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Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. 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

If I’m being honest, consuming any kind of horror media any time of year is always the best time to do so, but it really does just hit a bit different when it’s in October. I know that that’s as much an influence from capitalism, what with all those Brands trying to sell me decorations

It’s been a busy few years for Too Kyo Games since it was formed as an independent offshoot of Spike Chunsoft back in 2017. Even with that whole global pandemic presumably slowing down production at least a little bit, the studio has managed to ship three games since 2020: FMV mystery Death Come True, kid-friendly(ish)

One-minute review The Razer Iskur V2 is an excellent seat, with many compelling features that put it right up there with some of the best gaming chairs and most comfortable gaming chairs today. Its flagship innovation is its 6D lumbar support, offering six directions of adjustment which the manufacturer claims is a world first.   This

Electronics accessory maker Dbrand has just released Darkplates 2.0 – its updated version of the original model of PS5 face plates, this time for PS5 Slim consoles. Darkplates 2.0 ditches the four-plate setup of the PS5 Slim, consolidating that into just two plates – one for each side. They come in a sleek black finish

FBC: Firebreak is Remedy’s first crack at doing a multiplayer shootery thing, and after it was revealed at the latest Xbox Partner Preview, it’s been revealed that the game’s gonna be coming to PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass at the same time, day one. Yep, fresh off of showing the gameplay from Alan Wake

Playing Heartworm’s demo as part of October’s Steam Next Fest was a headache-inducing time, admittedly, but it made me feel that slightest bit closer to the protagonist, Sam. Almost immediately in the demo, we get a sense that Sam is in distress, mourning her loved ones and seeking a cure for her grieving in the

Ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has shared his perspective on the current state of the games industry. During a conversation at Gamescom Asia (via GamesIndustry.biz) with Raw Fury co-founder and chief publishing officer Gordon Van Dyke, Layden talked about the disappearance of AA studios and the negative impact it’s had on the industry. According to the

2K has announced Project Ethos, a new “3rd-person roguelike hero shooter” – yep, here’s another one of those – from 31st Union, the studio headed up by Michael Condrey, the co-founder of Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games that didn’t do The Callisto Protocol. If you need a quick refresher, before forming 31st Union in

When Ian Fleming first delivered James Bond to readers in 1953, Agent 007 arrived ready and raring to go. Casino Royale isn’t one of those novels that flitters about trying to slowly layer and build its protagonist into their ultimate form – Bond just already is that. In fact, it’s crucial to the narrative of

A teardown video of the two new Xbox Series X models highlight a number of interesting changes, including a smaller system-on-a-chip (SOAC) size and better energy efficiency. The teardown comes from popular tech YouTuber Austin Evans (via The Verge). In the 16-minute video, Evans highlights an entirely redesigned motherboard inside both the Xbox Series X

Uh oh, it’s sounding like The Witcher season 4 will have even more new faces, as the actor behind Vesemir has also reportedly been replaced. We’ve known for quite a while now (two years in fact) that when The Witcher season 4 rocks up presumably sometime next year it won’t be Henry Cavill playing the

What’s your favourite Monster Hunter monster? Depending on when you started playing the 20-year-old series, you’re probably going to have a different answer to that question. The oldest, most grizzled veterans of the series are going to have soft spots for the Khezus, the Diablos, the Fatalis. Later arrivals will reminisce fondly about the Nargacugas,

Craig Duncan, head of Sea of Thieves studio Rare, will take over as the Xbox Game Studios boss later this year. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Xbox Game Studios’ current boss Alan Hartman will retire from the company at the end of November after being in the position for one year. Duncan, who had led Rare for

I’ve played Guilty Gear: Strive, Tekken 8, and Street Fighter 6 against people in the states over the weekend, and I think it’s safe to say that the war for better netcode in fighting games is pretty much won at this point. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings We’ve got

Renowned philosopher Sir Mixalot once reasoned that it’s difficult to illicit desire in the event that you don’t have buns, hun. It seems that a new mod for the Silent Hill 2 remake has taken that sentiment to heart and applied it to the game’s most beguiling character. Yep, you can now be stalked and

Developer NetEase games has unveiled Destiny: Rising, an upcoming free-to-play sci-fi shooter set in the world of the popular Destiny franchise. The game, which is coming to mobile devices, will have its first closed alpha test in November. Destiny: Rising sounds like quite an interesting direction for the series. It’s set in an alternate version

Destiny Rising – a mobile game and alternate timeline prequel to Bungie’s hit sci-fi FPS Destiny 2 – has been announced. Developed and published by Netease Games under the liscense of Bungie, closed beta registration for what will surely be a controversial project in the eyes of Destiny fans are now live. The game was