Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #191 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....

40% off on the best value gaming processor going. AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a phenomenal gaming CPU thanks to its Zen 4 architecture and added 3D V-Cache which boosts gaming performance far beyond standard Ryzen 7000 processors. That performance - and extremely modest power draw and a reasonable price - has caused the 7800X3D to become the best selling CPU by a huge marginaccording to a German PC part retailer....

But they’re close to a fix I keeping hopping intoThe Finalsfor one quick game before bed, then accidentally playing it until 2am. Perhaps sleep deprivation accounts for why I haven’t spotted any cheaters in-game, but apparently they’ve been more of an issue in recent days. Developers Embark Studios say that’s because of a technical issue they’ve now fixing. “Over the past few days, we’ve had a technical issue that prevented us from banning cheaters efficiently,” the studioshared via Discord....

Tunnel vision Advent calendars are all about opening doors in search of wonderful treats, but you should probably leave this one closed. What that’s guttural moaning and scratching? I have no idea what you’re talking about, I can’t hear a thing. Please don’t check - ah, now you’ve done it. Yep, it’s Frictional’s splendid horror simAmnesia: The Bunker, biting your arms and legs off. Edwin: In my more grandiose moments when I’ve had either too little or too much sleep, I feel like calling Amnesia: The Bunker the perfect videogame....

The Neat Bumblebee 2 is one we’ve featured before and highly recommend. At the start of the month we highlighted aUS deal on the Neat Bumblebee 2, which saw the USB mic tumble from an MSRP of $100 to just $17 at Woot. Today we’ve found the UK equivalent, as you can now pick up this excellent mic for just £9.99 at Currys - with a further £2.99 for delivery or free collection if you prefer....

Engrossing games to play this Christmas It’s nearly the holidays, which means some of you might be looking for something to play on your Steam Deck while you’re away visiting family. The choice just got a little harder: beautiful early access tactics gameSongs Of Conquestand clever fantasy citybuilderAgainst The Stormare both now Steam Deck verified. Valve’s verification system tells you what to expect when you boot up a game on Steam on their handheld PC....

The MSI MAG274UPF comes highly recommended at $90 or £150 off. 4K 144Hz gaming monitors continue to drop in price, with the very cheapest being this incredible MSI MAG274UPF at Best Buy in the US. It costs just $360 right now after a $90 discount, an extremely low price given the high-spec monitor that you get in return. Meanwhile, in the UK the MSI is also the cheapest 4K 144Hz option from a mainstream brand (though AWD-IT’s X= XRGB27UHD is cheaper at £350), so I’ve linked that below as well at a price point of £399 (was £549)....

Streams for the streamer god Around this time last year it wasannouncedthat Games Workshop had reached an “agreement in principle” with Amazon to bring the Warhammer 40,000 universe to the screen. That full agreement has now been finalised, Games Workshop say, meaning “the next stage can begin.” The tabletop game developer say that they’re assembling “an elite band of screenwriters” to tackle the projects. As was announced last year, Henry Cavill - aka Superman and Geralt Of Rivia - will help as executive producer....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 19? 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?Wordlechallenges its many players daily to guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses. If you’re having trouble, we’ve got a list of hints below to help you keep your winning streak intact....

State of California accused Call of Duty makers of offering lower pay and promotion opportunities to women Over two years on from that filing, California’s Civil Rights Departmentannouncedthat they had now reached an agreement with Activision Blizzard to settle the suit with regards to their Equal Pay Act and Fair Employment and Housing Act laws. Any leftover money from the fund will benefit charities and other organisations “focused on advancing women in the video game and technology industries or promoting awareness around gender equality issues in the workplace”....

Accessory details gesture at Shadow of the Erdtree arriving for the game’s second anniversary Elden RingexpansionShadow Of The Erdtreemight see a release date in February - just in time for the game’s second anniversary - if an accidental retailer leak is to be believed. Shadow of the Erdtree was announced just after the game’s first anniversary in February of this year. At the time, developers From Softwaresimply teased some evocative artwith what fans believe to be Miquella and Torrent visible, suggesting a tie into the game’s dense lore and history....

Also appeared in Remedy’s Control and 2008’s Alone in the Dark Video game actor James McCaffrey, whose roles included the iconic voice ofMax Payneand Alex Casey in this year’sAlan Wake 2, has passed away. McCaffrey’s death was first announced by his actor colleague and friend Kevin Dillon in an Instagram post, before later being confirmed by a representative for McCaffrey. As reported byTMZ, McCaffrey passed away surrounded by family and friends following a battle with multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #190 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....