Flat Eye review: a petrol station management sim powered by the same dark fuel as Black Mirror

HomeReviewsFlat Eye Seer-iousy good The future has arrived in Monkey Moon’s new narrative management game, and you can see it all the next time you go and fill up your car. At EyeLife’sFlat Eyestations, why stop at getting milk and snacks when you can also pick up a whole new stomach, liver and other assorted organs? You’ll find them on aisle five, right next to the surgery booths. Perhaps you’d prefer a quick medical checkup instead, though?...

November 14, 2022 · 8 min · 1552 words · Tina Taylor

Have You Played... Factorio?

HomeFeaturesFactorio Have You Played… Factorio?1,000 hours played, and I’m still a beginner 1,000 hours played, and I’m still a beginner Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.It takes a very special game to give you so much to learn, so many ways to do everything, that even after 1000 hours of playtime you still feel like a beginner.Factoriois daunting in the extreme, and I remember bouncing off it the first time I tried....

November 14, 2022 · 5 min · 997 words · Antonio Miller

MSI's RX 6650 XT graphics card is down to £300 with two free games

HomeDeals MSI’s RX 6650 XT graphics card is down to £300 with two free gamesA faster card than the RTX 3060, while costing £80 less. A faster card than the RTX 3060, while costing £80 less. MSI’s RX 6650 XT is a capable graphics card for 1440p gaming, and it’s down from £380 to £299.99 at Overclockers after a healthy discount. Get the MSI Radeon RX 6650 XT for £299.99 (was £380) The RX 6650 XT was a last-gasp upgrade released earlier this year, asJames' review attests, and offers a solid gaming experience....

November 14, 2022 · 2 min · 226 words · Heather Jordan

Screenshot Saturday Mondays: a dinosaur pizza chef, and giant beasts to climb

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Mondays: a dinosaur pizza chef, and giant beasts to climbAdmiring indie games from Twitter’s weekend screenshot-o-rama Admiring indie games from Twitter’s weekend screenshot-o-rama Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This past weekend was particularly fruitful, so enjoy a bumper-sized edition of Screenshot Saturday Mondays with all manner of cute frogs, stylish ultraviolence, dinosaurs cooking pizza, giant beasts to climb, and chill landscapes to roam....

November 14, 2022 · 5 min · 942 words · Brandon Allen

Sonic Frontiers review: a patchwork playground that veers between fun and frustration

HomeReviewsSonic Frontiers Sonic Frontiers review: a patchwork playground that veers between fun and frustrationAnd it’s a solid foundation for the future And it’s a solid foundation for the future I shouldn’t enjoySonic Frontiersas much as I do, but I do? The game brings out the worst in me on the regular, as I turn into a spittle slinger who screams into their fist after hitting the tiniest ledge or fighting an awful, awful boss....

November 14, 2022 · 5 min · 877 words · Kathryn Snow

You can now play the original Microsoft Flight Simulator inside Microsoft Flight Simulator

HomeNews You can now play the original Microsoft Flight Simulator inside Microsoft Flight SimulatorYo dawg, I heard you like flight sims in your flight sim Yo dawg, I heard you like flight sims in your flight sim Eagle-eyedMicrosoft Flight Simulatorplayers have uncovered a secret that lets you play the first four games in the long-running series inside the cockpit of one the game’s planes. The Easter egg was introduced along with the game’s 40th Anniversary update, which went live on Friday....

November 14, 2022 · 2 min · 236 words · Michelle Bird

Free-to-play shooter Scavengers will close down next month

HomeNewsScavengers Free-to-play shooter Scavengers will close down next monthIts developers were sold off earlier this year Its developers were sold off earlier this year After launchinginto early access in April last year, the free-to-play shooterScavengersis closing down. Its servers will close on December 16th, with publishers Improbable pinning the cause on a “decline in the playerbase.” “We have been quiet for a while now, and firstly we just want to apologize for that,” starts thepost announcing the shut down....

November 12, 2022 · 2 min · 236 words · Kathryn Hayes

Leaked The Sims 5 screenshots show city streets and apartment buildings

HomeNewsThe Sims 5 (Project Rene) Leaked The Sims 5 screenshots show city streets and apartment buildingsBut no Sims But no Sims Last month, EA Maxis showeda few early images from Project Rene, the in-development Sims 5. They said they were showing the project early because they wanted to involve the community in its development. Well, now it looks like someone has leaked images from a recent Sims 5 playtest, which seemingly shows a city environment with several apartments to build inside....

November 12, 2022 · 2 min · 239 words · John Meyers

Baldur’s Gate 3's Patch 9 and release date announcement are coming next month

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 9 and release date announcement are coming next monthA fresh Panel From Hell stream is happening in December A fresh Panel From Hell stream is happening in December Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3devs Larian Studios are hosting another of their whimsical Panel From Hell streams in December, and they’re teasing that we’ll get to find out more about the RPG threequel’s 2023 release....

November 11, 2022 · 2 min · 292 words · Brian Nguyen

Control 2 officially confirmed by Remedy after last year's tease

HomeNews 7 Reasons Control Is The Best Remedy Game Yet | Control Review (PC)Former vid bud Matthew thought Control was Remedy’s best game yet.Watch on YouTube 7 Reasons Control Is The Best Remedy Game Yet | Control Review (PC) “With Control 2, we’ll take another leap into the unknown. It’ll be an unexpected journey. It’ll take a while, but to put it mildly, this is the most exciting project I’ve ever worked on,” said Control 2’s game director Mikael Kasurinen....

November 11, 2022 · 2 min · 252 words · Kevin Sutton

Dave The Diver is all about fishy dishes and vibesy dives

HomeFeaturesDave the Diver Dave The Diver is all about fishy dishes and vibesy divesFishful thinking Fishful thinking Image credit:Mintrocket Image credit:Mintrocket This article was originally exclusively available to RPS supporters, but we’ve brought it backFrom The Archivefor all to read. It was first published on November 11th 2022. Dave the Diver(character) is a bit out of practice, but he’s an easygoing sort and it doesn’t take much to convince him to get back in his flippers to look into the local anomaly at the behest of his arms dealer “friend”, who would be clearly bad news even if his name wasn’t Cobra....

November 11, 2022 · 2 min · 319 words · Donna Brown

It Takes Two's merch is all boring apart from the dismember-me-elephant

HomeNewsIt Takes Two It Takes Two’s merch is all boring apart from the dismember-me-elephantMore like this, thanks More like this, thanks I slammed back into the team chat after an appointment this morning, and Katharine asked me to take a look at the newIt Takes Twomerch - specifically theplushy elephant. And I was like, “Sure!” and toddled off to have a look. I was delighted! But I think Katharine was anticipating it would arouse a different emotional response in me to what it actually did, because she used the word “horrifying”....

November 11, 2022 · 2 min · 350 words · Jonathan Dickerson

Skyrim mod gives your Dragonborn spider-sense for arrows

HomeNewsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Skyrim mod gives your Dragonborn spider-sense for arrowsMy knee is tingling! My knee is tingling! Being a Dragonborn inThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimmight have its privileges and accompanying superhuman abilities, but precognitive avoidance of incoming projectiles does not rank among them. Until now, thanks to a Special Edition mod that slows down time when arrows are flying towards your mightily voiced fantasy warrior. Enabling theProjectile Sense – Incoming Arrow & Magic Slows Time modshould give you just enough advance warning to hotfoot it out of the path of any pointy ended sticks that have been loosed and are heading your way....

November 11, 2022 · 2 min · 225 words · Dr. Belinda Garcia