HomeFeaturesLegion War The Rally Point: Legion War is the perfect summer wargameSmells like cricetine spirit Smells like cricetine spirit There’s an obstacle to playing strategy games. All games have their upfront learning period (even using a mouse or controller is a skill we all had to learn), but it’s strategy in particular that often has me start up a game, stare at its menu or map or world generation screen for a while, then close it down....

HomeNews Umurangi Generation and Hades are officially ‘the best’ at the IGF and GDC 2021 awardsGenesis Noir and Teardown were also big winners Genesis Noir and Teardown were also big winners The Independent Games Festival awards and the Game Developers Conference awards were held last night in cyberspace. Like a Zoom meeting for the soul, the ceremony hopped between the winning game developers’ living rooms, with host Victoria Tran (community director onAmong Us) stitching it all together with a remarkable combination of enthusiasm, sincerity, and silliness....

HomeNews Valparaiso, the best Battlefield map, is in Battlefield 2042Fight me - but only on Valparaiso Fight me - but only on Valparaiso Remember when multiplayer games would relese with a dozen or so maps to play on, instead of just a couple? Sure, players would coalesce around just two or three maps anyway, butBattlefield 2042has offered a handy reminder of the benefits of variety. After so many games, it has a dozen classic and beloved levels, and six of them are going to be playable in its new Portal mode....

HomeNews Sheath your keyboards, Netflix are focusing on mobile games firstTheir first push into game development will be on small screens Their first push into game development will be on small screens In a shareholders letter, Netflix confirm what we heard last week about their plans to pack games in with all their usual programming. “We view gaming as another new content category for us, similar to our expansion into original films, animation and unscripted TV,” they say....

HomeFeatures The 25 best FPS games on PCThe worthiest reticules of all time The worthiest reticules of all time FPS games are a classic PC gaming staple, and whether you’ve been playing them since the 90s or started your journey more recently with the boom inbattle royales, there are plenty to choose from when it comes to the all-time greats. To help you narrow down what to play next, we’ve created this list of the best FPS games to play right now, from single-player epics to team-based shooters you can play with mates....

HomeNewsThe Witcher The Witcher animated film’s full trailer reveals yeah, Vesemir was also hot onceWell before the White Wolf’s day Well before the White Wolf’s day Netflix premiered a rather short teaserduring WitcherCona couple weeks ago, but today’s trailer is a much longer look at the upcoming film. Vesemir, if you don’t know him, is Geralt’s rather old Witcher mentor who appears in the original novels and CD Projekt Red’s games....

HomeNewsOff The Grid District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is making a multiplayer online shooterHe’s joined Gunzilla Games as their “chief visionary officer” He’s joined Gunzilla Games as their “chief visionary officer” Neill Blomkamp has flitted around the periphery of the gaming world for a few years now. Even before he made his first, and best, movie District 9, he was working on a Halo film. He recently filmed a trailer for Anthem, too....

HomeDeals Get this powerful RTX 3070 Ryzen 5600X gaming PC for £290 off£1210 for a top-end system with further upgrades to be found… £1210 for a top-end system with further upgrades to be found… AWD-IT remain one of the best shouts for getting a next-gen graphics card at a reasonable price, so I thought I’d share what I think is their best deal of the moment - their TD500 build, which combines a bleeding-edge Ryzen 5 5600X processor and RTX 3070 graphics card for a system that can handle 1080p, 1440p or even 4K gaming in AAA titles....

HomeGuidesRoblox Latest Impostor codes: All working codes for free cosmetic itemsA list of Impostor codes for fun free cosmetic items A list of Impostor codes for fun free cosmetic items Image credit:ArcadeRockstar Image credit:ArcadeRockstar Looking for the latest Impostor codes?Impostor is aRobloxexperience which, let’s not be coy here, draws some heavy inspiration fromAmong Us. In fact, it more or less is Among Us, but free-to-play and hosted on Roblox, rendering it (hopefully) a little more kid-friendly than the real deal when it comes to social deduction games in a sci-fi/horror setting....

Love live the Pey Wet Express Scout Reportis an irregular series of indie game recommendations from Sin Vega, offered first to RPS supporters. The idea is brilliant. The whole damn world is your canvas, stripped of existing trains and activity. Instead, there is potential, and obstacles. The potential is all those people living pointless, train-free lives. The obstacles are roads, mountains, and bodies of water. Wildlife and architects are out of luck though....

HomeNewsRimWorld RimWorld’s Ideology expansion and 1.3 update are out nowYou won’t believe it You won’t believe it RimWorld’s latest expansion is out now, after having been announcedjust two weeks ago. Called Ideology, it adds customisable belief systems to the scifi colony sim, so your space colonists can become, for example, nudist cannibals who feel it’s important to proselytize their nudism and cannibalism to others. This trailer introduces some more of what’s possible:...

HomeGuides The best OTs 9 loadout and class setups in Call of Duty: WarzoneThis compact new SMG packs a serious punch This compact new SMG packs a serious punch Looking to optimise your OTs 9 setup?The OTs 9, a midseason addition toWarzonefrom Season 4 Reloaded, is a seriously powerful SMG. While a small magazine might hold it back slightly in Trios and Quads, the OTs 9 is utterly dominant in Solo and Duo modes....

HomePodcasts The Weekspot podcast: did you hear about that Steam Deck thing?Steam Machines… but small! Steam Machines… but small! WonderSteam, N-Gabe, Valvita: you can call it whatever you like because Valve have made their intentions clear. They’re keen to elbow their way into the handheld market with theSteam Deck. Of course, Headlines & Hot Takes has loads of chat on Valve’s Switch-like handheld. We talk about who this is for, we speculate on whether or not developers are going to be taking the Steam Deck into consideration when making their games, and we assess how it looks....