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But nowadays, we call itthe Maw. These extra-dimensional invasions follow a sinister cadence, synchronised to the contours of the modern working week. Every Monday morning, it threatens to swallow up the pitiful circle of firelight we call normality. But I recognise that the mysteries of the Videogame News Writers trade can seem impenetrable to non-initiates. So let me have a go at frame all this in everyday terms. (Actual announcement post follows)...

Not just getting harder, but putting you in a situation that’s truly deteriorating all around you. It’s also novel in that your goal isn’t to win the war. It’s to get the hell out of there. It’s a lot. Power levelling your way to a dream team doesn’t work, as everyone needs rest and healing. Skills do vary wildly in usefulness, though. Sniping can’t one shot an exposed machine gun but can two-shot an armoured car....

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Marvel Snap launched just last year, with some of the card-minded talent behindHearthstoneworking on the comic-book CCG. According toReuters, while Marvel Snap found a cult following, that hasnt translated into hard financial numbers. Nor will their library of casual games offered directly via TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin. Other games in the works, however, will apparently halt development by December.

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #169 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....

The Cambridge-based developerslatest business updateacknowledged that sales to date have been lower than expected for Realms of Ruin. The company still expects to break even in their 2025 financial year despite the revised figures for this year. Founder and president David Braben described 2023 as turbulent and difficult year for Frontier. Frontierrecently confirmed staff layoffsamid an “organisational review” required to cut costs by up to 20%.

Reedpop have today announced that they’re “investigating the potential sale” of RPS owners Gamer data pipe. This also includes our friends atEurogamer,VG247,Dicebreaker, andGamesIndustry.biz. Not included in the sale are UK eventsEGXorMCM, or the websitePopverse. For now, here’s the broad strokes of what’s happening. For now, it’s business as usual. We believe that new ownership offers the best conditions for the growth of the business.

And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. Check out these attractive and interesting indie games! The Crimson Diamond is a cozy mystery set at a remote lodge in the northern Ontario wilderness. What will you unearth? Play the demo and find out! We have arrived.#bulwark#screenshotsaturdaypic.twitter.com/uErVhPFMe2 What else caught your eye this weekend, reader dear?

Ace of spades In another lifetime,SteamWorld Digcould have easily ended up asSteamWorld Build. Still a worthwhile Game Pass candidate, no doubt, but its main problem is familiarity. There’s still a lot of joy to be had within these limitations, I should stress. You see, the main challenge and sense of variety in SteamWorld Build lies underground. At least to a degree. The staff shortages do tickle me slightly. You see, a house doesn’t generate a set number of bots....

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New to the Tribes series? It once went by the unofficial title of “the world’s fastest shooter”. Here’s a compilation of footage from a recent playtest. You’ll be able to hear more via theTribes discord, if you don’t read it here first. According to a Discord FAQ, they’re only testing 5v5 CTF for the moment. Deadzone is a considerably slower and gloomier sci-fi corridor extraction game, featuring collapsing, procedurally generated starships....

Our weekly news liveblog Heres the very first of RockPaperShotguns new weekly news liveblogs. Read more about the thinking behind them inour announcement post, if you dare. This week’s soundtrack is Low Roar’sI’ll Keep Coming, from theDeath Strandingtrailer. Our live coverage of this event has finished. It’s been given that rating for violence, “inappropriate language” and for being “anti-society”. BloodDome99, out 4th Dec, is a satirical Survivor ‘em up about deathgames in an alternative Reaganite USA....

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 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! Scroll down a bit further and we’ll also reveal today’s Wordle answer for 27/11. 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....