NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, January 20)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #223 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....

January 20, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Ariel Thornton

Quake 6 was teased during the Indiana Jones reveal, maybe

Or “Ake 6” During thefull Xbox Developer Direct, we saw glimpses of the offices of developer MachineGames. As spotted by eagle-eyed viewers, there was a shot of a whiteboard at one point that appeared to have aQuakelogo drawn on it underneath writing that seems to say “Quake 6.” You can see the moment, spotted by folks onResetEra, inthe archived streamaround the 44m 45s mark. To be more precise, the writing we can see says “AKE 6”, with the presumed “QU” cut off on the left-hand side of the screen....

January 20, 2024 · 2 min · 314 words · Christina Taylor

Wordle hints and answer (#945): How to solve the Saturday January 20 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 20? 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?...

January 20, 2024 · 6 min · 1239 words · Thomas Gomez

Arctic's Liquid Freezer II 280mm AiO is down to £70 at Amazon UK

280mm AiOs offer great cooling performance in a small space. Earlier this week I reported on a great deal for the Arctic Liquid Freezer II240, a 240mm AiO with excellent reviews, over on AmazonUS. Today I’m back with a confusingly similar deal: an all-time low price on the Arctic Liquid Freezer II280, a 280mm AiO with excellent reviews, over on AmazonUK. It’s down to £70 following a 26% reduction, a great price for an AiO that regularly beats less powerful 360mm alternatives....

January 19, 2024 · 2 min · 275 words · Meredith Hernandez

Destiny 2 will finally let you change your character's appearance, with one big limitation

As a jaded veteran, I can’t say I’m surprised it’ll lack the biggest option If you want to change yourDestiny 2wizard’s appearance, the only current method is to stash your wizard’s gear in your vault, create a whole new wizard with a new look (after deleting the old to free a character slot, if needed), grab your old wizard’s gear, then optionally replay any story bits to catch up. The MMOFPS has no barber, no surgeon, it’s new character or nothing....

January 19, 2024 · 3 min · 519 words · April Mcdaniel

Diablo 4's Season 3 developer update reignites "controversial topic" of how to pronounce WASD

Keyboard controls will also provide “even more precise control” to avoid Season 3’s new traps Earlier this week, Blizzardannouncedwhat’s coming up in Season 3 ofDiablo 4, and underneath the mountain’s worth of lore and loot updates, there was the surprisingly good news that WASD key controls were finally being added to help provide even more accurate and precise movement in the game over the series' traditional mouse clicks. Not that any of them could decide how to actually pronounce WASD when it came to talking about them on last night’s Developer Update stream, though, as there were competing cries of “was-dee”, “wased” and “double-you-ey-es-dee” all over the shop as they debated this clearly very “controversial topic” live on air....

January 19, 2024 · 3 min · 436 words · Keith Chen

Everything we know about Avowed

Avowed: story, gameplay, and more If you’re intrigued by this chance to experience Eora from a fresh new perspective, you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into everything we know so far about Avowed, from the expected release date to story details to a look at all the gameplay features revealed thus far. In this guide: Avowed expected release date Avowed will be available onSteam, Xbox Game Pass, and Xbox Series X/S....

January 19, 2024 · 5 min · 863 words · Eric Martinez

Genshin Impact 4.4 ends January with a Lantern Rite, lets you transform into a fish to explore its new area

Chenyu Vale brings new fog and rock tech to game’s visuals Genshin Impact’s next update, version 4.4, will drop on January 31st. As well as bringing back the game’s Lantern Festival with rewards including a new outfit, Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze will bring the usual additions of new characters, quests and a boss. There’ll also be a new area showcased with some shiny new visual tech, that you’ll be able to explore by transforming into a flying fish....

January 19, 2024 · 2 min · 370 words · Kathy Henry

Kingsvein review: monster-splatting RPG goodness that leads with its weak foot

Things get better the more you open it up An underexplained but ultimately rewarding tactical RPG with a rich and broad character customisation system that grew on me the longer I played it. I disliked turn-basedRPGKingsveinat first. Quite a bit, in fact. An earlier version of this review would have been a very negative on, filled mostly with complaints and annoyances about opaque and frustrating systems, most of which I’ve since got over as the intent behind its design has become more clear....

January 19, 2024 · 5 min · 1004 words · Patricia Thomas

Last Epoch continues to look like a worthy Diablo challenger ahead of next month’s full release

Launch trailer gives a taste of both lore and monster-slaying Last Epochisgunning for the action-RPG crownlong held byDiablo(and recently contested by the likes ofPath of ExileandGrim Dawn). With the power of time travel - and a flash-looking launch trailer - on its side, the indie hopeful certainly looks set to put up a decent fight when it exits Early Access in just over a month. Last Epoch’s launch trailer largely focuses on its moody lore and world - which the player must save by hopping through time - and moment-to-moment popping-off of powers over the details of its gameplay, which offers up an enormous amount of player customisation across more than 100 skills with separate skill trees and progression....

January 19, 2024 · 2 min · 284 words · Richard Jones

Moonlighter devs' upcoming bricky tower defence game has a demo out right now

And there’s an update on its release window, too We’ve known aboutMoonlighterdevs' upcomingRTStower defence hybridCataclismofor alittle while now. But now we know a couplemorethings. It’s set to release in Q2 of this year, and there’s a demo on Steam right now if you’d like to give it a try. Expect to make nice fortresses out of Lego-style bricks, then defend them from hordes of horrors. I’d say that’s a recipe for a good time....

January 19, 2024 · 2 min · 271 words · Cheryl Bray

More layoffs as Behaviour Interactive and CI Games "adjust scope" and make "optimisations"

Some Dead By Daylight and Lords Of The Fallen devs are out the door Some familiar statements were provided around this news. “To preserve business strength and stability, CI Games has made the tough but necessary decision to implement a targeted round of redundancies, affecting approximately 10% of employees across the company. We would like to thank each of them for the part they’ve played during their time with us. Further business optimisations are being made to the organisation’s pipelines and processes,” CI Games’s CEO Marek Tymiński told GI....

January 19, 2024 · 2 min · 250 words · Angela Alexander

Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger is the disappointing second album in this mystery series

The second step in our Nancy Drew series is a bit of a missed one The phrase “best foot forwards” implies the second foot will never be as good as the first, and that’s unfortunately the case withNancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger. It has a 10/10 pun name and introduces/strengthens concepts that I expect will become series mainstays as we continue with this project, but this is definitely in “difficult second album” territory....

January 19, 2024 · 5 min · 885 words · Carmen Burns