Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter XDefiant defies its March release, server test due before ‘locking’ a new date

“There are still some improvements that we need to test” XDefiant, thefree-to-playarena-shooter- a laApex Legends,Overwatch 2,Valorantor the multiplayer team-based game of your choice - built around classes and factions from across the Ubisoft universe games fromSplinter CellandFar CrytoGhost ReconandWatch Dogs, has been delayed. Originally outlined for a launch before the end of March - you’ll note that we’re now in April - the upcoming FPS will apparently now decide a release date after an upcoming stress test for its servers....

April 1, 2024 · 3 min · 435 words · Hannah Hall

Wordle hints and answer (#1017): How to solve the Monday April 1 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for April 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?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

April 1, 2024 · 6 min · 1222 words · Brittany Murphy

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, March 31)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #294 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....

March 31, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Deborah Allen

Wordle hints and answer (#1016): How to solve the Sunday March 31 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 31? 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?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

March 31, 2024 · 6 min · 1225 words · Mr. Daniel Hernandez

CD Projekt Red still 'don't see a place for microtransactions' in singleplayer games

If only other developers agreed Dragon’s Dogma 2is seemingly a superb game, when it’s not buggy orsurprising its players with microtransactions. CD Projekt Red are no stranger to releasing buggy games, but they’re less keen on microtransactions - at least for singleplayer games. In an interview with a Polish investor site, CDPR’s chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said that they “do not see a place for microtransactions in the case of singleplayer games”, but they wouldn’t rule it out for multiplayer....

March 30, 2024 · 2 min · 246 words · Jane Jones

New Quest apps will be unable to support Oculus Quest 1 headsets from May

Because Meta said so It’s part of the planned obsolescence of the Quest 1 which Meta announced last year. From April 30th, new Quest Store apps won’t show up in the store for players using the Quest 1, and developers won’t be able to upload new apps which solely support Quest 1. Builds for new apps that support an array of headsets, Quest 1 included, will have that Quest 1 support blocked....

March 30, 2024 · 1 min · 212 words · Breanna Hernandez

NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, March 30)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #293 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....

March 30, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Joseph Mata

Rain World is getting a new DLC starring the mysterious Nightcat

The Watcher is “coming soon” I still think ofRain Worldas the beautiful, brutally hard game about accidentally going down tunnels butt-first and being crushed to death by weather, but it’s grown and expanded a lot since its release almost seven years ago. It’s about to grow again with a new DLC: The Watcher. “Journey beyond to something, somewhere only ever glimpsed. When the world beneath your feet cracks and crumbles, will you hold on to all you once knew?...

March 30, 2024 · 2 min · 248 words · William Gill

Wordle hints and answer (#1015): How to solve the Saturday March 30 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 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?Wordleis an addicting but challenging test of word acumen. Luckily, you’re in the right place for some assistance. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

March 30, 2024 · 6 min · 1221 words · Sydney Black

Celeste creators’ next game Earthblade won’t be out this year, but studio assure development is “not stagnant”

“We had hoped to be announcing a firm release date around now, but it just isn’t in the cards” The news came from lead creator and director Maddy Thorson in arecent blog update, which expressed that “we had hoped to be announcing a firm release date around now, but it just isn’t in the cards”. Thorson made clear that, despite the delay, development on Earthblade is “not stagnant”, writing: “We are still making progress and we’re still excited to work on it....

March 29, 2024 · 2 min · 223 words · Savannah Cross

Dragon’s Dogma 2 now lets you start a new game and get a house earlier, as Capcom dare to ask about future DLC

Changing your character’s appearance is a bit easier, too Dragon’s Dogma 2has dropped its first update, addressing one of the fantasy action-RPG’s most baffling decisions - the inability to start a new game once you’ve begun your first adventure - and letting you acquire a home of your own earlier, providing a reliable place to rest and save. There are some other small tweaks too, while Capcom dare to raise the question about future DLC in the wake of the game’s controversial microtransactions....

March 29, 2024 · 3 min · 456 words · Brenda Brown

Dragon’s Dogma 2 proves that fetch quests are good as long as the space in between is interesting

They don’t drag on in this one Critics aplenty have maligned the oft-encountered slight of being made to feel like a postman when you’ve paid good money to feel like a rootin’ tootin’ ramblin’ shootin’ punchin’ lootin’ superbastard extraordinaire. Extraordinariness is an implicit part of the contract we sign with a game that might call the tasks it offers ‘quests’. It’s jarring to be hyped up for your inherent specialness before being tasked with performing chump work for chump change, after all, and even the most interesting RPGs have be known to struggle mightily with this warrior of light/courier of shite dichotomy....

March 29, 2024 · 3 min · 606 words · Kristen Moore

NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, March 29)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #292 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....

March 29, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Debra Williams