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March 2026 Archive

    1. Bungie have killed off a speedy movement exploit in Marathon's latest update, and they'll do it again if they have to
    2. Vultures - Scavengers Of Death is a turn-based, extraction take on Resident Evil, and it's out next month
    3. The best co-op games on PC
    4. The Long Dark comes to an end today, except it's not "the end" only "an end"
    5. Indirectly build your empire by paying heroes to do the work you don't want to in the RTS city-builder Crown of Greed, out today
    6. This ergonomic gaming mouse has plunged down to $60 on the final day of the Amazon Spring Sale
    7. The discourse machine whirs to life as Zero Parades: For Dead Spies gets a May release date
    8. Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew's servers by major French consumer group backed by Stop Killing Games
    9. Turn your Steam library into a cosy room of physical games with a special shelf for dodgy sale purchases in Boxroom, which has a demo out
    10. The impossible alchemy of Lucid Blocks is a reminder that 99% of videogame crafting is boring
    11. Adult games may be an unintended beneficiary as FTC pressure payment providers like Visa and Mastercard not to debank Trump supporters, but I doubt it
    12. This popular and capacious Anker Zolo power bank is just £25/$33 from Amazon
    13. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided developers Eidos Montreal lay off 124 staff, as well as "parting ways" with long-time studio head
    14. Skyblivion devs are "on the hunt" for some "final, vital" veteran hands to get the Oblivion remake mod over the line this year
    15. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 31 Mar)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1746 (March 31 2026)
    1. In the final days of the Amazon Spring Sale, the beefy AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is 37% off
    2. Crimson Desert's Kliff was originally so Scottish he was named after a MacBeth character, and his actor pushed Pearl Abyss to make him less "stoic"
    3. Ancient version of GTA 4 with a cut zombie mode, ferry assets and DJ lines reportedly found at car boot sale
    4. This potent low profile Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL keyboard is discounted on both sides of the Atlantic
    5. Screamer’s multiplayer chases unleash the racer’s full chaotic potential, trapping you inside a relentlessly boosty, bashy, and boomy washing machine
    6. "0.63 is the perfect default delay": Bungie, Respawn and Firaxis game developers talk NPC barks, grenade timing and other questions of craft
    7. This week in PC games: an RTS inspired by Majesty, a flying city RPG from former Mass Effect writers, and one Metal Gear-affiliated octopus
    8. Epic's mass layoffs left a programmer with terminal brain cancer without life insurance, but Tim Sweeney says the company will "solve" the problem
    9. "It is meant to be lived in" - grand strategy game Riftborne offers "months" of galactic scheming and no actual graphics
    10. Crimson Desert's latest patch adds new mounts, makes slapping NPCs with trees a crime, and reportedly junks the infamous AI paintings
    11. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 30 Mar)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1745 (March 30 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 29 Mar)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1744 (March 29 2026)
    1. "I think it’s unfair to kind of geofence the genre": Original Stalker designer talks Eurojank in not-so-Euro games
    2. Steam's latest update sounds like a step in the right direction for regional pricing woes
    3. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 translator claims Warhorse have laid him off in preference of using AI going forward
    4. Embark devs playtested Arc Raiders too viciously, so they found a system that let them be Care Bears one day and aggressive the next
    5. A year on from launching Wanderstop, Ivy Road are closing their doors after struggling to fund their next game
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 28 Mar)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1743 (March 28 2026)
    1. Save $450 on this sublime 32-inch 4K 240Hz Samsung QD-OLED monitor in the Amazon Spring Sale
    2. PUBG: Blindspot is going offline forever after just two months in early access, despite Krafton's record Battlegrounds revenues
    3. Crimson Desert: Best weapon types
    4. Crusader Kings 3 update 1.19, out now in beta, delivers the ledger and an accolade rework - it also stops dead people wearing straw cloaks
    5. This capable Logitech G703 Lightspeed is down to £53/$60 in a handy Amazon discount
    6. Slay the Spire 2's 'anti-infinite' balance patch has now itself been patched, much to the relief of some Silent and Necrobinder players
    7. Pearl Abyss boss admits the studio "could have done a better job" with Crimson Desert's totally underwhelming story
    8. Crimson Desert: How to use Visione
    9. How to tame horses in Crimson Desert
    10. Play a reclusive witch living on a flying fish in this enchanting, Zelda-ish photography game
    11. How to get the Dragon Fruit in Blox Fruits
    12. With Bloodlines 2 behind us, it's time for a new open world Hunter: The Reckoning RPG from the creators of RoboCop: Rogue City
    13. Resident Evil Requiem's photo mode is now here, as part of a patch ordering Leon and Grace to pull more emotive faces
    14. One of our favourite Steam Deck cases is 15% off in the Amazon Spring Sale
    15. In spreading itself across five cities, Stranger than Heaven might not lean as heavily on one of Like A Dragon's key strengths as I expected
    16. Rebellion return to their AvP roots with Alien Deathstorm, an 80s sci-fi FPS with apocalyptic winds and some slightly naff aliens
    17. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 27 Mar)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1742 (March 27 2026)
    1. Star Wars Zero Company forces you into permadeath so you can see "what's on the other side of the experience"
    2. If Pragmata's fake New York looks AI-generated to you, good, it's meant to, but the tech itself hasn't touched the game
    3. Nutmeg is a deckbuilding football management game with a cute spin on the beautiful game
    4. Dying Light: The Beast's new Restored Land update lets you turn the game into a gritty walking sim
    5. Vaunted's tactical combat looks fine, but I'm most interested in the consequences of rewriting history when one of its dodgy mercenaries bites the bullet
    6. STALKER 2: Cost of Hope is a "massive nonlinear expansion" that includes the Chornobyl power plant visit the base game never made time for
    7. For better or worse, Max and Chloe are together again in Life is Strange: Reunion, which is out right now
    8. Saros director won't say whether it's coming to PC, following report Sony plan to stop porting over their big singleplayer guns
    9. How to get the Kitsune Fruit in Blox Fruits
    10. Titanfall and Black Ops 3 enjoyers might like a new "movement shooter" the Splitgate devs are hoping to start playtesting soon
    11. Crimson Desert: How to beat the Reed Devil
    12. Island city-builder Nova Roma is out now, and I'd have drowned all my Romans already if it weren't for those pesky gods
    13. You can save nearly $100 on the powerful AMD Ryzen 7 9700X in the Amazon Spring Sale
    14. Just in time for Bethesda's Terran Armada DLC and Free Lanes update, seamless Starfield custom animation mods are finally possible
    15. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits collectibles map
    16. How long is Kena: Bridge Of Spirits?
    17. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits achievements and trophy guide
    18. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits bosses
    19. How to restore the Fishing Shrine in Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
    20. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits Hats
    21. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits tips and tricks
    22. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits difficulty levels
    23. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits abilities and upgrades
    24. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits Warrior Path walkthrough
    25. Kena: Bridge Of Spirits Spirit Mail locations
    26. How to unlock the Bow in Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
    27. How to destroy Hay Piles in Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
    28. Forza Horizon 6 system requirements confirm it’s no RAM guzzler - and it’ll run on Steam Deck too
    29. How to open locked doors in Crimson Desert
    30. "At this rate, why make game art at all?": Nvidia DLSS 5 demands a sale damaging and stock tanking fightback, argues New Blood boss
    31. Scout Report: Dead in Antares is a mostly successful crew management mishmash
    32. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 26 Mar)
    33. Wordle hint and answer #1741 (March 26 2026)
    1. Coexist with a capricious, rusty moon in Amberspire, the new isometric city-builder from the creator of The Banished Vault
    2. I was the untitled goose in Big Walk, the balmy new open world co-op puzzler from House House
    3. Crimson Desert might be an open world jumble of loose ends, but I can't resist its sexy towers and ghost trains
    4. This SSD enclosure is one of my most-used PC gadgets, and you can get it for 30% off
    5. Crimson Desert: How to beat Kailok the Hornsplitter
    6. The Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG, one of the dual-mode gaming monitor pioneers, has hit its lowest-ever price
    7. All Bell locations in Crimson Desert
    8. Crimson Desert Kiln Repair at the Kilnden Workshop walkthrough
    9. Crimson Desert: How to Fast Travel
    10. My go-to PC game controller is getting Spring sale price cuts - and so is its cheaper wired version
    11. Painted Kingdoms combines real-time strategy with firefighting on lavish maps made entirely of paper
    12. How to solve the Lioncrest Manor Strongbox puzzle in Crimson Desert
    13. This Slay The Spire 2 PvP mod lets you battle friends mid-run to see who's made the better deck
    14. Pretend you own an undelayed Steam Machine with this fine Steam Deck dock, now 33% off in the Amazon Spring Sale
    15. Fortnite producer says Epic's mass layoffs will impact the game in ways the remaining teams "cannot even fully understand"
    16. One of my favourite gaming keyboards is back to its record low price for the US Amazon Spring Sale
    17. Imagine GTA with AI-generated characters "just going along with whatever insane thing you say," muses Valve writer, absent-mindedly spotlighting what terrifies me about genAI
    18. Only a "skeletal crew" are left working on Fallout: London, and the massive mod's next DLC will miss a planned April release window
    19. How to fish in Crimson Desert
    20. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 25 Mar)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #1740 (March 25 2026)
    1. Cornwall is overrun with mutant fish people and you are a fisherman with a nailgun in the boomer shooter BRINE
    2. As seminal oddball indie Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP hits 15 years of age, you can pick it up for less than a coffee
    3. PlayStation are reportedly shuttering another first-party studio, this time from Call of Duty vet Jason Blundell
    4. Masters of Albion is getting a closed beta test so you can tell Peter Molyneux if he's full of it again
    5. Tycoon god game Sintopia is Black & White above, Dungeon Keeper below, and it's releasing in April
    6. How to solve the Hillside Manor Strongbox puzzle in Crimson Desert
    7. EverQuest Legends is the 1999 MMO you know and love born again with more respect for your time
    8. Following Epic's mass layoffs, a bunch of Fortnite modes are going offline and arcade racer Horizon Chase Turbo's downloads will be pulled
    9. "A decline of unprecedented scale and speed" is hitting UK game development, trade association report finds
    10. "I'm sorry we're here again," says Epic Games CEO as Fortnite maker lays off over 1000 employees
    11. How to solve the Hernand Castle Strongbox puzzle in Crimson Desert
    12. It Has My Face, my favourite sci-fi assassination sim about being stalked by a clone of yourself, has a 1.0 release date
    13. "The thing we are trying to stop keeps happening": Highguard and other high-profile demises keep making the argument for Stop Killing Games
    14. Arcade racer Screamer’s first update nerfs AI difficulty, with an "additional balance pass" coming soon
    15. "I can see where they’re coming from, because I don’t love AI slop myself": Nvidia boss plays DLSS 5 good cop after criticism
    16. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 24 Mar)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1739 (March 24 2026)
    1. Crimson Desert tips and tricks
    2. Crimson Desert: Bluemont Manor Strongbox puzzle solution
    3. Fantasy tactics RPG Wartales is getting a "dense, reactive" capital city in the next DLC expansion, yours to save or destroy
    4. The best survival games on PC
    5. Solve a crab housing crisis and fight a Dreadhog in part one of Runescape's big Havenhythe expansion, which is out now
    6. Crimson Desert: How to increase Trust
    7. Crimson Desert: How to get a Dragon
    8. Out now, Journey of the Garden Rose is a 3D action game with pulp comic art direction and an undertone of real darkness
    9. Crimson Desert: All cooking recipes
    10. How to get into the House Of Healing in Crimson Desert
    11. Crimson Desert: How to increase inventory space
    12. Crimson Desert: How to complete Renee's Request
    13. Resident Evil Requiem devs Capcom say they'll use AI to "improve efficiency and productivity", but not to generate game assets
    14. Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus review: another skippable CPU series
    15. "All was well until it wasn't" is a summary of both freshly revealed Minecraft Dungeons 2 and pretty much every story ever told
    16. This week in PC games: a new Hooded Horse city-builder, some PS2-style horror, a school-day RPG and an absolutely tremendous catfish
    17. Crimson Desert devs Pearl Abyss take a first stab at control improvements with their latest patch, say Intel Arc GPU support's in the works
    18. How to wait in Crimson Desert
    19. Your citizens don't stay put in Stellaris-style 4X strategy game Final Vanguard - start a war and "entire waves of refugees can emerge"
    20. Oopsie, Crimson Desert's weird AI paintings weren't supposed to left in for release, Pearl Abyss claim, outlining plans to remove them
    21. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 23 Mar)
    22. Wordle hint and answer #1738 (March 23 2026)
    1. RPS Verdict: Anime racer Screamer slides sideways into success with its colourful, characterful driving
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 22 Mar)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1737 (March 22 2026)
    1. Crimson Desert is raising some AI-brows with a bevy of suspiciously generated-looking art
    2. If you ask Yoshi-P, kids don't care about Final Fantasy anymore because they're taking too long to come out
    3. God is dead and I am a bullet hell boss of my own making in the physics-based dicerolling roguelike DeeSicks
    4. All those upcoming spin-offs aside, Pocketpair apparently aren't all that interested in a Palworld "media empire"
    5. "This progress will not be linear": Mega Crit outline their patching process for Slay the Spire 2 after ruffling some feathers
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 21 Mar)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1736 (March 21 2026)
    1. Funi Raccoon is another wonderful pile of rubble to sift through on your computer
    2. "As soon as it fired up, he'd get up and go to lunch": How Age of Empires' developers tested mission difficulty
    3. Crimson Desert is "like riding a bike", says Pearl Abyss PR boss, possibly in the sense that bikes also don't run on Intel Arc GPUs
    4. Following a demo, DLC-sized New Vegas mod Fallout Chicago is aiming for a full release in 2027
    5. "A balancing paradigm I often look at is Starcraft": Total War: Medieval 3 won't lean too hard on rock-paper-scissors combat, says creative director
    6. Crimson Desert: How to use Copper Pouches
    7. Crimson Desert: How to chop wood
    8. How to get Iron in Crimson Desert
    9. Netflix's Assassin's Creed TV show is about assassins roaming Ancient Rome and its hero might meet Nero
    10. New Slay The Spire 2 patch will "make infinites harder to achieve" by letting the Doormaker eat your cards, amongst other surprises
    11. US regulator won't follow Europe's lead and stick higher age ratings on games with loot boxes and daily quests, since it might confuse parents
    12. "So that we don't flood the game with amazing loot": Marathon director defends Cryo Archive's weekend-only release in the name of balance, queue times and player prep
    13. SteamOS update preview brings "initial support" for the Steam Machine, plus new power and Bluetooth tricks for Steam Decks
    14. Subnautica 2's early access release date was "self-servingly" leaked by Krafton, "further damaging the game", claim lawyers for reinstated Unknown Worlds CEO
    15. Crimson Desert patch stops bosses attacking you mid-revival, also takes aim at crashes and UI problems
    16. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 20 Mar)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1735 (March 20 2026)
    1. CD Projekt Red's Hadar has moved onto the prototyping stage, as The Witcher 4 team expands
    2. How to get rid of a bounty in Crimson Desert
    3. How to steal in Crimson Desert
    4. Crimson Desert: Synthesize the Abyss Cell
    5. Crimson Desert: How to unlock Camp Fast Travel
    6. Crimson Desert: How to open the door in Polar Opposites
    7. Crimson Desert quests list
    8. Crimson Desert: How to sweep the chimney
    9. Crimson Desert: Spire Of The Stars puzzle solution
    10. Crimson Desert: How to activate the lock device switch underground
    11. Crimson Desert: How to beat Tenebrum
    12. Crimson Desert: What to do first
    13. Crimson Desert can perform well on PC, but you’ll need to win its crash lottery first
    14. Marathon's Cryo Archive drops tomorrow and it sounds like almost every aspect of it will be a pain in the shell
    15. Colossal Order's biggest mistake working on Cities: Skylines 2? Banking on not-quite-ready Unity features
    16. "We're not perfectly replicating the real world, that would be crazy": The invisible design behind Firewatch's pine cones and picture frames
    17. Shenmue 3 Enhanced is a shinier version of Yu Suzuki's opus with a new camera option that harkens back to the original
    18. Dark Scrolls is a dungeon scroller from the Gunbrella devs, starring fantasy staples like an obligatory thief and "Rat with saxophone"
    19. Vampire Crawlers invites you to an average Italian countryside with an April release date
    20. Hoarder is just a beautiful Polish cleaning sim from a former Darkwood dev, until you find the staircase to the very different game beneath
    21. Fortnite adds buildable Star Wars islands, so you can finally make a Mos Eisley Cantina full of flossing Jawas
    22. Scout Report: Desynced is about building and automating through behaviour, not layout
    23. Ubisoft are ending game development at long-time Tom Clancy studio Red Storm with 105 staff laid off, according to reports
    24. Join the circus and swing an election in Moves of the Diamond Hand, the RPG follow-up to Betrayal at Club Low, which hits PC early access in April
    25. Former Mount & Blade modders are making Kinstrife, a medieval mosh pitter set in 13th century Germany
    26. The steam train world speed record has stood for 87 years: yes, you can beat it in the new Thomas the Tank Engine game
    27. Our favourite, huge power bank for the Steam Deck is down to £52/$80 from Amazon
    28. Who'd have thought - Amazon Resale is the place to get an Nvidia GPU for a somewhat reasonable price
    29. "Departures are necessary," Crystal Dynamics say as they yet again lay off Tomb Raider staff, but they're "fully committed" to the reboot and sequel
    30. Valve say Counter-Strike 2's reloading needed "higher stakes", so you now dump all the ammo left in a clip when you reload early
    31. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 19 Mar)
    32. Wordle hint and answer #1734 (March 19 2026)
    1. Our early verdict on Crimson Desert: bad bugs, great cats, and an open world that could use a big bucket of yellow paint
    2. Mass Effect-like space RPG Exodus drops another in-game trailer, much to the misfortune of Biggs "The Bolt" Keil
    3. Ahead of Hollow Knight: Silksong's Sea of Sorrow expansion, Team Cherry have gotten their Traditional Chinese and German translation ducks in a row
    4. I made s'mores from cats and dogs in Lucid Blocks, a version of Minecraft held together by dream logic
    5. The best games like Dark Souls you should play next
    6. FBC: Firebreak's last major update has arrived, bringing new Control maps, a price drop and a free-for-friends version to help keep servers populated
    7. "The sheer scale is daunting": These Baldur's Gate 3 modders are remaking the entirety of Baldur's Gate 1 as a custom campaign, with a first demo already out
    8. "You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling
    9. Arc Raiders studio co-founder resigns following sexual misconduct claims, but Embark say a legal review "did not substantiate" the allegations
    10. “Not even the littlest bit": GTA 6 publisher CEO doesn't think genAI will level the playing field for smaller devs
    11. Nvidia DLSS 5 critics have the tech "completely wrong", CEO Jensen Huang insists, arguing it's somehow "very different than generative AI"
    12. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 18 Mar)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1733 (March 18 2026)
    1. A day after Unknown Worlds' ousted CEO gets reinstated, Subnautica 2 gets an early access release date
    2. Death Stranding 2's PC launch comes with a tougher new mode and, staying true to the brand, live-action cutscenes
    3. The very Rimwold-esque Going Medieval hits 1.0 today after almost five years of early access
    4. MindsEye developers Build a Rocket Boy and IO Interactive announce their publishing divorce, won't stay together for the Hitman crossover
    5. Huzzah! Satisfactory version 1.2, now in beta, lets you actually pause your game, and you can take selfies now too
    6. Bethesda reveal Starfield's Terran Armada DLC: it's about a space robot army and drops alongside a beefy free overhaul of the base game
    7. Far Cry's open world takes on new significance when you consider the etymology of "explore"
    8. Helldivers 2 update is set to unleash new missions to combat Illuminate alien exostorms and battle some fresh squid enemies this week
    9. "You're not doing parkour off a roof, but the principles were the same": How the makers of Firewatch pulled from Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, and Bioshock to tell a new kind of story in a walking simulator
    10. Here's when Crimson Desert launches in your region
    11. Nvidia DLSS 5’s AI filter turns all your favourite Resident Evil Requiem characters into yassified Instagram models
    12. MSI plan 15-30% price hikes for their hardware, report claims, as the memory crisis' consequences continue to rumble back to your wallet
    13. An experimental Marathon duos mode is set to rock up for just two weeks, with Bungie warning "some things will be a bit jank"
    14. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 17 Mar)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1732 (March 17 2026)
    1. Pigs fly and minecarts explode in The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, a breezy free-to-play open world RPG
    2. Judge orders Subnautica 2 bosses be handed back control of company after Krafton found guilty of "wrongfully usurping control"
    3. New open world parkour game Panline is so exact a reflection of Mirror's Edge it gives me vertigo
    4. "We don't reuse enough": Far Cry 4 director says developers need to stop doing "pointless work" and learn lessons from Elden Ring and Like A Dragon
    5. The best extraction shooters on PC or: how I learned there are other games like Arc Raiders
    6. Morrowind remake mod Skywind still looks like it could help my Skyrim-addled brain properly fall in love with the weirdest Elder Scrolls in latest showcase
    7. This week in PC games: Crimson Desert and Death Stranding 2 plus frogs, cubes and one amazingly menacing chicken
    8. Gotham Knights studio Warner Bros. Games Montréal appear to have laid off staff
    9. Everybody fights, no-one goes AFK in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, the new FPS from the makers of Warhammer 40K Boltgun
    10. Fallout Chicago, a DLC-sized New Vegas mod about the Brotherhood of Steel fighting a union mob, has a first demo out now
    11. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 16 Mar)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1731 (March 16 2026)
    1. Skyblivion project lead says the massive Oblivion remake mod is "in a great place" during its first proper showcase of 2026
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 15 Mar)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1730 (March 15 2026)
    1. Embark have been replacing Arc Raiders' AI voice lines with real people, but that doesn't mean they've sworn off using it behind the scenes
    2. Eye of the Match is Papers, Please, Severance, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2 mixed up into an enticing concotion
    3. Hunt witches and question what's right in the murky but compassionate sounding WITCHHUNTER.exe
    4. Marathon's next update will help your vault feel roomier, and Bungie outlines their plans for higher-end PCs
    5. Fear not, phobia havers, Slay the Spire 2 will be catering to you in a future update
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 14 Mar)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1729 (March 14 2026)
    1. Latest Slay The Spire 2 update stops you having over a billion HP, while tweaking the deckbuilder's mod support
    2. Starfield is a game people were "just not ready" for and it'll still come good at some point, reckons Fallout 4 composer
    3. Xbox Full Screen Experience shows a potential glimpse of how Project Helix will work – though right now, it’s a flawed PC platform
    4. Resident Evil Requiem (RE9) walkthrough
    5. There's no secret Cyberpunk 2077 DLC coming, CD Projekt say, immediately setting themselves up for more nagging about secret Witcher 3 DLC
    6. QPAD Mark Model 3 gaming mouse review: cute screen, but a middling mouse
    7. Combine 40 runes into your own, extremely broken spells in Paper Mario-style RPG Rhell, out now on PC
    8. Rooftops are jumped, skulls are thumped and a man falls on his wet bum in Thief-esque Project Shadowglass' latest trailer
    9. The latest Whiskerwood update finally lets you stop hungry mice from raiding your food warehouses – though they might riot over it
    10. The Night can steal your face in Victorian mansion horror Cordura, aka Phasmophobia meets Dishonored
    11. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is adding a bulldozing new class, while fellow spinoff Rogue Core gets an early access release date
    12. "This is personal for me" - creators of game about suing murderous billionaires cancel Microsoft deal and join No Games For Genocide boycott
    13. Trump administration's "cruel and unnecessary" acts called out by Titanium Court developer during IGF award speech
    14. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 13 Mar)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1728 (March 13 2026)
    1. Moonlighter dev's next haunt is ReVamp, a tower defence roguelike where Dracula is cursed to defend his castle forever
    2. Hazard Pay is a block-pushing puzzle game you can really sink your mop into
    3. Behold Subnautica 2's fancy fresh windows that come as part of its new procedural base building system
    4. I am going to be playing this rap album that's also a walkthrough of indie classic Cave Story on repeat
    5. Don’t know your FSR Diamonds from your DirectStorages? Here’s what all that Project Helix tech-speak actually means
    6. Ex-Overwatch director reveals a multiplayer lovechild of Read Dead and Rust, which I hope boasts nude shootouts
    7. Co-op Shadow of the Colossus and hero looter shooter: the genres Arc Raiders devs' thought it was during development
    8. A week from its release date, Crimson Desert swallows some Denuvo DRM
    9. Scout Report: You will not find a more humble, dinky little treat than Wizards & Summons
    10. PEGI announce plans to slap higher age ratings on games with loot boxes, daily quests, and paid battle passes soon
    11. Dave the Diver's jungle DLC release date confirmed for summer, so you'd better start learning how to outrun piranhas
    12. "We're going to lay off 1,000 people and that's going to be on you": Ex-Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan says redundancy ultimatum led to his Blizzard exit
    13. Microsoft confirm their PC game-running Project Helix should be in devs' hands by 2027, and packs next-gen AMD innards
    14. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 12 Mar)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1727 (March 12 2026)
    1. "Valve does not cooperate with gambling sites" - Counter-Strike publishers issue rare public defence of lootbox mechanics, following New York lawsuit
    2. The best RPGs on PC
    3. PETA and Edmund McMillen are trolling each other again, as the activist group hand Mewgenics a "Hero to Animals Award"
    4. Learn about real-life rewilding in "idle city-builder + creature collector" Grow Wild, which is taking playtest sign-ups
    5. Tracking down the Dark Souls 2 hacker who injected me with 500 cursed Black Knight Ultra Greatswords
    6. Marathon update makes UESC enemies weaker, but they're still messing me up at every opportunity. Bungie have "no plans to change that"
    7. Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic is getting a Community Edition with Source upgrades and Ubisoft's blessing
    8. Intel’s new, "fastest ever" desktop CPUs put their focus back on game performance
    9. Knockout codes
    10. Anime Reversal codes
    11. Come experience the original LucasArts vision for Star Wars Battlefront 3 in the leaked First Assault beta, finally playable on PC
    12. The best puzzle games on PC
    13. New tactics RPG Never's End blends Final Fantasy with the turbulent spell combos of Divinity: Original Sin
    14. How to use Infected Blood and the Blood Collector in Resident Evil Requiem
    15. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 11 Mar)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1726 (March 11 2026)
    1. Why did Dispatch's devs push through to make it despite initial disinterest from investors? "Arrogance and stupidity"
    2. Mega Man's voice actor says he won't be returning in Dual Override over non-union contract concerns
    3. Nightdive re-announce SiN Reloaded with the promise that it's coming out this year
    4. As of today, your RuneScape subscription will be just that little bit more expensive every month
    5. It's not a mirage, Crimson Desert's system requirements are here, and don't seem half bad
    6. How to kill Blister Heads in Resident Evil Requiem
    7. Best CPUs for gaming: our favourite Intel and AMD chips
    8. Epic are hiking Fortnite V-Buck prices to “pay the bills”, because those server farms don't run on peanuts
    9. How to get past the Kitchen Chef in Resident Evil Requiem
    10. Anime Paradox codes
    11. How to kill the Chunk boss in Resident Evil Requiem
    12. Regions of Ruin: Runegate is a pleasantly pixelly RPG about rebuilding a lost dwarven kingdom, and it’s out next month
    13. Capcom reveal Resident Evil Requiem story DLC and minigame while dangling sweaty carrot of Hot Uncle Kennedy romance sim
    14. New lawsuit wants Valve to repay "billions" earned from "illegal gambling" lootboxes in Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2
    15. Sorcerer Tycoon codes
    16. Neo Tennis codes
    17. Resident Evil Requiem: STARS armory briefcase code
    18. Jurassic Park, parkour and Five Nights At Freddy's meet in Terrible Lizards, in which you must go faster
    19. All Resident Evil Requiem safe codes and locations
    20. How to solve the Moon, Sun and Star puzzle in Resident Evil Requiem
    21. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 10 Mar)
    22. Wordle hint and answer #1725 (March 10 2026)
    1. Battlefield 6 developers face layoffs despite making one of the best-selling games of 2025
    2. Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami has a new studio, Unbound, who are making original games for PC and console
    3. Crusader Kings 3 is getting a Roblox adaptation
    4. "If we love this work, we have to protect it" - Hyper Light studio Heart Machine is now a "wall-to-wall" union
    5. Xbox Full Screen Experience, Windows 11's gaming UI overhaul, is available to try now on Legion Go handhelds
    6. A Nioh 3 boss made me so pissed off that I smashed a hole into my desk
    7. All Status Effects in Marathon explained
    8. All DCON locations in Marathon
    9. “He doesn’t have a heart, but he has heartstrings”: The making of Nick Valentine, Fallout’s best-loved companion
    10. A Steam Machine update reignited release date fears, but Valve say the new hardware is still shipping this year
    11. This week in PC games: John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake, and a myth-inspired match-3 game where you combine three dogs into Cerberus
    12. Slay The Spire 2 update fixes some spectacular multiplayer bugs, like the relic that gives infinite block
    13. Website that let Marvel Rivals players pay each other to throw matches pivots to "transparency initiative" after NetEase get mad
    14. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 9 Mar)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1724 (March 9 2026)
    1. Marathon quests list
    2. Abyss codes
    3. Volleyball Legends codes
    4. The Sunday Papers
    5. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 8 Mar)
    6. Wordle hint and answer #1723 (March 8 2026)
    1. I really wish Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart wasn't called that, but its flirtatious dungeon crawling has still charmed me
    2. Oh no, Wikipedia has been turned into a gacha card game and I can already feel my time slipping away from me
    3. Menace's first roadmap, while light on details and dates, is here to give you an idea of what's on the way
    4. After listening to your complaints, Bungie is making it just a tad less annoying to buy cosmetics in Marathon
    5. NetEase has reportedly pulled funding from Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi's studio and next game Gang of Dragon
    6. Driving Empire codes
    7. 'The teenagers have it coming' I tell myself as I set another spike trap in this Greek myth-infused tower defense game
    8. Marathon's story is told like it's a single player game and that's no good when my friends are talking on Discord
    9. What are we all playing this weekend?
    10. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 7 Mar)
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1722 (March 7 2026)
    1. Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough 8: ARK (Archives, Bioweapon Repository and Final Boss)
    2. After trying Subtractive Runemixer, I can't unsee the links between RPG element systems and colour theory
    3. The school bus is unleashed in Wreckfest 2's latest update, which also introduces car upgrades and waypoint races
    4. In appreciation of Requiem, the Unfired
    5. World of Darkness lovers take note: new "Hunter" game accidentally released as a RoboCop: Rogue City update
    6. Slay The Spire 2's placeholder art should be a lesson to all the developers caught up in AI-generated nonsense
    7. Massive Skyrim mod Lordbound is now semi-canon, thanks to a new Bethesda-approved expansion from its devs
    8. Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough: Raccoon City Center (RPD & Orphanage)
    9. Best cores in Marathon
    10. You won't have any standing armies in Total War: Medieval 3 at first, so better get chummy with the commoners
    11. Marathon's credits include the artist whose work Bungie used without permission
    12. Bungie ask Marathon critics to delay "full reviews" till the release of an endgame zone, and I am wistfully reminded of Vault of Glass
    13. Microsoft's next console will play PC games too, and it's currently codenamed Project Helix
    14. Rally Point: Whiskerwood suggests that, even without the violence, colonialism is a scam
    15. Fallout: The New West's second demo is out now, allowing you sample the New Vegas Van Buren remake mod's start
    16. US governor boosts US-Iran 'combat footage' that is actually from War Thunder, featuring WW2-era weapons
    17. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 6 Mar)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1721 (March 6 2026)
    1. Pragmata gets a release date change once again, albeit in a good way this time
    2. Almost 10 years on from the first one, Ruiner is getting a sequel, and this time with co-op
    3. Prepare your decks once more, Slay the Spire 2 is now out in early access
    4. Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough: East Raccoon City
    5. Hard drive space for all! Helldivers 2's slimmer install size is rolling out to everyone later this month
    6. Marathon: Cutthroat Competition quest walkthrough
    7. Best upgrades in Marathon
    8. Marathon: Introducing Traxus quest walkthrough
    9. Marathon: Survival Directive quest walkthrough
    10. Marathon: Equitable Distribution quest walkthrough
    11. Marathon best guns tier list
    12. Marathon: Data Reconstruction quest walkthrough
    13. Marathon: Introducing NuCaloric quest walkthrough
    14. Marathon: Introducing Arachne quest walkthrough
    15. Marathon Runner Shells tier list
    16. Marathon: Introducing MIDA quest walkthrough
    17. How to get credits fast in Marathon
    18. Marathon: Welcome To Tau Ceti quest walkthrough
    19. Marathon tips for beginners
    20. Two genres and seven years on, Remedy attempt to define what a Control game even is in the lead-up to Resonant
    21. One of Marathon's more controversial mechanics brings back a neat idea from Anthem
    22. Activision pressured Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward to make a game about Iran invading Israel, claims former developer
    23. Resident Evil Requiem's mystifying Final Puzzle is case-closed after its solution was discovered by accident
    24. With Marathon's release imminent, Bungie say it's got "no pay for power" microtransactions and confirm seasonal rewards will stick around
    25. "In a sense, we're kind of victims of ourselves" says Crimson Desert's chief marketer, who reckons it plunged over the announcement Kliff too early
    26. Ubisoft talk up "unique, darker" Assassin's Creed Hexe, also promise their Invictus multiplayer game is making progress
    27. In Total War: Medieval 3, you can change the laws of your kingdom to ensure your feckless heir doesn't inherit the throne
    28. Oblivion Remastered multiplayer mod announced by company aiming to give a bunch of single player games their GTA 5 moment
    29. Highguard's beefy final update is live, with a "skeleton crew" having voluntarily "crunched" to get it out ahead of shutdown
    30. Nvidia hotfix targets broken GeForce driver that followed previous broken GeForce driver
    31. MindsEye studio confirm more layoffs, as CEO claims they've got "overwhelming evidence of organised espionage and corporate sabotage"
    32. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 5 Mar)
    33. Wordle hint and answer #1720 (March 5 2026)
    1. Trump administration reportedly debating whether to force Riot Games owners Tencent to divest stakes in US game companies
    2. Corpses in the censored Japanese version of Resident Evil Requiem are full of terrible darkness
    3. "Gary will no longer attack the player from beyond the veil" says The Outer Worlds 2's latest patch, which also makes a death pit work as intended
    4. Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough: Rhodes Hill 3 (The Basement)
    5. Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough: Rhodes Hill 4 (Helipad and Water Treatment Plant)
    6. Sony will no longer release their biggest PlayStation games on PC, claims report, starting with Ghost of Yōtei
    7. Planet of Lana 2 review - a grander, more dynamic platformer sequel that keeps hold of its heart
    8. How to solve the Final Puzzle in Resident Evil Requiem
    9. My Fishing Brainrots codes
    10. Ahead of Myrient's RAM crisis-linked demise, volunteers are working to archive its entire collection
    11. The Division 2's new Realism Mode chops back the HUD, ammo and health regen, and is free for a month
    12. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now back on Steam as a separate entity to Counter-Strike 2
    13. Logitech G325 Lightspeed gaming headset review: cheap wireless cans that don’t sound too shabby
    14. Attempt to get copyright on wholly AI-generated art gunned down by US Supreme Court
    15. No Fallout New Vegas remaster teases here, Iron Galaxy say, we're just really enthusiastic about meetings
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1719 (March 4 2026)
    17. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 4 Mar)
    1. Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional is a charming 2000s, Windows XP take on the Vampire Survivors formula
    2. And there it is: Highguard is shutting down next week
    3. The Sims 4 is going the way of Roblox with a new marketplace where anyone can make moola from their custom creations
    4. One of the Legend of Grimrock designers is making a spaceship puzzler inspired by System Shock
    5. Bungie lay out their Marathon season plans, which yes, includes forced resets for everybody
    6. It's time to pick up the reins, as the 13th century horse courier game The Legend of Khiimori is out in early access
    7. Resident Evil Requiem: Rhodes Hill 1 (The Girl) walkthrough
    8. Fantasy RPG Esoteric Ebb is "the most exciting game Disco Elysium has inspired", says former ZA/UM writer
    9. Witcher 3 REDkit modding whizz expands Kaer Morhen to match its Witcher 1 equivalent, with references galore
    10. How to craft Ammo for Requiem in Resident Evil Requiem
    11. How Steven Spielberg, a Pinhead bust, and Robert De Niro's sex appeal gave us the horror shooter Clive Barker's Undying
    12. Capcom yank Resident Evil 4 Remake's Enigma DRM, which had reportedly impacted the horror flick's performance
    13. Marathon release times
    14. Resident Evil Requiem gains an arachnophobia mode done right, with everyone's favourite steam engine subbed for spiders
    15. Well, that looks like it could be a Fallout: New Vegas remaster tease from a Fallout 76 support studio
    16. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 3 Mar)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1718 (March 3 2026)
    1. How to find all BSAA Containers in Resident Evil Requiem
    2. The best roguelike games on PC
    3. Tekken and Pac-Man owners Bandai Namco announce major restructure with investment from Sony
    4. The original Cities: Skylines is getting a new Race Day expansion next week, as Paradox parade the fact the series is turning 11
    5. I swapped my gaming headset for IEM earphones, and I am in love
    6. Resident Evil Requiem: How to solve Barry's Scavenger Hunt
    7. Hooded Horse's terrific 4X strategy game Old World is getting another big DLC expansion set in south Asia
    8. Ongoing RAM price crisis cited as one of the reasons "game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down this month
    9. This week in PC games: Marathon, Slay The Spire 2, a promising Disco-like RPG and a monastic garden mystery
    10. Meet the man who stuffed as much Deus Ex into Fallout 3 as was "humanly possible"
    11. Maybe it's time to accept the real Bloodborne remake is the friends we made along the way, following report FromSoftware said no to one
    12. Nearly a year on from release, Stardew Valley Baldur's Gate 3 modders provide a rare update on their Halsin romance
    13. Bungie share top feedback from Marathon's playtest, including PC performance, UI issues and ammo shortages
    14. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 2 Mar)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1717 (March 2 2026)
    1. Arc Raiders: Best guns tier list
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 1 Mar)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1716 (March 1 2026)