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When Nintendo normally releases an update to the Nintendo Switch‘s firmware, it results in a version number change and, at the very least, a handful of changes that had been made. For these updates to finish, the console is required to reboot itself. Every once in a while, however, the company will release an update

Coming from developers MAYO Games is a new entry into the puzzle/exploration genre of games; a genre which isn’t noticeably over-stocked with games. That game is Megalan 11 and despite the odd name (at first, I really thought it was a misspelling of Megaman), can something new be brought to the table. Well, the developers

Have you ever wanted to start your own potion shop and take on the role of a medieval alchemist? Well, now you’ll have that opportunity since Potion Craft is available on Xbox! [TRAILER] What is Potion Craft? Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you play as an aspiring alchemist, physically interacting with your tools

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has responded to calls to boycott Hogwarts Legacy over her comments regarding the transgender community, saying that those who refuse to play the upcoming game should also refuse to read the Harry Potter books and watch the movies. JK Rowling tweets about Hogwarts Legacy boycott plan Rowling responded to writer

Last week, we asked you to head back to the Nine Realms and share epic God of War Ragnarök moments using the game’s newly released Photo Mode. After sifting through the action-packed shares tagged with  #PSshare #PSBlog, here are this week’s highlights:  DotPone shares Kratos yelling while holding an ice charged Leviathan Axe. crossedvisions shares

Welcome to the RPS Advent Calender 2022! Every day we open a new door and reveal one of our favourite games this year. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. On the eighteenth day of our Advent Calendar you find yourself curiously, suddenly alone. A fog rolled through town and suddenly everyone

After 25 years, the latest season of the Pokémon anime saw protagonist Ash Ketchum finally achieve his dream of becoming Pokémon World Champion. Now that he’s reached the top of the mountain, the series is giving the perpetually young hero his last hurrah before kicking off a fresh adventure starring a new cast of characters.

It’s that time of year again, when we all tell you which of the games that came out over the past 12 months we like the best. It’s my turn, and I hope you weren’t expecting some out-of-left-field pick; an artsy indie game you never heard of that I’ll try to convince you is 2022’s

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. AMD’s long-awaited RDNA3 GPUs launched on Dec. 13, and although they didn’t score a knockout victory over their rivals in early tests, they’re clearly worthy competitors. Their main flaw, reviewers noted, was lackluster ray tracing performance, to the surprise of

Image: The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Company has announced Ash Ketchum will be hanging up his trainer cap after 25 years early next year. The news has surprised a lot of people around the world including the current voice of Ash, and now it seems the original voice of the character in the long-running anime

By now, you are probably aware of the news that Ash Ketchum and Pikachu’s adventure in the Pokemon anime will soon be coming to an end. You may also be aware that the final chapter of their journey will be seen through a special 11 episode series called “Aim to be a Pokémon Master”, which

Don’t let these minimalist puzzle games convince you otherwise. There is a high level of difficulty to this next game. reky is out today on Xbox. Following successful launches on PC, mobile and more recently on Nintendo Switch, reky is making the move over to Xbox consoles. Your objective is simple; get the ball to

Summary High on Life creator and Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland appeared on the Xbox Podcast this week. The standalone interview is available to watch or listen to in full now. High on Life is out now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows, and is available as part of Xbox Game Pass

Following a leak a couple of days ago, Insomniac Games and PlayStation have now confirmed the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launch window for Fall 2023. The confirmation of the release date window follows a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it personal website edit from writer Jamie Mayer that suggested players would have to wait a while to get their hands on

Gran Turismo players! The 1.27 update for Gran Turismo 7 arrives today December 14 at 10pm PST*.  Play Video December brings five exciting new cars and Scapes – Norway being added  For those that participated in the limited timed Viewers Campaign in GT7 and answered the Day 4 question correctly, you will be given early

Someone hexed The Witcher 3‘s next-gen update for PC, with players reporting widespread framerate issues along with crashes and weirder problems involving the HUD. Resident RPS hardwaresman James struggled with performance, too. Developers CD Projekt Red now say they’re “actively investigating” the problems, and will update us on what they find “as soon as possible”.

In a blog post, Epic has announced it is shutting down the servers and online services for many of its older titles beginning today. The reason is the company wants to, in its own words, “move to solely support Epic Online Services with its unified friends system, voice chat features, parental controls, and parental verification features.”  Epic states

It’s been, really, quite a good year for games. I’ve played a lot more than I thought I would, with some of the smaller titles impressing me more than I expected, and some of the bigger titles coming in as aggressively underwhelming. But, in the middle of the melee that was 2022’s release slate, there

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It looks like Intel won’t be competing head-to-head with the RTX 4090 and Radeon RX 7900 XTX anytime soon. In an interview about the company’s plans for Arc GPUs in India, its graphics chief dished on how it sees the

Image: Nintendo Life Every new generation of Pokémon offers new stories, makeovers, and evolutions to some of the more overlooked ‘mons in the ‘dex, and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is no different. Although we’ve only got a handful of regional variations in Paldea, that doesn’t mean that ScarVi hasn’t revitalised and re-imagined some of the

Capcom has announced that Mega Man fans should stay tuned today for a news stream for their upcoming Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection later today. A new trailer for the classic collection of Mega Man games will be uploaded at 4pm PT / 12am UK time. You can watch it happen live here. Capcom

They say that every battle tells a story, but all we really care for right now is confirmation that Company of Heroes is coming to Xbox and PlayStation.  Due to drop in 2023, playable on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 (no old-gen love-in here), Company of Heroes will allow console players to join the

God of War Ragnarok and Modern Warfare 2 are officially trading blows on the sales charts. Santa Monica Studio’s epic adventure has overtaken Activision’s Call of Duty juggernaut in units sold for November 2022 after combining both digital and physical sales, according to the latest European GSD figures. This is just a week after we

Los Angeles has fallen. The once glamorous hangout of the rich and the famous is now overrun with the undead, and the city is under strict military quarantine. Nothing gets in. Nothing gets out.  You’re the new star in this treacherous tinsel town (which the locals have dubbed HELL-A), and everyone wants a piece of

Welcome to the RPS Advent Calender 2022! Every day we open a new door and reveal one of our favourite games this year. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. Welcome to day 11 of the RPS Advent Calendar! We’re going to have a great time: singing songs by the fire, kayaking

The Pokémon Company has announced several changes coming to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, starting with the first expansion in the Scarlet and Violet series hitting in March. In addition to the ex gameplay mechanic that was announced for the series in August at the Pokémon World Championships, players can expect several changes to the cards and

Bandai Namco showed off a brand new, open world, anime MMORPG called Blue Protocol, developed in collaboration with Amazon Games. Planned for release in 2023, Blue Protocol will be coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and was shown off during this week’s The Game Awards. This marks the first confirmation the game would

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Credit: AMD)The last products to arrive in our end-of-year hardwarepalooza are the chiplet-based AMD Radeon 7900 series GPUs. The RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT will officially go on sale Tuesday, Dec. 13. Whether you’ll be able to buy one

Image: Nintendo Life Remember our feature that highlighted 30 Things You Might Have Missed In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet? Well, we’ve already found 30 more things, from neat Easter Eggs to things that make battling a whole lot easier. Let’s dive in — how many do you already know? On this page: More Things You

Sonic Frontiers may have lost out on the Player’s Voice award at this week’s The Game Awards 2022, but the game’s director, Morio Kishimoto, has said on Twitter that he is immensely thankful to the fans that it was nominated. He says that nominated for the award has inspired the team to push themselves harder