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June 2024 Archive

    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Dread Delusion and The Night is Darkening's James Wragg
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jun 30)
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1107 (June 30 2024)
    2. What are we all playing this weekend?
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1106 (June 29 2024)
    4. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jun 29)
    1. The wonderful Dune Imperium's digital version is getting its first expansion in July
    2. Deus Ex's Randomizer mod now lets you pet the dogs and cats
    3. The Sims 4's Lovestruck expansion adds a dating app and outdoor woohoo
    4. Team Fortress 2 players report that Valve have carried out a ban-wave against aimbots
    5. Ghibli-style charmer Mika And The Witch's Mountain swoops into early access in August
    6. Monster-tracking detective sim Aberration Analyst is modest but engrossing
    7. What does Elden Ring want from me, anyway?
    8. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Moore questline
    9. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an "evolution of JRPGs" set in 19th century France in which you fight a mad painter
    10. Dragon's Dogma 2 has a free two hour trial for RPG fans who are tempted but not yet Arisen
    11. CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel
    12. Here's how we’re all spending our last tenner on the best deals in the Steam Summer Sale
    13. Elden Ring is "the limit" for From Software project scale, says Miyazaki - multiple, "smaller" games may be the "next stage"
    14. Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot suggests remakes of older Assassin’s Creed games, then bangs on about generative AI for a bit
    15. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jun 28)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1105 (June 28 2024)
    1. Frostpunk 2 is delayed until September in order to address players' beta feedback
    2. Beloved and janky spy RPG Alpha Protocol returns to Steam after four year absence
    3. Steam's 2024 summer sale is now live
    4. Payday 3's latest update adds "solo mode", but it still requires an initial internet connection
    5. A game called One Million Checkboxes has sparked a terrible online war
    6. Albatroz is a Latin American backpacking RPG with glorious views in which you search for a walking mountain
    7. The First Descendant is playable on Steam Deck, despite some temporary compatibility confusion
    8. I will literally PayPal you a fiver if you can tell me anything substantial about Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree’s gormless ghost worms
    9. Metaphor: ReFantazio plays like a high-fantasy Persona RPG with a curious hybrid combat system
    10. Selfloss is a relaxed, fish-fancying jaunt through exhaustion, desolation, and melancholy
    11. Going Torrent-less in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree reminded my why it won't beat old Souls
    12. Tribes 3: Rivals already in trouble as developers shift focus elsewhere
    13. Wife pestering you about every little pregnancy? Crusader Kings 3 will soon let you decide which messages are important
    14. Steam’s new Game Recording beta lets you instant-replay all those Elden Ring deaths
    15. Huge Palworld update adds Arena multiplayer, a new island, oil rigs and a new Pal from outer space
    16. The First Descendant's endgame won't be about “meaningless DPS" or "piling on specs"
    17. Hades 2 gets another monstrous patch as Supergiant turn their attention to the game's first major update
    18. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jun 27)
    19. Wordle hint and answer #1104 (June 27 2024)
    1. Blockbuster games are in the grip of a "fidelity death cult", says former Dragon Age producer
    2. Palworld devs heard “nothing at all” from Pokémon creators despite everyone calling it 'Pokémon with guns'
    3. Atari 50’s already generous retro time capsule will add 39 new games in Expanded Edition this October
    4. FFXIV’s 7.0 patch gears up for Dawntrail by polishing its graphics, hiding quest-giver crowds and making stealth quests less annoying
    5. How to get to Temple Town Ruins in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    6. The first Dead Rising is getting a Deluxe Remaster ahead of its 20th anniversary
    7. The creator of a game about eternal punishment and frustration is tired of playtesting it
    8. In Dystopika you are the chill landscaper of a vast cyberpunk city, and it is exactly my cup of noodles
    9. The First Descendant is stacked with glitzy graphics tech, but performance could still use a polish
    10. Colossal Squigs all but confirmed for next Total War Warhammer 3 DLC, plus big new toys for Ogres and Khorne
    11. Remembering the forgotten "Aliens MMO" created by the devs behind Dark Age Of Camelot and Elder Scrolls Online
    12. Fallen Aces has just enough immersive sim substance to match up to its eye-popping pulp comic style
    13. Helldivers 2 developers have big, opaque plans for Galactic War and that black hole you made
    14. How to get Martial Arts in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    15. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree patch makes Blessings stronger and the game easier
    16. Dr Disrespect confesses to sending a minor messages that "leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate"
    17. The original Resident Evil from 1996 comes back to PC after decades of gathering flies
    18. You can beat Shadow of The Erdtree’s final boss in 13 seconds using perfume and lightning apparently
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jun 26)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1103 (June 26 2024)
    1. Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from sale this December, but thankfully remain playable
    2. Lara Croft is the next survivor coming to Dead By Daylight
    3. Disney Epic Mickey touches down on PC with improved controls this September
    4. Shadow Of The Erdtree mod resets the difficulty to Elden Ring levels and gets rid of Scadutree fragments
    5. Amazon Prime Day 2024 set for July 16-17 – here's everything you need to know
    6. Broke Signal Badlands is a pocket Fallout RPG for weird western dice-addled mystics
    7. How to get to Cathedral of Manus Metyr in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    8. Riven's remake is out today and makes me feel weird – there’s still a demo, if you’re quick
    9. We tried to escape hell in Chained Together and one of us kept running ahead with no warning
    10. How to get to Charo's Hidden Grave in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    11. Deadrop developer Midnight Society cuts ties with Dr Disrespect following new Twitch ban allegations
    12. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: How to get to Hinterland
    13. Today’s Total War Warhammer 3 patch has that large red Khorne dog you ordered, plus a new competitive multiplayer mode
    14. The Steam Summer Sale is due this week and promises "deep discounts", whatever that means
    15. Best early weapons in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    16. Parry like you’re Sekiro with this one weird trick that Shadow Of The Erdtree bosses hate
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1102 (June 25 2024)
    18. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jun 25)
    1. Elden Ring: Where to use the Prayer Room Key
    2. Diablo 4’s Season 5 will add a roguelike horde mode
    3. War Thunder devs apologise for using picture of Challenger shuttle disaster in artwork promoting latest update
    4. There’s no new FIFA game, so of course they’re hosting a World Cup in Rocket League instead
    5. Verdant anti-builder Terra Nil gets a surprise free update with a "deeper" wildlife simulation
    6. Hidetaka Miyazaki's personal favourite From games are Dark Souls and Bloodborne, which still isn't on PC by the way
    7. Days Gone creative director: "Never say never" about a sequel, after game director says exactly that
    8. Former Total War dev accuses Creative Assembly of "mismanagement" and says strategy series AI is "limited by design"
    9. Elden Ring Stormveil Castle walkthrough
    10. Elden Ring Sellen quest walkthrough
    11. Elden Ring War-Dead Catacombs walkthrough
    12. Mystery adventure Engraving has you drawing lovely parchment maps - shame about the horrible forest graveyard
    13. Elden Ring Fringefolk Hero's Grave walkthrough
    14. How to beat the Revenant in Elden Ring
    15. How to beat the Rune Bear in Elden Ring
    16. How to start the Radahn Festival in Elden Ring
    17. Shadow Of The Erdtree's Dancing Lion boss is genuinely just two dudes in a lion suit
    18. Shadow Of The Erdtree’s mixed Steam reviews paint a different picture to the critical reception
    19. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1101 (June 24 2024)
    21. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jun 24)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Sluggish Morrs and Dujanah developer Jack King-Spooner
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1100 (June 23 2024)
    4. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jun 23)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. Wordle hint and answer #1099 (June 22 2024)
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jun 22)
    1. There’s something in the water: PowerWash Simulator’s trippy Alice in Wonderland DLC arrives next month
    2. Gang Beasts-meets-Stardew Valley farming game Southfield delays release date three days before launch to look after devs’ ‘health and wellbeing’
    3. Champion Shift is like Vampire Survivors but you can transform King Arthur into a car, hits 1.0 today
    4. Watch out, Shadow of the Erdtree players: Elden Ring is suffering a new bug on Steam Deck
    5. Beyond Good & Evil anniversary remaster includes a new mission with a "narrative link" to Beyond Good & Evil 2
    6. How to enable Elden Ring ultrawide support
    7. What it’s like returning to War Wind - a game I’ve been looking for for almost 30 years
    8. LXD Red Honey is an astonishingly good free metroidvania that owes something to psychedelic bees
    9. How to unlock the framerate in Elden Ring
    10. Glittering cyberpunk life sim Nivalis has been delayed until 2025
    11. PVKK from the Dome Keeper devs is Papers Please but you get a huge planetary defence cannon
    12. Certified PS1 banger Fear Effect is getting a digital Steam release
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1098 (June 21 2024)
    14. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jun 21)
    1. Arise, Tarnished (again) - Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree is out now
    2. The Steam Deck is one of the best ways to play Elden Ring, and now Shadow of the Erdtree too
    3. Elden Ring PC performance and settings guide: Shadow of the Erdtree edition
    4. How to get Perfume Bottles in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    5. Should you assist Leda or Hornsent in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?
    6. Building Relationships is A Short Hike, but you are trying to chat up toy houses
    7. How Embracer's cuts killed a potential Red Faction sequel and gutted a promising studio
    8. Should you bother with... ultrawide gaming monitors?
    9. The 19 best roguelike games on PC
    10. Praise the yak, thanks to Elden Ring's latest update you can finally summon Torrent during the final bossfight
    11. Elden Ring Shadow of The Erdtree release time
    12. Republic Of Pirates is a more relaxed Anno-style city builder, out today with a demo
    13. The existential dread of horror game Soma has been manifested in a plushie
    14. Captain Blood, a hack-and-slash pirate game revealed in 2004, will finally release in 2024
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1097 (June 20 2024)
    16. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jun 20)
    1. Fine, let's write about the stupid Banana game
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jun 19)
    3. Call of Duty follows Fortnite in adding Fallout skins, out this week
    4. Final Fantasy 14 braces for Dawntrail login queues with plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players
    5. Marvel vs Capcom collection brings a fighting game GOAT, plus six more arcade classics, to PC with rollback netcode
    6. It looks like the original Resident Evil is headed (back) to PC
    7. Nine Sols review: A 2D Sekiro-like so good it converted me to an entire genre
    8. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree has me hankering... hankering for a Tenchu
    9. BioWare's Mark Darrah thinks Veilguard is the first Dragon Age where "the combat's actually fun"
    10. Life By You devs spent “a month in purgatory” prior to closure, says laid-off designer, despite their sim-like exceeding Paradox's expectations
    11. Hobbit life sim Tales Of The Shire is so jolly and joyful it creeps the hell out of me
    12. Don’t expect Fallout 1 and 2 remakes from Bethesda any time soon - Todd wouldn’t want to “paste over” their charm
    13. You can turn on Scottish slang in the subtitles, reminds Still Wakes The Deep developer
    14. Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators announce a new RPG with "100 Extreme Despair-Filled Endings"
    15. Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Apple Arcade-only RPG Fantasian is coming to PC
    16. Square Enix are remaking a classic 90s RPG about defending an empire from a bunch of spiteful ancient heroes
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1096 (June 19 2024)
    1. American Truck Simulator is heading to Iowa in a future DLC
    2. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is headed to PC in November
    3. Ace Attorney Investigations Collection brings two Miles Edgeworth games to the PC
    4. Battle Aces is a fast and furious mechabug RTS from Blizzard talent that turns Starcraft into a game of cards
    5. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 1.0 review: reject tradition, embrace a fundamental revolution in city building
    6. Minecraft’s Tricky Trials chambers are just the right amount of tricky
    7. Elden Ring boss Hidetaka Miyazaki reflects on how becoming a father might influence his future games
    8. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree review: yeah, it's basically a sequel
    9. Steam Next Fext 2024's most popular demos include goblin maid sims, horror shooters and a Chinese game about an unmarried no-lifer
    10. The Remake Of The End Of The Greatest RPG Of All Time is a puzzle game hidden inside a fictional RPG
    11. The Habbos return in Habbo Hotel: Origins, a relaunch of the 2000s chatroom game
    12. Bandai Namco's rather glorious-looking Baten Kaitos RPG remasters are now on Steam
    13. Paradox shutter studio Tectonic and cancel troubled Sims competitor Life By You
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1095 (June 18 2024)
    15. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jun 18)
    1. Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard says
    2. A Quiet Place video game resurfaces with a new name, first look at gameplay and 2024 release date
    3. Baldur’s Gate 3 mod update will be Larian’s ‘final handover’ to players
    4. Lords of the Fallen reboot Lords of the Fallen is getting a sequel in 2026, probably called Lords of the Fallen
    5. Fumes is a Mad Max-tinted open world Twisted Metal full of absolutely furious rally cars
    6. Embracer shut down Alone In The Dark rebooters Pieces Interactive, creators of Magicka and Titan Quest DLCs
    7. Still Wakes The Deep review: soaked in sea horror and shiveringly good voice acting
    8. Shovel Knight is getting online co-op as part of a new Shovel Of Hope DX edition for its 10th anniversary
    9. Dragon Age: The Veilguard strips your RPG party down to two companions, but they'll be "deeper" with a lot more banter
    10. While you're waiting for Shadow Of The Erdtree, Elden Ring has some free hair for you
    11. The Maw - 17th-22nd June 2024
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1094 (June 17 2024)
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jun 17)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: art game maker and level design expert Robert Yang
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1093 (June 16 2024)
    4. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jun 16)
    1. Lollipop Chainsaw RePop will arrive on PC this September with 4K and 60fps support
    2. Armello and Solium Infernum developers League Of Geeks are going "into hibernation"
    3. Wizard With A Gun developer Galvanic Games are closing down
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1092 (June 15 2024)
    6. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jun 15)
    1. Dragon Age's former lead writer has many, mostly positive thoughts on Veilguard's romance options, story and environments
    2. Jackbox Party Pack is finally adding a shared launcher to switch between the best of each game collection
    3. Cities: Skylines 2 achieves ultimate catharsis by deleting landlords to fix spiralling rent prices in its next patch
    4. Final Fantasy Tactics remaster reportedly “real and happening”, giving hope for one of the series’ finest to finally come to PC
    5. Souls devs FromSoftware also want Bloodborne on PC, even if the game's own director can’t admit it
    6. Our Adventurer Guild is a super approachable merc management dark horse
    7. Reviewing the unsolicited pictures of artificial houseplants that arrived in the RPS inbox without context
    8. Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess was the best game I played at Summer Game Fest
    9. Disco Elysium studio bosses humiliated the cancelled expansion's lead writer for speaking to journalists, claims report
    10. The Kingdom Hearts games are now out on Steam, don't ask me to explain them
    11. The developers of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault are making a 1920s school detective mystery
    12. Greenskins, Ogres, and Khorne are all coming in the next DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jun 14)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1091 (June 14 2024)
    1. Everywhere's no-code game creation tools get a closed beta next week
    2. Minecraft's Tricky Trials update is out, adding new challenge chambers, mobs and an auto-crafter
    3. Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown is coming to Steam in August
    4. Comically vast Helldivers 2 patch adds to the game's Galactic strategy map while making stealth easier and armoured enemies fewer
    5. In the hands, Phantom Blade Zero owes more to Ninja Gaiden than Soulslikes
    6. After 10 years in early access, 7 Days To Die finally has a release date for version 1.0
    7. RIP Alpha Doshaguma, the doomed dragonfighting guinea pig of my Monster Hunter Wilds demo
    8. Phantom Line, the "paranormal SWAT" shooter from former Cyberpunk and Bioshock devs, has a time-limited demo
    9. Mental Salvo is an "infinite open world" art game full of procedurally generated surprises
    10. Our 9 favourite demos from the summer Steam Next Fest
    11. Valve owe you 44 quid, according to a £656m lawsuit against the company for allegedly overcharging UK customers
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1090 (June 13 2024)
    2. Today's NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jun 13)
    3. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will let you bring over your choices from Inquisition - whether you still have your save or not
    4. Most Elden Ring players on Steam won’t even be able to play its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC next week
    5. Virtual pet sim Weyrdlets is like Animal Crossing on your desktop, except you might get some real-life work done too
    6. Still Wakes the Deep, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun and Deathsprint 66 makers to lay off hundreds of staff
    7. Felvidek review: a black comedy medieval RPG that’s all about honeyed words and grubby deeds
    8. Can you guess which Australian TV sci-fi of the early 2000s inspired Citizen Sleeper 2?
    9. Disco Samurai is a brutally difficult and brilliant Sekiro-like rhythm slasher
    10. How to get the Uchigatana in Elden Ring
    11. Alice B is leaving RPS, come say goodbye
    12. Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs in "union busting" move
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1089 (June 12 2024)
    14. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jun 11)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jun 12)
    2. Hotel Galactic is a cosy management game that aims to channel Spirited Away
    3. Charming action-RPG Cat Quest 3 releases this August and there's a Steam Next Fest demo now
    4. Caves Of Qud's final update before 1.0 adds new UI, and mouse and gamepad support
    5. Arcane's second season will be its last, says its first trailer
    6. Someone finally beat the hardest racetrack ever made in Trackmania, and it only took them 220 hours to finish
    7. The first 45 minutes of Dragon Age: The Veilguard feel as much like Mass Effect 2 as Inquisition
    8. Metal Slug Tactics’ demo is pure nostalgia for better and worse
    9. FACEMINER is a dystopian management sim where you'll take great pleasure in harvesting mugshots for money
    10. How to get the Twinblade in Elden Ring
    11. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: Pre-download times
    12. Leak suggests a Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater release date exactly 20 years after the original
    13. The Caravan SandWitch demo teases a gorgeous exploration-adventure
    14. PSA: Please leave my horrible silver frog sons alone as you grind for Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1088 (June 11 2024)
    2. Star Trucker delivers its chill mix of Euro Truck Simulator and Freelancer onto Steam and Game Pass this September
    3. Streets of Fortuna is a chaotic The Sims-like in an ambitious open-world city sandbox, made with the help of Dwarf Fortress creators
    4. Star Wars Outlaws feels about as Han Solo-ish as, well, an Ubisoft open world game
    5. Anno 117: Pax Romana takes the city-builder series back to Ancient Rome next year
    6. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is actually two games competing for your affections
    7. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake resurfaces after years of silence to tease a release… in 2026
    8. Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown's first story DLC, Mask Of Darkness, arrives in September
    9. The combat in Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn feels a bit floaty, but at least its café staff have ten hands
    10. I Am Your Beast is a John Wick-ensian FPS from the El Paso, Elsewhere developer
    11. 8 Wuthering Waves combat tips and tricks
    12. It won’t fit the Asus ROG Ally X, but Dbrand’s Project Killswitch is a lovely upgrade for the original Ally
    13. Wuthering Waves Yangyang best build
    14. Generation Exile is a new sustainable citybuilder from the Mark Of The Ninja and Gone Home devs
    15. Wuthering Waves Chixia best build
    16. Wuthering Waves Baizhi best build
    17. How to defeat Thundering Mephis in Wuthering Waves
    18. Chef RPG is a foodie Stardew Valley where you brew your own drinks and try to keep the critics happy
    19. Tactical Breach Wizards gets a summer release window, then throws a man through it
    20. Do a drive-by shooting from the back of a bear in Streets of Rogue 2 this summer
    21. Wordle hint and answer #1087 (June 10 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jun 10)
    2. Boozy management sim Ale Abbey puts you in the sandals of a beer-brewing monk
    3. Annapurna’s Mixtape is a coming-of-age teen summer adventure with skating, romance and a banging soundtrack
    4. Diablo 4 Vessel Of Hatred gets October release date plus trailer which I refuse to watch because it sounds horrid
    5. The Zone is looking deadlier than ever in new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl trailer
    6. Gears of War: E-Day takes the series back to the start of the Locust War, complete with a nod to Mad World
    7. Witchy, swampy action-adventure South Of Midnight gets a proper gameplay trailer with island-sized alligators
    8. New Indiana Jones And The Great Circle trailer shows snow nazis making train noises and not much else
    9. Microsoft Flight Simulator's aviation career-focused sequel arrives this November
    10. Life is Strange: Double Exposure brings back original hero Max Caulfield for a dimension-hopping murder-mystery this October
    11. Playground's Fable slated for 2025 release - here's a trailer hinting at what it's like to play
    12. Perfect Dark reboot resurfaces with stealth, parkour, and spy gadgetry
    13. Age Of Mythology: Retold swims like a suspicious swan on to PC and Game Pass this September
    14. MGS Delta gameplay trailer gives a first eyeful of The Boss and earful of David Hayter in Snake Eater remake
    15. The very first Dragon Age: The Veilguard trailer makes it look like a Fortnite heist movie
    16. Starfield's Shattered Space expansion looks to amp up the horror later this year
    17. DOOM: The Dark Ages comes rampaging in on a chainsaw shield next year
    18. State Of Decay 3's latest trailer goes for the emotions with a big makeshift cleaver
    19. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 sets a release date for the end of October, open beta on the way
    20. What's on your bookshelf?: author and games writer-abouter Alice Bell
    21. The Sunday Papers
    22. Wordle hint and answer #1086 (June 9 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jun 9)
    2. Lost And Found Co. is a hidden object adventure in which you play as a duck-turned-human intern
    3. The Finals season three takes its destructive players to 16th-century Kyoto next week
    4. Wholesome Direct 2024 featured an hour of delightful-looking games, cosy and otherwise
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Jun 8)
    7. System Shock remakers Nightdive Studios are remastering The Thing
    8. Tenjutsu is a speedy and stylish beat ‘em up from Dead Cells designer
    9. You can play Cult of the Lamb with a friend in a local co-op update this summer
    10. Leery first-person reality show The Crush House steps into the limelight in August
    11. Door disrespecting FPS Anger Foot is out July 11th
    12. Would you look at the size of this puzzle cube in The Talos Principle 2’s upcoming expansion
    13. Possessor(s) is a side-scroller from the folks behind Hyper Light Drifter
    14. Monster Hunter Wilds' new trailer shows sick cutscenes and lizard-worms that are gonna make even sicker pants
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1085 (June 8 2024)
    1. Everything announced and featured at Day Of The Devs 2024 in one place
    2. We’re finally getting our big budget Kevin Costner’s Waterworld game in Tides Of Tomorrow
    3. Spelunky creator’s mega-collection of fictional retro games UFO 50 will finally be out this September
    4. Latest Phantom Blade Zero trailer sure makes it look like an over-powered Sekiro
    5. Petal Runner is a slice-of-life Gameboy Advance style RPG about being a digital pet courier
    6. The Stanley Parable co-creator announces a tea-brewing sim that's secretly not-so-cosy
    7. The new Skate resurfaces with a surprise Tim Robinson appearance, snippets of gameplay and plans for a playtest expansion
    8. Battle Vision Network is a competitive match-three puzzle battler from the makers of Grindstone
    9. Palworld’s Sakurajima update adds a new island and lots more and I can only assume that’s a good thing
    10. Alan Wake 2 is getting a three episode Night Springs expansion tomorrow
    11. Among Us devs reveal indie game fund Outersloth alongside new games from the creators of Celeste, Venba and Thirsty Suitors
    12. The First Descendant brings Warframe style looter shooting this July
    13. Roguelike shooter Killer Bean brings its mix of Just Cause physics, Matrix gunfights and PS2 energy to early access this summer
    14. Digital Eclipse are making a new Power Rangers game with extreme Sonic Mania energy
    15. Mountain climber Cairn is like Death Stranding meets an unforgiving Jusant
    16. Bokeh's Silent Hill and Siren-esque Slitterhead gets release date and new in-game trailer
    17. Gris dev’s next gorgeous platformer Neva has all the emotional jumping you expect, plus the combat you don’t
    18. Metaphor: ReFantazio has over 40 persona-like archetypes to evolve and combine, still looks a lot like Persona (complimentary)
    19. Tears Of Metal is a normal night out in Scotland with slightly more co-op roguelike stabbing
    20. 8 player co-op zombie smasher No More Room In Hell 2 releases in early access this October
    21. Sid Meier's Civilization 7 is coming in 2025, with more details in August
    22. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions gets September release date in new trailer
    23. Lego Horizon Adventures follows Forbidden West with a co-op spin-off, and we won’t have to wait for it on PC
    24. Half Sword's demo is a chivalric edition of Gang Beasts in which people are disemboweled for hats
    25. Sonar Shock turns retro interface friction into a design strength
    26. Wuthering Waves Jiyan best build
    27. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: How long is it?
    28. Doom Eternal’s Mars Core still represents the perfect use of unwelcome cutscenes
    29. How to defeat Mourning Aix in Wuthering Waves
    30. How to defeat Feilian Beringal in Wuthering Waves
    31. How to use the Synthesizer in Wuthering Waves
    32. How to defeat Mech Abomination in Wuthering Waves
    33. How to level up Fortes in Wuthering Waves
    34. Elden Ring: Legendary Spell locations
    35. Playing Bella Wants Blood is satisfying in the same way pulling clogged hair from a shower drain is
    36. This game will be deleted from Steam unless players can beat the developers at it
    37. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Jun 7)
    38. Wordle hint and answer #1084 (June 7 2024)
    1. Suicide Squad failed for all the reasons you could have guessed it failed, report says
    2. The next Dragon Age game has a new name, Dragon Age: The Veilguard
    3. Game Pass's new games for June include Octopath Traveler 2 and the return of the original
    4. Spilled! is PowerWash Simulator’s oceangoing cousin, and just as chilled
    5. Wuthering Waves Calcharo best build
    6. Glyphica has you type to survive against relentless waves of evil words
    7. Wuthering Waves Jianxin best build
    8. How to get Phantom Echoes in Wuthering Waves
    9. How to defeat Lampylumen Myriad in Wuthering Waves
    10. How to cook food in Wuthering Waves
    11. Slay The Spire meets Yakuza’s claw machines in Dungeon Clawler
    12. Elden Ring: Best Sorceries
    13. How to defeat Impermanence Heron in Wuthering Waves
    14. How to defeat Tempest Mephis in Wuthering Waves
    15. Selaco early access review: GZDoom wizardry makes for sophisticated FPSing reminiscent of F.E.A.R.
    16. All the Computex 2024 PC hardware announcements that are actually interesting
    17. I do not remember Minesweeper featuring this much horrible AI porno-spam, or cranial trauma
    18. Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail is looking summer ready as we explore the new land of Tural
    19. Hollywood Animal is a nifty and detailed golden age simulator populated with eminently hireable alcoholics
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Jun 6)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #1083 (July 6 2024)
    1. Baldur’s Gate 3 will add official mod tools this September, making it even easier to play dungeon master
    2. The Last of Us 2 will reportedly follow Part 1 onto PC, but potentially not until next year
    3. The PlayStation VR2 PC adapter gets a release date and price, but a lot of its best features won’t work
    4. Wuthering Waves Verina best build
    5. Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour are laying off almost 100 staff, mere months after they cut dozens of devs
    6. Elden Ring lore and story explained
    7. Enotria: The Last Song's demo reveals a sunnier Soulslike with a powerful sense of theatre
    8. I met a money-eating axe murderer in Sorry We're Closed and now so can you
    9. Silkbulb Test's demo is a fun quiz game as long as you ignore the noises and don't look behind you
    10. Space-Western Wild Bastards has OK shooty, decent looty, but darn fine rooty and tooty
    11. Hammer of the gods comes down on the weapons of Hades 2 in the roguelike's latest patch, but in a good way
    12. Bungie reveal fixes for Destiny 2 The Final Shape DLC connection bugs, as players battle weirdly scented error codes
    13. You can’t have sex with yourself in The Alters, “but it’s not like this topic is totally removed”
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1082 (June 5 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Jun 5)
    2. Just Cause creators Avalanche lay off 50 people and close their Montreal and New York studios
    3. Phantom Spark is a hover racer of impeccable chill and wistful fantasy worldbuilding
    4. Jacking in to Stellaris as a fanatical cyberpunk corporate cult in The Machine Age
    5. How Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree's new levelling system makes life easier for newcomers... or harder for veterans
    6. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree hollows out everything you loved about Elden Ring, and it's brilliant
    7. Deeply unusual gardening game Grunn’s shear snip deserves every award Geoff Keighley has ever invented
    8. Elden Ring: Best light weapons
    9. They have been racing for a month
    10. Mech Engineer's demo is for people who love hateful interface design
    11. Wuthering Waves tier list
    12. How Deep Rock Galactic Season 5 drills back down to basics
    13. The Yakuza TV show is coming out on Amazon Prime in October
    14. Tactical Breach Wizards is refreshingly unlike XCOM despite wearing the same tactical underwear
    15. Update: Card Bard is a suspicious deckbuildy shooter with some familiar assets
    16. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Jun 4)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1081 (June 4 2024)
    1. Helldivers 2 Major Order turns planet into black hole as rumours of returning Illuminate faction intensify
    2. Here's a demo for Megacopter, a Desert Strike parody with a splash of Mars Attacks
    3. Don't expect big reveals at Summer Games Fest, says Geoff Keighley
    4. All currencies in Wuthering Waves explained
    5. Wuthering Waves: endgame modes explained
    6. Wuthering Waves: Tactical Hologram Challenges explained
    7. Wuthering Waves: Resonance Liberation and Energy explained
    8. Baldur's Gate 3 once had a portable hole, but Swen Vincke says it would have been a "crime against humanity"
    9. Wuthering Waves next Banner and Banner schedule
    10. I made the witchy cottage of my dreams in Tiny Glade
    11. You need an entire crew to pilot this homemade tank simulator
    12. The Maw - 3rd-9th June
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1080 (June 3 2024)
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Jun 3)
    3. What's on your bookshelf?: Obsidian vet and Pentiment creator Josh Sawyer
    4. The Sunday Papers
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Jun 2)
    2. Wordle hint and answer #1079 (June 2 2024)
    3. Nightmare Kart, the Bloodborne-inspired PSX-styled racing game, is out now
    4. Wildermyth's developers are going into hibernation, with no sequel or new project planned
    5. Wolcen: Lords Of Mayhem won't receive new updates and its multiplayer will switch off in September
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?