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HomeNewsThe Brew Barons The Brew Barons is a sumptuous, Ghibli-inspired flight sim that’s also a brewing sim for some reasonDo a barrel roll Do a barrel roll Image credit:Lifetap Studios Image credit:Lifetap Studios The Brew Baronsunfolds in a horrifying world where most agricultural tasks and outdoor mechanical activities are carried out using the medium of heavily armed seaplanes. Need apples for cider? Fly through the trees, cannons ablazing. Need to gather wheat?...

HomePodcastsElden Ring The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 8: does Elden Ring still have a hidden secret to find?Secret secrets are no fun Secret secrets are no fun As with all headlines that are phrased as a question, the answer is “probably not”, but in any case, Miyazaki has mysteriously hinted at there being at least one secret thing inElden Ringthat players haven’t found yet. On this week’s Electronic Wireless Showpodcastwe discuss this, as well as some of our favourite and least favourite deployments of the video game Easter egg....

HomeFeaturesCobalt Core The making of Cobalt Core: how Tabletop Simulator and Inscryption were the secret catalysts behind this clever deckbuilding roguelikeRocket Rat Games walk us through creating a replayable and reactive card game with just two people Rocket Rat Games walk us through creating a replayable and reactive card game with just two people Image credit:Brace Yourself Games Image credit:Brace Yourself Games Rocket Rat Games co-founder John Guerra remembers the exact day he started working onCobalt Core’s first prototype....

HomeNewsTerminator: Survivors The survival game based on Terminator enters early access in October 2024It absolutely will not stop It absolutely will not stop Terminator: Survivors | The Aftermath TrailerWatch on YouTube Terminator: Survivors | The Aftermath Trailer Creative director Marco Ponte explained during the prerecorded Nacon Connect presentation that Terminator: Survivors will see you explore an open world, scavenging for resources for yourself and to manage and improve your base. As a first-person shooter, you’ll fight machines, other human beings, and Terminators....

HomeDeals This 45-inch Lenovo Legion gaming monitor is down to £699 at VeryA dual 1440p 165Hz display. A dual 1440p 165Hz display. Image credit:Lenovo Image credit:Lenovo Get the Lenovo Legion R45W-30 45-inch gaming monitor for £699 (was £799) This particular model uses a VA panel, offering excellent contrast and good colour reproduction at the expense of viewing angles (hence the curve) and motion clarity, with IPS and OLED screens being better options for the latter....

HomeDeals This budget Mini ITX tower case is down to £70 at Overclockers UKThe Kolink Rocket Complex also has a brilliant name. The Kolink Rocket Complex also has a brilliant name. Image credit:Kolink/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Kolink/Rock Paper Shotgun Here’s a heck of a deal on a high-end Mini ITX case perfect for small form factor systems. This is the Kolink Rocket Complex, a whimsically-named case with a beautiful metal design and a tower-style (rocket-like?...

HomeDeals Image credit:Keychron Image credit:Keychron It feels pretty appropriate that my last deal post for RPS is for my favourite PC peripheral: the humble mechanical keyboard. This mechanical keyboard is more humble than its peers too, with a $30 asking price that is absolutely exceptional for a name-brand keyboard that gets rave reviews: the Keychron C3 Pro. Get the Keychron C3 mechanical keyboard for $30 (was $37) For the money, this is a stunningly well-equipped keyboard, with a pleasant and surprisingly mature black and red colour scheme, gasket-mounted mechanical switches of the red variety (for soft and linear mechanical action), and QMK/VIA support for reprogramming....

HomeNewsTomb Raider I–III Remastered Tomb Raider Remastered devs apologise for releasing an unfinished version on Epic Games StoreCroft vs cruft Croft vs cruft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Aspyr Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Aspyr The creators ofTomb Raider I-III Remasteredhave apologised to players for releasing an unfinished version of the game on the Epic Games Store, following a series of unflattering comparisons between versions on ye olde social media. “We currently are working on the first update, which we anticipate will launch in the next few weeks,” readsa Steam post....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#985): How to solve the Thursday February 29 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for February 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for February 29? 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!...

HomeNewsUFO 50 After seven years, Spelunky creator’s retro compilation UFO 50 will release in the second half of 2024For real this time For real this time Image credit:Mossmouth Image credit:Mossmouth UFO 50 - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube UFO 50 - Announcement Trailer It was first announced back in 2017, with an initial release window set for the following year, but quickly sailed past it as the size and scale of the project grew....

HomeNewsAgainst The Storm Against The Storm’s latest update arrives next week, adds fancy trends window and blight post upgradesThe devs have been beavering away The devs have been beavering away Image credit:Hooded Horse Image credit:Hooded Horse Against The Stormis a roguelite city builder that features lizardsandbeavers, as they attempt to survive in a universe where it doesn’t stop raining. Wegave it a Bestest Best badgewhen it launched into 1.0, and since then the developerspromised more major updates....

HomeGuidesElden Ring Use our Elden Ring level map to take on The Lands Between Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco What is the ideal Elden Ring area order?Many would say that this is a pointless question -Elden Ringis very much anopen-world game, after all, and the point is to go where you like and do things in the order you prefer. But what if you’re truly not sure where to go next, and don’t want to spend hours dying on repeat before realising that an area is too challenging for now?...

HomeNewsFortnite But Epic say there’s “currently zero evidence” that claims are true Image credit:Cyber Daily Image credit:Cyber Daily Epic Games are investigating a claim that the Fortnite publishers have suffered a massive ransomware attack, with almost 200GB of data reportedly stolen including emails, passwords, full names, payment information, source code and more besides.The report comes fromCyber Daily, who also broke the news oflast year’s confirmed hack attack on Insomniac Games. The site claims that new ransomware group Mogilevich are the culprits, as per the screencap of a darkweb posting above, and that the hackers are now trying to get Epic or another party to pay up for the return of the data, with a deadline of 4th March....