It’s The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles! Rebecca: With apologies to my real-life loved ones, no one person has made me as consistently and uncomplicatedly happy this year as Ryunosuke Naruhodo, protagonist of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. In a year of ups and downs, it was somehow comforting to start up this game and see Ryunosuke’s sweet, nervous face, and know that he was having a really rough go of it too....

Rogue Legacy 2 I know that roguelites are meant to be difficult and thrive off your demise, but man, sometimes they make death such a painful thing. Thankfully Rogue Legacy 2 doesn’t fall into that category of roguelites where you’re only able to play them for a bit before they become a day-ruiner; in fact, the total opposite is true. The game builds on the original, where death being an absolute pleasure is its biggest triumph....

“While we are on the right path to deliver a great game, we really want to deliver an exceptional gaming experience,” says the announcement post. “The additional time will be used to address your feedback and deliver the best The Settlers game possible.” “There are so many The Settlers fans out there who love the many different aspects of the game. Be it the economic part, the military, the look and feel, the ‘wuselfaktor’ or the inviting world—to name a few,” they say....

But then heck, I like the game and I’ve only bought a handful of content packs because I liked the look of the kitchen cupboards. So play The Sims 4 for free on Steam this weekend, and buy it at 88% off if you like it. This is all to celebrate The Sims series’ 22nd birthday. The Sims is not only old enough to drink, it’s old enough to have lots of regrets about drinking....

The survey asks players to rank their level of interest on a 10-point scale for a range of features. A big area Frost asks about is relationships between Sims. One interesting option is new relationship types, for which the survey gives “bromances” as an example. The concept of a bromance feels a bit regressive but perhaps there are other true-to-life relationship types being tossed about alongside it. Other possibilities are Sims outside the played household being able to propose marriage, a shared relationship history between Sims where past events like big fights will affect their ability to be close again, and shared experiences where certain Sims often do the same activities together like becoming “brunch buddies....

Time to enjoy your lovely joke! Q: What’s Gabe Newell’s favourite carol? A: Steam Deck The Halls

The refresh rate slider – which lives in the Performance tab of the Steam Deck’s Quick Settings menu – functions pretty much as it did in beta. You can adjust it on the fly, including while a game is running, and is useful for games that don’t run at up to 60fps anyway. Lowering the refresh rate for these won’t lose you any performance, but it will reduce the screen’s power-hungriness....

Every year Graham opens the secret panel in the back of all our heads (with a little screwdriver) and removes our batteries so we don’t cause any trouble over the break. On January the 4th he’ll put new ones in, but to keep you amused until then we’ve left you a little Christmas cracker with a joke inside. There’s one for every day of the break! You can find articles you might not have read, or help cover the cost of fresh batteries, with the RPS supporter program....

The anonymous creator of Ultimate Immersion, the mod in question, is clearly really into PC gaming. So much so, in fact, that in order to showcase the powers of his mod’s latest iteration, he’s created… a gaming PC. And a gaming laptop. Inside the game. They’re the glowy, RGB status symbol sort, but alas, I do not think you can actually play games on them, making them essentially just very pretty boxes....

Torchlight 3’s third and final location was revealed in a trailer this week, taking the game’s steampunk mechs and train-wizards to the dusty corridors and lofty peaks of the abandoned dwarf fortress of Mount Echonok. The lower halls of Echonok are plagued by Dwarven automatons, walking furnaces built from bronze that still guard the abandoned homes of their short masters. So far, so Skyrim. But as you hack n’ slash n’ loot your way up the mountainside, you’ll be greeted by the more unfamiliar Vultura - a race of mutated bird-folk scavengers who are big into body-modding....

The video tells the story of a battle to defend the gates of Cathay’s Great Bastion (a structure wholly unrelated to the Great Wall of China, okay) from Tzeentch’s forces of Chaos. But who will win? I’m opening bets on this, though I will have to rely on the honour system, so I trust you’ll be honest in the comments. Creative Assembly have recently blogged explanations of how Grand Cathay, Tzeentch, and Kislev play on the campaign map, for those who want to study up....

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to reach and complete the Ruined Atoll so that you can get to the library and find the green key in Tunic. If you haven’t already, we suggest heading to the Forest Fortress to get the red key from the Siege Engine before venturing into the Ruined Atoll. How to reach the Ruined Atoll in Tunic The Ruined Atoll is an area located South of the Overworld in Tunic....

Since that article went up, two people have contacted me to (very politely) explain that the whole issue was entirely my fault. One of them was developer Polymorph’s community manager Andy, and the other was a nice man called Brendan, who is not affiliated with Polymorph, but is just better at the game than I am. This was my error: in Foundation, as in many citybuilders, you can stockpile items, in case you want to save up a bunch of a certain resource for trade or a building project, or what have you....

Unfortunately its drop in popularity was just as sudden, and almost as immediate. Eighteen months later, Ubisoft have announced they’re ending development and shutting the game down on April 28th. “We have made the difficult decision to end development of Hyper Scape and shut the game down as of April 28th,” reads the extremely brief post. “We set out to create a vertical, close-quarters, and fast-paced shooter experience and we are extremely grateful to our community for joining us on our journey....

An extra special high-five, then, to Unpacking, which not only makes this stressful event a delightful puzzle, but also demonstrates that your life and things actually have incredible meaning. Unpacking takes you through several landmark house moves for the same person, from their 90s childhood bedroom in their new family home, to their university dorm, a shared house with several roomies, single bed couples’ flats, and so on. Each of these levels sees you unpacking possessions from boxes, one at a time, and placing them in a home in isometric cutaway....

Iron Gate have returned with another quick update on Hearth & Home progress. They’ve previously served up some details on the very hearth-y elements of the H&H update such as new building pieces, cooking stations, foods, and more. That’s all well and good, but what is it that turns your cozy little shack into a proper home? Treasure, of course. As seen up top there, Iron Gate have shown off some snazzy new craftable decor....

In the patch notes, Riot say the whole point of Split’s update is to “improve attacker options”, open up those pesky choke points, and do away with a bunch of those 50/50 angles (entryways with a corner on each side that defenders can hide in). Some of the best changes revolve around the map’s B Site. As you can see from the before and after pics above, the main choke point from Garage is a whole lot wider, making it easier for attackers to push through....

When I first saw the image of her the devs revealed yesterday, I was convinced she was going to be Scottish or Irish. You’ll imagine my surprise at hearing her thick Australian accent. While Riot haven’t given any exact details about what her abilities actually do, we can get a pretty good idea from the trailer. Her first big one appears to be an area heal that slowly regens your teammates health as long as they’re stood in the big green circle emanating from Skye....

But, we’re not discussing the talkative lot on this edition of Mystery Steam Reviews. We’re highlighting the strong and silent types, this week. We’ve run another poll on the Rock Paper Shotgun YouTube channel for the next edition of Mystery Steam Reviews, so go and vote if you want to have a say in what the next MSR is all about. This week, both myself and Matthew had to choose three games that feature silent protagonists....