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HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Thu, September 12thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #458. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #458. 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 12th September?...

HomeNews Convergence Games Showcase will feature announcements from indie publishers including Secret Mode, Thunderful and KeplerStreaming on September 26th Streaming on September 26th Image credit:Convergence Image credit:Convergence There seem to be an infinite number of video game showcase streams these days, each one promising to be full of exciting indie games. Whatever my feelings about the entertainment value of these streams, I can’t deny I watch all of them, or that they introduce me to games I might have otherwise missed....

HomeNews Eve Frontier is a survival game spin-off of Eve Online and, yup, it’s full of blockchain bullshitNo, thank you No, thank you Image credit:CCP Games Image credit:CCP Games An upcoming “survival experience” from the makers ofEve Onlinegot its first trailer today, teasing spaceships against stellar backdrops.Eve Frontierwas previously known as Project Awakening and is set in a faraway sector of the Eve universe. The developer calls it “a sandbox which focuses on self-reliance, skill-based tactical gameplay and third-party development”....

HomeNewsUndefeated Free unofficial open world Superman game Undefeated gets a PC update with heat vision alongside a surprise PS5 launchNo shades of grey, just black sunshades and punching No shades of grey, just black sunshades and punching Image credit:UNDEFEATED Games / Indie-us Games Image credit:UNDEFEATED Games / Indie-us Games Sometimes we play video games to plunder the silty depths of our emotions, sometimes we play them to sharpen our wits and try the alchemy of engrossing systems, sometimes we play them to mud-wrestle with questions of power and responsibility, and sometimes we just want to wear cool sunglasses, have big arms, and fly around hitting stuff very hard....

HomeNews Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is out now, adding a shooty new character to the original’s tricky platformingGrappling still included Grappling still included Image credit:Medallion Games Image credit:Medallion Games There’s no greater tool in video games than a grappling hook. 2022’sGrapple Dogknew that, making it the core ability of its platforming. The ability returns in sequelGrapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines, out today, although there’s now a second character to play as for those fools who favour shooting over hooking....

HomeFeaturesHollowbody Hollowbody is almost a great survival horror gameVery good train tickets, though Very good train tickets, though Image credit:Headware Games/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Headware Games/Rock Paper Shotgun Hollowbody’s introduction is masterful, and not just for a sallow skyline that captures the life-sapping dreariness of British coastlines. Thehorrornous required to impart unease in the middle of the day are somewhat eased up on when you’ve got all that serotonin-begone drizzle to work with, sure....

How S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 moves the series forward – and why it reflects Ukraine’s “rebellious” spiritA play and a chat with GSC Game World A play and a chat with GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Image credit:GSC Game World Then again, keeping the mystery intact may have been the point all along. “As a game director, I want to hide everything from the player”, GSC’s CEO Ievgen Grygorovych had told me minutes earlier....

HomeNews Microsoft toss another 650 jobs onto the layoff pyre in the name of “sustainable future growth"No game cancellations or studio closures involved No game cancellations or studio closures involved Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Not enough Microsoft jobs have been splayed and flayed atop the Altar of Growth, so High Priest Spencer must once again perform the Rite of Strategic Repositioning. According to a leaked memo, Microsoft are laying off around 650 people “to organize our business for long term success”....

HomeNewsNightmare Operator Quarter-circle reloads sound great on paper Image credit:DDDistortion Image credit:DDDistortion Every man has his breaking point, and mine is the DP motion, aka the D-pad input used to perform Ken’s Shoryuken uppercut in Street Fighter, and moves like it in otherfightinggames. I’ve never been able to perform it consistently. It’s one of many moderately fiddly special attacks - written down for posterity in a tear-stained journal I keep sorrowfully beneath my pillow - which have walled me out of enjoying fighting games, much as I love thinking about them....

HomeNewsPortal 2 Steam Families is out of beta, letting you share games with up to five othersand you call them that despite the fact they are obviously grilled and you call them that despite the fact they are obviously grilled Steam’s family sharing feature Steam Families is now available to everyone on the platform, letting up to six total people share games from a single library, with each individual having access to their own saved games, achievements, and workshop files....

HomeFeaturesPlanet Coaster 2 The blue pools of Planet Coaster 2 make me want to go to a real water parkBring back summer, please Bring back summer, please Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Frontier Developments Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Frontier Developments Planet Coaster 2 | Deep Dive 1 - Coasters and Water Parks CombinedWatch on YouTube Planet Coaster 2 | Deep Dive 1 - Coasters and Water Parks Combined There are still a bunch of terrain tools that let you sculpt, chisel, flatten, and smooth the ground to make way for your park’s main attractions....

HomeNews The Steam Families logo is clearly a Rorschach test, so what do you see?Look closer Look closer Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Earlier today, Nic coveredthe full release of Steam Families, a feature which makes it easier for families to share a game library and for parents to manage kids' purchases and playtime on the digital storefront. It’s a neat improvement over the old system.Unfortunately I can’t think about anything other than the Steam Families logo, which is pictured above and is clearly a shocked, possibly aghast face....

HomeNews Unity is ditching their much-hated runtime fees effective immediately, a year after they infuriated basically every game developerReturning to a subscription model Returning to a subscription model Unity is scrapping their controversial “runtime fees”, effective immediately. They’re reverting to the “seat-based subscription model” that funded the game creation tool previously. “I’ve been able to connect with many of you over the last three months, and I’ve heard time and time again that you want a strong Unity, and understand that price increases are a necessary part of what enables us to invest in moving gaming forward....