NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, July 8)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #393 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! 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. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

July 7, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · James Frey

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, July 7)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #392 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! 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. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

July 7, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Samuel Trujillo

What's on your bookshelf?: QWOP, Getting Over It, and Ape Out's Bennet Foddy

read-only Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! “What’s with the politics? Stick to games!” is a common refrain you might hear from the sort of winning individual who thinks books are a communist plot to lower their sperm count. Luckily, those people are elsewhere, so I hope you’ll allow me a brief moment of relief that the Tories are no longer in power....

July 7, 2024 · 1 min · 173 words · Maria Reynolds

Wordle hints and answer (#1114): How to solve the Sunday July 7 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 7? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

July 7, 2024 · 6 min · 1258 words · Richard Golden

Besiege's expansion getting five free levels, extra challenges in response to player feedback

The Splintered Sea expands further later this month Construct ‘n’ destruct simBesiegerecently got a splashy expansion in The Splintered Sea, which Nic enjoyed a lot inhis reviewwhile calling it compact, small and brisk. Apparently Nic wasn’t alone in this opinion: its developers now say they’re working on a free update that will expand the expansion and make its campaign 50% longer. The update will add five new levels to The Splintered Sea and will release on July 22nd....

July 6, 2024 · 2 min · 250 words · Christopher Warner

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is now available from GOG

And 40% reduced Metal Gear Rising: Revengeanceallows you to slow time and slice objects into pieces, their 3D models bisecting precisely along the lines of your swipes. For this reason alone, I think you should own it. Now you can own it DRM-free on GOG. TheMetal Gearspin-offarrived on the digital storeearlier this week. It’s currently 40% reduced to a mere £12, just as it isover on Steam for the summer sale....

July 6, 2024 · 1 min · 162 words · Katelyn Fuller

NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, July 6)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #391 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! 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. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

July 6, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · David Johnson

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast hasn't been for sale in 14 years, but a fan is still updating it

Faster loading and better UI among the tweaks The update, created by developer emoose, is a “wrapper DLL” and a replacement executable that should work with either the Steam or disc versions of the game. The standout tweaks include improved reflections, borderless windowed mode, a UI that supports new aspect ratios, framerate fixes and improved loading times. Here are thefull change notes: If I could snap my fingers and bring a racing game back, it would be Coast 2 Coast....

July 6, 2024 · 1 min · 129 words · Kyle Meyers

Wordle hints and answer (#1113): How to solve the Saturday July 6 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 6? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

July 6, 2024 · 6 min · 1220 words · Dominic Malone

All cookbook locations in Shadow Of The Erdtree

Find all cookbooks in the Realm of Shadow and upgrade your crafting Looking for the Shadow Of The Erdtree cookbook locations?Just as with the base game, obtaining new cookbooks in theShadow Of The ErdtreeDLC will unlock new crafting recipes, such as a Hefty Fire Pot or some Drawstring Dragonbolt Grease. Allowing you to deal more damage, adding a certain damage type to your weapon, or improving your defense, these items can give you a huge advantage in battle....

July 5, 2024 · 14 min · 2925 words · John Yates

All quests in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

Here is a walkthrough of every quest in Shadow Of The Erdtree in order Looking for all Shadow Of The Erdtree quests in Elden Ring?Like the base game,Shadow Of The Erdtreeis full of interlockingNPC quests, some of which can be missed if you progress past two majorpoints of no return. If you’re concerned about completing all quests before progressing the main story, we have a full walkthrough of each individual quest inElden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree as well as theElden Ring side quests in orderso you can avoid missing out on any rewards or time-sensitive DLC questlines....

July 5, 2024 · 8 min · 1540 words · Benjamin Fields

An absolute beginner’s guide to getting started with Total War: Warhammer and Immortal Empires

Plus what DLC to buy first depending on your favourite faction TheTotal War: Warhammerseries is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. Luckily, coming up with completely original quotes is not my only skill. I’ve also become very adept at pouring hundreds of hours into this series ofstrategy games. The aim of this guide is to save you some time, and give some tips on what they’re all about....

July 5, 2024 · 13 min · 2748 words · Andrew Bowen

Avowed's combat wasn't ready to show at reveal, Obsidian admit, but they've made it "feel more juicy" since

“Sometimes you can lose sight on the importance of the prioritization of some things,” Obsidian have spent a lot of time tuning upAvowed’s combat in response to negative reactions to the new action-RPG’sinitial reveal footage at an Xbox developer direct, with gameplay director Gabe Paramo conceding that the team could have oiled the hinges and buffed the contacts a little more before showing the game off. Speaking toWindows Central, Paramo noted that Obsidian had always planned to give the game’s sword-and-sorcery component some love, but were persuaded by the reaction to prioritise this aspect before showing Avowed off again at this year’sXbox summer showcase....

July 5, 2024 · 3 min · 515 words · Yvette Jones