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May 2026 Archive

    1. 007 First Light: All Intel locations
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. 007 First Light: All Legacy locations
    4. 007 First Light: All Memento locations
    5. 007 First Light: All Postcard locations
    6. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 31 May)
    7. Wordle hint and answer #1807 (May 31 2026)
    1. 007 First Light: A New Home Challenges
    2. 007 First Light review - a flowing thriller that blends occasional sandboxy spying into an exotic rollercoaster ride
    3. What are we all playing this weekend?
    4. 007 First Light: A Night Out walkthrough
    5. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 30 May)
    6. Wordle hint and answer #1806 (May 30 2026)
    1. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Batcave minikit locations
    2. Catch the scalpers who get rich flipping Pokémon TCG cards in this very vindictive shop management game
    3. "They have the biggest bullsh*t detectors on the planet": How the unlikely EVE Online x Google DeepMind AI partnership landed with players
    4. 007 First Light's launch bugs and fixes prove disappointingly short on material for James Bond quips
    5. 007 First Light: A New Home walkthrough
    6. "Stay on target": Helldivers 2 gets a big performance patch with upscaler support, but it isn't working brilliantly for everybody
    7. Sci-fi RTS ZeroSpace combines StarCraft with Mass Effect RPG choices and look, they've got a Homeworld guy doing the mechs
    8. The Witcher 4 is the work of over twice as many CD Projekt staff as The Witcher 3, in a fresh display of how blockbluster team sizes have ballooned
    9. Stop Killing Games-backed bill that'd bar publishers from switching off game servers without thinking of players passes California State Assembly vote
    10. Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is getting a roguelike mode, a Thieves Guild, and a sprawling underworld with unique terrain
    11. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 29 May)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1805 (May 29 2026)
    1. Amidst ongoing legal proceedings, Rockstar devs have publicly formed a union with the IWGB
    2. Red Frame is a Witnessian puzzle game where every red frame you find has a conundrum for you to solve
    3. Here's a choose your own adventure RPG from a former Capcom dev who spent six years in a remote Japanese mountain village making it
    4. The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, out today, wants you to figure out what the greatest RPG of all time really is
    5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, not to be confused with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, sees North Korea invade South Korea
    6. Planet Zoo 2 is on the way later this year, adding in aquatic animals as a big win for mola mola lovers
    7. Bungie are making it easy for you to try Marathon by launching its new season with a free week, right when veteran players lose all their best gear
    8. Scout Report: Risk interminable reminiscing from the Old in gravity shooter Evoids
    9. Krafton have reportedly agreed to pay Subnautica 2's devs that $250 million bonus, following strong early sales
    10. The Steam Deck OLED's price hikes have killed its status as the best deal in PC games hardware
    11. Witcher 3 modders have already added Geralt's new sword from the Songs of the Past expansion to the base game
    12. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 28 May)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1804 (May 28 2026)
    1. 007 First Light: Against The Odds walkthrough
    2. 007 First Light: Needle's Eye walkthrough
    3. The demand for weapons in Subnautica 2 reveals the difficulty of separating open worlds from conquest
    4. Paralives is possibly the first ever videogame with a character editor that gives people motion sickness
    5. How to get studs fast in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
    6. 007 First Light's PC performance isn't quite martini-smooth, but it's a damn sight better than that stuttering reveal footage
    7. 007 First Light: All The Time In The World Challenges
    8. 007 First Light: Against The Odds Challenges
    9. 007 First Light is now out in full, and I hope the masses are ready to face the most difficult decision of their lives
    10. Helldivers 2-esque war against a giant evil robo-eye beckons in No Man's Sky's The Swarm update, invading the galaxy right now
    11. Where to find the Hakone Nanamagari Touge in Forza Horizon 6
    12. Ohtani treasure hunt location in Forza Horizon 6
    13. After 10 years of work, modders have remade classic RPG Ultima Underworld in Unity with 3D models, new sound effects, and controller support
    14. Geralt's back for one last Roach ride in long-rumoured The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past
    15. Red Dead Online wasn't a missed opportunity in the eyes of Take-Two's boss, but I'd say it's proof that following the GTA train doesn't guarantee the world
    16. There are a million ways to deliver ore in Starminer, a real-time space strategy sim with zero-G physics - just beware your greed doesn't attract the aliens
    17. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 27 May)
    18. Wordle hint and answer #1803 (May 27 2026)
    1. The first, cinematic look at Marathon season 2 paints it as the horror game it always should have been
    2. Yerba Buena, out today, is a Portal-esque puzzle platformer where your weapon of choice is copying and pasting physics
    3. Unsanctioned GTA Online modding platform Rage:MP is shutting down thanks to a cease and desist from Take-Two
    4. Remedy's new CEO doesn't want to "change the DNA" of the Control studio, but he does still think their games "could give a lot more"
    5. How to replay missions in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
    6. How to unlock all SubWayne fast travel locations in Lego Batman
    7. At long last, Dead by Daylight welcomes Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees, and he's now available for some beta slashing
    8. Life Below sees you restoring a dying sea floor, yet it makes for a surprisingly cosy city builder filled with touches of vibrant life
    9. Skyblivion's gorgeously revamped Ayleid ruins are all done and dusted, the folks behind the Oblivion Remake mod have announced
    10. "It felt like we had needed couples therapy": Dishonored devs Arkane making Thief or Blade Runner games sounds ace, but might have sparked a creative director scrap
    11. My memories of classic GTA have been gloriously smothered by this reasonably SFW giantess erotica game
    12. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 26 May)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1802 (May 26 2026)
    1. After seven years of development, Paralives is out in early access
    2. Most of Bungie's staff were reportedly unaware of the decision to end active development on Destiny 2 until it went public
    3. Hop aboard Running Train, a lush Japanese train sim that's out in early access now
    4. The opening mission of 007 First Light leaked online, so IO have fought fire with fire by offering up the game's first 13 minutes
    5. Your first look at Unreal Engine 6 comes courtesy of a much shinier looking Rocket League teaser
    6. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 25 May)
    7. Wordle hint and answer #1801 (May 25 2026)
    1. The Sunday Papers
    2. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 24 May)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1800 (May 24 2026)
    1. In Crimson Desert's latest update, you can pick up baby wyverns as pets, throw your fish in a pond, and shut those pesky outlaws up
    2. "God is dead, and Heaven has gone corporate" in Grindset T.V., an overstimulating speedrunning game by way of Cruelty Squad
    3. Paralives continues to sound promising with a roadmap outlining free updates The Sims would normally charge for
    4. Say goodbye to birds and hello to dragons in Wyrmspan, a scalier take on beloved strategy card game Wingspan
    5. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Deathwatch picks up where Daemonhunters' XCOM-ish gorefest left off
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 23 May)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1799 (May 23 2026)
    1. Half-Life: Alyx is convincing me I don't have the knees for VR gaming, or perhaps I should stop cowering behind cars quite so often
    2. The best FPS games on PC
    3. Your allies in turn-based tactics game Menace can now be completely wiped out by the [REDACTED], but at least the new patch gives us battle tanks
    4. Dang, I can't hang with the Wang in Zero Parades, so ZA/UM's thought violation gun won't stop going bang
    5. "You build a little squad of allied characters": Warhammer Survivors' spin on bullet heaven brings a lovely touch of chaos to the battlefield
    6. How to glide in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
    7. Destiny 2 is getting its final update in June, and the team reportedly face "significant" layoffs as soon as it's out the door
    8. "If they turn off, they might not be able to turn them on again": The charming reason behind Dawn of War 4's excitable, dancing mech
    9. The best space games on PC
    10. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 22 May)
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1798 (May 22 2026)
    1. How to unlock all 007: First Light pre-release suits
    2. 007 First Light release date, time, specs and early access details
    3. Baldur's Gate 3's Wyll gets "the autonomy he deserves" in deciding whether to break his pact with Mizora, thanks to a chunky companion quest overhaul mod
    4. After months of leaks and building expectations, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a surprisingly clumsy remake, with bugs and parkour missteps marring my three-hour preview
    5. Splinter Cell veteran says realistic modern lighting has screwed up stealth games: "it gets very hard to tell what’s light, what’s shadow, what’s dark, what’s safe"
    6. Dragon Age: Inquisition's lead narrative designer is making an adventure game world "where the ordinary starts to feel like it is hiding something"
    7. Stop Killing Games petition on game server switch offs will get a reply "before the summer", European Commission promise during latest debate
    8. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight full mission list
    9. Squabble over Disco Elysium's legacy continues as Hopetown studio recruit another ex-ZA/UM dev while dropping a new trailer on Zero Parades' release day
    10. Prophet Margin is a holy city-builder that combines the joy of trade routes with the terror of God
    11. Forza Horizon 6 car list
    12. New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve
    13. Scout Report: I somehow want Beltlife: Prospector to be even less cool
    14. New Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon games will release by early 2029 say Ubisoft, who're also dumping cash into a "first playable generative AI experience"
    15. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 21 May)
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1797 (May 21 2026)
    1. All 33 vehicles in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
    2. Roguelike FPS offshoot Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launches into early access with its own dangers, its own dwarves, and at last, its own identity
    3. It's not you, would-be Subnautica 2 fish murderers, it's our creature encounters not feeling "fair, readable, and engaging" enough, say Unknown Worlds
    4. Lego Batman Iceberg Lounge 100% walkthrough
    5. Where Winds Meet codes
    6. Deus Ex, Saints Row and TimeSplitters might be lent out to external partners, Embracer say, possibly paving the way for new entries
    7. "Roguelike can be anything": Krafton exec is very tired of being pitched "Balatro with different cards"
    8. The rumours were true, Warhorse are making an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG alongside a new Kingdom Come game
    9. Hasbro cancel Dungeons and Dragons action game helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director, leaving studio hunting for new publishing deal
    10. "Seven or eight years is not that unusual": Diablo 4 lead says AAA games are taking longer to make, which is bad news for junior applicants
    11. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 20 May)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1796 (May 20 2026)
    1. The long awaited Civilization 7 Test of Time update is here, bringing a huge suite of changes with it
    2. All 126 suits in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
    3. Johan is like if Sekiro were about a medieval manuscript of a rabbit came to life that's on a quest for revenge
    4. Take a nice long look at some Paralives gameplay ahead of its early access launch next week
    5. The best microSD cards for the Steam Deck
    6. Subnautica 2's EULA is causing a bit of a ruckus, but Unknown Worlds say they're "looking into" the current terms
    7. Outward 2 lines up a July release date with the promise that even your dusty old potato of a PC can run it
    8. Arc Raiders turns to Denuvo Anti-Cheat in hopes of curbing foul play, Embark say they're "working to ensure minimal impact on performance"
    9. Steam's NSFW and Mature tags ditched by Valve in favour of "more descriptive" ones like Sexual Content and Gore, as part of wider revamp
    10. Lego Batman: How to complete Tricorner Investigation and find all poster pieces
    11. Shelve your hopes to play Ghost of Yōtei or Saros on PC, as PlayStation boss reportedly confirms plan to stop porting narrative-driven singleplayer games
    12. "It was chaos": How The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 are learning from decades of CD Projekt's documentation mistakes
    13. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 19 May)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1795 (May 19 2026)
    1. Subnautica 2: How to get Gold
    2. How to get the Copper Earring in Wizard Alchemy
    3. Cancelled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake's voiced protagonist and naked robo-person bums bared in this reportedly leaked cinematic
    4. "That lore terrifies me": Ex-Valve writer Chet Faliszek isn't interested in writing a Half-Life 3, as he wouldn't touch a sequel "with with a 10-foot pole"
    5. Sure, a new GTA 6 trailer would be nice, but it doesn't have a hope of matching the cultural significance of GTA 4's second reveal
    6. Extraction shooter spinoff EVE Vanguard will let you salvage ships destroyed in EVE Online, then flog the parts back to their owners
    7. Subnautica 2 mod makes creatures killable, despite its devs' desire to convince players to "use non-violent and more creative solutions"
    8. This week in PC games: Tokyo-drifting in Forza Horizon 6, communist grifting in Disco Elysium follow-up Zero Parades, or dystopia tifting in puzzle game Phonopolis
    9. Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is both bootleg Disco Elysium and a spirited interrogation of fake culture in all its guises
    10. Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight release date, time, and system requirements
    11. Skyrim now runs on Fallout 4's Pip-Boy and computer terminals, as modder delivers the one port Bethesda haven't thought of yet
    12. Slime RNG codes
    13. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 18 May)
    14. Wordle hint and answer #1794 (May 18 2026)
    1. Subnautica 2: Axum Door puzzle
    2. I didn’t think Forza Horizon 6’s custom garages would lead me to miss mucking about with my motor on Mexican driveways, but they have
    3. Subnautica 2 Databank entries
    4. The Sunday Papers
    5. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 17 May)
    6. Wordle hint and answer #1793 (May 17 2026)
    1. Palestinian pseudo-stealth game Dreams on a Pillow paints a difficult, poetic picture in its first look at gameplay
    2. Mixtape will be safe from a music licensing related delisting, ensured by its developer paying extra for the privilege
    3. Sleepover is a cosmic horror visual novel about the last person on earth and the stranger who shows up at their front door
    4. Fence off a free-spirited horse that can't stop eating grass in the daily puzzle game enclose.horse
    5. For its 24th anniversary, Final Fantasy 11 is getting a free trial upgrade that lets you play it for as long as you like
    6. Subnautica 2's no-killing ethos "will be a continued point of resistance" among players, say Unknown Worlds, but they have no plans to change it
    7. What are we all playing this weekend?
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1792 (May 16 2026)
    9. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 16 May)
    1. EVE Online's Cradle of War expansion wants to make the space MMO more welcoming to new players, before killing them in galaxy-wide omniconflict
    2. All Forza Horizon 6 treasure car locations
    3. Forza Horizon 6 will unleash the Wankel-powered Furai to kick off its Festival Playlist car additions
    4. Arknights Endfield codes
    5. All player home locations in Forza Horizon 6
    6. Lego 2K Drive is being delisted in a matter of days despite only being a few years old - grab it before it's bricked over
    7. Slime RNG: How to get the Mushroom Recipe
    8. Come dribble with me over this pitch for Total War: Redwall, in which Shrimp 'n' Hotroot soup is a vital strategic resource
    9. Type Soul codes
    10. Subnautica 2: Heat Tolerance explained
    11. Subnautica 2: Tadpole Pens keycode
    12. All barn find locations in Forza Horizon 6
    13. Forza Horizon 6 starter cars: Which car should you pick first?
    14. "This is gonna break your mods": Stellaris is getting nomad empires, aka "moving planets", despite Paradox previously deeming this "impossible"
    15. California bill pushing to keep games playable after server shutdowns passes key hurdle, paving way for full assembly vote
    16. Subnautica 2's first update will add a sprint button, because players are building their bases too big: "they might want to go a little bit faster"
    17. Forza Horizon 6 makes a viable Steam Deck game, assuming you can find room to park it
    18. Forza Horizon 6 is lightweight enough to perform on just about any PC - though its new ray tracing modes slam on the brakes
    19. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 15 May)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1791 (May 15 2026)
    1. Subnautica 2: How to get the Tadpole
    2. Exodus' former studio head James Ohlen touches on why he left Archetype Entertainment: "I was running on fumes"
    3. Moss: The Forgotten Relic is a shinier, VR-less fusion of the two beloved puzzle platformers that's out this summer
    4. For Control: Resonant's creative director, the series has always been "the Remedy version of an RPG experience"
    5. More gorgeous laser puzzles await you in The Talos Principle 3, the "final chapter" in the series
    6. "We will probably get some flack": Subnautica 2 may feel polished for an early access game, but it was important for the team it launched unfinished
    7. Bungie set a date for Marathon season 2 and ramp up the challenge for the end of the current one
    8. Canned Lord of the Rings MMO now formally cast aside, Amazon claim they've still got a game "that does justice to Tolkien's world" in the works
    9. Subnautica 2: Where to find Silver
    10. Subnautica 2: How to get Oxygen in your base
    11. Subnautica 2: How to increase Oxygen
    12. Subnautica 2: Where to find Lead
    13. Subnautica 2: Where to find Lithium
    14. After seven hours in early access, Subnautica 2 feels more like a remake than a sea-quel, but it has plenty of room to grow
    15. I've cruised from St Louis to Chicago in American Truck Simulator's Illinois DLC, out today, and visiting the Windy City doesn't disappoint
    16. Forza Horizon 6 review - the king is dead, long live the drift king
    17. "It's a UGC platform, there is always going to be dog s***" Garry's Mod creator says as S&box's latest update aims to punish AI-generated thumbnails
    18. Scout Report: Relooted is about the joy beneath the justice
    19. Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II releases next week, strategically spicing up Warhammer Skulls' barrage of battletool bignumber news
    20. Arc Raiders will get major updates every six months going forwards, with the next one set to roll out the shooter's largest map yet
    21. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 14 May)
    22. Wordle hint and answer #1790 (May 14 2026)
    1. Alabaster Dawn is the kind of 2.5D action-RPG spectacle that makes you question the need for "true" 3D
    2. Lenovo’s most powerful RTX 5090 gaming PC just dropped to a record-low price
    3. "I dunno if I'm cooking or becoming cooked": Iron Lung and Dusk dev David Szymanski is making a giant ant shooter set inside mountains of trash
    4. Baldur's Gate 3 modders remaking the original Baldur's Gate show off a revamped Candlekeep as a taste of how their work's evolving
    5. Subnautica 2 is Steam Deck Verified, as is Forza Horizon 6, Mina the Hollower, and Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
    6. "If David Lynch made shooters" is Black Ops veteran David Vondehaar's catchphrase for his new game that isn't a "Call of Duty killer"
    7. "Unofficial builds of Subnautica 2 are currently circulating online," Unknown Worlds confirm, just days before the ocean survival game's early access release
    8. The Steam Controller is actually a scream controller, because Valve couldn't resist making it cry out in memey pain when you drop it
    9. UK MPs claim GTA 6 studio Rockstar "refused to properly engage with staff" during legal wranglings over dev firings
    10. "Everyone would hate you": Stardew Valley creator is "open" to adding adultery and NPC divorces, but he's against it "on a moral level"
    11. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 13 May)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1789 (May 13 2026)
    1. Valve's next Steam UI target is the Community Market, with more details and, yes, a wider layout
    2. "I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic
    3. Head beneath the waves and pull up "corpses from an oil-drenched nightmare" in the ocean-fear inducing KEROGEN
    4. KingFish is a co-op roguelike where one of you gets to play a city builder while the other plays an action game
    5. Hark! Sega's mysterious and vague "Super Game" is dead, though its Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboots live on
    6. "It's expensive and it doesn't age": Why Ken Levine didn't aim for realistic graphics in BioShock, and won't for Judas either
    7. I've walked the waterlogged streets of The Sinking City 2, and we might finally have a Cthulhu survival horror game to rival Resident Evil and Silent Hill
    8. "Let's finish it": After a 20-year wait, Nightdive would complete the SiN Episodes shooter series if its upcoming remaster is a success
    9. Microsoft Israel boss leaves after investigation into whether IDF contracts broke Microsoft's code of ethics
    10. Wordle's getting a TV adaptation made in partnership with Jimmy Fallon’s Electric Hot Dog, please pray for our guides writers
    11. Forza Horizon 6 leaking early was "not the result of a pre-load issue", developers Playground say, while threatening "franchise-wide and hardware bans"
    12. War is coming to Whiskerwood: the city builder's next patch brings ship construction, naval combat, and island defences
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1788 (May 12 2026)
    14. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 12 May)
    1. Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes review - an iffy take on the sci-fi series that had me contending with Cylons, sabotage, and STDs
    2. Oblivion's persuasion wheel has spawned another wacky gamejam, cue sentient cheese struggling to three-point turn gracefully past dancing French rats
    3. The strange parade of Stardew-style horror farming games continues with Besmirch, in which there is far too much smiling
    4. Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition bundles a small library of games with your Discord Nitro membership
    5. California bill pushing to keep games playable after server shutdowns "doesn't reflect how games actually work", ESA assert
    6. Anime Crusaders codes
    7. Former Epic tech director announces The Immense Engine, his AI-heavy "European alternative" to Unreal
    8. This week in PC games: Subnautica 2 early access, a Battlestar Galactica roguelite, and Directive 8020 disproving the old saying about space and screaming
    9. Forza Horizon 6's PC version leaks early, allegedly rumbling out of the garage via a Steam upload mishap
    10. "His voice and delivery was human": Darkest Dungeon developers will "never, ever" use genAI to replace narrator Wayne June
    11. The latest Crimson Desert patch lets you ride a special lion to a claw machine which spits out chairs and special hats
    12. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 11 May)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1787 (May 11 2026)
    1. "We tried something different": Looking back on SiN Episodes: Emergence, the Valve-backed shooter that tried and failed to kick off an age of episodic gaming
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1786 (May 10 2026)
    4. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 10 May)
    1. Rejoice, Doormaker haters, for Mega Crit have removed him from Slay the Spire 2 in favour of a brand new boss
    2. AlteredBlood+ is a movement shooter set at the end of the universe where the key to survival is soaking up your enemies' blood
    3. Paranormal Activity: Threshold is as dead as its ghosts, as the game gets canned because Paramount couldn't wait any longer
    4. Europa Universalis 5's latest patch notes took up 72 pages on a Google Doc so I think it might be a big one
    5. Psychonauts developer Double Fine are the latest Microsoft-owned studio to unionise
    6. What are we all playing this weekend?
    7. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 9 May)
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1785 (May 9 2026)
    1. "They were totally game to play ball": how Zachtronics almost made a Star Trek engineering sim
    2. "A handful of bottlenecks" remain for Morrowind remake mod Skywind, but it's still progressing steadily towards release
    3. Family Reunion is a dinnertime simulation game that captures the wonder and boredom of being a loosely disciplined 7-year-old
    4. Pragmata: All 15 Mini Cabin Figure locations
    5. Rally Point: What's it like to be in charge of the Xenonauts? Um. Two?
    6. Helldivers 2's galactic war will include more "multi-week themed campaigns" and "branching outcomes" starting this summer, Arrowhead reveal
    7. Behold, the bit we cut from the Pragmata hacking discussion that you all said you wanted to read
    8. Fallout 1 and The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind now run on Fallout 4's Pip-Boy and computer terminals, thanks to a modder
    9. 2K lay off staff at Project Ethos while touting "a renewed direction and vision" for their by-the-numbers hero shooter
    10. "Your infidelity will no longer be broadcasted to everyone as it happens" declares Crusader Kings 3's latest patch, unless you made a baby at a certain time
    11. Power Simulator X codes
    12. Path of Exile 2's 1.0 release might slip beyond 2026, but at least we're getting a crafting system that summons skeletons to beat you up when you use it
    13. "Leon must die forever" screams Resident Evil Requiem's new endgame battle rush mode, out now for free
    14. Give yourself vampirism with a mortar and pestle in Dracula: The Disciple, an alchemist's castle puzzler from Styx devs Cyanide
    15. HoMM: Olden Era Units and Upgrades
    16. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 8 May)
    17. Wordle hint and answer #1784 (May 8 2026)
    1. Still hoping to snag a Steam Controller after it sold out? You'll have to literally join a queue to get one
    2. The World of Darkness grows bigger with a first look at Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish and a Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn reveal
    3. With Mixtape out today, the tiny number of coming of age games gets just that little bit bigger
    4. Embark are testing kernel-level anti-cheat in Arc Raiders to help put a stop to its ongoing cheating problem
    5. Pragmata: All 16 REM locations
    6. Yacht Club Games "make-or-break" moment Mina the Hollower gets a May release date
    7. Amberspire review - a strategy game dedicated to the dicey ecopoetics of urban sprawl
    8. Brigador Killers mixes GTA and Syndicate to make a cyberpunk sandbox where you build your own insurgency
    9. As well as adding all of Hades 1 into Hades 2, the Zagreus' Journey mod now brings new boons, story beats, and more
    10. Will: Follow the Light review - a pretty Arctic adventure, but tedious puzzles leave it lost at sea
    11. Morrowind in Elden Ring mod is now "mostly playable", despite the fact its creator's "entire existence has been consumed with interpreting gibberish code"
    12. Who owns the Wizardry RPGs? We do, say both Drecom and Atari as an unusual IP acquisition splits custody of the genre-forming series
    13. Civilization 7 devs Firaxis finally slap a release date on the Test of Time update, acting on "over a year's worth of listening" to moans about the Age system
    14. Like fleshy, diaper-wearing cars, infants in The Sims 4 have been "tuned up", making them faster to feed and change, and it's easier to clean up their poop
    15. Stranger than Heaven, out this winter, sees the Yakuza devs blend Snoop Dogg into a musical adventure/Tojo Clan origin story that looks fascinatingly quirky
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1783 (May 7 2026)
    17. NYT Connections hint (Thu, 7 May)
    1. Assassin's Creed is being adapted for theatre by a former Cirque du Soleil director, offering two hours of parkour across several eras
    2. IWGB union "have no reason to believe fresh redundancies are taking place" at MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy, following latest layoff report
    3. Make actual songs with singing garden gnomes in Offbeat, a jobbing composer sim that doubles as an audio production tool
    4. EVE Online will be used to help train Google DeepMind's AI tech, as company take a minority stake in the former CCP Games
    5. Valve release the Steam Controller's CAD files, so you can channel your inner Archie from Balamory and design mods or accessories for it
    6. Thief, Dishonored and Philip Marlowe combine in Noirmancer, a stealth sim that lets you wipe minds with a snap of your fingers
    7. Xbox boss bumps some of her Microsoft CoreAI buddies up into leadership jobs, but hey, at least they're stopping some of their Copilot gubbins
    8. 11 years after vanishing from Steam, sneaky WW2 strategy gem R.U.S.E. gets a surprise Definitive Edition with Deck support and all the DLC
    9. NYT Connections hint (Wed, 6 May)
    10. Wordle hint and answer #1782 (May 6 2026)
    1. Horizon Hunters Gathering lines up a second playtest for this month with better onboarding and tougher challenges
    2. Dead as Disco is out in early access to fill the Hi-Fi Rush and, weirdly, Batman: Arkham series shaped hole in your heart
    3. "Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated" Valve say, surprising no one, promising to get more stock in
    4. Phasmophobia's latest update is live now, taking the horror out of the character models and leaving it in the ghosts
    5. Star Wars: X-Wing and MechWarrior veterans release In The Black, a "serious" space combat sim with Newtonian physics
    6. Motorslice, out today, looks to pick up where Mirror's Edge, Nier Automata and Shadow of the Colossus left off
    7. Eerie visual novel Schrödinger's Call explores the pain and joy of relationships via phone calls to purgatory
    8. "They responded only to the press": Wizards of the Coast miss deadline for recognising Magic: The Gathering Arena union
    9. Please Rockstar and Take-Two, push GTA 6's price up to $80 for the good of "the entire industry", Bank of America beg
    10. Choose between Buddhist Star Trek, rad vinyl music, and forest fire deathgames in this week's PC releases
    11. "We want to ensure gamers are part of those conversations": Stop Killing Games launch player advocacy group to lobby the UK government
    12. NYT Connections hint (Tue, 5 May)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1781 (May 5 2026)
    1. Artius: Pure Imagination is Sonic the Hedgehog for art students in a post-AI world
    2. Space Hauler is a full scale space flight sim set around Saturn where every single button in your ship is functional
    3. "It meant we got the design right": Resident Evil Requiem's producer on the DLSS5 Grace Ashcroft debacle
    4. Unlike Destiny 2, Marathon's creative director says you'll "always be able to uncover the mysteries of Tau Ceti's past"
    5. Crimson Desert's latest patch will help with your post-game buff build boredom through boss fight do-overs and more
    6. NYT Connections hint (Mon, 4 May)
    7. Wordle hint and answer #1780 (May 4 2026)
    1. Wolfenstein meets Metroidvania in Wolfhound, an 8-bit ode to yesteryear with zombies and Nazi mechs
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint (Sun, 3 May)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1779 (May 3 2026)
    1. The best Minecraft seeds 26.1
    2. I tested the MSI Cyborg 14 gaming laptop by carrying it for 105 miles through the mountains of Wales
    3. What are we all playing this weekend?
    4. NYT Connections hint (Sat, 2 May)
    5. Wordle hint and answer #1778 (May 2 2026)
    1. Subnautica 2's early access PC system requirements are on the punishing side
    2. Obsidian are delisting the original version of The Outer Worlds in favour of the swankier (but pricier) Spacer's Choice edition, and lobbing some grenades at you too
    3. Alas, you and I will never look and sound as good as Rebounder
    4. Pragmata: Best mods and where to find them
    5. Morrowind turns 24 today, so come Nerevar and celebrate as an Elder Scrolls tax collector with this huge OpenMW quest mod
    6. Total War: Warhammer 40,000's map destruction is "the biggest mental shift" for the strategy series in years, but "we've kept it to areas where it really works"
    7. Subnautica 2's early access has chased a campervanning game about starting fires and hacking PCs into an earlier release
    8. "Turning solitary AI dreams into a social, playable reality" is the aim of Roblox's new upscaling tech, which will make sentient blobs photorealistic
    9. Kingdom Come devs respond to Lord of the Rings game rumour: "I cannot disclose details but I can tell it is a huge, immersive RPG"
    10. Subnautica 2‘s early access will introduce you to a massive squid monster, before the first post-launch update sends you into its lair
    11. NYT Connections hint (Fri, 1 May)
    12. Wordle hint and answer #1777 (May 1 2026)