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datetime="2022-06-25 08:00:00+00:00"> 3聽hours ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/what-are-we-all-playing-this-weekend-196#comments"> 31 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Summer has arrived and honestly, it's a bit much. If you can maintain your corporeal form this weekend, somehow not needing to melt into a bucket and recuperate, what are you playing? Here's what we're clicking on!</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="true" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/extraneum-is-a-bit-doom-a-tiny-bit-system-shock-and-a-huge-bit-fun" class="link_overlay" title="Extraneum is a bit Doom, a tiny bit System Shock, and a huge bit fun"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/extraneum_4.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/extraneum_4.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/extraneum_4.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/extraneum_4.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/extraneum_4.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/extraneum_4.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="A huge explosion in Extraneum" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/extraneum-is-a-bit-doom-a-tiny-bit-system-shock-and-a-huge-bit-fun"> <span class="prefix">Supporters only:</span> Extraneum is a bit Doom, a tiny bit System Shock, and a huge bit fun </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Bring your slaughter to work day</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Sin Vega</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-24 16:31:42.005846+00:00"> 19聽hours ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/extraneum-is-a-bit-doom-a-tiny-bit-system-shock-and-a-huge-bit-fun#comments"> 2 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> The old school <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-fps-games">FPS</a> revival has largely left me cold, if I'm honest. Even the ones I've enjoyed tend to get old within an hour. Most of the things that get recreated aren't the things I miss about 90s games, and if they were... Doom still exists, you know? So does Blood, and Strife, and Quake was never that good anyway. </p> <p> Extraneum is good, though. I think it's precisely because it's not doing a big song and dance about its influences, although those are very clear. It's not big or brash, nor overly stripped down or obnoxious about difficulty. Clean blasty strafey fun, with a tiniest hint of horror. In an odd way, it's all the more faithful for that. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/an-extremely-thorough-grading-of-the-best-rain-in-video-games" class="link_overlay" title="An extremely thorough grading of the best rain in video games"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/shawshank-redemption-rain.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/shawshank-redemption-rain.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/shawshank-redemption-rain.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/shawshank-redemption-rain.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/shawshank-redemption-rain.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/shawshank-redemption-rain.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="The iconic shot from The Shawshank Redemption of Dufresne standing out in the rain." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/an-extremely-thorough-grading-of-the-best-rain-in-video-games"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> An extremely thorough grading of the best rain in video games </a> </p> <p class="strapline">According to sound, intensity, and even wetness</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Ollie Toms</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-24 15:30:00+00:00"> 20聽hours ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/an-extremely-thorough-grading-of-the-best-rain-in-video-games#comments"> 46 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>In the giant jumbled word cloud of all my qualities and traits, I'm willing to bet that "pluviophile" would be one of the biggest words. I adore rain. Whenever it starts, I tend to drop whatever I'm doing - work, dishes, significant other - and I'll be out frolicking in the downpour before they've hit the floor.</p> <p>Because I love rain so much, I hold games to an almost unfair standard when it comes to the simulation of precipitation. How in the world can a videogame come close to emulating that wonderful, transcendental feeling of being outside in the middle of a thunderstorm? The answer is, it can't. Games have to rely on other things, like textures, sounds, and clever little animations to really sell the idea of being out amongst the H鈧俿 and the Os.</p> <p>The time has come, fellow pluviophiles. It's time to grade the very best rain that PC gaming has to offer. Below you'll find our eight worthy contenders. Each has been chosen for their spectacular rendition of one of nature's greatest phenomena. Each one shall be marked according to my patented and cutting-edge WIPERS grading system for digital rain. So drop what you're doing. It's time to frolick. No umbrella required.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/buy-2357-bees-for-3-then-find-them-in-these-new-hidden-object-games" class="link_overlay" title="Buy 2357 bees for 拢3 then find them in these new hidden object games"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/i-commissioned-some-bees-2-hidden-object-game.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/i-commissioned-some-bees-2-hidden-object-game.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/i-commissioned-some-bees-2-hidden-object-game.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/i-commissioned-some-bees-2-hidden-object-game.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/i-commissioned-some-bees-2-hidden-object-game.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/i-commissioned-some-bees-2-hidden-object-game.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="An illustration of a colourful fantasy land with winged deer, giant stone heads, skulls, and toadstools in an I Commissioned Some Bees 2 screenshot." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/buy-2357-bees-for-3-then-find-them-in-these-new-hidden-object-games"> Buy 2357 bees for 拢3 then find them in these new hidden object games </a> </p> <p class="strapline">It's hard to find a better price on bees</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Alice O'Connor</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-24 10:48:23.799532+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/buy-2357-bees-for-3-then-find-them-in-these-new-hidden-object-games#comments"> 12 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>A pair of new hidden object games have a pleasingly straightforward name to describe their inception: I Commissioned Some Bees. The developer paid illustrators to draw pictures with bees, and you can find the bees. It's quite fun to find the bees. I got into hidden object games a few years back with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hidden-folks-review">the lovely Hidden Folks</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/these-hidden-object-games-are-cute-and-cheap">the vast 100 Hidden <em>X</em> series</a>, and today have enjoyed poring over colourful and often surreal landscapes to find our striped friends.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="true" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starfields-big-reveal-helped-suppress-my-inner-skeptic" class="link_overlay" title="Starfield's big reveal helped suppress my inner skeptic"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/starfield-journey-through-space-art.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/starfield-journey-through-space-art.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/starfield-journey-through-space-art.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/starfield-journey-through-space-art.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/starfield-journey-through-space-art.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/starfield-journey-through-space-art.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Sci-fi scenes in Starfield art." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starfields-big-reveal-helped-suppress-my-inner-skeptic"> <span class="prefix">Supporters only:</span> Starfield's big reveal helped suppress my inner skeptic </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Can't take me anywhere</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Ed Thorn</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-24 10:00:26.330941+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starfields-big-reveal-helped-suppress-my-inner-skeptic#comments"> 8 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>We finally got our first glimpse of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/starfield">Starfield</a> at the Xbox & Bethesda showcase at Summer Geoff Fest, having seen lots of clips of Todd Howard speaking words with devs who nodded across tables. I partly share the same opinion as Alice Bee, who thought the game could've shown us anything and they <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bethesda-could-have-shown-us-anything-with-starfield-and-they-chose-grey-rocks-again">chose grey rocks again</a>.</p> <p>What I wasn't expecting was to feel a bit emotional about the game's reveal, though. I mean, I felt this weird swell in my chest of excitement or <em>something</em>. Maybe it was the crushing jet lag, or maybe it was a heady mixture of nostalgia. Let's investigate.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/confirmed-ray-tracing-and-dlss-games-2022" class="link_overlay" title="Here are all the confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games so far"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cyberpunk-2077-metro.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/cyberpunk-2077-metro.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cyberpunk-2077-metro.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/cyberpunk-2077-metro.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cyberpunk-2077-metro.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/cyberpunk-2077-metro.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Image for Here are all the confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games so far" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/confirmed-ray-tracing-and-dlss-games-2022"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> Here are all the confirmed ray tracing and DLSS games so far </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Get your RTX and RDNA 2 graphics cards at the ready</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">James Archer</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-24 09:44:31.672257+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/confirmed-ray-tracing-and-dlss-games-2022#comments"> 33 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The number of games with ray tracing and/or Nvidia DLSS support continues to tick upwards. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/hitman-3">Hitman 3</a> recently added both, balancing out some very pretty (if hardware-hungry) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hitman-3-ray-tracing-performance">ray-traced reflection effects</a> with the performance massaging power of DLSS upscaling. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-cycle-frontier">The Cycle: Frontier</a> also launched with DLSS, so anyone with one of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-graphics-card">best graphics cards</a> from Nvidia’s RTX stable can get a tasty frames-per-second bonus in Yager’s survival shooter.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-aiming-to-launch-in-2022" class="link_overlay" title="World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight aiming to launch in 2022"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-expansion-revealed.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-expansion-revealed.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-expansion-revealed.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-expansion-revealed.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-expansion-revealed.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-expansion-revealed.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="A dragon from World of Warcraft's latest expansion Dragonflight." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-aiming-to-launch-in-2022"> World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight aiming to launch in 2022 </a> </p> <p class="strapline">It's got dragons in</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Graham Smith</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 21:23:58.693471+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-aiming-to-launch-in-2022#comments"> 18 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Blizzard launched pre-orders for World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight this week, and in the small print on the Battle.net store page is a note stating that the MMO's next expansion "will be available on or before December 31, 2022." That simultaneously confirms that Dragonflight's release window is this year, and also threatens Blizzard's staff with the potential for a pretty crappy New Year's Eve. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/into-the-breach-advanced-edition-adds-new-mechs-missions-and-enemies-next-month" class="link_overlay" title="Into The Breach: Advanced Edition adds new mechs, missions and enemies next month"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/into-the-breach_4Cme4ic.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/into-the-breach_4Cme4ic.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/into-the-breach_4Cme4ic.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/into-the-breach_4Cme4ic.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/into-the-breach_4Cme4ic.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/into-the-breach_4Cme4ic.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Mechs battle bugs in an Into The Breach screenshot." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/into-the-breach-advanced-edition-adds-new-mechs-missions-and-enemies-next-month"> Into The Breach: Advanced Edition adds new mechs, missions and enemies next month </a> </p> <p class="strapline">New free update to best strategy game ever</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Graham Smith</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 20:57:58.381102+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/into-the-breach-advanced-edition-adds-new-mechs-missions-and-enemies-next-month#comments"> 20 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Into The Breach was our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-pc-games-of-2018">second favourite game of 2018</a> and remains <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-strategy-games-on-pc">the best strategy game</a> ever made. So it's exciting news that Into The Breach: Advanced Edition is coming next month with new mechs, weapons and enemies to shove around in a free update. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sonic-creator-fuels-rumours-of-michael-jacksons-involvement-with-sonic-3" class="link_overlay" title="Sonic creator fuels rumours of Michael Jackson's involvement with Sonic 3"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/sonic-origins-releases-in-june.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/sonic-origins-releases-in-june.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/sonic-origins-releases-in-june.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/sonic-origins-releases-in-june.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/sonic-origins-releases-in-june.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/sonic-origins-releases-in-june.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Sonic Origins releases in June" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sonic-creator-fuels-rumours-of-michael-jacksons-involvement-with-sonic-3"> Sonic creator fuels rumours of Michael Jackson's involvement with Sonic 3 </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Several tracks were replaced for the Sonic Origins re-release</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Graham Smith</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 20:29:03.171233+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sonic-creator-fuels-rumours-of-michael-jacksons-involvement-with-sonic-3#comments"> 2 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>As odd as it might sound, there has long been an urban legend that Michael Jackson was involved in creating part of the soundtrack for Sonic 3. Now Sonic creator and Sonic 3 programmer Yuji Naka has seemed to lend credence to that legend on Twitter, as it relates to the replacement of certain tracks in the recently released remasters in Sonic Origins. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-plague-tale-requiem-reveals-october-18th-release-date-in-grim-new-trailer" class="link_overlay" title="A Plague Tale: Requiem reveals October 18th release date in grim new trailer"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/a-plague-tale-requiem_Bir3VJH.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/a-plague-tale-requiem_Bir3VJH.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/a-plague-tale-requiem_Bir3VJH.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/a-plague-tale-requiem_Bir3VJH.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/a-plague-tale-requiem_Bir3VJH.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/a-plague-tale-requiem_Bir3VJH.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Hugo and Amicia, Hugo riding on Amicia's shoulders, exploring a sunny town in the south of France" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-plague-tale-requiem-reveals-october-18th-release-date-in-grim-new-trailer"> A Plague Tale: Requiem reveals October 18th release date in grim new trailer </a> </p> <p class="strapline">10 minutes of stealth misery</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Graham Smith</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 20:07:28.070155+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-plague-tale-requiem-reveals-october-18th-release-date-in-grim-new-trailer#comments"> 9 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>A Plague Tale: Requiem is a stealth game with several fantastical elements. The first fantasy is that you can consistently remember how to spell "Requiem". The second is 'What would it be like if you had the power of rats?'. The third is, 'What if rats had any power to have?'. As a new extended trailer shows, the answer is: you can sense blood, and use that power to avoid the guards who want to do a big murder on you and your sister. </p> <p>The trailer is worth watching for its own sake, but also comes with news: Requiem will launch on October 18th, forwarding another fantasy called 'What if a game actually came out in 2022 and wasn't delayed until next year?'. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-blade-runner-games-new-remaster-looks-worse" class="link_overlay" title="The Blade Runner game's new remaster looks worse"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/blade-runner-enhanced-edition-key-art.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/blade-runner-enhanced-edition-key-art.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/blade-runner-enhanced-edition-key-art.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/blade-runner-enhanced-edition-key-art.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/blade-runner-enhanced-edition-key-art.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/blade-runner-enhanced-edition-key-art.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Ray McCoy poses with his gun in neon-lit streets in Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition's key art." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-blade-runner-games-new-remaster-looks-worse"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> The Blade Runner game's new remaster looks worse </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Enhanced Edition out now, uglier than the ScummVM version</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Alice O'Connor</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 17:11:21.667361+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-blade-runner-games-new-remaster-looks-worse#comments"> 32 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>There are two reasons to consider playing the new 'Enhanced Edition' of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/blade-runner">Blade Runner</a> over the version which hit GOG in 2019: 1) it has controller support; 2) it's on consoles. Beyond that, Nightdive's remastering has made Westwood's 1997 adventure game look notably uglier and you'd be better off with GOG's ScummVM version. The Enhanced Edition is out today and I've been flicking back and forth between the two versions, tutting. The Enhanced Edition still looks like a 25-year-old game, only now it looks 25 years old, blurry, and unlike itself.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rally-point-the-heroic-legend-of-eagarlnia-is-a-sort-of-light-grand-strategy-somehow" class="link_overlay" title="The Rally Point: The Heroic Legend Of Eagarlnia is a sort of light grand strategy, somehow"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Eagarlnia_header.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Eagarlnia_header.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Eagarlnia_header.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Eagarlnia_header.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Eagarlnia_header.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/Eagarlnia_header.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Image for The Rally Point: The Heroic Legend Of Eagarlnia is a sort of light grand strategy, somehow" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rally-point-the-heroic-legend-of-eagarlnia-is-a-sort-of-light-grand-strategy-somehow"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> The Rally Point: The Heroic Legend Of Eagarlnia is a sort of light grand strategy, somehow </a> </p> <p class="strapline">I like driving in Eagar</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Sin Vega</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 16:43:19.530823+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rally-point-the-heroic-legend-of-eagarlnia-is-a-sort-of-light-grand-strategy-somehow#comments"> 8 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>I still don't know whether to describe <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-heroic-legend-of-eagarlnia">The Heroic Legend Of Eagarlnia</a> as "complicated" or "simple". Before starting a game, it gives an impression of being a complex grand strategy that's something like a fantasy Total War with a D&D alignment system and a distinctly East Asian focus on characters and dialogue.</p> <p>It's far simpler than that. There was a period of disappointment, even, when it seemed like there wasn't much to it at all. That's partly because it's easy to play it too passively, or get stuck in attritional stand offs, and partly because of the need for a bit too much repetition. But over time its subtler details become more apparent, and your choices start to feel more multifaceted.</p> <p>And yet, it remains at heart the same throughout. On your first ten turns you're doing the same actions as in your 200th, and its battles in particular are largely hands off. So maybe it's complicated, but simple to actually play? Hmm.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/theres-a-flood-of-cheap-ex-mining-gpus-but-you-probably-shouldnt-buy-one" class="link_overlay" title="There鈥檚 a flood of cheap ex-mining GPUs, but you probably shouldn鈥檛 buy one"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/nvidia-rtx-3080-vs-3080-ti.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/nvidia-rtx-3080-vs-3080-ti.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/nvidia-rtx-3080-vs-3080-ti.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/nvidia-rtx-3080-vs-3080-ti.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/nvidia-rtx-3080-vs-3080-ti.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/nvidia-rtx-3080-vs-3080-ti.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="The Nvidia RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards side by side on a table" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/theres-a-flood-of-cheap-ex-mining-gpus-but-you-probably-shouldnt-buy-one"> There鈥檚 a flood of cheap ex-mining GPUs, but you probably shouldn鈥檛 buy one </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Miners are holding livestreamed auctions just to shift them</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">James Archer</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 15:50:15.865522+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/theres-a-flood-of-cheap-ex-mining-gpus-but-you-probably-shouldnt-buy-one#comments"> 14 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> An ongoing crash in cryptocurrency prices is causing some miners to abandon ship, selling off their racks of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-graphics-card">graphics cards</a> at discount prices in a bid to recoup some cash. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://wccftech.com/the-gpu-flood-is-here-crypto-miners-dismantling-entire-systems-selling-graphics-cards-at-dirt-cheap-rates-during-livestream-auctions/?beta=1">Wccftech</a> spotted that some erstwhile miners across China and South Asia, previously encouraged by low energy costs, are even hosting livestreamed auctions to get rid of their GPU ‘stock’ en masse. </p> <p> First off: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Second, while it’s entertaining to imagine desperate crypto barons hosting a kind of QVC channel for dusty PC components, I wouldn’t necessarily take this as a long-overdue opportunity to upgrade your graphics card on the cheap. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="podcasts" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-electronic-wireless-show-episode-192-the-best-weather-in-games-special" class="link_overlay" title="The Electronic Wireless Show episode 192: the best weather in games special"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/ews-136-frostpunk-header.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/ews-136-frostpunk-header.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/ews-136-frostpunk-header.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/ews-136-frostpunk-header.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/ews-136-frostpunk-header.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/ews-136-frostpunk-header.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="A screenshot of art for Frostpunk showing a man, heavily wrapped up against the cold, standing in a snowy street and holding a lantern. The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast is superimposed on the top right of the image." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-electronic-wireless-show-episode-192-the-best-weather-in-games-special"> The Electronic Wireless Show episode 192: the best weather in games special </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Storm's comin' in</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Alice Bell</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 15:16:19.173660+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-electronic-wireless-show-episode-192-the-best-weather-in-games-special#comments"> 11 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>It's time once again for an episode of The Electronic Wireless Show <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcasts">podcast</a>. This week Nate returns, but Matthew is away - and since he is the real agent of chaos, Nate and I have a remarkably sensible conversation about different weather and seasons in a lot of games. Who'd have thought? Not me. And in fact there is weather in all sorts of places you wouldn't expect to look.</p> <p>Don't worry, though, because we find time to talk about how our weeks have been, as well as a bit where I tell Nate there's going to be a survival crafting game set in Moria and he gets excited. Also, stay tuned for a Cavern Of Lies where Nate does a lot of cowboy voices. And shout out to John for sending in cheery EWS fan game Aquarium Assault: Dark Day For A Dogfish!</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="deals" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-850w-thermaltake-power-supply-is-down-to-60-at-awd-it" class="link_overlay" title="This 850W ThermalTake power supply is down to 拢60 at AWD-IT"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/psu_nsfdHsP.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/psu_nsfdHsP.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/psu_nsfdHsP.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/psu_nsfdHsP.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/psu_nsfdHsP.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/psu_nsfdHsP.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="a thermaltake toughpower gf 850w power supply unit (PSU)" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-850w-thermaltake-power-supply-is-down-to-60-at-awd-it"> <span class="prefix">Deals:</span> This 850W ThermalTake power supply is down to 拢60 at AWD-IT </a> </p> <p class="strapline">An awesome price for an 80+ Gold modular PSU.</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Will Judd</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 14:28:12.309297+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>After a high-end PSU to accompany your new graphics card - or to get ready for the high-power next-gen GPUs rumoured to debut later this year? This is the deals post for you. British retailer and PC builder AWD-IT is offering a Thermaltake Toughpower GF 850W 80+ Gold modular power supply for £60, down from £90. To get this discounted price, use code <b>TT850W</b> at the checkout. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-steam-summer-sale-begins-today-with-a-fortnight-of-pc-gaming-deals" class="link_overlay" title="The Steam Summer Sale begins today with a fortnight of PC gaming deals"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Steam-Summer-Sale-2022.JPG/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Steam-Summer-Sale-2022.JPG" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Steam-Summer-Sale-2022.JPG/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Steam-Summer-Sale-2022.JPG 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Steam-Summer-Sale-2022.JPG/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/Steam-Summer-Sale-2022.JPG 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="The 2022 Steam Summer Sale begins on June 23rd and runs until July 7th." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-steam-summer-sale-begins-today-with-a-fortnight-of-pc-gaming-deals"> The Steam Summer Sale begins today with a fortnight of PC gaming deals </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Not a Fortnite of deals, that鈥檚 Epic</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">CJ Wheeler</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 14:21:46.086962+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-steam-summer-sale-begins-today-with-a-fortnight-of-pc-gaming-deals#comments"> 37 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> Valve are kicking off 2022’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/topics/steam-summer-sale">Steam Summer Sale</a> today with discounts on AAA and indie games, starting at 6pm BST/7pm CEST/10am PST. It’s being styled as the ‘Steam 3000’ sale even though that year is a long way off according to my calendar. For some reason, Valve have decided they're doing videos to hype this stuff now too. You can watch the trailer below to get some idea of what might be discounted very soon. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="deals" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-a-gigabyte-rtx-3060-graphics-card-for-330-was-390-1" class="link_overlay" title="Get a Gigabyte RTX 3060 graphics card for 拢330 (was 拢390)"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/eagle_Z59vjSY.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/eagle_Z59vjSY.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/eagle_Z59vjSY.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/eagle_Z59vjSY.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/eagle_Z59vjSY.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/eagle_Z59vjSY.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="rtx 3060 gigabyte eagle 12gb graphics card" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-a-gigabyte-rtx-3060-graphics-card-for-330-was-390-1"> <span class="prefix">Deals:</span> Get a Gigabyte RTX 3060 graphics card for 拢330 (was 拢390) </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Want double the performance of a GTX 1060 or RX 580? Get this.</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Will Judd</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 14:09:03.027997+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The RTX 3060 is the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-graphics-card#1080p">best value 1080p graphics card</a>, and recently it's gotten significantly cheaper as next-gen Nvidia GPUs have been rumoured. Right now, you can pick up a Gigabyte RTX 3060 Eagle 12GB for just £330 at Scan UK, a £61 reduction over <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096YK45Q2?tag=rps-m-21" rel="sponsored">the same card at Amazon UK</a> and some £40 cheaper than the cheapest RTX 3060 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-msi-geforce-rtx-3060-graphics-card-is-370-a-new-low-water-mark">we spotted last month</a>. If you're in the market for a new GPU and you've got a 1080p monitor, this is an awesome shout. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="deals" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-the-hp-reverb-g2-vr-headset-for-399-after-a-200-discount" class="link_overlay" title="Get the HP Reverb G2 VR headset for $399 after a $200 discount"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/hp-reverb-g2.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/hp-reverb-g2.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/hp-reverb-g2.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/hp-reverb-g2.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/hp-reverb-g2.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/hp-reverb-g2.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Image for Get the HP Reverb G2 VR headset for $399 after a $200 discount" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-the-hp-reverb-g2-vr-headset-for-399-after-a-200-discount"> <span class="prefix">Deals:</span> Get the HP Reverb G2 VR headset for $399 after a $200 discount </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Comparable to the Valve Index for 40% of the price.</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Will Judd</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 13:20:04.150025+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-the-hp-reverb-g2-vr-headset-for-399-after-a-200-discount#comments"> 2 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The HP Reverb G2 is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hp-reverb-g2-reveal">surprisingly similar take</a> on the Valve Index VR headset, and now it's going cheap from HP's American web store. The headset, which has a US MSRP of $599, is now going for $399, which according to my abacus is $200 off. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/segas-new-space-pirate-shooter-hyenas-is-getting-the-sass-to-mars" class="link_overlay" title="Sega's new space-pirate shooter Hyenas is getting the sass to Mars"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Hyenas-1.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Hyenas-1.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Hyenas-1.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Hyenas-1.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Hyenas-1.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/Hyenas-1.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Hyenas is a sci-fi multiplayer shooter from Creative Assembly, the studio that made Alien: Isolation" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/segas-new-space-pirate-shooter-hyenas-is-getting-the-sass-to-mars"> Sega's new space-pirate shooter Hyenas is getting the sass to Mars </a> </p> <p class="strapline">It鈥檚 the next game from the studio that made Alien: Isolation</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">CJ Wheeler</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 11:42:19.857432+00:00"> 1聽day ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/segas-new-space-pirate-shooter-hyenas-is-getting-the-sass-to-mars#comments"> 31 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/hyenas">Hyenas</a> is a sci-fi, team-based shooter that is not at all what I was expecting next from the developers who make the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/total-war">Total War</a> series. Set in that most dodgy of times, the future, Hyenas is about pilfering relics of pop culture such as Pez dispensers, Mega Drives and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/sonic-the-hedgehog">Sonic The Hedgehog</a> paraphernalia before tech billionaires who’ve colonised Mars can furnish their homes with it all. You can be bemused at your own leisure by watching the trailer below. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="deals" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-a-good-cpu-motherboard-combo-for-less-than-180-with-these-deals" class="link_overlay" title="Get a good CPU + motherboard combo for less than 拢180 with these deals"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/amd-ryzen-5-3600x.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/amd-ryzen-5-3600x.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/amd-ryzen-5-3600x.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/amd-ryzen-5-3600x.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/amd-ryzen-5-3600x.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/amd-ryzen-5-3600x.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Image for Get a good CPU + motherboard combo for less than 拢180 with these deals" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/get-a-good-cpu-motherboard-combo-for-less-than-180-with-these-deals"> <span class="prefix">Deals:</span> Get a good CPU + motherboard combo for less than 拢180 with these deals </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Intel Core i3 12100F or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, you choose!</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Will Judd</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 11:37:48.915133+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>AMD's Ryzen 3600 is one of the best value gaming CPUs, and now it's available for just £170 with a Gigabyte B450M motherboard from AWD-IT. That's a £50 reduction from its normal price, and some £22 cheaper than <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07STGGQ18?tag=rps-m-21">the CPU and cooler</a> on Amazon. This would make an excellent start to a new system, with the 3600's six cores and twelve threads pairing well with a modern RTX 20-series or Radeon RX 5000-series or later graphics card. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="reviews" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sims-4-werewolves-impressions" class="link_overlay" title="The Sims 4 Werewolves is the best supernatural add-on pack yet"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sims-4-werewolves-promo-render.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/the-sims-4-werewolves-promo-render.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sims-4-werewolves-promo-render.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/the-sims-4-werewolves-promo-render.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sims-4-werewolves-promo-render.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/the-sims-4-werewolves-promo-render.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Four werewolves in Beast Form in The Sims 4: Werewolves. One transforms while two are arguing, and the werewolf in the foreground pounces at the camera." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sims-4-werewolves-impressions"> <span class="prefix">Review:</span> The Sims 4 Werewolves is the best supernatural add-on pack yet </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Howl at the moon! Eat raw meat! Pee on your lawn! It's a whole new world of possibilities.</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Rebecca Jones</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 11:28:23.193434+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sims-4-werewolves-impressions#comments"> 1 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>I don't tend to be biased towards games just because they're new, so I feel it carries some weight when I say that <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-sims-4-werewolves-game-pack">The Sims 4 Werewolves</a> Game Pack has immediately become one of my favourite add-ons for <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-sims-4">The Sims 4</a>. Having been a fan of the <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-sims-4-vampires-game-pack">Vampires</a> and <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-sims-4-realm-of-magic">Realm Of Magic</a> (a.k.a. wizards, basically) game packs since their respective releases, I can safely say that Werewolves has done an excellent job iterating and expanding on what worked from those previous supernatural outings.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-indies-from-the-summer-games-fest-show-floor-in-la" class="link_overlay" title="The best indies from the Summer Games Fest show floor in LA"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Schim-bus-stop.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Schim-bus-stop.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Schim-bus-stop.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Schim-bus-stop.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Schim-bus-stop.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/Schim-bus-stop.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Schim is a puzzle game about a creature who lives in shadows and hops between them to get home." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-indies-from-the-summer-games-fest-show-floor-in-la"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> The best indies from the Summer Games Fest show floor in LA </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Admin! Shadows! Making a friend out of spare bones and organs!</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Ed Thorn</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 11:02:14.517869+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-indies-from-the-summer-games-fest-show-floor-in-la#comments"> 6 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>I was in LA for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/topics/summer-game-fest-2022">Summer Geoff Fest</a> and I played a whole bunch of games. No, not lots of blockbusters – mainly because there weren't too many of those about - but lots of indies, instead. In fact, out of all the games I saw or played or glanced at while I dashed between appointments, it was the indies that really stood out.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-developer-reveals-horses-were-people" class="link_overlay" title="Assassin's Creed developer reveals horses were people"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Altair-Assassins-Creed-horse.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Altair-Assassins-Creed-horse.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Altair-Assassins-Creed-horse.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/Altair-Assassins-Creed-horse.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/Altair-Assassins-Creed-horse.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/Altair-Assassins-Creed-horse.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Assassin's Creed is a 2007 game where you can ride a man whose skeleton was stretched to resemble a horse." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-developer-reveals-horses-were-people"> Assassin's Creed developer reveals horses were people </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Whose ass in steed?</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">CJ Wheeler</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-23 10:09:49.372534+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-developer-reveals-horses-were-people#comments"> 6 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> Former Ubisoft developer Charles Randall has been spilling the beans about the original <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/assassins-creed">Assassin’s Creed</a> on Twitter again. This time, Randall made several of the RPS team spit out their tea when he revealed that the game’s horse model is really a stretched out human skeleton. That’s some genuinely nightmarish imagery to contemplate first thing in the morning. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-ii-preview-is-even-more-spooky-if-youre-a-tired-millennial" class="link_overlay" title="Oxenfree II is even more spooky if you're a tired millennial"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-ii-key-art-16x9-web-1.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/oxenfree-ii-key-art-16x9-web-1.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-ii-key-art-16x9-web-1.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/oxenfree-ii-key-art-16x9-web-1.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-ii-key-art-16x9-web-1.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/oxenfree-ii-key-art-16x9-web-1.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Artwork showing the main character from Oxenfree II: Lost Signals" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-ii-preview-is-even-more-spooky-if-youre-a-tired-millennial"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> Oxenfree II is even more spooky if you're a tired millennial </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Turn down that radio you crazy kids</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Alice Bell</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-22 16:00:00+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-ii-preview-is-even-more-spooky-if-youre-a-tired-millennial#comments"> 11 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>When I <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/oxenfree-2-lost-signals-is-more-of-the-good-stuff-you-liked-in-the-first-game">got a hands off look</a> at <a href="/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/oxenfree-ii-lost-signals">Oxenfree II: Lost Signals</a>, my analysis was that it looked a lot like Oxenfree and therefore if you liked Oxenfree you would like this. I have now played through a small bit of the game, a slightly extended version of the area I saw in the hands off preview, and my analysis is... largely the same.</p> <p>I know that's very boring, but it's also positive, isn't it? Oxenfree was good, and Oxenfree II looks to be doing those same things that made Oxenfree good. A 2D, side-on supernatural thriller with radios. Good thing remains good! In a world where sequels to beloved media seem to only get progressively worse, I'll happily take it (especially since this one is a Netflix-published project now). And although it's directly related to the first game, the characters and happenings in Oxenfree II are distinct enough that it's going to be accessible if you're new to the series. And even if you did play the first game, it's possible that Oxenfree II will be more thrilling and unsettling to you now, five years later.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-cycle-frontier-system-requirements-pc-performance-and-best-settings-to-use" class="link_overlay" title="The Cycle: Frontier system requirements, PC performance and best settings to use"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cycle-frontier-10.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/cycle-frontier-10.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cycle-frontier-10.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/cycle-frontier-10.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cycle-frontier-10.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/cycle-frontier-10.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="The player prepares to use their Mineral Scanner in The Cycle: Frontier." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-cycle-frontier-system-requirements-pc-performance-and-best-settings-to-use"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> The Cycle: Frontier system requirements, PC performance and best settings to use </a> </p> <p class="strapline">A prospector calls</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">James Archer</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-22 15:43:42.171288+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> Now that all the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-trials-and-terrors-of-benchmarking-the-cycle-frontier">unusually stressful benchmarking</a> is out the way, let’s talk how mineral-grubbing “quest shooter” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-cycle-frontier">The Cycle: Frontier</a> performs on PC. Short version: pretty well! It can make do with older and lower-end hardware at 1080p, and scales nicely all the way up to 4K and ultrawide resolutions, taking full advantage of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-graphics-card">best graphics cards</a> or the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-gaming-monitors">best gaming monitors</a> with high refresh rates. If your rig is only just scraping past the system requirements, there are also some chunky performance improvements available via the right graphics settings tweaks. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="features" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-better-air-control-or-an-ai-controlled-friend-just-running-about-helping-me-fight" class="link_overlay" title="What's better: air control, or an AI-controlled friend just running about helping me fight?"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/half-life-security-guard.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/half-life-security-guard.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/half-life-security-guard.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/half-life-security-guard.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/half-life-security-guard.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/half-life-security-guard.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="A Black Mesa security guard fires their pistol in a Half-Life screenshot." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-better-air-control-or-an-ai-controlled-friend-just-running-about-helping-me-fight"> <span class="prefix">Feature:</span> What's better: air control, or an AI-controlled friend just running about helping me fight? </a> </p> <p class="strapline">A question of control as we continue the hunt for the best thing</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">Alice O'Connor</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-22 15:15:20.516569+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-better-air-control-or-an-ai-controlled-friend-just-running-about-helping-me-fight#comments"> 66 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Last time, you decided that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-better-invert-mouse-or-undo">undo is better than invert mouse</a>. For many people, this result will turn the world on its head. And if those otherworldly beings with horrifying ideas about piloting meat puppets take this personally, maybe we can hit undo to save ourselves. This week, it's a question of control. What's better: air control, or an AI-controlled friend just running about helping me fight?</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-update-team-fortress-2-in-reaction-to-grassroots-savetf2-campaign" class="link_overlay" title="Valve update Team Fortress 2 in reaction to grassroots #saveTF2 campaign"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/team-fortress-2-heavy.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/team-fortress-2-heavy.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/team-fortress-2-heavy.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/team-fortress-2-heavy.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/team-fortress-2-heavy.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/team-fortress-2-heavy.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="Team Fortress 2's heavy machine gun" width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-update-team-fortress-2-in-reaction-to-grassroots-savetf2-campaign"> Valve update Team Fortress 2 in reaction to grassroots #saveTF2 campaign </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Players are divided over the changes</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">CJ Wheeler</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-22 15:00:01.701745+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-update-team-fortress-2-in-reaction-to-grassroots-savetf2-campaign#comments"> 7 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/team-fortress-2">Team Fortress 2</a> has been updated by Valve today in response to the player-led #saveTF2 campaign that’s seeking an answer to the classic multiplayer shooter’s bot epidemic. However, the automatically applied update is primarily intended to sort out a variety of daft-sounding exploits. These range from teleporting back to your spawn point by changing loadout or class while touching the other team’s No Entry gate, to Spies disguising themselves and creating an invisible shield at their feet to block incoming fire. </p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article class="summary" data-type="article" data-article-type="news" data-premium="false" data-size="default"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-cycle-frontier-greets-the-launch-of-season-one-with-a-smile-and-a-bullet-today" class="link_overlay" title="The Cycle: Frontier greets the launch of season one with a smile and a bullet today"></a> <span class="symbol"></span> <div class="thumbnail"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cycle-frontier-8.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/cycle-frontier-8.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cycle-frontier-8.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/690x388/format/jpg/quality/80/cycle-frontier-8.jpg 1x, https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203im_/https://assets2.rockpapershotgun.com/cycle-frontier-8.jpg/BROK/thumbnail/1380x776/format/jpg/quality/80/cycle-frontier-8.jpg 2x" loading="lazy" class="thumbnail_image" alt="A close-up of an angry Marauder in The Cycle: Frontier." width="690" height="388"> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="details"> <p class="title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-cycle-frontier-greets-the-launch-of-season-one-with-a-smile-and-a-bullet-today"> The Cycle: Frontier greets the launch of season one with a smile and a bullet today </a> </p> <p class="strapline">Putting more loot into your shoot</p> </div> <div class="metadata"> <span class="author">CJ Wheeler</span> <time class="published_at" datetime="2022-06-22 13:17:10.464744+00:00"> 2聽days ago </time> <p class="comments"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-cycle-frontier-greets-the-launch-of-season-one-with-a-smile-and-a-bullet-today#comments"> 9 </a> </p> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p> Today sees the arrival of season one of free-to-play sci-fi looter shooter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/the-cycle-frontier">The Cycle: Frontier</a> with the 1.2.0 patch. The game soft-launched with a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114203/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-cycle-frontier-touches-down-on-steam-and-epic-games-store-in-june">pre-season</a> on June 8th, so its transition into the first season seems to consist largely of the launch of its Fortuna battle pass. 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