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Wooshy wuxia actioner Phantom Blade Zero is sharp enough on the Steam Machine, if blunted on the Steam Deck https://bit.ly/3UpkLdQ
Wooshy wuxia actioner Phantom Blade Zero is sharp enough on the Steam Machine, if blunted on the Steam Deck
Phantom Blade Zero is a no-go for the Steam Deck, though the Steam Machine handles it well with the right settings.
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October 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Wooshy wuxia actioner Phantom Blade Zero is sharp enough on the Steam Machine, if blunted on the Steam Deck https://bit.ly/3UpkLdQ
EA execs choosing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5 was the main factor in BioWare's demise, according to report https://bit.ly/4sHEuSD
EA execs choosing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5 was the main factor in BioWare's demise, according to report
EA's decision to shutter BioWare was largely rooted in choosing to bankroll Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5, a new report claims.
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October 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
EA execs choosing Star Wars Battlefront 3 over Mass Effect 5 was the main factor in BioWare's demise, according to report https://bit.ly/4sHEuSD
Splendid Junji Ito-inspired RPG World of Horror is now 20% more horrible, thanks to a free PC update with extra gods, locations, and wounds https://bit.ly/4A7WIiR
Splendid Junji Ito-inspired RPG World of Horror is now 20% more horrible, thanks to a free PC update with extra gods, locations, and wounds
Amazing apocalypse RPG World of Horror has big free PC update in which four cults summon different old gods simultaneously.
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October 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Splendid Junji Ito-inspired RPG World of Horror is now 20% more horrible, thanks to a free PC update with extra gods, locations, and wounds https://bit.ly/4A7WIiR
All the RPS Supporter rewards for October 2026: Hangout game angst, muddy RPGs, and one utterly useless butler https://bit.ly/4yUWkmt
All the RPS Supporter rewards for October 2026: Hangout game angst, muddy RPGs, and one utterly useless butler
All the exclusive articles that RPS Premium Supporters got in October 2026. Missed one? You'll find it here.
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October 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
All the RPS Supporter rewards for October 2026: Hangout game angst, muddy RPGs, and one utterly useless butler https://bit.ly/4yUWkmt
Rockstar developer union could end up over 1,600 workers strong and encompass nearly all UK staff below senior management, IWGB claim https://bit.ly/3UrFNZi
Rockstar developer union could end up over 1,600 workers strong and encompass nearly all UK staff below senior management, IWGB claim
A Rockstar Games UK union could end up over 1,600 workers strong if an upcoming vote is successful, the IWGB have claimed.
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October 30, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Rockstar developer union could end up over 1,600 workers strong and encompass nearly all UK staff below senior management, IWGB claim https://bit.ly/3UrFNZi
Helldivers 2 boss can "absolutely see" making a game parody of generative AI, but it would need to be "quirky" rather than "doom-laden" https://bit.ly/4iq80Ya
Helldivers 2 boss can "absolutely see" making a game parody of generative AI, but it would need to be "quirky" rather than "doom-laden"
"We'd want to frame it in a quirky, fun way rather than a doom-laden one": Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt mulls the potential for a game satire of generative AI.
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October 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Helldivers 2 boss can "absolutely see" making a game parody of generative AI, but it would need to be "quirky" rather than "doom-laden" https://bit.ly/4iq80Ya
Update: Activision reportedly confirm news footage from Itaewon crowd crush will be removed from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 by November update
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 intro cinematic is "not intended to reference or trivialise" real-world South Korean crowd crush, Activision say amid reported backlash
Activision have responded to Korean backlash against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's intro cinematic.
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October 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Update: Activision reportedly confirm news footage from Itaewon crowd crush will be removed from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 by November update
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There are no more Assassin's Creed remakes in development, because Ubisoft are focused on Hexe, Invictus and "projects you haven't heard about yet" https://bit.ly/4yUfBEK
There are no more Assassin's Creed remakes in development, because Ubisoft are focused on Hexe, Invictus and "projects you haven't heard about yet"
Ubisoft have announced that they aren't working on any more Assassin's Creed remakes right now, despite learning a "tremendous amount" from Black Flag Resynced.
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October 30, 2026 at 11:01 AM
There are no more Assassin's Creed remakes in development, because Ubisoft are focused on Hexe, Invictus and "projects you haven't heard about yet" https://bit.ly/4yUfBEK
Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod channels World of Warcraft with an adventure about undead former slaves fighting to reclaim a kingdom https://bit.ly/3Ulj0OQ
Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod channels World of Warcraft with an adventure about undead former slaves fighting to reclaim a kingdom
The first act of a new Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod called Forsaken and inspired by World of Warcraft is out now.
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October 30, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod channels World of Warcraft with an adventure about undead former slaves fighting to reclaim a kingdom https://bit.ly/3Ulj0OQ
Mouthwashing is getting a feature film adaptation from Sony and I need all of you to be normal about it whenever it comes out https://bit.ly/4zbcclU
Mouthwashing is getting a feature film adaptation from Sony and I need all of you to be normal about it whenever it comes out
At least the film has Jennifer's Body director Karyn Kusama attached to it.
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October 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Mouthwashing is getting a feature film adaptation from Sony and I need all of you to be normal about it whenever it comes out https://bit.ly/4zbcclU
Phantom Blade Zero kicks off its launch with a day one patch that offers improvements to ray tracing and some bug fixes to boot https://bit.ly/3UQ4zT3
Phantom Blade Zero kicks off its launch with a day one patch that offers improvements to ray tracing and some bug fixes to boot
Never a day one without a patch.
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October 29, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Phantom Blade Zero kicks off its launch with a day one patch that offers improvements to ray tracing and some bug fixes to boot https://bit.ly/3UQ4zT3
After the rough start that was last year's entry, Football Manager 27 is looking to bring you in with a few free days of play before the game's even out https://bit.ly/4BxobvN
After the rough start that was last year's entry, Football Manager 27 is looking to bring you in with a few free days of play before the game's even out
There still might be bugs, though.
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October 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
After the rough start that was last year's entry, Football Manager 27 is looking to bring you in with a few free days of play before the game's even out https://bit.ly/4BxobvN
It sounds like you shouldn't expect Destiny 2's campaign unvaulting to be ready until 2028, as Bungie tease their plans for the future of the series https://bit.ly/3WhkxpB
It sounds like you shouldn't expect Destiny 2's campaign unvaulting to be ready until 2028, as Bungie tease their plans for the future of the series
"Our epic journey started over a decade ago, and the whole experience needs to be served to you all where you play today."
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October 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It sounds like you shouldn't expect Destiny 2's campaign unvaulting to be ready until 2028, as Bungie tease their plans for the future of the series https://bit.ly/3WhkxpB
The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel will be an Elder Scrolls game about the infinite mysteries of the Elder Scrolls, report with some plot hintage claims https://bit.ly/3Uw8xQD
The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel will be an Elder Scrolls game about the infinite mysteries of the Elder Scrolls, report with some plot hintage claims
The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel will revealed as the name for Bethesda's Skyrim follow-up soon, a new report claims.
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October 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel will be an Elder Scrolls game about the infinite mysteries of the Elder Scrolls, report with some plot hintage claims https://bit.ly/3Uw8xQD
Celeste and TowerFall have been removed from the Xbox store in a move to "support the BDS boycott" against Microsoft https://bit.ly/4ivuUxB
Celeste and TowerFall have been removed from the Xbox store in a move to "support the BDS boycott" against Microsoft
This follows fellow indie dev House House announcing Big Walk will not be coming to Xbox.
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October 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Celeste and TowerFall have been removed from the Xbox store in a move to "support the BDS boycott" against Microsoft https://bit.ly/4ivuUxB
Queen's Domain is a brilliant King's Field-alike RPG that forces you to walk so you can learn to fly https://bit.ly/3Way7Lv
Queen's Domain is a brilliant King's Field-alike RPG that forces you to walk so you can learn to fly
Out this week on PC, Queen's Blade is a beautiful and accomplished King's Field-inspired RPG that combines stately combat with an upgradeable flying sword.
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October 29, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Queen's Domain is a brilliant King's Field-alike RPG that forces you to walk so you can learn to fly https://bit.ly/3Way7Lv
Don't worry, GTA 6's cars can drive for ages before their fuel tanks need refilling, leaving me wondering why this motor management's been added at all https://bit.ly/4f1Svou
Don't worry, GTA 6's cars can drive for ages before their fuel tanks need refilling, leaving me wondering why this motor management's been added at all
GTA 6's cars can drive for ages before their tanks need refilling despite Rockstar having implemented fuel management.
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October 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Don't worry, GTA 6's cars can drive for ages before their fuel tanks need refilling, leaving me wondering why this motor management's been added at all https://bit.ly/4f1Svou
Atmosfar is a giddy aerial exploration game after the heart of No Man's Sky, but I'm already trying to escape it https://bit.ly/4A1TAF2
Atmosfar is a giddy aerial exploration game after the heart of No Man's Sky, but I'm already trying to escape it
Going by its early hours, Atmosfar is a scenic but conventional open world survival game with beautiful island terrain and some jolly airships.
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October 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Atmosfar is a giddy aerial exploration game after the heart of No Man's Sky, but I'm already trying to escape it https://bit.ly/4A1TAF2
Can the SideWinder Game Pad, Microsoft's first game controller, work on modern PCs? I bought three of them to find out https://bit.ly/4in8oXH
Can the SideWinder Game Pad, Microsoft's first game controller, work on modern PCs? I bought three of them to find out
Remembering - and attempting to test out - the SideWinder Game Pad, the PC-first controller that Microsoft forgot.
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October 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Can the SideWinder Game Pad, Microsoft's first game controller, work on modern PCs? I bought three of them to find out https://bit.ly/4in8oXH
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 intro cinematic is "not intended to reference or trivialise" real-world South Korean crowd crush, Activision say amid reported backlash https://bit.ly/4f2bdML
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 intro cinematic is "not intended to reference or trivialise" real-world South Korean crowd crush, Activision say amid reported backlash
Activision have responded to Korean backlash against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's intro cinematic.
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October 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 intro cinematic is "not intended to reference or trivialise" real-world South Korean crowd crush, Activision say amid reported backlash https://bit.ly/4f2bdML
GTA 6 has a smell reaction system, which immediately joins Red Dead Redemption 2's dynamically shrinking horse balls on Rockstar's list of immersive symbols of excess https://bit.ly/4klxeJU
GTA 6 has a smell reaction system, which immediately joins Red Dead Redemption 2's dynamically shrinking horse balls on Rockstar's list of immersive symbols of excess
GTA 6 has a smell reaction system which feels like it'll go down in history in a similar fashion to Red Dead Redemption 2's temperature sensitive horse balls.
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October 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
GTA 6 has a smell reaction system, which immediately joins Red Dead Redemption 2's dynamically shrinking horse balls on Rockstar's list of immersive symbols of excess https://bit.ly/4klxeJU
Cyberpunk trading sim Probably Stolen is about running a kiosk in a space station full of gangs, megacorps, and secret rogue cyborgs https://bit.ly/3WSNXdO
Cyberpunk trading sim Probably Stolen is about running a kiosk in a space station full of gangs, megacorps, and secret rogue cyborgs
Grow a cyberpunk kiosk into a black market empire in Probably Stolen, a trading sim set aboard a shady space station that's reminiscent of Papers, Please.
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October 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Cyberpunk trading sim Probably Stolen is about running a kiosk in a space station full of gangs, megacorps, and secret rogue cyborgs https://bit.ly/3WSNXdO
Company of Heroes 3's Operation Torch DLC ships off to North Africa in November, for new missions based around the Allied landings https://bit.ly/4svnQFB
Company of Heroes 3's Operation Torch DLC ships off to North Africa in November, for new missions based around the Allied landings
Company of Heroes 3's Operation Torch DLC, set during the World War 2 invasion of North Africa, releases on November 25th.
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October 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Company of Heroes 3's Operation Torch DLC ships off to North Africa in November, for new missions based around the Allied landings https://bit.ly/4svnQFB
"We are more concerned about the risks of moving too slowly": Epic get more specific about genAI use in Unreal Engine and Fortnite development https://bit.ly/4kfq1uY
"We are more concerned about the risks of moving too slowly": Epic get more specific about genAI use in Unreal Engine and Fortnite development
Epic Games' Marcus Wassmer has gotten more specific about the company's genAI use in Unreal Engine and Fortnite development.
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October 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"We are more concerned about the risks of moving too slowly": Epic get more specific about genAI use in Unreal Engine and Fortnite development https://bit.ly/4kfq1uY
Subnautica 2 dev thinks early access teams should worry less about adding features that are "very ugly, incomplete, or prototype" https://bit.ly/47K85kM
Subnautica 2 dev thinks early access teams should worry less about adding features that are "very ugly, incomplete, or prototype"
Subnautica 2 creative director Anthony Gallegos has spoken about what Unknown Worlds have learned over their many years working in Steam early access.
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October 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Subnautica 2 dev thinks early access teams should worry less about adding features that are "very ugly, incomplete, or prototype" https://bit.ly/47K85kM