Alice Bell
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Space farming sim Lightyear Frontier delayed an unspecified amount of time
In a Twitter statement the devs Frame Break say they've "made the difficult decision to delay the Early Access launch" → Read More
Why is Sons Of The Forest exactly like an early-00s b-movie thriller, though?
Sons Of The Forest is supposedly a survival horror game with cannibals, but it's clearly a 15-year-old film script that was accidentally sent to a game studio → Read More
Outlanders review: a charming town builder with a hidden sense of humour
This cute indie settlement game puts a bit of a spin on the old town building formula, and has great fun with it - though it's a little slow in the mid-game. → Read More
Is The Last Starship hard because it's a complex early access sim, or because I'm bad?
The Last Starship is a complex and ambitious early access space sim in early access, and currently I find it inaccessible. But that might just be me. → Read More
Magic in Veil Of Dust doesn't make life easy, just slightly less hard
Veil Of Dust is a punishing survival sim about building a life in 1860s Oregon - with a little bit of magic. → Read More
Spellcaster University shows it's harder running a magic school than going to one
Spellcaster University is a very detailed school admin sim, with a lot of little wizards and a lot of bang for your buck → Read More
Harmony's Odyssey's adorable shell hides an even more adorable puzzle centre
Harmony's Odyssey is a cute 3D puzzle game that I was expecting to be too cute to be good. But it's bloody great. → Read More
The Salt Order draws on old magic for a unique horror concept
The Salt Order is a low-poly horror game where the only magic you have is drawing in salt, and developer Khamelot tells about its folkloric inspirations → Read More
Potion Tales is a creepy magical puzzle game with no wrong answers
If a customer wants to poison someone, what would happen if you gave them herbal tea instead? Potion Tales answers that question → Read More
Celebrate magical games of witchcraft and wizardry with Magic Week on RPS
For the next two weeks, RPS is having a Magic Week! We're highlighting some great games that feature magic, or are made by trans devs, or both! → Read More
Shoulders Of Giants smashes together frogs, mechs and 00s weirdness
Shoulders Of Giants brings some much-needed 3D weirdness in the bleak midwinter of January → Read More
Blacktail is the kind of 00s adventure throwback that I want to see more
It's not very Christmassy, but Blacktail is the kind of specific, 3D adventure game that might remind you of 20 year old games. And nostalgia is Christmassy → Read More
[Pre-emptive backlash to backlash to positive reviews for Judas]
I'm hoping to skip to the end of the discourse cycle on Ken Levine's Judas, in an attempt to save us all some time. → Read More
The Callisto Protocol's PC patches restore it to full "yeah, it's alright" glory
The Callisto Protocol has had some patches to address performance issues on PC, meaning you can play a pretty okay, I guess, horror game on PC without stutters → Read More
If you get one Spider-Man game on PC, get Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales joins it's more Peter Parkery predecessor on PC today, and of the two it's the better game. Because there's less of it. → Read More
It Takes Two's merch is all boring apart from the dismember-me-elephant
Game brands should be making more weird merch pulls like toys you can rip apart → Read More
Disco Elysium studio says former employees were fired for "egregious misconduct"
ZA/UM Studio has released a statement denying any financial malfeasance, and confirming some employees were fired for misconduct. → Read More
Blacktail has very cool mushrooms but I just really hate first-person archery
Blacktail is a first-person archery action adventure, with plenty of witchcraft and weirdness. I just had first-person archery, is all. → Read More
Disco Elysium dev files lawsuit against the studio that allegedly kicked him out
Robert Kurvitz, lead developer for lauded RPG Disco Elysium, seems to be suing developers Studio ZA/UM after he was allegedly fired last year → Read More
The Sims 5 reveal has only made me more excited for Paralives
Maxis revealed and teased Project Rene, the Sims 5 by another name, but it still doesn't look as good as in-development indie rival Paralives → Read More