If those green letters just aren't turning up as often as you'd like, or if they are and they're not half as useful as you hoped, we can help. Our hints for the August 23 (1526) Wordle can give you a fresh angle and new ideas, quickly getting your game back on track. Too close to the bottom of the board to risk it? That's why today's answer is right...

The US Supreme Court recently chose not to intervene—for now—in the enforcement of a Mississippi state law that requires social media sites to verify and track user ages. As a result, unofficial Twitter offshoot Bluesky will go dark in the state."Starting today, if you access Bluesky from a Mississippi IP address, you'll see a message explaining why the app isn't available," wrote the company in a statement published online. "This...

Almost a week removed from the Battlefield 6 beta, I wouldn't blame you for being tired of hearing about weapons being open or closed.On its face, the debate appears moot as Battlefield Studios keeps saying it will support both rulesets in BF6 regardless of their popularity. New players coming over from Call of Duty think divorcing class choice from weapon choice feels normal and natural, many longtime fans feel strongly...

To prove to the growing number of players who think Marvel Rivals' ranked mode is rigged or somehow unfair, the official X account dropped a video that reveals a surprising amount of detail about why that's totes not the case.Lead combat designer Zhiyong spends a packed 18 minutes explaining the math that determines how high you climb based on ranked wins and how the matchmaking system tries to create fair...

Escape from Tarkov, a primary influence on the extraction shooter genre, is still technically in beta, if you can believe it, but it won't be for long.Eight years after opening its doors to players, Tarkov will finally hit 1.0 on November 15, 2025, a day after Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 releases.According to developer Battlestate Games, the shooter has received more than 400 updates during its beta period."We would...

When I was your age, videogames were released at a rate of about seven per year, so there was plenty of room for everyone and we were all thankful for what we got. It's a bit more crowded these days—nearly 19,000 new games were released on Steam alone in 2024—and so, inevitably, some of them are left with a choice: Get their toes stepped on, or move.It happened before, probably...

Since Enshrouded launched into early access in January of last year, players have been clamoring for water. The big, beautiful world of Embervale already has lots to offer, especially since you can build on or modify the terrain just about anywhere on the map you want… but would a couple rivers and lakes here and there be out of the question? We like that sorta thing in our big open...

US president Donald Trump says Intel should give the US government a 10% stake in the company, echoing a recent statement made by US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, who said earlier this week that the US government should get an equity stake in Intel in exchange for CHIPS Act funding.Trump had actually called for the immediate resignation of Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan earlier this month over his alleged ties...

PC Gamer senior editor Rich Stanton called Metal Gear Solid Delta a "safe, but excellent" remake in his review, but the extent to which Konami faithfully recreated even the most minute aspects of 2004's Snake Eater has been tickling our lizard brain nostalgia centers. You can still wait until sniper boss The End dies of old age, and you can still muck about with the system clock to do it.When...

It sure feels like everything's a subscription these days, and subscriptions are getting more and more specific as time and capitalism grind forward. We've moved on from subscriptions that give you a bunch of games to subscriptions within specific games themselves, like Grand Theft Auto Online's GTA+.For $8 a month, you get a monthly cash allowance, free cars, free Rockstar games, and a host of other in-game benefits. It looks...