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The NYT Crossword answers for Wednesday, October 15th 2025 Get a bit of help with the NYT Crossword puzzle Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 19th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s NYT Crossword on Wednesday, 15th October? Well, you have come to the right place! Every day, without fail, the NYT releases yet another crossword to test your patience, knowledge, and vocabulary....

The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 Your perfect companion guide to understanding and solving The Mini for today Image credit:The New York Times This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s NYT Mini Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, September 15th 2025 ! Need a hint for today’s Mini Crossword on Tuesday, 2nd September? Well you’ve come to the right place....

The snazzy and sumptuous RPS Advent Calendar 2025 Our favourite games of the year, revealed one a day through December Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Dastardly December has done it again. Here I was having a nice time with November, joking about the time February tried to explain leap years to August, and the wintry month snuck up in my blindspot. Now December’s in the house, kicking back on the sofa with its feet up on the table....

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS The Sunday Papers is our weekly roundup of great writing about (mostly) videogames from across the web. Sundays are for walking around your home, looking for somewhere to install the home security camera you got for your birthday, and realising a) how few unused surfaces actually exist in this space and b) it was pretty stupid to ask for a home security camera when you knew full well its only purpose would be keeping an eye on the cat while you’re out....

Today’s NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, February 11) Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #245 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Want a hint for Connections today? Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle game Wordle , the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s called Connections , and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

Tokyo Xtreme Racer is returning after 18 years, with a new game coming to Steam next year Not Xpected Image credit:Genki I recently wrote about a game that aimed to recreate the old magic of Tokyo Xtreme Racer, a series of late-night, urban racing games that hadn’t had a new (non-mobile) entry in 18 years. Oh, what a neglected niche those indie developers were filling! Yeah, a new Tokyo Xtreme Racer was just announced from original developers Genki, and it’s targeting a Steam release next year....

Typing dungeon crawler Cryptmaster announces release date during IGF award acceptance speech A rare thing: a game with jokes I actually laughed at aloud Image credit:Akupara Games In a powerful move, one of the two devs behind Cryptmaster announced the delightful typing-based dungeon crawler’s release date last night during his acceptance speech after it won the Independent Games Festival award for Excellence In Design . Powerful. May 9th is the day, so you have time to practise your touchtyping with Mavis Beacon....

Ubisoft propose cutting up to 200 jobs at Paris headquarters, as unions reportedly agree three day strike Following last week’s wave of cancellations and delays Image credit:Ubisoft Ubisoft have proposed a round of voluntary redundancies at their Paris headquarters, which could see as many as 200 jobs cut. These plans follow a major bloodbath of game cancellations and restructuring by the publishers last week, which came with a mandate demanding staff return to working in-office five days a week (an annual allowance of work-from-home days was part of that proposal)....

Unionised French Ubisoft workers put out call for an international strike held by all current employees This follows an agreement made by the five unions involved Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft Last week, Ubisoft announced a major restructure that saw multiple games cancelled, including the Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake, and more concerningly prospectively put layoffs on the horizon . Now, following an agreement made by a group of organised Ubisoft workers across multiple French unions, a call for an international strike across all studios at the company has been put out....

Unity is ditching their much-hated runtime fees effective immediately, a year after they infuriated basically every game developer Returning to a subscription model Unity is scrapping their controversial “runtime fees”, effective immediately. They’re reverting to the “seat-based subscription model” that funded the game creation tool previously. “After deep consultation with our community, customers, and partners, we’ve made the decision to cancel the Runtime Fee for our games customers, effective immediately. Non-gaming Industry customers are not impacted by this modification,” says the announcement from Unity CEO Matt Bromberg....

Upgrade your ROG Ally, Legion Go or Steam Deck with this £81 1TB NVMe SSD A cheaper way to maximise your PC gaming handheld’s internal storage. Image credit:Western Digital/Rock Paper Shotgun Choosing the lowest storage capacity Steam Deck or other PC gaming handheld then upgrading to a high-capacity SSD is often cheaper than choosing the highest-tier storage option out of the gate, and can even provide better performance too. If that makes sense to you, we spotted a 10% discount on the WD SN740, a solid PCIe 4....

Warhammer Skulls returns amidst Dawn Of War 4 rumours Some more of that classic T-shirt based journalism I know you all love Image credit:Sega Now we’re cooking with asbestos: Warhammer Skulls, the yearly power armoured excite-o-thon hosted by Boltgun actor Rahul Kohli, returns this Thursday. It’s traditionally a time of reveals and revelry, with the Mechanicus sequel a likely contender for the spotlight this year. You can watch it live on TwitchHam at 17:00 BST/12:00 EST/9:00 PST....

Watch out, Hollow Knight: Silksong’s hiding a sneaky Stardew Valley creatorman cameo Well, I say hiding, he’s literally in the credits Image credit:Team Cherry In case you missed it, a plucky little game no one had heard anything about whatsoever arrived yesterday . Hollow Knight: Silksong . Yeah, I know, it’s news to me too. Anyway, what’s also news is that Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has a voice acting cameo in Skong....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Paris: Dubochet et Cie, 1857 Someone’s managed to force their way through the doors of the RPS Treehouse, and like a cat that knows it belongs wherever it pleases, he’s settled himself in the corner he’s deemed comfiest, and refuses to budge. Ah well, might as well mic him up and ask him what he’s playing this weekend....

What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Do tell! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Old Book Illustrations/London, New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, n.d. [ca. 1858] Now that Halloween has passed us by, I’m looking forward to a more restful weekend. One where I don’t need to turn off all the lights and hiss loudly in the dark at any young ruffians that come along to part me with my hard-earned Haribo....

Widespread layoffs reported at Embracer and Gearbox-owned Lost Boys Interactive Borderlands 3 and Tiny Tina’s Wonderland studio lose staff “at all levels” Lost Boys Interactive have reportedly been hit by “sizable” layoffs, as overall owner Embracer Group continue the “restructuring” program that claimed over 900 jobs at various studios last year. Developers affected have been posting about the layoffs on Linkedin, though neither Embracer nor the studio’s immediate owner Gearbox have confirmed the news....

Wordle hints and answer (#1097): How to solve the Thursday June 20 Wordle Stuck on the Wordle word for June 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? We have you covered with a list of hints followed by today’s word to help you keep track of your daily streak....

Wordle hints and answer (#1161): How to solve the Friday August 23 Wordle Stuck on the Wordle word for August 23? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? If you’re on your last guesses for the day, don’t fear!...

Wordle hints and answer (#1201): How to solve the Wednesday October 2 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? We have you covered with a list of hints to help you maintain that precious streak....

Wordle hints and answer (#1214): How to solve the Tuesday October 15 Wordle Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 15? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Wednesday 11th February ! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer? Wordle is a tough test of word acumen, but luckily we’re here to provide you with the tips you need....