HomeFeatures5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel Actual 5D Chess proves that time travel should not be allowedHorsey to October 2013 Horsey to October 2013 Theoretically, I like chess. I learned it at a very young age, and defeated the uncle who taught me, hollowing his soul and cursing myself to a decade with nobody to play it with. That decade probably kept me from being the kind of person who memorises moves and has special names for things from a textbook....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York Another Vampire: The Masquerade visual novel is coming this yearFresh blood, as they say Fresh blood, as they say Draw Distance are calling Shadows Of New York a “stand-alone expansion and a companion piece” toCoteries Of New Yorkfrom late last year. The long and short, it sounds, is that yeah this is in the same Vampire: The Masquerade - Subtitle setting as all the others, but it’s not a direct sequel to anything, including Coteries, so you can play without any backstory....

HomeNewsParkasaurus Dino management sim Parkasaurus emerges from early access on August 13Every dino has their day Every dino has their day If I’ve learned anything fromJurassic Parkover the years it’s that running a dinosaur zoo is a harrowing undertaking. No less harrowing inParkasaurus, it seems. These dinos may be neon-colored and wear tiny hats but they can still escape and munch on your guests. You can start running your own park and tending to its giant inhabitants whenParkasaurusgraduates from early access on August 13th....

HomeNewsFrostpunk Frostpunk’s final expansion On The Edge is coming August 20thPush your population to the edge Push your population to the edge Summer is for squares, according to me, the liker of snow. So I’m quite glad to see thatFrostpunk’s next DLC expansion is putting an emphasis on the “frost” bit after its prior expansion,The Last Autumn, was a prequel story taking place before endless winter set in. On The Edge is set after the originalFrostpunkcampaign, sending some New London residents out into uncharted territory on August 20th....

HomeFeaturesSpace Run Have you played… Space Run?The only postman simulator I need The only postman simulator I need Have You Played?is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.Space Runhas got to be one of the least tower defence-y tower defence games in my Steam library. It has more in common with FTL than with most other games in its genre: your aim as Captain (and certified space-postman) Buck Mann is to fly your ship as quickly as possible from collection point to delivery point, micro-managing your resources and defences in real-time to deal with the various threats that emerge during your journey....

HomeVideosThe Outer Worlds Help us continue to be horrible in space in The Outer WorldsSpace Sod-dity Space Sod-dity After posing the question ‘who actually takes the evil path in games?’ I was surprised to see the answer is ‘most RPS readers, actually’. I’m not sure if this speaks more to my delightful innocence or your inherent gitishness. Either way, Colm and I (your RPS Vid Buds) continue to step out of our comfort zone as we pursue the nastiest outcomes inThe Outer Worlds....

HomeHardwareNewsHorizon Zero Dawn Horizon Zero Dawn’s PC requirements are pretty much identical to Death StrandingGTX 1060s a go-go GTX 1060s a go-go If you’ve been itching to play former PS4 exclusiveHorizon Zero Dawnwhen it comes out on PC next month, you can now see if your PC’s up to the task of running Guerrilla Games' post-apocalyptic cyber dino-hunting adventure thanks to some freshly published PC requirements over on itsSteampage.Thankfully, they’re pretty much exactly the same as Kojima’s post-apocalyptic courier sim,Death Stranding, which isn’t surprising given that they run on the same engine, but if you’ve been merrily building bridges and delivering packages in the old Stranding, you should be pretty good to go when Horizon bounds onto PC on August 7th....

HomeNewsFrostpoint VR: Proving Grounds InXile announce Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, a 20-player team shooterIt’s 10 v 10 v robots It’s 10 v 10 v robots The folks that are bringing youWasteland 3are also working on another cold and deadly hellscape, only this one’s got 19 other players in it.Frostpoint VR: Proving Groundsis a team-based shooter where two groups of ten battle it out in a military base in Antarctica. It’s planned to hit VR headsets later this year....

HomeGuidesHearthstone Malygos Quest Druid deck list guide - Scholomance Academy - Hearthstone (August 2020)Our updated guide to playing Malygos Quest Druid in the Scholomance Academy era. Our updated guide to playing Malygos Quest Druid in the Scholomance Academy era. MalygosDruid is aHearthstonedeck that we’ve seen players trial out across various expansions and yearly cycles. A lot of its classic cards have rotated out of Standard format in recent years though - no longer areFlobbidinous FloopandDreampetal Floristterrorising enemies in Standard with ludicrous discounts....

HomeNewsMarvel’s Avengers Marvel’s Avengers unveils beta details and free post-launch Hawkeye DLCPretty fly for a Hawkeye Pretty fly for a Hawkeye Crystal Dynamics' latest War Table video for upcomingMarvel’s Avengerspremiered today, during which they gave a look at what sounds like a pretty stacked beta. They go over all the many mission types you’ll be able to play through prior to launch and gave a teaser for the first hero they plan to add to the crew when the game’s properly out....

HomeNewsApex Legends Report from Apex Legends dev shows why work can’t revolve around pre-Covid expectationsIn games, and elsewhere In games, and elsewhere Respawn have sought to defend themselves against accusations of crunch, after an anonymous employeewrote a negative review of the company on Glassdoor. The employee writes that they “feel extremely stressed and burnt out trying to keep our seasonal releases on the same aggressive timeline as pre-shelter in place productivity”, “work 12-13 hours a day”, and are “considering leaving without a better job to go to just so mentally [they] can be in a better place”....

HomeNewsSea of Thieves Sea Of Thieves' Ashen Winds update is here, and so are some very angry fire piratesRare are giving us even MORE FIRE Rare are giving us even MORE FIRE Remember the other day when I reported that someskelly-head flamethrowerswere coming toSea Of Thieves? Well, it turns out those heads belong to four particularly deadly Skeleton Captains, who’ve arrived in today’sAshenWinds update. It doesn’t look like it’s going to be easy to nab their flaming skulls, either, as each of these Captains will use all sorts of dirty tricks to stop you from defeating them - from whipping up clouds of ash to obscure your view, to raining molten meteors right on top of you....

HomeNewsSekiro: Shadows Die Twice Sekiro is getting a free update this October, adding new outfits and a boss rushIncluding a new mode for the more masochistic players out there Including a new mode for the more masochistic players out there Surprise! FromSoftware’s most recent very difficult action gameSekiro: Shadows Die Twiceis getting a big free update on October 29th. Because of who I am as a person, the immediate thing I’m drawn to in said update is the fact that there are some cool new outfits for everyone’s favourite Shinobi....