HomeGuidesWordle Wordle answer (Saturday 25 June 2022): Wordle word of the day #371 and hintsHints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Hints and the answer to today’s Wordle word Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun That’s where we come in, as we’ve got three helpful hints that will nudge you towards today’s Wordle answer without revealing it outright. If you aren’t feeling another brainteaser to kick off your weekend, you can also scroll down a little further to find today’s Wordle answer....

HomeDeals Get a good CPU + motherboard combo for less than £180 with these dealsIntel Core i3 12100F or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, you choose! Intel Core i3 12100F or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, you choose! Similarly, the cheap and performant Intel Core i3 12100 can be purchased with an H610 motherboard for a similar price. For example, you could go for anMSI Pro H610M-B DDR4 motherboardand theCore i3 12100Ffor £82 + £95 = £177....

HomeDeals Get the HP Reverb G2 VR headset for $399 after a $200 discountComparable to the Valve Index for 40% of the price. Comparable to the Valve Index for 40% of the price. The HP Reverb G2 issurprisingly similar takeon the Valve Index VR headset, and now it’s going cheap from HP’s American web store. The headset, which has a US MSRP of $599, is now going for $399, which according to my abacus is $200 off....

HomeNews Sonic creator fuels rumours of Michael Jackson’s involvement with Sonic 3Several tracks were replaced for the Sonic Origins re-release Several tracks were replaced for the Sonic Origins re-release As odd as it might sound, there has long been an urban legend that Michael Jackson was involved in creating part of the soundtrack for Sonic 3. Now Sonic creator and Sonic 3 programmer Yuji Naka has seemed to lend credence to that legend on Twitter, as it relates to the replacement of certain tracks in the recently released remasters inSonic Origins....

HomeFeatures The best indies from the Summer Games Fest show floor in LAAdmin! Shadows! Making a friend out of spare bones and organs! Admin! Shadows! Making a friend out of spare bones and organs! I was in LA forSummer Geoff Festand I played a whole bunch of games. No, not lots of blockbusters – mainly because there weren’t too many of those about - but lots of indies, instead. In fact, out of all the games I saw or played or glanced at while I dashed between appointments, it was the indies that really stood out....

HomeFeatures The Blade Runner game’s new remaster looks worseEnhanced Edition out now, uglier than the ScummVM version Enhanced Edition out now, uglier than the ScummVM version There are two reasons to consider playing the new ‘Enhanced Edition’ ofBlade Runnerover the version which hit GOG in 2019: 1) it has controller support; 2) it’s on consoles. Beyond that, Nightdive’s remastering has made Westwood’s 1997 adventure game look notably uglier and you’d be better off with GOG’s ScummVM version....

HomeGuidesThe Cycle: Frontier The Cycle: Frontier Optic Glass locations: The best places to find Optic Glass in The Cycle: FrontierHere’s where to go to find Optic Glass in both Cycle: Frontier maps Here’s where to go to find Optic Glass in both Cycle: Frontier maps Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Yager Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Yager Looking for Optic Glass in The Cycle: Frontier?The maps in Yager’s extraction shooter may be beautiful, but they’re also deadly - filled with hostile creatures and enemy prospectors looking to kill you and scavenge your gear....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show episode 192: the best weather in games specialStorm’s comin' in Storm’s comin' in It’s time once again for an episode of The Electronic Wireless Showpodcast. This week Nate returns, but Matthew is away - and since he is the real agent of chaos, Nate and I have a remarkably sensible conversation about different weather and seasons in a lot of games. Who’d have thought? Not me....

HomeNews The Steam Summer Sale begins today with a fortnight of PC gaming dealsNot a Fortnite of deals, that’s Epic Not a Fortnite of deals, that’s Epic Valve are kicking off 2022’sSteam Summer Saletoday with discounts on AAA and indie games, starting at 6pm BST/7pm CEST/10am PST. It’s being styled as the ‘Steam 3000’ sale even though that year is a long way off according to my calendar. For some reason, Valve have decided they’re doing videos to hype this stuff now too....

HomeHardwareNews There’s a flood of cheap ex-mining GPUs, but you probably shouldn’t buy oneMiners are holding livestreamed auctions just to shift them Miners are holding livestreamed auctions just to shift them First off: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Second, while it’s entertaining to imagine desperate crypto barons hosting a kind of QVC channel for dusty PC components, I wouldn’t necessarily take this as a long-overdue opportunity to upgrade your graphics card on the cheap....

HomeNews World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight aiming to launch in 2022It’s got dragons in It’s got dragons in Blizzard launched pre-orders for World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight this week, and in the small print on the Battle.net store page is a note stating that the MMO’s next expansion “will be available on or before December 31, 2022.” That simultaneously confirms that Dragonflight’s release window is this year, and also threatens Blizzard’s staff with the potential for a pretty crappy New Year’s Eve....

HomeGuidesThe Cycle: Frontier The Cycle Frontier weapon tier list: The best guns in the game, from early-game to late-gameThe best weapons to unlock in The Cycle: Frontier The best weapons to unlock in The Cycle: Frontier There’s a total of 29 weapons in The Cycle: Frontier, and below we’ve organised them into not one buttwotier lists: one on the best guns in the game, and another on the best value for money....

HomeGuidesThe Cycle: Frontier The Cycle: Frontier dead drop locations: All dead drops on both mapsWhere to find every dead drop on Bright Sands and Crescent Falls Where to find every dead drop on Bright Sands and Crescent Falls Looking for a list of all dead drop locations in The Cycle: Frontier?Rather than battling it out until just one player is left standing like in traditional battle royales, inThe Cycle: Frontieryou drop in, loot, complete missions, and extract....