- Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018: Best PC gaming deals - 26 November 2018
Is… is it over yet? Are the Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals finally finished? Just a couple more hours to go now, you can do it deals herald, you can get through this. You’ve got a week and a half holiday coming up soon, just get through the afternoon and then you can go and lie in a dark room and not dream about Cyber Monday graphics card deals you might have missed for the seventh night running. Ahem. Sorry, I don’t know what came over me there. Probably the Cyber Monday PC gaming deals fatigue settling in, or the Black Friday fever dream I seem to have been living this past fortnight. But your deals herald is stronger than that. Nay, THE DEALER is stronger than that, and with a renewed sense of vigor that may in fact be frenzied despair, I thus present to you the final monolithic installment of our Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC deals bonanza. Gone a…
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018: Best PC gaming deals - 25 November 2018
I’m sure everyone’s feeling a bit of Black Friday fatigue by now (trust me, I want this all to be over just as much as you do), but in the interests of those after that one, last, final deal to end all deals, I present to you our newly refreshed Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals hub. I’ve cleared away all the deals that have been swept into oblivion by the almighty wave of discount-grabbers, leaving you with the best of the best PC gaming deals that are still available. Whether you’re after a new graphics card, monitor, SSD, gaming headset or even a new CPU, mouse and keyboard, your deals herald will provide. Here are all the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday PC gaming deals you can grab right now. (more…)
- Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2018: Best PC gaming deals - 23 November 2018
Black Friday is almost over here in the UK, but the deals train is still going strong for all you folk over in the US. It seems like forever ago that I boarded at Deals Station Central, but there’s still a fair old time before we all reach our final destination that is the culmination of November’s online deals frenzy, Cyber Monday. Thus, it falls to me, your ever faithful deals herald to continue striving away at the deals-based coal face to bring you the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals around. Now, I’m not saying you should just spend a load of money for the sake of it. Indeed, you should only really partake of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals madness if you really need to upgrade to something. I ended up buying a laptop today, not because it was cheap (although that was certainly a factor), but because the battery on my current workhorse is practically bur…
- Black Friday 2018: Best PC gaming deals on graphics cards, monitors, SSDs and more - 22 November 2018
Can you taste the Black Friday deals turkey yet? (Happy Thanksgiving, by the way, to those celebrating) Can you smell those sweet, sweet discounts wafting through the cracks in your screen that tell you, yes, it is time to buy a new gaming monitor, and maybe find a deal on a new graphics card, CPU, SSD and literally every other PC component under the sun? Yes, you say? Me too! And have I got the best PC gaming deals for you this fine Black Friday eve. For I, your trusted deals herald, have been beavering away this past week (month, year, it seems so long ago) to bring you the best Black Friday deals the internet has to offer. You’ll find everything here for building a new PC , including all the best Black Friday graphics card deals, monitor deals, SSD deals, gaming laptop deals, CPU deals, headset deals and please send help because I actually can’t stop saying the word ̵…
- Black Friday 2018: Best PC gaming deals on graphics cards, monitors, SSDs and more - 21 November 2018
Despite it being only Wednesday, the Black Friday deals jamboree is well and truly under way. With more deals than you can shake a stick of RAM at, now is the time to get some tasty PC gaming deals on the cheap, especially if you’re after some nice new hardware. To help you make sense of all the deals madness, I’m here to help, as I’ve gone and gathered up all the best PC gaming Black Friday deals I can find, including deals on graphics cards, gaming monitors, SSDs, laptops and more. Yes, my soul is now nothing more than a withered husk, but at least it saves you the trouble of trawling through the internet yourself in search of the best savings. On that note, let’s get down to the business of all them deals, shall we? Here are the best Black Friday deals the internet has to offer. (more…)
- Steam Summer Sale recommendations: 2018 edition! - 26 June 2018
The old quote is wrong: neither death nor taxes are, it seems to me, as terrifyingly certain as the Steam Summer Sale . Yes, once more we can add to the heap that is our backlog by buying games for, what, five quid, on average? But there are so many to choose from that it’s easy to get flustered, so who better than the staff of RPS to hand-pick the best ones for your consideration (rhetorical question; do not answer)? Check out the full list below for a mix of games that should suit all pockets and tastes. (more…)
- Durante helps fix Little King's Story PC port with improved 60 fps and graphics options - 2 February 2017
The PC port of Little King's Story , released last year, is not what you'd call a flawless piece of software. It's a clever (and very Japanese) real-time strategy game, but Steam reviews are "mixed," currently about one-third negative, and a quick glance makes it clear that technical issues are the reason. XSeed spent months adapting the game to PC, but ultimately released it with a buggy 60 fps option and frequent stuttering and audio problems. To address those problems, publisher Xseed Games teamed up with Peter "Durante" Thoman, a regular amongst the pages of PC Gamer, to overhaul the port completely.  Durante explained in a guest post on the Xseed Tumblr that executive VP Ken Berry contacted him a few months ago to ask if he could help improve the port. He said he hadn't been following the PC version of the game, but "was intrigued to see what was wrong with…
- Patch notes 2/2/17 - 2 February 2017
- A variety of optimizations for overall performance improvements. - Added multisampling anti-aliasing, transparency supersampling anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering options. - Implemented analog controls for Xinput-compatible gamepads. - Improved 60 FPS mode by fixing simulation time progression rate, speed of many effects and object animations, and the movement speed of NPCs and animals. However, some scripted movements during boss battles might still be sped up or broken, so added a workaround where you can press “F1” to enable a temporary 30 FPS lock in 60 FPS mode. - Replaced the game launcher with a new version with many usability improvements. - Fixed save game playtime being calculated incorrectly. A blog with further details of this megapatch will be posted shortly! I'll update these patch notes with the link when it's up. EDIT: And here's the blog! http://xseedgames.tumbl…
- Patch notes 2/2/17 - 2 February 2017
- A variety of optimizations for overall performance improvements. - Added multisampling anti-aliasing, transparency supersampling anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering options. - Implemented analog controls for Xinput-compatible gamepads. - Improved 60 FPS mode by fixing simulation time progression rate, speed of many effects and object animations, and the movement speed of NPCs and animals. However, some scripted movements during boss battles might still be sped up or broken, so added a workaround where you can press “F1” to enable a temporary 30 FPS lock in 60 FPS mode. - Replaced the game launcher with a new version with many usability improvements. - Fixed save game playtime being calculated incorrectly. A blog with further details of this megapatch will be posted shortly! I'll update these patch notes with the link when it's up. EDIT: And here's the blog! http://xseedgames.tumbl…
- 9/20/16 patch notes - 20 September 2016
-Fixed a bug where getting too close to an object makes it unresponsive. -Fixed a bug where achievements were not unlocked after clearing the game. -Princess Spumoni’s Gourmet Book can now be completed. -Fixed various text formatting issues. Thank you for sticking with us every step of the way as we make Little King's Story better!
- 9/20/16 patch notes - 20 September 2016
-Fixed a bug where getting too close to an object makes it unresponsive. -Fixed a bug where achievements were not unlocked after clearing the game. -Princess Spumoni’s Gourmet Book can now be completed. -Fixed various text formatting issues. Thank you for sticking with us every step of the way as we make Little King's Story better!
- 9/7/16 patch notes - 8 September 2016
-Added an icon for the exit option -Fixed a bug that prevented Hardworking Farmers from doing damage -Mouse now hides while playing -Fixed various visual bugs We're still looking into optimizations to improve performance and stability. We'll let you know as soon as we find out more. Thanks again for sticking with us while we continue to figure things out! Ministers Liam and Verde are on the job! (Maybe we should get Princess Bouquet in here too...)
- 9/7/16 patch notes - 8 September 2016
-Added an icon for the exit option -Fixed a bug that prevented Hardworking Farmers from doing damage -Mouse now hides while playing -Fixed various visual bugs We're still looking into optimizations to improve performance and stability. We'll let you know as soon as we find out more. Thanks again for sticking with us while we continue to figure things out! Ministers Liam and Verde are on the job! (Maybe we should get Princess Bouquet in here too...)
- 8/19/16 patch notes - 19 August 2016
-Added an in-game exit option accessed through the menu -Added an option in the configuration menu for reversing the camera controls -Fixed various graphical glitches We're still working towards improvements on framerate and stability issues. Thank you so much for your patience and support as we work on improving your experience with Little King's Story!
- 8/19/16 patch notes - 19 August 2016
-Added an in-game exit option accessed through the menu -Added an option in the configuration menu for reversing the camera controls -Fixed various graphical glitches We're still working towards improvements on framerate and stability issues. Thank you so much for your patience and support as we work on improving your experience with Little King's Story!
- Little King s Story Brings Feudal Fun Times Next Week - 31 July 2016
Little King’s Story charmed the pants off of people when it was released on Wii in 2009, and it looks like it’s prepared to do it all over again as it heads to PC next week. The new PC version brings with it improved graphics and controller support, which will make keeping those serfs in line much easier. Serfs, am I right? …
