We’ve got a hint for today’s Wordle right here if you need a little help turning your game around, or would just like to make sure you get off to the best possible start. Make sure you pair that boost with our tips, so you can make the most out of every letter you find … Read more
Every so often I poke my head into the subreddits dedicated to life sims and cozy games and farming sims to see what people are recommending, and one game keeps coming up over and over again: Travellers Rest. (Yes, Stardew Valley comes up a lot too, but everyone knows that one: these discussions are usually … Read more
A Wall Street Journal report says a group of investors led by X owner Elon Musk has made an offer to buy the non-profit organization that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Musk said in a statement that the offer was made in order to return OpenAI “to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once … Read more
Update: NetEase has now rescinded plans to release a mid-season rank reset after an overwhelmingly negative response from fans. Original story: NetEase has announced that the remaining members of the Fantastic Four—the Human Torch and the Thing—as well as a mid-season rank reset will arrive in Marvel Rivals on February 21. The two superheroes will … Read more
One of the things I still like about Destiny 2 seasons is the way that balance updates switch up the meta. For Episode: Heresy, which kicked off last week, Linear Fusion Rifles are again the DPS top dogs. Of those, none has had a bigger glow up than The Queenbreaker. First introduced in Destiny 1 … Read more
PC Gamer’s Morgan Park treated us to a story last week about the downsides of a life of crime in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2—specifically, a very conspicuous brand that did not improve his standing with the local folk. He was also warned that if he continued behaving like a jerk, he could end up being … Read more
First reported by Ars Technica, the “big cheese” of online search appears to have really curdled things, and in the heart of America’s dairyland, no less. An ad for Google’s Gemini AI that played in Wisconsin during the Super Bowl was first shown online last week with a “hallucination”—that is to say, a bald-faced lie—visible … Read more
It may have felt like you’ve been waiting for ages, but the long wait is almost over: Civilization VII comes ashore on February 11, and the developers over at Firaxis Games have a lot in store for long-time fans and new players alike. In a new developer interview, they break down the many new additions … Read more
I’m a member of way more Discord servers than I actually engage with, and I can only put so much blame on my pathologically narrow attention span. I’d be frequenting a few more communities were it not for something I’m sure we’ve all experienced: having to share spaces with somebody whose vibes are frequently, y’know, … Read more
The early access launch for fresh new Sims competitor Inzoi is just about six weeks away and information about its features—those coming in time for early access and those planned to be developed later—are arriving at a weekly pace now. Over the weekend we got yet more details about Inzoi’s life sim features, this time … Read more