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HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2 will “never” get PvP because Arrowhead don’t want a toxic community"We all are fighting on the same side!" “We all are fighting on the same side!” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/PlayStation If you’ve been yearning to take up arms against Super Earth as either an arachnid, a robot or a filthy (managed) democracy-hating human traitor, then I have bad news, roughneck.Helldivers 2will “never” get a PvP mode, according to Arrowhead’s CEO Johan Pilestedt....

HomeNews Homeworld 3 studio Blackbird Interactive hit with layoffsThe games industry has cut an estimated 6000-ish jobs so far this year The games industry has cut an estimated 6000-ish jobs so far this year “We looked at multiple ways of avoiding this and regretfully other options weren’t viable. Because the affected team members are our BBI family, we want to help position them well for this next stage of their careers....

HomeFeaturesSkull and Bones I’m not sure I’ll ever leave the prologue area in Skull And BonesWhy ask for the Ubiworld? Why ask for the Ubiworld? Image credit:Ubisoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Ubisoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Ubisoft/Rock Paper Shotgun Having to reverse course wasn’t entirely unwelcome. You see, I have a thing - please don’t call it a fetish - for never leaving opening areas in videogames. Recent sources of shame includeScorn, the Giger-inspired first-person adventure with wibbly grafted-on shooting elements....

HomeDeals Logitech’s excellent G915 TKL low-profile wireless mechanical gaming keyboard is 55% off at Amazon UK£99 for one of the best keyboards I’ve ever tested. £99 for one of the best keyboards I’ve ever tested. The Logitech G915 Lightspeed TKL is a phenomenal gaming keyboard with low-profile mechanical switches, reliable Lightspeed wireless and a compact layout, yet Logitech normally ask well over £100 for it - and double that when it first launched!...

HomeNewsNo Man’s Sky No Man’s Sky Omega update takes aim at new and lapsed players with free weekend and pirate dreadnoughtNew planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more New planetary missions, reworked expeditions and more Image credit:Hello Games Image credit:Hello Games Hello Games describeNo Man’s Sky’s latest Omega update as being geared towards newcomers and “lapsed players looking for a way back in”. Hey, they’re talking about me! I haven’t played the wide-eyedspace gamesince before the pandemic, partly because I only own the PS4 version and now that I’m RPS news editor, I’m not allowed to touch consoles any more....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, February 15)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #249 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #249 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! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld’s community manager reminds people impatient for updates that playing other games is fineI’m saying this as a Pal I’m saying this as a Pal Image credit:Pocketpair Image credit:Pocketpair If you told me at the start of the year thatPalworldwouldbreak Steam records, I would’ve done a hearty “no no” chuckle. But here we are, with thesurvival gameexceeding19 million playersand Pocketpair probably wondering how they managed such a feat. With its success has come the inevitable slew of impatient people saying the game’s dead because it’s not received updates fast enough, or folks saying it’s lost a hefty percentage of its player base, and others saying its viewership numbers over on streaming services have plummeted....

HomeNewsPayday 3 Payday 3 sales “significantly lower” than hoped, but Starbreeze focused on “long-term success"2024 update roadmap detailed 2024 update roadmap detailed Image credit:Starbreeze Image credit:Starbreeze Payday 3developer Starbreeze say their co-op heist ‘em up is underperforming both in terms of sales and player numbers. They also say they’re committed to turning around that performance, with updates to come in 2024 which will revamp progression, the UI, add a solo mode and an offline mode, and more....

HomeNewsUnderspace Supernatural spaceship shooter Underspace shows admirable ambition in its Next Fest demoA self-described “spiritual successor to Freelancer” A self-described “spiritual successor to Freelancer” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pastaspace Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Pastaspace Interactive Underspace Early Access Release Date Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Underspace Early Access Release Date Announcement Trailer While the Steam Next Fest ended on Monday, you can still download Underspace’s demofrom Steam(or if you’d rather not get Steamy, an older demo ison Itch)....

HomePodcastsSkull and Bones The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 6: Skull & Bones is finally about to come outYo ho ho and a bottle of live service Yo ho ho and a bottle of live service Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft It’s happening! Why I playedSkull & Bonesback when it wasn’t even a live service game. But now it is, and it’s out this weekend. We talk a bit about how long it has been coming out, why it’s been in development this long, and why they didn’t just release the sucker the two or three previous times they got close to doing so....

HomeNewsCobalt Core This Cobalt Core mod adds hapless frog Soggins to your crew for extra chaos"Unavoidable Bumbling Idiocy" sounds about right “Unavoidable Bumbling Idiocy” sounds about right Image credit:Arin, Shockah/Brace Yourself Games Image credit:Arin, Shockah/Brace Yourself Games If you’ve been enjoying the excellentCobalt Coreas part of this month’sRPS Game Club, you may well have stumbled into Soggins the frog along your travels. Running into this hapless buffoon is always a delight in Cobalt Core, as he’s one of the few special characters who doesn’t instantly attack you on sight....

HomeDeals This refurbished 850W Corsair Shift PSU is £84 vs £150 new from Scan UKComplete with a one-year warranty. Complete with a one-year warranty. Image credit:Corsair Image credit:Corsair Corsair’s Shift series of power supplies are one of my go-to recommendations, thanks to their reliable power delivery and convenient side-mounted connectors, and now you can pick up a factory refurbished 850W 80+ Gold unit for just £84 from Scan, versus£145 for the very same PSU new at Amazonor£150 at Scan....

HomeFeatures Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered’s modern controls are an absolute travestyThey simply aren’t fit for purpose They simply aren’t fit for purpose Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Aspyr Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Aspyr In truth, I’d probably say that anyone who’s curious about this old Tomb Raider collection, but never played them originally, shouldn’t go anywhere near it at all. Go and play Crystal Dynamics’morerecenttrilogyfrom 2013 instead, or better yet, 2008’s excellent and underratedTomb Raider Underworld....