You can grab Shadows Of Doubt, Citizen Sleeper and more in Jingle Jam’s 2024 bundle, and support eight worthy causes

19 games for 35 nicker “Bestest best?! Well have that!” is how I imagine detectiveimmersive simShadows Of Doubtmade it on the roster for the Jingle Jam 2024 charity bundle. “RPS have never steered us wrong before!” they said, thus cementing our reputation as the most selflessly heroic gaming website, seven years running. What we cant take credit for, however, is the 1.2 million quid theyve raised already. The bundle itself is joining a bunch of other streaming events over December in raising money for eight charities....

December 4, 2024 · 1 min · 180 words · Sherry Morris

NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, December 3rd

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #540. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? What is Connections? To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 105 words · Lori Donovan

One of strategy gaming's true oddballs returns in Creeper World IXE, which pits starships against oceans of wrathful gloop

Fleet vs flow When I downloadedCreeper WorldIXE’s demo, I had it pegged as a bizarre original. This is a war between flesh and mineral, solidity and fluidity thatdates back to the age of Gillen. What does Creeper World IXE bring to the party? For too long has this sloshing, coruscating hooligan been allowed to wash over and corrode our precious starports. Up yours, fluid physics! We will find harmony in our mutual devastation....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 142 words · Chad Kennedy

The robotic overlords of strategy-RPG Heart Of The Machine have graced us with a release date

It was announced last year, but today it gets a release date and an updated demo. It’s due out January 31st, say the devs, and will be an early access release. From the video, it does look very 4X-ish, with a lot of detailed menus and building sidebars. Although it all depends what sort of AI big boss you want to be, say the creators. To that end, it looks like there’ll be some classic moralistic decision-making....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 138 words · Sarah Ellis

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 3rd

Why, I could gaze through this wonderful window all day. Lets just hope no-one decides to smash through it, eh? Ruddy hell, It’sTactical Breach Wizards! Do they not appreciate dynamic difficulty based on how many optional challenges you want to go for?! Id say for shame! but its clear they are incapable of feeling any. Im confident that anyone, even if this is their first tactics game, can enjoy finishing Breach Wizards....

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 128 words · David Henry

Tic Tactic turns the world's most boring game into a promising roguelike deckbuilder

How many twisted adults were born from the experience of being bullied via the medium of tic-tac-toe? We’d be better off without this game. Here comes Tic Tactic to shake things up with a touch ofBalatro. So far, it’s getting away with it. The scoring tiles vanish, leaving spare or opposing tiles in place. Just some very cursory impressions, anyway. There’s no release date yet. Little update- here’s thatSteam page!

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 70 words · Olivia Hernandez

Wordle hints and answer (#1263): How to solve the Tuesday December 3 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers....

December 3, 2024 · 2 min · 415 words · Samuel Waters

You’ve got ten days to pick up the original Warcraft I & II from GOG before Blizzard pull them, but GOG will support their preservation forever

If you dont own them already, theyre alsocurrently on discountas a bundle. With that in mind, weve decided to update one aspect of the GOG Preservation Programs policy." Its a great initiative, GOG, but Ive seen dairy farmers milk it less. “I dont believe that weve found a commercial solution for your video game staying alive forever.

December 3, 2024 · 1 min · 57 words · Nicole Sanford

'Stop talking s*** about us'-Life 2 mod blacklists a handful of YouTubers as 'anticitizens' and blocks them from playing

Dis-content creators There is some spiteful drama in theHalf-Lifemodding scene this week. It adds new Combine and alien enemies, plus a bunch of weapons. It was originally released in 2022 and attracted some ridicule from Half-Life modding fans for being underbaked. An issue notification would appear, reading: “STOP talking SH1T about us”. And any attempt to make the game run was unsuccessful. That is wild behaviour and, as you might see, it also backfires....

December 2, 2024 · 1 min · 86 words · Tonya Lopez

Hyperdrive Inn is a Lucasarts style adventure game made entirely from scanned fabric samples

Obviously, Id scan some real crisp packets and just alter the logos for maximum immersion. One game thats already taken this scanned bricolage concept and run with it to beautiful effect isHyperdrive Inn. What else might we find on this page? It’s up to you to find him and save the world in the process. The game also promises brain-twisting puzzles, some randomised content for replays, and a Finnish folk music score....

December 2, 2024 · 1 min · 118 words · Michael Thomas

If you need an absorbing dungeon RPG this winter, here's one with over two billion floors

Just how many caves are there in Caves Of Qud? “Is Caves Of Qudreally2,147,483,646 levels deep?” I asked Brendy, like a wide-eyed child asking whether there is such a thing as dog heaven. Brendy wasn’t sure. (About Caves Of Qud, I mean, not dog heaven.) So I put the question to one of the developers, Freehold Games co-founder Brian Bucklew. In brief, the answer is yes, but with some significant caveats....

December 2, 2024 · 1 min · 125 words · Todd Jones

If you’re waiting on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, get prepped with Cyber Monday savings on compatible DDR5 RAM

The upgrade your upgrade deserves Anyone with the need for a new CPU and even the slightest inclination towards tech envy is currently waiting for new stock of theAMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the unbeatably powerful new chip that our boffin friends atDigital Foundryare calling the fastest gaming CPU ever. If, however, youre hoping to switch to the 9800X3D from an older system with DDR4 RAM, youll need to upgrade that as well as the motherboard, as the entire Ryzen 9000 series only works with newer DDR5 memory....

December 2, 2024 · 2 min · 251 words · Mr. Andrew Johnson

I’m much more excited for Avowed after hearing the team say that what makes RPGs special is “missable content”

“Youre right!” And anyone who recognises that must be one smart cookie". You might find something special, but a mate finds something else instead. For Avowed specifically, theyre aiming to allow for this with vertical environments. “We want to draw your attention to things we want you to engage with,” says Ritger. And so we want to support that as well. And you could do that, and you could jump off into the ocean, if you like....

December 2, 2024 · 1 min · 141 words · Martha Newton