Monastery escape tactics sim The Stone Of Madness is out now and has me thinking about time

As in Commandos, you control a group of characters with different skills, strengths and weaknesses. Lewis Gordondone a review for Eurogamerand he makes it sound extremely appealing, half-cooked plot and tricksy controls notwithstanding. Being a game set in a monastery, The Stone Of Madness naturally makes the connection explicit. I’ll hopefully have something lengthier to say about all that in the next few weeks. For the moment, The Stone Of Madness seems worth a stab....

January 28, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Sara Buchanan

NYT Connections hint and answers, Wed 29th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #597. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Even to veteran puzzlers, the daily “group ‘em together” problem may be impossible to solve. Use some of our hints below, or keep scrolling to get the full answer. To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

January 28, 2025 · 1 min · 114 words · Vanessa Weber

Outside The Blocks is a gorgeous diorama sculptor that had its developer travel Europe for architectural references

Forget about objectives and pressureimmerse yourself in the pure joy of creation". Or, you could just mess around sculpting foliage for ages, which is what I did. “I can confidently say that the vast majority of them could easily be reconstructed in my game!” This one’s TBA for a full release date. And, yep, it includes a photo mode.

January 28, 2025 · 1 min · 59 words · Catherine Young

The Sims 1 and 2 are coming back to PC this week with all original expansion packs, says report

They’ve since said they’d like to take anothercrack at a similar game.

January 28, 2025 · 1 min · 12 words · Anita Wong

Wordle hints and answer (#1319): How to solve the Tuesday January 28 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 28? 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! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Solving dailyWordlechallenges requires a skilled command of wordplay. We’re here to assist if you’re looking for some tips. Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments!...

January 28, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Donna Briggs

NYT Connections hint and answers for Tuesday, 28th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #596. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Below, you’ll see that we’ve outlined hints for today’s Connections puzzle in an easy-to-follow fashion. To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes. On your fourth mistake, the game is over and the answer is revealed automatically....

January 27, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Eric Marshall

Play Pogs, do crime in Y2K convenience shop sim Snow Town Geek Store

The latest reminder beingSnow Town Geek Store, a shopkeepingsimbrimming with 2000’s non-tude. Developer Perelesoq previously madeTorn Away, which won a whole bunch of awards for storytelling and the like. Snow Town Geek Store is out in “2025”.

January 27, 2025 · 1 min · 37 words · Lindsey Villanueva

Space Engineers 2 whooshes out of the airlock and into the cold dark void of early access

It’s the sequel to the sci-fi shipbuilding game we quite enjoyed here at RPS. And you don’t even need a ship to reach it. The firstSpace Engineersslowly dug itself a deep well of features over its own years-long journey through early access. It’s one of our reader’sbest space games. That means developers Keen will be playing a bit of “content catch-up”. Theirdevelopment roadmapshows a few plans. Although the road map doesn’t say exactly when each new shipment of goodies is planned to arrive....

January 27, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Natalie Cox

Team Ninja's Rise Of The Ronin simply cannot resist the allure of PC, arrives on Steam in March

First, there wasDynasty Warriors: Origins, which Ienjoyed quite a bit. ThenNinja Gaiden 2 Black got a surprise release. Now, we’re getting Team Ninja’sRise Of The Roninthis coming March - the 11th to be precise. Here’s some exclusive PC-only bits: Rise Of The Ronin had a decent reception on release. It’s currently sitting at76 on Metacritic, if that means anything to you. It’s anactionRPG hybrid featuring the typically deep combat you’d expect from Team Ninja....

January 27, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Paul Chambers

Ubisoft lay off another 185 people and shutter one of the studios behind Star Wars: Outlaws and The Division 2

All this less than two months afterjettisoningthe hundreds of people who worked on free-to-play shooterXDefiant. “Unfortunately, this should impact 185 employees overall. We are deeply grateful for their contributions and are committed to supporting them through this transition.” Ubisoft are currently in rather dire straits. Their share price fell precipitously last year, thanks in part to mixed reactions to Star Wars Outlaws. In short, they might be about to sell the company off....

January 27, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Elizabeth Walker

Wordle hints and answer (#1318): How to solve the Monday January 27 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 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! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Solving dailyWordlechallenges requires a skilled command of wordplay. We’re here to assist if you’re looking for some tips. Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments!...

January 27, 2025 · 3 min · 470 words · Alyssa Weeks

NYT Connections hint and answers for Monday, 27th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #595. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! That’s where we come in, with our daily guides for every Connections puzzle. Look below for a handy selection of hints designed to help you solve today’s Connections with ease. To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

January 26, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Jose Fernandez

Wordle hints and answer (#1317): How to solve the Sunday January 26 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 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! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Solving dailyWordlechallenges requires a skilled command of wordplay. We’re here to assist if you’re looking for some tips. Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments!...

January 26, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Abigail Cowan