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Enjoy the warm feeling that comes with solving today’s game of NYT Connections no matter how much of a struggle it’s been so far with our help. There’s a fresh set of hints for the September 30 (#111) just below if you need them, general tips if you only need some brief pointers, and of course every answer for today’s puzzle on here too.

I nearly made the mistake of ignoring the first group of Connections I spotted today. I found them too easily, and it was too obvious a link. So anyway that’s how I wasted my first guess, but it was also the wake-up call I needed to stop being silly and trust my instincts. With that out of the way, the rest came without too much trouble.

NYT Connections hint today: Saturday, September 30

There’s a tailor-made hint for every last one of today’s Connections right here.

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Yellow: Pick a card—any card. It’ll more than likely be of one of these suits.

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Green: You’ll whack a golf ball over the course or carefully across the green with one of these.

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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games announced earlier this year that it’d be slowing down its update cadence to deliver bigger, beefier patches—and they certainly meant it.

Announced earlier today, The Escalation of Freedom is a major free update arriving next month that’ll be bringing new enemies, mission objectives, a fresh biome, an even harder difficulty, and a clever take on votekick protection.

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Mimimi’s swan song was supposed to be the two DLCs it released earlier this month for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew—Yuki’s Wish and Zagan’s Ritual. But the studio dedicated to stealth tactics games has one last parting gift before closing its doors altogether.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew now has a modding tool for creating your own levels. This level editor lets you spawn NPCs, place objects, set interactions and animations, create patrol routes, and write dialogue boxes to make your own story moments. 

You can also export your creations to share them with other players. Shadow Gambit’s mod.io page already has a handful of uploads and I’m sure it’ll get more as players get to grips with the system. To help with that, Mimimi has provided a series of guides for prospective level creators.

It’s a shame to be saying goodbye to Mimimi, who announced the studio’s closure by saying, “Working on increasingly ambitious games took a heavy personal toll on us and our families.” The developer leaves behind a memorable legacy, having been responsible for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, its standalone expansion Aiko’s Choice, Desperados 3, and finally Sh…

AMD owns about 20% of the desktop CPU market and nearly a quarter of servers according to new figures for the third quarter of 2023 from Mercury Research. That’s up by about 5% in both cases compared to AMD’s share this time last year.

Mercury also says that for the market as a whole, both desktop and mobile CPU sales grew in Q3 2023 at “well above normal seasonal rates.” Their overall conclusion? “The market is indeed exiting the turbulent downturn created by a post-COVID bubble of excess shipments and inventory that began in mid-2021.”

On the mobile side, Mercury’s figures show a more modest uptick for AMD of 3.8% market share year on year. But the research outfit notes that AMD’s mobile figures are likely flattered by inventory adjustments in the so-called channel rather than necessarily reflecting, you know, laptop sales for AMD.

Still, if you track things back over a longer time frame, AMD really is on the up and up. As recently as 2018, it had virtually no market share in servers. Now it owns nearly one quarter of the market.

AMD’s laptop and desktop share never collapsed to the same catastrophic extent as its server sales, but it dipped below 10% o…

NetherRealm Studios says it’s planning to patch a Mortal Kombat 1 bug this week which was leading to certain players gaining a significant advantage over their opponent. The issue allows Player 1  to execute combos that were impossible to pull off for Player 2. 

It was first brought to light by mrAPchem on YouTube, who demonstrated a handful of combos on characters Sub-Zero and Kitana. While Player 1 was able to pull them off on both the left and right side of the screen, the same combos as Player 2 would whiff, missing the opponent by a hair and dropping the whole thing.

It’s unclear whether the issue boils down to a difference in hitboxes or gravity between each player, but it certainly throws a spanner in any competitive scenario, where a level playing field is an absolute necessity. Thankfully, mrAPchem’s video spread like wildfire and caught the attention of NetherRealm and Ed Boon within a couple of days.

“Once again, THANK YOU for all your feedback with MK1. You are helping us make the game better every day,” Boon tweeted shortly after the video blew up. “The Player1 advantage bug has been fixed, and an update is being prepped for release very …

In the ultimate team-up of ‘things I dread the societal consequences of’, the UK General Election is coming to Roblox. It’s courtesy of the BBC, and is meant to serve as “an engaging and fun way to learn more about the country’s election whilst interacting with [the BBC’s] top political experts.” Naturally, it’s been set up to coincide with the upcoming election on July 4, the first one the UK has had since, let me see, three prime ministers ago.

In practice, what that means is that the BBC’s Wonder Chase Roblox area—a big rambling space full of activities based on the Beeb’s shows—has had its heart converted into a mockup of 10 Downing Street, presided over by the watchful eye of Larry the cat, the real-life chief mouser to the cabinet office. Also presided over, less regally, by real-life BBC journalists Laura Kuenssberg, Clive Myrie, and Jeremy Vine.

As you might imagine, it’s all very much aimed at kids (or as the BBC refers to them, the “under 25 Roblox audience,” which makes me feel older than sand) despite the presence of political heavyweights like Larry, and you should probably look elsewhere for a hard-hitting electoral breakdown ahead of …

Update: When contacted for comment, a Ubisoft spokesperson told me that “The health and wellness of our teams is an ongoing priority. Given the length of the development cycle with Beyond Good & Evil, the Montpellier development team is undergoing well-being assessments through a third-party for preventative measures and to evaluate where additional support may be needed”.

Original story: Since its first trailer in 2008, Beyond Good and Evil 2 hasn’t been able to catch a break. That doesn’t look like it’s going to let up anytime soon: Reports suggest that Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio behind the game, is under investigation by its local government for an “unprecedented” amount of burnout and sick leave among staff, and it’s lost its managing director, too.

The news comes via three anonymous sources spoken to by Kotaku, who said that the studio faced an investigation by the Inspection du Travail (France’s Labour Inspection body) after a year in which numerous staff—including several lead devs—took extended absences from the company due to sickness and stress, some of them eventually leaving altogether. The source…

The answer for today’s Wordle is only a click away now you’re here, ready to dish out an easy win or turn what looked like certain defeat into an effortless victory. Need something a little less intense? Take a look at our clue for the June 19 (1096) puzzle instead, designed to give your game a bit of help while still leaving the fun bits to you.

One green, two greens, three greens, win. It’s not often I get to see fresh correct letters lined up as neatly as that, so it felt a little like I was literally chipping away at today’s answer as I travelled down the board. That was a satisfying game, I hope you enjoy it too.

Today’s Wordle hint

Wordle today: A hint for Wednesday, June 19

Brief. To the point. Text or speech that conveys the bare minimum. Sometimes today’s clipped answer seems—or can be—rude. There’s only a single vowel today.   

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Is there a double letter in Wordle today? 

Yes, there is a double letter in today’s puzzle. 

Wordle help: 3 tips for beating Wordle every day 

Playing Wordle well is like achieving a small victory every day—who doesn’t …

A 49-inch OLED gaming monitor, it doesn’t get much better than this. I’m talking immersion out the wazoo, but even in very real terms, you’re looking at a 5120 x 1440, 144 Hz, QD-OLED panel stuffed into this monitor, which offers an unbeatable 0.03 ms response time.

What’s more, this Gigabyte Aorus CO49DQ is discounted down to $1000 at Amazon. Now, that’s still a lot of money, but compared to some similar 49-inch QD OLED gaming monitors from Samsung and Asus, it’s currently more affordable than either.

We’ve reviewed the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 and Asus ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD, the latter I did personally. However, we’ve not yet had a chance to look at the Gigabyte ourselves. These monitors share many similarities, including the same Samsung-made OLED panel, so many of the things that I and my colleague Jeremy loved about those two nearly-matching monitors are largely true of the Aorus CO49DQ as well.

That 49-inch screen, for starters. There’s no escaping the engulfing gameplay of anything you play writ large on this size screen. Yet the important thing is the 5120 x 1440 resolution isn’t actually as demanding on your hardware as it may appear. You’ll need a hig…

Victoria 3, Paradox’s game about making Karl Marx president or something, is due to get its first major expansion soon. It’s called Sphere of Influence, and it promises to amp up Vicky’s diplomatic aspects by focusing on regional interests, entanglements in foreign economies, and letting your nation’s myriad interest groups form lobbies to agitate for change.

In other words, more political headaches than ever before, which is frankly just what I come to Victoria 3 for. But alas, Paradox has delayed the expansion. Where it was previously scheduled to come out on May 6, the studio is pushing things all the way back to June 24, a delay of just under two months. That also affects the release of the free patch that will accompany the update.

“While we are happy with the features on offer in 1.7/Sphere of Influence,” says Victoria 3 game director Martin Anward, “we simply do not believe that sticking to the original release date will allow us to deliver those features in a polished and balanced state.” Turns out, Sphere of Influence is in need of some major ironing before release, and the DLC’s delay is to give Paradox the time “for bug fixing and polish.”

“Both upda…

After months of waiting, Bandai Namco finally revealed its first model kits for Armored Core 6 at the end of March. The first run is set to launch this September, and includes fan-favorite NPC buddy Rusty’s Steel Haze, enemy pilot Raven’s Nightfall, and a weapons pack with the pulse blade, laser rifle, laser drone, and vertical plasma launcher.

I don’t think I ever set a Google Alert for AC6 model kits, because the last time I tried that the search giant would just email me nonsense results instead of crucial intel on the US release of the Platypus Squishmallow Santino my partner required. Despite periodically checking back on the status of AC6’s model kits, I missed the first showcase of the models in a Japanese language stream on March 20. 

In the past, I had a little fun at the expense of AC6’s $230 limited edition, which came with a mech, as well as the game’s $450 limited-er edition with a mech and a hangar. What I failed to realize at the time was how much I would grow to covet plastic tchotchkes based on Armored Core. That wasn’t just any little guy and his house in the limited editions, that was the original legendary mercenary Raven and their AC Nightfa…

A clue for today’s Wordle is waiting just below, alongside a wide range of tips, guides, and our archive, all designed to help make the April 12 (662) and every other Wordle just that little bit easier, and if you just need to secure that win, you’ll find the answer only a quick click or scroll away.

I didn’t so much solve Wordle today as much as make a desperate guess using the only letters I had left to try, and even then, I wasn’t sure it would work. Luckily for me, it turned out fine in the end, but I’m hoping for a Wordle answer that’s a little less “exciting” in the near future.

Wordle hint

A Wordle hint for Wednesday, April 12

Today’s word is the name of a white crystalline salt with a wide variety of uses, including washing powder, soap, and enamel glazes. This substance is also known as sodium borate, and one of today’s three consonants is a letter you’d normally avoid.  

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Is there a double letter in today’s Wordle? 

No letters are used twice in today’s puzzle. 

Wordle help: 3 tips for beating Wordle every day 

Playing Wordle well is like achieving a small victory eve…

Overcome every problem today’s Wordle could possibly throw your way with our help. Keep on scrolling and you’ll find great tips that’ll help make your opening guess work its hardest for you, as well as a clue written just for today’s game and, if you get really stuck, the answer to the December 9 (903) puzzle.

A single letter tripped me up, and that meant today’s Wordle shamefully took one guess more than it otherwise could have. That’s not ideal, but it’s still much better than staring at my screen for ten minutes the way I do some days, wondering why the English language has decided to get up and leave me for the duration of a Wordle session.

Today’s Wordle hint

Wordle today: A hint for Saturday, December 9

A slight change in position or direction could be described using today’s answer, as could going up or down gears in a car. Also, someone working until 4am would be working the night _____. 

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Is there a double letter in Wordle today? 

No letters are used twice in today’s puzzle. 

Wordle help: 3 tips for beating Wordle every day 

If there’s one thing better than playing Wo…

Update 03/06/2023: The original version of this article listed Gaijin Entertainment’s current studios as including one in Moscow. Though the developer was founded in Moscow it no longer has a studio there and this has been amended. 

With regards to the allegation of sponsoring video adverts in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Gaijin Entertainment’s Konstantin Govorun writes: “Basically, we never ‘bought’ any advertisement on that channel. We are not purchasing anything directly from YouTube channels except a handful of extremely big ones. We either pay YouTube itself, or we pay advertisement agencies in order to get advertisements in bulk and all over the world. The agency that ordered an ad in the video in question took it down when they realized they might drag us into a political discussion. So it was not us who ordered the ad, and neither agency nor we paid for it, and the ad was cancelled, and no sponsorship happened.”

Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing conflict in the region has had knock-on effects all over the world. It’s crossed-over into gaming from the start, with Ukraine’s foreign minister calling for various big…

Black Friday is over! Or is it? Was Black Friday ever truly just a day? Was it a weekend? Or is it even perhaps a state of mind. No, it’s definitely that first one. The good news is that even though the darkest of retail days has come to pass, there are still plenty of deals available throughout the weekend and on into Cyber Monday. In fact, most of our favorite deals haven’t budged an inch. 

Both the CyberPowerPC—with its bargain 4060 Ti—and the discounted Lenovo Legion Pro with its RTX 4080 are still going strong. Graphics card deals haven’t been the best this year, but if you’re looking to buy a 4070 Ti, you can make a reasonable saving with the Zotac—though equally you may be better off biding your time.

• We’re curating all the best Black Friday PC gaming deals right here.

Even further down, we’ve got some great monitor offers, whether you’re looking for something more budget in terms of the 27-inch Asus TUF, or you want to conscientiously splurge on the Alienware 34-inch monitor and make the switch to OLED. It’s a decent saving, though, still pretty extravagant as purchases…

There are plenty of survival crafting action sandbox games, but only one of them is purely focused on the concept of being a wizard with a gun*. That’s the aptly-named Wizard with a Gun, which got an upgrade to four-player co-op this past week in its new Better Together update and so I guess they’ll have to rename it to Wizard with a Gun and Several More Friends.

To celebrate it’s free to try on Steam this weekend, and 50% off until May 23 if you’d like to buy.

The Better Together update also added more stuff to the game: New difficulty levels let you experience it easier or harder, and customized difficulties let you tweak how it feels to play. There are also new libraries for your wizard’s tower, a proper upgrade to just regular bookshelves. And, apparently, a new ending or boss or something nasty lurking in the void at the end of time.

Wizard With a Gun is a cool pitch, giving you five minute jaunts into the collapsing apocalyptic world outside before you’re forced to return to your grubby little wizard’s tower to rearm, restock, and rewind the clock to before the apocalypse. Over time you collect stuff to upgrade your tower, your guns, and your magic clock …