In most RPGs, no matter the arsenal available, I always find myself settling down with that one favourite weapon. Sometimes it has a stat perk I’ve grown accustomed to. Other times it’s a uniquely-named item I can’t bear to part with. Sometimes it just looks pretty. Cyberpunk 2077‘s wide selection of armaments sounds like it will allow you to pick favourites in the same fashion, though CD Projket Red say they want to encourage players to switch things up as well. You can get the breakdown on all the weapon types in a segment from their second Night City Wire livestream.

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Ages ago I learned how to lockpick in real life, and ever since I’ve been so impressed at how video games emulate the feeling of managing to crack a lock open. I think maybe it’s the noise, that signature *clunk* that makes it so satisfying. It’s a staple of RPGs like Skyrim, where lockpicking is literally a skill you can level up. But loads of games have introduced their own unique minigames to let you unlock things, and now you can see most of them in one place thanks to the museum of lockpicking mechanics.

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Unlike your Geralt of Rivias of the RPG world, CD Projekt Red’s next game Cyberpunk 2077 will let you determine more of your protagonist’s personality, including their history. You’ll get to choose one of three backgrounds for your main character V that change who you know and how you’re able to tackle quests throughout the game. In their second Night City Wire livestream, CD Projekt Red give a new look at each of the three Lifepaths available.

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Our charming and knowledgeable VidBuds are beaming live, direct to your living room (providing your living room has some way to access YouTube) once again this week, with the second episode of their new regular show, The PC Gaming Weekspot!

Let the lovely lads keep you company while you eat your dinner, as they> chew over all the week’s most interesting PC gaming news. This time that includes live reactions to any news to come out of Cyberpunk 2077‘s second Night City Wire (which also aired tonight), Rocksteady’s teasing of a new Suicide Squad game, and the Baldur’s Gate 3 delay – plus much more! And you can watch it all right here on dear old RPS, right now at 6pm BST!

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The Civilisation series is a fascinating thing. Each new update takes the place of the older game on Steam’s top 100 most played games list and just sits there as other games come and go. I’ve never known a series to be quite so consistent like that. Like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is there right now. It’s always been there. And it always will be.

People play for life. They while away evenings raising empires, maybe even not knowing that there are tweaks for the UI, bigger maps, and more in-depth city planning waiting to be installed. For a game with the long, long tail of Civ, grabbing moments back with mods can be a huge boon, which is what a few do here – but this group of best mods includes some fabulous add ons too. Ask yourself: can I afford to miss out?

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Between Persona 4 Golden, Catherine Classic, and Yakuza 0, Sega’s recent PC ports have been such a success that they have decided to keep them coming, and are planning to factor the PC into their future releases from the start.

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Fall Guys is a brilliant game which frequently makes you feel angry with yourself, and murderous towards the rest of humanity. But with our expert Fall Guys tips covering each of the 24 different games in this minigame-fuelled battle royale, you’ll learn how to wield the human condition like a weapon, and outlive countless other Fall Guys to become the champion of Ultimate Knockout.

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Free-to-play mech ’em up Hawken shut down its PC servers in early 2018. Alas, even the solo modes were lost to PC players as well when it was removed from Steam. Hawken didn’t have the most inspiring run on PC. It spent five years in early access, changed developers multiple times, and wound up with uninspiring concurrent player counts for a multiplayer game. Still there are some fans who aren’t willing to let the mechs stay dormant. They’ve managed to get a couple singleplayer game modes working again.

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The Fnatic React is a great all-round gaming headset, but its launch price of £70 made it a slightly tough sell compared to some of my other top gaming headset recommendations. Happily, it’s currently on sale for just £60 over at Amazon UK right now, making it a lot more tempting if you’re after something a bit more upmarket than the similarly-priced Logitech G432.

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Blueprints

are one of the most genius systems at work in Factorio, and it’s a crime that many players don’t know how to make proper use of Blueprints to save time and effort when building their factories. Our Factorio Blueprints guide will not only walk you through how to get started using and creating blueprints, but also invite you to use RPS’s very own Factorio Blueprint Book (along with a few other community-made blueprints) to help kickstart your factory!

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