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Should You Bother With… Hall effect keyboards?

Welcome back to Should You Bother With, the RPS hardware column that combs away the fluff surrounding PC gaming gear to reveal a smooth, hairless core of pure consumer advice. This time: Hall effect keyboards, a relatively fresh flavour of desktop peripheral that’s been gaining traction with manufacturers for the ...
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Best PS5 and PlayStation Deals Right Now (April 2024)

There are some amazing PS5 deals to check out right now, including a selection of PlayStation games that have dropped to just $20 at Walmart. Not only that, but the PlayStation Portal, a surprise hit, and Sony’s newest handheld gaming accessory, is back in stock at Best Buy (for now) ...
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Sand Land review: a boring Mad Max lite that should have been very exciting

Sand Land is like a sanitised manga-ish Mad Max Fury Road, where there are fewer explosions and nobody huffs paint and screams "Witness me!". So, arguably, a less cool Mad Max. In this incarnation it's an open world action game with light RPG elements; in previous incarnations it is a ...
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This Incredible Fallout Bundle Is Back In Stock, Score Almost Every Game for Just $22.49 – Best Fallout Deals

The Fallout TV series is now available on Amazon Prime Video, and that means there's never been a better time in recent memory to jump back onto the Fallout hype train in full force (When is Fallout 5, Bethesda?) We gave the new TV series an 'Amazing' 9 in our ...
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Manor Lords early access review: a sturdy and immersive builder that feels incomplete yet alive with promise

When, in town building simulation Manor Lords, you erect your first manor, it feels natural to place it in the center of your humble 14th century European settlement. It presents as a locus of power, where your character avatar resides. Also, it’s right there in the title. I built mine ...
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Four Years After Its Cancellation, Deliver Us The Moon Is Finally Landing On Switch

One giant leap for 2024.Publisher Wired Productions and developer KeokeN Interactive have announced that the sci-fi thriller Deliver Us the Moon will be making one giant leap onto Switch later this year.If the name rings a bell, that might be because Deliver Us the Moon was initially announced for the ...
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Is Up for Preorder

The 3D platformer Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is set to release for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch sometime in 2024. The game follows Mickey Mouse through the world of old Disney characters called Wasteland. You’ll meet creatures such as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who ...
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Minecraft rolls out armadillo mob and rewilds biomes with eight new wolf variants

Armadillos, the grumpy pistachio nuts of the animal kingdom, have been added to Minecraft in a recent mob update. You can brush them to harvest "scutes", the boney armour plating of the animal's back, which you can then use to craft armour for pet wolves. Speaking of wolves, this update ...
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Helldivers 2 Players Hate Hellmire So Much They Just Want to Blow It Up

Helldivers 2’s current Major Order to successfully defend 10 planets across Terminid and Automaton space has put Hellmire in the firing line once again, and it looks like players would really rather not have to deal with it.For the uninitiated, Arrowhead’s explosive third-person co-op shooter tasks the Helldivers 2 community ...
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Elite Dangerous Dev Frontier Announces Plans to Sell Ships for Real Money, Sparking Backlash

Elite Dangerous developer Frontier has announced a significant change to the near decade-old space sim: the sale of ships for real money.In a post on the Elite Dangerous website, Frontier said it will sell three months of early access to the Python Mk II ship from May 7 for 16,250 ...
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