ConnexionToday's Wordle answer for Wednesday, June 18
Today's Wordle: Help with the daily puzzle.
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No wonder it took so long to rerelease Final Fantasy Tactics—the source code was lost: 'Keeping that kind of data wasn't a normal thing to do at the time'
Creating a problem that had to be solved "by sheer force".
Splitgate 2 review
It doesn't make FPS great again.
© 1047 Games
Ball hogs and 'wannabe Messis' are already the heels of the Rematch community: 'Coach should run out onto the field and beat them with a stick'
Captain Tsubasa would be disappointed.
© Sloclap
Ubisoft slows free currency gain in Rainbow Six Siege X to a pathetic crawl, then immediately drops its most expensive skin in 10 years
It didn't take long for "free-to-play" to also mean "more hostile to your time and wallet."
© Ubisoft
Just 1 year after raising $340,000 on Kickstarter to make a 'vibrant' new JPRG, Studio Camelia abruptly closes
The studio was taking "late pledges" as recently as February.
© Studio Camelia
Hades 2 adds nastier bosses and new weapon variants in its last major update before it leaves early access behind
The Unseen Update also finally gives us a look at Narcissus.
© Supergiant Games
Dark and Darker will be purged from Epic Games Store libraries later this year, but it's still available on Steam for now
Ironmace's dungeon crawler will be removed from Epic Store libraries on November 1.
© Ironmace
'I can't even hit anything': Path of Exile player watches helplessly as his mercenary wipes out screens of enemies before he can even reach them
Action RPG automation.
© Grinding Gear Games
Turns out that fantasy Factorio is a pretty good idea, and if you doubt me try the MoteMancer demo
Mix and match elemental motes as the raw ingredients for an interplanar factory.
© CyanAvatar Studios
Marathon is delayed, new release date will be announced in the fall: 'We need more time to craft Marathon into the game that truly reflects your passion'
Bungie has a lot of work to do.
© Bungie
Everything in GTA Online's Money Fronts update
Here's the full rundown of the new cars, money laundering businesses, and more.
© Rockstar Games
Stellar Blade sold a million units in 3 days on PC and you can mostly thank Chinese players
Stellar results.
© Shift Up
FBC: Firebreak doesn't have the eldritch chaos I had hoped for so I'm going back to one of my favourite games that you've never played
Who let the dog out?
© Northwood Studios
John Carmack celebrates Quake's induction in the Videogame Hall of Fame: 'We threw everything we had at it, and it was really a little bit more than we could chew at the time… it was rough'
"The real legacy of Quake is in the metagame rather than the game itself."
© Oculus VR
Overwatch 2 Season 17 is finally giving power back to the people by introducing map voting for quick play and competitive
Goodbye Numbani and good riddance.
© Activision Blizzard
Diablo 4 players are accidentally misclicking their way to being $7.50's worth of platinum poorer, thanks to its reliquary system's crummy UI design
Also, you can lock yourself out of a bundle.
© Activision Blizzard
BOE outs 8K 120 Hz monitor and it's not quite as irrelevant for gaming as you think
It's all about integer scaling, peeps...
© Dell
Keep an eye on Wildgate, a PvP space FPS out later this month: Solo queuing can be rough, but it's still cool as hell to join a ragtag group of scavengers in space
A PvP game built for creating stellar moments held back by its heavy reliance on coordination.
© Dreamhaven
Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital: 'The new owners are here… not sitting in a distant tower, remotely directing us all towards some nefarious goals'
"We won’t compromise on what’s made Nexus Mods special."
© Video by Los Angeles Chargers
How to craft a harness in Minecraft
Get ready to ride a Happy Ghast.
© Mojang
How to craft a saddle in Minecraft
Becoming a cowboy just got a whole lot easier.
© Mojang Studios
Who the heck is Evelyn? Why a custom Baldur's Gate 3 character with millions of TikTok likes keeps getting confused for an actual NPC
Have you seen my cleric Evelyn, dang she's gone and wandered off again.
© v.@fromacrypt on TikTok / Larian Studios
Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPU rumoured to get up to 52 cores, over double the count of Arrow Lake across all segments
Mid-range Nova Lake has more cores than high-end Arrow Lake, natch.
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Sony WF-C510 review
Wirefree but not worry-free.
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D&D's Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins un-retire, change teams to Critical Role's Darrington Press after a combined 46 years at Wizards of the Coast, leaving jaws dropped
Daggerheart just got two long-time talents.
© Darrington Press / Critical Role
I tried out some of Elden Ring Nightreign's player-made shortcuts for the Crater event and all I got was fried in lava
It's the eagles, they want to kill me.
© Bandai Namco Entertainment
Borderlands 4 system requirements demand 8 CPU cores and 8 GB of VRAM but the reality is probably a bit more forgiving than that
An AMD Ryzen 5 9600X will surely run Borderlands 4 just fine.
© Gearbox
How to neutralize corrupted items in FBC: Firebreak
Track down a Black Rock Neutralizer and destroy these troublesome relics.
© Remedy
What's the best Crisis Kit to pick in FBC: Firebreak?
Try out the Fix Kit, Jump Kit, and Splash Kit when tackling dangerous jobs.
© Remedy
FBC: Firebreak review
A big old mess. Mainly by design, partly by mistake.
© Remedy
How to destroy sticky notes in FBC: Firebreak
Complete the Paper Chase job and defeat Sticky Ricky.
© Remedy
FBC: Firebreak best weapons tier list
Find out which gun is best for blasting Hiss invaders.
© Remedy
The Communist Manifesto – A Visual Novel review
Choose your class.
© Non Fiction Games
I went hands-on with MSI's upcoming gaming kit at Computex 2025 – here's what was most exciting
I went hands-on with MSI's upcoming gaming kit at Computex 2025, sifting through the sleek designs and RGB overload to spotlight what really matters for gamers.
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Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, June 17
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Game of Thrones RTS has a dragon R&D team dedicated to answering burning questions like 'do the dragons explode when they die?'
I don't know, but my dragons will never find out.
© PlaySide Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive
Rainbow Six Siege is more popular and better than ever. That's one point for 'make something actually unique and stick with it,' zero points for 'give up and lay everyone off'
Even at its lowest lows, Ubisoft never gave up on Rainbow Six Siege.
© Ubisoft
This 'tediously accurate' map of our solar system with the moon scaled to a single pixel would still take 665 monitors laid end-to-end to show all at once
We all know that space is mostly just space, but do we really feel it in our guts?
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