survive for as long as possible as hordes of slime and bats close in around you, and it’s an excellent time. So excellent, in fact, that it’s already seen a few spin-offs. And having sampled a couple of Vampire Survivor-likes, it’s made me appreciative of the game’s visual clarity....

HomeFeatures What’s better: overwatch (not Overwatch), or dakka?Vote now as we continuing deciding the single best thing in games Vote now as we continuing deciding the single best thing in games Last time, you decided thatdynamic music is better than hex grids. Heart won over mind, and honestly I myself would struggle to know which to follow. Given that hexes aren’t going anywhere and dynamic music is scarce, sure, let’s celebrate dynamic music and hope for more....

HomeFeatures “Like a PC game that Nintendo would have made”: the making of Slime Rancher (and Slime Rancher 2)Monomi Park co-founder Nick Popovich talks the farming-sim smash and its wildly successful sequel Monomi Park co-founder Nick Popovich talks the farming-sim smash and its wildly successful sequel When Nick Popovich was a kid, his parents ran the Sprague Road Tavern in North Royalton, Ohio. “Everything was a dive bar,” Popovich, now co-founder and CEO of Monomi Park, says of the drinking scene in the Cleveland suburb....

HomeHardwareDeals Black Friday deal spotlight: £380 for a 144Hz, 4K gaming monitor that’s actually goodA big, fast IPS panel for the 4K equivalent of pocket change A big, fast IPS panel for the 4K equivalent of pocket change RPS supporters, who are very generous and probably smell fantastic, might recall a post last week in which I gushed about anElectriq eiQ-32M4K144FSthat I’d bought secondhand. What this4K gaming monitorlacks in brand recognition, it makes up for in smooth performance, despite being absolutely dirt cheap – and you can pick one up for yourself, brand new, in theearly Black Friday sales....

HomeNewsMarvel’s Avengers Crystal Dynamics remove Avengers design lead as spokesperson after offensive tweets emergeBrian Waggoner joined the company in 2021 Brian Waggoner joined the company in 2021 Image credit:Square Enix Image credit:Square Enix The developers of Marvel’s Avengers have removed the game’s design lead Brian Waggoner as a spokesperson after offensive tweets were brought to light. Waggoner had posted aracist commenton the social media platform in 2014, and anableist onein 2010....

HomeNewsLil Gator Game Lil Gator Game turns childhood into an open-world adventure in DecemberLike chill Zelda, with a reptile Like chill Zelda, with a reptile Lil Gator Game | Release Date Announcement TrailerLil Gator Game is half The Legend of Zelda, half afternoon at the playground.Watch on YouTube Lil Gator Game | Release Date Announcement Trailer Like with any reasonably sized batch of the young people, there’s different groups to hang around with in Lil Gator Game....

HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Sky is re-running all of this year’s ExpeditionsStarting this week on November 24th Starting this week on November 24th No Man’s Skyhas expanded a huge amount beyond its original vision, and last year developers Hello Games introduced a new kind of seasonal update: Expeditions. These are time-limited activities with one-off awards, but although this year’s fourth and final Expedition finished back in September, all of 2022’s Expeditions are making a shortened, end-of-year return for anyone who missed them first time out....