HomeHardwareNewsHitman 3 Hitman 3 ray tracing arrives, kills performance, escapes in nice suitBut DLSS and FSR can at least make it look like an accident But DLSS and FSR can at least make it look like an accident As promised,Hitman 3now has ray tracing support, added in a new patch alongsideNvidia DLSSand AMD FSR 1.0 upscaling capabilities. It’s no lightweight implementation either, combining both ray traced reflections and sun shadows that can really spruce up the game’s already-gleaming murder sandboxes....

HomeFeaturesRoller Champions Roller Champions is a wheely good time but may stumble at the start lineThree RPS buds tumble out of the Treehouse and get their skates on Three RPS buds tumble out of the Treehouse and get their skates on So, Ollie, Liam, and I strapped on our skates and jumped into a few games to see how it’s getting on. Ollie had some experience with the game before, while Liam and I went in totally blind....

HomeReviews Sniper Elite 5 review: too much sprinting, not enough sharpshootingSniper Elite? More like track athlete Sniper Elite? More like track athlete Karl Fairburne, the titular SniperElite, is a pro at pinging baddies in the distance. The master of shooting Nazis in the balls across hundreds of metres. It’s a mystery, then, why the French Resistance constantly hand him objectives that require close-quarters combat. “Sneak into this chateau,” or “blow up that radar,” they say, probably with a smirk assuming that he won’t be able to pull it off....

HomeNewsV Rising V Rising sinks its teeth into offline mode with a hotfix todayVampires, antisocial? Nah Vampires, antisocial? Nah Offline servers are finally arriving for vampiric Steam sensationV Risingas part of a hotfix today. Developers Stunlock announced the changes on the V Rising Discord andTwitterthis morning. It looks fairly straightforward to enable the new mode so I’ll run through that for you. 10 V Rising Tips To Help You Get Started | V Rising Ultimate Beginner’s GuideWatch on YouTube...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Thursday 26 May): Wordle #341 solution and hintsHere’s the answer to Wordle #341 Here’s the answer to Wordle #341 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun If today’s Wordle is threatening to best you, don’t despair. Below you’ll find several useful clues that may guide you towards the solution; and if that doesn’t help, check further below for today’s Wordle answer. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th Decemberinstead!...

HomeDeals Buy an external GPU enclosure with an RTX 2060 for £300That’s £50 more than the enclosure alone goes for new. That’s £50 more than the enclosure alone goes for new. A refurbished Lenovo Legion Graphic BoostStation with an RTX 2060 graphics card normally costs £400, but right now you can pick one up on Ebay for £300 with codeCROWN20. That’s a good deal on the entry-level RTX graphics card, giving your laptop access to hardware-accelerated ray tracing, DLSS to boost frame-rates and a solid card for 1080p AAA gaming....

HomeNews Geoff Keighley predicts a more traditional not-E3 this year, with fewer showcases from third partiesPublishers learned their lesson from last year, he says Publishers learned their lesson from last year, he says LIVE IN IMAX! Summer Game Fest & The Game AwardsSummer Game Fest and The Game Awards will be shown in IMAX cinemas in the UK, USA and Canada this year.Watch on YouTube LIVE IN IMAX! Summer Game Fest & The Game Awards...

HomeNewsMelatonin Melatonin looks like the Rhythm Heaven game of your dreamsLofi beats to tap to Lofi beats to tap to There are a handful of rhythm games on PC, but a lot of them are ultra-hard, anime-drenched tests of reflexes and memorisation. I like my rhythm games on the other end of the scale, containing playful minigames with silly concepts and stories. Think Rhythm Heaven. Think Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.Think, perhaps,Melatonin. It’s an in-development rhythm game about dreams merging with reality, and looks like exactly my thing....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Raven Software QA testers vote in favour of unionising in first for USDon your cheese-hats, it’s collective action time Don your cheese-hats, it’s collective action time Quality assurance testers working for Activision Blizzard at Raven Software have voted to unionise within theCommunication Workers of America, the first notable such union at a US-based studio. Three members of the Game Workers Alliance (GWA) group voted against, while 19 voted in favour....

HomeDeals Razer’s excellent Basilisk Ultimate wireless mouse is £86 off todayThat’s a 51% discount for the snake-y company’s flagship peripherals - complete with charging dock. That’s a 51% discount for the snake-y company’s flagship peripherals - complete with charging dock. There’s a rather fetching deal on the Razer Basilisk Ultimate going at Amazon UK today, where you can pick up a mouse with 11 programmable buttons, high-end components, RGB lighting throughout and a handy charging dock for £84, down from a UK RRP of £170....

HomeNewsTemtem Temtem, a Pokémon-like MMO, will leave early access this SeptemberIt’s almost Timetime It’s almost Timetime There’s a new release date trailer to mark the announcement: Temtem - 1.0 Release Date Trailer | Humble GamesWatch on YouTube Temtem - 1.0 Release Date Trailer | Humble Games In Temtem, you set out to be the very best Temtem tamer you can be. You run about, encounter wild temtem in tall grass, battle them, catch them, level them up, then do more battles against, among others, ‘Temtem Leaders’ wot are definitely not gym leaders....

HomeFeaturesThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum may miss a precious opportunityMiddling Earth Middling Earth The Lord of the Rings: Gollum | A Unique PromiseWatch on YouTube The Lord of the Rings: Gollum | A Unique Promise The earliest portions of the demo saw Gollum take part in a classic platforming tutorial. He jumped across large gaps, sprung onto ledges, shimmied, and dropped down. Vines helped him clamber up walls and acted as springboards for more parkour....

HomeHardwareFeaturesV Rising V Rising best settings guide: early access performance testedIt’s a Vlad, Vlad situation It’s a Vlad, Vlad situation Vampiric survival sandboxV Risinghas, according to Steam’s player counts, entranced itself quite a following. That includes RPS’ own Ed, whose otherwise glowingpreviewmentioned some performance issues on Nvidia GPUs. I’m duty-bound to investigate any potential hardware hitches, though since V Rising is only in early access, this isn’t going to be the usual appraisal of how it performs on various PC hardware....