S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 delayed into December to try to “live up to the expectations"After a decade of waiting, sure, take your time After a decade of waiting, sure, take your time S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Сердце Чернобыля — Официальный геймплейный трейлерWatch on YouTube S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Сердце Чернобыля — Официальный геймплейный трейлер “These additional seven months of development are needed to fulfill our vision and achieve the desired state of the game,” GSC Game World said intheir statementtoday....

HomeFeaturesValorant Valorant’s new agent Neon breaks the game’s pacing, but in a good wayGotta go fast Gotta go fast ValorantEpisode 4 has kicked off, bringing with it new agent Neon who - like that famous blue hedgehog - goes fast. They’re able to sprint and slide around maps at blistering speeds, which might seem at odds with the game’s tactical pace, but they fit into the roster nicely. Thing is, you’ve got to be brave enough to get the most out of their move set, which rewards ballsy plays over careful corner turns....

HomeNewsDying Light 2 Stay Human Don’t worry, you can finish Dying Light 2’s main story in 20 hoursDevs clarify after saying it takes 500 hours to complete Devs clarify after saying it takes 500 hours to complete Over the weekend,Dying Light 2developers Techland boasted that it would take “500 hours to complete the game”. This turned out not to be the exciting selling point they expected for the open-world zombie-mashing parkour-o-shooter....

HomeNewsFar: Changing Tides Far: Lone Sails sequel Changing Tides sets sail on March 1stAnd it’ll be on Game Pass at launch And it’ll be on Game Pass at launch FAR: Changing Tides | Pre-Order TrailerWatch on YouTube FAR: Changing Tides | Pre-Order Trailer Changing Tides will introduce a new protagonist on a new adventure in new parts of the old Far setting. Toe is their name, and they’ve woken up in a flooded world they’ll need to cross with a weird ship, scavenging for supplies and fixing things along the way....

HomeNewsHitman 3 Hitman 3’s year two including new mode will be revealed Jan 13thPlus ray tracing and VR on PC Plus ray tracing and VR on PC We know a little of what season two ofHitman 3will contain,includingthe PC debut of VR, something called Elusive Target Arcade, and the arrival of one Mr. Ray Tracing. All of this will be revealed in earnest in just two days time though, with a “reveal stream” on January 13th....

HomeNewsHalf-Life A new mod adding raytracing to Half-Life looks nice, not just shinyQuite nice, as raytracing mods go! Quite nice, as raytracing mods go! These days, you can’t shake a stick without bouncing brown beams around the room. Raytracing has been a hot high-end graphics trend for a few years, with new games boasting support for the complex lighting simulators and old games being retrofitted with shine. This year, a newHalf-Lifemod will add raytracing support to Valve’s seminal shooter, and even as someone usually perfectly happy with old games looking old, I think it doesn’t look half-bad....

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Best Einhorn Revolving loadout and class setup in Call of Duty: WarzoneOne-shot your enemies with this top-tier Warzone shotgun One-shot your enemies with this top-tier Warzone shotgun Looking for the best Einhorn Revolving loadout in Warzone?The Vanguard shotguns are currently in a precarious state inWarzonethat is out of line with the last two years of balance philosophy. Currently, each of the four shotguns can one-shot enemies under the right conditions....

HomeFeaturesWorldBox - God Simulator In WorldBox, I am a terrible scientist studying the collapse of fantastical nationsDon’t make me turn this world around! Don’t make me turn this world around! I briefly posted before the new year aboutWorldBox - God Simulator, and Graham wrote about itover the weekend, too. It is a world simulation game that has no resource costs or goals, just simulated events. You make a world, plop some animals and fantasy races into it (and if you want, a bunch of dragons and wizards) and see what happens....

HomeReviewsMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise review: every bit as great as MH: WorldFang-tastic Fang-tastic After the roaring success ofMonster Hunter: Worldback in 2018, the idea that the next big PC entry in Capcom’s dino pants craft ‘em up is a game that originally started life on the Nintendo Switch is bound to ruffle a few feathers. But far from being a step down from World,Monster Hunter Riseis every bit its equal - and Capcom’s stellar work with this PC port has given it a much-needed buff and polish to really make it shine....

HomeHardwareFeaturesMonster Hunter Rise Monster Hunter Rise: PC requirements, performance and the best settings to useBeast mode Beast mode Monster Hunter Riseis about to see a rise in monster hunters, as the PC’s cosiest killing-for-sportRPGis nowavailable on Game Pass. Since this is likely to introduce a few boatloads of curious would-be huntspeople to the world of Palamutes, gunlances, and enchanted dango, now seems like a good time to revisit our guide to Rise’s best settings to use on PC....

HomeNews RPS is hiring a new Reporter, and you can apply right nowGet your application in today Get your application in today Image credit:The Getty Research Institute/The Internet Archive/Old Book Illustrations Image credit:The Getty Research Institute/The Internet Archive/Old Book Illustrations The RPS team is expanding! WithImogen’s departureat the end of last year, RPS is now looking for a new News Reporter to join us - and you canapply right here....

HomeNews Take-Two buying FarmVille gang Zynga in $12.7 billion dealPlanning to make more of their series mobile, and such Planning to make more of their series mobile, and such Zynga, the company whose games made being Facebook friends with your family even more annoying, are selling to Take-Two. The owners of Rockstar and 2K plan to buy up Zynga shares in a deal that’ll value the company at $12.7 billion (£9....

HomeNews Mass Effect Legendary Edition now has its own happy ending modNot like that, you perv Not like that, you perv To me,Mass Effectends about six hours into Mass Effect 1, when I get bored and wander off to play something else. I’ve had ears and eyes long enough to know that people were upset about the ending ofMass Effect 3however, even after BioWare tweaked it. The original Mass Effect 3 had various “Happy Ending Mods” to change the close of Commander Shepard’s story, and nowMass Effect Legendary Editiondoes, too....