Straftat resurrects a Counter-Strike map you either love or hate, cannibalising FPS history in the best way possible

It’s one of 30 free new maps Isn’tStraftata pleasing word to say?Straftat. And now it has a bunch of new maps. And look, an icy and divisive fan-made map of ye oldeCounter-Strikeappears among them. Included in the update you’ll find 15 maps named some variation of “TheSamePlace”. If you know your Counter-Strike history you will recognise the layout of fy_iceworld. The image above is Counter-Strike’s Iceworld, I should clarify, not the one in Straftat....

January 20, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Bailey Larsen

Wordle hints and answer (#1311): How to solve the Monday January 20 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 20? 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....

January 20, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Sandra Jones

NYT Connections hint and answers for Monday, 20th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #588. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Depending on how easy the puzzle is, it just might make your day! Alas, Connections puzzles are often harder than one might expect…but that’s where we come in. To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

January 19, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Lisa Mccoy

What's on your bookshelf?: comment farming from the abyss edition

read-only On this Sunday, I find myself deeply nostalgic for chunky scart cables, terrible bookmarks though they may make. Book for now!

January 19, 2025 · 1 min · 22 words · Wanda Foster

Wordle hints and answer (#1310): How to solve the Sunday January 19 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 19? 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....

January 19, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · Patricia Wall

NYT Connections hint and answers for Sunday, 19th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #587. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Today’s Connections is an especially tricky one that gave me a good deal of trouble. The answers have been written out directly below for you as well! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

January 18, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Catherine Harvey

Sons Of The Forest now lets you build rafts't worry, Kelvin is better at swimming now, too

There are some other neat new features, too. The fullpatch notes are available over on Steam.

January 18, 2025 · 1 min · 16 words · Dominique Hunt

Topdown tactical shooter Intravenous 2 now has Steam Workshop support and a map editor

It looks like the map editor is pretty friendly, however, given the 2D tile-based levels. you’ve got the option to also tinker with your skills and weaponry. TopdownSplinter Cell, as opposed to topdown SWAT? I dare to dream. One day, one day I will find time to play it. For now: hey, it’s cool that its got mod support. All games should have mod support. you’re able to find moreon Steam

January 18, 2025 · 1 min · 71 words · Mark Weber

Wordle hints and answer (#1309): How to solve the Saturday January 18 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 18? 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....

January 18, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Douglas Brewer

Hyper Light Breaker early access review: a flashy but hollow roguelike with few of Drifter’s charms

Needs some hyper light fixing Theres a lot you could do with a third dimension. Temper any expectations for truly wacky builds, mind. One answer is to fight numbers with numbers. Still, at least it would be populated withsomething. But as a gamespace, its nowhere near as storied and explorable as Drifters post-apocalyptic warrens. Hyper Light Breakers rewards and collectibles are kind of just… lying there, out in the open....

January 17, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Michael Adkins

NYT Connections hint today and answers for Saturday, 18th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #586. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! This basically describes my typical experience solving Connections for the process of writing these guides. Luckily, gentle reader, you get to benefit from the mental gymnastics that I must endure! To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

January 17, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Elizabeth Richards

PlayStation put the axe in a live service God Of War game, alongside a project from the Days Gone studio

A bad case of GaaS Looks like Sony have caught the live service jitters. Two different Sony-owned studios were recently told to stop development on their projects. One of those studios is Bluepoint, known for their work on theDemon’s Soulsremake. They were making the unannounced live service God Of War game, according to Schreier. The other studio is Bend, developers of open world zombie ‘em upDays Gone. In any case, both have been canned....

January 17, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Bruce Reid

That Oblivion Feeling

A quick one from me The wallpaper on my phone is of a nondescript street in Shibuya. It means a lot to me, this photo. Then the next morning, a jolt that, in hindsight, definitely altered my brain chemistry. After seven years at Gamer internet (GN), my game-words generator has spluttered to a halt. Time spent with Skull And Bones last yearcertainly didn’t help. I miss going to the local Co-op and buying a meal deal with Tom....

January 17, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Mary Combs