You can pet the Ink Hadesis one of the many GOTY award winners I feel extremely guilty about barely spending any time with. I think I’ve played a couple of hours tops. Nobody must know! Oh drat. Anyway, despite my lack of expertise, the Supergiant action-roguelite was the first comparison that came to mind while watching the trailer forRealm of Ink, which has just been announced. It makes use of a similar angled perspective, appears similarly focussed on build customisation, with hundreds of magic items to equip, and sees you playing out the backstories of various mythological personalities - derived, in this case, not fromAncient Greecebut China and Buddhism....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #159 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....

Night Cascades came out last year but I’m catching up now “Night Cascadesis on sale,” a Steam notification informed me this week. I didn’t remember adding it to my wishlist, and honestly I didn’t remember what it was. Still, a visual novel about lesbians solving occult mysteries? Oh, and it’s made by the studio behind RPS favouritesLong Live The Queenand Black Closet? For under £5? Ah, go on. Having now played it, yeah, I’m happy with the spooky investigation and clueless yearning that I got for a fiver....

New studio Worlds Untold includes former Assassin’s Creed and Metal Gear devs FormerDragon Age: Dreadwolfproduction director and veteranMass Effectscribe Mac Walters has founded a new studio, Worlds Untold, with funding from NetEase. According tothe official site, the studio will develop “triple-A action adventure games with an emphasis on narrative and worldbuilding”: its first project is a single-player-focussed, “near future action adventure game in a breathtaking world filled with mystery and exploration”....

Rat’s entertainment Well, I think this is probably the first and only time I’ve ever heard British documentarian Adam Curtis appear as an ominous backing sample in anRPGboss battle theme, but in many ways, I hope it’s not the last. Forget the operatic choral chants ofFinal Fantasybosses. The new rallying cry against peak villainy is now some no-nonsense British commentary about the state of human extinction. It works surprisingly, well, andSmall Sagais a game shot through with these kinds of Britishisms, set in the parks, streets and underbelly of modern-day London....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 17? 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?See below for a list of hints along with the answer for today so you can keep your streak. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

With new helicopters, logistics and fast travel Arma Reforger, the latest game in the long-running milsim series, has been in Early Access sinceMay last year. No longer. It’s 1.0 update arrived today, adding helicopters, a totally revised supply system, and as close to fast travel as the relentlessly realistic shooter will allow. Reforger now includes the UH-1H and Mi-8MT, two real choppers, which have been created with functional cockpit instruments and all-new flight model....

Bargain ‘boards, big and small No more umming and ahhing:Black Fridayis here, and thus the best Black Fridaygaming keyboardshave surely cut the deepest cuts and stooped to the lowest of low prices that they’re going to get. Now’s the time to make the call, in other words, if you want to upgrade your current keyboard to something with altogether superior gaming chops. That won’t be hard, as this year’s list is stacked high with finely crafted mechanical keyboards, budget models that are even more affordable than usual, space-saving tenkeyless designs and more....

Save on prebuilt PCs that are actually good Assuming I’m too late to convince you to tryingbuilding a PCyourself – and sinceBlack Fridayhas arrived, I’ll assume I am – you might also well get to choose from only the best Black Friday gaming PC deals. One of the benefits of a DIY build is that it works out cheaper than an equivalently-specced prebuilt rig, but when you can save big on the latter in these sales, that advantage is reduced – if not nullified completely....

This is the best Chimera build in Modern Warfare 3 right now Looking for the best Chimera loadout in Modern Warfare 3?The Chimera is a curious case inCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, while it has the expected damage output of an assault rifle, its close-range optimisation is something more akin to an SMG. Whilst there are even more powerful options out there, the Chimera remains as one of thebest assault rifles in Modern Warfare 3....

Take out the competition with the best FR Avancer loadout in Modern Warfare 3 What’s the best FR Avancer loadout in MW3?The FR Avancer returns inCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3as the modern incarnation of the classic FFAR and FMAS bullpup rifles featured in previous Call of Duty games. With a powerfully rapid fire rate that can punch holes into any assailant, the FR Avancer deserves the attention of any Assault Rifle enthusiast....

Blow enemies to smithereens with the best Haymaker loadout in Modern Warfare 3 What’s the best Haymaker loadout in MW3?If you want explosive power above all else, you need a shotgun, andCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3boasts an impressive roster. With the ability to make plenty of gratuitous one-shot-kills semi-automatic style, the Haymaker’s one of the easier shotguns for beginners to master. In this guide, we’ll explore our favourite Haymaker loadout, including the best attachments, secondary weapon, perks, and all the equipment that you need to send opponents sprawling in your wake....

Here’s the best ISO Hemlock loadout in Modern Warfare 3 Looking for the best ISO Hemlock loadout in Modern Warfare 3?The ISO Hemlock is a solid assault rifle with surprisingly low recoil. Thanks to the ‘carry forward’ system you can get the ISO Hemlock inCall Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. As one of thebest assault rifles in Modern Warfare 3currently, it’s well worth picking up and trying for yourself. Join us as we go through the optimal build for the ISO Hemlock including all attachments and equipment you should choose to elevate it above the other ARs....