Tag: Games

Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, April 27

Win your weekend Wordle with our help. We’ve got general tips if you’d like to mix up your usual strategy, a clue written specifically for the April 27 (1043) game if you’d like more direct advice, and the answer for today’s Wordle if you just need to get over the finish line in a hurry. […]

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Thanks to Fallout 4’s disaster update, GOG’s patch rollback feature makes it the best version of the game right now

Fallout 4’s next-gen update has been an unmitigated disaster on PC⁠: in exchange for practically no improvements, many non-Creation Club (read: paid) mods for the game have been rendered unusable until the community at large or individual mod authors come up with a fix. If you already have the game on GOG, though, you’re in […]

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The Divinity: Original Sin board game took six years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series: ‘We’re not going to do a piss poor job with a game that’s part of an IP that we care about’

After six years of development, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game—a distillation of its unique approach to fantasy RPGs into a box full of cardboard and plastic. You can read my impressions of the game for a full rundown, but suffice to say, I think it’s something really special. So I […]

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The Divinity: Original Sin board game took 6 years to make because Larian was determined to do right by the series: ‘We’re not going to do a piss poor job with a game that’s part of an IP that we care about’

After six years of development, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin The Board Game—a distillation of its unique approach to fantasy RPGs into a box full of cardboard and plastic. You can read my impressions of the game for a full rundown, but suffice to say, I think it’s something really special. So I […]

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Counter-Strike gives the people what they want: ‘Fine’

Counter-Strike 2’s latest patch makes a bunch of changes to the competitive shooter, and one in particular has been on player wishlists for a long time. As Valve puts it: “Lefties rejoice!” Players can now set a default preference for which side their character holds their weapon, and switch between sides on-the-fly during rounds (by […]

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Celebrating the 20th birthday of City of Heroes: an MMO resurrected by the people who loved it enough to ‘bring the game back for good’

City of Heroes is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend. The fact that it’s a party, rather than a wake, is astounding to me. Despite being shut down in 2012, City of Heroes can be played easily today on various private servers—most notably, the now-officially-sanctioned Homecoming.  To put a milestone on this long and fascinating […]

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Arrowhead Games keeps the spirit of democracy alive by making Helldivers 2 players choose which stratagem they’d like to unlock next

Well, it looks like we know what that meme from earlier in the week was about—and a surprisingly accurate use of one, to boot. Helldivers 2 players are faced with a choice for their next major order: mines or rockets. MAJOR ORDER: Helldivers, it’s time to choose between liberating Choohe or Penta. Depending on your […]

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Helldivers 2 players complete another major order by the skin of their teeth, and some can’t help but feel Joel’s going easy on them

With only hours to go, things were not looking good for Helldivers 2’s latest major order. These come down from on-high with regularity, and shape the game’s ongoing galactic war: in this case, Super Earth tasked the Helldivers with successfully liberating 10 planets from enemy takeover. Earlier in the week things looked a bit grim, […]

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Idle farming sim Rusty’s Retirement allows you to pour hours into farmwork whilst still doing other things

Farming simulators have garnered a reputation for being the ultimate cozy gaming experience, yet I can’t help but find myself getting too wrapped up in mastering ranch life. Gone are the days of cluelessly buying seeds and animals just because they’re cute. Now, it’s all about seasonal crop optimization for max profit and investing in […]

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FF14 players are struggling to complete the Yo-kai Watch event thanks to a tide of Blue Mages armed with bad vibes and missiles

The Yo-kai Watch event has made a return to FF14, letting players grab weapon glams, mounts, and a terribly cursed dog. It’s a fun excuse to run around the overworld and complete FATEs, which are public group quests that spawn regularly in most zones—but there’s a wrinkle to the good times: the feared Blue Mage. […]

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Helldivers 2 devs confirm that, no, trimming ‘excess leg space in the cockpit’ doesn’t mean the nice Eagle-1 lady is hacking off her legs for liberty

Helldivers 2 players are normal about the Eagle-1 pilot—otherwise known as that charmingly-voiced lady who helps you dispense liberty from the cockpit of her fighter jet with lines such as “Administering Freedom!”, “Democracy’s on its way!” and “Got ’em!” Eagle-1’s cheery disposition, confident attitude, and distant nature has quickly elevated her to “best girl” status […]

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Elden Ring’s uber boss Malenia says she has ‘never known defeat’, but your bank account sure will if you buy this 1:1 scale replica of her blade arm

Elden Ring hype at PCG has exploded as of late thanks to the dramatic Shadow of the Erdtree reveal, with multiple team members jumping back into the dark action-RPG masterpiece in preparation to once more do deadly battle with fearsome beasts and bosses. Of all of Elden Ring’s bosses, big bad demigod uber boss Malenia […]

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Today’s Wordle answer for Friday, April 26

Give your daily Wordle a helping hand. Take a look at a clue for the April 26 (1042) puzzle and give your guesses some guidance, or instantly turn a struggle into a win with today’s Wordle answer. Whatever you need, you’ll find it here. Things weren’t looking great for me today. I had too many […]

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Wake up! These spider-looking phenomena just spotted on Mars are clearly Helldivers 2 bugs preparing for a surprise attack

Stop me if you’ve heard one of these lines of propaganda before. Bugs can’t fly. The Automatons haven’t developed aerial gunships yet. There’s no such thing as a heavy machine gun. These images from the surface of Mars are just “seasonal eruptions of carbon dioxide gas,” not thousands of alien spiders gathering for an imminent […]

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Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 players should avoid bullying those fancy lads with the blue preorder armor, who are canonically frozen yogurt salesmen

First reported by GamesRadar, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has politely requested that players refrain from killing their teammates who are wearing the fancy blue preorder armor, no matter how much you may want to stick it to those nerds and their silly little outfits. The SUMY Corporation froyo salesman armor was a preorder bonus for […]

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Escape From Tarkov players rage as developers lock co-op PvE behind a new $250 edition, then say they’ll offer previous buyers access for just 6 months (Updated)

Recent updates After a day of anger, which shows no sign of abating, Battlestate Games sought to assuage disgruntled Escape From Tarkov players by offering a number of “unique features” to owners of the $150 Edge of Darkness Edition, including six months access to the new PvE mode. The offer of temporary access to PvE […]

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Escape From Tarkov players rage as developers lock co-op PvE behind a new $250 edition despite promising access to ‘all subsequent DLCs’ in its old $150 edition

Battlestate Games has unveiled a new $250 edition of Escape From Tarkov that includes access to a PvE mode with co-op support and persistent progress that won’t be reset when the game is wiped. It sounds pretty cool, but it has quite a few players upset because the mode is only accessible with the new, […]

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