Cities: Skylines 2's editor tools are still a couple of months away

An updated version of the editor was shared with a group of closed beta testers last week. The asset editor - which lets you import your own buildings into the game - will come later. Work continues in the meantimeto resolve Cities: Skylines 2’s various performance issues. We are expecting a relevant performance boost with these asset fixes," writes Hallikainen.

November 14, 2023 · 1 min · 60 words · Ashley Brown

Edifier's great value R1700BTs speakers are down to $140 at Amazon US

$20 cheaper than the last time we featured them on sale.

November 14, 2023 · 1 min · 11 words · Andrew Martinez

Escape From Tarkov is adding vaulting, revised recoil, and new guns

The audience reaction was pandemonium - cheers, screams, last-minute goal in the cup final levels of euphoria. That said, on the internet, nothing is ever an unequivocal good. In this instance, aReddit comment threadis thick with discussion. Can a soldier carrying a heavy backpack climb that quickly? Should jumping be nerfed to compensate? Come on Geoff, make that announcement happen.

November 14, 2023 · 1 min · 60 words · Sarah Todd

Alan Wake devs Remedy reboot "Vanguard" shooter as premium game due to the "risks" of free-to-play

The game has been given a new codename to celebrate: Kestrel. It’s still a co-op multiplayer affair, however. Remedy have at least one other multiplayer game on the boil, codenamedCondor. It seems likely that many of the former project Vanguard devs have transferred to Condor. (Control 2is still in the proof-of-concept stage.) I’m interested to hear more from Remedy executives about the above “risks” and “uncertainties”.

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 66 words · Matthew Miller

Best Black Friday gaming monitor deals 2023

Or it might be a star-bright4K monitor, for sumptuous clarity. Or it might be somewhere in between maybe the classic 1440p/144Hz gaming combo.

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 23 words · Nicole Richardson DDS

Best Black Friday SSD deals 2023

Dont play any of these? A PCIe 3.0 SSD will work in a motherboard that supports PCIe 4.0 drives, but not vice-versa. Looking for a newmicroSD card for the Steam DeckorSteam Deck OLED?

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 33 words · Bryan Simpson

Best MW3 KVD Enforcer loadout and class setup

As always, these stats can be forever improved by the attachments you put on them. Why use the KVD Enforcer in MW3? Unsurprisingly then, it also sits mid-table for ourbest Marksman Rifletier list. So, why use it? The rewards you reap from this muzzle are worth it. This tactical grip provides mobility from STF to ADS to movement and aim walking. Weve worked enough on the recoil control to sacrifice a little for speed....

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 165 words · Aaron Williams

Best MW3 Striker 9 loadout and class setup

When we take a look at theModern Warfare 3 weapon stats, it falls short in every category. Note: the Striker 9 SMG is a different gun from the Striker SMG. If you want the latter, check out ourMW3 Striker loadoutguide! Why use the Striker 9 in MW3? Here’s a little more depth on each of the attachments and what they bring to the table. It may be stubby, but it is most definitely deadly....

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 165 words · Thomas Green

Blizzard say the Diablo series is "extremely poised" for more experiments like the shift to open world

All that’s from a big roundtable chat from Blizzcon featuring several developers, published byWccftech. But there’s also some Big Picture stuff about the future of Diablo. I think Diablo as a franchise in general is extremely poised to do that." “It’s been four years since we announced Diablo 4 at BlizzCon,” they told reporters. “At the time, there was sort of one game that most people were playing with Diablo 3....

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 101 words · Matthew Morris

CD Projekt quest designer discusses the "challenge" of developing Cyberpunk 2 for Unreal Engine

One of the major challenges, right now, is getting to grips with Epic’s Unreal Engine. Orion runs on Unreal Engine, where its predecessor ran on CD Projekt’s in-house RED Engine. “And you know, the work is ongoing here.” “It’s a huge studio - they have an incredible amount of engineers, very seasoned engineers. So it’s something that we can also learn from.” Sasko also talked about the importance of retaining that core Cyberpunk 2077 team to work on Orion....

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 113 words · Benjamin Howard

Classic Jurassic Park games hit PC next week, bringing hope for the series’ most ambitious misfire to return

In other words: when will Trespasser finally get the respect it deserves? Therell apparently be some new in-game maps too, if youre already familiar with the originals. All being right in the world, licensing finds a way.

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 37 words · Maria Thomas

A fifteen year open source effort to remake Dungeon Keeper just hit 1.0

The only issue is that the 1997 original is a little ugly and constrained by modern standards. After fifteen years of on-off development, it just hit 1.0. The 1.0 release includes “500 fixes and features” added since the last version. Work began on KeeperFX back in 2008 as an attempt to make Dungeon Keeper run more smoothly on Windows. Alec first covered those effortsin 2010. The result is something far more ambitious....

November 11, 2023 · 1 min · 116 words · Kyle Myers

Ask RPS: what is your favorite co-op gaming memory?

It comes courtesy of Aerothorn, who asks:What is your favorite co-op gaming memory? “I used to play Descent with me piloting and my friend gunning!” So which games make us think of happy times with pals and good company? Come and find out below. Alice Bee:My favourite co-op memories are all couch co-op. When I was a teenager my friend Tim would host LAN parties in his garage. I used to play Halo co-op with Geoff as well....

November 10, 2023 · 2 min · 301 words · Diana Dunn