No roguelite reeks quite like the wonderful Morsels
Here is a list of waste items I can see from my desk, at the time of writing: one piece of mud tracked in from a nearby forest, with a curl of oak leaf poking out of it; two condensed, possibly sentient balls of spiderweb; two fingernails (I know, it’s ...
UK Charts: Nintendo Performs Admirably In Its Last Christmas Push
Mario Kart once again appears twice in the top ten.The latest UK Charts data is in, and there's honestly very little change in the top ten this week, with EA SPORTS FC 26 once again claiming the top spot.In fact, the top eight games have all played a bit of ...
Indie Game Awards Strips Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of Game of the Year Over Gen AI, Dev Says ‘Placeholder’ Textures Were Patched Out After Slipping Through QA Process
Fresh from receiving the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been stripped of two awards from the Indie Game Awards after its use of generative AI hit the headlines.Sandfall Interactive’s record-breaking role-playing game launched with some placeholder textures built with generative ...
Reminder: Two More Mega Evolution Are Now Available In Pokémon Unite
Mega Gyarados and Charizard Y join the fray.A major game update for the free-to-play Switch and mobile title Pokémon Unite was released earlier this month.Now, before we get to the end of the year, the development team has added Mega Charizard Y. This follows Mega Gyarados, which joined the fray ...
Square Enix’s HD-2D Series ‘Octopath Traveler’ Hits Another Sales Milestone
It's now sold over six million copies.Square Enix released the HD-2D RPG Octopath Traveler 0 on the Switch and Switch 2 earlier this month.Now, following this, it has provided an update about the lifetime sales of the series – revealing it has now sold over six million copies worldwide. This ...
The Best Deals Today: Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Battlefield 6, God of War Ragnarok, and More
The holidays are almost here, and we've rounded up the best deals for Sunday, December 21, below. Don't miss your chance to save on these last-minute gifts!Save on Assassin's Creed Shadows for Nintendo Switch 2Launched earlier this month, Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally available on Nintendo Switch. Right now, you ...
The first RPS Christmas Cracker 2025
We eight scribes from RPS are, Bearing jokes, we wrote in the past, Christmas crackers, god we’re knackered, After twelve months of graft. O, reader of wonder, loved the most, Why not subscribe to Supporters posts? January leading, still proceeding, See you once we’ve munched our roasts. But first, time ...
Opinion: Who Needs Link? This Top-Down Metroidvania Is The Best Zelda Game Of 2025
A String Between Worlds.When you start up a top-down Zelda game, you usually know how things will start. You’ll get some scrolling exposition text setting up the events of the game, and you’ll either be plonked in the middle of a room or a field, ready to save the princess, ...
What’s on your bookshelf: Santa Maw
He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, he’s checking it thrice, he’s checking it four times, he’s checking it five times, he’s checking it Six times, he’s checking it Six times, he’s checking it Six times… Hello reader who is also a reader. We don’t have a game developer ...
Expedition 33 may be a turn-based RPG, but it refuses to behave like one
Clair Obscur gripped me within the first minutes of its dramatic prologue. A turn-based RPG with a Belle Époque, steampunky aesthetic and a bleak world of monsters and magic? I know they say not to put a hat on a hat, but when that hat's a beret… magnifique. The story ...
