HomeNews Steam Awards and top sellers for 2021 include Cyberpunk 2077 and the usual suspectsFolks really love buying GTA5, huh Folks really love buying GTA5, huh Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CD Projekt RED While ligament and bone were still knitting together in our Christmas vats, Valve popped out some end-of-year Steam material. That includes lists of thetop selling and most played gamesof 2021, and the results of the user-votedSteam Awards....

HomeGuidesGenshin Impact The best Genshin Impact Shenhe buildLearn how to put together the best possible Shenhe build in Genshin Impact Learn how to put together the best possible Shenhe build in Genshin Impact Want to learn how to create the best build for Shenhe in Genshin Impact?Cryo Polearm wielder Shenhe made herGenshin Impactdebut in January 2022, the first 5* addition of the new year. While there hasn’t been as much excitement around her introduction as there was for her 5* predecessorArataki Itto, she’s a solid addition to the game, just a little less flashy....

HomeHardwareFeatures The PC gaming hardware we’re looking forward to in 2022New year, new toys New year, new toys If we’re talking wishlists for 2022, “a sense of goddamn normalcy” has got to be up there. In all likelihood, though, that’s not going to happen, so instead let’s put our chins in our palms, angle our heads slightly and gaze off into the sky while picturing all the neat PC hardware that’s launching this year....

HomeNewsWordle Wordle is a free puzzle game covering the internet in little squaresA daily challenge to guess the word A daily challenge to guess the word It really is simple. Wordle presents you with a blank grid of squares, into which you type letters. You’ve got six guesses to get the word. Personally I like to begin with what I call “the farts gambit”, and always use FARTS as my first word....

HomeNews Death Stranding Director’s Cut is coming to PC this springOr should that be Death Stranding Delector’s Plus? Or should that be Death Stranding Delector’s Plus? Following a PlayStation debut in September,Death Stranding Director’s Cutis now confirmed to be headed to PC this spring. The expanded version of the Kojima Productions stumbling simulator whacks in new items, missions, and oddities, ranging from a robot you can ride to a racetrack. It’ll also be one of the few games to support Intel’s new XeSS upscaling fanciness....

HomeNewsEVE Online EVE Online will wage war with Doctor Who’s Daleks in a crossover eventI’d recommend taking the stairs I’d recommend taking the stairs MMOEVE Onlinehas players form roving bands of cartels and moon-rock mining operations. Corporations thrive and wars are waged. It’s a space-opera filled with twists in many tales. Here’s another twist for you. The game’s getting a Doctor Who crossover and the Daleks are ready to roll in and yell “EXTERMINATE!...

HomeNewsNobody Saves the World Guacamelee developers releasing their next game this monthNobody Saves The World will be on Game Pass too Nobody Saves The World will be on Game Pass too Following the colourful luchador metroidvania violence of theGuacamelee! series, developers Drinkbox Studios are returning to punch up fantasy in an action-RPG. Today they announced a release date of January 18th forNobody Saves The World, a top-down ARPG with where players can transform into everything from a rogue to a rat, and customise them to be even weirder....

HomeGuidesGenshin Impact The best Genshin Impact Yun Jin buildLearn how to put together the best possible Yun Jin build in Genshin Impact Learn how to put together the best possible Yun Jin build in Genshin Impact Want to learn how to create the best build for Yun Jin in Genshin Impact?Geo Polearm wielder Yun Jin made herGenshin Impactdebut in January 2022, the first 4-star addition of the new year. With the Geo meta currently riding high inGenshin Impact tier lists, Yun Jin is definitely one to watch, especially since her rarity makes her an easy pull....

HomeHardwareNews CES 2022: AMD confirms Ryzen 7000 CPUs, Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card and moreIncluding possibly the first integrated graphics that aren’t hopeless Including possibly the first integrated graphics that aren’t hopeless It’s the first week of 2022 and that means – yes! – all the big PC hardware movers and shakers are hosting theirCES 2022events. On the same day. Within a couple of hours of each other. But my stress is your gain, as there are and will be some major announcements on new kit, starting with AMD....

HomeHardwareNews CES 2022: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 launching this month, RTX 3090 Ti coming as wellAlso: RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti for laptops Also: RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti for laptops Before it pivoted to talking about self-driving cars, something I can’t even put into a PCIe slot, Nvidia’sCES 2022showcase went both high and low with its graphics card reveals. The high: the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, as new top-of-the-line CPU with 24GB of upgraded, 21Gbit/s GDDR6X VRAM....

HomeNews Square Enix president says NFTs and blockchain are the future of funContribute to a token economy! Have a good time! Contribute to a token economy! Have a good time! Square Enix have ushered in the new year with a joyous message for those who play games to “have fun”. Sorry, but those who “play to earn” are key to their business model going forwards. NFTs, blockchain, and the ‘metaverse’ are the future of fun....

HomeNews Steam troubles in China raise concerns that a ban is comingThe full story of what’s happening is hazy The full story of what’s happening is hazy Top 12 Best Survival Games to Play on PCWatch on YouTube Top 12 Best Survival Games to Play on PC Steam is not outright down in China, mind. Access seems intermittent, sometimes not loading, sometimes loading slowly.Game Developer(the site formerly known ha-ha-hilariously as Gamasutra) relay reports that many users are able to get on Steam, they just might have to retry or wait a few minutes....

HomeFeatures The last RPS 2021 Christmas CrackerWe saved the best til last We saved the best til last Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead!...