Best Amazon Prime Day 2024 PC gaming deals - Day 2

Last chance to bag yourself some Prime-exclusive hardware savings Alternatively, you can ditch Amazon altogether. Rival retailers are cutting their own prices in an attempt to spoil Prime Day’s fun, so you could potentially find all the cheap upgrades you want without handing Amazon so much as an email address. I’ll be rounding up all these competing offers in ourAnti-Prime Day deals hub. 27in, 2560x1440, 144Hz, IPS panel, AMD FreeSync Premium...

July 1, 2024 · 4 min · 654 words · Rose Jones

Black Myth: Wukong is a pleasantly surprising Soulslike, even if it's given me an enemy for life

This monkey means business You may or may not have seenBlack Myth: Wukongimpressions floating around as of late. Some claim it’s not aSoulslike, or is merely Soulslike-adjacent. Some say it’s a “boss rush” with a world that lets it down. Having spent 90 minutes with it myself, I’d like to add my ferocious take to the pile: you play monke = is good. But no seriously, I think no matter if it’s a bit Soulsy or not, my key takeaway is one of relief....

July 1, 2024 · 8 min · 1651 words · Joshua Hall

Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree has a hidden item that lets Torrent headbutt your enemies

Raisin the stakes Elden Ring, you sneaky sausage, clandestine chorizo and, possibly, underhand cumberland! In keeping withShadow Of The Erdtree’s tradition of hidingentire new systems behind tucked-away items, a hidden NPC quest in the DLC gives you access to a special raisin that allows Torrent. your steed, to charge your foes with its big fat forehead. A delicious ‘fruit and nut’ bar, if you will. The Spirit Raisin is an item you’ll first need to grab a certain cookbook to craft, so do have a gander atKeira’s guide to Moore’s questif you’re curious....

July 1, 2024 · 2 min · 373 words · Tammy Ali

I turned my PC off during the "don't switch off" symbol in five different games to see what would happen and boy was this an annoying experiment

A pointless warning? We’ve all seen it. The little spinning symbol cautioning players against impatient acts of powering down. “Don’t turn off your system when this symbol is displayed,” goes the message seen often while booting up a game (or some other version of these words). The implication is clear. The saving process is delicate and if you interrupt this invisible ritual the data that’s being written to some folder deep in your PC’s innards will become corrupted, wrecked, banjaxed....

July 1, 2024 · 7 min · 1394 words · Crystal Griffin

Modders uncover a last-minute Yennefer betrayal in The Witcher 3 cut content

Nothing new on Iorveth, sadly Big large hugeRPGThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntrecently got a fresh set of official modding tools inthe form of REDKit, a powerful bit of downloadable that helps you add whatever you fancy to the game, including entire custom questlines. Not two months on from REDKit’s release, ‘Tuber xLetalis and modder glassfish - a contributor to the cut-content-restoringBrothers in Armsmod - have put together a showcase containing around 20 minutes of cut content from the game’s ending....

July 1, 2024 · 2 min · 316 words · Bianca Payne

Noisy shooter Selaco gets a big patch that adds weapon upgrades, mutators, and more

It needed some extra kick The developers of speedy first-person shooterSelacohave dropped a big patch for the retro blaster, adding new weapon upgrades and mutators that can change the game’s difficulty in piecemeal ways, like making enemies stronger for an added challenge. There’s a heap of other fixes and changes but among them lies the admission that something has been missing. “We fully understand people want a dedicated kick button for all weapons,” the developers say....

July 1, 2024 · 2 min · 364 words · John Steele

Wordle hints and answer (#1108): How to solve the Monday July 1 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 1? 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?If you’re on your last guesses for the day, don’t fear! We have you sorted with a list of hints as well as the answer itself to help you along the way....

July 1, 2024 · 6 min · 1235 words · Scott Rose

NYT Connections hint and answers (Monday, July 1)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #386 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....

June 30, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Thomas Williams

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, June 30)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #385 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....

June 30, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Lorraine Johnson

What's on your bookshelf?: Dread Delusion and The Night is Darkening's James Wragg

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! Words are amazing, aren’t they? I once put in a cover letter to a creative writing university course that I’d “even invented several of my own words” before my mate talked me down from it. Spoilsport. This week, it’s the creative director ofDread Delusion, maker ofThe Night is Darkening, and Lovely Hellplace director, James Wragg!...

June 30, 2024 · 4 min · 836 words · Gavin Wise

NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, June 29)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #384 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....

June 29, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Stanley Lopez

Wordle hints and answer (#1106): How to solve the Saturday June 29 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 29? 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?Follow us as we provide a list of hints to help you get to today’s word without missing a beat. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

June 29, 2024 · 6 min · 1228 words · Christine Powell

Wordle hints and answer (#1107): How to solve the Sunday June 30 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 30? 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 you covered with a list of hints followed by today’s word to help you keep track of your daily 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?...

June 29, 2024 · 6 min · 1217 words · Sarah Lee