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As those of you who have been hiding behind my sofa, or just read our “What are we all buying this Black Friday?” article, are aware, the top item on my Black Friday shopping list was a new chair. I did manage to procure a solid bottom-rest at a good discount and I’m very happy

When I write one of these Black Friday deal posts for your perusal, the first thing I do is light up a candle and delve into the dusty depths of the RPS archives to see if we have reviewed the product in question. Due to my lowly status, I’m not allowed to handle such hallowed

Next year’s free game on the Epic Games Store will be a big’un: Dead By Daylight. I’ve been impressed by the 1v4 multiplayer horror game, watching it steadily grow into one of Steam’s most popular after a while looking like it might slip a way, so that’s a nice get. But before then, Epic are

After limbering up your spending hand with smaller Black Friday sales in other digital games stores, I hope you’re ready for big one: the Steam Autumn Sale is now on. From now until next Wednesday, Valve’s PC game store has… so many discounts. So many. This brings the start of Valve’s Steam Awards too, with

Epic Games is ending Fortnite‘s second chapter sooner than expected. On December 4 at 4 p.m. ET, the Cube Queen is waging war against all of the combatants on the Island in a new limited event called “The End.” This event is a one-time instance, meaning you won’t be able to play it again after

Halo Infinite’s free multiplayer experience offers many avenues of play, including timed events. This week, 343 Industries introduced the game’s first limited event called Facture: Tenrai. From now until November 30, players can make progress on a new 30-tier battle pass, with the ultimate goal of unlocking a complete set of Yoroi Armor. The Tenrai

I’ve always found it hard to get excited about the Men Of War series. This is admittedly partly down to the name. Short of outright calling your game “War”, Men Of War is about as generic a title as you can get for a video game. And I think this was at least partly reflective

Xbox has announced the Xbox Games With Gold line up for December and per usual, it includes two Xbox One games and two older-generation games.  Four games are up for grabs this month. They are The Escapists 2 on Xbox One, Tropico 5: Penultimate Edition on Xbox One, Orcs Must Die on Xbox 360, and

According to announcements from both companies, music and rhythm game developer Harmonix is being acquired by Epic Games.  Epic Games made a statement saying on its website about the company’s future, saying, ”The Harmonix team will collaborate closely with Epic to develop musical journeys and gameplay for Fortnite while continuing to support existing titles including Rock Band 4.” Harmonix has

Nintendo and Illumination announced that Chris Pratt would voice Mario in the upcoming Mario movie exactly two months ago. In those eight weeks, the conversation around this choice has focused on the accent of the famous plumber. Will he be doing the traditional Mario accent, or will he do something else? In a new interview

With it being Xbox’s 20th anniversary this year, the company has done a lot to commemorate the special milestone. There’s the limited edition Adidas shoes, the fancy Halo Xbox Series X, and more. Now, there’s a digital Xbox museum you can peruse through, too.  Getting there is quite simple – head to museum.xbox.com. We highly

The latest in Riot Games’ numerous departures from MOBAs is a fighting game they’re calling Project L. Over the weekend, Riot Games posted a video giving a new look at the game and explaining how they plan to make it accessible to a wider audience by simplifying controls. They still haven’t announced a release date,

Hitman 3 has been out for nearly a year, and while its first year of content was expansive, Year 2 is shaping up to be just as big, if not bigger.  IO Interactive, the developer behind Hitman 3 and the two Hitman games that came out before it, released a new blog post today detailing

Radiohead’s surprising collaboration with Epic Games is out now. The Kid A Mnesia Exhibition is a virtual environment designed to accompany and celebrate Radiohead’s classic Kid A and Amnesiac albums. It’s an odd project, but it’s one that makes sense for a band that are often experimental and technologically progressive. Then they’ve also made items

Three-eyed gantry shuffler Sam Fisher hasn’t starred in his own game since 2013’s Blacklist, but Ubisoft are currently giving away the third and arguably best game in the series, 2005’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. It’s free to keep if you download it before November 25th.

It’s time to break out and dust off your arcade sticks and prepare for a weekend of 3v3 battles in The King of Fighters XV open beta. Starting tonight at 7 p.m. Pacific and running until 7 a.m. Pacific on November 22, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 owners will have the opportunity to go hands-on with eight characters

Black Friday is a time of excess, kicking off a season of even more excess. In that spirit, I’ve been thinking about buying four more of my current monitor and lashing them together into a makeshift array using rope fashioned from my corgi’s shed hair. There’s no way that I could achieve such an impressive

Having released half of the game earlier this week (albeit in beta), 343 Industries has announced Halo Infinite is ready to make preparations for release in a few weeks. In a tweet this afternoon on the Halo account, the message sent was very clear, saying, “#HaloInfinite has officially gone gold! We’ll see you on December 8, Spartans.” The

Star Citizen, the ever-in-development interstellar flight sim about piloting impressive spaceships you can buy with your real hard-earned money, is holding the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2951 (IAE 2951) from today until December 1.  Typically, to get yourself behind the yoke of a space cruiser in Star Citizen, you’d have to cough up at least $45 for access to

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer says he is “evaluating all aspects of our relationship with Activision Blizzard and making ongoing proactive adjustments” in the wake of the Wall Street Journal’s report on alleged misconduct and criminal behaviour within the publisher. Spencer made the comments in an email sent to Microsoft staff and seen by Bloomberg.

Tencent has acquired a minority stake in Playtonic, the developer behind Yooka-Laylee and its 2D sequel, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair.  This news comes by way of Playtonic, which announced the news in a blog post made today. The studio says it will retain “full creative control over its IP” and will use Tencent’s investment

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published an extensive report detailing evidence that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was aware for years of the company’s long history of sexual misconduct. The report also points to Kotick withholding information about these events from the board of directors and surfaces abuse allegations levied at Kotick himself. You can read the full

Are the tiny computer people who write all the information down on the hard disks inside your PC old and tired? Yeah, mine too. Well, I have good news! The superb Samsung 870 Qvo 2TB SSD is the cheapest it’s ever been here in the UK. RPS Supreme Overlord Katharine checked it out way back

Paradox Interactive say they’re happy with progress on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, but they’re still refusing to say who’s making it. The topic came up again during the Swedish publisher’s Q3 interim report, in response to the question, “Any news on Bloodlines 2 or its developer?”

Microsoft is rolling out the last batch of Xbox Game Pass games for the month of November. Do you enjoy vibrant tactics games, supervillain simulators, or interplanetary flight experiences? If so, then this is your month. In terms of brand-new releases, Exo One and Undungeon launch this month. Exo One puts you in the cockpit

Activision have made a big deal of fighting cheaters with Call Of Duty: Vanguard, bragging about new anti-cheat tech Ricohet, and a new progress report on their anti-cheat efforts makes clear they really want wrong’uns gone. If you get banned for cheating, they’ll ban you from the whole Call Of Duty series (well, as much

Dice will rename a Battlefield 2042 skin after a player revealed its connection to the Russo-Ukrainian War.  This news comes by way of IGN, which first reported that someone on Twitter, Waggle_ua, pointed out to EA and Dice that the “Little Green Man” skin available for the Russian specialist, Pyotr “Boris” Gukovsky, is a reference to Russian

Cyberpunk RPG Mechajammer describes itself as “an isometric Deus Ex”. It’s got a low-tech scifi open world to explore, dark and alluring pixel art, and lots of options for how to pick your way through combat. It’s also now got a release date: December 2nd.

Wholesome Games held a new showcase of indie games this evening, and the pick of the litter was Little Kitty, Big City. It’s a game about exploring a (big) city as a (little) kitty, and generally doing cat things. Watch the trailer below.

The writer behind some of the stories and dialogue featured in Assassin’s Creed games like Revelations, Black Flag, and even last year’s Valhalla, Darby McDevitt, has returned to Ubisoft.  This news comes by way of Video Games Chronicle, which reports that McDevitt is back at the company just seven months after leaving it. In that