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April 2026 Archive

    1. A plumber's worst nightmare and man's best friend combine in the Journey-sounding social platformer pipedog
    2. Vampire: The Masquerade finds new undead life in Oaths and Ashes, a visual novel RPG set in Berlin
    3. From the co-creator of Celeste comes City of None, a metroidvania about a wooden adventurer in a dying metropolis
    4. After a year of messy legal shenanigans, Subnautica 2 has an early access release date
    5. From Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator's devs comes a game with "a giant, screaming man whose meat you can legally drive through"
    6. Scout Report: she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died
    7. Greedfall studio Spiders' liquidation is a "premeditated and deliberate choice by Nacon’s management" claim union as they call for a boycott
    8. Chuba! Star Wars: Galactic Racer's release date has been accidentally revealed early
    9. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era hits early access today with the start of a narrative campaign, six factions, a map editor and multiplayer
    10. Following in Fallout's footsteps, British post-apocalyptic survival jaunt Atomfall's now getting a TV show too
    11. American Truck Simulator cruises into Illinois with a fresh expansion releasing mid-May, as SCS also tease a new truck
    12. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 30 Apr)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1776 (April 30 2026)
    1. I'm enjoying the boreal cyborg world of spooky FPS Industria 2, which launches on PC today and also has an excellent diegetic crafting screen
    2. "Those of us who joined in the early 2000s, we had it very good": Monument Valley boss says it's getting harder to give workers full-time stability
    3. Why aren’t there more PC-first gamepads? Valve don’t know, but they "did see an opportunity" for the new Steam Controller
    4. “We’re a number on a ledger": ex-Elder Scrolls Online studio head says Microsoft cancelling Project Blackbird was a "missed opportunity"
    5. Warren Spector's newly solo-friendly stealth game Thick as Thieves will launch as a four-hour "introductory campaign" that only costs a fiver
    6. MindsEye's mission about Build a Rocket Boy's alleged "saboteurs" is a rather meh Hitman impression that saw me waste 30 minutes swearing in a warehouse
    7. Pragmata 100% walkthrough: Sector 3 (Terra Dome)
    8. While you wait for Subnautica 2, here's a moody Bioshock-esque strategy game in which you can put Big Daddies on crabs
    9. Even GTA 6's price needs to feel "reasonable", says Take-Two boss: hiking past $70 to match inflation "doesn’t make a whole lot of sense"
    10. "A next-gen Steam Deck would do the same": Valve are already eyeing Steam Controller hardware upgrades to reuse in future handhelds
    11. Cyberpunk 2077 gets a whole new ending thanks to a mod aimed at folks keen on riding off into the sunset with potential partner Judy Alvarez
    12. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 29 Apr)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1775 (April 29 2026)
    1. Solve a murder mystery by flying people around on your giant crane in the Disco Elysium and Chinese folktale inspired The Crane Rider's Tale
    2. Windrose devs ask for some grace as they prepare to set sail towards a six month wait for the next big update
    3. Greedfall and Steelrising developer Spiders look set to close their doors, according to a recent report
    4. The best Final Fantasy games on PC
    5. The Blood of Dawnwalker gets a late summer release date, system requirements, and another, very Witchery, gameplay look-in
    6. What do Marathon and The Lord of the Rings have to do with each other? PvPvE gameplay, apparently
    7. Garry's Mod devs Facepunch will be taking action to "push obviously AI-created slop off" sequel S&box's main page, Garry Newman confirms
    8. "We've heard a clear frustration": Arc Raiders update adds a beach holiday map while patching the gun balance to ensure "all players are challenged by weapon attrition"
    9. Our Steam Controller second opinion: what works, what doesn't, and what Valve should add for the next one
    10. Helldivers 2 isn't a cosy game, but the tranquil forests and beefed up exosuits of its latest patch might convince you it is
    11. As the Steam Controller breaks cover, Valve say they're hard at work on the Steam Deck 2 and keeping current Decks in stock
    12. The War to End all Wars is a colony sim now, with an Acceptable Losses gauge
    13. "We're just as impacted as everyone else": Valve explain Steam Machine delays and why the Steam Controller is coming out sooner
    14. "This isn’t just something that affects Wizards of the Coast" - Magic: the Gathering Arena team vote to unionise for protection against layoffs, genAI and forced crunch
    15. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 28 Apr)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1774 (April 28 2026)
    1. The best open world games on PC
    2. Valve have confirmed the Steam Controller price and release date, though the Steam Machine is still in RAM price purgatory
    3. Steam Controller review: even without a Steam Machine mate, this is a smartly crafted gamepad that puts PCs first
    4. Hallow Blade is like a first-person Greatest Hits of From Software, offering a sunken interconnected kingdom of forests, crypts and castles
    5. Following about 50 Assassin's Creed Hexe devs reportedly being taken off the game, Ubisoft say team switches are "a standard part of how we operate"
    6. The droids you're looking for are busy polishing X-Wings in PowerWash Simulator 2's Star Wars DLC, due out this summer
    7. Mouse: PI For Hire walkthrough
    8. Alleged would-be Trump assassin once made an "atomic fighting game", which Steam have now yanked from sale
    9. This week's standout PC game is an astronaut epic from Life is Strange and Vampyr creators Don't Nod, made in partnership with the European Space Agency
    10. Epic Games are honouring refunds for Fortnite's D4vd cosmetics after singer charged with murder
    11. This beefy 850W Asus ROG Strix 80+ Platinum PSU is a third off from Amazon
    12. Starfield modders fix Terran Armada progress blocker bug that punishes you for visiting one particular space station
    13. You can save £100 on this Ryzen Z2 Extreme-powered MSI Claw A8 handheld from Cyberpower
    14. Alien Isolation 2 teaser video shows the horror game heading planetside, but those panic-inducing save stations are following it
    15. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 27 Apr)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1773 (April 27 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 26 Apr)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1772 (April 26 2026)
    1. ShatterRush is obviously an indie take on Titanfall, but considering the lack of threequel, I'm sure you won't mind
    2. Crymelight is a Hades-esque roguelike that sends the white rabbit chasing Alice to hell to face her sins and fight for her freedom
    3. After losing its creative director, it looks like Assassin's Creed Hexe has lost its game director now too
    4. Final Fantasy 14's next expansion ushers in an ice age and adds in an Evangelion crossover for good measure
    5. I’ve accidentally drilled a hole in my desk with Logitech’s RS H-Shifter, but it’s given me a new appreciation for slamming up the gears
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 25 Apr)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1771 (April 25 2026)
    1. Pragmata 100% walkthrough: Sectors 5 and 6 (Central Port)
    2. "We will do better": Blizzard are sorry World of Warcraft's prop hunt patch launched with an X-ray vision exploit and plenty of other pesky bugs
    3. Pragmata 100% walkthrough: Sector 4 (Lunum Mines)
    4. Mega Crit are tinkering with Slay the Spire 2's difficulty in a new patch, while weighing further changes to everybody's favourite villain, the Doormaker
    5. Pragmata 100% walkthrough: Sector 2 (Mass Production Array)
    6. Tie yourself up in wriggling loveknots in this graceful and silly merpeople sex game
    7. Pragmata 100% walkthrough: Sector 1 (Solar Power Plant)
    8. Pragmata 100% walkthrough
    9. Pragmata: How to get the secret ending
    10. Microsoft will reportedly invite 7% of their US workers to retire early, as the Xbox division talk up "strong cost discipline"
    11. "A wordless world that speaks": Lofsöng is like a Playdead game set in a Brutalist nuclear exclusion zone
    12. Masters of Albion and Sintopia show god games are nothing without a deity's twitchy fingers
    13. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's first birthday is here, cue an anniversary patch giving everyone in the J'RPG special hairdos
    14. Woot have knocked 72% off this potent analog gaming keyboard
    15. Save 35% on one of the best budget racing wheels of all time for console and PC sim racing
    16. Don't miss The Third Shift, a Game Boy horror museum that cleverly entangles Resident Evil-style CCTV perspectives with point-and-click investigation
    17. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 24 Apr)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1770 (April 24 2026)
    1. Former PlayStation head isn't sure how Sony can recoup those big budgets without first-party games coming to PC
    2. Shapez 2 leaves the factory floor today as it launches into 1.0
    3. 500 FINGER FILLET is a knife game take on Buckshot Roulette where you must stab your hand 500 times
    4. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's gun toting, bird flipping, violent sheriff featuring DLC gets a release date
    5. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced doesn’t include the Freedom Cry DLC, Ubisoft say they made a “clear choice” to focus on Edward’s adventure
    6. Land ho, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced's system requirements have washed ashore
    7. What is best in life? A free Conan Exiles update that completely revamps the game's graphics and more
    8. Windrose Discoveries list
    9. "The best game ever": Old World designer dreams of making a sequel to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri that "renews the mechanics"
    10. Europa Universalis 5 is getting its first big DLC in May, a race to save the crumbling Byzantine Empire
    11. GTA: Carcer City, a San Andreas mod which turns Rockstar's dark snuff game Manhunt into a full-on open world, has a demo out
    12. £69 for one of my favourite wireless office mice is quite the steal
    13. Scout Report: Try not to eat the mules in Silk Roads II
    14. "Unlocked the toilet door in the Euro Trash mission to prevent soft-locks" read Samson's latest patch notes, which also introduce special drift cars
    15. This 512GB SanDisk Ultra Micro SD card has dropped to its best price in months on Amazon
    16. Crimson Desert's latest patch adds new difficulty options, lets you adopt a pet bird, and unglues cats from shoulders
    17. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 23 Apr)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1769 (April 23 2026)
    1. Ecco the Dolphin: Complete revealed, a mixture of remaster and brand new game spanning every Ecco game from the 8 to 16-bit era
    2. A little bit Black & White, a little bit Fable, Molyneux's citybuilder Masters Of Albion has the potential to break free of its influences – but it has a lot of work to do
    3. How many pampered hikers can you freeze in alpine tycoon game Above the Snow?
    4. After an hour in the beta, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is both a limp Mass Effect and a leaden interpretation of a very good TV show
    5. The next Frostpunk game isn't a city builder, 11 Bit Studios reveal, alongside a modern "reimagining" of survival game This War Of Mine
    6. Steam, Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnite risk "becoming onramps to abuse, extremist violence, radicalisation or lifelong harm", claim Australian government
    7. Ubisoft have reportedly cancelled Alterra, a life sim blending Animal Crossing with Minecraft, after almost three years of dev work
    8. A legend gets cheaper as the Logitech G502 Hero gaming mouse cuts 22% off from Amazon
    9. £520 for this Asus Prime RTX 5070 GPU and a free copy of Pragmata feels like a solid deal at the moment
    10. Adding naval warfare in time for Crusader Kings 3's Silk and Silver expansion would have blown Paradox's "schedule out of [the] water"
    11. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 22 Apr)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1768 (April 22 2026)
    1. Arcade roguelike KAZ will probably break my arrows keys, and yet here I am wanting to play another round
    2. Casualties: Unknown is Noita for furries, and oh so deliciously miserable
    3. Take a flight to the uncanny valley with Aion 2, the MMO all about verticality that's going global this year
    4. "Mythology, by its nature, is told and retold": Hades 2 dev on changing its controversial ending
    5. Endless Legend 2's answer to the common 4X problem of "goldfish" AI is a cunning system of badges, from Pleasant to Bully
    6. Enshrouded approaches the Roblox event horizon with the addition of Adventure Sharing in its latest update
    7. Call of Duty won't hit Xbox Game Pass at launch going forwards, as Microsoft's subscription service gets a price cut
    8. Unionised Build a Rocket Boy staff take legal action against MindsEye studio, accusing management of breaking the law with "invasive" surveillance software
    9. "Not all machines are twisted mechano-socialists": Helldivers 2's latest warbond brings back a mech suit from the original game
    10. Off the Grid studio Gunzilla faced a forced shutdown petition over alleged unpaid bills, and are accused of owing one company over $100,000
    11. Are Pragmata’s hack-filled shootouts thrilling, or fatiguing? How Capcom’s shooter tackles the age-old challenge of blending action with puzzles
    12. Crusader Kings 3's latest batch of major expansions invite you to choose between God and gold, with playable popes and money-grabbing republican merchants
    13. Save 45% on this capable ultralight Turtle Beach wireless gaming mouse in a limited-time Amazon deal
    14. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 21 Apr)
    15. Wordle hint and answer #1767 (April 21 2026)
    1. How to buy a used graphics card: spotting scams and dodging duds in the memory shortage crisis
    2. This week in PC games: the "final" Molyneux game, ski resort management, Game Boy horror and a glamcore heist sim
    3. The shake up to Arc Raiders Expeditions may turn the extraction shooter into a week-long bloodbath, but it could pair well with the "significant changes" planned for its skill tree
    4. The games industry will never "get back to normal", lament Tony Hawk devs Iron Galaxy, as they make another round of layoffs
    5. If Windrose isn't quenching your sealord fantasies, maybe carving out your own Libertalia in pirate citybuilder Corsair Cove will
    6. Soulframe's latest major update is a broadside of pirate weapons, class abilities and outfits, plus falling alien skytowers
    7. There's a hefty Amazon Resale discount going on AMD's excellent Ryzen 5 9600X
    8. The horrible Construct cyborgs of tactics game Menace are getting a rework for "style" and "variety", while the devs put a bullet in the promotion tax
    9. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 20 Apr)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1766 (April 20 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 19 Apr)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1765 (April 19 2026)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 18 Apr)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1764 (April 18 2026)
    1. Mouse PI For Hire: Bandel's Laboratory walkthrough
    2. How does Pragmata's robot girl puffer coat hold up in the history of rad Capcom jackets?
    3. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director "really proud" the gay romance he pushed for, which is somehow totally different to "woke" games' representation, is up for awards
    4. Mouse PI For Hire: Gumshoe In The Opera walkthrough
    5. "It's been an interesting year": the jailed creator of Fortune's Run has passed parole and is back working on her Deus Ex-style FPS
    6. Deadly Delivery codes
    7. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is a strong comeback for a strategy RPG series with few modern competitors, though it could explain itself better
    8. With the right settings, Pragmata can hack it on the Steam Deck - more or less
    9. Garden Horizons codes
    10. Battlefield 6 will have big maps up the wazoo by the time 2026 is done, including ones aimed at naval fights between folks in camo trunks
    11. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is "not an RPG", Ubisoft assure level-up haters in alleged leak that also spills the release date
    12. Rally Point: Genre-crushing choose-your-own strategy Heart of the Machine might be peak Arcen
    13. After a month of haggling with players, Mega Crit make Slay the Spire 2's beta patches official, with big character reworks alongside new art and scoring systems
    14. Firaxis reveal Civilization 7's not good enough at building attack maths, tanking its late-game performance - a patch/tutor is here
    15. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 17 Apr)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1763 (April 17 2026)
    1. Phasmophobia is getting an Alan Wake 2 crossover event next month, which would be cool if it wasn't one time only
    2. Infamous Keepers is a reverse dungeon crawler where you have to survive after mass layoffs and oh no is this a games industry metaphor
    3. Whip out your old film camera and enter a Makoto Shinkai-esque world in Opus: Prism Peak, which is out today
    4. Mouse PI For Hire: The Vanishing Act walkthrough
    5. "I'd say mission achieved for this one": Stop Killing Games on the latest European Commission public hearing
    6. "War is our reality": 4A reveal Metro 2039, a horror FPS inspired by Russia's invasion of Ukraine
    7. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint's latest update lets you two-time a pair of warring factions or ignore them completely
    8. YouTuber who showcases "adult-oriented" Resident Evil Requiem and Stellar Blade mods claims Capcom's laywers asked him to take down over 1,000 videos
    9. Even with ray tracing to buff out its bots, Pragmata performs a treat on PC
    10. The Outer Worlds and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag share an unlikely lesson: we make our own pirates
    11. Mouse PI For Hire: Big Mouse, Little Hope walkthrough
    12. Valve look like they might be rolling out 30-day Steam price tracking for everyone, making it easier to spot when game discounts are at their discountiest
    13. Minos review - Theseus can have the minotaur, this roguelike tower defense gets just too punishing
    14. Homeworld junkies rejoice, brilliantly brutal sci-fi strategy sim Nebulous is finally getting its singleplayer campaign
    15. Cyberpunk 2077's funkiest vehicle modder has resurrected a cut police gunship from the RPG's very first trailer
    16. I'm sad to report that when I worked on Black & White 2's expansion I was never offered a weed-laced chilli con carne
    17. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 16 Apr)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1762 (April 16 2026)
    1. "We had this problem before in the games we created with CD Projekt": Blood of Dawnwalker CEO defends use of AI voice placeholders to save time
    2. If you need more Shakespeare with your Slay the Spire, check out demon lawyer deckbuilder The Killing Stone
    3. Euro Truck Simulator 2's rumbling into the heart of Turkey with the freshly announced Soul of Anatolia expansion
    4. Star Trek: Resurgence isn't going to live long and prosper - it's being delisted from Steam around three years on from release
    5. Samson's second update continues to swat serious bugs, and its street races have been tweaked into ideal day-ending money-makers
    6. Revisiting Atomfall’s pasty-pocalyse survival jaunt a year on, I’ve finally been seduced by its hallucinated monks and jarred brains
    7. Restaurant Tycoon 2 codes
    8. Horror RPG Look Outside's chunky new 2.3 update gives you even more reason to share soup with the cursed folk living in your basement
    9. If these leaked GTA Online sales figures are legit, you can see why Rockstar are holding off GTA 6's PC release
    10. Squid Game X codes
    11. With DLSS 5, Nvidia look to rewrite the truth before our eyes
    12. Beautiful, flawed MMO Book of Travels is now a $5 singleplayer RPG, in a break from the industry trend of killing off struggling online games
    13. Krafton are no longer listed as Subnautica 2's publishers on Steam and the Epic store, following a quiet switch
    14. Dueling Grounds codes
    15. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 15 Apr)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1761 (April 15 2026)
    1. Labyrinth.os is a dungeon crawling ode to late '90s and early 2000s uncanny CGI
    2. "You cannot create art like this": The Blood of Dawnwalker director on making AAA games that aren't just interested in money
    3. Hades 2's second post-launch patch adds in more prophecy conclusions and flirtier friends
    4. I hope you're hungry, because Dosa Divas storms out of the kitchen today
    5. "I wanted you to feel bad": former Battlefield audio designer recalls punching himself to record more realistic gunshot screams
    6. Disney yank a bunch of games from Steam, including bonafide classics Star Wars: Dark Forces, Outlaws and High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance
    7. Marathon's next experimental mode goes all in on sponsored kits, which sounds great for scaredy-cats like me
    8. Fish It codes - Roblox
    9. Phew, American Truck Simulator's latest beta update will tow me back to the road when I inevitably roll it trying to take a turn at 80 mph
    10. STALKER 2’s latest update adds an easily missed new questline, while dispersing accidental mutant crowds
    11. Idols Of Ash review - a terrific spelunking horror game that makes you choose between a rock and a giant centipede
    12. A Storied Life: Tabitha review – a cosy yet pensive puzzler where the biggest challenge is getting someone else's story straight
    13. Bloodborne on PC remains a pipe dream, but the newly announced movie at least means taking your mouse and keyboard to the cinema is an option
    14. Anime Vanguards codes
    15. Blue Lock: Rivals codes
    16. King Legacy codes list
    17. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 14 Apr)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1760 (April 14 2026)
    1. Warhammer Classics initiative re-releases 28 vintage Warhammer and W40K games, with seven out on Steam for the first time
    2. "This is the most reasonable and wise thing to do": survival shooter Road to Vostok's dev plans to recharge a bit before tackling fixes and larger updates
    3. GTA 6 dev Rockstar have seemingly been hacked again, but they don't seem all that worried
    4. No, Fable's release window chicken hasn't been kicked down the road, Playground Games say following report of potential GTA 6-related delay
    5. "I couldn't protect it" Pete Hines says he left Microsoft-owned Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it be "damaged and broken apart and frankly mistreated, abused"
    6. This week in PC games: sci-fi shooter Pragmata, 2.5D platformer Replaced, and the most wishlisted game on Steam compete with illuminated manuscripts
    7. Stop Killing Games throw weight behind California bill that would force companies to either keep games working independently after server shutdowns or issue refunds
    8. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 13 Apr)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #1759 (April 13 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 12 Apr)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1758 (April 12 2026)
    1. Roblox is introducing a subscription service that encourages more shady practices, is it? Sounds about right
    2. The Pines asks what would Alan Wake look like if it was about therapy, and I kind of want to know the answer
    3. Following mass layoffs, Epic are reportedly putting their hopes on a Disney extraction shooter
    4. Crimson Desert's latest update beckons you to abandon the last of your attention span with its new 4x cutscene speed option
    5. What are we all playing this weekend?
    6. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 11 Apr)
    7. Wordle hint and answer #1757 (April 11 2026)
    1. While it plays its roguelike autobattling safe, Skull Horde does put a smile on my flaming skeleton head
    2. Swashbuckling co-op survivor Windrose sets sail into early access next week, which means it's time to battle Blackbeard and a big flower
    3. Crimson Desert: Best weapons to get first
    4. Crimson Desert: How to equip and craft Abyss Gears
    5. Crimson Desert: How to find and capture Blix alive
    6. Crimson Desert: Best Skills to get early
    7. Crimson Desert: How to store items (all Private Storage Chest locations)
    8. Rust 2 isn't in development, Facepunch boss confirms after suspicious Steam page sparks speculation
    9. Crimson Desert has more endgame busywork coming with boss rematches and enemy reinforcements, plus Pearl Abyss are making Pywel's distant towers even sexier
    10. Epomaker HE68 Lite gaming keyboard review: a properly cheap mechanical board with premium tricks
    11. "There is a new narrative from haters," Off the Grid studio boss says of accusations Gunzilla haven't paid workers on time, claims full-timers' salaries "have never been delayed by more than a week"
    12. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 10 Apr)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1756 (April 10 2026)
    1. Over the Hill looks like SnowRunner's cosy off-roading cousin, and its new trailer shows off muddy motoring in Algeria ahead of release later this year
    2. Convince a giant robotic head on a stick it's not human in Prove You're Human, the new game from 1000xResist developer
    3. Crop is Stardew Valley except you arrive at your farm naked and in the boot of a car
    4. Build the city of your dreams, and your graphics card's nightmares, in hyper-shiny mayoral sim City Masterplan
    5. Galaxies Spring Showcase: How to watch and what to expect
    6. District 9 director's studio Gunzilla accused by former staff of not paying employees "for many months"
    7. I sure hope STALKER 2’s upcoming expansion delivers exciting new ways for its factions to violently despise me
    8. Baldur's Gate 3's second act should get a playable new region this year, assuming this custom campaign mod doesn't hit any more roadblocks
    9. Road to Vostok's hot start on Steam has "secured the entire production budget" the Finnish survival shooter needs for "years to come", dev says
    10. Samson devs announce big patch to start fixing its "unacceptable" launch bugs, and boy am I glad to see it'll add in multiple saves
    11. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 9 Apr)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1755 (April 9 2026)
    1. From the C: to the /Mnt/s, Linux is better than ever for PC gaming – and easier to switch to from Windows
    2. PUBG: Battlegrounds' new PvE mode is all about fighting off an alien invasion, and/or hiding in a big man-made dirt hole
    3. RPS Verdict: In its best moments, Samson is like a goon-battering GTA 4 roleplay mod, but in its worst it's horribly broken
    4. Pokemon battles with space cows, dinosaurs and gaseous blobs are the premise of No Man's Sky's latest update, dubbed Xeno Arena
    5. Forza Horizon 6's full map has finally been revealed, and while Tokyo doesn't engulf half of it, I'm still seeing plenty of appealing asphalt spaghetti
    6. "Framerate Estimator" evidence in Steam's new update points to more detailed performance tests than Valve's Verified programmes
    7. Just Cause studio's canned dragon-riding fantasy romp AionGuard "would have been Crimson Desert", reckons former Avalanche creative head
    8. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 8 Apr)
    9. Wordle hint and answer #1754 (April 8 2026)
    1. The widening of Steam continues with another UI beta, this time for the mod hotspot Workshop
    2. I want to live in Nippets' charming, silly hidden objects world
    3. How does Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope deal with sharing his work in this era of AI? A severe lack of posting
    4. The Myst lifts over Call of the Elder Gods, granting it a May release date
    5. 007: First Light's Bond isn't cool enough to look away from explosions, but he will be trying to find his place in a "risk-averse and data-driven" world
    6. Crimson Desert: All Abyss Nexus locations
    7. Frostpunk 2's next bit of DLC literally turns up the heat with yet another environmental disaster to deal with: volcanoes
    8. Beyond Words is Scrabble meets Balatro, and it's left me feeling like I've gone ten rounds with a dictionary
    9. Pillars of Eternity's turn-based mode is finally out in full, and Obsidian have also kindly turned off the invisible treadmills
    10. This week in PC games: gritty GTA 4-coded brawler Samson, Ancient Greek bull defender Minos, and a wobbly violinist battles some stairs
    11. "We're not doing zombie animals", says State of Decay 3 studio head, but you can turn a tea kettle into an undead-attracting bomb
    12. The Witcher 3 multiplayer mod's latest major update adds the only mount you'll ever need - your fellow players
    13. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 7 Apr)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1753 (April 7 2026)
    1. "Keeping teams together doesn't seem to matter to people, but for us it did": Star Wars Zero Company's director on what the industry can learn from XCOM 2
    2. The best videogame characters who came back from the dead
    3. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 6 Apr)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1752 (April 6 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 5 Apr)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1751 (April 5 2026)
    1. Crimson Desert's latest update makes sure you can always look at Kliff's generic mug and makes running much less annoying
    2. Have a gander at this cut Elden Ring scene showing a smidge of DLC boss Miquella's past
    3. Comedy games are alive and well in Horse Magnifier, a game where you do just that
    4. Grand Theft Auto 6 publisher Take-Two have seemingly laid off their head of AI and several of the department's staffers
    5. As House Flipper Remastered Collection's playtest gets going, the original is free to pick up for the weekend
    6. "I was chomping at the bit to crack the code": How procedural maps became XCOM 2's biggest ambition, after Firaxis couldn't manage it in Enemy Unknown
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 4 Apr)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1750 (April 4 2026)
    1. Marathon isn't deathmatch gone wide, it's multiplayer Alien: Isolation and every other player is a xenomorph
    2. What are we all playing this weekend?
    3. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 3 Apr)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1749 (April 3 2026)
    1. Warren Spector's Thick as Thieves gets a bit less interesting as it ditches PvPvE for solo and co-op play
    2. Skyblivion isn't "dead in the water", the Oblivion remake mod's lead says, a recent call for extra hands is about maintaining "good momentum"
    3. Xenonauts 2 hits 1.0 after almost three years of early access and paves the way for mods galore
    4. Mega Crit are working on three new Slay the Spire 2 modes, just don't place any bets on them all making it in
    5. Raise up the decapitated head of the goddess of love in a flower pot in the charmingly silly Tomak: Save the Earth Regeneration
    6. Starcrafty strategy game Stormgate is about to lose its multiplayer modes, due to an AI company buying up Frost Giant's server provider
    7. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor's upcoming DLC is bringing back the original's seasonally appropriate Egg Hunt mode
    8. Linux has gotten a 3% usage bump in a month, latest Steam hardware survey suggests  - though, it's still miles off Windows
    9. Pride precipitates a dizzying fall in Ascenders, a climbing game spin on Darkest Dungeon
    10. Solo Hunters codes
    11. Crimson Desert is now a survival game, thanks to this mod based on an alleged secret "food consequences" system
    12. Steam store "refresh" is out in beta now, enwidening images and adding infinite scrollage to the homepage
    13. Legends of the Round Table is an obsessively chivalric turn-based RPG with the atmosphere of an actual jousting tournament
    14. Marathon's upcoming balance patches take aim at godlike knives, strong snipers and ubiquitous shields, while adding some SECRET items
    15. Original Resident Evil trilogy with GOG's fresh coat of paint is finally on Steam, but you will have to put up with Enigma DRM
    16. The sequel to Garry's Mod releases this month, and Valve will let you publish your creations as standalone Steam games, like dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage
    17. Dandy's World codes
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1748 (April 2 2026)
    19. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 2 Apr)
    1. Nintendo's legal fight with Palworld suffers a reversal as the USPTO reject their patent on character-summoning battle mechanics
    2. The best multiplayer games on PC in 2026
    3. Infinity Nikki codes
    4. The first new Heroes of Might and Magic strategy game in over 10 years will launch this month
    5. Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami partners with Stellar Blade devs Shift Up to make "smaller, experimental titles alongside a large-scale flagship"
    6. Is a blizzardy Skyrim return persuading me to retry Elder Scrolls Online? Not really, but naval combat and underwater exploration might
    7. Letter From The (Deputy) Editor: Oh hey, we have one of those again
    8. Arc Raiders patch protects your precious custom loadouts by lowering the odds of spawning late in a server full of freeloaders
    9. MindsEye's new mission will feature "evidence of the sabotage" the studio have faced, CEO claims - I double-checked and the quotes came before April Fools
    10. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 1 Apr)
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1747 (April 1 2026)