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EA are in conversations to move ongoing development of BioWare MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, to a third-party developer, Broadsword Online Games. IGN reported the news earlier today, after which EA confirmed that conversations were taking place.
Adam (RPS in peace) once described Lisa: The Painful as “Earthbound by way of thecatamites”, but that was back in 2014 and there’s a decent chance those references mean little to you. That might be part of the reason why Lisa has remained a cult classic, even if it has overwhelmingly positive reviews from those who persevered with the punishing, deranged, tragicomic RPG Maker game.
Now it’s 2023 and Lisa: The Painful is getting a Definitive Edition re-release, and I’m lucky that I can draw on better known references. It’s like Undertale by way of… Uh, thecatamites?
The RX 6650 XT has emerged as one of the best value graphics cards for 1080p gaming, and today you can pick one up for a new low price. Newegg has discounted the AsRock Challenger D model to just $229.99 when you use the code VGAEXCAA735 at the checkout, knocking $20 off the usual price.
Following on from the lovely space highjinks of Citizen Sleeper, Katharine has unwisely allowed me to take the wheel on this month’s RPS Game Club, and thus I am steering this baby right into fiendish puzzle town. Next stop: The Tartarus Key!
It’s only recently come out, so we’re fresh to death this time – literally, because in it you’re trapped in a mansion full of SAW-esque murder-puzzles. I really enjoyed this game, with its low-poly PS1 style, and its vibe of being an early 00s thriller that would probably star e.g. Morgan Freeman hunting down a twisted serial killer played by e.g. Hugh Jackman. But in this metaphor, I am the twisted monster, and I have trapped both you and my colleagues and am forcing you all to play this game I like.
Itching to click on skeletons but not sure about Diablo 4? Have a gander at Halls Of Torment, a game I’ll broadly describe as ‘Vampire Survivors meets Diablo’. It lets you click on: so many skeletons. Halls Of Torment launched into early access last month and I’ve had a few hours of fun for a couple quid. The Diablo vibes are strong, it has some neat ideas for the genre, and it has a demo you can try for free. I only wish it drew a little more inspiration from Diablo and a little less from Survivors ’em up conventions.
More fool me for thinking the Amnesia story (a now-complex horror sci-fi epic about Cenobite-esque weirdos who gain immortality by drinking pain-milk extracted from people via torture at the hands of specially engineered torture-monsters) was done with Amnesia: Rebirth. Although, I suppose it actually is, because Rebirth is set in 1937, and Amnesia: The Bunker is effectively a bottle episode taking place during the First World War. And what a bottle episode! You’ll spend 4-6 hours being chased around the tunnels of a maze-like bunker, winding up a dim, rubbish torch and reading increasingly unhinged diary notes from the French soldiers who’ve all been eaten, and boy will you have a great time.
This year’s prettiest RSI machine Diablo 4 arrives on PC in full today, having spent the few couple of days in early access. But even though it’s barely out the gates of Hell, Blizzard are already thinking about the future of their mega RPG, confirming not one, but two expansions are already in the works.
Our sister site Eurogamer is celebrating 15 years of EGX (aka: the Eurogamer Expo) this month, and they’re holding a charity pub quiz in its honour down in London this Thursday, June 8th. Yes, yes, we know that’s the same day as Geoff’s Annual Trainer Showcase (aka: Summer Game Fest), but hey, at least it’s for a good cause, with all proceeds going to the lovely folks at GamesAid. Tickets are on sale now, and RPS supporters can also get a special code to nab themselves a free drink. Details below.
With the arrival of Nvidia RTX 40-series graphics cards in gaming laptops, models with previous-gen RTX 30-series cards are becoming super-affordable. Now you can get even high-models for less than £1000, including this HP Omen machine which includes a 16.1-inch 1440p 165Hz display, RTX 3070 Ti graphics card and Ryzen 7 6800H CPU for £972 on Amazon.
The same machine retailed for £1629 in March this year, so this is a huge bargain – especially given that this is still hugely a powerful machine for 1440p gaming. The spec even includes a 1TB NVMe SSD and 16GB of DDR5 RAM, so it’s a convincing machine from top to bottom.
I’ve spoken on many occasions about my love for Cooler Master’s NR200 small form factor PC case, and today it’s gone on sale in the US for the first time in a while – so I thought I’d let you know!
Right now you can pick up the NR200 in white for $70, down from $115. To get this price, you’ll need to use code CMJUND2 at the cart and then use a rebate form for an additional $25 back. That’s a bit of a faff for sure, but in exchange you do get one of the best and most popular SFF PC cases on the market.
