Give your weekend puzzle gaming a boost with our fresh selection of clues and hints for the August 16 (1519) Wordle, written just for today's game and designed to give you the sort of nudge you're after without handing over the winning word. Of course you might like the idea of clicking through to today's answer—if you do, you're in the right place. Go enjoy your win.A clue for today's...

If Steve Wozniak had "only" designed the Apple II, one of the foundational computers of the early PC era, he'd still be a computing legend. But after leaving Apple in the mid-'80s Wozniak went on to help establish the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sponsored the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, and has spent the last four decades on philanthropy, public speaking and founding a truly wild range of tech companies,...

Reaper Actual is a hard sell. It's a plain-looking modern military extraction shooter with Web3 stuff, and I've seen enough of those to know that I'd probably rather be playing Battlefield.But the man behind Reaper Actual, former Sony Online Entertainment and Daybreak head John Smedley, has snared me before: I spent a whole summer as an EverQuest halfling and did a few tours in the sci-fi MMO wars of the...

This week saw the release of the version 1.021 update for Monster Hunter Wilds, adding yet another difficulty tier to high level hunts and pairing them with a new endgame grind that opens up new buildcrafting potential. Like the additions in previous post-release patches and Title Updates, these are welcome changes, answering the complaints of players who've wanted more challenge and a reason to keep coming back for more monster...

Talking in Twitch and YouTube chat just isn't the same as standing in a crowd watching your favorite vtuber perform.Live shows and concerts aren't new for Hololive, one of the biggest vtuber agencies in the world, but a virtual space that attempts to emulate what it's like to meet your favorite streamers is "the next step in the evolution of immersive social experiences," according to the company. And it's called...

Survival game fans are an eternally hopeful lot. We're always on the lookout for the next great open world sandbox offering up a new survival experience. Your game has base-building? Crafting? Exploring? Survival systems? You've already got our attention.But we're a wary group, too. We've been burned far too many times in the past.That explains the mostly skeptical reaction to the new trailer for CrisisX you can see above (via...

It's Friday afternoon—maybe even Friday night, depending on where you are—and that means the weekend is upon us and you've got some time to sink into videogames. You've probably got a massive backlog to dig through, but you know what? Who cares, because the Humble Store Summer Sale is live and it's got some bonkers deals.We're going to keep this simple by heading to the Deals Under $5 section, which...

What have they done to my beautiful boy? Rush, one of the greatest modes of Battlefields past, is a total bust in the Battlefield 6 beta. Its debut is going down so poorly with fans that Battlefield Studios should seriously consider going back to the drawing board.For a sect of Battlefield faithfuls who hopped aboard in the Bad Company era, Rush was it, man: Two M-COM sites, ~75 attacker tickets,...

Back in April we discovered Bongo Cat, a silly idle game about a cat with a hat who smacks your screen when you type. Silly, but also huge: Bongo Cat was one of the biggest games on Steam at the time, holding the number 12 spot on Steam's most played chart. Four months later it's still riding high on the charts, and earlier this week it got even better—because Bongo...

Rory Norris, Guides Writer(Image credit: Future)Last week I was: playing way too much of the Battlefield 6 open beta.This week I've been: continuing to play way too much of the Battlefield 6 open beta now that it's returned for one more weekend.As much as I've been enjoying the Battlefield 6 open beta, I can't deny that sinking feeling the moment I booted it up and was met by Netflix's home...