The heroes of Assassin's Creed Shadows, with shoddy editing to put a Steam Deck in each of Naoe's hands.
News
Nah actually Assassin’s Creed Shadows will get Steam Deck support after all, Ubisoft say
Japandheld
James Archer
Hardware
An MSI Claw 8 AI+, in an upright stand, sitting on an outdoor fountain.
Review
MSI Claw 8 AI+ review: second time’s the charm for this powerful handheld revamp
Fortune talon
James Archer
Monster Hunter Wilds running on a Steam Deck via GeForce Now streaming.
News
Monster Hunter Wilds joins GeForce Now, providing a sneaky Steam Deck performance workaround
Stream work makes the dream work, mostly
James Archer
A promo render of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070.
News
Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Founders Editions will be a few weeks late, as punters and sellers brace for launch day shortages
Wherefore art thou, mid-range graphics card
James Archer
The best Steam Deck microSD cards, on top of a Steam Deck. The RPS Steam Deck Academy logo is added in the bottom right corner.
Feature
The best microSD cards for the Steam Deck
Expand your Steam Deck’s storage with these tried-and-tested cards
James Archer
CG mockups of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards.
News
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 series prices look good, assuming they hold
"Assuming" may be doing a lot of work there
James Archer
A cheerful group dinner around the fire in a Monster Hunter Wilds cutscene.
Feature
Monster Hunter Wilds’ listless performance and frame gen misuse plant an oversized axe in the carapace of good PC tech
Nice cheese physics but that’s about it
James Archer
The Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti AMP Extreme Infinity graphics card on a table.
Review
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti review: bad start, decent GPU
Powerful at 4K and 1440p alike, though its inflated launch pricing makes it a victim of circumstance
James Archer
The Envoy considers a dialogue choice in Avowed, running on a Steam Deck. The RPS Steam Deck Academy symbol is added in the bottom-right corner.
Feature
Avowed and the Steam Deck make for uneasy partymates
It technically works, emphasis on the technically
James Archer
The Envoy, player character of Avowed, showing one of the Godlike facial growth options.
Feature
Performance quirks, both good and bad, make Avowed a real trickster on PC hardware
Here’s a settings guide nonetheless
James Archer
Some of the best SSDs for gaming, including NVMe and external SSDs, arranged in front of a keyboard.
Feature
Best SSD for gaming: our top SATA and NVMe picks
Our top solid state drive recommendations
James Archer
Two weighted cubes are stacked next to a yellow portal in Portal with RTX.
Feature
Should you bother with... path tracing?
Lights, camera, more lights, seriously just lights everywhere
James Archer
A man and woman look at the camera with peturbed faces in the Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark tool.
News
Monster Hunter Wilds brings hope with newly lowered PC requirements, then dashes it with a benchmark tool
Capcom, that is not how frame gen works
James Archer
A Steam Deck displaying the RPS Steam Deck Academy logo.
Feature
RPS presents Steam Deck Academy: a grand repository of Steam Deck knowledge, made simple
This’ll learn ya
James Archer
Several gaming GPUs, including a couple of the best graphics cards (the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 3070) on a table.
Feature
Best graphics cards: the top gaming GPUs
Our top graphics card picks for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K
James Archer
Henry and Hans ride with their comrades in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.
Feature
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2’s technical touch-ups include DLSS, "Experimental" visuals and far fewer bugs
Performance and settings tested
James Archer
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition stood on its side, with its dual fans showing.
Feature
Nvidia DLSS 4 explained: Multi Frame Generation, the Transformer model, and the GPUs you’ll need to run them
Testing out the biggest DLSS overhaul yet
James Archer
Miles Morales aims a kick at a roaring Venom in Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
News
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 system requirements and PC features are all things to all Spider-people
Traces rays, any size. Catches thieves, in ultrawide
James Archer
The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth party preparing to enter the sunny Grasslands.
News
Try this mod to calm Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s stuttering on PC
Fantasy Optimizer gives performance wobbles a good kick in the Shinra
James Archer
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition on a table.
Review
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: the new 4K graphics card to go for
Ohhh, it gets by, with a little help, from frame gen
James Archer
Cloud sticks his arms out in confused protest during a Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth cutscene.
Feature
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth continues the series' streak of iffy PC ports
Cloud gaming
James Archer
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition on a table.
Review
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: the ultimate DLSS 4 billboard
Good for bragging rights, but its most exciting features are coming to cheaper graphics cards as well
James Archer
A promo render of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090.
News
Nvidia are pretty sure the RTX 50 series GPUs won’t melt like the RTX 4090 did
Burning question answered ahead of RTX 5090 and 5080 launch
James Archer
The Nintendo Switch 2 reveal with a Steam Deck poking into frame.
A bright day on the streets in Cyberpunk 2077. A gang member strikes at the player with a katana while the player readies their shotgun against the assailant.
Feature
DLSS 3: how it works, how it performs, and when you should use it
Nvidia’s next-gen upscaler, explainified
James Archer