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HomeHardwareNews Intel bets on efficiency with the power-sipping Core Ultra 200S seriesWatt’s all this then Watt’s all this then Image credit:Intel Image credit:Intel However, this new chip also cuts its thread count to 24 (matching its physical core count but down on the i9-14900K’s 24 core/32 thread setup), while also stepping away from the i9-14900K’s maximum 6GHz clock speed to top out at 5.7GHz instead. It’s a similar story down the rest of the range, too: the Core 5 245K, successor to the more mainstream Core i5-14600K, drops from 20 threads to 14, and from a 5....

HomeReviewsKind Words 2 (Lofi City Pop) Kind Words 2 review: as good-hearted as a city built on the internet can getWorriers Anonymous Worriers Anonymous Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Popcannibal Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Popcannibal It’s a simple world of comfortable and colourful dioramas, which you navigate as a big-eyed avatar in cute glasses or baggy tracksuit bottoms. Yes, there’s a fashion shop with a limited collection of clothes. And your own home (a simple room with a window and a writing desk) can be decked out with items and decorations earned as gifts from other players....

HomeNews Players are now less “accepting” that games will be fixed, say Paradox, after “underestimating” the reaction to Cities: Skylines 2’s performance woesHence, delaying Prison Architect 2 to ensure it doesn’t meet the same fate Hence, delaying Prison Architect 2 to ensure it doesn’t meet the same fate Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Paradox Interactivedelayedjail management simulatorPrison Architect 2indefinitely this August, commenting at the time that the game had notable performance issues, and that its system-led design was proving tricky to tinker with....

HomeNewsRed Dead Redemption Shout out to Red Dead Redemption’s PC requirements for allowing me to finally meet the recommended specs for somethingThat was my grandpappy’s RTX 2070 That was my grandpappy’s RTX 2070 Image credit:Rockstar Image credit:Rockstar Minimum: Recommended: The game itselfarrives on Steam on the 29thof October, clearly angling for that Halloween real estate with its excellent expansion Undead Nightmare, which comes as part of the bundle. I don’t have a fun compilation video of bugs to share with you like Edwin did, although I do have the second best thing: I learned on a website full of cowboy slang that “acknowledge the corn” means to “admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming....

HomeNewsSilent Hill 2 Remake Silent Hill 2 almost spoiled the game’s biggest twist for Italians before the day one patch came to the rescueChe palle! Che palle! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Konami Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Konami “Ahah esatto siamo riusciti a far patchare un gioco perché spoilera tutto nei primi dieci minuti. Ci manca solo una bella montatura politica stile rule of rose,” wrote one Reddit user, which I believe is Italian for “please remakeRule Of Rosenext....

HomeNewsStar Wars Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles gets PC port, proving that the farce remains strong with this oneBig heads, new playable characters, old and modernised controls Big heads, new playable characters, old and modernised controls Image credit:Lucasfilm Games / Aspyr Image credit:Lucasfilm Games / Aspyr That great disturbance in the Force you just felt wasn’t a million voices crying out in terror. It was, in fact, me crying out in terror a million times....

HomeFeaturesSunderfolk Sunderfolk is a gripping co-op strategy game from former Blizzard talent that wants to “bring back game night” - using your phoneJackbox meets Gloomhaven meets Xbox SmartGlass Jackbox meets Gloomhaven meets Xbox SmartGlass Image credit:Dreamhaven Image credit:Dreamhaven Sunderfolk | Gameplay TrailerWatch on YouTube Sunderfolk | Gameplay Trailer As for the missions themselves, the key thing to know is that Sunderfolk does a wonderful job of being a combat puzzler that often requires serious coordination to achieve objectives against superior enemy numbers, whilealsobeing a game where you can troll your pals a bit....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1209): How to solve the Thursday October 10 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 10? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 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!...

HomeDeals A 46% Prime Big Deal Days saving on the Crucial P310 SSD makes it a great DIY alternative to all those Steam Deck microSDs I’ve been postingThere’s a lot of handheld storage deals, okay There’s a lot of handheld storage deals, okay Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun For the record, I still think it’s easier and safer to go with amicroSD for your Steam Deckstorage needs, and with goodPrime Big Deal Dayssavings on two of the best – theSamsung Pro Plusand theSanDisk Ultra– that opinion remains unbudged....

HomeNewsBeautiful Light Beautiful Light’s mix of STALKER and Hunt Showdown is masterfully eerie, but I do wish it wasn’t an extraction shooterWhy did it have to be tacti-cool? Why did it have to be tacti-cool? Image credit:Deep Worlds SA Image credit:Deep Worlds SA The obvious way of bundling upBeautiful Lightis probably “Hunt ShowdownmeetsS.T.A.L.K.E.R.”, and whoops, I’ve already committed to that in the headline. But the first game that came to mind when I chanced on some playtest footage last night wasThe Town Of Light, LKA’s deeply disquieting game about exploring a carefully recreated abandoned asylum....

HomeNewsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 The Chinese Room’s version isn’t an “open sim”, cautions Paradox deputy CEO Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2won’t be an “open sim” like the 2004 original game, according to Paradox Interactive. Now in development at The Chinese Room, it’ll be an action-RPG with a relatively linear story set in the World Of Darkness universe. This obviously plays to The Chinese Room’s strengths - they’re better known for melancholy or horrifying strolls through broken spaces than the Dishonorable massaging of intricate systems....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Wed, October 9thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #485. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #485. 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 9th October?...

HomeDeals Embiggen your Steam Deck storage with this 1.5TB microSD, now up to 40% off for Prime Big Deal DaysIt’s bigger than that, Gabe, it’s large It’s bigger than that, Gabe, it’s large Amazon’s latestPrime Big Deal Dayshas entered its final day – of deals – so capacity-deprived gaming handheld owners still have a few hours to grab themselves a cheapmicroSD cardupgrade. And if space is the sole concern, it’s hard to get more substantial than the 1....