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HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Tuesday, August 6)Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #422 Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #422 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th 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....

HomeNewsPerennial Order Plant horror boss rusher Perennial Order is an oozing hybrid of Hollow Knight and Titan SoulsAh vegetation, the original boss Ah vegetation, the original boss Image credit:SOEDESCO Image credit:SOEDESCO As the wait lengthens forHollow Knight: Silksong, other Soulsy creature features are scurrying to fill the breach. We hadDeviatorlast week - now, it’s time for a bumper helping of the heebie-jeebies in the shape ofPerennial Order. The title makes it sound like an eBay delivery of potted geraniums....

HomeGuidesMinecraft All Minecraft Smithing Template locations and how to duplicate themAll you need to know about Smithing Templates and customising armor in Minecraft All you need to know about Smithing Templates and customising armor in Minecraft Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang Studios Want to find all the Smithing Templates in Minecraft?Smithing Templates are unique items that allow you to change the looks of your armor inMinecraft. And one of them is extremely important if you plan onupgrading your gear with Netherite ingots....

HomeNewsBaldur’s Gate 3 Baldurs Gate 3 devs tease future non-D&D games, say morale is “super high”: “we’re doing our own thing again"“We’re not trying to convert rules from 50 years ago into something new," says Larian CEO “We’re not trying to convert rules from 50 years ago into something new," says Larian CEO Image credit:Larian Studios Image credit:Larian Studios Flippin’ heck, what a journey it’s been forBaldur’s Gate 3, eh? It seems just yesterday I was getting very jealous at Matthew Castle (RPS in peace) forgetting to previewthe sequel to my beloved Shadows Of Amn....

HomeNewsNorland Children in Norland can now learn pig farming from their elders, the little idiotsKnow more morons Know more morons Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Hooded Horse Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Hooded Horse “[Teachers] will now pass on their knowledge to the children they teach,” say the developers in a briefpost about the patch on Steam. But they also note that “at the same time, wise conversations with children will no longer be possible… On the one hand, this will reduce micromanagement for those familiar with the Wise Conversation tool....

HomeNews Please incorporate this absurd game-shuffling Sonic mod into every other video gameRinging in the changes Ringing in the changes Image credit:Sega Image credit:Sega Every so often, the fine folk of Resetera take a break from their usual schedule of complaining that video games journalists get all their news from Resetera, and post a Thing Of Beauty. For example: it’s thanks to Resetera memberAstralSpherethat I know about Alistair Aitcheson’sMagic Box and BizHawk retro emulation tools, which - amongst other things - allow you to play oldSonic the Hedgehoggames in giddy parallel, shuffling between them whenever you collect a ring....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, August 3)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #419 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #419 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

HomeHardwareReviews Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows handheld, if you can afford itWhere the Steam Deck OLED sought efficiency, the ROG Ally X powers up Where the Steam Deck OLED sought efficiency, the ROG Ally X powers up Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun “Again, but better” has become the maxim of post-Steam Deckportable PCs. Or, to be more specific, post-Steam Deck OLEDones. Now that Valve have shown it’s possible to quickly turn around an upgraded handheld without enraging owners of the original, Lenovo have hinted at a newLegion Go, MSI have revealed an improvedClaw, and Asus have released this here ROG Ally X....

HomeNews Avowed’s release delayed into 2025 to dodge “a busy season” on Game Pass, claims reportBut the game itself is in “good shape”, apparently But the game itself is in “good shape”, apparently Image credit:Microsoft Image credit:Microsoft Obsidian’s first-person action-RPGAvowedis one of our75 most anticipated games of 2024, but according to a report, it’s been booted back into early 2025 to avoid a “very busy period” on Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service....

HomeNewsDestiny 2 Bungie layoffs “couldn’t be avoided” even if Destiny 2 The Final Shape had “blockbuster performance”, says reportThe lauded expansion has apparently sold worse than the panned Lightfall The lauded expansion has apparently sold worse than the panned Lightfall Image credit:Bungie/Sony Image credit:Bungie/Sony This week’smass layoffsatDestinystudio Bungie were planned out months ago, former employees have told journalist Stephen Totilo atGame File(paywalled). According to Totilo, Bungie leadership “overstated their studio’s financial prospects to Sony” after the latterbought Bungie in 2022for $3....

HomeNewsPrison Architect 2 Paradox delay Prison Architect 2 and cancel preorders: “improving the performance has proven to be a task that will take time"Existing preorders will be refunded Existing preorders will be refunded Image credit:Paradox Interactive Image credit:Paradox Interactive Jail shake-and-breaker management simPrison Architect 2has been delayed indefinitely, a couple of months after publishers Paradox parted ways with original developers Double Eleven. Current developers Kokku will use the additional time “to improve both the game’s performance and its content”....

HomeNewsThe Eternal Life Of Goldman The Eternal Life Of Goldman is a gorgeous, nightmare throwback to classic 16-bit platformersFrom the devs behind This Is The Police From the devs behind This Is The Police Image credit:THQ Nordic Image credit:THQ Nordic THQ Nordic have announcedThe Eternal Life Of Goldman, a hand-drawn platformer fromThis Is The PoliceandHollywood Animaldevs Weappy. I caught a brief presentation earlier in the week and yeah, this seems promising....

HomeNewsTitan Quest 2 Titan Quest 2 sure looks like that brighter, breezier action-RPG you Diablo 4 haters were gunning forTHQ Nordic releases first in-game trailer THQ Nordic releases first in-game trailer Image credit:THQ Nordic Image credit:THQ Nordic Like Pandora opening her box, but without the accompanying tidal wave of sickness, curses and death, THQ Nordic have released a new trailer that talks you though all of this in detail. Here it is…...