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HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Wednesday, March 6)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #269 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #269 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeNewsSleight of Hand Sleight of Hand looks like a noir spiritual successor to Metal Gear Acid from dev behind puzzle gem FramedWith the voice of Metal Gear Solid’s Meryl Silverburgh to boot With the voice of Metal Gear Solid’s Meryl Silverburgh to boot Image credit:RiffRaff Games Image credit:RiffRaff Games Sleight of Handis an upcomingstealth-action gamein which your sneaky detective uses cards to sneak around enemies while on the hunt for your former cult....

HomeNewsLife Eater Strange Scaffold’s next game is about stalking and sacrificing your neighbours to keep the world from endingThe first release in a five-game publishing deal The first release in a five-game publishing deal Image credit:Frosty Pop Image credit:Frosty Pop Life Eater - ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILERWatch on YouTube Life Eater - ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER It plays out through a timeline patterned after video editing software |Image credit:Frosty Pop I know, I know, clearly it’s setting up the idea that perhaps he’s a nut, he’s crazy in the coconut, and that boy needs therapy, but with the potential end of the world looming, dare you not?...

HomeNewsThe Outlast Trials The Outlast Trials hits 1.0 release with new ending, single player tweaks and Toy Factory mapLab horror levels up Lab horror levels up Image credit:Red Barrels Image credit:Red Barrels Trial objectives include smashing up sex toys and feeding people blood, and there’s a lot of backstory to glean from found documents and conversations with side characters. Unlockable tools and gear include slippers, which soften your footsteps when avoiding unkillable opponents, and X-ray goggles, with which to spy people through walls....

HomeNewsChivalry 2 Chivalry 2’s new update adds unofficial server support and skill-based team balancingPlus new maps Plus new maps Image credit:Torn Banner Image credit:Torn Banner Chivalry 2’s latest update is called “Duel of the Fêtes”, which makes me wish I could drop the chef’s kiss emoji into RPS posts. It gets even better, though. Aside from adding new maps, “skill based team balancing”, and quality-of-life improvements, the update also adds unofficial server support, for players who want to tweak game rules and party like it’s 1999....

HomeReviewsExpeditions: A MudRunner Game Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game review: the dirt’s as good as ever, but the science is a bit too cleanScree-ing holiday Scree-ing holiday Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Focus Entertainment As someone who finds games about cars wot go fast only intermittently interesting, I’d expect a game about cars wot go slow to be positively soporific. Speed is, ultimately, the modus operandi of a car....

HomeNewsTimesplitters Image credit:Electronic Arts Image credit:Electronic Arts A little while back, Embracer Group sadlyshut downTimesplitter’s studio Free Radical Design in a typical case of Embracer-led restructuring. After the closure, a former Free Radical developer revealed they’d worked on a"clone" of Fortnitebefore it transitioned to a remake ofTimesplitters2. And now footage has emerged of the cancelled project, which certainly does look like a team shooter reminiscent of Epic’s epic. Straight away the Fortnite comparisons are obvious, as TimeSplitters drops the series' first-person perspective for third-person, in a world where downed enemies shower the ground with orbs of various rarities....

HomeNewsHelldivers 2 Helldivers 2’s mechs are “ready for deployment” soon, say ArrowheadStrap in Strap in Image credit:Arrowhead Studios Image credit:Arrowhead Studios It’s been rumoured for a while that mechs were on their way toHelldivers 2, thanks to leaks and, y’know, official trailers. Well, now it’s actually confirmed: the official Helldivers 2 Xwitter account shared today that they were “ready for deployment on the battlefield soon”.HELLDIVERS! The EXO-45 Patriot Exosuits are in full production in the factories of Tien Kwan....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to cast spells in Elden RingHere’s how to cast sorceries and incantations in Elden Ring Here’s how to cast sorceries and incantations in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Want to learn how to cast spells in Elden Ring?Spells aren’t for everyone in FromSoftware games, but they can get pretty insanely powerful - particularly inElden Ring. And with theShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC adding even more powerful spells into the mix, it’s a good time to learn how to cast spells if you don’t already know....

HomeGuidesElden Ring How to dismount in Elden RingLearn how to dismount at any time in Elden Ring Learn how to dismount at any time in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco How do you dismount in Elden Ring?Very early on in yourElden Ringadventure, you’ll be bequeathed an item which you can use to summon Torrent, a powerful spectral steed. Riding around on Torrent is a dream in the wideopen-worldLands Between, but actually mounting and dismounting has proven a tricky issue for many new players....

HomeNews Migrate your Oculus accounts to Meta this month or lose your gamesOculus accounts are being deleted March 29th Oculus accounts are being deleted March 29th Meta keep emailing me to tell me my Oculus account is going to be deleted on March 29th. It’s only today, seeing other people talking about it, that it occurs to me: this is not personal. Meta is perhaps going to deleteyourOculus account on March 29th as well, if you have one....

HomeNews Steam now lets you hide individual games from people’s prying eyesAnd tracks your shopping basket across all devices And tracks your shopping basket across all devices Afterseveral months on the Steam beta build, Valve last night officially launched an update which revamps the shopping experience and lets you hide your shame. Two universal conveniences: your shopping basket is now shared across devices, so no losing track of things you meant to buy later; and buying gift copies is now less faffy....

HomeNewsBeware Of Light This new survival city builder feels kind of Dune-meets-FrostpunkGet some factor fifty ready Get some factor fifty ready Image credit:Bajka Games Image credit:Bajka Games I like a city builder, me, and newly revealedBeware Of Light, from tiny indie studio Bajka Games, has a interesting hook (and a Ronseal-type name, which you know I appreciate). Your advanced colony ship has veered off course, and you’ve crashed on a dead, desert planet with no water or fossil resources like oil....