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January 2024 Archive

    1. Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is working on a brand new action-espionage game “that is also a movie”
    2. Action RPG Stellar Blade has respectable Devil May Cry energy in latest trailer
    3. Death Stranding 2 On The Beach gets a trailer and 2025 release window, still absolutely bonkers
    4. Judas’ latest gameplay still looks a lot like a sci-fi BioShock, now with evil Brum and a robot chef
    5. Sonic X Shadow Generations brings back the multidimension platformer with added edgelord this autumn
    6. New Silent Hill 2 remake trailer released alongside surprise free Silent Hill game
    7. Get this brilliant Ducky UK mechanical keyboard for 40% off
    8. Grab the brand new AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU to upgrade your old Ryzen PC for $249/£233
    9. What's better: Vampires or werewolves?
    10. Watch PlayStation's State of Play January 2024 game showcase here
    11. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 looks pretty Dishonored in this 14-minutes gameplay trailer
    12. Palworld: Best Water Pals
    13. Palworld: Best Pals for Medicine Production
    14. Palworld: Best Ice Pals
    15. Granblue Fantasy: Relink keeps crashing, but I've enjoyed the 9 hours I've managed so far
    16. Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super review: new price, familiar performance
    17. Rocksteady gift early Suicide Squad players in-game cash to apologise for game finishing itself
    18. Palworld: Best Ground Pals
    19. Palworld early access review: base building junk food
    20. At long last, the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series on PC gets classic font and music options
    21. New Enshrouded update targets lost save and progress bugs
    22. Speed Crew is an Overcooked-like that swaps out kitchens for pit stops
    23. Nightingale accessibility options turn innocent giant spiders into angry balloons
    24. Palworld: Best Fire Pals
    25. Wordle hint and answer #956 (January 31 2024)
    26. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jan 31)
    1. Spec Ops: The Line has been delisted from Steam due to expiring licenses, 2K say
    2. Starfield's biggest patch yet, focused on bug fixes and visual upgrades, is out now
    3. The original Warcraft and Diablo are now available from Battle.net
    4. This RX 7800 XT is going for just $480 in the US with a free copy of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
    5. Pick up the elegant Asus AP201 Micro ATX case for just $65
    6. I'm stoked for this immersive sim about escaping a town in the shadow of a colossal policeman
    7. Palworld: Best Grass Pals
    8. Former Cyberpunk and Bioshock devs reveal eerie post-apocalyptic open world shooter Hornet
    9. No, you can't outsmart Call Of Duty's skill-based matchmaking by restarting it, Activision reveal
    10. 20 Small Mazes is an extremely good game made of, er, 20 small mazes - and it's free!
    11. Coridden is an action RPG with shapeshifters in which you can ride your friends
    12. Persona 3 Reload review: a high school reunion better left in the history books
    13. Nebulous: Fleet Command is the hardcore version of Homeworld I didn't know I wanted
    14. Here's a free N64-style version of Celeste from Extremely OK Games
    15. Wordle hint and answer #955 (January 30 2024)
    16. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jan 30)
    1. Sapphire's excellent RX 7800 XT 16GB Pulse card is down to £480
    2. This 2TB NVMe SSD is a great Steam Deck upgrade for £155
    3. Indie champions Day of the Devs are now a non-profit
    4. You can play Doom using gut bacteria, but the framerate is atrocious
    5. Gone Home and Tacoma devs’ mother-daughter road trip game Open Roads misses its exit, gets a one-month delay
    6. New Deus Ex game in the works for two years reportedly cancelled, almost 100 staff laid off at Eidos Montreal
    7. There are almost 20,000 Palworld breeding combos, and now players want to breed Pals with humans
    8. Baldur's Gate 3's Nocturne is a landmark in trans representation, but for her voice actor it's just the beginning
    9. Footage of a cancelled, "futuristic" Call Of Duty by former Guitar Hero developers has leaked
    10. Palworld: Best Pals for Handiwork
    11. Would you wait over 20 years for a Final Fantasy 6 remake? Because that's how long it might take
    12. Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed won't have companion romance, which is fine
    13. Euro Truck Simulator 2 is pining for the fjords with a Nordic expansion
    14. Reality Bytes: Lego Bricktales offers a glimpse of the future. But it could be even better
    15. Palworld: Best Pals for Generating Electricity
    16. Rocksteady downplay live service elements of Suicide Squad, as superhero murder sim goes into early access
    17. Palworld: Best Pals for Gathering
    18. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: This game will let you parry dialogue by shooting it with your gun
    19. The Maw 29th January-3rd February 2024
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jan 29)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #954 (January 29 2024)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. Wordle hint and answer #953 (January 28 2024)
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jan 28)
    1. Dungeonborne is a dark fantasy extraction dungeon crawler
    2. Bloodborne Kart will "scrub the branding off" after being contacted by Sony's lawyers
    3. Stardew Valley's 1.6 update now in the "bug-fixing and polishing phase"
    4. This 1200W 80+ Platinum power supply is only $160 after a $60 Newegg discount
    5. LG's C3 OLED is brilliant for PC gaming and 10% off at Amazon UK
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. Wordle hint and answer #952 (January 27 2024)
    8. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jan 27)
    1. Honkai: Star Rail version 2.0 has a release date, will add dreamy new realm Penacony to the space RPG
    2. Final Fantasy XIV won’t be the next video game TV series, as The Witcher producers' live-action project “dead”
    3. Artful fantasy RPG Arco has a demo with a dangerously moreish Arena mode
    4. Palworld battles multiplayer cheaters with a new update, but admits it’s “difficult” to solve straight away
    5. Ruiner devs reportedly lay off over half of studio behind cyberpunk shooter
    6. Abiotic Factor is half, er, Half-Life, half open world co-op survival game, and it's got a demo
    7. Make the Night City of your dreams with this cyberpunk city sandbox builder
    8. Palworld: Best Electric Pals
    9. Palworld: Best Dragon Pals
    10. Writer's Rush is a frivolous, slightly wonky wee charmer
    11. Tasty platformer Pizza Tower's free new character will bring "a sort of New Game+" experience
    12. What order should you play the Yakuza games?
    13. The best Metroidvania games on PC
    14. Twang! Horizon Forbidden West on PC keeps PS5 Dualsense support and adaptive triggers
    15. Palworld: Best Farming Pals
    16. Enshrouded updates will expand the building tools, tweak resource respawning and fix progress loss
    17. Shiver me timbers, Skull and Bones is holding an open beta in February
    18. Former Stardew Valley dev reveals urban life sim Sunkissed City
    19. Palworld: Best Pals for Cooling
    20. Palworld: Best base Pals
    21. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth's PC performance and modernised settings make it a mostly smooth trip
    22. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jan 26)
    23. Wordle hint and answer #951 (January 26 2024)
    1. Dwarf Fortress's Adventure mode getting tutorials and more direction in the sandbox
    2. Preserve looks like a relaxing puzzle blend of Dorfromantik and Terra Nil
    3. Action platformer Berserk Boy now has a release date after years of turmoil
    4. Blizzard have cancelled their in-development survival game alongside today's layoffs
    5. Uh oh, Balatro might be the deckbuilder to end all deckbuilders
    6. People Can Fly and Black Forest Games hit by layoffs, according to sources and leaked emails
    7. I'm bored of survival games all starting off the same
    8. The Electronic Wireless Show S3 Episode 3: the Palworld controversy
    9. This demo has it all: anime girl brawling and bakery management
    10. Microsoft have "aligned on the best opportunities for growth" by laying off nearly two thousand people
    11. This mathematical tactics RPG is like the Countdown numbers round with added violence
    12. Telmari's toilet plunger arrows are one of my new favourite platforming tricks
    13. Go Mecha Ball, out today on Steam and Game Pass, is a swish blend of twin-stick shooting and pinball physics
    14. Upgrade your rig with a massive 420mm AiO for just £79
    15. Pokémon Company statement on Palworld copyright allegations sounds a lot like "please leave us the hell alone"
    16. I'm extremely here for the rise of the Golden Idol-like
    17. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jan 25)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #950 (January 25 2024)
    1. Elite Dangerous and Planet Zoo devs Frontier kick off their own monthly showcase with a game reveal next week
    2. Balcony gardening sim Pocket Oasis has a beautiful hand-painted look and meditative vibes
    3. Dungeons & Dragons’ first virtual reality game likely won’t be Baldur’s Gate 3 in VR, but we can live in hope
    4. This $595 bundle includes AMD's stellar Ryzen 7800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR5 and an Asus B650 motherboard
    5. The Quarry devs’ horror hit Until Dawn is reportedly the next PlayStation exclusive headed to PC
    6. What's better: different puzzles on different difficulty levels, or bullet grazing?
    7. AMD's great value Ryzen 5 7600X processor is down to $199 in the US, $100 below MSRP
    8. Magic viking townbuilder Roots Of Yggdrasil is out in early access
    9. Valheim's Ashlands update walks a "fine line between fun and frustration", according to new dev video
    10. This Doom mod is made from Id Software's abandoned and rejected ideas
    11. Forget humans, Palworld players are now capturing bosses thanks to new exploit
    12. The Day Before studio say the game's downfall was thanks to "a hate campaign"
    13. Enshrouded early access review: the best building system in the survival genre
    14. Enshrouded: How to reset spawn point
    15. 15 Enshrouded tips and tricks
    16. Enshrouded: How to make grapple points
    17. Enshrouded building guide
    18. Enshrouded: How to make ladders
    19. How to repair in Enshrouded
    20. How to get the Grappling Hook in Enshrouded
    21. Enshrouded: How to get Metal Scrap
    22. Enshrouded: How to get Salt
    23. Enshrouded best skills
    24. Enshrouded: How to get Flintstone
    25. Enshrouded: Deadly Shroud explained
    26. How to deconstruct in Enshrouded
    27. Enshrouded: How to survive longer in the Shroud
    28. How to get the Glider in Enshrouded
    29. Enshrouded: How to get Shroud Cores
    30. Enshrouded: How to get Shroud Wood
    31. This teeny tiny townbuilder is the pint-sized Townscaper I've been waiting for
    32. Sam Barlow's studio has two new horror games in the works, is "reinventing 3rd person horror again"
    33. Palworld updates will add PvP arenas, Raid bosses, new islands, server transfers and Steam-Xbox crossplay
    34. Wordle hint and answer #949 (January 24 2024)
    35. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jan 24)
    1. Helldivers 2 details its spaceship and top-level "Galactic War" ahead of next month's release
    2. Cute fantasy Papers, Please 'em up Lil' Guardsman is out now
    3. Palworld continues to break records, with 1.8 million concurrent players on Steam
    4. This Asus Mini ITX motherboard is perfect for SFF Ryzen 7000/8000 PCs
    5. Riot Games to lay off "around 530" people and shut down Riot Forge label in push for "sustainability"
    6. Stop making "gamer-themed" scented candles and just admit you like nice smells, you nerds
    7. Palworld: Can you move your base in Palworld?
    8. Palworld update fixes blackscreen and controller bugs, but multiplayer issues persist on Game Pass
    9. Even after Fortnite, there's still something essential about the MMOFPS
    10. Ancient city builder El Dorado has a free prologue, with some angry gods to appease
    11. This fantastic Deus Ex cosplay even nails JC Denton's weird mouth movement
    12. I very nearly like Stasis: Bone Totem (this is a recommendation)
    13. Games only need fast travel when they make travel "boring", says Dragon's Dogma 2 director
    14. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth review: thank goodness for Yakuza
    15. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth deserves its Steam Deck Verified badge, even with steep settings cuts
    16. Tekken 8 review: the difference is slight but we still like the fight
    17. Palworld: How to get the Grappling Gun
    18. More Avowed details: it's a classless RPG with easy respeccing and "open zones" comparable to Outer Worlds
    19. I refuse to unlock Palworld's bleakest tech upgrade
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jan 23)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #948 (January 23 2024)
    1. VR studio Wimo Games, Battle Bows and Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem devs, have closed their doors
    2. Upgrade your keyboard's looks with these $12 pudding caps from HyperX
    3. Grab a 45-inch 5120x1440 200Hz LG monitor for $150 off
    4. Surprise, surprise, someone’s already modded actual Pokémon into Palworld
    5. Nvidia's cross-game modding tools RTX Remix now in open beta
    6. The Joker - but not THAT Joker - will be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's first free DLC character
    7. Does Palworld break Pokémon's copyright? We asked a lawyer
    8. House Flipper devs promise two big content drops and more DLC still on the way for first game
    9. Here's what's coming up in the RPS Game Club in 2024
    10. CD Projekt latest: next Cyberpunk game might have multiplayer, Witcher 4 enters "production phase"
    11. Palworld's over zealous police are even worse than the cops in GTA right now
    12. Piranha Bytes, devs of Gothic and Elex, are next on Embracer's chopping block
    13. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy review: the guilty pleasure boxset
    14. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Cutting through the crypto spam
    15. Piracy, preservation, and the devs who don't mind if you have to pirate their game
    16. Ease the wait for Silksong with the upcoming demo of this very Hollow Knight-looking Metroidvania
    17. Palworld updates coming for broken multiplayer, inaccessible servers and save data bugs
    18. Steam Deck beta client update explains what its performance settings actually do
    19. The Maw 22nd-27th January 2024
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jan 22)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #947 (January 22 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jan 21)
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #946 (January 21 2024)
    1. Quake 6 was teased during the Indiana Jones reveal, maybe
    2. Indiana Jones being first-person "separates" it from other action-adventures, says director
    3. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth seemingly locks New Game+ behind expensive special editions
    4. Halo Infinite to focus on smaller updates as 343 Industries work on "brand new projects"
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. Wordle hint and answer #945 (January 20 2024)
    7. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jan 20)
    1. Work on PCs with this 77-piece $10 screwdriver set from Walmart
    2. Arctic's Liquid Freezer II 280mm AiO is down to £70 at Amazon UK
    3. Last Epoch continues to look like a worthy Diablo challenger ahead of next month’s full release
    4. Genshin Impact 4.4 ends January with a Lantern Rite, lets you transform into a fish to explore its new area
    5. Palworld utterly misses the point of being a good Pokémon-like
    6. Pokémon-with-guns game Palworld is so popular its servers are struggling to keep up
    7. The Cub learns all the wrong lessons from Limbo's do-by-dying platforming
    8. Moonlighter devs' upcoming bricky tower defence game has a demo out right now
    9. TV show Leverage: Redemption has a great esports villain, even if its fake "fighting MOBA" is baffling
    10. Everything we know about Avowed
    11. Kingsvein review: monster-splatting RPG goodness that leads with its weak foot
    12. Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger is the disappointing second album in this mystery series
    13. Diablo 4's Season 3 developer update reignites "controversial topic" of how to pronounce WASD
    14. More layoffs as Behaviour Interactive and CI Games "adjust scope" and make "optimisations"
    15. Roots Of Yggdrasil's gorgeous roguelike citybuilding is a real grower
    16. Destiny 2 will finally let you change your character's appearance, with one big limitation
    17. Sorry fruit keyboards, I am now a vegetable keyboard person
    18. Palworld: Best starter Pals
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jan 19)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #944 (January 19 2024)
    1. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 will release on May 21st, 2024
    2. Obsidian's first-person fantasy RPG Avowed is coming this autumn
    3. Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is first-person, stealthy, and coming 2024
    4. Everything announced at today's Xbox Developer Direct 2024
    5. Animal-loving horror Zoochosis is an open homage to The Thing
    6. Everything we know about Black Myth: Wukong
    7. The Electronic Wireless Show S3 Episode 2: speedrunning dogs for fun and (charity) profit
    8. Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super review: what the RTX 4070 should have been
    9. Payday 3 forms "strike team" focused on making the co-op FPS finally "meet your expectations"
    10. All today's Xbox Developer Direct 2024 streams in one place
    11. Beaver colony sim Timberborn's biggest ever update brings a tidal wave of pollution and disease
    12. Upcoming visual novel Vampire Therapist mixes vampires and dark humour with CBT
    13. Turnip Boy Robs A Bank review: continuing Turnip Boy's story in slightly chaotic roguelite style
    14. Left 4 Dead's ratty cousin Vermintide 2 is finally getting a Versus mode, with alpha tests in the "near future"
    15. Demon Slayer RPG 2 codes
    16. Puzzle game classic Threes gets surprise Steam PC release in February
    17. My favourite small form factor PC case is down to a low price on Amazon UK
    18. Intel's Core i3 12100F is a value champion CPU for gaming - and it's down to £88
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jan 18)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #943 (January 18 2024)
    1. Cult of the Lamb’s Sins of the Flesh - aka the sex update - has come
    2. The Finals’ 1.5 update introduces the multiplayer shooter’s first time-limited mode, a solo free-for-all
    3. Starfield’s biggest update yet has been delayed by a few days
    4. A wholly subscription-driven games industry would be "savage", says Larian CEO
    5. Physics-y farming game Southfield mixes Stardew Valley with Human: Fall Flat for chaotic co-op crop-picking
    6. What's better: playing on an old patch or asymmetrical outfits?
    7. The next League Of Legends spin-off is a deep and crafty blend of Stardew, Spiritfarer and Animal Crossing
    8. Best Minecraft skins
    9. "Lovecraftian Stone Age" town builder The Tribe Must Survive hits early access in February
    10. I regret to inform you the Games Done Quick dog did not get a world record speedrun time
    11. This free Quake mod is also a prequel to hack 'n' slash Slave Zero X, which is a prequel to a 1999 mech game
    12. This roguelike deckbuilder is software development meets Inscryption
    13. The best Minecraft Bedrock Texture Packs you can get for free
    14. SteamWorld owners Thunderful to fire 20% of staff due to "over-investments made in the last few years"
    15. Best Minecraft Texture Packs
    16. Diablo 4 Season 3 revealed, introducing WASD controls and a customisable robot pal
    17. Don't worry, Lara's tank controls are still an option in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
    18. Wordle hint and answer #942 (January 17 2024)
    19. Dave The Diver studio's next game is a team-based PvP arena battler
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jan 17)
    1. Prison Architect 2 will support mods with a built-in editor on PC
    2. TopSpin 2K25 announced, 2K Sports series returning after 13 years
    3. Against The Storm's update 1.1 is out, making the early game more interesting
    4. Pick up Arctic's legendary Liquid Freezer II 240 AiO for $75 at Amazon US with this 23% off coupon
    5. This 14-inch Asus RTX 4070 laptop is $450 off at Best Buy
    6. Get AMD's former fastest graphics card for $500 at Newegg when you buy an open box model
    7. The Asus ROG Ally handheld has dropped to £599 in the UK
    8. Total War: Pharaoh's High Tides update, previously a paid DLC pack, will release for free on Jan 25th
    9. Prison Architect 2 is official, bringing Paradox's jail management sim to 3D
    10. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 release window pushed back again to September 2024 to fix "technical imperfections"
    11. How to install Minecraft mods
    12. Take-Two Interactive and Remedy Entertainment are in a dispute over the letter R
    13. Immortals Fenyx Rising has become my comfort game and I will not be shamed
    14. Frostpunk 2 and its rowdy citizens will be storming the gates of Game Pass day one on PC
    15. 10 Minecraft castle ideas to build in 1.20
    16. Persona 3 Reload is a seamless transition for Persona 5-likers
    17. This spec ops haunted house shooter got me thinking about unexpected scares in Call Of Duty
    18. Players still don't feel "comfortable" with game subscription services, says Ubisoft+ boss
    19. Dawnwalker is the "revolutionary" dark fantasy RPG from former Witcher devs Rebel Wolves
    20. Home Safety Hotline review: thoughtful weirdness that left me wanting more
    21. Wordle hint and answer #941 (January 16 2024)
    22. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jan 16)
    1. This week’s Games Done Quick 2024 includes Starfield, Baldur’s Gate 3 and the world’s first speedrunning dog
    2. Tekken 8’s first DLC character will be series regular Eddy Gordo, kicking off its season pass this spring
    3. Elden Ring DLC update on Steam’s backend hints that Shadow of the Erdtree’s release could be very, very close
    4. House Flipper 2 devs say before-and-after comparisons, curtains and blinds, and fixes to save bugs on the way
    5. Letter From The Editor #14: A peek behind the 2023 Advent Calendar voting curtain
    6. War Hospital, out now, is a tug-of-war between empathy and efficiency
    7. Lethal Company: best mods
    8. Raven Software's canned games include "an ambitious new Call of Duty: Zombies live service project"
    9. Try the demo of this retro-style point and click adventure and embrace the rainbow
    10. Baba Is You meets Into The Breach in the latest surprise spin-off
    11. Widespread layoffs reported at Embracer and Gearbox-owned Lost Boys Interactive
    12. Channel your inner Donkey Kong Country with the demo for this 2025 pixel platformer
    13. Ark: Survival Ascended to get mod tools that let you create "entire custom Unreal Engine games", devs boast
    14. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jan 14)
    15. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Daft and dramatic movement methods
    16. The Maw - 15th-20th January 2024
    17. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jan 15)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #940 (January 15 2024)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. Wordle hint and answer #939 (January 14 2024)
    1. Starfield's biggest update so far focuses on bug fixes, launches in beta next week
    2. Dominions 6 expands the already packed 4X series next week
    3. Overwatch 2 is going to let non-support players heal themselves, to reduce the frustration of bad teamwork
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    5. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jan 13)
    6. Wordle hint and answer #938 (January 13 2024)
    1. Resident Evil Revelations update reportedly adds DRM to decade-old game, breaks it, then removes DRM - for now
    2. Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter looks like a promising indie successor to Danganronpa
    3. Team Fortress 2 remake in Source 2 engine fully cancelled after Valve issues a takedown
    4. I wish I could cheat Reigns: Three Kingdoms like a Choose Your Own Adventure book
    5. Smite 2 reveals revamped sequel for mythological MOBA that won’t replace the original
    6. Going by its demo, Crystal Story: Dawn Of Dusk is a slick retro-modern RPG with many eerie touches
    7. All sim games have been ruined forever now by my new hot chocolate maker
    8. Kainga's shortcomings can't stop me from enjoying it
    9. The best Minecraft servers
    10. Final Fantasy 17 needs "a younger generation" of lead developers, suggests FF16 producer
    11. The best, worst, and weirdest gaming tech of CES 2024
    12. Ask RPS: What will the next 150 years of PC gaming hold?
    13. Action RPG Sand Land's release date trailer is a montage of Dragon Ball-powered tank shenanigans
    14. New Cycle's overview trailer reveals another city-builder grappling with the problem of hope in a fading world
    15. Upgrade your ROG Ally, Legion Go or Steam Deck with this £81 1TB NVMe SSD
    16. This Lexar Play 1TB Micro SD card is down to £67.85 and works great in Steam Deck
    17. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jan 12)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #937 (January 12 2024)
    19. VVVVVV, one of the best platformers of all time, is now Steam Deck verified
    1. The Finals stops players taking unfair advantage from controller aim assist
    2. Action platformer sequel Momodora: Moonlit Farewell is out now
    3. Armello devs' new multiplayer strategy game in hell captures tabletop treachery like no other
    4. New Elden Ring update patches Easy Anti-Cheat as rumoured Shadow of Erdtree release date approaches
    5. IGF 2024 finalists are yet again more proof that RPS is right about everything
    6. Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown review: move over Hollow Knight
    7. The Finals weapon tier list
    8. The Electronic Wireless Show S3 Episode 1: our most anticipated games of 2024
    9. I hope Elden Ring's DLC turns out to be a roguelike
    10. Nacon think there are “too many games” due to a Covid-era boom and player standards are going up
    11. Indiana Jones And The Great Circle could be MachineGames and Bethesda's new Indy game
    12. Digested is a bodycam horror game about being ssssstuck on an island with a giant snake
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jan 11)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #936 (January 11 2024)
    1. Minecraft Legends’ next update will be its last, nine months after launch
    2. Cosmic Collapse takes viral puzzler Suika Game to a galactic scale with colliding planets instead of fruit
    3. Actors' union SAG-AFTRA strike deal to allow AI voice replicas, and video game stars are understandably pissed
    4. This 45-inch Lenovo gaming monitor is down to £699 at Currys
    5. Grab our best cheap PCIe 4.0 SSD - in 2TB heatsink form - for just £87 from Box
    6. Twitch lay off 500 people as CEO concedes that staffing strategy has been "optimistic"
    7. After falling down a new YouTube hole, someone should definitely make an MLM sim game
    8. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader review: engrossing, obscure and absolutely exhausting
    9. What's better: Half-Life's Snarks or Planescape: Torment's Litany Of Curses?
    10. Turn 10 to substantially update Forza Motorsport after game spends three months getting arse kicked on Steam
    11. Steam will now accept "the vast majority" of games using "AI" generation, but only with disclosures
    12. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jan 10)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #935 (January 10 2024)
    1. Cult Of The Lamb's so-called sex update will launch January 16th
    2. Palworld, monster collector with machineguns, will launch in Early Access this month
    3. Xbox Developer Direct on January 18th will offer an update on Indiana Jones
    4. Industrial Annihilation is a Planetary Annihilation successor with factory building
    5. The Ryzen 9 5950X remains a productivity monster - and now it's 52% off in the UK
    6. Show me the Champion of Dead By Daylight - Alan Wake joins Behaviour's multiplayer horror hit
    7. Corsair's RM1000x Shift PSU is £50 off refurbished from Scan
    8. The Exit 8 perfectly captures the surreal horror of navigating a busy tube station
    9. Baldur's Gate 3 designer says Act 3 tone shift criticisms are "valid", will try to be "less drastic" in future
    10. Cocoon's greatest mysteries are hidden behind puzzles most players won't find
    11. The Finals best loadouts
    12. New RPG Archaelund is Elder Scrolls with its foot stuck in Final Fantasy Tactics
    13. Unity ring in the new year by firing 1,800 people in the name of "long-term and profitable growth"
    14. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jan 9)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #934 (January 9 2024)
    1. MSI reveal the Claw, the first Intel-powered Steam Deck rival
    2. Final Fantasy 14’s new cyberpunk city has me hoping Dawntrail will shower more love on the series’ best entry
    3. This Slay the Spire-like made to teach a dev’s daughter maths looks like the best edutainment game I never had
    4. Even Final Fantasy 14 is getting in on the Starfield action with new co-op mode Cosmic Exploration
    5. Final Fantasy 14’s new jobs bring a splash of Splatoon and Pokémon to its Dawntrail expansion
    6. Upgrade to a terrific H6Pro headset on the cheap in the US as Epos closes its gaming division
    7. This AsRock A620I WiFi is the affordable AM5 Mini ITX motherboard of your dreams
    8. Medieval Machine Builders lets you catapult cows at castles
    9. Nvidia confirmed the GeForce RTX 40 Super series, and they’re out this month
    10. Click on pictures of your shoes to walk in this free experimental horror FPS
    11. Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Space, mechs, and photographing draculas
    12. Former Activision exec sues Call of Duty publisher for discrimination against "old white guys"
    13. HP Omen Transcend 16 review: a slim and proper gaming laptop
    14. The Maw - 8th-13th January 2024
    15. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jan 8)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #933 (January 8 2024)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jan 7)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #932 (January 7 2024)
    1. Former Stardew Valley developer's new life sim set in a city looks ambitious
    2. Portal: Revolution is a huge, eight-hour mod that bridges the gap between Portal 1 and 2
    3. Luxuriate in Persona 3 Reload's opening movie a month ahead of release
    4. Reigns: Three Kingdoms arrives on PC next week
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. Wordle hint and answer #931 (January 6 2024)
    7. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jan 6)
    1. Baldur’s Gate 3 has a touching tribute to a fan’s dad - and CRPG fan - living with Alzheimer's
    2. Rust is finally adding backpacks to kick off its second decade
    3. I think I'm allergic to big games, and it's starting to become a problem
    4. Star Citizen’s ridiculous ship prices hit a new high with £46,000 DLC bundle
    5. Now is the best time it’s ever been to jump into Overwatch 2
    6. Microsoft are adding a dedicated AI button to Windows keyboards as they call 2024 “the year of the AI PC”
    7. Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater remakes listed for 2024 release
    8. Our New Year gaming resolutions for 2024
    9. Mind Over Magic is all about managing wizards and gizzards
    10. Studio Ghibli's latest film had me reopen my Souls toolshed
    11. Surgeon Simulator and Lost Skies devs Bossa Studios lay off a third of staff due to "perfect storm of events"
    12. Kojima says horror game OD is as "experimental" as Boktai, so here's a quick overview of solar powered gaming
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jan 5)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #930 (January 5 2024)
    1. This 1000W PCIe 5.0 power supply is down to £140 after a £40 discount
    2. Lexar's RPS-recommended NM790 4TB SSD is £204 at Scan and a bloody great drive
    3. City Of Heroes' community-run private server gets official license from NCSoft
    4. Apex Legends' Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth crossover arrives on January 9th
    5. Over 14,000 games were released on Steam in 2023
    6. Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy is currently free to keep from Epic
    7. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's accessibility options are a neat deconstruction of metroidvania design
    8. MapleStory publisher Nexon fined record $8.9 million for misleading loot box mechanics
    9. Inscryption meets Russian Roulette in this weird short horror game
    10. Our 75 most anticipated PC games of 2024
    11. Everspace 2 is getting a free Unreal Engine 5 upgrade to make future updates and expansions easier
    12. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the next great Pokémon game
    13. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth's Dondoko Island is Animal Crossing with baseball bats
    14. Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill is surprisingly deep for a 4-hour long 90s point and click game
    15. Cleavage but no underbust, please: Twitch bans "implied nudity" among streamers
    16. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jan 4)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #929 (January 4 2024)
    1. NZXT's new 280mm Kraken Elite RGB cooler is $70 off at Newegg
    2. This full-size Roccat mechanical keyboard is $40 at Amazon US
    3. Get an electric standing desk for £76 with this Amazon UK deal
    4. Six months on from its full release, Dave the Diver has netted 3m sales
    5. An award-winning dual-chamber PC case is down to a historic UK price
    6. PC Game Pass in January adds Resident Evil 2 Remake and an Assassin’s Creed that will last you until 2025
    7. CD Projekt Red won’t give up their independence anytime soon - but might be “open” to buying others
    8. Anime Fighting Simulator codes
    9. A Plague Tale: Innocence is free to keep on Epic Games Store for the next day only
    10. What's better: a fresh new MMO server, or Viscera Cleanup Detail's Sniffer tool?
    11. Open betas are more "marketing tool" than "actual test" for bugs, says GTFO developer
    12. I'm learning to do cryptic crosswords in 2024, and they are the worst
    13. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall Unity remaster hits 1.0, updating the biggest Bethesda map for today's PCs
    14. The best Skyrim mods in 2024
    15. Rocket League codes: redeem these codes for free cosmetic items
    16. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jan 3)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #928 (January 3 2024)
    1. First Cut: Samurai Duel is a 2D fighter where swords are as deadly as they should be
    2. Frogwares regain control of The Sinking City, but all old saves will break soon
    3. 20 Minutes Till Dawn is currently free to keep from the Epic Games Store
    4. Players voted for some of the worst choices possible in the Steam Awards
    5. NCSoft's Project Skyline rumoured to be Horizon MMO, in the works for PC and Unreal Engine 5
    6. Tim Cain has taken his Fallout and The Outer Worlds dev stories to YouTube - and he's having a great time
    7. Star Wars Outlaws releasing in late 2024, say Disney
    8. Upcoming PC games 2024
    9. Bubble Gum Simulator codes
    10. Boku No Roblox codes
    11. Muscle Legends codes
    12. Makoto Wakaido's Case Files Trilogy is the perfect warm-up for Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice
    13. The blockchain is still a "focus" for Square Enix in 2024, along with "aggressive" use of AI in gamedev
    14. Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: Jumbo size New Year edition
    15. The Maw - 2nd-6th January 2024
    16. Wordle hint and answer #927 (January 2 2024)
    17. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jan 2)
    1. Fallout: London, the impressive Fallout 4 mod that’s basically a whole new game, has a release date
    2. Tekken 8's eye-grating colourblind mode is causing concern among accessibility experts
    3. Co-op escape room puzzler Escape Academy is free to keep on Epic Games Store for the next day
    4. Boots Quest DX is the anti-RPG I've been waiting for
    5. The RPS Selection Box: Edwin's bonus games of the year 2023
    6. The final RPS Christmas Cracker 2023
    7. This 32-inch LG gaming monitor is down to $152 with newsletter signup code
    8. With Super models on the way, RTX 4070 models are hitting new price lows
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jan 1)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #926 (January 1 2024)
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