HomeNews Respawn CEO Vince Zampella is taking over Dice LAA studio rebrand and a new game are on the way A studio rebrand and a new game are on the way Vince Zampella, the head ofTitanfallandApex Legendsstudio Respawn Entertainment, is taking over Dice LA to launch the studio’s very own game for the first time. Nowaccording to the Los Angeles Times, Zampella’s plan is to rebrand Dice LA once more in an effort to give them a “new image”, and after six years finally set them apart from the Stockholm mothership....

HomeNews Rune 2’s publisher has regained the game’s code after its developers suddenly shut downThe Vikings are back in business. The Vikings are back in business. Rune 2, sequel to the much older RPGRune, has been sailing through uncertain waters since its release two months ago. The publisher Ragnarok Game may have finally reached the eye of the storm as of last week when they regained control of the viking RPG’s code from the former developers whose studio suddenly shut down and quickly after accepted positions at a new Bethesda studio....

HomeFeatures Priceless Play - 04 January 2020Begin 2020 with confidence and verve Begin 2020 with confidence and verve We have entered 2020. We survived that entire monolith of a decade. I don’t know what 2019 was like for you, but I think I can say with a degree of certitude that I have had better years. Despite the apocalyptic politics, the extreme weather (incl. fires, floods, and earthquakes oh my), and the continued existence of Twitter....

HomeNews Charity speedrunning marathon AGDQ 2020 begins this SundayAGDQ 2020 begins this weekend. AGDQ 2020 begins this weekend. The winter half of the yearly charity speedrunning marathonAwesome Games Done Quickkicks off this Sunday, January 5th. Donations to Games Done Quick will benefit the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The week long marathon will cover a bunch of speedrunning mainstays along with some new additions from 2019. On Sunday you’ll be able to check out speedruns for a few PC games:A Hat In Time, Star Wars - Escape From Yavin 4: The Lost Maps, andThe Binding Of Isaac Afterbirth+....

HomeGuidesPhoenix Point Phoenix Point enemies - how to counter the Siren, Chiron, Scylla, and moreHow to counter even the most overpowered Phoenix Point enemies How to counter even the most overpowered Phoenix Point enemies In thisPhoenix Point enemies guidewe’ll walk you through each Pandoran enemy in turn, along with detailed sections on how to counter theSiren,Terror Sentinel,Chiron,andScylla- four enemies that seem to be giving players a great deal of trouble....

HomeNews Play Sea of Thieves and Halo: Reach for pennies - Game Pass is only £1 right nowAll this forza pound! All this forza pound! I’ve been spending the past few weeks playing co-op games with my BFF. I wanted to trySea of Thieves, because when I’m not dreaming of being an astronaut, I’m dreaming of being a pirate. Being Scottish, I suggested we use Game Pass, Microsoft’s games subscription service, and was surprised to see thatit was only £1....

HomeNews RPS Asks: How did you survive over the holidays?Tell all Tell all That squeaking noise is 2019 slowly deflating in the corner. You’re done now, noble year. Thanks for trying. Uh-oh, I’m getting introspective and thinky. I’d better distract myself. With the holidays all but over, how did you manage to survive them? Tell me what you played and what sort of fun you had. I’ll go first! I survived withPortal 2....

HomeNews S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is being developed in the Unreal EngineIt’s a-live It’s a-live Here’s what they said about it. — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame)January 2, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Note that coy mention of “digital stores”, aligned with Epic’s recent largesse in tying upexclusives for their storefront. I could see further announcements cementing this relationship. You can’t really namedrop like that without leading to speculation, and Epic’s Fortnite dollars could easily support another trip to the Zone....

HomeNewsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Skyrim grandma Shirley Curry will follow you around Tamriel soonHello, grandkid! Hello, grandkid! Shirley Curry is better known online as the “Skyrimgrandma” who begins herYouTube videoswith a genial “good morning grandkids” before setting out on adventures in Tamriel. Curry has become dear to enough of her fans that a petition to have her added to The Elder Scrolls 6 helped prompt Bethesda to announce they would do just that....

HomeNews The developers of SOMA and Amnesia: The Dark Descent are up to something newSomething spooky this way comes. Something spooky this way comes. Image credit:Frictional Games Image credit:Frictional Games The folks over at Frictional Games seem to have something new in the works. The studio has largely been quiet since releasingSOMAback in 2015 aside from adding a monster-free Safe Mode to the spooky underwater game. Frictional overhauled their old website just before taking a holiday break and in the update have added a new entry to the “games” tab simply called “Next Frictional Game....

HomeNews The fan made Mother 4 has reappeared with the new name OddityOddity is the new name for a very old RPG Oddity is the new name for a very old RPG You can always trust fans to pour their hearts into creating unofficial ports, sequels, and translations, which is what one team of volunteers has been doing for years to create what used to be known as the unofficial Mother 4....

HomeFeatures The thirteenth RPS Christmas crackerYou’ll love this one You’ll love this one Every year we are put in a cardboard box full of straw and carefully packed away in the treehouse attic, until Graham wakes up on January 3rd and chains us to our desks again. It’s a cosy little break for us, but we don’t want you to feel alone. That’s why we’ve left these special crackers for you, for every day of the break!...

HomeFeaturesUnity of Command 2 How Unity Of Command 2 balances game design with military historyWhere abstraction meets accuracy Where abstraction meets accuracy The first Unity Of Command was designed for the open steppes of the Eastern Front. There, the major battles were about manoeuvre, with tank units chasing and covering miles of ground for their objectives, and lines of infantry moving to counter and support. The steppes were perfect for UoC’s unique focus on maintaining your army’s supply lines....