HomeNews Hyper Light Drifter follow-up Hyper Light Breaker announcedThis time, it’s looking all 3D and fancy This time, it’s looking all 3D and fancy Steel yourself for more stylish exploration and violence next year withHyper Light Breaker, a follow-up (but not a sequel) to 2016’sHyper Light Drifter. The “action rogue-lite adventure” will explore a new land in the same world, and this time in fancy 3D-o-vision. Plus, online co-op! Check out the announcement trailer below....

HomeFeaturesNine Sols We’ve played Nine Sols and its Sekiro-inspired combat is shaping up nicelyDevotion devs' latest is one to keep an eye on Devotion devs' latest is one to keep an eye on The Nine Sols demo begins with a splat. You, a warrior cat, are dangling off a cliff edge as an evil ronin cat watches on. They say something inaudible – probably, “try jumping”, if I were to guess - and watch you fall....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Best Elden Ring bleed build: Elden Ring Rivers of Blood build guideLearn how to make an unstoppable Elden Ring bleed build with the Rivers of Blood Learn how to make an unstoppable Elden Ring bleed build with the Rivers of Blood Looking for the best Elden Ring bleed build?Bleed is the best status effect inElden Ring, as it applies an extra burst of damage to enemies after just a few hits....

HomeNewsDiablo IV Diablo 4’s art style promises a “return to darkness"Because Diablo 3 was so fluffy, I guess Because Diablo 3 was so fluffy, I guess I remember when Diablo 3 was released. One of the (many) talking points around the game was its art style, and the perception that Blizzard had made the art style lighter and friendlier versus the gothic greys of the previous two games. The criticism seemed a little overblown and silly at the time, but here we are reading the latestquarterly updateon the development ofDiablo 4....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring best PvP build: Elden Ring mech build guideLearn how to make an Elden Ring mech build that is unstoppable in PvP Learn how to make an Elden Ring mech build that is unstoppable in PvP Below, we’ll explain how to create an Elden Ring mech build, covering where to find the Unendurable Frenzy incantation that is key to this build and the essential stats and items that you will need....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring Blasphemous Blade build guideLearn how to make the Blasphemous Blade build in Elden Ring Learn how to make the Blasphemous Blade build in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/FromSoftware Looking for an Elden Ring Blasphemous Blade build?TheBlasphemousBlade is an infamous weapon inElden Ringthanks to its skill, Taker’s Flame. This incredibly powerful skill deals massive damage to enemies, while also healing your character. If you want to crushevery boss in Elden Ringand breeze through every dungeon, we’ve got you covered....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Elden Ring Godskin Duo boss fight: how to beat the Godksin Duo in Crumbling Farum AzulaHow to beat the deadly Godskin Duo How to beat the deadly Godskin Duo Want to know how to beat the Godskin Duo boss fight in Elden Ring?The Godskin Apostle and Godskin Noble team up on your route toMalikethinCrumbling Farum Azulafor one of the hardest fights inElden Ring.Double bosses are always tricky, but the Godskin Duo presents a particularly challenging mix of range and pressure....

HomeFeatures RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2014We list our favourite games from 2014, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else We list our favourite games from 2014, and why they deserve to be preserved above everything else Welcome back to the third edition ofThe RPS Time Capsule, a monthly feature in which the RPS Treehouse puts their hivemind together to pick their favourite, bestest best games from a specific year to be preserved until the end of time....

HomeFeaturesSuperfuse Superfuse is making a violent play to be your next co-op Diablo-likeLighting a fuse under Lost Ark’s bum Lighting a fuse under Lost Ark’s bum Diablo meets The Boys is the four-word elevator pitch of Stitch Heads and Raw Fury’s new isometric hack and slasher - and judging from the amount of loot, blood and minced limbs I saw in my hands on demo last week, I’d say they’re pretty bang on the money, albeit with an extra dash of Borderlands thanks to its cel-shaded comic book visuals....

HomePodcasts This week, the Electronic Wireless Showpodcastis talking about TV adaptations of video games, specifically the best games that would make for great telly box shows, rather than what’s already been turned into visual screen fodder (cough Halo cough). Alice Bee is away this week, adapting to life in a brand-new country, leaving Nate and Matthew to dwell on the merits of The Mandalorian, and whether a show following the life of a Halo grunt would be better than big flashy Master Chief quips....

HomeNewsWarhammer 40,000: Darktide Warhammer 40K: Darktide should finally arrive in SeptemberAnother delay for the sci-fi follow-up to Vermintide Another delay for the sci-fi follow-up to Vermintide The makers of cooperative Warhammer FPS Vermintide today finally announced a release date for the far-future follow-up,Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Its ragtag gang will start rooting out Chaos on the 13th of September, which, yes, does mean the game is delayed again. But this time they’re committing to an actual date....

HomeReviewsWeird West Weird West review: a breathtakingly reactive spin on classic FalloutDead-and-buried-wood Dead-and-buried-wood “Graveyard’s full,” says Timothy Hall, the man prodding the bones of the piano at the saloon in Grackle. It’s a concise expression of everything the town’s been through: the rampaging bandits, the cannibal kidnappings, the swirling tornados. Filling the graveyard has been a solemn bid for order in the wake of so much chaos. It’s not that way in Bripton, the next town over....

HomeFeatures Death Stranding Director’s Cut is stranger, weirder, and the best version of Kojima’s hiking postal simMany of the new additions are best experienced with a fresh playthrough, though Many of the new additions are best experienced with a fresh playthrough, though It’s a strange thing, returning to the world ofDeath Strandingafter more than a year away. Having done that classic thing of rinsing almost every last delivery out of it before finally strapping myself in for its rollercoaster ending back in 2020, there hasn’t been much reason to return to my precious, daft BB Boys in the intervening months - not even itsCyberpunk 2077crossover was enough to tempt me back....