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HomeGuidesPath Of Exile 2 Path of Exile 2 Skill Gems and Gemcutting guideHow to get Uncut Skill Gems and use them for Gemcutting How to get Uncut Skill Gems and use them for Gemcutting Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Wondering how to use Skill Gems in Path of Exile 2?Both Uncut Skill Gems and Uncut Support Gems are essential items if you want to unlock more abilities inPath of Exile 2....

HomeNews RPS Asks: what are you favourite games for the winter malaise?Snow day Snow day Image credit:ConcernedApe Image credit:ConcernedApe As Graham recently touched upon in hisbrilliant Naiad review, relaxing games mean different things to different people, and it’s often those with more demanding rules and consequences that feel realer, more engaging, more emancipatory. Some of my favourite winter gaming memories in recent years were stocking up on Shin Ramyun for a glorious fortnight spent popping heads inCyberpunk 2077, or spending weeks in an unwashed Oodie exploring Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth....

HomeNews Symphonia might scratch your Silksong itch, even though it’s not a metroidvaniaA shadowy and sonorous 2D platformer - try the demo, eh A shadowy and sonorous 2D platformer - try the demo, eh Image credit:Headup / Beep Japan Image credit:Headup / Beep Japan “Superbesque!” I breathed, watching myself casually tear off a violin solo to magic open a door. “Magnifissimos!” I sang, watching myself artfully bounce my violin bow off the floor and catch it to double-jump....

HomeNewsTankHead TankHead offers vehicle combat in a sci-fi world where you scavenge parts from your enemiesSurprise release during Day Of The Devs Surprise release during Day Of The Devs Image credit:Alpha Channel Image credit:Alpha Channel One of video game’s greatest pleasures is being able to shoot bits off an enemy and then append them to yourself. TankHead gets it. It’s about steering a tank through a desolate sci-fi landscape, blasting similar tank and mecha enemies to bits, then scavenging them for parts using a drone....

HomeFeaturesMechabellum The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 11thThis door was ordered to open earlier This door was ordered to open earlier Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS TheRPS Advent Calender 2024is underway! Each day reveals one of our favourite games from this year, leading up to our Game Of The Year on the 24th. Checkthe main calendar postto see the full list.When I were a lad, you’d open an advent calendar and get a piece of chocolate shaped like a bell with an aftertaste so rancid you’d wish you’d eaten the little cardboard window instead....

HomeHardwareNews Valve are now selling refurbished Steam Deck OLEDs at up to £110/$130 off – if you can find them in stockGabe’ll fix it Gabe’ll fix it Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun TheSteam Deck OLEDhas joinedValve’s Certified Refurbishedprogramme, offering a much cheaper way of getting your hands on the best handheld PC around. Provided you don’t mind it being in someone else’s first, anyway. As with official refurbs of the originalSteam Deck, “certified” Steam Deck OLEDs are formerly-broken models that have been returned to Valve, fixed up and tested in-house, thenput back on the market at steep discounts....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1271): How to solve the Wednesday December 11 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 11? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 11? 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 Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 You can now scan and steal paint jobs from any car in Cyberpunk 2077, plus more customisation with the 2.2 updatePatched Again! Patched Again! Image credit:CD Projekt RED / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:CD Projekt RED / Rock Paper Shotgun While it’s always worth starting a new game ofCyberpunk 2077just to hear Judy say “his own choomba shot him!” for the thirtieth time, there’s now a slightly more tangible reason to start a new journey into Night City’sopen world....

HomeNewsNebulous: Fleet Command Beautiful, brainy space RTS Nebulous: Fleet Command is getting carriers and fightercraftCarrier update coming in January Carrier update coming in January Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse I feel guilty about repeatedly comparingNebulous: Fleet Commandto Homeworld, inasmuch as it’s an appalling bait-and-switch. It’s like offering somebody a cake that is actually a cunningly painted hunk of torpedo fuselage. It’s like offering to shake hands while wearing one of those comedy hand buzzers - except that the hand buzzer is an intricate simulation of zero-G physics, missile behaviours and comms jamming, featuring spacecraft with proper internal layouts that require you to think hard about attitude control if you don’t want, say, your engines to become Swiss cheese about 90 seconds before you need to retreat from combat....

HomeNews Dread toy-peddler Funko Pop gets cool, handsome Itch.io taken offline via dodgy “AI-powered” brand protectionIt’s back online now It’s back online now Image credit:Funko / Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Funko / Rock Paper Shotgun The situation has now beenresolved, thankfully, and you can access Itch.io as normal, but I will never pass up the opportunity to cast shade on Funko Pop, whoseNFT-garlanded bobbleheads I hate as I do veruccas and forest fires....

HomeNewsMarvel Rivals First big Marvel Rivals patch makes Doctor Strange less of a monsterNo more ult gain from terrain KOs No more ult gain from terrain KOs Image credit:NetEase Image credit:NetEase Marvel Rivals, the free-to-play hero shooter from NetEase, launched late last week and is exceedingly popular. It’s currently fourth on the Steam daily most played, right between Path Of Exile 2 and the evergreenGrand Theft Auto 5. I think there are three reasons for this enthusiasm: 1) it’s free-to-play with the usual comet’s tail of microtransactables 2) it’s third-personOverwatchwith Marvel characters, a straightforwardly enticing licensing sandwich, and 3) people want to have sex with a larger-than-usual proportion of the cast and especially awful tongue-monster Venom, who has a good butt in this one....

HomeNewsToem 2 Friendly photography adventure Toem is getting a sequel with more black-and-white pocket worlds to exploreStop and shoot Stop and shoot Image credit:Something We Made Image credit:Something We Made Ooh, this feels like the biggest news out of this evening’sWholesome Snackshowcase: nourishing photography adventureToemis getting a sequel, appropriately called Toem 2. It looks to follow much of what made the first so well liked, including its pocket-sized black-and-white worlds in which you wander about, snapping photos and helping the locals....

HomeGuidesPath Of Exile 2 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Need to get more Spirit in Path of Exile 2?As one of the main resources in the game, Spirit is used to unlock persistent buffs as well as minion sidekicks, which can translate to a massive permanent DPS boost. Needless to say, it’s important to gather plenty of Spirit for yourfirst character build. Using Spirit is relatively easy as you only need to allocate it once....