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August 2024 Archive

    1. Steam's Space Exploration Fest kicks off deals and demos on September 2nd
    2. Against The Storm is getting frogs and a new biome in its first expansion this September
    3. Fallout 1 and 2 (and Tactics) are currently free-to-keep from the Epic Games Store
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1169 (August 31 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hints and answers (Saturday 31st)
    2. Witching Stone has you joining up shapes into spells and is massively charming - here's a demo
    3. Show less, randomise more: a Cyberpunk 2077 designer on how to stop open worlds feeling exhausting
    4. Star Wars Outlaws tips and tricks for beginners
    5. Do you spend skill points and upgrades immediately, or wait until you hit a wall?
    6. How to infiltrate Gorak's base in Star Wars Outlaws
    7. Black Myth Wukong: Chen Loong questline walkthrough
    8. The mommy mechs of The Forever Winter are stomping into early access next month
    9. Floops Big House Adventure is a Nickelodeon Saturday morning gross-out shooter
    10. Konami's Castlevania Dominus Collection bundles up three DS hits and one arcade remaster for £20 or $25
    11. Darkest Dungeon 2's free strategy game Kingdoms update is coming in three parts, with the first due in 2024
    12. Remedy partner with Annapurna to co-finance Control 2 and explore Control and Alan Wake TV and film adaptations
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1168 (August 30 2024)
    14. NYT Connections hints and answers (Friday 30th)
    1. Star Wars Outlaws: Counterfeit Credits quest walkthrough
    2. Star Wars Outlaws: Smoke Bomb Compressor location
    3. Rejoice fellow pagans, for stop-motion Scottish Border brawler Judero will launch in September
    4. Bloody on-foot racer Deathsprint 66 is getting singleplayer PvE modes with grisly challenges
    5. Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make
    6. Sumerian Six is Shadow Tactics but you're hitting Nazis in the back of the skull with a hammer
    7. Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 developer union have accused Activision Blizzard and Microsoft of “bad faith bargaining”
    8. The original Resident Evil 2 from 1998 comes shambling and groaning back to PC
    9. Bungie reportedly fired Marathon reboot director Chris Barrett for "unwanted" and "inappropriate" messages to female staff
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1167 (August 29 2024)
    11. NYT Connections hints and answers (Thursday 29th)
    1. Greedfall 2 developers call a strike over working conditions, lack of gender equality and parity, and “global mismanagement”
    2. Star Wars Outlaws: Best skills
    3. Black Myth Wukong: How to upgrade armor
    4. Run From Mummies will probably tickle Power Stone players as much as it does pyramid-robbing children
    5. Endzone 2 early access review: rebuild humanity as a post-apocalyptic plate-spinner
    6. Black Myth Wukong: How to unlock more curio slots
    7. Noughties-style JRPG Clair Obscur wants to recapture the glories of Lost Odyssey, with a touch of Devil May Cry
    8. Stormgate early access review: this StarCraft wannabe brims with potential, but makes a poor first impression
    9. “Spell words with over 25 different letters” as you travel through “Yorkshire-sounding” places in puzzle RPG Sternly Worded Adventures
    10. Star Wars Outlaws Rejected quest walkthrough
    11. Fair play to Saber - Space Marine 2’s roadmap has all the juicy bits for free, although sprucing up your blueberry mates will cost you
    12. NYT Connections hints and answers (Wednesday 28th)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1166 (August 28 2024)
    1. Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remaster are maybe hopefully possibly finally coming out next March
    2. When do you unlock space travel in Star Wars Outlaws?
    3. Activision cancelled Crash Bandicoot 5 to make room for more online live service games, claims report
    4. Secret best Tolkien game Return To Moria gets Steam release with Steam Deck support and new sandbox mode
    5. Star Wars Outlaws review: a perfectly ok bit of star war
    6. Star Wars Outlaws: Best Trailblazer upgrades
    7. How to make Credits fast in Star Wars Outlaws
    8. Anime Fighters Simulator codes
    9. How to get a Slicing Kit in Star Wars Outlaws
    10. Star Wars Outlaws: Best Speeder upgrades
    11. Metroidvania Uruc is like Rain World but the slugcat gets a shotgun and pilots a mech
    12. World Of Warcraft's latest expansion The War Within is live, adding a new continent, hero talents and Delves
    13. All Bell Bearing locations in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    14. Here's a demo for Dead By Daylight spin-off The Casting Of Frank Stone, from the makers of Until Dawn
    15. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1165 (August 27 2024)
    17. NYT Connections hints and answers (Tuesday 27th)
    1. Does Metal Gear Solid need a new Kojima? Konami have “many people” in mind, but it's "difficult"
    2. Wordle hint and answer #1164 (August 26 2024)
    3. NYT Connections hints and answers (Monday 26th)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Supermassive and Niantic narrative designer Anastasia Dukakis
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1163 (August 25 2024)
    4. NYT Connections hints and answers (Sunday 25th)
    1. Let's have a staring contest
    2. You can now filter Steam reviews to show those who "played mostly on Steam Deck"
    3. Deadlock, Valve's new multiplayer shooter, now has a barebones Steam page
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    5. NYT Connections hints and answers (Saturday 24th)
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1162 (August 24 2024)
    2. Amazingly grim retro sci-fi android spelunker Lorn’s Lure finally has a release date
    3. Five Gods Of Kung Fu is a cheerfully silly fighting homage
    4. How to find the three bell locations in Black Myth Wukong
    5. Turn-based strategy game Bonaparte wants to redo the French Revolution, but this time with mechs
    6. T-Rexes aren’t the only twist that Dinolords puts on medieval strategy
    7. What would a faithful George RR Martin game actually look like?
    8. Glamtime never ends in Infinity Nikki, the open world dress-up game from Zelda talent
    9. Reignbreaker is an anti-establishment roguelike that’s clearly pro-Hades
    10. Here's an open world zombie survival game set in medieval.... Birmingham?
    11. Even Tactical Breach Wizards' developer commentary can be used to knock people out of windows
    12. The full original Marathon trilogy is now free on Steam, but Bungie are still quiet on the reboot
    13. Everspace 2 turns Monster Hunter with secret nebula-dwelling kaiju that are essentially living procgen dungeons
    14. Star Wars Outlaws release time and date
    15. Black Myth: Wukong needs an Assassin's Creed-style discovery mode
    1. NYT Connections hints and answers (Friday 23rd)
    2. Wordle hint and answer #1161 (August 23 2024)
    3. Diplomacy Is Not An Option's castle-building spectacle-strategy gets a 1.0 release October 4th
    4. Steam Rhythm Fest is underway with discounts and demos for games with a good beat
    5. Tokyo Xtreme Racer is returning after 18 years, with a new game coming to Steam next year
    6. Ubisoft announce new back-to-roots Heroes of Might & Magic game with the Iratus devs in charge
    7. The Callisto Protocol series returns as... top-down roguelike geezer shooter [REDACTED]
    8. I’m rooting for you Squirrel With A Gun, but you still won’t explain yourself
    9. Black Myth Wukong new game plus
    10. Black Myth Wukong PC requirements
    11. Black Myth Wukong compatibility mode explained
    12. How to use photo mode in Black Myth Wukong
    13. How to save in Black Myth Wukong
    14. How to change language to English in Black Myth Wukong
    15. New theme park manager Mars Attracts is the oddest bit of IP necromancy I’ve seen in quite some time
    16. The Blasphemous dev's new Goya-fuelled stealth tactics monastery sim is basically Umberto Eco's The Great Escape
    17. Former Unravel devs announce Scandinavian parkour mouse sim where you can walk on tongues
    18. SteamWorld Heist 2 review: a tactical trick shot across the bow of lesser strategy games
    19. Wilmot Works It Out is the picture puzzle sequel to the wonderful warehouse sim - here's a demo
    20. Starfield: Shattered Space looks like a wise return to Bethesda basics
    21. Atomfall plays like a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with Scouse accents
    22. Wordle hint and answer #1160 (August 22 2024)
    23. NYT Connections hints and answers (Thursday 22nd)
    1. BioWare detail Dragon Age: The Veilguard's PC-specific graphics features and controller options
    2. Cupiclaw wants to do for claw machines what Balatro did for poker
    3. Arena Breakout: Infinite F.A.C.U.L. AI Tech Demo
    4. Saber boss explains Space Marine 2's microtransactions: “People don’t want to be sold horse armour anymore"
    5. Dire comedy bloodsport King Of Meat should have been called King Of Meme
    6. Splitgate 2 remains a portal-hopping FPS delight, but it really needs to lighten up
    7. Netease gloatingly note that Overwatch-like Marvel Rivals won't make you unlock heroes, unlike Overwatch 2
    8. In first-person Myst-alike Looking For Fael you’re stuck in a surreal apartment maze, but you do get a Game Boy Advance SP
    9. Dune Awakening will burst out of the early access sands in "early 2025"
    10. Black Myth Wukong: How to unlock Spirits
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1159 (August 21 2024)
    12. NYT Connections hints and answers (Wednesday 21st)
    1. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed again, this time until the first half of 2025
    2. Arc Raiders, extraction shooter from The Finals' devs, is no longer free-to-play and coming 2025
    3. Mafia: The Old Country coming in 2025, taking the series to early 20th century Sicily
    4. Dying Light: The Beast is a new standalone game from Techland
    5. Indiana Jones And The Great Circle releases December 9th, will hopefully contain gameplay by that point
    6. Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is both a more "relaxed" Wolfenstein and Riddick plus Nazis
    7. Little Nightmare studio’s Reanimal is a creepy co-op adventure inspired by Wind Waker and Silent Hill 2
    8. Herdling sees you guide some loveable beasts towards a mysterious summit
    9. Peter Molyneux is back with new god sim Masters Of Albion, which looks like a stripped-down Black & White
    10. All five of you will get a free buggy when you next boot up Starfield
    11. Firaxis announce Civilization 7 release date alongside new trailer full of nukes, Wonders and period celebs
    12. Path Of Exile 2 will release in early access November 15th
    13. Supermassive's next Dark Pictures horror game Directive 2080 is out 2025, and looks like Alien meets The Thing
    14. Here's a full Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 campaign level on sporadic fast-forward
    15. We now know that Borderlands 4 is a Borderlands game with 4 at the end, coming 2025
    16. RoadCraft is a heavy construction sim from the makers of MudRunner
    17. You can’t fool me with your “poorly drawn” rhino barbarians, Heroes Of The Seven Islands - the classic RPG enthusiasm is palpable
    18. Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys! Boys!
    19. Black Myth: Wukong's record-setting launch popularity soured by co-publisher request to avoid "feminist propaganda" in streams
    20. Wasteland Waste Disposal is a cute clean 'em up set in a toxic world (not ours)
    21. Star Wars Outlaws: PC system requirements
    22. All Black Myth Wukong Keeper's Shrines
    23. Wordle hint and answer #1158 (August 20 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hints and answers (Tuesday 20th)
    2. Final Fantasy faces no "existential risk" despite lower-than-hoped PS5 sales, says FF16 director
    3. Tactical Breach Wizards review: humour, heart, smarts and playfulness conjure up an instant genre classic
    4. After three hours of Bloober's Silent Hill 2, it's unclear who is remaking who
    5. A lovely, not-at-all culty seaside day out awaits in “Story generator” sim Marry a Deep One: Innsmouth Simulator
    6. Dead Cells gets its final update after 8 years of development, bringing it to a cursed close
    7. Activision shut down Modern Warfare multiplayer mod H2M to stop it "interfering" with Black Ops 6 sales, says mod maker
    8. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    9. Why didn't Silent Hill 2 Remake studio Bloober start by remaking Silent Hill 1? The devs explain
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1157 (August 19 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hints and answers (Monday 19th)
    2. What's on your bookshelf?: Nightingale, Absolver, and Total War: Warhammer writer Dan Griliopoulos
    3. The Sunday Papers
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1156 (August 18 2024)
    5. NYT Connections hints and answers (Sunday 18th)
    1. JDM: Rise Of The Scorpion offers a free prologue of drift racing around rural Japan
    2. Trombone Champ: Unflattened brings the tooting simulator to virtual reality this autumn
    3. Minecraft's multiplayer Realms servers have been down since its last patch over three days ago
    4. What are we all playing this weekend?
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1155 (August 17 2024)
    6. Connections hints and answers (Saturday 17th)
    1. Troubled fairytale sim Nightingale is getting a Realms Rebuilt update that trades procgen for "handcrafted" story worlds
    2. Trash Bandits is a damned tricky platformer, but too fun to resent
    3. From Baldur's Gate to Rogue Trader, the latest RPG-themed Humble Bundle is a horrifying assault on your time
    4. The Last Of Us Part 2’s AI deserved as much attention as its storytelling
    5. Black Myth: Wukong review: a refreshing adventure after Elden Ring's knotty DLC
    6. How to use Shadow Realm Blessing in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    7. Let’s beat some usefulness out that Black Myth: Wukong benchmark tool
    8. Where is Scadutree Base in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?
    9. Hunt Showdown's 1896 relaunch is live and facing player derision over the new UI, bugs and performance
    10. The next Total War: Warhammer 3 update will let your dwarves play tall by delving greedily and deep
    11. Mellow mountain biker Lonely Mountains: Downhill is getting a wintry sequel about skiing
    12. Activision are finally cutting down Call Of Duty's horrendous install sizes for Black Ops 6's release
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1154 (August 16 2024)
    14. Connections hints and answers (Friday 16th)
    1. Inzoi begins its fight for The Sims' crown with a time-limited character creator trial on August 20th
    2. Railroad Corporation 2 will begin laying track in front of its moving Early Access train on September 9th
    3. The Plucky Squire will bust from the pages of the release date calendar on September 17th
    4. Let's Build A Dungeon is a management game about running a dev studio and designing your own subscription MMO
    5. Stellaris turns Twister with new Cosmic Storms you can bend to your will
    6. Defect is a very loud cyberpunk "immersive shooter" from ex-Call Of Duty, Doom and Naughty Dog devs
    7. Cosy building game Tiny Glade finally has a release date, plus ducks
    8. Who is the final boss in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?
    9. Space Marine 2’s co-op suggests it is in fact jetpacks that make the dream work
    10. Homeworld 3's latest free update and paid DLC probably won't fix its negative Steam reception
    11. In retro gorefest The Lacerator there are as many solutions as you have limbs to lose
    12. Shapez 2 early access review: splendid abstract factory-building with room for a few more surprises
    13. I'll serve my Blood Bar Tycoon customers when I'm through dumping exsanguinated bodies down the sewer
    14. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 delays its medieval RPG hustling until early next year
    15. Oops... the release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard leaks a few hours early
    16. Steam’s latest update to user reviews doesn’t find your “jokes, memes, ascii art and other content” as funny as you do
    17. Connections hints and answers (Thursday 15th)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1153 (August 15 2024)
    1. Two Point Museum announced with trailer full of breakable dinosaurs and reheated cavemen
    2. The 11 best racing games on PC
    3. Reptilian Rising is an enjoyably naff toy-based tactics game featuring Spartacus, St George and Einstein
    4. Project Slayers codes
    5. The Crimson Diamond review: an enthralling retro-inspired EGA game with modern mystery style
    6. KIBORG: Arena is a free slice of Arkham-style combat starring a John Protagonist-ass punchy cyborg
    7. Outer Worlds 2 is looking "incredible", says Obsidian boss, but they did consider "throwing the whole team on Avowed"
    8. Valve are still taking SteamOS beyond the Steam Deck, though dual booting is a ways off
    9. Arrowhead emerge with a bullet-pointed peace offering to pacify mutinous Helldivers 2 players
    10. Steam now has a Trending Free tab for demos, full free games and free-to-play
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1152 (August 14 2024)
    12. Connections hints and answers (Wednesday 14th)
    1. The Dead Rising remaster no longer gives you points for "Erotica" creepshots because it's not "required" or "appropriate"
    2. Even with some annoyances, game streaming can feel like a Steam Deck cheat code
    3. Arcade shooter Nova Drift is a Petri dish in which to spawn the daftest, deadliest spaceship
    4. Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s survivors are still idiots, but at least they can die horribly in style now
    5. The Curious Expedition studio’s next game Mother Machine lets you co-op as emotional support chaos gremlins created by a lonely supercomputer
    6. Alien: Romulus has turned Alien: Isolation's savegame mechanic into a way of spoiling its own scares
    7. Abiotic Factor's biggest update yet adds new sectors to explore, plus jetpacks, jeeps and laser katanas
    8. Playstation Store lists Red Dead Redemption as “now on PC for the first time ever”
    9. Black Myth Wukong's benchmarking tool lets you test your rig's capacity for monkeying around
    10. Thousands are playing Valve's unrevealed shooter Deadlock, a blend of Team Fortress 2 and Dota with Bioshocky skyrails
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1151 (August 13 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Aug 13)
    2. Shadows Of Doubt emerges from the wet alleyway of early access with 1.0 release next month
    3. Doom modders are annoyed at the "chum-bucket" of wrongly credited mods in the latest Doom remaster
    4. Become an aging court jester trapped in a cyclical hell at the whims of a fickle audience in Conan Throwbrien
    5. PUBG owner Krafton have acquired Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP
    6. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    7. Wordle hint and answer #1150 (August 12 2024)
    8. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Aug 12)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Destiny 2 and Dishonored narrative designer Hazel Monforton
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1149 (August 11 2024)
    4. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Aug 11)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. Wordle hint and answer #1148 (August 10 2024)
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Aug 10)
    1. Here's a free miniature town-builder with trams from the creator of Viewfinder
    2. Control 2, Condor and the Max Payne remakes are shaping up just fine, say Remedy
    3. The Crush House review: sassiety of the spectacle
    4. How to get Throwing Blades in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    5. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree boss locations
    6. How to get Blade of Mercy in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    7. Where should I hang this picture of Mr Blobby devouring his son?
    8. What to do first in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    9. Splitgate 2 will add bum slides and time-altering bubbles to its portal-hopping shootsing
    10. I hope you've got a spare 190GB kicking about for God Of War Ragnarok on PC
    11. Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 PvP multiplayer certainly has that old timey Gears Of War energy
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1147 (August 9 2024)
    13. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Aug 9)
    1. Shapez 2's Early Access should run smoothly with factories 12x bigger than the first game
    2. Cat Quest 3's pun-soaked animal pirate action-RPG is out on Steam now
    3. Roblox has been banned by the Turkish government due to child safety concerns
    4. 7 Dos and 7 Don'ts in 7 Days To Die
    5. How to beat Blackgaol Knight in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    6. The Rally Point: Messy urban wargame Khaligrad is this year's low-intensity strategy game for when it's blisteringly hot out
    7. Borderlands 3 Zane build guide: Best Operative builds
    8. Borderlands 3 FL4K build guide: Best Beastmaster builds
    9. Borderlands 3 Moze build guide: Best Gunner builds
    10. Borderlands 3 Amara build guide: Best Siren builds
    11. WolfEye's new first-person RPG is "an evolution" of Prey and Dishonored featuring mechs, magnets and a continuous world
    12. Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers review: a fickle but fun roguelike that stretches Blackjack to the moon and back
    13. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Imbued Sword Key location
    14. New Elite Dangerous spaceship is advertised as a space trucker's dream, but it'll cost ya
    15. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: Well Depths Key location
    16. Iris Of Occultation locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    17. Iris Of Grace locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    18. Sliding Hero turns a contentious puzzle type into an otherworldly jaunt through a cursed Venetian carnival
    19. How to get Sword Of Light in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    20. In dark kingdom sim My Lovely Empress you run an empire with the help of summoned demon ladies
    21. New screenshots from canceled Paradox sim Life By You show off all the fits we’ll never get
    22. Meta reportedly close Ready At Dawn, creators of some of the best VR games
    23. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Aug 8)
    24. Wordle hint and answer #1146 (August 8 2024)
    1. Fallout London's developers working on "huge" patch to come after its hotfixes
    2. Musical exploration toy ODDADA will launch next week
    3. Victory Heat Rally looks like an electrifying retro arcade racer, and it's releasing this winter
    4. How to get to Abyssal Woods in Shadow of The Erdtree
    5. All Furnace Golem locations in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    6. How to get Smithscript Greathammer in Elden Ring DLC
    7. UK video game voice actor's union proposes new minimum rates and protections against AI and abusive NDAs
    8. How to get Milady in Shadow Of The Erdtree
    9. Former Assassin's Creed and Warhammer Online dev announces new fantasy game based on Welsh myth
    10. There should be a Callisto Protocol 2, says Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: "we had to cut two and a half bosses"
    11. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: System requirements
    12. How to get Light Greatswords in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    13. I spent a week using supermarket own-brand gaming peripherals, and suggest that you don’t
    14. Nvidia have added a Final Fantasy XVI driver profile, fuelling PC release hopes
    15. You won’t be seeing the Balatro IP used by casinos or gambling companies - the developer has forbidden it in his will
    16. Tower Of Fantasy codes
    17. Total War Warhammer 3 teases new content this month, and a hotfix ensures goblins will now get dismembered correctly
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1145 (August 7 2024)
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Aug 7)
    1. Omnissiah be praised, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's system requirements are here
    2. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: How to enter Ruins Of Unte
    3. Storeroom Key location in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    4. Plant horror boss rusher Perennial Order is an oozing hybrid of Hollow Knight and Titan Souls
    5. Crusader Kings 3's "landless adventurers" are set to offer a whole new way of playing the medieval trouble sim
    6. Elden Ring: "A great rune has broken" explained
    7. Shadow Of The Erdtree: How to duplicate Remembrances
    8. Elden Ring: All 25 Revered Spirit Ash locations
    9. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Leda questline
    10. The 20 best building games on PC
    11. Black Ops 6 leak gives naughty players access to the Max Payne-ish omnimovement system for the first time
    12. One BTN Bosses' rhythmic rush is an easy sell, since you can play it with one hand in a packet of crisps
    13. Chrono Trigger meets Guitar Hero was not on my bingo card, but I’ll take it regardless
    14. Asus ROG Ally X vs Steam Deck OLED: battle of the beefed-up handhelds
    15. Best weapons in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    16. Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay is incredibly impressive even beyond its 250,000 pixel trees
    17. One of the most influential Japanese visual novels ever made gets a PC Steam remaster this week
    18. Star Wars Outlaws gets two story DLCs featuring Lando and Hondo, but only if you fork out for a special edition
    19. Wordle hint and answer #1144 (August 6 2024)
    20. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Aug 6)
    1. In cute throwback RPG Super Dungeon Muncher the dungeon is being eaten by a monster
    2. Backhand Blade locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    3. How to get Beast Claw in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    4. How to get Great Katana in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    5. How to get Wing Stance in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    6. All Map Fragment locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    7. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Church District walkthrough
    8. Please incorporate this absurd game-shuffling Sonic mod into every other video game
    9. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree: Freyja quest walkthrough
    10. Capcom show off precise aiming, wound highlights, and focus mode in new Monster Hunter Wilds reveals
    11. New SEGA trademark “Yakuza Wars” is probably not a Total War: Like A Dragon game, but let's speculate wildly anyway
    12. Valve "White Sands" project spotted on Starfield voice actor portfolio, prompting Half-Life speculation
    13. Children in Norland can now learn pig farming from their elders, the little idiots
    14. All Minecraft Smithing Template locations and how to duplicate them
    15. Baldurs Gate 3 devs tease future non-D&D games, say morale is “super high”: “we're doing our own thing again"
    16. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    17. Elden Ring: Ansbach quest walkthrough
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1143 (August 5 2024)
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Aug 5)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer Adam Smith
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1142 (August 4 2024)
    4. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Aug 4)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Aug 3)
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1141 (August 3 2024)
    2. Wreckfest 2 announced with trailer abundant in fender-bending and newly rageful drivers
    3. Gothic Remake gameplay overview reveals an eccentric open world RPG that still feels like the future
    4. Titan Quest 2 sure looks like that brighter, breezier action-RPG you Diablo 4 haters were gunning for
    5. Destiny 3 may yet happen, but Destiny's unannounced "Payback" spin-off won't, according to reports
    6. Songs of Steel: Hispania is lightweight strategy in a very snackable way
    7. World Of Goo 2 review: an inventive return to goo with some flies in the ointment
    8. Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows handheld, if you can afford it
    9. Elden Ring: How to get to Mohgwyn Palace
    10. How to beat Mohg, Lord of Blood in Elden Ring
    11. I’m in a love-hate relationship with Themeborne’s Escape series of board games
    12. Toonsouls is the Dark Souls of Cuphead, in case you’ve got one of two solid gold games journalism jokes raring to go
    13. Paradox delay Prison Architect 2 and cancel preorders: "improving the performance has proven to be a task that will take time"
    14. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Ymir questline
    15. Spectre Divide is a new tactical shooter with one big gimmick: controlling two bodies at once
    16. Bungie layoffs “couldn't be avoided” even if Destiny 2 The Final Shape had "blockbuster performance”, says report
    17. Noisy shooter Selaco is Steam Deck verified with new story stuff, AI improvements and "Randomizer" modes in the works
    18. Avowed's release delayed into 2025 to dodge "a busy season" on Game Pass, claims report
    19. The Eternal Life Of Goldman is a gorgeous, nightmare throwback to classic 16-bit platformers
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1140 (August 2 2024)
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