The RPS Advent Calendar 2021, December 11th

HomeFeatures The RPS Advent Calendar 2021, December 11thDeck the halls with festive tiles Deck the halls with festive tiles Welcome to the2021 RPS Advent Calender! We’re revealing one of our favourite games of the year each day in the run up to Christmas. Check back at the Calendar post to see the games behind other doors.It’s time to open the eleventh door of the RPS Advent Calendar, but what’s this? There’s a little hexagonal tile missing?...

December 11, 2021 · 10 min · 2101 words · Angela Nguyen

Alan Wake 2 is coming in 2023, and this time it's survival horror

HomeNews Alan Wake 2 is coming in 2023, and this time it’s survival horrorAs an Epic exclusive As an Epic exclusive Image credit:Remedy Entertainment Image credit:Remedy Entertainment After teasing the return of horror novelistAlan Wakein Control, at The Game Awards tonight, developers Remedy finally announced a full sequel.Alan Wake 2is coming in 2023, and this time Remedy say it will be a survival horror game, not an action game. Also, Alan looks a bit like Jake Gyllenhaal now?...

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 300 words · David Clark

Among Us VR announced, made with I Expect You To Die devs

HomeNewsAmong Us Among Us VR announced, made with I Expect You To Die devsIt’s 2020 all over again, in so many ways It’s 2020 all over again, in so many ways Among Us VR - Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube Among Us VR - Reveal Trailer “Among Us is moving from a 2D to a first-person, 3D experience that places players in the heart of the Skeld and retains the core mechanics fans love,” the announcement explains....

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 283 words · Karen Bowen

Arc Raiders is a co-op sci-fi robot-shooter arriving next year

HomeNewsArc Raiders ARC Raiders | Reveal & Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube ARC Raiders | Reveal & Gameplay Trailer From the looks of the trailer, we’ll be scavenging and shooting our way through lotsa drones in vast alien landscapes. I’m seeing a lot of concrete, and a lot of desert, which is a little boring for new sci-fi. I’d like to see a bit more colour and weirdness, though I’ll reserve judgement until closer to Arc’s release....

December 10, 2021 · 1 min · 197 words · Eric Maxwell

Best SVT-40 loadout and class setup in Warzone Pacific

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Best SVT-40 loadout and class setup in Warzone PacificLearn how to make the best SVT-40 loadout in Warzone Pacific Learn how to make the best SVT-40 loadout in Warzone Pacific Looking for the best SVT-40 loadout in Warzone Pacific?While the one-shot kill potential might not carry over from multiplayer to Warzone’s armoured enemies, there’s still a lot to love with thisMarksman Rifle. The SVT-40 outpaces mostSniper Riflesand deals more damage than other Vanguard Marksman Rifles, striking a strong balance between the two classes....

December 10, 2021 · 3 min · 450 words · Rachel Payne

Dune: Spice Wars is an RTS from the developers of Northgard

HomeNewsDune: Spice Wars Dune: Spice Wars is an RTS from the developers of NorthgardArriving in early access next year Arriving in early access next year “Control the spice, control the universe,” is a funny slogan to someone who has neither seen nor read Dune (I’ll get round to it). Dune: Spice Wars - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Dune: Spice Wars - Announcement Trailer “Spice is the most valuable resource in the universe,“their website says....

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 242 words · Meghan Thomas

Elden Ring's new story trailer is fittingly cryptic

HomeNewsElden Ring Elden Ring’s new story trailer is fittingly crypticFeels like it’ll be the opening cinematic? Feels like it’ll be the opening cinematic? A newElden Ringtrailer fresh out The Game Awards introduces the story of the new game fromDark Soulsdevelopers FromSoftware and Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. Well, I say it introduces the story, I mean it does it in a very Souls way, reeling off names like “the Blade of Miquella,Maleniathe Severed” without explaining anything....

December 10, 2021 · 5 min · 904 words · Roger Murray

Epic Games announce melee battle royale Rumbleverse

HomeNewsRumbleverse Epic Games announce melee battle royale RumbleverseIt looks very Fortnite-y It looks very Fortnite-y So, Rumbleverse is a free-to-play, 40-player battle to the death. There are no guns, it’s pretty much all melee (though you can throw stuff at people, if you want), and you run around collecting items and power-ups that give you abilities. Watch on YouTube I’ve missed an incredibly important fact already, and that is that the game’s setting (arena, map, whatever you wanna call it) is named Grapital City....

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 315 words · Elizabeth Burns

Former BioWare boss reveals new studio's crafting survival game

HomeNewsNightingale Former BioWare boss reveals new studio’s crafting survival gameThey call Nightingale a “shared world survival crafting game” They call Nightingale a “shared world survival crafting game” Inflexion Games, the new studio of former BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn, announced their debut game during The Game Awards.Nightingaleis a “shared world survival crafting game” set in a Victorian world of gaslamp fantasy, which will send us into magical realms to explore, build farms and communities, craft tools and weapons, and such for a fight against the Fae....

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 367 words · Kristin Huffman

Google is bringing Android games to Windows in 2022

HomeNews Google is bringing Android games to Windows in 2022With seamless play across platforms With seamless play across platforms Oh hello. Google have announced that they’re bringing Android games to PC next year, allowing folks to play the games they’ve bought via the Google Play Store directly on Chromebooks and Windows PCs. This is great news. Android apps have been playable on Windows in several ways in the past. Microsoft themselves have partnered with Amazon to allow games and apps from the (Android-powered) Amazon Appstore to run within Windows 11....

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 238 words · Collin Quinn

GTFO has left early early access

HomeNewsGTFO GTFO has left early early accessA spooky surprise A spooky surprise Developers 10 Chambers Collective had a little surprise for everyone at The Game Awards tonight - their co-op horror gameGTFOhas launched out of early access. It first arrived in early access two years ago, and has had loads of update adding new weapons and environments since. With today’s 1.0 launch, it adds even more content too, including new environments, tools, bots, checkpoints and more....

December 10, 2021 · 5 min · 1021 words · Dennis Schneider

Homeworld 3 looks lovely in Game Awards gameplay trailer

HomeNewsHomeworld 3 Homeworld 3 looks lovely in Game Awards gameplay trailerYes, it has cool engine trails Yes, it has cool engine trails After 19 years,Homeworld 3will arrive in 2022 to continue the sci-fi strategy series about leading an armada of spaceships. A new “gameplay” trailer arrived today during the Game Awards pre-show today and yes: absolutely the spaceships still leave those pretty engine trails behind them. The trailer also gives neat-o peeks at spacebattles raging through the ruins of derelict megastructures....

December 10, 2021 · 2 min · 319 words · Jared Watts

Microsoft finally name one thing correctly

HomeNews Microsoft finally name one thing correctlyXbox Game Pass For PC is now “PC Game Pass” Xbox Game Pass For PC is now “PC Game Pass” I’m not sure I’ve ever once in my life typed “Xbox Game Pass For PC,” preferring to drop the last two words when writing about Microsoft’s game subscription service here on a PC games website. In future I won’t have to produce my own Radio Edit, however....

December 10, 2021 · 5 min · 932 words · Edward Lopez