Remnant 2 Developer Addresses PC Issues, Says it Was Designed “With Upscaling in Mind”

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

Microids has released a new trailer for Flashback 2 introducing the city of New Washington.

It's been a hot minute since we first started looking for a news editor to take the reins of RPS' daily news posting, but today I'm very pleased to announce that search has finally come to an end. Please give a very warm welcome to Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, the latest addition to the RPS hivemind.

Apple will launch the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models next month, potentially in the third week of September. We have heard numerous details on the devices ranging from internals to the build quality of both models. However, we have never actually seen the iPhone 15 or the 'Pro' model in real life. Well, a few purported images of the iPhone 15 Pro have surfaced online that aim to highlight several factors.

Elon Musk said a potential fight with Mark Zuckerberg will be streamed on the rebranded social network known as X.

Kakao Games, the South Korean publisher, revealed new ArcheAge 2 information during its Q2 2023 earnings call. To begin with, Kakao clarified that the game is expected to 'complete development in the second half of 2024'. Whether that means the game will launch in that timeframe or shortly after remains unclear.

Hasbro's flying high at the moment, and is looking to get serious about Transformers and videogames. There have been multiple Transformers games in the past, of course, but these were somewhat isolated licensed titles rather than a part of any grander strategy. Now Hasbro's got a big title on the way next year from Splash Damage, has begun to sell a Gamer Edition line of toys (where the bots look like their designs in certain videogames), and as part of the latter has noticed that these games are incredibly hard to play.

Bandai Namco’s closed network test for Tekken 8 went live for PS5 players on July 21st and eventually for all platforms on July 28th. Unfortunately, some players have been able to play beyond the extended test period and even used Cheat Engine to datamine potentially unrevealed characters.

In a bid to enhance the capabilities of its latest microblogging platform and thereby compete in a much better way with Elon Musk's X, the former Twitter, the new Meta platform Threads is set to introduce the direct messaging (DMs) functionality, allowing users to engage in conversations with their friends and followers in a much more engaging way. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, confirmed this development in a recent statement to the Washington Post. With Facebook and Instagram, other social media platforms under Meta's umbrella, already equipped with DM options, the integration into Threads should be a relatively smooth process, positioning it to compete with X on a much better footing.

The trait system and progression blockers are being fixed.

Remnant 2's been an unexpected hit, knocking out everything except CS:GO on Steam's top seller list yesterday, in spite of some thorny performance issues that have made upscaling a necessity. On the whole, however, most fans seem happy with a sequel that's more, but better. There's a fly in the multiverse ointment, though: the game's respec costs are weirdly high.

The school holidays have begun which, predictably means that it’s been raining and drizzling up and down the country. Luckily, we have the technology to deal with the rain – we can sit inside playing video games. This week I’ve been playing loads of multiplayer, first in Exoprimal, and second in Remnant II. I’ve had a whole hell of a good time with them both, though one is clearly superior than the other. Can you guess which one it is? Besides these two, I’ve carried on playing more Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp because… well, it’s Advance Wars.