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HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, February 8)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #242 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #242 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 for Wednesday 8th January! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now....

HomeNewsPacific Drive Pacific Drive’s Next Fest demo has good mood but tedious survival scavengingLove the mood, hate picking litter for crafting Love the mood, hate picking litter for crafting Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/ Kepler Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/ Kepler Interactive Pacific Drive - Surviving the Zone | Gameplay SummaryWatch on YouTube Pacific Drive - Surviving the Zone | Gameplay Summary Pacific Drive is set in an alternate timeline where a strange experiment in the 1940s saw a corner of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula overrun with strange and dangerous anomalies until the government it walled off....

HomeNewsSkull and Bones Skull And Bones is now in open beta, almost as if Ubisoft intend to finally release itPlay before the multiplayer pirate boat game ‘launches’ next week, wink wink Play before the multiplayer pirate boat game ‘launches’ next week, wink wink Image credit:Ubisoft Image credit:Ubisoft Continuing their great prank of pretending they plan to releaseSkull And Bones, Ubisoft today launched an open beta for their multiplayer open-world pirate boat game....

HomeNewsSolium Infernum Strategy game from hell Solium Infernum gets a week delay to February 22ndLeague Of Geeks need a teensy bit more time for some extra polish League Of Geeks need a teensy bit more time for some extra polish Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/League Of Geeks Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/League Of Geeks It sounds like part of the reason for the delay is player feedback to Solium Infernum’s recent multiplayer playtest weekend....

HomeNews Subnautica 2 developers clarify it won’t have a season pass or battle passPublisher Krafton had called it a “game-as-a-service” Publisher Krafton had called it a “game-as-a-service” A financial report fromSubnautica 2publisher Krafton said the underwater survival sequel would adopt a “game-as-a-service model”. Cue much gnashing of teeth and rending of shirts, so much so that developers Unknown Worlds have clarified what that means. “No season passes. No battle passes. No subscription....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show S3 Episode 5: are relaxing games without goals games? Yeah, why not.As the Steam Next Fest continues, we’re like “what’s the deal with the Townscaperlikes?” As the Steam Next Fest continues, we’re like “what’s the deal with the Townscaperlikes?” Image credit:Raw Fury Image credit:Raw Fury This week The Electronic Wireless Show podcast is a bit shorter because I accidentally stopped recording in the middle of it, and then had to sort of restart....

HomeFeaturesNew Cycle The Rally Point: Dusty survival builder New Cycle struggles for a coherent identity in a busy genreI told you flares were back I told you flares were back Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Daedalic Entertainment Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Daedalic Entertainment To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Frostpunk’s evocative setting and genuine clashes of morality, ideology, and pragmatism make for a stark contrast too to New Cycle’s occasional challenges from the people....

HomeDeals This 12TB Seagate hard drive is just $81.99 and perfect for storing your media archivesIt’s a refurbished unit, but with a three-year warranty and no bad sectors. It’s a refurbished unit, but with a three-year warranty and no bad sectors. Need to store a lot of non-critical data? Live in the US? Want to maximise value over speed? Have we got the storage device for you: a refurbished 12TB Seagate enterprise HDD....

HomeDeals This budget dual-fan CPU tower cooler is down to £15.90 at Amazon UKThe Thermalright Assassin X 120R SE Plus is a solid option, especially at this price. The Thermalright Assassin X 120R SE Plus is a solid option, especially at this price. Image credit:Thermalright Image credit:Thermalright If you’re on the lookout for a powerful yet inexpensive CPU cooler, this discounted option from Thermalright might be a good shout. It’s down to £15....

HomeFeaturesZoria: Age Of Shattering With 50 playable heroes, indie RPG Zoria: Age Of Shattering wants to “marry XCOM to Baldur’s Gate"Tiny Trinket Games tell us why they’re trading deeper characters for more involving exploration Tiny Trinket Games tell us why they’re trading deeper characters for more involving exploration Image credit:Anshar Publishing, Surefire.Games Image credit:Anshar Publishing, Surefire.Games The success ofBaldur’s Gate 3is a double-edged sword for other CRPGs launching in its wake....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#964): How to solve the Thursday February 8 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for February 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for February 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

HomeFeatures Avernum and Geneforge creator Jeff Vogel says “sustainability is tricky” - even when you’re a bottom feederAs he plots his final decade or so of garage RPG development, Vogel is remastering past work As he plots his final decade or so of garage RPG development, Vogel is remastering past work Image credit:Spiderweb Software Image credit:Spiderweb Software “I really fight being envious of Larian,” says indieRPGdesigner Jeff Vogel. “Or any other big company....

HomeNewsCounter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 update brings back Arms Race, the bestest best FPS modeAlongside new stickers, guns, maps and tweaks Alongside new stickers, guns, maps and tweaks Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve The latestCounter-Strike 2update re-introduces Arms Race, a belovedmultiplayermode fromCounter-Strike: Global Offensivein which players level up and are handed new guns as they moider each other, with victory going to the player who levels all the way up and performs a final knifekill....