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Citizen Sleeper's DLC has taught me total failure is sometimes inevitable, and that's okay

May 27, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Action Adventure, Citizen Sleeper, Fellow Traveller, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Rumours, indie, Jump Over The Age, PC, RPG, RPS Game Club, Single Player, Text,

When my Sleeper escaped their ramshackle life on the fringes of Erlin's Eye at the...

Please stop it with all the bland, new multiplayer shooters that will die in six months

May 25, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Bungie, Concord, Fairgames, First person, Foamstars, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Helldivers 2, iOS, Marathon, Multiplayer Competitive, PC, PC Game, Playstation, PlayStation Showcase, PS5, Shooter, Shooter: Third Person, Single Player, sonic the hedgehog,

2023 has seen the closure of more big multiplayer games than, well, any time I...

Are you one of the 20 million people downloading Honkai: Star Rail right now?

April 28, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Android, Anime, Cutesy, Free-2-Play, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Rumours, Honkai: Star Rail, HoYoverse, iOS, PC, RPG, Single Player, Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy, Third person,

With 30 million-odd pre-registrations under its belt prior to coming out, Honkai: Star Rail was...

The RPS Game Club pick for April is Betrayal At Club Low

April 5, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Betrayal At Club Low, Cosmo D, Cosmo D Studios, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, RPG, RPS Game Club, Steam, Tales From Off-Peak City,

A new month means it's time for the RPS Game Club to pick its next...

The games of 2022, according to this year's GDC and IGF Award winners

March 24, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Citizen Sleeper, Dome Keeper, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, GDC 2023, IGF 2023, IGF Awards, Immortality, indie, Norco, Pentiment, RPG Time: The Legend Of Wright, Stray, The Case Of The Golden Idol, Tunic,

This year's Game Developers Choice and IGF Award ceremonies were really heartening stuff. Getting to...

Betrayal At Club Low wins IGF Grand Prize

March 23, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Betrayal At Club Low, Cosmo D Studios, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, GDC 2023, IGF 2023, IGF Awards, Immortality, indie, Potionomics, RPG Time: The Legend Of Wright, Steam, The Case Of The Golden Idol,

Cosmo D's surreal night club RPG Betrayal At Club Low was the big winner at...

Introducing the RPS Game Club's first game of the month - it's Hi-Fi Rush!

March 1, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Action Adventure, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Hi-Fi Rush, RPS Game Club, Steam, Tango Gameworks, XBOX,

A new thing for RPS in 2023 is the RPS Game Club, a kind of...

Boots Quest DX is the anti-RPG I've been waiting for

February 24, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Boots Quest DX, Discount Realms, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Harrison Lemke, indie, RPG, Supporters only,

Most RPGs set you off on some kind of grand quest, a hero's journey filled...

These are your 50 favourite strategy games of all time

February 23, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 000: Dawn of War, 000: Dawn of War II, Age of Empires, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Age of Empires III, Age of Empires IV, Age of Mythology, BattleTech, Bestest Bests: Reader Edition, Beyond All Reason, Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Company of Heroes, Crusader Kings II, Crusader Kings III, Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis, Endless Space 2, Europa Universalis IV, FTL: Faster Than Light, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Update, Hearts of Iron IV, Heroes Of Might & Magic III, Homeworld, indie, Into the Breach, Invisible Inc, Jagged Alliance 2, Medieval II: Total War, PC Game, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sid Meier's Civilization, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Sins of a Solar Empire, StarCraft, StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty, StarCraft: Brood War, Steam, Stellaris, Strategy, supreme commander 2, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Supreme-Commander, The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary, Total Annihilation, Total War: Shogun 2, Total War: Warhammer II, Total War: Warhammer III, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III, Warhammer 40, XBOX, XCOM 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Zero-K,

Earlier this month, we asked you to vote for your favourite strategy games of all...

What was the first game that really grabbed you and dominated your life?

February 22, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Ask RPS, blockbuster, Diablo II, Doom II, Dungeon Keeper, Gabriel Knight, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, PC Game, Quake, RuneScape, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Steam, Team Fortress 2,

A few weeks ago, I talked about a number of new features coming to RPS...

Company Of Heroes 3 review: a glorious comeback for this WW2 RTS

February 20, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Company of Heroes 3, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Historical, Relic Entertainment, Sega, Steam, Strategy, Wot I Think,

Company Of Heroes 3 review After ten years away, Company Of Heroes 3 returns with...

16 great Steam Next Fest demos to play first this February

February 7, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 Amanda The Adventurer, City Of Beats, Codename: Wandering Sword, Cook Serve Forever, Coven, Demo, Game Guides, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Rumours, indie, Indiescovery, It's A Wrap!, Mail Time, Mr Sun's Hatbox, Mr. Saitou, Outlanders, PC Game, Shadows of Doubt, Shady Knight, Steam, Steam Next Fest, Super Adventure Hand, Super Auto Battlemon, Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, Xenonauts 2,

Steam Next Fest is back with a veritable truck ton of fresh game demos to...

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti officially announced, will "max out" 1440p monitors

January 4, 2023 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, CES, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Graphics Cards, hardware, nVidia,

Annual tech bonanza CES is underway over in Las Vegas this week, and Nvidia have...

Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion review: polished story filler that's a missed opportunity after FF7 Remake

December 13, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Action Adventure, blockbuster, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, JRPG, Square Enix, Steam, Tose Co Ltd, Wot I Think,

Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion review A straightforward remaster of the 2007...

Age Of Empires II: Definitive Edition is getting controller, crossplay and cloud support

October 25, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, blockbuster, Forgotten Empires, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, PC Game, Steam, Strategy, Tantalus Media, World's Edge, XBOX, Xbox Game Studios,

Today marks the 25th anniversary of strategy classic Age Of Empires, and to celebrate Xbox...

The RPS 100 (2022): our top PC games of all time (100-51)

October 24, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Bestest Bests, blockbuster, Game Guides, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Update, indie, Nintendo, PC Game, Steam, The RPS 100, XBOX,

Welcome to the 2022 edition of The RPS 100, our annual countdown of our favourite...

Cult strategy game Solium Infernum returns, from the makers of Armello

September 23, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 EGX, EGX 2022, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, Interview, League of Geeks, preview, Solium Infernum, Steam, Strategy,

The RPS-beloved turn-based strategy game Solium Infernum is back from the dead. Announced earlier today...

The GTA 6 leaks benefit precisely no one

September 18, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Grand Theft Auto VI, Open World, Rockstar, Rockstar Games,

A huge number of videos purporting to show in-game development footage for GTA 6 have...

The 2022 video game release schedule is getting worse every single week

August 20, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, delay, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, release dates, Steam, Supporters only,

You know what it's like at the beginning of a new year. You're all excited...

August 1, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Gaming,

⚽⚽⛔Going Balls Gameplay All Levels iOS,Android Mobile Game | GOING BALLS New Update Part 723...

The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe can now (sort of) play itself with its new auto-walk toggle

July 20, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Crows Crows Crows, FPS/Shooter, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Update, Puzzle, Steam, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe,

With the games release schedule starting to ease up a bit, I've finally found some...

RPS is 15 years old today!

July 14, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, PC Game, RPS business,

On this day, in the year of our Horace 2007, Rock Paper Shotgun was born....

Company Of Heroes 3 is reporting for duty on November 17th

July 13, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Company of Heroes 3, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, PC Game, Relic Entertainment, Sega, Steam,

Relic Entertainment has announced that Company Of Heroes 3 will parachuting onto Steam on November...

Letter From The Editor #08: a note about your RPS supporter subscription

June 6, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, Letter From The Editor, RPS business, Supporters only,

Hello folks. Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written one of these Letters From...

How Witch Strandings is moving Hideo Kojima’s Strand game ideals into new, slightly cursed territory

June 4, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Horror, indie, Interview, Open World, PC Game, Playstation, preview, Steam, Strange Scaffold, Witch Strandings, Xalavier Nelson Jr,

Xalavier Nelson Jr has a bit of a love hate relationship with screens right now....

RPS@PAX 2022: Cursed To Golf dev tells us exactly what's up with all the wacky golf games recently

April 23, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Chuhai Labs, Cursed to Golf, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, PAX East, Roguelike, RPS@PAX, Sports, Supporters only, Thunderful Publishing,

Recently, we asked what's the deal with all the wacky golf games coming out this...

Playdate review: a handheld indie curio that goes hand in hand with the spirit of PC

April 19, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Update, hardware, indie, Nintendo, Panic, PC Game, Playdate, Playstation, PS4, PS5, Switch, Wot I Think,

Playdate review A joyous and magical little handheld that will appeal to anyone who has...

CD Projekt confirm The Witcher is coming back for a new game

March 22, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 CD Projekt, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Open World, RPG, The Witcher, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,

CD Projekt have today announced they're officially working on the next installment in The Witcher...

March 6, 2022 Katharine Castle 3 Film & Animation,

Monster School: Giant Rush Hulk vs Spider-Man Mobile Game Clicker Challenge - Minecraft Animation #monsterschool

Lost In Play is a lovely point and click adventure with a dash of Professor Layton

February 24, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Demo, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Happy Juice Games, indie, Joystick Ventures, Kids & Family, Lost In Play, Point and Click, Puzzle, Steam, Steam Next Fest,

Lots of games purport to feel like playable cartoons, but I really do mean it...

The 12 Steam Next Fest demos you should play first this February

February 22, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Demo, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, Nintendo, Steam, Steam Next Fest,

Just in case you needed more games to play this week on top of Elden...

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a pure ray of sunshine for the soul

February 4, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, indie, Kids & Family, Point and Click, Story Rich, Supporters only, ustwo games,

Last year, Ed wrote about how he wished Ian Hitman could skip in IO Interactive's...

The best games you missed in 2021: Unsighted

January 4, 2022 Katharine Castle 0 Action, Best Game You Missed, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Humble Games, indie, Indiescovery, RPG, Studio Pixel Punk, Unsighted,

2021 is about due to be visited by three thematic ghosts. While it's being taught...

RPS is out for the holidays. See you in 2022!

December 24, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, PSA, RPS business,

All right, folks, we're now officially done and dusted for the year. 2021 is being...

Imogen is leaving RPS, come and say goodbye

December 22, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 Games, Gaming, Gaming News, PC Game, PSA, RPS business,

As that age-old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. As we...

Letter From The Editor #05: 2021 in review

December 21, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 blockbuster, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Letter From The Editor, RPS business, Supporters only,

Hello folks. It's been a funny old year, 2021. On the games side, it's often...

RPS premium supporters can get their free copy of Wartales today

December 1, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 Benefits, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Gaming Update, PC Game, PSA, RPG, Shiro Games, Steam, Strategy, Supporters only, Wartales,

On Monday, we announced the next free game for RPS premium supporters, the all-new, early...

Pre-order Nioh 2 and get Prey for free at Gamesplanet

January 29, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 deals, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, Nioh 2, Nioh 2: The Complete Edition, PC Game, Prey, Steam,

Nioh 2's Complete Edition is coming to PC on February 5th, and to celebrate the...

My sole weeps for these RTX 3080 shoes

January 21, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 Games, Gaming, Gaming News, hardware, NZXT, PC Game, PC Game Hardware, PC Game News, Playstation, shoes,

I honestly don’t know where to begin with this pair of trainers that PC manufacturer...

Samsung 870 Evo review | Rock Paper Shotgun

January 19, 2021 Katharine Castle 0 feature, Featured Articles, Games, Gaming, Gaming News, hardware, PC Game, PC Game Hardware, Samsung, SSDs,

For the past two years, Samsung’s 860 Evo SSD has been the best SATA drive...