Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Kicking in doors and clicking on shoes

And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. Come check out these attractive and interesting indie games, and more! Kicking doors open AND shooting people out of windows? This unnamed prototype FPS is spoiling me: I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while..

November 6, 2023 · 1 min · 48 words · Michael Medina

Star Trek Online and Neverwinter MMO devs Cryptic are the next Embracer-owned studio to suffer layoffs

Mullenixsstatusadded that the layoffs were due to a reduction in workforce. Cryptic Studios will provide job assistance and support those impacted to smooth this transition, a studio spokesperson said. Cryptic remains dedicated to supporting its cornerstone free-to-play games and the communities behind them." (Cryptic itself was acquired in late 2021 as part of the Perfect World Entertainment buyout.)

November 6, 2023 · 1 min · 58 words · Jonathan Jackson

The cat-and-mouse creation of Hunt: Showdown, and why there may never be a Hunt 2

Thus the fate of any competitive shooter lucky enough to acquire a seasoned pro following, I guess. “Every year you were looking at: should there be a Hunt 2? Should we do another thing, or should we make a sequel? We’ll just keep making more content for this one. Many of the biggest game-as-a-service projects became services almost by accident, Fifield suggests. Maybe you designed it wrong! Or maybe you just need to understand that not everybody’s going to play it the same....

November 6, 2023 · 1 min · 213 words · Randall Price

The Finals is a gloriously destructive shooter that's too frantic for its own good

Its exhilarating to scream towards the chopper inLeft 4 Deador a dropship inTitanfall. The Finalsis a multiplayer shooter that seems to take place entirely at this elevated pitch. Id argue The Finals has several. This isnt Rainbow Six: Siege, partly because the time-to-kill is huge. Most cashouts change hands at least once, often two or three times, before they complete. Once a cashout completes, another vault activates and the process repeats....

November 6, 2023 · 2 min · 255 words · April Roberts

Wordle hints and answer (#870): How to solve the Monday November 6 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 6? 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....

November 6, 2023 · 2 min · 405 words · Kelsey Murphy

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, November 5)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #147 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....

November 5, 2023 · 1 min · 134 words · Felicia Mcmahon

Wordle hints and answer (#869): How to solve the Sunday November 5 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 5? 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....

November 5, 2023 · 2 min · 383 words · Robin Lawson

NYT Connections hint and answers (Saturday, November 4)

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #146 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....

November 4, 2023 · 1 min · 134 words · Edward Ford

Overwatch 2's next hero is available to try this weekend

If you’d like to know more about his backstory, there’s also an animated origin story trailer:

November 4, 2023 · 1 min · 16 words · Darren Potter

Wordle hints and answer (#868): How to solve the Saturday November 4 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for November 4? 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....

November 4, 2023 · 2 min · 380 words · Dana Hampton

World Of Warcraft's next three expansions have been announced, starting with The War Within

I don’t know if it’s new but I am extremely interested in the sword. Within Warcraft’s lore, the Earthen are like stony proto-dwarves. There are a bunch of new features in the expansion, too. There’s no release date for The War Within yet but it’s expected sometime in 2024.

November 4, 2023 · 1 min · 49 words · Susan Clayton

Honkai: Star Rail heads to The Crepuscule Zone with three new characters and a spooky event in Version 1.5

Heading up the update will be new characters Huohuo, Hanya and Argenti. Alongside the brand new characters, five-star character Silver Wolf will see a return.

November 3, 2023 · 1 min · 25 words · Michael Diaz

Most fake games in movies and TV are ridiculous, but this horror nails a spooky 90s browser game

“The objective is to run over babies in your minivan while shooting cops and other players. It’s taking over the dark web… and IRL.” But just because something is bad, doesn’t mean it’s uninteresting. You’ll never guess what happens. Some screens are straight-up photos, while others have that classic Photoshop tutorial look. Hand-drawn elements and photosourced parts are oversharpened and drowned in grunge then composited discordantly, and it’s perfect. This isn’t sarcasm....

November 3, 2023 · 2 min · 215 words · Mary Garcia