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August 2024 Archive

    1. Trash Bandits is a damned tricky platformer, but too fun to resent
    2. From Baldur's Gate to Rogue Trader, the latest RPG-themed Humble Bundle is a horrifying assault on your time
    3. Genshin Impact codes
    4. The Last Of Us Part 2’s AI deserved as much attention as its storytelling
    5. Black Myth: Wukong review: a refreshing adventure after Elden Ring's knotty DLC
    6. How to use Shadow Realm Blessing in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    7. Let’s beat some usefulness out that Black Myth: Wukong benchmark tool
    8. Where is Scadutree Base in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?
    9. Hunt Showdown's 1896 relaunch is live and facing player derision over the new UI, bugs and performance
    10. Shindo Life codes
    11. The next Total War: Warhammer 3 update will let your dwarves play tall by delving greedily and deep
    12. Mellow mountain biker Lonely Mountains: Downhill is getting a wintry sequel about skiing
    13. Activision are finally cutting down Call Of Duty's horrendous install sizes for Black Ops 6's release
    14. Past Wordle answers
    15. NYT Connections hints and answers (Friday 16th)
    16. Wordle hint and answer today #1154 (August 16 2024)
    1. Inzoi begins its fight for The Sims' crown with a time-limited character creator trial on August 20th
    2. Railroad Corporation 2 will begin laying track in front of its moving Early Access train on September 9th
    3. The Plucky Squire will bust from the pages of the release date calendar on September 17th
    4. Let's Build A Dungeon is a management game about running a dev studio and designing your own subscription MMO
    5. Stellaris turns Twister with new Cosmic Storms you can bend to your will
    6. Defect is a very loud cyberpunk "immersive shooter" from ex-Call Of Duty, Doom and Naughty Dog devs
    7. Cosy building game Tiny Glade finally has a release date, plus ducks
    8. This week's GTA Online Podium Car
    9. All free games on the Epic Games Store: What's free right now?
    10. Who is the final boss in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?
    11. Space Marine 2’s co-op suggests it is in fact jetpacks that make the dream work
    12. Homeworld 3's latest free update and paid DLC probably won't fix its negative Steam reception
    13. In retro gorefest The Lacerator there are as many solutions as you have limbs to lose
    14. Demon Soul Simulator codes
    15. Shapez 2 early access review: splendid abstract factory-building with room for a few more surprises
    16. I'll serve my Blood Bar Tycoon customers when I'm through dumping exsanguinated bodies down the sewer
    17. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 delays its medieval RPG hustling until early next year
    18. Oops... the release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard leaks a few hours early
    19. Steam’s latest update to user reviews doesn’t find your “jokes, memes, ascii art and other content” as funny as you do
    20. Connections hints and answers (Thursday 15th)
    21. Wordle hint and answer #1153 (August 15 2024)
    1. Two Point Museum announced with trailer full of breakable dinosaurs and reheated cavemen
    2. The 11 best racing games on PC
    3. Reptilian Rising is an enjoyably naff toy-based tactics game featuring Spartacus, St George and Einstein
    4. Blade Ball codes
    5. Da Hood codes
    6. Project Slayers codes
    7. Ro-Ghoul codes list
    8. Dead By Daylight codes
    9. The Crimson Diamond review: an enthralling retro-inspired EGA game with modern mystery style
    10. KIBORG: Arena is a free slice of Arkham-style combat starring a John Protagonist-ass punchy cyborg
    11. Outer Worlds 2 is looking "incredible", says Obsidian boss, but they did consider "throwing the whole team on Avowed"
    12. Valve are still taking SteamOS beyond the Steam Deck, though dual booting is a ways off
    13. Arrowhead emerge with a bullet-pointed peace offering to pacify mutinous Helldivers 2 players
    14. Steam now has a Trending Free tab for demos, full free games and free-to-play
    15. Blox Fruits codes
    16. Wordle hint and answer #1152 (August 14 2024)
    17. Connections hints and answers (Wednesday 14th)
    1. The Dead Rising remaster no longer gives you points for "Erotica" creepshots because it's not "required" or "appropriate"
    2. Even with some annoyances, game streaming can feel like a Steam Deck cheat code
    3. Arcade shooter Nova Drift is a Petri dish in which to spawn the daftest, deadliest spaceship
    4. Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster’s survivors are still idiots, but at least they can die horribly in style now
    5. The Curious Expedition studio’s next game Mother Machine lets you co-op as emotional support chaos gremlins created by a lonely supercomputer
    6. Alien: Romulus has turned Alien: Isolation's savegame mechanic into a way of spoiling its own scares
    7. Abiotic Factor's biggest update yet adds new sectors to explore, plus jetpacks, jeeps and laser katanas
    8. Playstation Store lists Red Dead Redemption as “now on PC for the first time ever”
    9. Black Myth Wukong's benchmarking tool lets you test your rig's capacity for monkeying around
    10. Thousands are playing Valve's unrevealed shooter Deadlock, a blend of Team Fortress 2 and Dota with Bioshocky skyrails
    11. Wordle hint and answer #1151 (August 13 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Aug 13)
    2. Shadows Of Doubt emerges from the wet alleyway of early access with 1.0 release next month
    3. Doom modders are annoyed at the "chum-bucket" of wrongly credited mods in the latest Doom remaster
    4. Become an aging court jester trapped in a cyclical hell at the whims of a fickle audience in Conan Throwbrien
    5. A One Piece Game codes
    6. PUBG owner Krafton have acquired Tango Gameworks and the Hi-Fi Rush IP
    7. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    8. Wordle hint and answer #1150 (August 12 2024)
    9. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Aug 12)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Destiny 2 and Dishonored narrative designer Hazel Monforton
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Aug 11)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1149 (August 11 2024)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Aug 10)
    3. Wordle hint and answer #1148 (August 10 2024)
    1. Here's a free miniature town-builder with trams from the creator of Viewfinder
    2. Control 2, Condor and the Max Payne remakes are shaping up just fine, say Remedy
    3. The Crush House review: sassiety of the spectacle
    4. How to get Throwing Blades in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    5. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree boss locations
    6. How to get Blade of Mercy in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    7. Where should I hang this picture of Mr Blobby devouring his son?
    8. What to do first in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    9. Splitgate 2 will add bum slides and time-altering bubbles to its portal-hopping shootsing
    10. I hope you've got a spare 190GB kicking about for God Of War Ragnarok on PC
    11. Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 PvP multiplayer certainly has that old timey Gears Of War energy
    12. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Aug 9)
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1147 (August 9 2024)
    1. Honkai Star Rail codes [August 2024]
    2. Shapez 2's Early Access should run smoothly with factories 12x bigger than the first game
    3. Cat Quest 3's pun-soaked animal pirate action-RPG is out on Steam now
    4. Roblox has been banned by the Turkish government due to child safety concerns
    5. 7 Dos and 7 Don'ts in 7 Days To Die
    6. How to beat Blackgaol Knight in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    7. The Rally Point: Messy urban wargame Khaligrad is this year's low-intensity strategy game for when it's blisteringly hot out
    8. Borderlands 3 Zane build guide: Best Operative builds
    9. Borderlands 3 FL4K build guide: Best Beastmaster builds
    10. Borderlands 3 Moze build guide: Best Gunner builds
    11. Borderlands 3 Amara build guide: Best Siren builds
    12. All paintings in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    13. WolfEye's new first-person RPG is "an evolution" of Prey and Dishonored featuring mechs, magnets and a continuous world
    14. Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers review: a fickle but fun roguelike that stretches Blackjack to the moon and back
    15. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Imbued Sword Key location
    16. New Elite Dangerous spaceship is advertised as a space trucker's dream, but it'll cost ya
    17. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: Well Depths Key location
    18. Iris Of Occultation locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    19. Iris Of Grace locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    20. Sliding Hero turns a contentious puzzle type into an otherworldly jaunt through a cursed Venetian carnival
    21. How to get Sword Of Light in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    22. In dark kingdom sim My Lovely Empress you run an empire with the help of summoned demon ladies
    23. New screenshots from canceled Paradox sim Life By You show off all the fits we’ll never get
    24. Meta reportedly close Ready At Dawn, creators of some of the best VR games
    25. NYT Connections hint and answers (Thu, Aug 8)
    26. Wordle hint and answer #1146 (August 8 2024)
    1. Fallout London's developers working on "huge" patch to come after its hotfixes
    2. Musical exploration toy ODDADA will launch next week
    3. Victory Heat Rally looks like an electrifying retro arcade racer, and it's releasing this winter
    4. How to get to Abyssal Woods in Shadow of The Erdtree
    5. All Furnace Golem locations in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    6. How to get Smithscript Greathammer in Elden Ring DLC
    7. UK video game voice actor's union proposes new minimum rates and protections against AI and abusive NDAs
    8. How to get Milady in Shadow Of The Erdtree
    9. All 50 Elden Ring Scadutree Fragment locations
    10. Former Assassin's Creed and Warhammer Online dev announces new fantasy game based on Welsh myth
    11. There should be a Callisto Protocol 2, says Dead Space creator Glen Schofield: "we had to cut two and a half bosses"
    12. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: System requirements
    13. How to get Light Greatswords in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    14. I spent a week using supermarket own-brand gaming peripherals, and suggest that you don’t
    15. Nvidia have added a Final Fantasy XVI driver profile, fuelling PC release hopes
    16. You won’t be seeing the Balatro IP used by casinos or gambling companies - the developer has forbidden it in his will
    17. Tower Of Fantasy codes
    18. Total War Warhammer 3 teases new content this month, and a hotfix ensures goblins will now get dismembered correctly
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Wed, Aug 7)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1145 (August 7 2024)
    1. Omnissiah be praised, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's system requirements are here
    2. Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree: How to enter Ruins Of Unte
    3. Storeroom Key location in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    4. Plant horror boss rusher Perennial Order is an oozing hybrid of Hollow Knight and Titan Souls
    5. Crusader Kings 3's "landless adventurers" are set to offer a whole new way of playing the medieval trouble sim
    6. Elden Ring: "A great rune has broken" explained
    7. Shadow Of The Erdtree: How to duplicate Remembrances
    8. Elden Ring: All 25 Revered Spirit Ash locations
    9. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Leda questline
    10. The 20 best building games on PC
    11. Black Ops 6 leak gives naughty players access to the Max Payne-ish omnimovement system for the first time
    12. One BTN Bosses' rhythmic rush is an easy sell, since you can play it with one hand in a packet of crisps
    13. Chrono Trigger meets Guitar Hero was not on my bingo card, but I’ll take it regardless
    14. Asus ROG Ally X vs Steam Deck OLED: battle of the beefed-up handhelds
    15. Best weapons in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    16. Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay is incredibly impressive even beyond its 250,000 pixel trees
    17. One of the most influential Japanese visual novels ever made gets a PC Steam remaster this week
    18. Star Wars Outlaws gets two story DLCs featuring Lando and Hondo, but only if you fork out for a special edition
    19. NYT Connections hint and answers (Tue, Aug 6)
    20. Wordle hint and answer #1144 (August 6 2024)
    1. Elden Ring: Fastest way to reach Shadow Of The Erdtree
    2. How to start Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC
    3. In cute throwback RPG Super Dungeon Muncher the dungeon is being eaten by a monster
    4. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree progression route
    5. Backhand Blade locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    6. How to get Beast Claw in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    7. How to get Great Katana in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
    8. How to get Wing Stance in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
    9. All Map Fragment locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
    10. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Church District walkthrough
    11. Please incorporate this absurd game-shuffling Sonic mod into every other video game
    12. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree: Freyja quest walkthrough
    13. Capcom show off precise aiming, wound highlights, and focus mode in new Monster Hunter Wilds reveals
    14. All working Borderlands 3 SHiFT Codes
    15. New SEGA trademark “Yakuza Wars” is probably not a Total War: Like A Dragon game, but let's speculate wildly anyway
    16. Valve "White Sands" project spotted on Starfield voice actor portfolio, prompting Half-Life speculation
    17. Children in Norland can now learn pig farming from their elders, the little idiots
    18. All Minecraft Smithing Template locations and how to duplicate them
    19. Baldurs Gate 3 devs tease future non-D&D games, say morale is “super high”: “we're doing our own thing again"
    20. The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
    21. All Star Tower Defense codes list
    22. Elden Ring: Ansbach quest walkthrough
    23. NYT Connections hint and answers (Mon, Aug 5)
    24. Wordle hint and answer #1143 (August 5 2024)
    1. What's on your bookshelf?: Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer Adam Smith
    2. The Sunday Papers
    3. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sun, Aug 4)
    4. Wordle hint and answer #1142 (August 4 2024)
    1. What are we all playing this weekend?
    2. NYT Connections hint and answers (Sat, Aug 3)
    1. Wordle hint and answer #1141 (August 3 2024)
    2. Wreckfest 2 announced with trailer abundant in fender-bending and newly rageful drivers
    3. Gothic Remake gameplay overview reveals an eccentric open world RPG that still feels like the future
    4. Titan Quest 2 sure looks like that brighter, breezier action-RPG you Diablo 4 haters were gunning for
    5. Destiny 3 may yet happen, but Destiny's unannounced "Payback" spin-off won't, according to reports
    6. Songs of Steel: Hispania is lightweight strategy in a very snackable way
    7. World Of Goo 2 review: an inventive return to goo with some flies in the ointment
    8. Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows handheld, if you can afford it
    9. Elden Ring: How to get to Mohgwyn Palace
    10. How to beat Mohg, Lord of Blood in Elden Ring
    11. I’m in a love-hate relationship with Themeborne’s Escape series of board games
    12. Slayers Unleashed codes
    13. Toonsouls is the Dark Souls of Cuphead, in case you’ve got one of two solid gold games journalism jokes raring to go
    14. Paradox delay Prison Architect 2 and cancel preorders: "improving the performance has proven to be a task that will take time"
    15. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Ymir questline
    16. Spectre Divide is a new tactical shooter with one big gimmick: controlling two bodies at once
    17. Bungie layoffs “couldn't be avoided” even if Destiny 2 The Final Shape had "blockbuster performance”, says report
    18. Noisy shooter Selaco is Steam Deck verified with new story stuff, AI improvements and "Randomizer" modes in the works
    19. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands SHiFT codes
    20. Avowed's release delayed into 2025 to dodge "a busy season" on Game Pass, claims report
    21. The Eternal Life Of Goldman is a gorgeous, nightmare throwback to classic 16-bit platformers
    22. Wordle hint and answer #1140 (August 2 2024)
    1. NYT Connections hint and answers (Fri, Aug 2)
    2. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Thiollier questline
    3. King Legacy codes list
    4. Metropolis 1998 is a fetching isometric blend of SimCity and The Sims, with customisable house interiors
    5. Kitsune Tails is a wonderfully queer Super Mario 3-inspired platformer that's out today
    6. The 10 best games like Dark Souls
    7. Activision revive Warzone's Caldera map as open source (yay!) but say it's to help train AI (booo)
    8. I’d love to explore more of Fallout London’s brilliant world, but it keeps crashing every few minutes
    9. Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree: Thiollier's Concoction
    10. Anime Fighters Simulator codes
    11. This free Steam tycoon prologue isn’t quite Dungeon Keeper, but I’m not complaining
    12. New Planet Coaster 2 deep dive explains how you’ll need to sell your idiot guests sunscreen in case they blame you for the sun existing
    13. Wordle hint and answer #1139 (August 1 2024)