It’s Saturday, it’s the weekend, and it’s time for another Connections puzzle from the NYT. This one isn’t too tricky – but there are hints below if you get stuck. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints
Month: August 2024
At THQ Nordic, we think of ourselves as a true variety publisher. No matter what kind of gamer you are, there’s a home for you in one of our digital worlds. For our 2024 Digital Showcase we wanted to demonstrate exactly that, with games including a remake of a beloved Disney classic, a new IP
I’ve never learned to drive, but every so often a well-meaning friend tells me I’d be good at it, because ‘look, Edwin, you play all those driving games, surely they’ve taught you the basics’. Friend, here is what driving games have taught me: traffic lights are there for regional flavour; drifting is the same thing
Every year, the team here at THQ Nordic puts months into crafting a Digital Showcase we think you’ll love, filled with news on previously announced games and teases of what you can expect from our dev teams in the future. Variety defines what we do, and that has never been truer than in our 2024
Just one week after Valorant entered open beta testing on PS5, the game leaves beta testing behind. Version 1.0 has been released on the PlayStation Store and the full game is now available in the US, Canada, Europe, Brazil, and Japan. In typical Riot Games style, there was no announcement before Valorant’s full release, but
The latest hardware and software charts are now in from the United States for the month of June courtesy of sales tracking group Circana. Sony’s PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console followed by the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S. The best-selling video game of the month was the acclaimed Elden Ring which received a
Asus ROG Ally X: Two-minute review The Asus ROG Ally X is the surprise follow-up to the ROG Ally, and is the latest entry in the increasingly-competitive handheld gaming PC market. Since Valve fired the starting gun on this latest arms race with the excellent Steam Deck, various gaming laptop makers have been keen to
Video game publication Game Informer has announced its closure after 33 years of operation. Once one of the most popular and recognizable brands in games media, GI is the property of embattled U.S. retailer GameStop, which itself has been in a downward spiral for eons at this point. Game Informer magazine made its debut in
The makers of beloved anime series Anohana are reuniting for a brand new film which has just got a release date. Fureru is the latest project from the Super Peace Busters creative team, who are made up of writer Mari Okada, director Tatsuyuki Nagai and artist Masayoshi Tanaka. The trio first worked together on the
Last week, we asked you to share moments when game characters find themselves playing a game using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: lovers_nero shares Leon racking up the points in the shooting gallery from Resident Evil 4 Remake. MrioMoreno5 shares Joel watching as Ellie stops to admire an arcade deck in The Last
Astro’s Playroom August 2024 update has gone live, bringing with it special bot #3. Players have to find a total of four special bots in the lead up to the release of Astro Bot. Doing so will pop five additional trophies in Astro’s Playroom, with players being able to carry the bots over to Astro
A damning new report claims that Bungie mislead Sony about its financial position ahead of its acquisition by PlayStation. The studio’s management has come under scrutiny following a second round of mass layoffs within a year that didn’t even spare long-time senior executives. Now, many former employees are laying the blame solely on CEO Pete
The Last of Us Multiplayer game’s cancellation may have partially been triggered by some ‘helpful’ and honest feedback that Bungie provided Naughty Dog. That’s according to journalist Jason Schreier, who had previously said that Bungie’s internal review of the multiplayer project led Naughty Dog to re-evaluate things. Bungie didn’t demand the cancellation of The Last
Sony has brought back two PS Stars collectibles campaigns from Days of Play 2024. The loyalty program was down for the entirety of Days of Play and then some, locking many out of the limited-time collectibles. Players now have a second chance to unlock them after Sony originally denied them the opportunity. PS Stars Days
Toonsouls, which you can find on Steam here, doesn’t appear to screenshot especially well. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of those perpetually disgruntled ghosts and charming goofskulls, but I might not be writing about the platform game at all if I hadn’t seen it in motion, where the vision comes together a
Are you sitting down? Good. Avowed is reportedly set to be delayed into early 2025, but if it’s any consolation, the main reason being cited for the apparent pushback is a desire to give the RPG more “breathing room” release-wise, by pushing it out of a busy window for Xbox Game Pass. This is according
Surprise – Cilla is on console Surprise surprise – the pixel-art narrative shooting of Cilla drops players on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch into an alternate future universe, placing them into the shoes of the Perfect Soldier. From the Stamina Zero team comes Cilla. It releases onto Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube773k A few months ago, it was announced Civilization VII would be coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2025. We heard at the time how more about its exciting features and innovations would be revealed in August, and now it’s been confirmed the gameplay trailer will make its debut