This is what’s occurring at RPS in 2023
howdy folks I feel there’s most likely some sort of legislation in opposition to wishing folks a Joyful New 12 months whenever you say it on the final day of January, however stuff it, I do it anyway. Joyful New 12 months everybody. Let’s discuss all the nice issues coming to RPS in 2023.
The primary half of 2023 is positively filled with some good trying video video games in the meanwhile. Heck, after we all got here again from our Christmas nap in early January, the checklist of ours most anticipated games for the 12 months stretched to 101 – and even then, I needed to chew my very own hand for making it even longer. It is a good feeling to know that there are such a lot of thrilling issues to write down about within the subsequent six months and counting – particularly when there was a point last summer when each recreation and their canine gave the impression to be delayed, leaving us with an actual gap of neat new video games to inform you about.
In fact, we’ll do our greatest to convey you the newest on all these cool new gaming nuggets all year long, however as prompt in my note on comment email notifications final week, I needed to spend a while speaking about all the opposite new issues I wish to do at RPS this 12 months. Issues like new common options, new neighborhood tasks and, lastly, the inaugural RPS Gaming Membership.
The RPS Gaming Membership! It is a factor!
Let’s discuss that final one first. The RPS Gaming Membership it is very almost right here. Primarily a e book membership for video video games, RPS supporters will know that this was a a very long time within the creation. Largely as a result of we had been hoping to have the ability to provide common free recreation keys for it as a part of our RPS Premium tier. Nonetheless, plans to safe a dependable month-to-month supply of mentioned recreation keys are nonetheless ongoing, so reasonably than wait and presumably by no means get it up and working, we’re simply going to go forward and do it anyway, specializing in free video games primarily. , or a minimum of those who have a really low value of entry. As such, the RPS Recreation Membership shall be open to everybody, no matter whether or not you are an RPS supporter or not, and I will be publishing a schedule of what we’ll be taking part in every month very quickly.
Fundamental gist, although: we choose a recreation at the start of the month, we spend the following few weeks taking part in that recreation, after which we’ll host a sequence of dialogue posts on the finish of the month the place we are able to all discuss it. . This can embrace a liveblog session the place you possibly can chat with us and different readers concerning the recreation in actual time, and different Q&A-style posts the place you possibly can chat extra quietly within the feedback.
Ask RPS something you want
Talking of question-style posts, might I introduce Ask RPS – a brand new sequence of posts the place you ask us a query, and we write a put up containing the reply! Easy as that. Questions could be about something, and directed at any workforce member you want – though I ask that we attempt to hold them as centered on video video games as doable. Do not ask us what we had for dinner final evening, as a result of I promise you, my weekly to cook consumption will not be as fascinating as you would possibly suppose.
To start with, I’ll give RPS supporters (Standard and Premium) first dibs on asking Ask RPS questions, however we’ll open it as much as everybody if/after we run out of backer questions. I will additionally make a separate put up for these questions, so do not soar the gun within the feedback beneath, you die-hard beavers. There’s an opportunity I’d miss it.
Have your say in our reader-voted all-time style lists
The third new factor, nonetheless, is one thing that everybody can interact with. Following on from the nice response we needed to final 12 months’s RPS 100: Reader’s EditionI am excited that not solely will we be doing one other Reader Version this 12 months, however that every month I will even be taking your votes on your favourite video games by style – readers of our greatest playlists, principally, counting your favourite RPGs, first-person shooters, horror video games, survival video games, and extra, as voted by you. Once more, search for a devoted February checklist put up later this week the place I will ask what your favourite is. strategy games of all time is, to rejoice the launch of Firm Of Heroes 3 on February twenty third.
New options and columns
These are the three huge tasks I’ve lined up for RPS in 2023, however there are various different smaller issues occurring alongside them. We are going to proceed with all our common options and columns, resembling The RPS Time Capsuleour GOTY Revisited posts, Alice0’s quest to search out the very best factor in video video games in Which is BetterTechnique-focused by Sin Vega Rally Point column (and her supporters-first indie recs in Scouting Report), in addition to Rick Lane’s exploration of all issues VR in his Real Bytes column
However our personal Alice Bee additionally made a New 12 months’s decision to play each Nancy Drew recreation in existencefollowing from her November escapades with Nancy Drew: Midnight In Salemand our information author and roommate The Sims fanatic Rebecca will deal with us to month-to-month observations and anecdotes from her a few years of Sims-ing in new month-to-month Sims column. The primary of them shall be launched very quickly, so hold an eye fixed out for that.
Goodbye The Nate Information, howdy shiny new video present
Alas, there may be one factor we have now to say goodbye to this 12 months. Our supporter unique podcast The Nate Files is now over, however one other recent information will rise in its stead. Vid bud Liam will put collectively a backer-first indie-focused video present, clusters of latest or upcoming video games in the identical style. This shall be unique to RPS Premium backers for the primary month, however then out there to everybody after that time. We’re nonetheless understanding the frequency of it in the meanwhile – together with Stock House and one other new factor that I will get to in a minute, we’re most likely one present each couple of months, however we are going to. can have extra to share on this quickly.
Much more podcasts
As for that different new factor Liam began, you actually already know about it. It is our new bi-monthly Indiescovery podcast, which Liam co-hosts with Rebecca and evaluate editor Rachel. I am very completely happy that the RPS podcast empire is increasing on this route, particularly when it joins the lately relaunched Digital Wi-fi Present, which returns later this week after its transient hiatus. And the EWS is again with a model new co-host too – our very personal {hardware} editor James Archer. He’ll be becoming a member of Alice Bee and Nate (RPS at peace) to speak all issues video video games, and I am excited to see what you consider its considerably revamped magazine-style format as properly. Look out for that on the standard channels on Thursday.
(Alice Bee has too one other podcast is up and working now, nevertheless it’s nonetheless within the early phases of manufacturing in the meanwhile and I would not wish to spoil the shock. We are going to share extra about it as quickly as doable).
Senior employees author Ed and information author Hayden are additionally revamping their FPS-focused Final Audio Bang podcast a bit this 12 months, introducing a brand new phase the place they take a look at lesser-known sub-genres of the FPS together with all the newest FPS happenings. To start with, they played the Hunter: Call Of The WildAnd you’ll catch a couple of extra phrases about their experiences with Expansive Worlds’ looking sim on the location within the coming weeks.
Information in a letter, you say?
And at last, you might have seen that we now have day by day and weekly newsletters. At the moment, these are totally automated, delivering a set of probably the most commented posts we have revealed on the location that day/week straight to your inbox. However after our tech workforce labored their magic on a couple of further bits of code on the again finish of the location, I might like to start out doing a month-to-month e-newsletter that is crammed with curated hidden indie gems we have been taking part in. , or gathering collectively issues we have written about them on the location, or recent e-newsletter exclusives about them if we could not match them round every part else. I can not say after we’ll be capable of begin this but, however as quickly because the tech workforce does their factor, I will let you recognize.
Phew! I feel that is it. So sure, there are a variety of thrilling issues occurring this 12 months, and plenty of of all of them focus on you, our beautiful readers. I’ll go into extra element concerning the particular backers in my subsequent one Letter From The Editorwhich is out there to all Standard and Premium subscribers, however I might love to listen to what you concentrate on all of this within the feedback beneath. Something you are notably enthusiastic about? Or could not care much less about? Perhaps there’s one thing apparent that you just suppose we must always already be doing, however proper now we’re not. Any and all ideas shall be gratefully obtained. Anyway, I hope you agree that, along with all the nice new video games popping out, there’s additionally loads to be enthusiastic about right here at RPS too – and I stay up for posting extra about all this stuff very quickly.
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