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The RPS Advent Calendar 2019, Dec 8th

December 9, 2019Not Only Videogames

There is something very badly behaved on the other side of door eight of the RPS Advent Calendar. Badly behaved and very noisy. It’s Untitled Goose Game! Dave: Who knew…

Red Dead crash fixes, Conan horsies, DayZ bears, and more of the PC patches

December 7, 2019Not Only Videogames

This week, Red Dead Redemption 2 fixed more crashes (but not enough), Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare started its first season of new content, Rocket League ditched locked loot boxes,…

Have You Played… Peter Jackson’s King Kong?

December 6, 2019Not Only Videogames

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I mean, some games aggressively resist your playing them. Peter Jackson’s…

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Taron Malicos boss fight – tips on how to beat this dual-wielding Sith

November 17, 2019Not Only Videogames

We all know the type: that vain old Sith who just loves to walk around bare-chested so he can show off his Sith’d up pecks, and hurling rocks with the…

Have You Played…Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge?

November 5, 2019Not Only Videogames

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck… Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s…

Teamfight Tactics – TFT items cheat sheet [9.17]

August 30, 2019Not Only Videogames

While on the surface there weren’t many changes to the items in Teamfight Tactics, there was one thing altered drastically what changes how several TFT items work. While the changes…

Unknown Pleasures: The most august

August 17, 2019Not Only Videogames

A friend from the midlands once lamented that she’d always lived there. How absurd it was to live on an island, but directly in the middle of it. I can…

Dota Underlords patch notes analysis [Update #210] – latest patch notes explained

July 29, 2019Not Only Videogames

The Dota Underlords patch notes seem to take after the hefty tomes of updates that are periodically released for Dota 2 itself. That is, they’re often filled with meaty buffs,…

Modder Superior: Sven Co-op | Rock Paper Shotgun

July 22, 2019Not Only Videogames

Every other Monday, Dominic gives you a reason to dust off one of your old games and dive into its mods with Modder Superior. We’ve seen how much damage one…

I queued for 45 minutes in the new Hitman 2 bank level

June 27, 2019Not Only Videogames

I’ve been playing the new Hitman 2 level for about ten minutes when I decide that Ian Hitman needs some change. Not change in the Smashmouth sense where the bloke…

Nuclear Winter is the logical thematic conclusion to Bethesda’s Fallouts

June 15, 2019Not Only Videogames

Bethesda announced at E3 this week that Fallout 76 would be getting a battle royale mode, called Nuclear Winter, with a “sneak peek” already available to play. I tried it….

Screenshot Saturday Sundays: pretty pairs

June 2, 2019Not Only Videogames

From strange cities to fantastical flora Hallo! Jay is away this weekend but I enjoy her Screenshot Saturday Sundays so much that I still wanted to look at work-in-progress snaps…

Have You Played… Frostpunk? | Rock Paper Shotgun

May 20, 2019Not Only Videogames

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Frostpunk is a very pretty game about trying to build the…

The Sunday Papers | Rock Paper Shotgun

April 28, 2019Not Only Videogames

Sundays are for getting home from a swim in the sea to discover young Matt is on holiday and nobody has nipped down the shops to get the papers in….

Pathway review | Rock Paper Shotgun

April 26, 2019Not Only Videogames

Developer: RobotalityPublisher: Chucklefish Release: Out nowOn: Windows, Mac, LinuxFrom: SteamFor: £13, $16, €14 [To the tune of Indiana Jones.] Dun da da da / Dun da-da / There’s some nazis…

Have You Played… Atom Zombie Smasher?

April 24, 2019Not Only Videogames

‘Atom’ is not an adjective though, is it? Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Apart from its…

Know It OWL: The ups and downs of the Overwatch League fandom

April 17, 2019Not Only Videogames

Keep up to speed with the Overwatch League with Know It OWL, as our weekend editor Jay Castello gives you the fortnightly highlights. We talk a lot here about the…

Mortal Kombat 11 characters list: Kitana, D’Vhora, all characters confirmed roster so far

April 13, 2019Not Only Videogames

As we edge ever closer to the release date for Mortal Kombat 11, another Kombat Kast has aired for Mortal Kombat 11 and we now have official confirmation that Kitana…

Shadow Ghost review: A GTX 1080-powered cloud PC

February 27, 2019Not Only Videogames

It’s been a while since I last looked at Shadow’s cloud PC service. Over a year, in fact. Since then, Shadow have grown quite a bit, expanding their remit to…

What videogame maps can tell us about their worlds

February 22, 2019Not Only Videogames

We don’t expect much of a typical video game map. As long as it guides us to our destination (and perhaps looks pretty while doing so) most of us won’t…

Have You Played… Pharaoh? | Rock Paper Shotgun

February 18, 2019Not Only Videogames

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time… One of the first games I picked for a Have You…

Priceless Play | 16 February

February 17, 2019Not Only Videogames

I don’t like Dream Daddy. There. I said it. A game that de-eroticises queer romance in some apolitical neoliberal mystery world isn’t it, chief.* There’s a lot to love there,…

What are we all playing this weekend?

February 11, 2019Not Only Videogames

We’re getting into that period where all big publishers release their big games at the same time, for reasons that still don’t quite make sense to me. Mostly this technique…

Free Games of the Week | The love of friendship!

February 10, 2019Not Only Videogames

Hello friends, welcome to February in our little column. Now, depending on how you feel about… that holiday, we can all agree that there is one very important day in…

Epic making Metro Exodus an exclusive will not help

January 28, 2019Not Only Videogames

Steam, unquestionably, needs a sizeable competitor. With a significant monopoly on the PC games market, such that present rivals like GOG and Humble barely take a dent out of its…

Overthinking Games: How Moonlighter’s inventory combats your greed

January 28, 2019Not Only Videogames

Overthinking Games runs every other Monday, and is an opportunity for Malindy Hetfeld to take something about a game and think about it too much. This week she looks at…

Steelseries Apex M750 review | Rock Paper Shotgun

January 28, 2019Not Only Videogames

As you may have noticed over the last year or so, I’ve tended to quite like Steelseries’ PC peripherals. Two of their mice currently occupy top spots in my best…

Unknown Pleasures: A Chinese New Year

January 28, 2019Not Only Videogames

Strange things are afoot in steamgamesland. A powerful new force has begun to show its face on Western shores. Hailing from the tiny island nation of China, a wave of…

Breach’s Veil Demon will be fab – when the game works

January 25, 2019Not Only Videogames

Tricks! I am big into tricks. Blue Magic decks, teleportation, messing with people ‘till they can’t tell their ups from their downs. That’s me. Breach is an asymmetric multiplayer dungeon-runner…

PUBG weapons: damage and weapon stats, best weapons list, including G36C, Skorpion, and more

January 21, 2019Not Only Videogames

Keeping track of the vast array of guns in Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds is one of the largest contributors to the game’s steep learning curve. PUBG features nearly forty guns to choose…

The RPS Advent Calendar 2019, Dec 8th

Red Dead crash fixes, Conan horsies, DayZ bears, and more of the PC patches

Have You Played… Peter Jackson’s King Kong?

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Taron Malicos boss fight – tips on how to beat this dual-wielding Sith

Have You Played…Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge?

Teamfight Tactics – TFT items cheat sheet [9.17]

Unknown Pleasures: The most august

Dota Underlords patch notes analysis [Update #210] – latest patch notes explained

Modder Superior: Sven Co-op | Rock Paper Shotgun

I queued for 45 minutes in the new Hitman 2 bank level

Nuclear Winter is the logical thematic conclusion to Bethesda’s Fallouts

Screenshot Saturday Sundays: pretty pairs

Have You Played… Frostpunk? | Rock Paper Shotgun

The Sunday Papers | Rock Paper Shotgun

Pathway review | Rock Paper Shotgun

Have You Played… Atom Zombie Smasher?

Know It OWL: The ups and downs of the Overwatch League fandom

Mortal Kombat 11 characters list: Kitana, D’Vhora, all characters confirmed roster so far

Shadow Ghost review: A GTX 1080-powered cloud PC

What videogame maps can tell us about their worlds

Have You Played… Pharaoh? | Rock Paper Shotgun

Priceless Play | 16 February

What are we all playing this weekend?

Free Games of the Week | The love of friendship!

Epic making Metro Exodus an exclusive will not help

Overthinking Games: How Moonlighter’s inventory combats your greed

Steelseries Apex M750 review | Rock Paper Shotgun

Unknown Pleasures: A Chinese New Year

Breach’s Veil Demon will be fab – when the game works

PUBG weapons: damage and weapon stats, best weapons list, including G36C, Skorpion, and more

Hearthstone: Elemental Shaman Is Fun

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A HUGE Triple A Game Has Been Announced For The Switch!

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