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Who will buy Octordle, then? Last year, word puzzleWordleswept through family WhatsApp groups across the planet and was quickly snapped up by the New York Times. In the wake of its success, several other games inspired by Wordle gained popularity, including Quordle,in which you attempt to uncover four words simultaneously. Well, now it’s Quordle’s turn to be bought, as it’s been picked up by Merriam-Webster. “I’m delighted to announce that Quordle was acquired by @MerriamWebster,” tweetedthe Quordle account....

Players are reporting remote code exploits to Rockstar Grand Theft Auto Onlineplayers on PC are reporting corrupted accounts and being locked out of their games due to remote code exploits that are being abused by modders. Rockstar-focused Twitter account Tez2highlightedthe issue at the end of last week, before news of the situation spread onto the GTA Onlinesubreddit. Rockstar Support hasn’t officially acknowledged any potential the exploits have to affect GTA Online players and their accounts, although Tez2claimedthat the company were already aware of what was going on....

Stuck on the Wordle word for Jan 22? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle today: Hints for the Jan 22 Wordle word Before we reveal the Wordle answer for today, why not see if you can figure out the solution with the help of our handy hints below: It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle....

“Halo and Master Chief are here to stay” 343 Industries “will continue to develop Halo now and in the future,” says studio head Pierre Hintze. The statement was released in response to rumours that 343 would instead take a backseat on future Halo games by serving to manage external studios, rather than developing the games themselves as they had onHalo Infinite. “Halo and Master Chief are here to stay,” beginsthe short statement shared on Twitter....

It looks nice if you look past the anime bits The original Granblue Fantasy was a JRPG mobile game only released in Japan, but that didn’t stopenterprising westerners going to the effort to play it. That’s mainly because it countedFinal Fantasycomposer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba among its developers. Granblue Fantasy: Relinkis set in the same universe and has the same Final Fantasy vets involved, but it’s a big, splashly 1-4 player action RPG blockbuster, with combat reminiscent of some Platinum Games....

All support and sales will end in September Crystal Dynamics are ending support forMarvel’s Avengers, their live service superhero game. That means it won’t receive any further new content, its final balance patch will be released on March 31st, and all other support and the sale of the game will cease on September 30th. Players who already own the game at that point will be able to continue playing in single- and multiplayer, for at least a while....

On games about building bases (or cities) Steam’s next genre-specific event kicks off on Monday, January 23rd, and this time it’s entirely focused on base building and citybuilding games. For a week, there will be discounts on games likeDyson Sphere Program,FrostpunkandPlanet Zoo, and hopefully some demos for unreleased games, too. Here’s Valve’s trailer introducing the sale: “Join us as we grab our hammers, saws, and measuring tapes and prepare to get dusty during Steam Base Builder Fest,” says theannouncement....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for Jan 21? Read our hints and the Wordle answer below! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Wordle today: Hints for the Jan 21 Wordle word Before we reveal the Wordle answer for today, why not see if you can figure out the solution with the help of our handy hints below: It’s time to reveal the answer to today’s Wordle....

Plus a list of all previous free games on the Epic Games Store We think that’s something quite special, and worth celebrating. It’s also well worth you logging into your Epic account every week or so and adding the new week’s free game into your library even if it’s not the kind of game you feel like playing. After all, you might change your mind, and it costs you nothing to pick it up and own it forever....

Learn more about Dead Island 2, including the release date Want to know the Dead Island 2 release date?It has been almost a decade since the originalDead Island 2reveal, and it suffered countless delays during that time. The troubled development, during which it swapped developers multiple times, left many of us wondering what to expect from Dead Island 2 and if it would ever release. In this guide, we’ll explain everything we know about Dead Island 2, including the release date, platforms, a look at various trailers, and details about the gameplay, combat, and story....

A 34-in curved OLED screen produces gorgeous results. So why this monitor? Basically, it combines all the awesomeness of OLED with thatuniquely captivating ultrawide form factor, providing unparalleled visuals but also more downsides than your average LCD panel display. Here’s what you need to know. First, the bad stuff - permanent image retention, aka “burn in”, is possible. This makes it a good idea to keep all the protections against this engaged, and follow common sense guidelines to protect the panel like auto-hiding your taskbar, using dark modes where available, setting a screensaver and varying your usage so that no one screen is visible for hours on end....

It’ll be $35 rather than $30 New games have become more expensive in recent years, but older games have continued to remain the same price or to get cheaper. Excellent factory construction simFactoriois bucking that trend. On January 26th it’s going to raise its price from $30 to $35, says its developer. The news was shared via Twitter: Older games tend to get cheaper to attract previously hesitant shoppers and as newer games supersede them....

Low speed chase Now that theRockstar-embarrassing, staccato-titledGrand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Editionis outon Steam, this terrible trio of remasters has bailed out of Rockstar Store exclusivity and rolled into the speeding bumper of easySteam Deckcompatibility. I’ve spent this afternoon ambling around the redone GTA III, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas, in handheld form, to confirm what you probably already know: they’re all still a bit crap....