Oh hey, Submerged has a sequel coming to PC

After being a Stadia exclusive? Very pretty, that. I’m up for more of that. And in the game. Uppercut Games both announced Hidden Depths and released it exclusively on Stadia on the same day in December 2020. That would probably be why I never heard of it. Apparentlyits Steam pagehas been up for a few months? John Walker (RPS in peace) called the first game “unrelentingly lovely” in ourSubmerged review....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 94 words · Kristin Zuniga

Path Of Exile skill points: every Book of Skill in the PoE campaign

Refer to the list above on your way through the campaign to avoid any potential backtracking. Killing all three bandits awards two passive skill points directly, rather than as a Book of Skill. Helping a bandit grants different passive bonuses based on which bandit you chose to aid. In many cases, killing all three Bandits is the best choice. However, helping Alira is often a good choice for early-league characters....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 130 words · Ashley Koch

Prison Architect adds disasters in surprise Perfect Storm DLC

Heatwaves, lightning storms and rats The latest DLC forPrison Architectwas both announced and released yesterday. That includes weather such as lightning storms, heatwaves and snow storms, but also rat infestations. Lightning can strike guards and inmates, knocking them unconscious, or cause structural damage that leads to flooding. It’s better if you plan for these potential disasters in advance, however. There are disaster relief grants, too. As DLC for Prison Architect goes, I like the sound of this more than most....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 100 words · Mr. Gregory Washington MD

Riot say "Whoopsie!" after accidentally suggesting a Valorant character liked NFTs

Turns out, the picture seen by Killjoy is an NFT. Cue Riot scrambling to make clear it was unintentional and say, literally, “Whoopsie!” NFTs being as controversial and unpopular as they should be, Riot quickly deleted this. Not beforethe Wayback Machinearchived it. the German account said ina bilingual statementposted later. “However, we were not aware that the selected work as an NFT,” they stressed. “In no way did we intend to include NFTs as part of Killjoy’s work and hobbies....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 209 words · Deanna Dillon

RPGolf Legends review: fairway to middling

Nay Golf, said parliament. I say ostensible because, in reality, golf is everywhere. Our heroine Aerins hometown is called Mulligandale. It has two shops, one of them dedicated entirely to golf. Folk shimmy about in golfwear, talking about golf. Highly questionable bit of villainy, this. To save the world from not having any golf in it, Aerin needs to play golf. To play golf, Aerin needs to power up a talking golf club she fished out of a lake....

January 28, 2022 · 3 min · 456 words · Joanne Thompson

RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2010

Too bad almost all of them will end up in the lava bin by the time we’re done. The castle is full of lumbering monsters. meter starts filling up. Some of it even takes place in bright sunlight, warning you to stay in the shade. What does self even mean? But arguably its Amnesia that has the standout sections you’re able to never forget. Namely, that any form of extremism going unchecked is detrimental to a functioning society....

January 28, 2022 · 3 min · 588 words · David Allen

Steam Lunar New Year Sale is now on, with discounts galore again

And free chat stickers! It’s a big sale! Hit Steamand that’s it, those are the games, they’re all there. Honestly, hit our recommendations from theautumnandwintersales. The numbers might have changed a little but the games are still good. And our words are still good! You could also scroll through theRPS Steam Curator pageto easily see which games we’ve reviewed are on sale. Valve are also giving away Lunar New Year-themed animated stickers to use in Steam Chat....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 117 words · Robert Phillips

TFI Friday: three new indie games to complement the experience of having lived one year twice

Coming out of lockdown and I’ve been doing just fine Happy New Year! Somehow we went straight from January 2020 to January 2022. Well, I’m officially giving us a do-over. I think we’ve earned it. Accordingly, the first one is a time loop puzzle game. In practise, these trials are a series of platform puzzle levels. The catch is that you’re free to basically only reach one crystal. It’s short, but very effective....

January 28, 2022 · 2 min · 239 words · William Johnson

The Kids We Were review: a sweet, heart-warming time-travel adventure

But there was one game that stood out to me as something really quite special. Like Friday Monsters, TheKidsWe Were is more of an interactive 3D visual novel than anything else. The mysteries themselves are classic kids detective club stuff. That’s not to say the mysteries here are unsatisfying. Alas, the process of actually untangling fact from fiction in The Kids We Were is altogether more restrained. The town itself also doesn’t possess quite the same sense of place as Friday Monsters....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 111 words · James Fleming

Ubisoft battle royale Hyper Scape will shut down this April

Death from above Hyper Scapewas launched suddenly in July 2020. Unfortunately its drop in popularity was just as sudden, and almost as immediate. Eighteen months later, Ubisoft have announced they’re ending development and shutting the game down on April 28th. We will be taking key learnings from this game into future products." To its credit, Hyper Scape tried to do something different within thebattle royale genre. Matt Coxcompared it to Quake, owing to its rapid pace....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 104 words · Daniel Peterson

Ubisoft think people "don't get" the thrilling benefits of NFT items

Well done, almost everyone! In a new interview, Ubisoft’s blockchain boys have said people “don’t get it”. They started out with a line of numbered hats and guns in Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Amidst platitudes like “players are always right. Because they are our players, and we love them. And so, they’re always right”, they explained why they think their players are wrong. But what we [at Ubisoft] are seeing first is the end game....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 186 words · Jeff Jordan

Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel structure decks: which is the best structure deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel?

Which is the best structure deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel? So far, two structure decks are available to players in the Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel online store. But both decks have their own strengths and weaknesses worth considering. The deck contains monsters from two archetypes whose strategies heavily revolve around Pendulum Summons: Magician and Performapal. Players must activate their Pendulum Zones as fast as possible if they wish to win. Its focus is on Monster Utopia monsters and ZW cards....

January 28, 2022 · 1 min · 121 words · Jeffrey Johnson

Splitgate gets a map editor in launch of 'season 1'

The maps were some of the best things about it. Old-school mega-arenas adorned with portal-zappable walls that functioned as DIY shortcuts. As virtual coliseums of chaos go, they were pretty cool. Well, now you’re free to make your own. It’s pretty rudimentary at the moment. This simplicity is purposeful, say developers 1047 Games. At least for now. “Of course we’re going to evolve this. The result was a conglomeration of pyramids that immediately broughtSandboxofHalo 3to mind....

January 27, 2022 · 3 min · 430 words · Andrea Gutierrez