Shapez 2 gets an Early Access release date and a new trailer to explain how it'll consume all your free time

which you could puzzle out how to combine. It’s more of a pure puzzle game, nearer theOpus Magnumend of the spectrum than theFactorioend. That’s where I live. (Ollie, who lives in every factory possible,loved the Shapez 2 Next Fest demo.)

July 27, 2024 · 1 min · 40 words · Erica Moore

Wordle hints and answer (#1134): How to solve the Saturday July 27 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 27? 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 Tuesday 22nd April! Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers....

July 27, 2024 · 3 min · 445 words · Patrick Robertson

World Of Goo 2 gets second trailer a week ahead of release and ooh I'm pumped

A sequel to one of the best games ever made ought to be cause for an international holiday. World Of Goo’s premise is simple enough. Goo balls slither around levels and you’ve got the option to pick them up. Hold them close to other goo balls and they will form connective beams, fixing them in place. It’s Lemmings with a 2008 physics twist. The prototypical example of an indie game taking a good idea and exploring it to its fullest potential....

July 27, 2024 · 1 min · 100 words · Natasha Norman

Lamenter's Gaol walkthrough

Slap on your best helm and get ready to ignore the lamentations that give this dungeon its name. Lamenter’s Gaol walkthrough You’ll need to accessCharo’s Hidden Gravefirst to enter Lamenter’s Gaol. Eventually you’ll come across scattered cages on the ground that mark the gaol’s entrance. Upon entering, head down the pathway and you’ll see a locked metal gate. Pick up theFrozen Maggoton the ground and explore the neighbouring room. You’ll be in a larger room with a narrow bridge overlooking a chasm....

July 26, 2024 · 2 min · 343 words · Rodney Smith

Legacy Of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II remasters on horizon, if a Comic-Con plaque is to be believed

An image of the plaque was posted by a user onResetera. There’s not much more to go on than that. No remaster of the games has yet been announced by Crystal Dynamics themselves. The 25th anniversary of the firstSoul Reavergame is also coming up in August. So it’s possible the remasters might be sprung on fans to coincide with that. Or maybe that’s wishful thinking. That bit where Raziel getstossed into the very hot soupand becomes all disfigured and skinny....

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 99 words · Mary Moss

NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, July 26)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #411 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start. We’ll also explain how to play Connections if this is your first time coming over from Wordle! If not, check just below for the full answer....

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 134 words · Mackenzie Bauer

Paradox CEO admits company made "wrong calls in several projects" in wake of Life By You's cancellation

“We end the second quarter of the year with mixed feelings. Bloodlines 2 has been in development hell for years, onlyrecently resurfacing under the leadership of The Chinese Room. You’d think dice rolls wouldn’t come up snake eyes so many times in a row.

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 44 words · Donald Fields

Steam has made it easier to find, download and even review game demos

The Great Steam Demo Update, asthe announcement calls it, makes several changes. Demos can also now have their own separate store page, if a developer so chooses. It was a terrible shame. As a player, I have little invested in that debate.

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 42 words · William Moran

There's a new episode of Double Fine's Psychonauts 2 documentary

With hints at what’s next for the MS-owned studio Double Fine’s PsychOdyssey is a 32-part documentary series which charts the creation of 2021 platformerPsychonauts 2, from initial brainstorming sessions to its final release. Or it was - now it’s 33 parts, as a new 94-minute episode was just released which looks back at the game, its reception, and the release of the documentary itself. If you have any interest in video game development at all, you owe it to yourself towatch the documentary from the beginning....

July 26, 2024 · 2 min · 270 words · Katherine Chambers

This upcoming dating sim lets you romance household objects turned absolute fitties

Anyway, yeah, they don’t appeal to me at all. It looks incredibly dumb but in the best possible way. Imagine leaning in for a kiss with a nail clipper and getting pied. There are other tidbits of info, like there being 100 fully voiced dateable characters (things?) It has got me thinking, though. What household object in my home would I date? Dear reader, what household object would you date?...

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 81 words · Ethan Griffith

Wordle hints and answer (#1133): How to solve the Friday July 26 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for July 26? 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 Tuesday 22nd April! Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers....

July 26, 2024 · 3 min · 427 words · Richard Moore

Zombie survival game 7 Days To Die version 1.0 is out now after 11 years in early access

but I know that zombiesurvival game7 Days To Dieis definitely up there. We firstreported its appearanceback in the dark ages of 2013. For context, that was the yearGrand Theft Auto Vcame out. Okay, calm down, sorry, I didn’t mean to panic you. Yes, the arrow of time is inviolable. We are all marching steadily towards our graves, I know. But at least now 7 Days To Die has finally released its fully baked version 1....

July 26, 2024 · 1 min · 187 words · Nichole Martin

NYT Connections hint and answers (Thursday, July 25)

Need a hint for Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #410 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start. We’ll also explain how to play Connections if this is your first time coming over from Wordle! If not, check just below for the full answer....

July 25, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words · Jill Webb