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October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 26 words · Danielle Adams

Wordle hints and answer (#1229): How to solve the Wednesday October 30 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1229): How to solve the Wednesday October 30 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for October 30? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 30? 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!...

October 30, 2024 · 6 min · 1185 words · Joel Jennings

Zero Orders Tactics is a clever turn-based god sim with a touch of From Dust

HomeNewsZero Orders Tactics Zero Orders Tactics is a clever turn-based god sim with a touch of From DustRock Paper Mountain Rock Paper Mountain Image credit:Pauloondra Image credit:Pauloondra Now, imagine there are several of these units on the board, each with specific preferences about what they walk on, and different criteria for performing an attack. Where will you bestow your forests, your swamps, your hilltops so as to pluck the needle of victory from this haystack of competing pathfinding?...

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 198 words · Kathy Collins

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 LR 7.62 loadout and class setup

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 LR 7.62 loadout and class setupHere’s how to put together a stellar LR 7.62 loadout in Black Ops 6 Here’s how to put together a stellar LR 7.62 loadout in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Activision Looking to build the best LR 7.62 loadout in Black Ops 6?The LR 7.62 is one of three Sniper Rifles in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6....

October 29, 2024 · 4 min · 803 words · Christina Butler

Black Ops 6 QA staff walk out over Activision return to the office policy, which has "unquestionably harmed disabled employees"

HomeNews Black Ops 6 QA staff walk out over Activision return to the office policy, which has “unquestionably harmed disabled employees"ABetterABK and Communication Workers Of America back walkout ABetterABK and Communication Workers Of America back walkout Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision The walkout is small, with about30 people shown holding CWA signs in photographs, but it’s caught the attention of local media like Fox9. “We respect our employees' rights to express their point of view,” it reads....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 225 words · Karen Smith

Bungie seek to reassure everyone that Marathon is still alive... by saying almost nothing about it

HomeNewsMarathon There’s a character called “Thief” Image credit:Bungie Image credit:Bungie Bungie have been fairly quiet aboutMarathon, the upcoming extraction shooter theyannounced in 2023. Yesterday they released a devlog in which game director Joe Ziegler seemed to want to reassure fans of the studio that the game was still in development. He talked around a lot of the game features, without actually saying much about it. As yet, there’s still no footage of the game in action, making its previous release window of 2025 appear even more tenuous....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 374 words · Debra Walters

Indiana Jones And the Great Circle redefines the gun-toting archaeologist as a grabby Lucasfilm fanboi

HomeFeaturesIndiana Jones and the Great Circle Hands-on time Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft The game’s almost sensual need to lay Indy’s mitts on everything says a lot about Indiana Jones as a character who figures things out as he bumps into them. It also speaks to The Great Circle’s unsurprising and rather numbing portrayal of “history” as a collectible commodity, but let’s not get too self-righteous straight off the bat. Let’s start with Indy himself....

October 29, 2024 · 7 min · 1320 words · Johnathan Warren

Monster Hunter Wilds will have a spider-free mode for those with arachnophobia

HomeNewsMonster Hunter Wilds Monster Hunter Wilds will have a spider-free mode for those with arachnophobiaLegs redacted Legs redacted Image credit:Capcom Image credit:Capcom So how does it deal with eight-legged monsters? Theybecome slimes, of course. As Automaton note, so far only small monsters appear to be accounted for. It’s not clear how larger monsters with spider-like legs will be altered, if at all. What even counts as “spider-like” anyway? When your game is full of hybrid creatures that take inspiration from all sorts of wildlife, that line where a phobia kicks in may be hard to define....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 232 words · Sandra Smith

NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 29th

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 29thNeed some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #505. Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #505. 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! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 29th October?...

October 29, 2024 · 4 min · 718 words · David Burton

Path Of Exile 2 early access release delayed to December to ensure your POE microtransactions carry over

HomeNewsPath Of Exile 2 Path Of Exile 2 early access release delayed to December to ensure your POE microtransactions carry overThe older code is full of “strange demons”, it seems The older code is full of “strange demons”, it seems Image credit:Grinding Gear Games Image credit:Grinding Gear Games Path Of Exile 2’s early access release has been shoved back three weeks from15th Novemberto 6th December 2024, game director Jonathan Rogers has announced ina brief Youtube video....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 381 words · Rebekah Mills

Wildly immoral tinseltown builder Hollywood Animal hits early access in January 2025

HomeNewsHollywood Animal Wildly immoral tinseltown builder Hollywood Animal hits early access in January 2025Wash that down with an extensive new trailer Wash that down with an extensive new trailer Image credit:Weappy Studio Image credit:Weappy Studio I missed my chance to write aboutHollywood Animalwhen a certain Nic Reuben swooped in like a rival showbiz talent scout and pinched the summer Steam Fest demo from right under my nose, capitalising on the fact that I was stranded in an airport at the time....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 358 words · Kathleen Li

Wordle hints and answer (#1228): How to solve the Tuesday October 29 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1228): How to solve the Tuesday October 29 WordleStuck on the Wordle word for October 29? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for October 29? 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!...

October 29, 2024 · 6 min · 1188 words · Alexander Duncan

Best Sniper Rifle in Call Of Duty Black Ops 6

HomeGuidesCall of Duty: Black Ops 6 Best Sniper Rifle in Call Of Duty Black Ops 6Here’s a tier list of all Sniper Rifles in Black Ops 6 Here’s a tier list of all Sniper Rifles in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Activision Image credit:Activision What’s the best Sniper Rifle in Black Ops 6?Sniper Rifles are always a popular choice for players who enjoy aiming steady from across a map, getting a target in their scope, and popping off for a solid headshot....

October 28, 2024 · 10 min · 2062 words · Stephanie Landry