HomeFeaturesZork: Grand Inquisitor Zork: Grand Inquisitor is the only pre-rendered, FMV game that should ever have been allowedFrobozz Magic Frobozz Magic Last week I settled an old argument. Well,lostan old argument. RPS contributorRichard Cobbetthad always told me Zak McKracken was a terrible game, andoh boy, he was right. Which reminded me of our other decades-long feud: Zork - Grand Inquisitor. This disagreement dates back so far that it was in a time when gaming websites were printed out on paper, glued together, and sold in buildings called “shops”....

HomeNewsDuelyst Duelyst is shutting down for good next monthClear the deck Clear the deck Card-shuffling strategyDuelystis powering down next month. Such is the way of free online games, sadly. Biddingfarewell to Duelystin an announcement on Friday, developers Counterplay Games are “saddened to announce” that all servers will officially close on February 27th at 11pm (3pm PST). If you’ve ever wanted to give it a shot - and from the reception it got in the RPS treehouse, you really should - that’s four weeks to give Duelyst one last bash....

HomeNews Google nab the right to stream Activision esports exclusively on YouTubeYouTube? What’s that? YouTube? What’s that? YouTube’s never really struggled with games, conceptually. Rough guess, there are probably seventeen trillion gaming youtube channels, and the top dogs aren’t struggling for views. Streaming, though? That’s never quite taken off for YouTube in the way it has for Twitch. Google hope that snagging exclusive rights to stream Actiblizzion’s flashiest esports events will help pull people over to YouTube....

HomeFeatures A new Plunkmap, new Disco Elysium difficulty, and more of the week’s PC game patchesPatch me up Patch me up This week, Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds added a new map, Hades added a new god and a rod, andDisco Elysiumadded an extra-hard difficulty mode. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming patches in The Weekly Updates Update. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds added a new map Destiny 2 found Bastion at the end of a big puzzle Hundreds of players collaborated to build a map from thousands of pieces, which led to some interesting wee storybits and a head-start on the new Exotic fusion rifle,Bastion....

HomeNewsFortnite Fortnite’s long-overdue Chapter 2: Season 2 arrives with a new physics engine next monthTear it down Tear it down You could’ve just called it Season 12. Instead, I have to report that - after being pushed back another two weeks -Fortnite Battle Royale: Chapter 2: Season 2 will finally launch on February 20th. As they say, though, good things come to those who wait. Those extra two weeks of Season 1 will come with new Overtime Challenges, an unannounced two-week long limited event, and allow Epic a little more time to bring the game over to their brand new physics engine, Chaos....

HomeFeatures Rocket League ditching Mac and Linux, Stardew Valley sales pass 10 million, and more of the week’s PC game newsRead all about it! Read all about it! This week,Rocket Leagueannounced plans to stop supporting Mac and Linux versions, we learnedStardew Valleyhas sold so very many copies, Lunar New Year sales kicked off, and it looks like support for unionising the games industry is growing. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and do also check outthe Weekly Updates Updatefor some of the week’s big patches....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… tictac.io?All for noughts All for noughts Tictac.io was almost the first game I covered from the treehouse. It’s noughts and crosses (aka “tic tac toe” if you don’t acknowledge that the ground is a floor) online, except in realtime, and you can pick up and move the pieces after you place them. It’s bloody great. We weren’t able to get it working properly here in the office....

HomeNewsRuneScape Being muted in game isn’t a civil rights violation. Elansari was “muted” in an unnamed online game in March of 2019, according to his “largely handwritten” complaint, says PennLive. Given his suit names Jagex and that Elansari “claimed he had 2,000 hours invested in the game when he was booted out,” it seems to follow that he had his account muted in some version ofRuneScape. According toRuneScape’s support website, muted accounts are unable to “chat normally inRuneScapeor post on our forums” but can still play the game and read the forums....

HomeNewsRocket League It’s bad news if you playRocket Leagueon Mac or Linux - in March developer Psyonix are stopping support for the platforms, taking away online multiplayer in one final update. Players will still have access to all of the offline stuff though, so you’ll still be able to play with your friends either locally or using split-screen. You just won’t be able to join any online matches, or make any in-game purchases....

HomeFeatures The 25 best co-op games on PC in 2024Grab a pal Grab a pal Playing games with other people is one of the beloved traditions of liking video games at all, and if you’re the friendly type like us at RPS, then you’ll enjoy games where you work with others, rather than against them. That’s why we’ve put together our list ofthe best co-op games on PCfor you to find common ground with your besties....

HomeFeatures The Flare Path: Ticket to Ryde (part II)Fascinating facts and superannuated snacks Fascinating facts and superannuated snacks Flare Path Sky Tours, the virtual airline happy to wheel like a buzzard or plunge like a peregrine falcon when it spots an interesting bit of history beneath its wings, is mid-way through a clockwise flight around England’s largest island, the Isle of Wight. In today’s instalment, Tarka, theGeoFSTwin Otter, returns to his starting point, Solent Airport, via landmarks that include a medieval lighthouse, Britain’s Cape Canaveral, a Stone Age Atlantis, a royal prison, a battle-scarred shipyard, and one of the strangest cricket pitches imaginable....

HomeVideosThe Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a surprisingly fleshed out VR nightmareVR with braaaaaains VR with braaaaaains I would definitely die in a zombie apocalypse. That’s my main takeaway fromThe Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, a VR tie-in that launched on Steam yesterday. A full-bodied control scheme demands you swing axes with both hands to put enough weight behind your attack, and knives and screwdrivers have to be buried into scalps with committed plunges; half an hour of whacking walkers has me out of puff, struggling to hide my poor fitness from the Skydance Interactive developers spectating my demo....

HomeNewsWarhammer: Vermintide 2 Vermintide 2 adds a new map and starts selling hats for moneyThey hope to fund more DLC through hats They hope to fund more DLC through hats Roll up, roll up,Vermintide 2has a spooky castle and more hats. The castle is a free remade version of the Drachenfels level from the first game. This is just the opening salvo of Season 2, and two more levels will be coming for free later down the line....