Quick Links It’s a new day and that means a new puzzle wall to solve in the New York Times’sConnectionsgame. If you’re looking to save your streak and only want to nail down that last pesky category, don’t worry - we have all the hints you could need. You’ll find everything you need below, from vague hints as to what you should be looking for to the outright answers. Whether you’re looking for a nudge in the right direction or a sneaky way to preserve your blemish-free record, you’ve come to the right place....

Eagle-earedPac-Manfans think that the recently-revealedPac-Man World 2: Re-Pacis bringing back a beloved icon from the weirdest game in the series. Yes, even weirder thanShadow Labyrinth. After months of rumours and leaks, today gave us what we’d all, kind of, been asking for -a new Nintendo Partner Showcase. Although it seems likealmost everyone thinks the Partner Showcase was a big letdown overall, there were some gems hidden in there,including the reveal of Pac-Man World 2: Re-Pac....

There’s a foreboding sense of unease when skulking through the titular grimy metro tunnels beneath Moscow in 4A’s survival series, or sneaking through the shrubs under the cover of night inStalker, listening as your Geiger counter ticks away to the drum of gargled screams. These games, inspired by the legendary Strugatsky Brothers' novel Roadside Picnic, flawlessly capture the crushing loneliness of humanity and how inconsequential we are to the universe. We’re a pitstop on the intergalactic road, and alone we rifle through the anomalous litter left by celestial wanderers....

So what’s your favoriteNintendo Switch 2game? Are you finally getting intoCyberpunk 2077? Yeah, that one’s pretty good. Smart to play it now after all those patches! How aboutYakuza 0 Director’s Cut? Great entry in a great series! They call it “Like a Dragon” now! Oh! And then there’sMario Kart World! So many fun courses! So much to explore! That’ll be a way to relax for years. All great games, all sure to have a long shelf life....

I love a good redemption arc. There is nothing more satisfying than taking a villain that once upon a time seemed impossible to salvage and watching them, against all odds, grow into a good person. They’re still flawed, but it’s this willingness to acknowledge past wrongs and to work on themselves that makes this story device so compelling. And it’s what drivesLost in Random: The Eternal Die. You play as Queen Aleksandra, antagonist of the previous game, who finds herself sucked into the realm of Mare and her once dominating form transformed into that of a little girl....

Ready or Notdeveloper VOID Interactive has come under fire in recent weeks for the supposed censorship of its ‘gritty cop simulator’. The outrage? Swapping a convulsing child for a sleeping one, giving female hostages underwear, andremoving the ability to dismember corpses. Players say that these minor changes, which weremade to secure an ESRB rating for the upcoming console launch,fly in the face of everything the game stands for. They’re even attempting to organise a boycott, thoughit hasn’t worked so far....

Summary Gaming can be a great way to have fun and relieve some stress, but over time you may find yourself getting into some various bad habits while playing your favorite games. Everyone has at least one, regardless of genre, and you may not even realize you’re doing it. Most of these bad gaming habits are minor, and even funny once you realize you’re doing them, but if they get in the way of you having fun, you may want to find ways around them....

Quick Links While the majority of druids were cruelly slaughtered during the Charred Conclave inTainted Grail: The Fall Of Avalon, many of the places they used to perform rituals at are still there, forgotten and the subject of theory and rumor. Despite the discrimination against druids, some are still curious about them. Jann Heber is one such person. Stuck at the Horns Of The South Keep, he can’t do much about his curiosity towards the druids and their philosophy, especially when it could easily get him killed....

Bethesda is known for pioneering the idea of ‘Radiant’ NPCs, i.e. characters that had interactions with the world around them separate from their interactions with players.Skyrim, Starfield and Fallout 4 are all known for this type of NPC behaviour. Bruce Nesmith, formerly a design director at Bethesda, recently toldPC Gamerin an interview how NPC behaviour in Skyrim was originally formulated. Believe it or not, radiant AI is an example of a rare real-life ‘napkin story’....

Summary Splitgate 2went live yesterday, so naturally, the studio had a spot atSummer Game Fest. Seems simple enough - you have a big FPS launching on the same day as one of the largest gaming events of the year. All you have to do is get up on stage, show off a decent trailer, and say, “Hey, it’s out now! Check it out!”. And yet, 1047 Games' CEO,Ian Proulx, didn’t quite manage that....

Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau has claimed thatStar Wars: Huntersisn’t considered a failure by the studio, despite support being stopped less than a year after its global release. Although it seems likeStar Wars has been going from strength to strength in the gaming world ever since Jedi: Fallen Order, that doesn’t mean it’s impenetrable. Perhaps the mostnoteworthy example of this in the past few years was Zynga’s Star Wars: Hunters, a squad-based arena shooter on mobile and Switch that sadly didn’t stand the test of time....

It’s been more than a year since season one of X-Men ‘97 came to an end. We know we’re getting more of the hit revival, we just don’t know when. To help fill the undetermined gap, Funko has thrown us a lifeline by turning five more of the show’s characters into Pops that should be available to buy later this week. Joining X-Men 97’s Funko Pop collection, potentially as soon as this Wednesday according tofunkoinfo, areMagento, Jubilee, Storm, Nightcrawler, and the version of Bastion that has been corrupted by Nimrod....

A Redditor claiming to have taken part in a recentSubnautica 2playtest has shared their impressions and noted that it seems polished enough to launch this year. Although there are plenty ofamazing indie games to look forward to in 2025 already, Subnautica 2 is perhaps the most anticipated. The original was asmash hit when it launched in early access more than a decade ago, and the sequel is already generating a ton of excitement from fans....