HomeFeatures Have You Played… Crystal Caves?Mining the platformer since 1991 Mining the platformer since 1991 Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Shareware platformers defined my PC gaming as a kid. Yeah, a cheeky blast on Wolfenstein 3D was okay, butCommander KeenandDuke Nukemwere an amazing discovery for a small person who’d been introduced to games through the NES. One of my all-time favourites is Apogee’sCrystal Caves, a gem of a platformer about an interstellar miner who goes space spelunking in search of alien crystals....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Tuesday 25 October 2022): Wordle word of the day #493 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Looking for the Wordle answer for Tuesday 25 October 2022?Halloween creeps closer, but anotherWordleis ready to jump scare you right now. BOO! Spooky times indeed, but there’s nothing scarier than potentially losing your Wordle streak....

HomeFeatures 5 games that make you the monsterTwilight Zone theme music intensifies Twilight Zone theme music intensifies Horror gamesare great and all that, but what about games that makeyouthe monster? Yeah. Chew on that for a second. I’m not just talking about games that belong to the horror genre, either. In fact, spare those asymmetrical multiplayer games that are all the rage with their worryingly young audiences, there are few actual horror games that let you assume the role of the villain....

HomeNewsApex Legends Apex Legends Season 15 will introduce its second-ever largest map Broken MoonIt’ll also feature the largest POIs we’ve seen so far, and the brand new ziprail system It’ll also feature the largest POIs we’ve seen so far, and the brand new ziprail system Season 15 ofApex Legendsis ziprailing its way towards us at a frightening speed. When it lands at the end of the month, it’ll bring with it a new Legend, just like every new Season - but even more significantly,Apex Legends: Eclipse will introduce the fifth Apex map, a big and beautiful multi-biome arena called Broken Moon....

HomeFeaturesResident Evil Village Resident Evil Village’s Shadows Of Rose DLC is the perfect Halloween gamePlenty of tricks and horrible treats Plenty of tricks and horrible treats I was beginning to think I’d lost the capacity to feel anything at all. Heck, the real horror show this month has been the collapse of the entire UK nation state, and yet I still cannot bring myself to muster anything beyond a tired sigh....

HomeDeals The fastest AMD graphics card* is down to $800*Until November, anyway. *Until November, anyway. The Radeon RX 6950 XT is the fastest AMD graphics card in the world, and will remain so until at least November when AMD is expected to announce a new range of next-gen GPUs. It originally debuted at $1000, undercutting the RTX 3090 Ti at $1500, but third-party models could cost much more - such as this $1200 PowerColor Red Devil....

HomeReviews Victoria 3 review: chaotic grand strategy in the age of steamDoes it build a good head of lettu…I mean steam? Does it build a good head of lettu…I mean steam? Folks, I’ve got some bad news.Victoria 3is not a game where you play the clone of the clone of Posh Spice. I was all geared up for some science fiction-tinged Spice Girls shenanigans, but I was left bitterly disappointed. However, I’d already installed it, so I decided to check it out and see what kind of game it actually is....

HomeDeals The clever and beautiful Cooler Master NR200P ITX case is down to £54A bargain basement price for one of the best small form factor PC cases. A bargain basement price for one of the best small form factor PC cases. The Cooler Master NR200P is one of the best small form factor PC cases on the market, but it normally costs around £100 - a fair amount of money. Today though, you can pick up the case for nearly half off, as CCL are selling this model for just £54....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Sunday 23 October 2022): Wordle word of the day #491 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If you’re struggling to figure out the Wordle answer today, then we’re here to help with our daily guides. Below you can get some hints that may lead you to the solution; and if all else fails, you can keep scrolling below to find today’s Wordle answer and a definition if you need it....

HomeFeatures Have you played… Fortnite?Royale with cheese Royale with cheese Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Buried beneath an Everest sized pile of TikTok dance emotes, Marvel skins and lavish live concerts for Ariana Grande lies theactualreasonFortnitehas kept me playing for the best part of half a decade: Fortnite is one of the finest multiplayer shooters on PC, and no, I’m not joking....

HomeNews Kerbal Space Program 2 rockets into early access in FebruaryConfirmed after multiple scrubbed launches Confirmed after multiple scrubbed launches Space flight simulation sequelKerbal Space Program 2will finally get to take off in early access on PC on February 24th, 2023, devs Intercept Games have announced. The early access version of the game will allow you to fully travel around the Kerbolar system - can’t quite believe I typed that - which has been given a major overhaul since the first game....

HomeNews Support RPS with a Standard subscription and get your first month for £1 / $1Introducing our new introductory subscription plan Introducing our new introductory subscription plan Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Starting today, anyone who signs up for a Standard Rock Paper Shotgun subscription canget their first month for £1 / $1. This gets you ad-free browsing, access to our (sort of) monthly Letter From The Editor (that’s me), as well as discounts on RPS merch and a lovely purple Supporter flair when you comment on an article....

HomeFeaturesTactics Ogre Reborn Tactics Ogre: Reborn is a challenging strategy RPG that takes no prisonersEarly impressions of the new remaster of the 2010 PSP remake of the 1995 SNES original Early impressions of the new remaster of the 2010 PSP remake of the 1995 SNES original There’s a particular battle in the first chapter ofTactics Ogre: Rebornthat I’ve been banging my head against all week. It’s an uphill fort siege where you’re facing off against an evil necromancer who’s shooting down powerful, magical fireballs at you from above, alongside his never-ending army of undead skelly archers....