HomeFeatures I Am Dead is a puzzle game about a ghost who can look inside fruitHe’s going through a lot right now He’s going through a lot right now “If you’re a ghost, and you walk through a wall…” asks Richard Hogg, in the tone of a man confronted with a real head-scratcher, “…do you get to see the inside of the wall?” It’s a good question. The kind which, for most people, might fuel a good half hour in a pub, or a 2am chat with a partner who can’t sleep....

HomeFeaturesThousand Threads Thousand Threads is a chilled out walking sim that runs on petty violenceThe Ballad of Gretchen Anderson The Ballad of Gretchen Anderson I’ve seen my share of American media that treats postal workers with apatriotic significance. To an extent, it makes sense. Some of the most revolutionary changes to human societies followed rapid developments in communication technology or infrastructure. We’re in the middle of such a period right now, even....

HomeNewsThe Sims 4 You can now make the Sims 4 be The Truman Show literally as well as metaphoricallyGood afternoon, good evening and goodnight! Good afternoon, good evening and goodnight! She’s created a version of Truman’s neighbourhood from the movie, so your Sims, too, can wish their neighbours good afternoon, good evening and good night. And, even more impressively, there are two versions of it. One is the street from, as it were, Truman’s point of view at the start of the movie - a suburban paradise....

HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundtrack trailer is actually a female Eivor trailerBeard or no beard? Beard or no beard? Ubisoft have published a new version of their cinematic trailer forAssassin’s Creed Valhalla. It’s mighty similar to the first one we saw, though this one includes music from the official soundtrack instead of modern rock. Oh, and it also swaps out bearded Eivor for not-bearded Eivor, the other half of of Valhalla’sinterchangeable protagonist....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 has tons of weapons and CDPR don’t want you to stick with just oneShop around a little Shop around a little In most RPGs, no matter the arsenal available, I always find myself settling down with that one favourite weapon. Sometimes it has a stat perk I’ve grown accustomed to. Other times it’s a uniquely-named item I can’t bear to part with. Sometimes it just looks pretty....

HomeGuidesFall Guys Fall Guys tips: how to win all 24 games in Fall Guys: Ultimate KnockoutWhy do we fall? Why do we fall? Fall Guysis a brilliant game which frequently makes you feel angry with yourself, and murderous towards the rest of humanity. But with ourexpert Fall Guys tips covering each of the 24 different gamesin this minigame-fuelled battle royale, you’ll learn how to wield the human condition like a weapon, and outlive countless other Fall Guys to become the champion of Ultimate Knockout....

HomeHardwareNews Nvidia look set to reveal their RTX 3000 Ampere GPUs on August 31stThe Ultimate Countdown has begun, apparently The Ultimate Countdown has begun, apparently I could be jumping the gun here, of course, as it’s entirely possible Nvidiawon’tin fact reveal their line-up of next generation graphics cards in 21 days time, and it could all be an elaborate PR stunt for some kind of commemorative edition of that aforementioned GeForce 256 card....

HomeNewsGrounded That Facebook group where people pretend to be ants loves GroundedImitANTion is the sincerest form of flANTtery ImitANTion is the sincerest form of flANTtery You have possibly already heard about the Facebook group called “A group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony”. Statistically speaking, it is likely that some of you are members. It prompted many slightly bemused articles around May and April of this year, as outlets like Buzzfeedtried to parse what it was and why over a million and a half people were members of it....

HomeFeaturesSid Meier’s Civilization 6 The best Sid Meier’s Civilization VI modsMod the planet Mod the planet The Civilisation series is a fascinating thing. Each new update takes the place of the older game on Steam’s top 100 most played games list and just sits there as other games come and go. I’ve never known a series to be quite so consistent like that. Like Jack Nicholson in The Shining.Sid Meier’s Civilization VIis there right now....

HomeNewsCrusader Kings III Watch the Crusader Kings 3 developers kill their brother with a duckCrown fools Crown fools Lead designer Alexander Oltner and community developer Rodrigue Delrue are to blame. The cruel and casual way they plan murder is hilarious. They talk about murdering kings like they’re choosing pizza toppings. On selecting a wife for their king, “She’s got good stats. She’s a sadist.” I could watch these guys play all day....

HomeNews Yoshinori Ono leaving Capcom after almost 30 years3… 2… 1… Shoryuken! 3… 2… 1… Shoryuken! “I’ve been with the Street Fighter brand for a long time, experiencing good times, bad times, and even non-existent times,” Ono said in his statementon Twitteryesterday. “My heart is filled with appreciation to those players who’ve been giving warm and kind support on the brand especially little over the past decade or so as all the activities on the Street Fighter brand regained sunshine and grew its liveliness....

HomeNews Grab a whole lotta Quake for free this weekendQuaking in yer boots. Quaking in yer boots. Have you playedQuake? The eldritch lords at RPS HQ don’t let me write HYP posts, of course, but I thought I’d ask anyway. See, it’s QuakeCon At Home this weekend, and Bethesda are giving away a seminal piece of shooter history - and every character in its arena-blasting descendantQuake Champions- for free ‘til the end of tomorrow....

HomeNewsBraid Braid: Anniversary Edition repaints the classic indie platformerBraid remade Braid remade There’s a real art to remastering, and that’s very evident inBraid’sAnniversary Edition. The 12-year-old painterly platformer is undergoing extensive renovation to its graphics, and adding in what developer Jonathan Blow calls “the craziest, most-in-depth commentary ever put in a video game.”If you think that the time-warping platformer looks just fine as it is, Blow disagrees. The original art just wasn’t meant to be seen at 4k, a resolution that seemed in the distant future when they were making it....