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February 2026 Archive

    1. Mightreya is a crunchy, meaty, complicated anime-superhero fusion of Devil May Cry and Gravity Rush
    2. I still can't tell you what's going on in Hypnos but its demo's scenic megastructure world is one I want to keep exploring
    3. One former Highguard level designer thinks it's struggled because Wildlight "leaned too far into the competitive scene"
    4. As Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy gets an early gameplay look-in, Rogue Trader gets an infinitely brief DLC teaser
    5. The best strategy games to play on PC
    6. While you wait for a release date announcement, have a gander at Nivalis' opening moments
    7. What are we all playing this weekend?
    8. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 28 Feb)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #1715 (February 28 2026)
    1. Best faction to level first in Marathon
    2. Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough: Rhodes Hill 2 (The Quartz pieces & Victor's Office)
    3. All Hip Pouch map locations in Resident Evil Requiem
    4. Marathon might be the perfect 2026 shooter in that I feel like I'm stuck in a giant Nvidia graphics card
    5. Teardown's multiplayer update rolls out next month, so start packing a voxel lorry with mates and explosives
    6. How to increase vault size in Marathon
    7. The Steam Deck is an adequate vessel for Resident Evil Requiem, despite missing desktop-grade smoothness
    8. All 101 Nioh 3 bosses listed in order
    9. Steam Deck OLED prices will rise in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan next week, but it's tough to tell whether that's a harbinger of wider hikes
    10. New Frostrail video delivers more survival train horror shooting plus weird underground Tomb Raider temples
    11. Netflix's $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner has been dramatically gazumped by Paramount, to the tune of $111 billion
    12. A Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 multiplayer mod is in the works, and you can try an experimental version already
    13. Nvidia recall Resident Evil Requiem-branded GeForce driver after users report GPU fan, clock, and performance problems
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1714 (February 27 2026)
    15. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 27 Feb)
    1. ConcernedApe wins my funny bit of the year award for making Clint a marriage candidate in Stardew Valley's 1.7 update
    2. What went wrong with Highguard? The "hubris" of its developer's leadership, say former staff in a new report
    3. Thwack, debt-driven driveabrawler Samson's just clocked us with an early April release date-laced punch
    4. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's latest update adds in the incredibly red, claw-machine-arm-toting Techmarine class
    5. Tales of Kenzera: ZAU's next venture is an extraction platformer fusion of Lethal Company and Garry's Mod called FixForce
    6. Look for your lost documentary making sister in an ancient fungus filled Antarctica in the walking sim horror Cryptica
    7. Action RPG Grim Dawn is getting a 5.5 km² expansion, a free update and shapeshifting to mark its 10th birthday
    8. Paranormal codes
    9. Colony sim Going Medieval, aka friendlier Rimworld, hits 1.0 release in March after 16 major updates
    10. Assetto Corsa Rally's latest update adds laser-scanned Monte-Carlo stages and won't stop shouting about SNOW
    11. Marathon guns list
    12. Resident Evil Requiem's zombie nightmare runs like a dream on PC
    13. My thirst for campervanning has been quenched by Outbound’s Steam Next Fest demo and a Cyberpunk 2077 mod
    14. Scout Report: A two-year break for Axis Football 2026 BUT REALLY THIS TIME
    15. Skate developers Full Circle lay off an unspecified number of staff, claim this'll somehow help them "better support" the game
    16. Resident Evil Requiem: Wrenwood Hotel & Elbridge walkthrough
    17. Valve accused of "letting children and adults alike illegally gamble" via loot boxes in New York state lawsuit
    18. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 26 Feb)
    19. Wordle hint and answer #1713 (February 26 2026)
    1. The mysterious Assassin's Creed Hexe has a new creative director, claims report, as Ubisoft say goodbye to the legendary Clint Hocking
    2. Put some FEAR in your STALKER 2 with the debris-flinging CinematicFX mod
    3. Four years after the last one, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2's enhanced editions have a new patch out in Steam beta
    4. Recovering Helldivers 2 players should check out the cowboy robot gunplay of Far Far West, which has a demo
    5. Blood-drunk shooter Ultrakill is back with a whole hellworld full of lies, portals and non-Euclidean spaces
    6. Resident Evil Requiem review - a cathartic cross-breed of creeps and carnage
    7. Amazon ditch publishing duties on ex-Forza Horizon devs' story-driven open-world racer
    8. “Sapkowski is a kleptomaniac with mythology” - How Reigns: The Witcher coaxes out the improv chaos of Geralt's universe
    9. A "Cowboy Coalition" battle NCR corporate imperialism in this freshly released Fallout: New Vegas quest mod
    10. Styx Blades of Greed publishers Nacon file for insolvency, will "assess all possible solutions" to "protect employees and "preserve jobs"
    11. Resident Evil Requiem release time and date
    12. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 25 Feb)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1712 (February 25 2026)
    1. Discord concede they mucked up their age verification system rollout, delays it, will still make some of you do it
    2. Looking for Fael is The Witness for people who need more Tetris in their life, and you can try it for yourself now
    3. The devs behind The Simpsons: Hit & Run and Prototype are back as a sort-of new, just as radical studio
    4. Insomniac finally lock in a Wolverine release date on PS5, so start placing your bets on a PC port launch window
    5. Don't fancy trying Marathon this weekend? Lucky you, as there's now the chance to have a go at Horizon Hunters Gathering
    6. Seven towns that will never turn out to be Silent Hill all along
    7. Death Stranding 2's system requirements have washed ashore, and they're pretty reasonable
    8. Stop Killing Games campaign offer update on latest EU meeting in livestream from parliament, while emphasising bipartisan MEP support
    9. Project Egoist codes
    10. Cicadamata" is the most exciting FPS I've played in years - come try the demo
    11. The best handheld PCs
    12. Microsoft's throne room rejigging has seen Sarah Bond take the bullet for marketing strategy which was "failing internally", report claims
    13. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 24 Feb)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1711 (February 24 2026)
    1. Come chase your clone through an exquisite, comicbook-inspired world of seashells and ancient machines
    2. Ubisoft announce a trio of Assassin's Creed veterans will lead the series' "next era"
    3. "What's 100% of zero? Like, who gives a shit?" New Blood boss unimpressed by Epic sharing more revenue with devs than Steam
    4. Play Nazi fugitive Guess Who in detective note-shuffler The Ratline's Steam Next Fest demo
    5. Nier Automata's Yoko Taro is writing an Evangelion anime TV show
    6. Resident Evil Requiem is this week's headline PC game but don't forget the Witchers, pirates and pinballs
    7. "They've ghosted me": Saints Row design director says he believes the series is "dead" after pitching prequel
    8. The best Steam Deck accessories
    9. Ubisoft CEO touts “disciplined workforce management” while defending giving his son the keys to Assassin's Creed
    10. Tencent reportedly shutter open world game studio which had drafted in former Assassin’s Creed director
    11. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 23 Feb)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1710 (February 23 2026)
    1. What's on your bookshelf: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and GSC Game World's Mariia Grygorovych
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 22 Feb)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1709 (February 22 2026)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 21 Feb)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1708 (February 21 2026)
    1. Microsoft gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring, replaced by an AI exec who promises no "soulless AI slop"
    2. SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7X Wireless Gen 2 gaming headset review: good listener, bad talker
    3. SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3X Wireless gaming headset review: sweet sounds for PC and handhelds
    4. US Supreme Court strike down majority of Trump's tariffs, so hopefully that's one less hardware buying headache to worry about
    5. XCOM designer Jake Solomon reveals "Life Sims + The Truman Show" game... while announcing his studio's closure
    6. I can't say I enjoy this 19th century turd-collecting game but it did make me laugh when I patted my horse to death
    7. I promise I am playing this horny game for the exquisite match-3 mechanics
    8. Fogpiercer is a tactical game that recognises the true joy of artillery is using it to give your enemies a little shove
    9. The best SSDs for the Steam Deck
    10. Stop Killing Games campaign hope to "signal that we're not just going away" by setting up online game preservation NGOs
    11. Ubisoft cut staff at Splinter Cell devs Ubisoft Toronto, as part of their push to save €200 million
    12. Arc Raiders is getting a hurricane map condition that will hasten your steps and blow grenades back in your face
    13. Slay the Spire 2 locks in its early March early access release date, and will deliver a four player co-op mode
    14. "Climate change isn’t about AI itself, it's about progress" - 11 Bit talk Frostpunk: 1886 and questions of scale
    15. This new Baldur's Gate 3 custom mini-campaign is all about having a nice meal with an organ-shredding Count
    16. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 20 Feb)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1707 (February 20 2026)
    1. Following layoffs, Highguard devs Wildlight announce it's getting a new airship base and door-opening dart gun
    2. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties mod swaps Goh Hamazaki's face, ditching likeness of actor accused of sexual assault
    3. Train! Stunt! Game! Denshattack! Has! A! Demo! On! Steam!
    4. ZA/UM's Zero Parades is Schrodinger's Disco Elysium follow-up, and it keeps yelling at me about communism
    5. Destiny 2's next big update has been delayed so it can undergo "large revisions" so large and revisiony it'll need a new name
    6. Former developers of one of 2024's best Soulslikes are stuck in a purgatory of unpaid salaries
    7. No Azure for Apartheid call on Microsoft to cut ties with ICE, amid reports of agency deepening reliance on company's cloud and AI
    8. The Elder Scrolls 6 runs on a new version of the Creation Engine, his Howardliness confirms
    9. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 19 Feb)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1706 (February 19 2026)
    1. Nioh 3: All 34 main story missions
    2. I may indeed offer my soul to The Killing Stone, an Arctic mansion mystery card-battler from the makers of The Blackout Club
    3. Craft Anime codes
    4. Sorry, Woodstock's off; or, how I gave everyone dysentery in Transport Fever 3
    5. "Creativity is the key": how PC hardware's smaller manufacturers are navigating the RAM shortage disaster
    6. Cyberpunk platformer Replaced catches another delay for "final tweaks" based on demo feedback
    7. If you can't beat AI, become one in Hooded Horse strategy RPG Heart of the Machine, which hits 1.0 release in March
    8. Former Diablo devs release demo for their Diablo 2-style action-RPG Darkhaven, but warn of "rough edges"
    9. Battlefield 6 sets out to rally flagging player numbers with a big dose of hallucinatory gas
    10. You can now play Avowed as Small Person With Big Magic Stick
    11. SSD prices in yet more trouble as two of the biggest hard drive makers have already sold out their 2026 stock
    12. Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown's survival RPG retelling inspires many emotions, but mostly makes me feel old
    13. "Step into the shoes of NPC man" with this Fallout New Vegas mod that lets you get faction cronies to do your dirty work
    14. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 18 Feb)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1705 (February 18 2026)
    1. As Highguard's website goes dark, a report emerges that the not-so-indie shooter was funded by Tencent
    2. Titanium Court is a play, a match three and strategy game, a dream and a nightmare, and deeply compelling
    3. Mewgenics cameos list
    4. Hyper Scape lives! Or at least it might, if one group of folks seeking to revive the game can get it working
    5. Despite its live service predecessor, you won't have to worry about microtransactions in the impending Crimson Desert
    6. Assassin's Creed Shadows' new update will let you literally spring into action and check for pointless granular stats
    7. "We have not stopped supporting Pride," Runescape developers say. However, they don't plan to create new Pride quest content in 2026
    8. Crusader Kings 3 devs Paradox are working with a mystery modder on spreadsheeting up the inbred monarch grind
    9. Unreal Tournament 2004 is now grabbable for free and optimised for modern PCs, thanks to dedicated fans
    10. Ahead of The Witcher remake, the Witcher 1's lead story designer has just wrapped up a 26 episode dev commentary
    11. Yep, the Steam Deck OLED going out of stock is due to the AI-fuelled RAM and storage shortages, Valve confirm
    12. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 17 Feb)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1704 (February 17 2026)
    1. Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting some absolutely murderous cats
    2. If Mewgenics is too appalling, you might prefer the turn-based charms of Dobbel Dungeon
    3. It's "hard to push innovation" in racing games compared to other genres, reckons Star Wars: Galactic Racer creative director
    4. Hardsuit's canned Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 refuses to fade away, as leaked gameplay videos show what might have been
    5. Best SSDs for gaming: our top NVMe, SATA, and portable picks
    6. Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"
    7. Mewgenics' early mods include an incompetent auto-battler that shamelessly mimics my playstyle, more cat hoarding, and good poop
    8. Holy hardware specs Lego Batman, they've sliced Legacy of the Dark Knight's recommended RAM in half
    9. This week's new PC games are a treasure trove of the scary, eerie and occult, plus a charming Star Trek game
    10. Silent Hill 2 remake devs Bloober Team reveal Layers of Fear 3 via creepy poetry reading
    11. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 16 Feb)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1703 (February 16 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 15 Feb)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1702 (February 15 2026)
    1. RPS verdict: The Fallout TV Show season 2
    2. What are we all playing this weekend?
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 14 Feb)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1701 (February 14 2026)
    1. What order should you play the Yakuza games?
    2. Nioh 3's first big patch "partially" fixes an issue which can make it impossible to heal mid-fight
    3. Steam reviews letting you attach your PC specs is another Steam Machine prep play and you can't convince me otherwise
    4. Scout Report: Ground of Aces is a strangely novel hybrid of familiar genres
    5. Despite being "a significant change", Legacy of Kain: Ascendance's devs insist it'll still appeal to clapped-out Soul Reaver enthusiasts
    6. No AI tricks here - G-Sync Pulsar’s clarity boosting monitor tech looks like the real deal
    7. "The hardest game in the world to make" - How Darkhaven hopes to rebottle Diablo 2's lightning by channelling Minecraft
    8. A first-person walk around a foggy Scottish town in the 90s: Silent Hill: Townfall is certainly serious about instilling dread
    9. Untitled John Wick Game is a gun fu Baba Yaga brawler, and a weird cousin to Untitled Goose Game until proven otherwise
    10. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse sees Dead Cells' devs bring back vampire whippage, and Konami say it's just the start of a revival
    11. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 13 Feb)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1700 (February 13 2026)
    1. Get your trunks on kids, Kojima's taking us to the beach when Death Stranding 2 comes to PC next month
    2. Make what you will of ZA/UM's Zero Parades with this lengthy look at gameplay ahead of a demo later this month
    3. Peter Molyneux plays the hits in an in-depth-but-not-too-in-depth gameplay trailer for Masters of Albion
    4. Pick up a dose of joy in Lil Gator Game's underground, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom-esque expansion In The Dark, out now
    5. A day after launch, Starsand Island's devs address those user agreement, modding, and fake review concerns
    6. Best Nioh 3 weapons tier list
    7. ShipShaper is a chill boat builder with a demo you can use to make sleek sloops or beastly barges
    8. Epomaker G84 HE gaming keyboard review: magnetic switches on a budget, kinda
    9. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties sets up an intriguing path, but RGG will need to prove it’s worth joining them on that road
    10. How to complete the Scientist quest in Abyss
    11. I recreated every katsu curry recipe in Romeo is a Dead Man and almost none of them made me better with swords
    12. Diablo 4 is getting a warlock class, Diablo 2 is getting a warlock class and Diablo 2: Resurrected is now on Steam
    13. Edmund McMillen on assembling Mewgenics' meow cameo list: "the inclusion of people with clashing ideologies felt appropriate"
    14. Highguard studio Wildlight confirm layoffs, after level designer claims "most of the team" have been let go
    15. Drift 36 codes
    16. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 12 Feb)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1699 (February 12 2026)
    1. 1200 Ubisoft staff go on strike against Assassin's Creed company's massive cutbacks
    2. Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has a demo out, and it's wonderfully atmospheric when you're not plummeting a short distance
    3. Nioh 3: How to find and beat Demon of Pride
    4. Starsand Island codes
    5. Come shout down dystopia in the demo for Amanita's fancy cardboard mind control puzzler Phonopolis
    6. Hypershot codes
    7. Reanimal review – the dollhouse horror of Little Nightmares gives way to a grimier tale of war and slaughter
    8. Romeo is a Dead Man's most beguiling spectacle is its astral fish tank menu
    9. No Man's Sky's latest update is all about rubbish-flinging spacetrashpeople with gravity guns and interstellar trucks
    10. Solo Hunters powers tier list
    11. "This is the best case scenario": Microsoft withdraw DMCA takedown notice on voxel sandbox Allumeria
    12. Discord promise they won't force everybody to do a face scan following outrage at new age verification policy
    13. “Unleash the Kraken,” bellows Skull and Bones, which somehow still exists
    14. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 11 Feb)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1698 (February 11 2026)
    1. For its first anniversary, Monster Hunter Wilds gets a collab with its kid friendly cousin, and the promise of some DLC
    2. Modern classic dungeon crawler board game Descent is getting its first, very TTRPG-sounding, video game adaptation
    3. New Subnautica 2 video shows off a convenient and social dive elevator, while promising that multiplayer won't ruin single player
    4. Besiege's next expansion goes where no medieval contraption has ever gone before: space!
    5. Best Nioh 3 character codes
    6. Embark would like you all to play nice in Arc Raiders' temporary PvE event Shared Watch, which starts today
    7. Dark Pictures sci-fi horror Directive 8020 will open its doors in May, letting some evil fleshslime loose
    8. MindsEye studio reportedly installed monitoring software on staff PCs without their knowledge, as execs continue alleging sabotage
    9. Romeo is a Dead Man review – an offbeat action game that finds its groovy, gory rhythm
    10. Pretty platformer sequel Planet of Lana II gets a pretty good Steam demo tomorrow, ahead of its surprise March release
    11. Best Minecraft Bedrock seeds (February 2026)
    12. Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike gaming mouse review: a new standard in customisable clickery
    13. The Dark Rites of Arkham review - pure Lovecraftian point and click fan service
    14. Riot reportedly lay off around 80 devs on League Of Legends spin-off fighter 2XKO less than a month after launch
    15. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 10 Feb)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1697 (February 10 2026)
    1. Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background
    2. All Races in Abyss
    3. Valve's made it much easier to tell when a game's leaving Steam Early Access
    4. A former Rockstar dev is making a Satisfactory-style survival game about doomed expeditions on a strange planet
    5. Team Ninja fix a terrifying "very rare" Nioh 3 bug that corrupts your save when you pray at shrine checkpoints
    6. If you want nothing more than to hollow out a brutalist alien monolith, then tower defence mining game Iter-8 is for you
    7. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review - a stuffed remake defined by its own grim connections
    8. Helldivers 2 rolls out the cyborgs as a barrage of bloodcurdling binary heralds the Machinery of Oppression update
    9. Games Workshop had a Warhammer FTL clone pulled from Steam over some overly Space Marine-esque shoulderpads
    10. Horses devs accuse Epic of making "provably incorrect statements about the game’s content", after store exec's declaration of love
    11. High On Life 2, Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Romeo Is A Dead Man go head to head in another crowded week for PC games
    12. Yakuza Kiwami 3 director says actor accused of sexual assault was cast for his “slimy feel”
    13. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 9 Feb)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1696 (February 9 2026)
    1. What's on your bookshelf: Nyamakop and Relooted's Marcia Shange
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 8 Feb)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1695 (February 8 2026)
    1. Don't like how often map conditions rotate in Arc Raiders? Sorry, but the devs say "that most likely won't change"
    2. Prince of Persia creator shares his sympathies with The Sands of Time remake devs: "Artists put their hearts into their work"
    3. Square Enix's baffling murder mystery social game Killer Inn gets a quick, free-for-all playtest ahead of its release next week
    4. Throw pool, dice and stickers into a blender and you get STICKER/BALL, a roguelike that relishes in chaos
    5. Exodus' writer wants to make the Mass Effect successor's side quests so good you won't care if you're rewarded for doing them
    6. I'm certain the pirates in strategy game Menace are laughing at my mistakes
    7. What are we all playing this weekend?
    8. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 7 Feb)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #1694 (February 7 2026)
    1. If you're struggling to play tactics sim Menace, it could be because your antivirus is randomly deleting files
    2. Square Enix announce Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse, sequel to one of 2023's best horror mystery games
    3. Razer BlackShark V3 gaming headset review
    4. If you think open worlds are too big, play Shrinko / if you think open worlds are too small, play Shrinko
    5. Mewgenics developers reckon going for a full launch over early access is "a weird thing now"
    6. Mewgenics review - a roguelite where sacrificial arse maggots and frightful defecation are the keys to success
    7. Nioh 3 beginner's guide: 8 tips for new players
    8. “You gotta let some of the chaos in”: Diablo 2's art lead explains what he doesn’t like about Diablo 4
    9. Rust gets rusty boat building, so you can sail in search of ghost ships, floating cities and tropical islands
    10. Today's Highguard major update delivers a new hero who's a wolf in all forms including physical, awoooo
    11. "Never say never" - Civilization 8 could be a proper early access game, comments Civ 7 producer
    12. Nioh 3: How to beat Yamagata Masakage
    13. A Baldur’s Gate TV series is set to follow on from Baldur’s Gate 3, though Larian don't look to be involved beyond a casual chat
    14. "A lot of survival games are really boring": Abiotic Factor developer says many game makers are too focused on mechanics and not enough on vibes
    15. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 6 Feb)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1693 (February 6 2026)
    1. An online cooperative game originally spun off from Assassin's Creed Shadows has reportedly been cancelled
    2. Dosa Divas is almost done simmering, as it gets a new demo and eyes up an April release
    3. Embark smooth over Arc Raiders' Expedition rough patches with a cheaper entry point for its second bout
    4. Sniper Dan is a delightful-looking, "family-friendly" blend of Sniper Elite and Where's Wally?
    5. How to enchant in Solo Hunters
    6. Horizon Hunters Gathering is a co-op action take on the robo dino series that borrows from Fortnite, Hades and Monster Hunter
    7. Arma 3's King of the Hill mod inspired the Battalion 1944 devs' new 100 player shooter, deploying in early access this year
    8. GOG "won't be making absolute statements in either direction" about their future approach to AI use
    9. Solo Hunters Serpent Ore uses
    10. How to get past Spirit Veins in Nioh 3
    11. Surprise, Poker Night at the Inventory is returning to Steam next month in remastered form
    12. How to reach the Crucible Wraith at Tenryu River in Nioh 3
    13. Xenopurge is maybe too hands off for me
    14. As extra DLC chat lingers, The Witcher 3 gets a Witcher 4-inspired quest mod designed to give you a taste of Ciri's adventures in Kovir
    15. Fallout: New Vegas' Van Buren remake mod Revelation Blues has a new name and a second demo dropping soon
    16. Scratch that, the Steam Machine is delayed after all – and Valve confirm RAM shortages will affect pricing
    17. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 5 Feb)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1692 (February 5 2026)
    1. How to parry in Nioh 3
    2. "This has been heartbreaking" - laid-off Ashes Of Creation devs won't get final paychecks and compensation, says former comms head
    3. Yapyap is a jolly bit of gang wizard vandalism with a touch of Dark Messiah
    4. Nioh 3: How to get Ochoko Cups to summon Acolytes
    5. How to play co-op in Nioh 3
    6. Solo Hunters classes tier list
    7. The Steam Machine is still "on track" for its original release window, according to Valve’s chosen chipmakers
    8. With its new season update trailer, Apex Legends would like you to know it has invented windows
    9. Nioh 3 review - A superb blend of soulslike splendour
    10. The Pale Piper is Silksong with no combat, a wondrous Playdead-style world, and all the hope bleached out
    11. Amazon's Fallout countdown delivers possibly the only thing more pointless than a New Vegas or Fallout 3 remaster
    12. Epic will lean harder on Fortnite to drive third-party sales on Epic Games Store, with 100 licensed tie-ins a year
    13. Generative AI plays "zero part" in GTA 6, Take-Two boss confirms, but the company do have "hundreds" of AI "pilots and implementations" on the go
    14. Classic Fallout homage Atom RPG is getting a sequel in which you try to stop another apocalypse
    15. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 4 Feb)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1691 (February 4 2026)
    1. Babbdi dev's movement-centric, brutalist VHOLUME has what it takes to be the next great parkour game
    2. Clean up aura and gossip with curious characters on a mysterious ship in the very 3DS era Zelda-esque Bel's Fanfare
    3. Stardew Valley 2 continues to remain a hypothetical, but ConcernedApe did actually consider making it at one point
    4. Grow your own eldritch horror creature in the very Tamagotchi-esque In Full Bloom
    5. The Epic Game Store should soon suck a bit less, with speedier load times and actual social features set for the summer
    6. The Outer Worlds 2 sounds like it's not getting a follow-up any time soon, but Obsidian plan to give Avowed some wacky cousins
    7. Pathologic 3 is the rare game about healing that knows healing can be cruel
    8. QPAD Flux 65 Model 5 gaming keyboard review
    9. Ubisoft reportedly fire Assassin's Creed designer who spoke out publicly against return-to-office, as union reps call for CEO to resign
    10. Jetpacking space pirates taught me a painful lesson in punishing strategy game Menace
    11. Civilization 7's big Test of Time update that'll bring back playing as one civ for the whole game is set to drop this spring
    12. Nioh 3: How to use Titles and Prestige Points
    13. Valheim developers celebrate the game's fifth anniversary with flower garlands, sweetbread, and Steam Deck optimisations
    14. "This shouldn’t have happened": GOG reportedly claim sale banner made with "Al tools" ended up on store by mistake
    15. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 3 Feb)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1690 (February 3 2026)
    1. Nioh 3: How to find and beat the Bloodedge Demon
    2. If you're in the mood for a shapeshifting open world labyrinth, NaissanceE follow-up SenS has a new update
    3. Team Fortress 2 Classified is good, clean, hatless fun, despite its cruel Horace ban
    4. "We can't just continue making the map bigger and bigger": Why Bethesda want to expand Fallout 76 inwards, not just outwards
    5. The Last of Us season three "certainly seems" to be the TV show’s last, reckons HBO chief
    6. Ashes Of Creation director quits over decisions he "could not ethically support" as staff report mass layoffs
    7. Cities: Skylines 2's UI is getting an "extreme makeover", as new developers Iceflake take the reins
    8. Nioh 3 is this week's samurai RPG steamroller, but don't forget the mercenary charms of Menace
    9. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 2 Feb)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1689 (February 2 2026)
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    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 1 Feb)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1688 (February 1 2026)