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November 2021 Archive

    1. Bear witness to Halo Infinite's campaign launch trailer
    2. Starfield's devs discuss its shared DNA with other Bethesda games
    3. GOG.com to focus on "handpicked" DRM-free games amid financial losses
    4. GTA Definitive Edition's latest patch restores several "jokes"
    5. Danganronpa and Zero Escape veterans have released a new murdergame game on PC
    6. Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Part 2 is finally here
    7. Sid Meier's 1980s Command series arrives on Steam tonight
    8. Do FPS games even need a single-player campaign these days?
    9. Battlefield 2042 best AK-24 loadout
    10. Rainbow Six Siege's new operator is an Irish defender with stabby grenades
    11. Fnatic Streak65 LP review – keys to my heart
    12. Wartales review (early access): an ambitious and gritty RPG with real promise
    13. Xbox Cloud Gaming is testing a new feature to improve image quality
    14. Halo Infinite is boosting XP again to reduce grind
    15. Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong delayed into May 2022
    16. Cyberpunk 2077's next major update is due in early 2022
    17. Best Genshin Impact Keqing build
    18. Battlefield 2042 best guns and weapons
    1. Cyber Monday deal spotlight: Save on the HyperX Cloud Alpha S gaming headset with virtual 7.1 surround sound
    2. Cyber Monday deal spotlight: $130 off the curvy Samsung Odyssey G5 27" QHD gaming monitor
    3. Wartales is the next free game for RPS premium supporters
    4. What actually is Merge Mansion, the mobile game with those well dramatic ads?
    5. Merry Cyber Monday, everyone! May all your planets be hacked
    6. Company Of Heroes 3 starts a multiplayer test tomorrow
    7. Best Cyber Monday Logitech deals 2021: mice, keyboards and headsets
    8. Cyber Monday 2021 deals on PC games
    9. Best Cyber Monday gaming laptop deals
    10. Best Cyber Monday Razer deals 2021: keyboards, mice and more
    11. Best Cyber Monday 2021: gaming keyboard & mouse deals
    12. Gamesplanet's second week of Xmas sales is on, with games over 80% off
    13. Best Cyber Monday CPU deals 2021: AMD and Intel
    14. Babylon's Fall "borrowed" assets from Final Fantasy XIV
    15. Best Cyber Monday SSD Deals: NVMe and SATA offers
    16. Cyber Monday RAM deals 2021: the best DDR4 memory discounts
    17. Best Cyber Monday graphics card deals
    18. Best Cyber Monday 2021 gaming monitor deals
    19. Cyber Monday spotlight: Samsung's T7 external SSD down to £75 on Amazon
    20. Best Cyber Monday VR headset deals: Oculus and Vive
    21. Oculus Quest 2 is £50 off for Cyber Monday, down to £249
    22. Cyber Monday 2021: the best PC gaming deals
    23. They Always Run review: a 2D space-western with some rough edges
    24. Halo Infinite Xbox players want to opt out of crossplay to dodge PC cheaters
    25. Cyber Monday makes the Hyper 212 Evo V2 CPU cooler even cheaper
    26. Cyber Monday deal spotlight: the MSI Optix MAG272CQR monitor is £140 off at Amazon
    27. DC Universe Online studio are making a Marvel MMORPG
    28. Cyber Monday kicks off with this Ryzen 5000-ready motherboard for just £55
    1. The Sunday Papers
    1. Black Friday deal spotlight: Save $50 on the Razer BlackWidow V3 mechanical gaming keyboard
    2. Black Friday deal spotlight: Free parking for your butt on this Razer Iskur gaming chair
    3. Black Friday deal spotlight: Get £50/$50 off the SteelSeries Arctis 7 wireless gaming headset right now
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    1. Black Friday deal spotlight: The light aluminium frame of the HyperX Cloud II is now lighter on your wallet
    2. Black Friday deal spotlight: Big savings on the BenQ MOBIUZ EX2710Q 27" QHD monitor
    3. Why aren't there more audio-only adventures like The Vale?
    4. Demon Deleter is a game within a spreadsheet, inspired by cataloguing Animal Crossing items
    5. Black Friday deal spotlight: Loads of portable storage for cheap with the Crucial X6 1TB and 2TB
    6. The spacious NZXT H710 PC case has shed £40 on Black Friday
    7. Save $50 on the Logitech G915 Lightspeed Wireless keyboard this Black Friday
    8. TFI Friday: three indie games that make you want to message your family
    9. Monster Hunter Rise PC will launch with Switch's post-launch content, including Sonic
    10. Get the Logitech StreamCam for £75 this Black Friday
    11. Ultimate Audio Bang #19: what do we make of Halo Infinite's multiplayer?
    12. The GOG Black Friday sale is now on
    13. Everything we know about Dripstone in Minecraft
    14. Halo Infinite Ranks: Ranked Arena explained
    15. Roblox sues player for harassing staff and posting "terrorist threats"
    16. £30 off the Roccat Pyro mechanical keyboard makes it a Black Friday bargain
    17. Super Auto Pets is my new favourite auto-battler
    18. This Black Friday deal knocks £110 off the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X CPU
    19. I love The Sin Collector's idea of the apocalypse
    20. Black Friday deal spotlight: Get 3 months of Xbox Game Pass for 30% off
    1. Dead By Daylight will be free on the Epic Games Store next week
    2. Check out our Steam Autumn Sale game recommendations
    3. The fantastic Fnatic Streak65 mechanical keyboard is just £83 for Black Friday
    4. Babylon's Fall combines crispy combat with the Destiny power grind
    5. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters details its toxic villains
    6. EWS podcast episode 165: the best drinks in games
    7. Multiplayer games need to capture nods and smiles
    8. Black Friday deal alert: the speedy WD Blue SN570 SSD hits its lowest ever price
    9. Halo Infinite best guns
    10. Let’s Build A Zoo review: an absorbing tycoon game that relishes chaos
    11. If Amazon make a Mass Effect TV show, Liara should be the main character
    12. The best gaming headset is just £30 in this Black Friday deal
    13. Battlefield 2042 Update #2 has improved bullet spread and nerfed hovercrafts
    1. The Steam Autumn Sale has started
    2. Halo Infinite Fracture Tenrai event: how to get Yoroi Armor
    3. Halo Infinite's multiplayer is the most stable FPS I've played all year
    4. Battlefield 2042 battle pass
    5. This Black Friday deal slashes £52 off the Logitech G Pro X headset
    6. EA's Origin store has a Black Friday Sale too
    7. Booo, the only Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday deal this year is a £50 / $50 game credit voucher
    8. The Sims 4's next update lets you meddle with your neighbours' lives
    9. Battlefield 2042 is getting three major patches this year
    10. The Epic Games Store's Black Friday sale has begun
    11. Black Friday deal spotlight: Achieve lightning speeds with the 1TB WD Black SN850 for just £120
    12. Epic buy Rock Band studio to make musical things in Fortnite
    13. The best Genshin Impact Aloy build
    1. How Men Of War II aims to reshape the frontlines of World War II strategy
    2. Kojima Productions open new division for TV, film, and music
    3. What are we all buying this Black Friday?
    4. This Razer Blade 15 Advanced gaming laptop is $1400 off for Black Friday
    5. Please help me cast my imaginary detective-themed dating sim
    6. Ooh, Dead Cells has Hollow Knight things now
    7. How to fly helicopters in Battlefield 2042
    8. How does Halo Infinite's progression system work?
    9. Activision Blizzard board start new committee to stop harassment and discrimination
    10. Exo One review: a gorgeous sci-fi marble run that lacks pace or friction
    11. This Battlefield Portal mode is a wingsuit time trial
    12. How Empire Of Sin's new updates are adding more strategy, more drama, and truth that's stranger than fiction
    13. Cyberpunk 2077 is 50% off in GOG's pre-Black Friday sale
    14. The best Genshin Impact Jean build
    15. How to fly jets in Battlefield 2042
    1. Riot show off League Of Legends fighting game Project L
    2. Best New World builds
    3. Hitman 3 is getting ray tracing and PC VR in 2022
    4. The best New World weapons for PvP and PvE
    5. New World attributes explained
    6. League Of Legends animated series Arcane getting a second season
    7. Get 35% off RPS yearly subscriptions this Black Friday week
    8. Rockstar apologise for GTA Definitive Edition issues, will start selling originals again
    9. New World PvP: what PvP modes are there in New World?
    1. The Sunday Papers
    1. Radiohead is now in Fall Guys, Fortnite and Rocket League
    2. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is currently free to keep
    3. American Truck Simulator is heading to Montana
    4. Wolfire's antitrust lawsuit against Valve has been dismissed
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    1. This Black Friday discount on the Samsung Odyssey G9 is almost as massive as the monitor
    2. Black Friday deal spotlight: Speed up your storage with the Samsung 980 Pro 1TB SSD
    3. Black Friday deal spotlight: Huge savings on the Logitech G915 TKL Lightspeed Wireless keyboard
    4. New World's new update has added a new weapon and new enemies
    5. The new Intel Core i5-12600K CPU is already up to £45 off for Black Friday
    6. How Dying Light 2 fixes stealth, empowers players, and cribs off The Last of Us II
    7. Halo Infinite: best controller settings on PC
    8. Nike start advertising in Roblox with free minigame-o-rama Nikeland
    9. Battlefield 2042 review: an FPS that doesn't feel ready yet
    10. Deathloop has made NPC AI a lot more aware of you with a new patch
    11. HTC have slashed up to £250 off their Vive VR headsets for Black Friday
    12. Going Medieval is a buildier, friendlier Rimworld spinoff
    13. Halo Infinite multiplayer is as sound and sturdy as a big meaty man in a big metal suit
    14. Battlefield 2042 planning two patches in next month after disappointing launch
    15. RPS readers’ favourite mouse hits its lowest ever price for Black Friday
    1. Microsoft's Phil Spencer says he is "evaluating all aspects" of relationship with Activision Blizzard
    2. Microsoft Flight Simulator's GOTY edition and Reno Air Races DLC are out now
    3. The epic planet-surfing Exo One is out now
    4. Humankind, the historical 4X, now has a substantial free demo
    5. Heaven's Vault is now a two volume novel
    6. Black Friday deal spotlight: $500 off the RTX 3080-equipped Alienware m15 R4 gaming laptop
    7. Battlefield 2042 best PBX-45 loadout
    8. The Rally Point: What do we want from a modern RTS?
    9. An Activision Blizzard shareholder group want Bobby Kotick removed
    10. Minecraft Caves & Cliffs Part 2 comes out this month
    11. Batman and Arya Stark will fight in a Warner Bros sorta Smash Bros
    12. EWS podcast episode 164: the best AI characters special
    13. It's time Forza Horizon ditched supercars for everyday hatchbacks
    14. Undungeon review: problems with the basics get in the way of a bizarre and beautiful world
    15. Growbot review: a puzzle game not quite in bloom
    16. Call Of Duty Vanguard: best Field Upgrades
    17. Forza Horizon 5 fixes crashes and online connection issues
    18. Changes are on the way for Halo Infinite's grindy battle pass
    19. Sailwind is just a few updates away from excellence
    1. Black Friday deal spotlight: The 2TB Samsung 870 Qvo SSD is the cheapest it's ever been
    2. League Of Legends spin-offs Ruined King and Hextech Mayhem are out now
    3. Call Of Duty Vanguard: best equipment
    4. This chaotic digital zine showcases small indie games that deserve a spotlight
    5. Halo Infinite developers looking into battle pass grind
    6. Call Of Duty: Vanguard (multiplayer and Zombies) review: unambitious filler
    7. Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, demand CEO's removal
    8. Battlefield 2042: how to use the wingsuit
    9. Saints Row reboot launch delayed to, y'know, finish it properly
    10. How New World transformed from a toxic survival horror game into a juggernaut MMO
    11. Paradox "happy with progress" on Bloodlines 2 - but its developer is still secret
    1. The Game Awards nominees announced, with Deathloop leading the way
    2. Activision Blizzard employees demand CEO's removal after new report
    3. Halo newcomers, how are you finding Halo Infinite?
    4. Dragon Ball: The Breakers looks like Dead By Daylight meets Prop Hunt
    5. A love letter to Jon from Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
    6. The Elder Scrolls 6 will be exclusive to PC and Xbox
    7. Dying Light 2’s practical parkour is a promising compliment to its perfect urban playground
    8. Windows 11 is making the blue screen of death blue again, hooray!
    9. The new Nvidia Image Scaling is no DLSS, but boosts performance in any game
    10. Modders are fixing the GTA Trilogy, from better rain to nut-shaped nuts
    11. Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale ending public testing, delaying launch
    12. Football Manager 2022 review: a small but notable evolution of one of the finest management sims around
    13. Moncage review: a square meal of puzzle goodness
    1. Call Of Duty: Vanguard cheaters could get banned from the entire series
    2. Outriders launching big update this week, first expansion next year
    3. Halo Infinite multiplayer launches free multiplayer beta
    4. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One review: the silliest thing I have ever loved
    5. The magic of Morse is in its custom telegraph controller
    6. Survival horror Maid Of Sker's follow-up is a co-op shooter, for some reason
    7. Mercenary managing RPG Wartales arrives in early access next month
    8. Back 4 Blood devs planning to dial difficulty back down
    9. Best Resident Evil Village mods
    10. Amazon planning second round of New World server transfers this year
    11. Rockstar are selling GTA Trilogy Def Ed again, but should bring back the originals
    1. The Sunday Papers
    1. Cyberpunk RPG Mechajammer launches December 2nd
    2. Little Kitty, Big City looks like the adorable cat game I crave
    3. Discord CEO says 'no plan' to add teased crypto support
    4. GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition removed from sale due to "unintentionally included" files
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    1. One thing about Elden Ring's open world leaves me a bit confused
    2. If you're excited about Deathloop and liked Outer Wilds, you should read The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle
    3. Death's Door is my kind of Soulslike, and I just can't get enough of it
    4. The Best Stardew Valley mods
    5. Ultimate Audio Bang #18: do FPS games still need a campaign?
    6. You can't buy GTA's remastered trilogy for PC right now
    7. Call Of Duty Vanguard: how do crossplay and cross-save work?
    8. Call Of Duty Vanguard: how to level up fast
    9. Battlefield 2042 is out now early for people who pay extra
    10. Valve are holding a virtual Steam Deck conference today
    11. Jurassic World Evolution 2 review: a genetically-engineered theme park monster
    12. Call Of Duty: Vanguard best settings
    13. Best Call Of Duty: Vanguard Perks
    14. Rainbow Six Extraction will let your friends play with you for free, for a bit
    15. Call Of Duty: Vanguard Killstreaks
    1. Pokémon TCG Live's open beta pushed to 2022
    2. PlanetSide 2's new continent is finally in the works
    3. Final Fantasy V's pixel remaster is out now
    4. Empire Of Sin's first DLC and major free update launch November 18th
    5. Rockstar release remastered Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas
    6. The RPS 100: our top PC games of all time (50-1)
    7. We should see more of Bethesda's Starfield next summer
    8. EWS podcast episode 163: the best celebrities in games
    9. Bright Memory Infinite review: a beautiful yet sometimes clunky romp packed with fun gun-fu techno biffing
    10. Remember, RPS premium supporters can get their free copy of Darkest Dungeon today
    11. XCOM: Long War creators delay their own alien invasion strategy game
    12. Skyrim modders already working to fix mods the Anniversary Edition broke
    13. Todd Howard says Fallout 4 nearly had a "BioShock style" underwater vault
    14. Battlefield 2042 review-in-progress: a solid FPS with great potential
    15. Conway: Disappearance At Dahlia View review: a classic locked room mystery
    16. Skyrim: Anniversary Edition is out now adding fishing, aquariums and more
    17. Call Of Duty: Vanguard Prestige system
    18. This browser game is a post-apocalypse Glasto meets non-violent tech Wicker Man and it's rad as hell
    1. Every new PC trailer shown at Thunderful World
    2. "It is the first time a fragrance has featured in a game as a playable character"
    3. SteamWorld Dig 2 is free to keep for the next 24 hours
    4. The Gunk will ooze out on December 16th
    5. The next SteamWorld is a third-person co-op action game
    6. Steam Deck delayed until February 2022
    7. World Of Warships is making water prettier, as all video games should
    8. The RPS 100: our top PC games of all time (100-51)
    9. Letter From The Editor #04: notes from our survey
    10. Among Us has added new player roles in a big update
    11. Elden Ring is bold, ambitious, but knows its limits: hands on with the closed network test
    12. Grab the Assassin's Creed Chronicles trilogy free to keep
    13. Call Of Duty: Vanguard best 3-Line Rifle loadout
    14. Unity acquiring Oscar-winning visual effects studio Weta Digital
    15. Does Call Of Duty: Vanguard have split screen?
    16. Benji Bright's Doors shows salacious sorcery in a stat-based text adventure
    17. Forza Horizon 5 players are scheming to get rich quick using old Jeeps
    1. Football Manager 2022 is out now on Steam, Epic and Xbox Game Pass
    2. Borderlands' Tiny Tina DLC is now standalone and free from the Epic store
    3. The next League Of Legends spin-off is made by the Bit.Trip devs
    4. Murderous Pinocchio game Lies Of P sure looks Bloodborne-y
    5. Unpacking review: the exact same joy as unwrapping a kinder egg and building the toy inside
    6. Darkest Dungeon is the next free game for RPS premium supporters, and here's how to get it
    7. Fortnite pulls Travis Scott emote following concert tragedy
    8. Here Comes Niko! is escapism done right
    9. Fallout 76 roleplayers formed a theatre company and performed Macbeth
    10. The best Japanese games to play on PC
    11. Call Of Duty: Vanguard (campaign) review: war, war never changes
    12. Forza Horizon 5 will add sign language support after launch
    13. Forza Horizon 5 review: the best modern open world driving game
    14. Come take the inaugural RPS hardware survey
    15. Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs aren’t playing nice with DRM in some games
    1. Deep Rock Galactic now has a free battle pass and a new mode
    2. Factorio update improves latency for good and bad internet connections
    3. Star Wars: The Old Republic's trailers get fun 4K remasters for 10th anniversary
    4. Meat hell FPS Scorn delayed into 2022
    5. Back 4 Blood lays out content roadmap including a new co-op mode
    6. Riot continues Arcane celebrations in League Of Legends this week
    7. Metal Gear Solid 2 will be pulled from sale, for a while
    8. I don't want Inscryption to be easier, I want me to be smarter
    9. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker launch delayed by two weeks
    10. Former Arkane studio director now working on an educational game
    11. BioWare tease the return of the geth in the next Mass Effect game
    12. Elden Ring will support raytracing, run at 60fps on PC
    1. The Sunday Papers
    1. Take-Two CEO "a big believer" in NFTs, says blockchain "very useful"
    2. Halo Infinite details battle pass season one, Heroes Of Reach
    3. This Half-Life: Alyx machinima shows off Valve's gorgeous animation
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    5. Ubisoft employee group launch petition seeking public support for demands
    1. New World turns wealth and character transfers back on
    2. Skyrim Anniversary Edition pricing announced ahead of Nov 11th release
    3. eFootball 2022 releases bug fixes, cancels DLC and refunds players
    4. Sociable Soccer will return to Steam next year
    5. For Bonfire Night: What's your favourite video game fire?
    6. Spider-Man comes to Marvel's Avengers this month, exclusively on PlayStation
    7. How to make a fishing pole and catch fish in New World
    8. Here's our first look at E4's GamesMaster reboot
    9. Planet Zoo adds lemurs and cakes its free anniversary update
    10. The 9 best shotguns in PC games
    11. How to transfer servers in New World
    12. Call Of Duty: Vanguard is out now, returning to WW2
    13. I can't stop watching people play rally games beautifully
    1. EA CEO says FIFA players want NFTs, which are "part of the future of our industry"
    2. The Sims 4's next DLC brings the outdoors indoors
    3. League Of Legends, Valorant and every Riot game are now on the Epic Games Store
    4. Rune Factory 4 will craft, marry, kill on PC this December 7th
    5. EWS podcast episode 162: the best literary adaptations in games special
    6. New World's new patch targets gold sellers and item duping
    7. New World leveling tips
    8. I'm so glad Elden Ring sounds like a Souls game
    9. Bloodborne PS1-style demake coming to PC next year
    10. Darkest Dungeon 2 developers wanted to make a sequel that "didn't sabotage its older brother"
    11. New World Trade Skills: how to level up
    12. Lost Ark is a Diablo-like MMO that promises late-game thrills, if you can survive the early slow burn
    13. Total War: Warhammer 3 arrives February 17th, and on Game Pass
    14. This ghostly indie puzzler looks absolutely gorgeous
    15. Battlefield 2042 explains how to create custom modes with Portal
    16. Intel Core i9-12900K review: Alder Lake at its most extreme
    17. Intel Core i5-12600K review: a gaming CPU worth waiting for
    18. Guardians of the Galaxy chapters
    19. How to convince the Worldmind in Guardians Of The Galaxy
    20. Take-Two cancel unannounced superhero game from Mafia 3 devs
    21. Guardians Of The Galaxy: should you pay the Nova Corps fine?
    22. Call Of Duty: Vanguard release time
    23. Guardians Of The Galaxy tips
    24. Watch the Elden Ring gameplay trailer, complete with laughing NPC
    25. XCOM studio's Marvel superhero game Midnight Suns is delayed
    26. Guardians Of The Galaxy: should you sell Groot or Rocket?
    1. Apex Legends Ash tips and tricks
    2. Guardians Of The Galaxy disabler
    3. Inscryption is the first card game that actually makes me feel like I'm playing cards
    4. Do you get 100% collectables? Psychonauts 2 just made that easier
    5. Demon Turf review: new Beebz on the block
    6. Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 are both delayed
    7. Guardians Of The Galaxy outfits
    8. Blizzard co-lead Jen Oneal steps down
    9. Guardians Of The Galaxy game collectibles
    10. Guardians Of The Galaxy foggy cave
    11. Voice Of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars review: a JRPG in card game cosplay
    1. Twitch has added a category for livestreams of animals
    2. Apex Legends Escape update is live now, including new hero and map
    3. Marvel's Avengers has removed the paid XP boosters
    4. Shadow Tactics' Aiko's Choice expansion will emerge December 6th
    5. Call Of Duty: Vanguard gets a PC trailer and final system requirements
    6. Minecraft is now on Xbox Game Pass For PC in both Java and Bedrock forms
    7. Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice is shaping into a small, but sublime slice of ninja fun
    8. Riders Republic review: a free roaming extreme sports theme park
    9. Have a chill time moving house in Unpacking, out now
    10. Apex Legends tips and tricks [Season 11]
    11. This mod lets you fight Crusader Kings 3 battles inside Mount & Blade 2
    12. Stardew Valley dev's next game Haunted Chocolatier will be more combat-focused
    13. Echo Generation review: a spooky grab bag of familiar retro tropes
    1. New World turns off all "wealth transfers" to stop gold duplication exploit
    2. Forza Horizon 5 and Football Manager 2022 head to Xbox Game Pass in November
    3. Roblox's three-day outage prompted by "subtle bug"
    4. Ubisoft want to be "key players" in blockchain gaming
    5. What a fool! I've only just realised glowing PC parts are secretly meant to be Christmas lights
    6. The End Of Dyeus is built on the joy of discovery
    7. True horror is the fridge being left open in Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy
    8. Apex Legends L-Star stats
    9. Apex Legends Longbow stats
    10. Apex Legends Peacekeeper stats
    11. Weird West is a smooth, smooth ride through a rough, rough place
    12. Battlefield 2042 PC trailer shows off DLSS and ray tracing
    13. The Dark Pictures Anthology will end first season in a Murder Castle
    14. Apex Legends EVA-8 stats
    15. Apex Legends G7 Scout stats
    16. Apex Legends Triple Take stats
    17. Valorant's new agent Chamber spawns snazzy guns for himself
    18. Apex Legends Mastiff stats
    19. Apex Legends 30-30 Repeater stats
    20. Darkest Dungeon 2 early access review: a bumpy start
    21. AGDQ 2022 lineup includes blindfolded Sekiro speedrun
    22. Uncharted director's new studio are making a Marvel game