This piece is being written on a train as I trundle towards our very first staff meeting with Rock Paper Shotgun's new overlords. The morning is cloudy but bright and calm, the north London suburbs are a blissful checkerboard of red roofs and flourishing lawns, hope glistens faintly in the gutters and ditches beside the tube. How unlike the innards of Centum, a point-and-click horror game (Steam page here) that begins with a dreary retro desktop interface on which there are curious text files, curioser decryption tools and most curious of all, an .exe of some kind that drops you into a simulation consisting of a stone prison chamber. Hang on, I'm changing trains... Read more View the full article
**** of War Ragnarök, the 2022 PS5 sequel to the 2018 **** of War reboot, is the latest title from Sony heading to PC. Like previous PlayStation Studios offerings on the platform, Ragnarök also packs a handful of PC-exclusive features. Here’s a rundown of all the good stuff **** of War Ragnarök’s PC version has in store. **** of War Ragnarök PC features The Kratos saga resumes for PC-partisans. Image via Sony Unlocked framerates and true 4K support Compared to PS5’s 60 fps cap on Performance mode, **** of War Ragnarök on PC supports an unlocked framerate. If you have the hardware to deliver the juice, the PC port can give you well over 60 fps at 4K, which is something visual fidelity aficionados were waiting for. View the full article
Helldivers 2 latest Major Order is a simple one in theory - ******** the Terminid Supercolony on Meridia, using that experimetal Dark Fluid that may or may not end up attracting the attention of the Illuminate. However, in practice, thing are proving a lot tougher than that, thanks to some bug spawning issues that Arrowhead thankfully looks to already be aware of. While a fix for this stuff seems like it'll drop relatively soon, it's sad to see the game's community riled up again so soon, given the recent changes from the studio behind it that've seemed to recapture a bit of the player trust that'd been wavering thanks to some controversial patches and the whole PSN linking thing. So, what's happening to folks who dropping onto Meridia to try and aid in the destruction of that bug nest? Well, they're encountering enough bugs to make their task incredibly difficult - with a number arguing things go past the point of it just being a skill issue or something done on purpose. Read more View the full article
With a demo available now and a release window revealed for sometime this Summer, Gourdlets looks like a really sweet and chilled game to try out with Linux support. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
My PC has a big white case, and sometimes, I sit and think: “big white box good!” But other times, I glance over to my PS5 and think: “other big white box also good!” Then I start getting fanciful and imagine a lovely future where they can both combine into one. Keeping track of two big white boxes is hard! Luckily, I only have to write about one of those big white boxes for RPS the vast majority of the time. Today is one of the rare occasions I do have to cover both, so here’s everything announced at yesterday’s Playstation State Of Play that you, the discerning big white box owner, might find relevant: Read more View the full article
The everlasting hope of a new Bloodborne reveal at PlayStation State of Play was once again dashed, but PS5 owners are still getting an exclusive Soulslike—Ballad of Antara. It hasn’t got anything to do with FromSoftware, but the announcement trailer from May 31 looks promising. Ballad of Antara is from Tipsworks Studio, and it calls the game an action RPG where you play “an adventure of two intertwined fates through exotic landscapes.” You can play as multiple characters with unique builds and combat styles, and the game’s multiplayer feature means you don’t have to take on the massive monsters from the trailer alone. View the full article
Developer Monomi Park has released a new update for ****** Rancher 2, entitled "Add to Cart, ProntoMart," that adds a slew of features to the title. This includes a new shop system that will give players more ways to spend their Newbucks and keep their Slimes happy. This will provide ****** Rancher 2 gamers with additional options to meet their ranching needs. View the full article
Sony have dropped a trailer and release date for Concord, a new 5V5 multiplayer FPS in which you play a bunch of freegans carrying out heists (divided into six modes) on various loudly ********* alien planets. Sorry, not freegans - freegunners. Freeganism is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan" referring to people who fish jars of near-spoiled humus out of supermarket dumpsters according to an ideology of minimal resource consumption. Freegunners, meanwhile, are lairy Guardians Of The Galaxy-alike mercenaries with phat guns and playstyle-defining secondary abilities. They do not consume humus as far as I know. The game is out 23rd August 2024, with a beta happening in July, and I've got an overview trailer for you below. Read more View the full article
Riot Games launched a new Freljord-themed event yesterday, teasing the upcoming champion, Aurora. Naturally, since the whole schtick revolves around Ornn, fans are all over it, with some calling it their favorite League of Legends event. “Getting to explore Ornn’s forge is so much fun,” a Reddit user wrote in a May 30 thread. The event’s Visual Novel sees Aurora seek out an audience with Ornn, the famed divine blacksmith, to ask if he can help her friend. The friend, of course, turns out to be one of Ornn’s many siblings, of the same ****-like species as Anivia and Volibear. Players can interact with things like in any other visual novel, explore his forge, and get to know his charming character. View the full article
Marvel Rivals has been confirmed for consoles, alongside the news that a closed beta is coming this summer. The game’s second testing phase will take place in July on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Steam. Announced for PC in March, Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play 6v6 team-based shooter which is played from a third-person perspective. Read More... View the full article
Per last night’s Sony State of Play, PS5 darling and supposedly rather good action-dad adventure **** of War Ragnarök is coming to PC on September 19th 2024. The good news is that the port, co-developed by Jetpack Interactive and original makers Santa Monica Studio, will pack in all the DLSS 3, FSR 3, and ultrawide what-have-yous that one might expect from a big, monied PC release. The bad, silly, clearly pointless news is that it will need a PlayStation Network (PSN) account, despite the complete lack of multiplayer. Read more View the full article
In case you missed yesterday's PlayStation State of Play, one of the big announcements was **** of War Ragnarok's PC port, which is set to arrive on September 19. So, here's a thing people had been anticipating for a while. It'll come, as these kinds of PC ports often do, with all of the DLC for the game and some extra performance options. Though, it'll require PC players to create a PSN account to pair with their Steam one - and here's why that's annoyed a lot of folks. First of all, the fact that Ragnarok on PC will require a PlayStation Network account has been confirmed via the blog post about the game's PC announcement, reinforcing what a statement flicked up during the State of Play broadcast itself seemed to suggest. The Steam page for it, meanwhile, features a prominently displayed text box that reads: "PlayStation Network Account required, subject to the PlayStation Terms of Services and User Agreement." Read more View the full article
We’re coming up on one year since Diablo 4 was released - how time flies! The 12-month ******* has been fairly tumultuous for Blizzard's action RPG, with highs, very bizarre lows and unforced errors, but we like to think things have settled now. The most recent update, Season 4 Loot Reborn, has been keeping players busy, and many have proclaimed it to be the game’s best season, yet - even if it’s really not much of a season at all when it comes to new content. But, the mechanical and systemic changes it brought have transformed the game. Blizzard clearly wants to keep this train rolling, and it's going to use the game’s first birthday celebration to do that. Read more View the full article
Oh wow, a birthday present just for me huh? The Garden Path from carrotcake and Mooncat Games is now going to release on July 30th. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
I know there's quite a lot of Path of Exile fans here, especially as it works so well with Proton on Linux PCs and Steam Deck. Sounds like Path of Exile 2 is going to be a whole lot better too. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Valve stealthily put out a Release Candidate for testing the next stable update to Proton for Linux PCs and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-2. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Both **** of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn are coming to Steam finally, but they will annoyingly require a PlayStation Network Account despite being single-player games. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Take control of powerful entities called Emissaries and specialize in unique classes to retrieve lost essences for power against the Grey Mist. View the full article
Smite 2’s Alpha has swung its doors open again for Playtest Two and HiRez Studios has taken the opportunity to make a swathe of changes to the gods, items, and modes already live. This time, HiRez is adding more to Smite 2: Two more gods in Hades and Sol and a bucketload more items like the Pendulum Blade, Staff of Myrddin, Sphere of Negation, the Breastplate of Valor, and Typhon’s Fang. View the full article
A new crew of characters accompany Hunters on a ship that can travel across deserts. View the full article
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Sony appears to be full throttle on shoving its controversial PlayStation Network account requirements down PC gamers’ throats, despite the mega backlash the company faced recently after trying the lock on Helldivers 2. **** of War Ragnarök, the next PlayStation game heading to PC, carries the same conditions that saw Sony blasted by bad PR from the Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima fandoms. View the full article
Materials are very hard to come by in Wuthering Waves, and the daily Waveplate limit makes farming upgrade materials frustratingly slow. The game sells special bundles for real money in the store so you can bypass these restrictions, but are any of them even worth it?Since Wuthering Waves is a gacha game, it’s only natural that it tries to squeeze money out of you at every opportunity. The store bundles are one of the most egregious examples of this, offering you a small handful of XP for your Resonators and equipment for a few real-world dollars. You can even spend as much as you would for 5-star characters solely on Shell Credits and other items that you can get just by playing the game, so what’s the deal with these Wuthering Waves store bundles?Should You Buy Store Bundles in Wuthering Waves?There are five store bundles available for purchase in the Special Offers section of the Wuthering Waves store.Traveler’s EXP AidSage’s EXP Support...View the full article
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When you pull for characters and weapons in Wuthering Waves, the game will give you special currencies called Aftershocked Coral and Oscillated Coral that you can spend on consolation prizes after dumping a ton of money into the gacha machine.While you only get a small amount of Coral for every pull you do in Wuthering Waves, it will slowly add up over time and you’ll be surprised at how much you can save up. It can be a huge time saver that helps you get materials for your characters and even more pulls on both the standard and limited banners, but only if you use it wisely. Here’s what you should be spending your Aftershocked and Oscillated Coral on in Wuthering Waves. Best Coral Items in Wuthering WavesScreenshot: PC InvasionOf the two currencies, Aftershocked Coral is the rarest since you only obtain it by pulling a 4-star or higher item. Oscillated Coral, on the other hand, is rewarded for everything else. You can get the best possible items with Afters...View the full article
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This piece is being written on a train as I trundle towards our very first staff meeting with Rock Paper Shotgun's new overlords. The morning is cloudy but bright and calm, the north London suburbs are a blissful checkerboard of red roofs and flourishing lawns, hope glistens faintly in the gutters and ditches beside the tube. How unlike the innards of Centum, a point-and-click horror game (Steam page here) that begins with a dreary retro desktop interface on which there are curious text files, curioser decryption tools and most curious of all, an .exe of some kind that drops you into a simulation consisting of a stone prison chamber. Hang on, I'm changing trains... Read more View the full article