Video game publishers are starting to use "anti-DEI" as a marketing meme

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices are embraced by many organisations, and can take many forms. Discrimination is, after all, pretty diverse. The concept of DEI today doesn’t, however, just cover what happens at work. For instance, a"cybernetic bondage" outfitinStellar Bladebeing patched to include a modest undershirt. All of which betrays an elementary or perhaps, wilful misunderstanding of what DEI is supposed to achieve. Central to the case for DEI training is that discrimination can be intangible unless it’s aimed at you....

January 16, 2025 · 1 min · 186 words · Patrick Burns

Wordle hints and answer (#1307): How to solve the Thursday January 16 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 16? 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 16, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Michael Sellers

Marvel Rivals to get two new heroes every three month season, say NetEase, and no, they're not adding role queue

That’s plenty to get your head around, and the roster is expanding rapidly. Or how about J. Pennington Pennypacker, who shoots coins out of his wrists? “We’ll actually be breaking down each season into two halves. The length of one season is three months. And for each half of the season, we will introduce a new hero.” The just-launched Marvel Rivals Season 1 is seeminglyjuicier than the norm. Elsewhere in the interview with Metro, Chen expounds upon the game’s competitive design....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Danielle Sims

NYT Connections hint and answers for Thursday, 16th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #584. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Hopefully these hints will put you on the right path towards maintaining your perfect score! 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 15, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Anthony Hill

Petro-horror strategy game Anoxia Station makes Frostpunk look positively welcoming

I need to get out the mould spray more often. Right.Anoxia Stationis that and also, a turn-basedstrategygame about drilling for oil. The recently releasedItch.io demois rough around the edges, but I do adore the vibe. In Anoxia Station you lead a huge, mobile rig into the depths of a dying world. You’ll also have to worry about keeping your workforce alive, happy and non-mutinous. You’ll definitely want to avoid the insects....

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Amber King

The creator of retro FPS Fortune's Run is going to prison for three years

“I was a very violent person and I hurt a lot of people in my life.” The other developer, Arachne, recently left game development after recovering from a mishandled surgical procedure last year. “I have finally been found guilty and sentenced, and I’m going away next month. It’s a shame, but it’s the consequences of my actions. I was a very violent person and I hurt a lot of people in my life....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Jordan Taylor

Wordle hints and answer (#1306): How to solve the Wednesday January 15 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 15? 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 15, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Melinda Guzman

I reckon you autobattler sickos will like Annihilate The Spance, probably you RTS nutters too

Maybe, um, God? Anyway, heres a trailer. Its as though youre growing a pearl from a chunk of asteroid dust. A pearl that proceeds to spawn huge armadas of spanceships. Nic will be spitting mad that Ive played this before Mechabellum, after all hisstrenuous advocacy. It seems targeted at older players who get back cramp if they have to micromanage too often. The kind of older player who can remember the golden age of Flash....

January 14, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Denise Collins

NYT Connections hint today and answers for Wednesday, 15th Jan

Need some Connections hints for today? Read our guide for help with Connections #583. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Read on for all the answers and tips you could ever need. 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 14, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Robert Pratt

Path Of Exile 2 hacker temporarily hijacks dozens of player inventories via admin account

This allowed the hacker to reset passwords and enter as other players.

January 14, 2025 · 1 min · 12 words · Curtis Jackson

Rejoice wandering emperors, for Civilization 7 will be Steam Deck verified at launch

I do not need that much strategy game, this early in the year. I’ll get that guy. But I’ve been playing a lot of 4Xs in bed, as it happens. I’ve just discovered thatAmplitude’s brilliantEndless Legendruns comfortably on my Dell work laptop. When playing multiplayer, you have the option of confining the proceedings to a single age. It sounds like quite a significant refresh of the whole caveman-to-spaceman concept. Civ 7 is one of ourmost anticipated games of 2025....

January 14, 2025 · 1 min · 89 words · Dennis King

Starfield's abandoned gore and dismemberment system sure would have made it less grey

I remember thinking the same. Would I have thought differently if it had copious amounts of gore? But would I have had a better time? Starfield “was meant to be more lowkey and realistic”, he said. At least the streaks of red would’ve added a splash of colour to the grey.

January 14, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Michael Baker

This roguelike made me feel like a genius (I didn't know what was happening but I was pleased with myself)

Thus I was lured once again into theroguelikegenre, for which I am an eternal sucker. You use WASD to move and click to shoot spells from your wand. What’s neat about Magicraft, though, is its spells. Home to a series of slots you’ll fill with spells, dependent on their mana usage. Now, your wand might start with an orb in its slot. So when you click, you’ll fire an orb....

January 14, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Janet Campbell