March 2022 Archive

    1. Diablo 4's art style promises a "return to darkness"
    2. New World's Heart Of Madness update is live, concluding its main storyline
    3. E3's digital event has been cancelled, meaning there's no E3 at all this year
    4. Citybuilding spin-off Cities: VR will launch on April 28th
    5. The Electronic Wireless Show episode 180: the best games to adapt into a TV show special
    6. Total War: Warhammer is free on Epic this week
    7. Elden Ring mech build
    8. Elden Ring Blasphemous Blade build
    9. Elden Ring Sword of Night and Flame build
    10. The Fertile Crescent review (early access): a bite-sized chunk of phenomenal RTS design
    11. Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 review: a launch party of AMD hardware
    12. RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2014
    13. Elden Ring Godskin Duo boss fight walkthrough
    14. Warhammer 40K: Darktide should finally arrive in September
    15. Superfuse is making a violent play to be your next co-op Diablo-like
    16. Weird West review: a breathtakingly reactive spin on classic Fallout
    17. Loop Hero makers support piracy if sanctions stop you buying it
    18. Nightmare Reaper is a retro-FPS roguelike that's bloody fun

    1. The Stanley Parable's expanded Ultra Deluxe edition finally arrives in April
    2. Death Stranding Director's Cut is stranger, weirder, and the best version of Kojima's hiking postal sim
    3. Liveblog: Intel reveal first Arc GPUs, the Arc A-Series for laptops
    4. Why Crusader Kings 3 still feels new-chainmail-fresh after 18 months on the throne
    5. The best Genshin Impact Kamisato Ayato build
    6. Grab a free copy of roleplaying strategy game Thea 2 on GOG this week
    7. Street Fighter V bows out with a big 'Definitive Update'
    8. Indie studio Funomena say they'll close if they don't find investment
    9. How to level up in Elden Ring
    10. Ghostwire Tokyo Jizo statue locations
    11. What happens when you make a Crusader Kings 3 ruler with every stat set to max?
    12. The death of my maxed-out Crusader Kings 3 ruler has kicked off an apocalyptic witch fight
    13. My Crusader Kings 3 character started a reckless affair with the Queen of Fight World, and won

    1. Pull the sword from the stone in this free game before other players make it longer and heavier
    2. Steam's SimFest "Hobby Edition" sale is underway
    3. Fortnite renames its now construction-free battle royale "Zero Build" mode
    4. Bungie files lawsuit over "fraudulent" DMCA takedowns of Destiny videos
    5. The 10 best PlayStation Now games to stream on PC
    6. What do you think of the new PlayStation Plus, and is it better than Xbox Game Pass?
    7. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands best class
    8. Game Dev Story and more Kairosoft manage 'em ups are now on Steam
    9. Sony's new game pass will affect how we stream PlayStation games on PC
    10. Now Intel is launching the “world’s fastest” desktop CPU, again
    11. Rain World adding new areas and slugcats in Downpour expansion
    12. The Cycle: Frontier is a less grim Hunt: Showdown, but other players are still the worst
    13. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: PC performance and the best settings to use
    14. Abermore review: an indie Thief-’em-up that steals your time in the worst way

    1. Vampire Survivors should end endgame framedeath with new engine
    2. The head of Amazon Games is leaving
    3. Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong's branching storylines are looking bloody impressive
    4. All of Elden Ring's horrible dogs, rated
    5. Horror survival sequel Sons Of The Forest delayed
    6. Patrick's Parabox review: a super smart puzzler of infinite depth

    1. The Sunday Papers

    1. Turbo Golf Racing is just Rocket League with golf, but that's OK
    2. After ten years of development, Skyblivion looks stunning
    3. Bloodborne PSX developer is making Bloodborne Kart next
    4. New lawsuit alleges harassment and retaliation at Activision Blizzard
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?

    1. Ghostwire Tokyo: KK's investigation note locations
    2. Distant Worlds 2 review: a troubled but brilliant 4X that sets its own terms
    3. Ghostwire Tokyo relic locations: where to find relics and what to do with them
    4. Elden Ring Godfrey and Hoarah Loux boss fight walkthrough
    5. Elden Ring Commander Niall boss fight walkthrough
    6. Konami's multiplayer mystery game Crimesight releases this April
    7. Chaotic pinball game Demon's Tilt is free on the Epic Games Store right now
    8. The Cub is a post-apocalyptic platformer inspired by Jungle Book
    9. The curse of the early game demo
    10. Buggos celebrates the hive, devours idiot humans
    11. New physics puzzler Lego Bricktales has awoken my inner child
    12. Microsoft says they won’t block the result of Activision Blizzard’s unionisation efforts
    13. Ghostwire: Tokyo haunted by game-breaking black screens on the Steam Deck
    14. The Box Office Game is Wordle for weekend box office takings

    1. Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn developers show more of their black powder fantasy
    2. Narrative sci-fi adventure sequel Deliver Us Mars announced
    3. Ghostwire Tokyo English dub: How to switch audio languages in Ghostwire Tokyo
    4. Liveblog: All the news from the Future Games Show
    5. Inscryption wins the IGF Grand Prize and GDC Game Of The Year Award 2022
    6. The joy of being OP in Elden Ring
    7. Live a surreal sci-fi version of the Southern Gothic in Norco, out today
    8. The Electronic Wireless Show episode 179: the best guh-guh-guh-ghosts in games special
    9. Elden Ring's new patch mainly targets hackers, couple more fixes too
    10. Tunic's instruction manual and the Zelda art that inspired it
    11. The 12 hardest bosses in Elden Ring
    12. Elden Ring's platforming is so bad it's good
    13. AMD FSR 2.0 is a more demanding, higher-quality upscaling upgrade
    14. That medallion from the new Witcher game was a lynx, by the way
    15. You've got one day left to buy the Stand With Ukraine Humble Bundle
    16. Come take the RPS walking tour through Ghostwire: Tokyo
    17. New Wartales update Harag's Marshlands adds a region, new enemies, and places to explore

    1. Elden Ring Draconic Tree Sentinel boss fight walkthrough
    2. Elden Ring's open world is an expert in isolation
    3. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel's new limited-time event starts today
    4. Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been officially delayed to spring 2023
    5. Elden Ring Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast boss fight walkthrough
    6. Far Cry 6 is free to play this weekend
    7. The joy of naked treasure runs in Elden Ring
    8. Elden Ring Maliketh boss fight walkthrough
    9. Elden Ring players are making horrific masterpieces with the character creator
    10. Exclusive new Fixfox story trailer remains lovely yet mysterious
    11. Ghostwire: Tokyo system requirements, PC performance and the best settings to use
    12. Elden Ring Magma Wyrm Makar boss fight walkthrough
    13. Elden Ring Glintstone Dragon Smarag boss fight walkthrough
    14. Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements: minimum and recommended PC specs

    1. Framed is like Wordle but with movie stills to identify
    2. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed will offer 4v1 asymmetric bustin'
    3. Staff allege Ori developers Moon Studios is an "oppressive workplace"
    4. Spiritual strategy game Cantata comes to early access in May
    5. Cyberpunk 2077's 1.52 update mainly fixes quests, but includes smaller changes
    6. The Witcher 4 needs a double-jumping horse like Elden Ring, or I'm out
    7. Paradise Killer interview: some answers on the B-side
    8. King Of Fighters XV announces new character Omega Rugal, and Boss Challenge game mode
    9. Starship Troopers - Terran Command delayed again just days before launch
    10. Sonic is the Elden Ring PvP king, and only one thing can stop him
    11. What would you like to see in The Witcher 4?
    12. Devotion devs next game Nine Sols has already smashed its crowdfunding goal

    1. CD Projekt confirm The Witcher is coming back for a new game
    2. How to respec in Elden Ring
    3. Elden Ring Dung Eater quest
    4. Shredders review: a passionate and unserious homage to snowboarding
    5. Weird 90s N64 platformer Glover is getting a PC re-release
    6. Xbox Cloud Gaming for Steam Deck makes Game Pass games portable, but needs work
    7. Elden Ring Sacred Tear locations
    8. Babylon’s Fall is not "in danger" according to a statement on Twitter
    9. Ghostwire: Tokyo review: Tango’s gorgeous Tokyo is haunted by urban legends and too much filler
    10. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is full of delight and discovery, but also it's a shooter now
    11. Elden Ring Grand Lift of Dectus guide
    12. Overwatch 2’s closed beta starts April 26th
    13. Elden Ring Glintstone Key locations

    1. The Sunday Papers

    1. Night Cascades is a supernatural mystery from the maker of Long Live The Queen
    2. Turn Sifu into The Matrix with these four mods
    3. Steam is "coming soon" to Chromebooks, with an alpha for select users
    4. Thomas The Tank Engine has been modded into Elden Ring already
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?

    1. Ukraine Humble Bundle offers Satisfactory, Back 4 Blood, and dozens more games
    2. Elden Ring: How to use Great Runes and Divine Tower locations
    3. Total Warhammer 3's next patch will slow the Souls race
    4. Reaching the end of FAR: Changing Tides was like shaking hands with my pre-pandemic past
    5. Thy Creature brings together Frankenstein and bullet hell at last
    6. One month with the Steam Deck: what’s changed and what I’ve learnt
    7. Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a Soulslike that swings so hard it misses
    8. Cyberpunk 2077 change appearance: how to change your character's hair, makeup, and more
    9. Inscryption's free "mini-expansion" has added an endless version of Act 1
    10. Trek To Yomi is a samurai saga that oozes style and simplicity
    11. Hearthstone's next expansion has creatures so big, they spread across multiple cards
    12. TFI Friday: three new indie games to distract you from external stressors

    1. Ashen developers announce open world action RPG Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn
    2. Stellaris: Overlord expansion aims to make being the boss more fun
    3. New Clash: Artifacts Of Chaos trailer outlines the rules of punching
    4. Starfield devs talk companions and old school RPG stats in new video
    5. Supernatural strategy sequel Hard West 2 announced
    6. The best GTA 5 mods
    7. Elden Ring Rykard boss fight walkthrough
    8. Elden Ring Starscourge Radahn boss fight walkthrough
    9. Elden Ring Crucible Knight boss fight walkthrough
    10. Supermassive's next horror game is summer camp slasher The Quarry
    11. Elden Ring’s Mimic Tear Ash nerf has left me broken-hearted
    12. It's the last day to buy the Bundle For Ukraine with almost 600 indie games
    13. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 178: the best heists in games special
    14. Cracking cooperative heist 'em up Monaco has a sequel coming
    15. Everything that happened at the Humble Games Showcase 2022
    16. Immortality trailer shows more of Her Story creator's next game
    17. AMD Radeon Super Resolution is FSR-style upscaling for almost any game
    18. Tunic Librarian boss guide
    19. How Eastshade can teach you mindfulness without you even realising
    20. How to level up in Tunic
    21. Elden Ring has added a new NPC and new quest phases in a big patch

    1. Paradise Killer devs on the benefits of being really, really weird
    2. How to find the magic orb in Tunic
    3. How to get the green key in Tunic
    4. Tunic Siege Engine boss guide
    5. How to get the red key in Tunic
    6. Tunic walkthrough
    7. How to get a shield in Tunic
    8. Tunic review: a cunning Zelda homage with a touch of Souls
    9. Tunic West Garden guide
    10. How to find the Lantern in Tunic
    11. How to get a sword in Tunic
    12. How to get the wand in Tunic
    13. Tunic Garden Knight boss fight guide
    14. Tunic East Forest guide
    15. This factory-building game is set inside a destructible alien planet
    16. Genshin Impact birthdays: complete character birthday list, and what happens on the player's birthday
    17. The next weird journey into Off-Peak City is an RPG
    18. The best Genshin Impact Kujou Sara build
    19. The Sims 4 Neighborhood Stories
    20. EA skipping their not-E3 showcase EA Play Live this year
    21. Elden Ring boasts of selling 12 million copies

    1. Physics dog breeding sim Wobbledogs has left early access
    2. Zero Escape and Weird West arrive on Game Pass this month
    3. Babylon's Fall's devs want to know what you think of its graphics
    4. Perfect Dark development beset by "fast and furious" staff departures
    5. Tencent buy majority stake in Rime and Song Of Nunu developers
    6. Lost Ark: Necromancer's Origin mechanics guide
    7. Lost Ark: Demon Beast Canyon mechanics guide
    8. Video Game Accessibility Awards celebrated games which welcome more players
    9. RiffTrax: The Game has you and your pals crack jokes over bad movies
    10. Does Grand Theft Auto need a story when it's the world's best sandbox?
    11. Oh hey, the new NZXT Function keyboards are pretty good
    12. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak launches June 30th
    13. Ship Of Fools brings the co-op chaos of Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime to the high seas
    14. How WH40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters aims to avoid "analysis paralysis" by letting you carve up the galaxy
    15. Redout 2 is shaping up to be a blisteringly good anti-grav racer
    16. The “world’s fastest gaming CPU”, AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D, gets a price and release date
    17. Steam is holding a JRPG sale this week
    18. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Virtual World deck
    19. DirectStorage API finally launches, faster SSD performance beckons
    20. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Zoodiac Tri-Brigade deck
    21. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Eldlich deck
    22. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Lyrilusc Tri-Brigade deck
    23. The best Genshin Impact Raiden Shogun (Baal) build
    24. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Adamancipator deck
    25. Faced with no robot T-Rex mount in Horizon, I would rather walk

    1. The Dead Space remake is due to launch in early 2023
    2. Riot Games buy big part of Arcane animation studio
    3. Ghostwire: Tokyo would be the perfect holiday, if it weren’t for all the ghosts
    4. Elden Ring speedruns are already completing it in less than 30 minutes
    5. These are the current Steam Deck Verified games

    1. The classic Gold Box D&D RPGs are coming to Steam next week

    1. WWE 2k22 is out now with big, regrettable DLC plans
    2. When Steam Deck support comes to games is "up to our studios", says Microsoft
    3. Dutch court overturns earlier ruling, decides FIFA Ultimate Team cards aren't gambling
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?

    1. Genshin Impact Barbara Hangout endings
    2. MSI Raider GE76 review: meet the Intel Core i9-12900HK and RTX 3080 Ti
    3. Completing digital jigsaws of increasing size to avert a disaster
    4. Elite Dangerous: Odyssey cancels console development to focus on PC
    5. The amazing $10 indie game bundle for Ukraine has raised over $4 million
    6. London Games Festival announces Official Selection of video games
    7. Aztech Forgotten Gods fights jank with a massive rocket-powered god arm
    8. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel XYZ Summons
    9. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Pendulum Summons
    10. Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Link Summons
    11. Steam Deck gets Windows drivers to make switching OS easier
    12. Chrono Trigger adds ultrawide support with first patch in years
    13. Best structure deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel

    1. Former GhostWire: Tokyo creative director Ikumi Nakamura announces new studio, Unseen
    2. Bulwark is a building/strategy successor to The Falconeer's air combat
    3. PC Building Simulator 2 announced as an Epic exclusive coming later this year
    4. Steam had more players and playtime than ever in 2021
    5. Overwatch 2 splitting its PvP and PvE, with PvP now in a closed alpha testing
    6. Distant Worlds 2 review in progress: two steps forward and one back
    7. Lovely city-builder Cities: Skylines is free on Epic right now
    8. The Rally Point: Shadows Of Forbidden Gods exhibits the power of evil chaos theory
    9. How to install the Epic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck
    10. Oh no, Atari have bought MobyGames
    11. The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 177: the best mounts in games special
    12. Elden Ring's player messages make for the perfect social media platform
    13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collection gathers 13 vintage Konami games
    14. Lost Ark's Mokoko island is a great example of the game at its best
    15. How to pause Elden Ring without mods
    16. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fighting game coming to PC
    17. Square Enix announce Valkyrie Elysium, bringing the series to PC
    18. Capcom making a game about mechs fighting dinosaurs
    19. Square Enix announce new strategy RPG The DioField Chronicle

    1. Who Are Ya? is like Wordle but with football players
    2. How is the Steam Deck as a desktop PC?
    3. Gotham Knights starts bamming, biffing, and powing in October
    4. Have A Nice Death is a fun roguelike that needs more meat on its bones
    5. The new Moomins video game looks pretty
    6. Ship Of Fools is a co-op voyage brawling with sea beasties
    7. Help, I can only hear Star Trek: Resurgence's Spock as Diablo's Deckard Cain
    8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarök review: the Assassin's Creed you like in a fun new fantasy world
    9. Here are the Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin system requirements

    1. Heardle is Wordle but about identifying songs from their opening seconds
    2. Humble's Boomer Shooter bundle contains some throwback FPS classics
    3. Resist the deadly allure of gravity in citybuilder Airborne Kingdom on Steam
    4. Disgaea 6 Complete will screech onto Steam on June 28th
    5. Square Enix have delayed Forspoken's launch by four months
    6. Elden Ring is a reminder that Souls games get elevators right
    7. The Fertile Crescent blends Bronze Age strategy with managing pomegranates
    8. Battlefield 2042 adds new scoreboard today, voice chat following in April
    9. Support Ukraine with this astonishing $10 bundle of almost 600 indie games

    1. Activision Blizzard, Epic, and CD Projekt also stopping selling to Russia
    2. I adore the terrible banter of Elden Ring player messages
    3. The best VR headset deals: Oculus and HTC discounts
    4. RimWorld pulled from sale on Steam in Australia, as an affront to public morality, decency, and propriety
    5. The best graphics card deals on Nvidia and AMD GPUs
    6. Train Life dev's next game is a taxi tycoon simulator
    7. Your Elden Ring saves should now be safe from Steam Cloud issues

    1. The Sunday Papers

    1. Game Dev Story finally returns to PC later this month
    2. Hitman 3's Elusive Target Arcade mode gets new contracts - and gets made easier
    3. Create your own holes in MiniGolf Maker
    4. Battle royale Super People lays out early access plans
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?

    1. Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.1, "Newfound Adventure", arrives mid-April
    2. Microsoft suspends sale of products and services in Russia
    3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 development has "shifted to the sidelines", GSC Game World say
    4. EA suspends sale of games and virtual currency in Russia and Belarus
    5. RPS GOTY Revisited: 2007's Portal remains a lodestar for very good games
    6. Paradise Killer to be splattered with new secrets, sexy demons and sick tunes later this month
    7. I have no idea what to compare Blimps to
    8. The Settlers is delayed yet again "to a later date"
    9. Thailand's Elden Ring advert is a journey that... goes places
    10. Elden Ring has fixed the problem I had with Dark Souls
    11. This Elden Ring mod lets you pause the game
    12. How to find and use Engravings in Lost Ark
    13. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 review: DLSS for less
    14. Babylon's Fall review: a live disservice
    15. 9 minor NPCs who became major characters
    16. Elden Ring Leonine Misbegotten boss fight walkthrough
    17. Elden Ring Stonedigger Troll boss fight walkthrough
    18. Elden Ring Rennala boss fight walkthrough
    19. Elden Ring Tree Sentinel boss fight walkthrough
    20. Elden Ring Margit boss fight walkthrough
    21. Elden Ring Red Wolf of Radagon boss fight walkthrough
    22. Elden Ring Ulcerated Tree Spirit boss fight walkthrough
    23. Elden Ring Godrick boss fight walkthrough

    1. Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between launches March 31st
    2. The best gaming keyboard deals: Logitech, Razer, Roccat and more
    3. It Takes Two and Returnal net the most BAFTA Games Award nominations
    4. Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 176: the best regular jobs in games special
    5. How to unlock and use Powerpass in Lost Ark
    6. Babylon's Fall and the trials of live service: PlatinumGames and Square Enix on their latest hack and slash
    7. The best gaming mouse deals, including Logitech and Razer
    8. Epic Games have purchased music platform Bandcamp
    9. The best SSD deals: Samsung, Crucial, WD deals and more
    10. EA announce that Russian teams will be removed from FIFA 22

    1. Lost Ark's March update will bring a new story quest and end-game raid
    2. New World will get its storyline conclusion in its next update
    3. NPCs in Elden Ring don't laugh nearly as much as I'd like
    4. Steam Deck interview: Valve devs on prioritising performance, future features and the boon of a bigger screen
    5. Elden Ring affinities
    6. Ghostwire: Tokyo is getting a prequel visual novel, on PC next week
    7. Aperture Desk Job will yet again make you wish Valve made more games
    8. Elden Ring Fia quest walkthrough
    9. Back 4 Blood gets its first major expansion in April
    10. The top 10 games on PC in March
    11. The Waylanders update roadmap outlines bugfixes, new quests
    12. Total War: Warhammer 3 Slaanesh guide
    13. Guardians Of The Galaxy is coming to Xbox Game Pass this month
    14. Total War: Warhammer 3 Nurgle guide

    1. Far: Changing Tides sails into stores today
    2. Steam Deck engineer says part replacements still “best left to pros”
    3. Elden Ring: How to beat Bloodhound Knight Darriwil
    4. Little Orpheus delayed 'in light of recent world events'
    5. FixFox is part puzzle game, part sci-fi adventure, all chill
    6. Two Point Hospital's Speedy Recovery DLC adds ambulance management later this month
    7. Proton update soothes Elden Ring stuttering on the Steam Deck
    8. Conan Chop Chop battles its way onto PC today, with publishers donating to Ukraine
    9. Letter From The Editor #07: looking forwards by looking back
    10. Elden Ring being the most welcoming Soulsborne game is a very relative term
    11. Valve’s Steam Deck prototypes: the best, the worst, and the utterly cursed
    12. Valheim's frost caves are now open for spelunking
    13. What's up with the rolling goats in Elden Ring?