Articles by Imogen Beckhelling
Celebrate Undertale’s fifth anniversary with this orchestral concert performing the soundtrack
It’s been five years since Toby Fox graced our lives with Undertale, so let’s watch a concert to celebrate. Streamed last night, Undertale’s Fifth Anniversary concert saw the Music Engine orchestra perform songs from the soundtrack for over two hours, as well as piano performances from Toby Fox himself. Fox also took the anniversary as […]
Civilization’s Sid Meier talked to RPS all about his brilliant career at PAX X EGX
Sid Meier, that legendary game dev whose name sits before the names of Civilization games, had a lovely chat with our very own Nate Crowley this weekend, as part of PAX Online X EGX Digital. The pair talked all about some of the most notable parts of Meier’s career – including, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates!, and […]
Ubisoft’s Gods & Monsters was renamed after trademark troubles with Monster Energy
I can honestly tell you that Gods & Monsters never once made me think about Monster Energy drink, but the drinks company apparently thought otherwise. It’s come to light that Monster actually filed a legal opposition to Ubisoft’s Gods & Monsters trademark. A couple of weeks ago, Ubi revealed they’d renamed the game to Immortals […]
EA are dumping the Origin name with their new “EA desktop app”
Origin is, like, so last decade. A few weeks ago, Electronic Arts changed the name of Origin Access to EA Play. Turns out it’s not just the subscription service getting a shake-up however, oh no, they’re coming for the Origin software too. EA aren’t getting rid of their launcher, rather it’s suffering a far worse […]
Star Citizen director assures fans it “is not a pipe dream”
Chris Roberts, the director of Star Citizen, took to the sandbox space game’s forum this weekend to address recent complaints on how long it’s taking to implement certain features. It comes as a response to a fan’s YouTube video questioning why the perpetually-in-development MMO doesn’t yet have certain aspects of the “atmospheric room systems”, which […]
Twitch Plays Microsoft Flight Simulator went surprisingly well
Twitch Plays is a strange beast. You’d think that allowing loads of viewers in Twitch chat control all the actions in a video game might be a disaster, and yet the hivemind never seems to disappoint. Twitch chat has tackled Pokémon, (kinda) beat Dark Souls, and they even managed to beat a chess grandmaster at […]
PAX X EGX schedule is up, detailing the nine days of gaming goodness
PAX Online and EGX Digital have teamed up this month to bring you PAX X EGX, a joint show we here at RPS have been affectionately referring to as “Pax Eggs”. Starting Saturday, you’ll be able to feast your eyes on nine days of round-the-clock streams – from live Let’s Plays and competitive tournaments, to […]
Disgaea 4 is out now on PC
If you like games with very big numbers and characters that talk about sardines a lot, you might be pleased to hear that Disgaea 4 Complete+ is out now on PC. Back in July, Nippon Ichi Software announced they’d bring the 2011 PlayStation exclusive to Steam and Xbox Game Pass this autumn, and last night […]
Warframe is shrinking its install size by a respectable 15GB
If you’re finding your PC has become overloaded with gigantic game files, the Warframe devs have a nice plan in store for you to free up some space on your hard drives. Next week, Digital Extremes are kicking off a series of updates for the spacefaring shoot-em-up that will eventually reduce the size of Warframe […]