We don't have to be polite about The Game Awards or pretend it actually cares

Respect? Never heard of him I’m very sorry to anyone who watched, live, as developers were hustled off stage in the middle of heartfelt acceptance speeches, and thenexpressed disappointment. You don’t need to finish the thought “if The Game Awards actually cared about games”, because, if we take a step back and suck air through our teeth as we size up the issue, well, there’s your problem, chief. The Game Awards as an entity does not care about games....

December 8, 2023 · 3 min · 546 words · Kelsey Stone

Welcome to Elk and Dead Pets Unleashed devs “no longer exist” as whole team laid off after bankruptcy

Say that their upcoming punk-rock narrative drama will still see a release An update on Triple Topping, which, sadly, no longer exists.The “official” statement is below.We added details on how to support the team in the thread.pic.twitter.com/4o3pvib5i4 However, the developers’ bright future has been suddenly extinguished by the declaration of their bankruptcy and resulting redundancy of the entire team, leading to the announcement that the studio “no longer exists”. Refstrup added that “good plans are being made” for Welcome to Elk, Ynglet and Dead Pets Unleashed, saying that information on the games’ future “will be shared when ready”....

December 8, 2023 · 1 min · 162 words · Shannon Green

Wordle hints and answer (#902): How to solve the Friday December 8 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 8? 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?We have a list of hints to keep that precious streak in shape and save any word-based disappointment. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

December 8, 2023 · 6 min · 1218 words · Kayla Brown

World Of Goo 2 announced, bringing goop too

Surely the biggest news of The Game Awards Look at all those fluids slopping about, your tar and lava and all that. Lovely stuff. I do notice one goo blog seems to let you alter the terrain, too. Solid details on the sequel are thin for now but what’s known is onits website. And it confirms that yup, this is 2D Boy and Tomorrow Corporation reunited, “along with a squad of talented friends”....

December 8, 2023 · 2 min · 221 words · Erica Fox

$17 is an absurd price for a great USB mic, the Neat Bumblebee 2

Sound better in games, meetings and everything else. High-quality microphones can be quite expensive - I recentlyreviewed SteelSeries' Alias micswhich start at $180 - but you can still get a great mic for far less than you expect. Case in point: you can get the excellent Neat Bumblebee 2 USB mic for $17 at Woot right now, using the codeTECHELFto knock off an extra $3 off the list price of $20....

December 7, 2023 · 2 min · 271 words · Marie Padilla

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC performance and best settings to use

Down in front I find myself agreeing with Ed’sAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorareviewso closely that we may as well have plugged our USB dreadlocks into the same magic tree. This is indeed anextremelyUbisoft game, with all the busywork and go-here-shoot-that roteness that entails, and although it throws some genuinely gorgeous visuals into the bargain, these also come at the cost of steep hardware requirements. That said, good performance ain’t out of the question, at least not for modernCPUsandgraphics cards....

December 7, 2023 · 10 min · 1941 words · Steven Robertson

Best cooking recipes in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora

Here’s the best recipes in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandor to regenerate energy, increase damage output and more Wondering which are the best recipes in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora?Like most open-worldbest RPGs,Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandorarelies on a cooking system to provide players with temporary buffs and health regeneration. If you’re looking to get the most out of your gathered ingredients but don’t want to waste time tying different combinations, we have you covered....

December 7, 2023 · 2 min · 411 words · Ronald Henderson

Best skills in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

These are the best skills for Na’vi starting out in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Want to know the best skills in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora?The skill tree menu inAvatar: Frontiers Of Pandorais represented by a screen that shows a tarsyu, one of Pandora’s native fauna that allow the Na’vi of the Sarentu clan to connect with the shared collective memories of their people. Each frond of the tarsyu contains a host of skills that your player character can unlock as they accumulate skill points, and with such a wide array of choices, it’s tricky to determine which to proritise first....

December 7, 2023 · 5 min · 920 words · Tina Duncan

Best weapons in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora

Here are the best weapons in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora to take on the RDA Wondering which are the best weapons in Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora?In the game you’ll receive the option to use both Na’vi and RDA weaponry in the fight against the sky-people. Due to this, there are many different weapons inAvatar: Frontiers Of Pandoraand it can be difficult to know which you should prioritise. Join us as we go through the best weapons in the game, including the best bows and guns for both early game and later on....

December 7, 2023 · 4 min · 719 words · Nicole Mcdaniel

Bungie face a full Sony takeover and more layoffs if Destiny 2: The Final Shape flops, according to reports

Staff expect more layoffs and describe atmosphere as “soul-crushing” Destiny 2developer Bungie are staring down the barrel of a full Sony takeover if forthcoming expansionThe Final Shapedoesn’t meet sales expectations, according to several anonymous current and former employees. The same sources also claim that the studio are prepared to cut staff again to meet their financial obligations as a Sony subsidiary, havinglaid off a significant proportion of their workforce in November....

December 7, 2023 · 3 min · 457 words · Debra Allen

Genesis Noir follow-up Nirvana Noir spirits you off to a reality where the Big Bang never happened

Cosmic detective puzzling and all that jazz Feral Cat Den and Fellow Traveller have announcedNirvana Noir, a follow-up to cosmic philosophical jazz-me-whatsitGenesis Noir. Revealed as part of yesterday’s Day of the Devs showcase, the game continues the adventures of spacey watchmaker No Man, who must solve mysteries that span two parallel realities, Black Rapture and Constant Testament. In Black Rapture, the Big Bang never happened. I feel ‘universe in which the universe never began’ is an… unpromising choice for a setting, but I am not an astrophysician, nor very much of a magic-realist, and I know eff-all about jazz....

December 7, 2023 · 2 min · 382 words · Laura Mills

How Jusant tells its history through art instead of dialogue

Lead designer Sofiane Saheb and art director Edouard Caplain on Jusant’s strange voyage “Moebiusbuilt a world that doesn’t exist, but you can understand it. It’s a realist world. A world you can relate you, but it’s not your world,” says Edouard Caplain, art director forJusant, the meditative tower climbingadventurethat isLife Is Strangestudio Don’t Nod’s latest game. Moebius was the pseudonym of French artist Jean Giraud, and whosesurreal sci-fi and fantasy landscapes, with washes of contrasting colour and impossibly huge structures of soaring rock, have influenced games for years....

December 7, 2023 · 5 min · 1018 words · Keith Neal

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, December 7)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #179 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....

December 7, 2023 · 3 min · 557 words · Jessica Robinson