Category: Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Prophecy’s Tribes 3: Rivals broke cover earlier this month – or more accurately, came skiing out of cover with a flag in one fist and an electric crossbow in the other. The developers have now shared a bit about how it differs from Hi-Rez’s Tribes Ascend, released way back in 2012, which we adored.

Created by a former Hi-Rez subsidiary that includes several of the original Ascend leads, the new shooter retains its celebrated predecessor’s emphasis on agility and momentum, but will be a premium game sold for $20 with separately sold cosmetics, rather than a free-to-play affair. It also won’t have a singleplayer campaign, much to the probable consternation of Tribes: Vengeance fans, and the indifference of everybody else.

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Do you like robots and being given challenges? Then is the sixth door on this year’s RPS Advent Calendar is for you!

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After my time spent with open world action adventure Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, all I wanted was a jeep, maybe a jet to get around quicker. The jungles and the plains might be wonderful to look at, but they’re too vast, filled with boring tasks, and overly reliant on level-gating to force a sense of progress. Sure, there’s some spectacle in narrow escapes from the nasty humans – and their factories that make the plants droopy – but throughout the rebellion I ditched my bow for a shotgun with extended mags and a muzzle brake. For a game that’s all, “the humans are bad”, I was ready to defect. At least I would’ve been able to keep my shotgun.

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Hitman 3 at 60% off. No Man’s Sky at 50% off. Tetris Effect: Connected at 50% off. These are great games whether you play them in VR or not, so even if you don’t own a headset you might want to check out Steam’s VR Fest, which is live now until December 11th.

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It’s me, I’m back. Rock Paper Shotgun’s dedicated Cyberpunk 2077 reporter. CD Projekt Red continue to pay my rent by releasing regular patches for the once-borked, now-brill open world so I can write news about them. The latest, Update 2.1, is out now and adds new races, car chases, romantic smooches, and a working metro system.

It also marks the release of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, a new digital bundle which includes both the base game and wonderful expansion Phantom Liberty.

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Samsung’s Pro Plus Micro SD card is our top memory card recommendation for PC gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally and Legion Go, and today you can pick up the 512GB version for just $29 at Best Buy. That’s a pretty steep reduction from its previous price of $48 and even beats the best Black Friday price we saw this year of $31.

Note: the photo above shows the 256GB model we tested, but I can confirm this price is for the 512GB size.

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The Xbox Wireless Controller is my top recommendation when it comes to to the best PC gamepads over at Eurogamer, so I hope you don’t mind me mentioning you can now pick up Microsoft’s latest Xbox Series-era controller for just $35 instead of the usual $60 in the US. To get this incredibly low price, you need to use the code MXBOXWH in your shopping cart at Lenovo’s US online store.

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Insurgency developer New World Interactive are the latest Embracer Group-owned studio to lay off staff, as part of the Swedish conglomerate’s efforts to reduce their debts after a series of reckless studio acquisitions. It’s not clear how many people have been affected, but New World Interactive’s direct corporate parent Saber Interactive have revealed that one unannounced project has been cancelled.

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The GTA 6 trailer is finally here. Check out what Rockstar Games has been creating in this debut look at Grand Theft Auto 6, confirmed to be releasing for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S – let’s assume a PC version is coming later on.

GTA 6 isn’t currently announced for PC, but it’s due for release on consoles in 2025.

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Spare a thought for any game attempting to compete with GTA 6 today. It can’t be easy when big hitters like that inevitably suck all the air out the room, but bless the folks at Hollow Ponds for poking their heads above the 4K flamingo parapet anyway by releasing a lovely new demo for their upcoming critter collect ’em up Flock today. I’ve just been giving it a go over lunch, and it is truly a very relaxing way to decompress after a morning of poring over GTA gubbins.

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