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HomeDeals Get the Perfect Steam Deck Power Bank for $74 This Cyber MondayNever run out of juice. Never run out of juice. Have you ever been pretty deep into a Steam Deck session playing a very gra[hically extensive game like God of War: Ragnarok and realised just how quickly the battery gets drained? It’s a familiar and frustrating feeling for many Steam Deck owners. Luckily, there’s a solution!All you need to do is pick up a power bank that you can use to keep your Steam Deck charged on the go....

HomeNewsHyperdrive Inn Hyperdrive Inn is a Lucasarts style adventure game made entirely from scanned fabric samplesWhole cloth Whole cloth Image credit:Horsefly Games Image credit:Horsefly Games Obviously, I’d scan some real crisp packets and just alter the logos for maximum immersion. One game that’s already taken this scanned bricolage concept and run with it to beautiful effect isHyperdrive Inn. It’s an avant garde point and clickadventurefrom Finnish studio Horsefly, where the entire world is constructed from scanned fabric samples....

HomeNewsCaves of Qud If you need an absorbing dungeon RPG this winter, here’s one with over two billion floorsJust how many caves are there in Caves Of Qud? Just how many caves are there in Caves Of Qud? Image credit:Freehold Games Image credit:Freehold Games “Is Caves Of Qudreally2,147,483,646 levels deep?” I asked Brendy, like a wide-eyed child asking whether there is such a thing as dog heaven. Brendy wasn’t sure. (About Caves Of Qud, I mean, not dog heaven....

HomeDeals If you’re waiting on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, get prepped with Cyber Monday savings on compatible DDR5 RAMThe upgrade your upgrade deserves The upgrade your upgrade deserves Anyone with the need for a new CPU and even the slightest inclination towards tech envy is currently waiting for new stock of theAMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the unbeatably powerful new chip that our boffin friends atDigital Foundryare calling the fastest gaming CPU ever....

HomeNewsAvowed I’m much more excited for Avowed after hearing the team say that what makes RPGs special is “missable content”Chasing waterfalls Chasing waterfalls Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft ‘Confident’ game design is one of those slightly fluffy critic words I sometimes find myself reaching for tenuously, knowing that - sigh - I’m going to have to do all sort of detestable nonsense like ‘back up my vague assertion with concrete examples that are useful to the reader’ if I do....

HomeReviewsMechabellum Mechabellum review: impeccably designed and maniacally moreish mech strategyMexcellent Mexcellent Image credit:Game River/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Game River/Rock Paper Shotgun WhileMechabellum’s disparate roster of roast ’em riddle ‘em robots might initially seem to lack the characterful coherence of a writhing Zerg ecosystem or ancient Greek phalanx, thisstrategyautobattler’s array of lumbering tanks, hulking automata, and zippy fliers do share a common thread: each one of them has the potential to be either the most terrifying nuisance on the field, or to instantly crumble like a soggy strudel in an angry washing machine....

HomeNews NetEase’s new Spider-Man-esque open world gacha RPG has a proper name - AnantaProject Mugen no longer Project Mugen no longer Image credit:Naked Rain/Netease Image credit:Naked Rain/Netease Netease’s free to play open world gachaRPGProject Mugen now has a proper name:Ananta. As Edwin points out in the Maw, it is very much like Spider-Man meetsZenless Zone Zero, with its mixture of cityslinging and unabashed anime teens with long, flowy hair and a penchant for metal accessories....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Mon, December 2ndNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #539. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #539. 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 2nd December?...

HomeDeals One of the best cheap mechanical keyboards, Logitech’s G413 SE, is even better value on Cyber MondayAs little as £65 / $60 for a full-size mech board As little as £65 / $60 for a full-size mech board Events likeBlack Fridayand Cyber Monday, while devastating on the emotional wellbeing of hardware editors, are as useful for knocking a few more quid offalready-cheap bits of gaming gearas they are for saving hundreds onbig-ticket luxuries....

HomeFeaturesFelvidek The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 2ndDay two and already on the booze Day two and already on the booze Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Today’s advent calendar window has an entire cult inside of it. Also, an alcoholic knight speaking in plummy prose between mouthfuls of booze and porridge. What’s more Christmassy than booze and porridge, eh? Not much, we’ll wager. You could pour the boozeinthe porridge, perhaps? You could call it ‘inebrioats’!...

HomeDeals The Samsung T7, a modern classic of a portable SSD, is up to 45% off in the Cyber Monday salesSmall yet spacious, like all external drives should be Small yet spacious, like all external drives should be Image credit:Samsung Image credit:Samsung Got yet another quality PC storage deal for ya, this time courtesy ofCyber Mondayand the Samsung T7 – an almost comically dinky portableSSDthat can, nevertheless, stuff itself senseless with file backups and game installations....

HomeNewsUrge Urge is the most interesting open world shooter in a long while, and also, the most revoltingGame of the leak Game of the leak Image credit:EnDrew Image credit:EnDrew URGE Update Teaser 18Watch on YouTube URGE Update Teaser 18 Urge is currently in early access, having launched in 2021 with that most respectable of final release dates - When It’s Done, You Grasping Ingrates, And Not One Second Before. It starts with you pulling yourself out of a car crash and investigating a world suffused with a mysterious fog....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1262): How to solve the Monday December 2 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 2? 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!...