A year filled with somevery excellent games, and somevery not excellent games.

But today, we’re staging a coup.

2023 has been an amazing standout year for guides.

Withers, the NPC you must find before you can respec your character in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Let’s start with the quantity.

This year, we published over 1000 guides, which is more than any year in RPS’s history.

That’s pretty special, and I’m very confident we’ll smash that record next year too.

Dead Space image showing Isaac firing a a Necromorph with the Plasma Cutter.

After that, the year began in earnest with theDead Space remake.

Also, here are some of the nice icons I made for the maps.

Gotta stretch my graphic design muscles on occasion!

A close-up screenshot of a red-bladed lightsaber in Cal’s hand in Jedi: Survivor.

I’m also personally quite pleased with my own guide on thebest lightsaber designs in Jedi: Survivor.

But Rebecca delivered time and again with 30-odd guides covering everything from thebest charactersto the various confusingcurrenciesandpity system.

We’re getting through the year, but there are still some big games ahead.

Himeko, a character in Honkai: Star Rail, sips her tea while calling in a nuclear strike on an enemy in the background.

Games such as the astonishingly successful and excellentBaldur’s Gate 3.

And then over the next month, we increased that number to well over 100 guides.

Was it worth it?

Karlach  introduces herself to the player.

No, it was not.

At around this time of the year, we sadly said goodbye to Rebecca and Hayden.

I won’t show it here, because spoilers, but it’s quite pretty.

A custom-made 2D top-down map of The Lodge building in Starfield, with the various rooms annotated.

And that, in a nutshell, was 2023 from the perspective of the guides crew!

It’s been quite a year.

Lots of very busy times, but also lots to be proud of.

A close-up of Captain Price’s mug in MW3.

Here’s to another strong year for RPS guides!