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HomeFeatures Here are 5 snowy games you can get for cheap in the Winter Steam saleBrrr-illiant savings Brrr-illiant savings Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Square Enix Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Square Enix Steam sales aren’t the drop-everything-and-grab-yer-wallet events they used to be,according to you lot. The Winter sale that began yesterday is almost identical to the Autumn sale that ended just two weeks ago, for example. But you can still find one or two gifts if you bore deep enough into the ice....

HomeFeaturesSongs of Silence Rally Point: Oh phew, Songs of Silence is only pretending to be a card gameNo big deal No big deal Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Chimera Entertainment/H2 Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Chimera Entertainment/H2 Interactive Clambering deep out of the Contemplation Pit, where reading reviews or opinions or, god help you, Takes, is forbidden, I am curious to learn how people have been categorisingSongs of Silence. Its structure most resemblesSongs of Conquestor Heroes of Might and/or Magic, but with little RPG emphasis or base building, and minimal tactical fighting....

HomeHardwareFeatures Should you bother with… mini PCs?Box ticking Box ticking Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun I’m hoping you’ll forgive a spot of mission-bending here, givenShould You Bother With?Is usually intended to test out the new and the strange of gaming hardware. Instead, I want to talk about mini PCs – not just small-form-factor desktops, but properly tiny, box o’ chocolates-sized computers – which have, of course, been around for decades....

HomeFeaturesLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 20thRich in more ways than one Rich in more ways than one Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Of course, it’sLike A Dragon: Infinite Wealth! Ed:TechnicallyYakuza8, that follows on from Yakuza: Like A Dragon (technically Yakuza 7), Infinite Wealth follows Ichiban Kasuga and his pals to the sunny shores of Hawaii for the first time in the series' history. And my goodness, what a lovely place to be....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1280): How to solve the Friday December 20 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

HomeNews After much talk of an acquisition, Sony and FromSoftware parent Kadokawa announce “strategic alliance"Sony now Kadokawa’s largest shareholder Sony now Kadokawa’s largest shareholder Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco It’s been rumoured for a while that Sony are about to buy Kadokawa Corporation, a monolithic Japanese media conglomerate that means nothing to the bulk of you unless I append the magic words “parent company ofDark Soulsdevelopers FromSoftware” and possibly also, “parent company of Spike Chunsoft”....

HomeNewsThe Witcher 4 Having Ciri as The Witcher 4 lead will help the game explore the Witcher world’s sexism, say CD ProjektIt’s also something of a Witcher origin story It’s also something of a Witcher origin story Image credit:CD Projekt Image credit:CD Projekt The announcement ofThe Witcher 4withThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Ciri as protagonist has attracted a bit of discussion. Some of the reaction is online toddlers waxing wroth about a video game having a (somewhat older!...

HomeNews Here is a page of insultsI just thought we could do with one I just thought we could do with one Image credit:LucasArts Image credit:LucasArts Insults are so serious, these days. They’re all soinsulting, whereas the kinds of insult I cherish are the ones that coax a belly laugh from both the roaster and the roastee. Here are a few stupid putdowns I’ve found or made up specially for Xmas, organised into tiers of savagery....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Thu, December 19thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #556. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #556. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 19th December?...

HomeReviewsPath Of Exile 2 Path Of Exile 2 early access review: an expressive, characterful ARPG with plenty to chew onDown in the bonehoard Down in the bonehoard Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games At any given moment I am in the center of a wonderful vortex of skeletons. Bones splash and rattle and burst out of the ground in sharp, horrible spurs. My weakest skeletons, sensing their death coming, explode into fire and shards....

HomeNews Helldivers 2’s first licensed crossover is also Killzone’s official debut on PC, sort ofAiling Guerrilla series lends weapons and capes to Super Earth’s war effort Ailing Guerrilla series lends weapons and capes to Super Earth’s war effort Image credit:Sony Image credit:Sony After much teasing, the vicious tyrants of Arrowhead Games and their noxious puppets, the “democratic government” of Super Earth, have announced the very firstHelldivers 2licensed crossover. In yet another hollow display of solidarity and “Liber-tea”, they’ve teamed up with the loathsome fascists of Killzone, the elderly shooter series from Sony and Guerrilla Games....

HomeNewsExodus Mass Effect-like Exodus’s first gameplay video features duels with space bears and chats with thankful frogsThe bear necessities The bear necessities Image credit:Archetype Entertainment/Blur Studio Image credit:Archetype Entertainment/Blur Studio Here’s the new trailer: EXODUS Gameplay Trailer: ‘The Traveler’s Creed’Watch on YouTube EXODUS Gameplay Trailer: ‘The Traveler’s Creed’ What can we glean from it? It shares a similar over-the-shoulder look to Mass Effect, with a special “celestial tech” granting you the ability to freeze enemies, before shattering them into shards of charcoal....

HomeGuidesPath Of Exile 2 Path of Exile 2 best Ranger buildHere’s a guide on how to nail your targets from afar as the Ranger Here’s a guide on how to nail your targets from afar as the Ranger Image credit:Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Grinding Gear Games Looking for the best Ranger build in Path of Exile 2?The Ranger is a highly capable straight shooter inPath of Exile 2with the ability to perform well with both regular bows and crossbows....