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HomeNewsSNØ: Ultimate Freeriding If the demo for this magical Scandinavian skiing game is so “serene” then why do I die constantlyIs serenity only found in death? Is serenity only found in death? Image credit:Studio Gauntlet Image credit:Studio Gauntlet The demo for SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding isn’t that new. It actually came out in September, but I’m filing it under the secret best unspoken RPS site category of “News (To Me)”, a whizcrack piece of web 3....

HomeNewsHitman World of Assassination Jean-Claude Van Damme is coming to Hitman this week as a double-crossing ICA agent, and it’s free to play for a month’The Splitter’ is the game’s next elusive target ‘The Splitter’ is the game’s next elusive target Image credit:Io Interactive Image credit:Io Interactive HITMAN: World of Assassination - The Splitter (featuring @JCVDWorld ) Mission RevealWatch on YouTube HITMAN: World of Assassination - The Splitter (featuring @JCVDWorld ) Mission Reveal...

HomeNewsLittle Rocket Lab Little Rocket Lab is a Factorio and Stardew Valley mashup about building a rocketship in a cute townCountdown to cosy Countdown to cosy Image credit:Teenage Astronauts Image credit:Teenage Astronauts Stardew Factory? Factory Valley? Whichever it is, Little Rocket Lab is a factory-builder about efficiently placing conveyors and robot arms, and is drawn in the warm, pixel art small-town of a Stardew-like. That sounds like a fitting combination, although it does mean you’re building a NASA-sized rocketship on the outskirts of your quaint hometown....

HomeNewsDuck Detective: The Ghost Of Glamping Mallard mystery-solver is taking on a new case in Duck Detective: The Ghost of GlampingAlt: Mallard malady mender Alt: Mallard malady mender Image credit:Happy Broccoli Games Image credit:Happy Broccoli Games Duck Detective’s first case was The Secret Salami, which paired its cosy mystery about stolen lunches with a protagonist whose divorce and destitution were played entirely straight despite his being a duck. The results were seemingly delightful, and here comes a sequel....

HomeReviewsMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2024 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review: a wonky career mode gives meaning to the formless flight simCrazy taxi Crazy taxi Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Xbox Game Studios Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024captures Gatwick’s brown perfectly. Next to the stupefying natural beauty of Yosemite, the imposing imperial skyscrapers of the Manhattan skyline and the surging majesty of the Alpine peaks, this local rot-tinged patch of West Sussex is the most impressively realistic depiction of a place I have seen in a game....

HomeReviewsNaiad Naiad review: still waters run deep they say, but then these waters aren’t stillI’m going to pour cold water on it I’m going to pour cold water on it Image credit:RPS / HiWarp Image credit:RPS / HiWarp Yet here’s the cause of my pity. All those other games, with their decisive action, systemic consequence, and neck-snapping: I was playing those to relax, too. Why else would I have snapped all those necks?...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 10thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #547. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #547. 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 for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 10th December?...

HomeNewsPath Of Exile 2 Path Of Exile 2 patch makes looting significantly more rewarding, with further updates planned for dodge rollsGrinding Gear outline the first major post-launch changes Grinding Gear outline the first major post-launch changes Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Grinding Gear Games Goblin-hitting bonanzaPath Of Exile 2launched into early access last weekend and the devs Grinding Gear Games have dropped some big patch notes that outline some things they’ve updated already, or things they plan on updating in a future patch....

Trash Kitsune Image credit:Gamkat Image credit:Gamkat I am betting I can’t end up losing my shop to debt collectors, but maybe I’m wrong. I’ve whizzed through theWholesome Snackpresentation tonight and written up this and three other stories, representing the most interesting news and games present at the show in my opinion. To cast some judgement across the field: these all seem like pleasant games which could be fun to play, but they’re all so derivative, all of them riffing on the same two or three core concepts....

HomeReviewsShiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon Of Serpentcoil Island Review: a traditional roguelite heavy on charm but light on agencySlightly less mystery would be grand, actually Slightly less mystery would be grand, actually Image credit:Spike Chunsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Spike Chunsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Spike Chunsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Spike Chunsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Spike Chunsoft/Rock Paper Shotgun More so than other games, my experience with Mystery Dungeon does feel like a case of the reviewer’s curse; the dreaded roguelike embargo....

HomeFeaturesArco The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 10thToday’s door hides a game we missed Today’s door hides a game we missed Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Today’s advent calendar pick is one of 2024’s finest games we missed. It troubles our dreams and waking moments alike. It mushrooms in our peripheral vision and drifts towards us as we batter out advent calendar posts, hoping we can finish writing and beat a tactical withdrawal to the kitchen before the accusatory phantom overwhelms us....

HomeNews This is my first time learning of this nearly useless novelty keyboard gift and I am in mourning for all the microseconds I’ve wasted in my lifeI am afraid I am afraid Image credit:BTXETUEL Image credit:BTXETUEL I cannot say how the first tailor to gaze upon a sewing machine felt, nor the first egg-abacus attendant to behold the sorcerous ticking of the automated egg timer. But I think now that when they saw those things, they were afraid....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1270): How to solve the Tuesday December 10 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 10? 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!...