Solve rooftop mazes in the latest gorgeous Oleomingus game

A puzzle game about “a state’s control over bodies and the grief that stems from carceral violence” Two-person Indian studio Oleomingus make some of theveryprettiestvideogames, I’ve long thought, and now they’ve expanded into a new genre with their latest free game.Folds Of A Separationis a puzzle game navigating rooftop mazes in a flooded city bristling with giant clocks, taps, and such in the usual gorgeous Oleomingus way. It’s a lot to get your head around, though a treat to look at while boggling....

October 3, 2022 · 3 min · 446 words · Suzanne Campbell

The WD SN850 1TB SSD is down to £105 with a heatsink in a historic price drop

An incredible price for a PCIe 4.0 SSD with a heatsink, capable of up to 7000MB/s reads. The WD Black SN850 is one ofour favourite gaming SSDs, and today it’s available for just over £100 at Ebay when you use the code SPEND15 to knock 15% off the price. This a good price for one of the fastest SSDs on the market, especially given that it’s a PCIe 4.0 model that comes with a heatsink - very useful for PCs and it even meets Sony’s strict requirements for the PS5....

October 3, 2022 · 1 min · 205 words · Robin Perez

Wordle answer (Monday 3 October 2022): Wordle word of the day #471 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word In this guide, you’ll find three clues that you can use to help you solve the Wordle answer today, followed by the answer itself a little further down. Wrong day? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th Decemberinstead! Wordle October 3 hints If you don’t want to spoil the answer, but also don’t want to lose a magnificent Wordle streak, then our handy hints should be perfect....

October 3, 2022 · 5 min · 944 words · Patrick Griffin

Wordle answer (Sunday 2 October 2022): Wordle word of the day #470 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word For as long as Wordle remains popular, we’ll be around releasing these daily guides giving you a helping hand with the day’s Wordle. Below you’ll find the Wordle answer itself, along with an explanation of the word’s meaning if you need it. But first, take a look at our three daily hints to see if you can figure out the answer for yourself....

October 2, 2022 · 5 min · 1016 words · Lisa Trujillo

Imagine any console having a launch line-up as good as Steam Deck's most played games in September

Vampire Survivors, Elden Ring, Hades and Cyberpunk 2077 included I’ve no idea how many Steam Decks Valve have sold, but cor: it sure seems to be a success in terms of the diversity of games people are enjoying on it. Yesterday, the official Steam Deck Twitter account shared a list of the most played games on the handheld PC gaming machine in September. The list includesVampire Survivors,Elden Ring,Stardew Valley,Cyberpunk 2077, Hades andNo Man’s Sky....

October 1, 2022 · 2 min · 282 words · Kimberly Kerr PhD

Shenmue The Animation has been cancelled after its first season

Ryo Hazuki never gets an ending What would be the most fitting end forShenmue’s anime adaptation? To be cancelled with its story incomplete, of course. And so it is: Shenmue The Animation isn’t getting a season two. Eagle-eyed fans spotted that the anime had been removed from Adult Swim’s website, causing SVP of anime/action series at Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios Jason DeMarco to confirm the newson Twitter....

October 1, 2022 · 2 min · 224 words · Henry Park

Skyrim is now available DRM-free from GOG

Brothers and sisters in binds no longer The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimhas been released and re-released several times and is available for almost anything that plays games at this point. As of two days ago, it’s even now available DRM-free from digital retailer GOG.com. The GOG release is “entirely playable offline” and includes all the Anniversary Edition content “without the need forCreation Clubaccess.” GOG announced thearrival earlier this week, saying it was part of GOG’s celebrations for the store’s 14th anniversary....

October 1, 2022 · 2 min · 239 words · Jason Hernandez

Tomorrow is your last full day to play Overwatch 1

Before the servers are switched off to prepare for its sequel Tomorrow, October 2nd, is the last full day during which theOverwatch1 severs will be online. Blizzard’s first-person shooter will switch off at 8am PT on the 3rd (4pm BST) ahead of the release of the free-to-playOverwatch 2on October 4th. How do we feel about that? It was announced long ago that Overwatch would effectively be replaced by its sequel, and the timings for the server switch-over were announcedtwo weeks ago, so this isn’t news....

October 1, 2022 · 2 min · 302 words · Christopher Gonzalez

Wordle answer (Saturday 1 October 2022): Wordle word of the day #469 and hints

Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word If you’re one of the thousands upon thousands of players still going strong with their daily Wordles, and you’re looking to keep your winning streak going a while longer, then you’ve come to the right place. Below we’ll give you some useful hints to help you solve today’s Wordle, and further below we’ll reveal the Wordle answer itself. Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December!...

October 1, 2022 · 5 min · 1013 words · Timothy Burke

Cassette Beasts is monster-collecting RPG that's more Power Rangers than Pokémon

Forming bonds with your buds is key At this year’s Gamescom I got hands-on with Bytten Studio’sCassette Beasts, an upcoming monster-taming open worldRPGin the vein of Pokémon, which is far more interesting to me than the basic concept of Pokémon. That’s because you’re able to fuse togetheranymonsters you ‘catch’, but moreso because it’s a monster collectathon where you become the monster, essentially fusing yourself with bomb dogs and hermit crabs with traffic cone-homes....

September 30, 2022 · 5 min · 990 words · Leslie Morse

Google still hasn't told developers that Stadia is shutting down

One dev we spoke to ended up breaking the news to her contact at Google Developers working on games for Stadia have expressed surprise and frustration that Google still haven’t made contact with them, almost 24 hours after the search giant announced they wereshutting down their cloud gaming serviceyesterday afternoon. Many of the devs I spoke with have had no communication from Google at all since the announcement, with only one saying the company had been in touch....

September 30, 2022 · 4 min · 642 words · Christopher Brooks

Homicidal All-Stars asks: 'What if Running Man was a turn-based tactics game?'

We sit down with Artificer’s creative director to talk about their deadly new strategy game If you’ve ever wondered what the 1987 film Running Man might look like as a turn-based tactics game (see also last year’s Netflix sensation Squid Game, if the Running Man reference doesn’t quite do it for you), thenHomicidal All-Starsprobably comes pretty close. It’s the debut game from Artificer, a new studio formed by a bunch of ex-CreativeForge devs who worked on the firstHard WestandPhantom Doctrine, and it centres on a woman called Scarlett who finds herself competing in the deadly TV show that gives the game its name....

September 30, 2022 · 8 min · 1634 words · Marilyn Villarreal

How to do a low driven shot in FIFA 23

Learn how to do a low driven shot in FIFA 23 Want to know how to do a low driven shot in FIFA 23?Low driven shots might seem like a simple technique inFIFA 23, but when required to complete one for an objective or a FUT moment, you might find yourself struggling. That’s because this technique has changed in FIFA 23, so you’ll need to learn how to do a low driven shot technique if you want to get ahead....

September 30, 2022 · 3 min · 442 words · Shannon Ballard