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September 2025 Archive

    1. Turns out a relatively important plot point in The Witcher games shouldn't exist at all, so says the books' author
    2. Sleep Awake, a visually inviting horror game from the lead dev behind Spec Ops: The Line, has a demo out now
    3. Pax Dei, the medieval EVE Online-esque MMO, gets its 1.0 release next month
    4. Just Cause devs Avalanche shut down UK studio amid wider cuts after Microsoft's shelving of Contraband
    5. You were meant to get a PowerWash Simulator 2 release date today, but it's not ready yet, so there's a demo instead
    6. Fallout: London's first DLC, Rabbit and Pork, is finally out and adds 30 new quests
    7. The former Disco Elysium devs of Summer Eternal announce their new game "Red Rooster"... in the form of a book
    8. CloverPit is a fun not-gambling roguelite satire of capitalism, but I would quite like us to stop cashing in on our own despair
    9. Civilization 7 update 1.2.5 is out now, bringing new map types, building UI improvements and Napoleon buffs
    10. Batman, good boys, and space whale texting: all the other Gamescom games I saw but didn’t have time to write about
    11. Baby Steps isn't 'Twitch slop', you have simply let your sense of wonder atrophy
    12. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 35 (The Abyss)
    13. Minos, a maze-building roguelite about a trap-happy minotaur who's tired of adventurer bull, has a demo out
    14. Yakuza Kiwami 3's Dark Ties spin-off was originally set to be a video, and here's why its protagonist sings to a photo of a bald bloke
    15. As Square Enix release Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles on PC, I renew my demand for my mate Richie to return the PSP copy I lent him 15 years ago
    16. EA's new owners are making "a huge bet" on generative AI cost-cutting to help repay a $20 billion loan, claims report
    17. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 30)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1564 (September 30 2025)
    19. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 30 Sep)
    1. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 33 (The Cradle)
    2. Capcom warn that Monster Hunter Rise, World and Wilds might not run on Windows 10 PCs after October 14th
    3. I estimate that £100,000's worth of Warhammer miniatures were slain in Dawn of War 4's new trailer
    4. Messenger is an absurdly slick, perfectly lovely free pocket world exploration game you can play in a browser
    5. Confirmed: EA are being sold to investment group led by Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner for estimated $55 billion
    6. Randy Pitchford has found his soulmate: an edgy cowboy robot named after money that's in Borderlands 4's first DLC
    7. This week in PC games: Final Fantasy Tactics, VR-free Alien, wooden mice mazes and opulent card games
    8. Fallout: London's first DLC will require a brand new save, Team FOLON confirm, but it sounds like other future add-ons won't
    9. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 29)
    10. Hollow Knight: Silksong pre-patch 3 beta update brings extra controller support and dispels nagging lategame curses
    11. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 29 Sep)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1563 (September 29 2025)
    1. What's on your bookshelf: Saltsea Chronicles, Mutazione and Thronglets' Hannah Nicklin
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sun, September 28)
    4. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 28 Sep)
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1562 (September 28 2025)
    1. Q-UP is a coin flipping eSports game that prides itself on its fairness that might be gaslighting me
    2. Genshin Impact devs' next game looks so much like Animal Crossing I'm almost not sure why it exists
    3. If you miss how much Hornet used to scream and shout, there's a Hollow Knight: Silksong mod you'll shaw-ly want to pick up
    4. FBC: Firebreak's first big update is its literal breaking point, bringing lots of system overhauls next week
    5. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 32 (Misc Quests 3)
    6. Possessor(s), the sort of Metroidvania from the devs behind Hyper Light Drifter, gets a November release date
    7. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sat, September 27)
    8. What are we all playing this weekend?
    9. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 27 Sep)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1561 (September 27 2025)
    1. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 31 (Putrified Ducts)
    2. All 21 Firmware in Borderlands 4
    3. Build a tower city all the way to heaven in this spiritual, yet logistics-heavy strategy game
    4. Consume Me is a brilliant, funny, harrowing RPG about a girl on a diet, and it's on sale now
    5. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 30 (Memorium)
    6. Borderlands 4: How to beat Axemaul
    7. Borderlands 4: How to beat Shadowpelt
    8. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 29 (High Halls)
    9. The Witcher 3's final patch delivering cross-platform mod support has been delayed until 2026
    10. Stupid sexy Hollow Knight: Silksong mods for Hornet horndogs have begun to hit the Nexus, I'm sorry to say
    11. We may never get a Dead Space 2 remake, but this huge community patch fixes a lot of the PC version's problems
    12. Rally Point: How Rise of the White Sun makes a rich playground of China's impossibly chaotic Warlord Era
    13. Having resurrected The Crew, devs behind fan revival project are now working on a big mod to restore the racer to "greatness"
    14. Microsoft block Israel's access to Azure and genAI tech used to surveil millions of Palestinian phone calls, according to report
    15. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Fri, September 26)
    16. Project Slayers codes
    17. Borderlands 4's latest update aims to deliver more performance fixes, ends up causing more stuttering for some
    18. The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X prices aren’t too bad in the UK, but tariffs bite in the US
    19. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 26 Sep)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1560 (September 26 2025)
    1. Assetto Corsa EVO motors into multiplayer racing for the first time in its latest early access update
    2. Command fleets or pilot mouthwatering starships in Nullspace, a strategy game with a "unique" take on the Fermi Paradox
    3. Ara: History Untold's big Revolutions v2.0 update is out now, aims to improve "nearly every area of the game"
    4. Borderlands 4: All 3 Primordial Vault locations
    5. Borderlands 4: All 9 Vault Key Fragment locations
    6. Civilization 7 dev explains how the revamped 4X map generator bolts together continents from Voronoi diagrams
    7. Forza Horizon 6's Japan setting and 2026 launch officially confirmed, following leak
    8. Hitman's latest free Elusive Target mission makes you Bruce Lee's bodyguard, and is out now
    9. Battlefield 6's latest campaign trailer boulderly teases a fight for "the most strategic rock in the history of warfare"
    10. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Thu, September 25)
    11. Deus Ex Remastered, a "modernized" version of Ion Storm's classic cyberpunk RPG, releases early next year
    12. Passant makes chess a roguelike, exposes my oafish brain
    13. For a jetpacking open worlder starring bug-sized Captain Picard, Infinitesimals feels a lot like Operation Flashpoint
    14. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 25 Sep)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1559 (September 25 2025)
    1. Nioh 3's release date reportedly leaks via Amazon Japan ahead of PlayStation State of Play
    2. First gameplay trailer for Returnal follow-up Saros reveals a gentler roguelike that's no less abundant in bullets
    3. Marvel's Wolverine at long last gets a borderline uncomfortably bloody gameplay trailer, and a PS5 release window
    4. ZA/UM’s spy thriller Zero Parades sure looks like Disco Elysium in glasses and a moustache
    5. If you're wondering whether a first-person Soulslike works or not, you can now sign up to playtest Valor Mortis
    6. Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown looks like a field day for micro managers in its first gameplay trailer
    7. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 24 (Deep Docks 2)
    8. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 28 (Sands Of Karak)
    9. Monster Hunter Wilds' collab with Final Fantasy 14 looks like a neat way to do some digital cosplay
    10. Peak wants you to waste your time on silly things like basketball and chess in its latest, climbing-averse update
    11. Helldivers 2 update targeting key performance issues arrives next month, Arrowhead reckon it'll be a "noticeable improvement"
    12. Steam's latest beta lets you easily check if you have Secure Boot enabled before firing up Battlefield 6 or Call of Duty
    13. Hades 2 1.0 review
    14. All Borderlands 4 Legendary Weapons and gear
    15. Steam's redesigned store menu is out in beta, so you can take the freshly embiggened search bar for a spin
    16. If you like Banner Saga and Wildermyth, you might like the desperate running battles of tactics RPG Lost In The Open
    17. Silent Hill f modder removes the fog a day before release, beginning game's logical transformation into a wholesome life sim
    18. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Wed, September 24)
    19. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties drops in early 2026, as RGG pair remake with a new spin-off starring baddie Mine
    20. Amnesia creators Frictional are teasing what could be Soma 2 through a sinister luxury hotel website
    21. Demi and the Fractured Dream looks like a good fit for Breath of the Wild haters that miss the old 3D Zeldas
    22. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 24 Sep)
    23. Wordle hint and answer #1558 (September 24 2025)
    1. Arc Raiders' devs would you like you to slam its servers with one last, open to all tech test next month
    2. Rematch season 1 will let you play with your console buddies, adds in a new mode, and has some nice quality of live improvements
    3. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 27 (The Slab)
    4. Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix brings some good news for those of you on Steam Deck
    5. Ananta looks expensive, like a mix of GTA, Spider-Man, and Yakuza, and a bit overwhelming
    6. A spark of co-op magic keeps Jump Space flying though early access turbulence
    7. Streamer raising funds for cancer care loses $32,000 to Steam game malware thanks to "appalling levels of vetting"
    8. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 25 (Wisp Thicket)
    9. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 26 (Bilewater)
    10. I'm happy to report that Menace feels just as deadly and uncaring as Battle Brothers
    11. The Palworld devs are making their very own Pal-filled Stardew Valley
    12. Knock knock. Who's there? The first proper OD trailer from Hideo Kojima. The first proper OD trailer from Hideo Kojima who? The first proper OD trailer from Hideo Kojima who now appears terrified of doors
    13. Darktide’s Bound by Duty update reworks three of its playable oddballs
    14. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 23)
    15. "Here comes the feeling" promises Kojima in latest maddening tease for Metal Gear-like Physint
    16. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 23 Sep)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1557 (September 23 2025)
    1. Dying Light: The Beast developers are working on fixes for broken day-night cycles and indoor rain
    2. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 22 (Mount Fay)
    3. Here are 239 imaginative, daft or broken falling block games featuring laser drones, LocoRocos and playing cards
    4. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 10 (Misc Quests)
    5. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 15 (Sinner's Road)
    6. Dying Light: The Beast review
    7. Silksong's latest public update fixes its worst boss, but not as much as you're likely hoping
    8. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 22)
    9. This week in PC games: Tokyo Game Show, Silent Hill, babel city-building and an RPG about a fugitive king
    10. Silent Hill f review
    11. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 22 Sep)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1556 (September 22 2025)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: author and narrative designer Heidi McDonald
    2. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sun, September 21)
    3. The Sunday Papers
    4. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 21 Sep)
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1555 (September 21 2025)
    1. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sat, September 20)
    2. What are we all playing this weekend?
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 20 Sep)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1554 (September 20 2025)
    1. Build island factory towns for fat cats in Whiskerwood, the latest sooty strategy sim from Hooded Horse and the Railgrade devs
    2. Creators of Reigns, Streets of Rage and Saturnalia launch Palestinian Voices in Gaming to support indies from Gaza and the West Bank
    3. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 23 (Misc Quests 2)
    4. Endless Legend 2's demo had its critics - here's how Amplitude are changing the early access build in response
    5. Umurangi Generation devs sign up Disco Elysium's Furies to voice their new penguin open worlder, which looks like The Thing
    6. Don't Get Your Hopes Up is all architectural horror, human warmth, and unnervingly stoic pigeons
    7. Study into inverted versus uninverted controls suggests we can stop having pointless arguments about it
    8. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Fri, September 19)
    9. Steam is now blocking NSFW updates for published adult-only games, according to a raunchy RPG developer
    10. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 19 Sep)
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1553 (September 19 2025)
    1. Borderlands 4 gets a new PC patch to fix crashes, progression blockers and GPU-related problems
    2. Hollow Knight Silksong: Where is the Hunter's March Bench?
    3. Tencent accuse Sony of trying "to fence off a well-trodden corner of popular culture" with their Horizon copyright lawsuit
    4. Yes, Hollow Knight: Silksong has "some moments of steep difficulty" Team Cherry admit, but have you considered going for a pre-boss walk
    5. Dying Light: The Beast is out, dark, Steam Deck Verified
    6. Endless Legend 2's early access launch is a triumph of asymmetrical 4X design, but I do wish it were even stranger
    7. Hollow Knight Silksong: How to do the Last Judge boss runback
    8. Would-be Disco Elysium successor XXX Nightshift morphs from an isometric RPG into a third-person ski resort murder mystery
    9. Chunky, bouncy car blaster Fumes is a straightforward good time
    10. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Thu, September 18)
    11. Helldivers 2 devs Arrowhead pull new Rupture Strain bugs offline for five weeks to fix their, er, bugs
    12. Alleged Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra fight video shows Black Panther having an Angry Cat moment in a bar
    13. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 18 Sep)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1552 (September 18 2025)
    1. Escape From Tarkov's Steam release comes with a snag for people who already own it
    2. Solve your own murder and recover your brain in Blanksword, a roguelike RPG with a demo out today
    3. Here's a game where you have to end parallel worlds that only takes 10 minutes to beat for "busy working adults"
    4. Hollow Knight Silksong: All Shakra map locations
    5. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's controversial DLC clans will be in the base game after all
    6. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 21 (Whispering Vaults)
    7. Borderlands 4 review
    8. Floating island survival game Lost Skies hits 1.0 today, with a few caveats
    9. Elder Scrolls Online is switching from chapters to "bite-sized" updates in the wake of Microsoft's "awful" layoffs
    10. Little Nightmares 3 has a pint-sized bad dream demo out now, ahead of its arrival next month
    11. The Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake will release early 2026 and swaps modern-day sections for more piracy, claims report
    12. Latest Subnautica 2 video shows off giant squid Leviathan that is infinitely preferable to the usual legal drama
    13. Impressive dwarf-vs-alien autoshooter Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor burrows out of early access
    14. Crusader Kings 3 update 1.17.1 brings a heap more fixes for the Coronations DLC's misbehaving oaths
    15. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Wed, September 17)
    16. Hollow Knight: Silksong mod lets you immediately load up any boss fight when you want to get some practice in
    17. Legendary strategy boardgame Twilight Imperium is getting a proper PC adaptation with singleplayer support
    18. Delivery Must Complete is Devil May Cry for Ace Combat pilots
    19. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 17 Sep)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1551 (September 17 2025)
    1. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 20 (Cogwork Core)
    2. MindsEye's lead actor talks being the face of a game that flops hard
    3. You are a mail delivering turnip with a surprisingly nice butt in Letters to Arralla, which is out now
    4. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 18 (Whiteward)
    5. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 19 (Underworks)
    6. Dispatch, the workplace superhero comedy from former Telltale Devs, gets an episodic release date
    7. Hell Is Us lead says Silksong's short notice release date was "a little callous," even if he's happy they didn't delay it
    8. I was terrified of answering the door before playing this freaky-faced apocalyptic horror, and honestly it hasn't helped
    9. Blue Protocol: Star Resonance gets a release date a year on from its original cancellation
    10. Hollow Knight: Silksong's second patch is live in Steam beta, includes fix for bug caused by "dying to bosses while killing them"
    11. Hollow Knight Silksong: What does Curveclaw do?
    12. Hollow Knight Silksong: What does Fractured Mask do?
    13. Psst, Borderlands 4 has a pretty broken infinite damage build, and it may soon go the way of the dodo
    14. Y'know what, I’m putting my Silksong struggles on hold to become a humble deliverybug
    15. Palworld will emerge from early access in 2026, with a "truly massive" amount of stuff planned for 1.0 update
    16. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 16)
    17. Freshly released The Crew fan revival gets early fixes, devs say they aren't responsible for issues caused by game files from "shady sources"
    18. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 16 Sep)
    19. Wordle hint and answer #1550 (September 16 2025)
    1. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 16 (Exhaust Organ)
    2. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 17 (Choral Chambers)
    3. Fata Deum is here to "revive" the god sim genre, and especially the holy ghost of Black & White
    4. How to fix Ruined Tool and get Silkshot in Hollow Knight Silksong
    5. Despite fakery concerns, Stop Destroying Videogames campaign claim "around 97%" of their signatures are valid so far
    6. Is 128 players too much for a multiplayer FPS? Yes, says Battlefield 6
    7. How to get the Hollow Knight Silksong Wanderer Crest
    8. How to get Act 3 in Hollow Knight Silksong
    9. I have been dreaming of labour in Easy Delivery Co
    10. Strange Antiquities review
    11. You wait all year for a quirky trolley game, then both The Trolley Solution and Troleu rock up in quick succession
    12. Troublemaker 2 is an exuberant and janky Indonesian open world game with a touch of Like A Dragon
    13. The Witcher season 4 premieres next month, Netflix show off recast Gerry from the River and vampiric Morpheus
    14. Roblox: Grow A Garden codes
    15. This week in PC games: Dying Light, a Martian themepark sim, a glossy RPG remake and some cuddly LEGO co-op
    16. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 15)
    17. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 15)
    18. Borderlands 4 update aims to "improve stability for a wide range of PCs", but comes without proper patch notes
    19. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 15 Sep)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1549 (September 15 2025)
    1. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Sun, September 14)
    2. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sun, September 14)
    3. The Sunday Papers
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1548 (September 14 2025)
    5. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 14 Sep)
    1. In Neurocracy, it's up to you to solve a murder mystery through the internet's greatest resource, Wikipedia
    2. Vampire Survivors developer Poncle on what it takes to be a good publisher: "Not everything can be a breakout hit"
    3. GOG shares their thoughts on preservation in the face of payment processor crackdowns
    4. Still getting dunked on in Dota 2? Don't worry, even Gabe Newell gets called a noob once a week, apparently
    5. Dying Light: The Beast gets a release date bump so short you'll wonder why they bothered
    6. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Sat, September 13)
    7. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sat, September 13)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1547 (September 13 2025)
    9. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 13 Sep)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly is getting a PC remake, bringing its horror photography to Steam
    3. Balatro's 1.1 update won't come out this year, so developer Localthunk can keep working at a healthy pace
    4. Valve appear to be blocking mature themed games from Steam early access release
    5. I tried the new recommended settings for Borderlands 4 and oh no, they don’t actually fix its stuttering
    6. All Pollip Hearts locations in Hollow Knight Silksong
    7. Hades 2 version 1.0 finally has a release date, praise Zeus and the rest of them
    8. Sims challenger Paralives is out in December, so it's time to scientifically assess those flirting animations
    9. French Lara Croft actor starts lawsuit over alleged AI-generated voice lines in Aspyr's Tomb Raider remasters
    10. Skyrim wizard makes it possible to fix mod conflicts and patch issues by just moving stuff around in the game
    11. There's no "spyware" in Borderlands 4, Take-Two insist, following upset over terms of service
    12. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Fri, September 12)
    13. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Fri, September 12)
    14. Slay the Spire 2's early access release delayed to a "secret Thursday" in March 2026, alternate acts teased
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1546 (September 12 2025)
    16. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 12 Sep)
    1. How to get through The Mist in Hollow Knight Silksong
    2. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 14 (Blasted Steps)
    3. Far Cry series will push multiplayer "more predominantly" going forwards, according to Ubisoft boss
    4. The Dorfromantik devs are back with Star Birds, an enchanting asteroid factory game that's out now in early access
    5. Ubisoft's deal with Saudi Arabia over free Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC has reportedly seen staff pushback
    6. Borderlands 4 is out now but our review code just arrived so I'm writing about this silly bicycle game instead
    7. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 12 (Greymoor)
    8. Cyberpunk 2077's latest patch disengages autodrive's sticky handbrake and gives it a pass to run every red light
    9. Scott Pilgrim EX continues the Netflix show’s rehabilitation of its punchy slacker hero – and might be a good beat 'em up too
    10. Dune: Awakening devs apologise for misleading Lost Harvest DLC buyers about the expansion's scale: "our communication... has not been clear enough"
    11. Befriend ghouls and poison cats in griddy retro RPG Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
    12. Battlefield 6's battle royale boasts a RING OF INSTAKILL DOOOOOOOOOM, and the playtest kicks off soon
    13. Looks like Silksong's secrets include a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Easter egg
    14. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Thu, September 11)
    15. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Thu, September 11)
    16. Paradox apologise for Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC not being "up to the standard you deserve"
    17. Following mass layoffs, Microsoft exec insists return to office mandate is "not about reducing headcount"
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1545 (September 11 2025)
    19. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 11 Sep)
    1. Assassin's Creed Shadows' next update adds in a cool staff, Ezio's threads, and some neat quality of life bits
    2. Where to find Hokers in Hollow Knight Silksong
    3. The Hearth and Harbour is a restaurant management RPG about finding community and avoiding war
    4. The devs behind Nine Sols tease a possible follow-up with a mysterious, fictitious, creepypasta video essay
    5. Football Manager 2026 will be coming home soon enough with a November release date
    6. Assemble a manga page to beat up thugs in this flashy roguelike based on a hit Japanese series
    7. The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits' first gameplay trailer presents an ethically concerning look at imaginary friends
    8. Elden Ring Nightreign's Deep of Night is nigh, so here's a big patch with more balancing tweaks than a tightrope walker
    9. Almost-great strategy game Ara: History Untold aims for bold rebirth with culture mechanics, AI tune-ups and reduced micromanagement
    10. Beefy Steam update brings custom name sorting to the masses, along with CPU temp monitoring and extra desktop mode accessibility
    11. NBA 2K26 review
    12. Do you know gun fu?
    13. Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC debuts to boos and jeers from the Steam review court, largely thanks to "broken" oath breaking
    14. Despite cutting the gags, Borderlands 4's PC specs say it still needs 100GB of SSD space
    15. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Wed, September 10)
    16. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Wed, September 10)
    17. Better for Battlefield 6 vehicles to start off "too weak", says producer to players sore about tooled-up engineers
    18. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 10 Sep)
    19. Wordle hint and answer #1544 (September 10 2025)
    1. Omega Point is a quiet mecha game where your only company at the end of the world is a radio
    2. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 13 (Weavenests)
    3. Destiny 2's not-quite-Star-Wars expansion Renegades gets a proper look-in and a release date
    4. Pacific Drive evokes some tasty horror vibes for its first big expansion, Whispers in the Woods
    5. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 11 (Bellhart)
    6. Jump Space devs outline a bevy of early access roadmap updates and an easy-on-your-wallet price point
    7. You can get a 5080 rig for $1820 right now at the Dell Outlet, saving over $600
    8. A Destiny-style social hub is "on the feature list" for Arrowhead's next game after Helldivers 2
    9. All Lost Fleas in Hollow Knight Silksong
    10. Resident Evil 2 director Kamiya says he's up for remaking Kojima's P.T., but not as a horror game because he hates those
    11. Hollow Knight: Silksong review
    12. Turns out Hollow Knight: Silksong does have another difficulty mode, just not the one you probably want
    13. Dune: Awakening's first major free update is live, boasting all-new murders, secrets, contracts and tattoos
    14. Possible GTA 6 parody websites hint at in-game activities, including buying tackle from Hookers Galore and posting creepy corndogs
    15. Hollow Knight: Silksong's first patch makes some early bosses slightly easier, out now in Steam and GOG beta
    16. Former Indiana Jones And The Great Circle art director announces Solbrand, a very different kind of archaeology game
    17. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 9)
    18. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 9)
    19. Hollow Knight: Silksong multiplayer mods are already starting to arrive, and it's not even been a Skonging week
    20. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 9 Sep)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #1543 (September 9 2025)
    1. Subscription models like Xbox Game Pass are "not properly valuing" developers, says former Bethesda exec
    2. My machine gun-toting choo-choo will enlengthen and ponder whirling orbs in Trainatic, which is out today
    3. Hollow Knight Silksong: All Silver Bells locations
    4. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 9 (Shellwood)
    5. Starfield's second DLC might involve a "Terran Armada", and that sounds quite whelming
    6. Hollow Knight: Silksong's early mods sand off its more annoying edges, including double damage and distant spawns
    7. The best free Minecraft Bedrock Texture Packs for 1.21.131
    8. Indiana Jones devs MachineGames tease another Wolfenstein game - "we have a story to tell"
    9. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 8)
    10. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 8)
    11. Paradox take "first step" in response to Bloodlines 2's DLC clan backlash with PlayStation refunds, promise more info next week
    12. This week in PC games: Borderlands 4, celestial empire building and the first big Dune: Awakening DLC
    13. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 8 Sep)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1542 (September 8 2025)
    1. Hollow Knight Silksong walkthrough: Part 8 (Wormways)
    2. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Sun, September 7)
    3. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sun, September 7)
    4. The Sunday Papers
    5. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 7 Sep)
    6. Wordle hint and answer #1541 (September 7 2025)
    1. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sat, September 6)
    2. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Sat, September 6)
    3. What are we all playing this weekend?
    4. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 6 Sep)
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1540 (September 6 2025)
    1. Dryft racing, hip-hop and pirates: the cheeky, eclectic games of Aussie studio Nonsense Machine
    2. You're listening to Vatican radio, or at least you can with freshly DLCed Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's latest patch
    3. Photograph bosses to death in this head-pulsing whirligig of a bullet hell
    4. Devolver boss calls GTA 6 an "AAAAA game" in latest attack on human dignity
    5. RoadCraft's first expansion adds a bridge layer, two new maps, and the option to make your life much tougher
    6. Team Cherry working on "quality issues" with Hollow Knight: Silksong's Simplified Chinese translation, following mixed Steam reviews
    7. Rally Point: The ants are willing to die for me in Empires Of The Undergrowth
    8. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Fri, September 5)
    9. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Fri, September 5)
    10. In rare show of hacking for joy, Blue Archive player fills the world with clones of their favourite character
    11. Hollow Knight: Silksong hates me, but loves the Steam Deck
    12. Watch out, Hollow Knight: Silksong's hiding a sneaky Stardew Valley creatorman cameo
    13. ConcernedApe assures that Stardew Valley update 1.7 won't delay Haunted Chocolatier much - it might even release first
    14. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 5 Sep)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1539 (September 5 2025)
    1. Put your neighbours under surveillance in automation horror game Beyond The Doors
    2. Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm
    3. Star Trucker's anniversary update adds wheel and joystick support to the space lorry sim, plus speed cameras
    4. Bitten by the hardware bug, Hollow Knight: Silksong gets ultrawide support
    5. Silksong has murdered Steam
    6. Anime Fighters Simulator codes
    7. Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - our review is on the way
    8. The atrocities of Hell Is Us make me wonder if 'real-world' Soulslikes have a future
    9. Helldivers 2 hotfix tackling some Into the Unjust update crashes out now, and Arrowhead are looking into PC freezing
    10. Roblox to roll out "facial age estimation technology" for everyone, after US prosecutor dubbed it "the perfect place for pedophiles"
    11. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Thu, September 4)
    12. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Thu, September 4)
    13. Lovely Lady RPG gave me mixed feelings, but in a recommend-y way
    14. Edmund McMillen says the "big important bits" of Mewgenics are done, shows off 50 minutes of weird cat roguelikery
    15. One of Valve’s forty majillion secret hardware projects is called the Steam Frame, probably
    16. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 4 Sep)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1538 (September 4 2025)
    1. 007 First Light's first proper footage reveals a posh blockbuster with bubbles of Hitman
    2. Black Myth Wukong weapons list
    3. Help a spaceship give birth before it collides with a star in Ultrasound
    4. Cowboy soulslike Tombwater gets a release date, and its cursed town ain't big enough for both you and some horrific hombres
    5. Leaked footage of Human Head's long-buried Prey 2 reveals a cyberpunk shooter with a spring in its step
    6. Giant new bug worms of Helldivers 2, I will find you and I will watch someone else kill you
    7. Can a first-person soulslike work? Playing Napoleonic parryfest Valor Mortis suggests oui
    8. Saudi government-backed firm and "giga project" now co-owns fighting game tournament Evo
    9. Arrowhead will target Helldivers 2's "crippling" tech issues now Xbox release is sorted, but would rather not do a "performance-only update"
    10. Blood of Dawnwalker's time mechanics are surprisingly relaxed, but the hero may kill NPCs if you let him get thirsty
    11. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Wed, September 3)
    12. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Wed, September 3)
    13. Xbox's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot could reportedly have been "revived", but talks over Take-Two publishing it fell through
    14. 26 years later, this excellent 4X space strategy game still has plenty of firepower, and it's also now free
    15. Hollow Knight Silksong release time
    16. The best microSD card for Steam Deck is close to its lowest price ever, and I'd snap this up ASAP
    17. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 3 Sep)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1537 (September 3 2025)
    1. Fallout 76's latest update relaxes its building rules so you can try erecting a nuclear bunker in mid-air
    2. The Sonic Rush games on Nintendo DS are getting a "definitive" PC release care of boisterous fangamers
    3. Helldivers 2's Into the Unjust update has caused an uptick in crashes, and Arrowhead are "working to isolate fixes"
    4. Build your own spaceship body as you fly in Jitter, an asteroid-heavy physics-based survival sim
    5. Rayman's 30th birthday prompts Ubisoft to fish out login deets for the first time in years, reaffirm they're working on his future
    6. Our favourite videogame vapourware: No Silksong Allowed Edition
    7. Fan-made The Crew revival gets a release date, a year and a bit on from the Ubisoft racer's controversial shutdown
    8. The NYT Mini Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 2)
    9. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Tue, September 2)
    10. Even unintentionally, sorting puzzler A Storied Life: Tabitha risks gamifying grief
    11. Left 4 Dead's lead designer is making another four-player co-op shooter that "expands" the formula
    12. Cyberpunk 2077 devs CD Projekt might have invented presidential time travel just to tease something
    13. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 2 Sep)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1536 (September 2 2025)
    1. Skyblivion's 2025 release goal is "pointless and unachievable" claims longtime dev, accuses two leads of rushing the mod out
    2. NetEase shut down studio of Fallout and Star Wars alumni who were making an online sci-fi action game
    3. What can a 34-year-old Sonic level teach us about videogame light?
    4. 10 Minecraft tower ideas to build in 1.21.8
    5. The best Minecraft servers
    6. Morrowind is being ported into Elden Ring by a modder, complete with the vast army of goats and female clones Vvardenfell's always had
    7. All Mask Shards in Hollow Knight
    8. Escape from Tarkov is coming to Steam now its full release is imminent, as confirmed by a picture of a random bloke ironing
    9. "The cat's out of the bag" - Stardew Valley update 1.7 revealed, bagged cat content TBC
    10. Hollow Knight: Silksong won't cost nearly as much as they could probably charge for it
    11. This week in PC games: not just Silksong, we also have catgirl tearooms, Returnal-esque shooters and vintage toon horror
    12. The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Mon, September 1)
    13. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 1 Sep)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1535 (September 1 2025)