The latest Rogue Piece codes for launch can get you all the rerolls and gems you'll need to spin for powerful stats and grab the best fruits.
"I'd consider this to be the version of the game Iâd have released if I had a bit more time to playtest the game thoroughly."
Hello reader who is also a reader! Today marks the sad and glorious return of Booked for the Week, our reliably irregular Sunday column in which games people talk about books. It’s sad because the original creator of this column, arch word baron Nic Reuben, is no longer full time at RPS. It’s glorious because this is one of the best columns I’ve ever read, and I’m delighted Nic has given permission to keep it rolling. He’s now got a Patreon, by the way. Read more
After releasing a solo horror game that resets whenever you shout, Don't Scream Together, the multiplayer version, has had a rocky start.
It's also 60% off until December 18.
Today’s advent calendar hails, in both setting and make, from the RPS homeland of the United Kingdom. Which means, like most of RPS, it’ll probably spend Christmas predominantly unconscious, driven into a coma by a combination of tiredness, pigs in blankets overreach, and acute exposure to King Charles. Best play it before then, eh. It’s Atomfall! Read more
A Stars of Icarus playtest lets you try the squad-based space combat dogfighter on Steam, bringing teamwork to the forefront of competition.
With Prologue now on Steam, PlayerUnknown says that some studios don't use early access in the right way, and he'll show them how.
"Thanks for taking a chance on a naive young girl from California with stars in her eyes and a pneumatic gauntlet on her hand."
The eternal problem with online shooters of any flavour that has some variation on a levelling system, is that eventually you run out of room, and can't progress any more. That's why so many of them essentially allow you to reset your levels, or to prestige as it's often colloquially known. Arc Raiders is one such game that will feature such a system, and in a new blog post, developer Embark have outlined what you get when you prestige. Read more
The online RPG still has a loyal niche.
Video games have a tendency to be very impatient in a way that I think often makes for a worse experience. Constant rewards of many flavours push us to chase after the next challenge, there's not nearly enough games that ask us to slow down. That's why I love a fishing minigame. It is a test of patience that you cannot win by brute forcing anything, the fish must come to you, and you must wait for the right time. About Fishing, the next release from Arctic Eggs developer The Water Museum, does
The departure window opens up December 17, and closes on December 22.
A new trailer for the next Path of Exile 2 update, The Last of the Druids, was shared earlier this week, showing off all the cool things you can do in it! Which are mostly relegated to turning into animals, but in my eyes that is eternally a cool thing to be able to do, in a game or not. And with that trailer also came a release date for the update. Read more
They rally 'round the Black Mage, with a pocket full of spells.
Instagibs are back on the menu.
Embark Studios details how the Arc Raiders wipe will work, and you can earn skill points and stash space among the rewards for resetting.
Imagine a second, alternate version of our world. Everything is the same, on the surface. The sky is blue, the economy is in shambles; it's the unnatural order of things. And yet, you cannot help but feel something is different. Like there's something missing, or perhaps replaced. Ah, there it is - Slay the Spire 2 is not a game that even remotely exists. As it turns out, this world, our world, where the roguelike called Slay the Spire 2 does, or rather will, exist, is only the world we exist
Go be cringe in World of Warcraft, it's good for the soul.
I can see it now… in the near future, the review embargo for Suda51's next game Romeo is a Dead Man, and as far as the eye can see the digital realm is scorched with 7/10s. Its maximalist shenanigans, techno-blasting soundtrack, and ridiculous premise puts it in a position where it couldn't possibly be for everyone, even if such a score is actually ideal for such a game, but when has that ever been the case for a Suda51 game? However, as I said, this vision I have is in the near future,
NEO Scavenger puts the invent in inventory.
Path of Exile 2 director Jonathan Rogers tells PCGamesN that having all 12 classes is less important than a balanced campaign and endgame.
With physics-driven conveyor belts that force you to be creative about your builds, MineMogul demands clever solutions to sandbox problems.
Inspired by '90s first-person adventures with a look some might view as "old Elder Scrolls," the Queen's Domain demo is going down a storm.
