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has officially hit 1000 puzzles, and March 15’s edition could cause some players to lose their daily streaks as it starts with a vowel. Apart from beginning with a vowel, there’s another vowel players will need to find within six attempts. But this is easier said than done since guessing answers that begin with vowels usually require hints. But if you use a different mode, you might be able to conserve your attempts and solve the answer.

Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle.

Paper Trail, the game that lets you fold the world around you, finally has a release date after multiple delays. The top-down puzzler is now scheduled to launch on May 21.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Wordle today: The last few days have been tricky for Wordle players as they've come across challenging words. While the Wordle answer for March 13 was LOCAL, a relatively easy word, the previous two days proved to be difficult. Players came across words such as HEAVE and PESKY which aren't used in everyday conversations. But what about the Wordle challenge today? Players are in luck as a fairly straightforward answer has been provided.  To get it right, all you need to do is figure out the letters, find out their correct positioning and make the Wordle word of the day. If you're struggling with it, then check out hints, clues and answer to Wordle today.

Strange Horticulture is up for pre-order on the Google Play Store. Developed by Bad Viking and published by Iceberg Interactive, Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game that blends plant shopkeeping with a captivating story.

Baba is You, one of the most mind-bending indie puzzle games I’ve ever played turns five years old today.

Hogwarts Legacy will send you to all corners of its magical world, including areas well beyond the corridors and classrooms of Hogwarts itself. Exploration is a big part of the game, as you're largely free to roam about as you see fit. However, exploration in Hogwarts Legacy is often more like a puzzle than anything else, and players have quickly discovered that climbing the Battlements near Falbarton Castle requires more than just nimble feet.

Have you checked out Modern Community yet? It’s a new laid-back simulation game by Magic Tavern that lets you breathe new life into an entire community just by crushing some pretty challenging puzzles. Trust me, if city-building and puzzle-solving had a baby, it would be this game.

Children Of The Sun instantly shot to the top of my personal most-wanted list when it was first announced at the start of February alongside its accompanying Steam Next Fest demo, and happily, publishers Devolver Digital have now set a release date. It's coming real soon, with its single-shot murder bullet puzzles hitting Steam on April 9th - and to celebrate, there's a flashy new release trailer to go with it. Come and be dazzled by its exploding headshots below.

Children of the Sun, the indie puzzle shooter where you have to take out encampments of cultists using only one bullet, will launch for PC on 9th April.

Earlier today, Devsisters pulled back the curtain on CookieRun: Witch’s Castle with a showcase that gave players a glimpse of their upcoming sequel. During the stream on their official YouTube channel, we got a preview of the levels where you’ll be smashing through blocks and tiles in the castle.

VR might occasionally push you to stand up, and even occasionally flail your arms about, but generally speaking, gaming is done while seated. The sedentary gamer can often sink into a sofa for hours upon end, but your hip, back and neck aren’t going to thank you for it twenty years later. What you need is a chair, but in gaming circles, not just any chair will do. While there’s plenty of options out there, with faux leather and logos emblazoned across them, these are the Ford Focus’ of the gaming sphere, when what you’re really looking for is a Tesla. The Sihoo Doro S300 is a thoroughly modern take on the gaming/office chair, and it’s also the most comfortable one I’ve ever tested.

SEGA has announced matching puzzle game Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop for Apple Arcade. It will launch on April 4.

Third-person puzzle shooter Children of the Sun will launch for PC via Steam on April 9, publisher Devolver Digital and developer Rene Rother announced.

We have the solution to Wordle on March 12, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

The launch date for Capcom’s remastered mystery puzzle-adventure game is finally out. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the nifty mystery adventure is getting polished up for a mobile release. This revamped classic is set to drop on March 28, 2024 for Android. Keep reading to learn more about the Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective remaster!

I remember revealing at some point that my most-played game is actually a free-to-play picross game (picross, also called nonograms sometimes, being the logic puzzle game where you colour in squares on a grid to reveal a larger picture). You can imagine my intrigue when I saw that Tents And Trees, a picross-ish puzzle game previously on Switch and phones, is coming to PC on April 24th. That's a couple of months away, but you can play the short demo on Steam now to get a taste. It's slick and clean, and I like it!

If you love thrillers and horror games, then I’ve got a new one for you to check out. Grandma: The Mobile Game is the mobile version of the indie game Grandma that launched on itch.io for PC in 2017. It’s priced at $1.99 and has been developed by solo developer Scott Castle under the banner Uneasy Game Studios.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

We have the solution to Wordle on March 11, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

The worst thing about Balatro is that it’s so good that we have to take time away from Balatro to write this review.

March 12’s answer is not going to be easy, and players should be wary of using random guesses, as they will not take them far. The answer contains a repeating letter, which also happens to be a vowel. However, the third vowel in the middle makes this word even more challenging to guess. Therefore, players should use hints or a hidden mode offers.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

It's 10th March – Mar10 Day – which means Nintendo has several Mario-flavoured treats for us, including release dates for two upcoming Mario remasters, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD.

During the lifespan of the PlayStation 3, there were over 5,000 games released for the console. These titles covered every genre and style imaginable and ranged in quality, but included some of the best and most recognizable games of the generation. The sleek and versatile system found its way into many homes, particularly as it offered the ability to play Blu-ray movies as well as video games, and it had everything from family-friendly games to more gruesome and serious titles.

We have the solution to Wordle on March 9, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

In a bid to protect its popular word puzzle game, Wordle, The New York Times has unleashed a wave of legal actions against numerous clones, triggering concerns about the fate of hundreds of games inspired by the web-based sensation.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has potentially unlocked a crucial piece of the cosmic puzzle, shedding light on one of the universe's most enigmatic phenomena - black holes. Contrary to the spotlight typically reserved for the colossal supermassive black holes, a recent discovery suggests that their smaller counterparts, dubbed "baby quasars," might hold the key to unraveling long standing mysteries.

Wordle is a worldwide phenomenon, and though it’s no longer quite the obsession it was in 2022, it’s still a daily delight of many people’s mornings. Wordle‘s genius is that it is simple to understand but fiendishly difficult to master, and anyone can pick it up and start playing in a very brief time. You can learn to play Wordle easily as all you need to do is guess a particular five letter word, but getting it right every time is hard as there are only six attempts to guess the word each day. If you’re struggling to master this tricky puzzle, then try out our tips for the best starting words to maximize your chances of becoming a Wordle master.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

We have the solution to Wordle on March 8, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

Wordle today: Did you get the answer right to yesterday's puzzle? If not, you lost a great chance to bolster your winning streak! The word was EARLY, which is extremely common and is used in everyday conversations. That said, new players can run into trouble if they dive in head-first without a strategy. all you need to do is focus and make wise guesses. If you have not yet started solving the puzzle, getting help from the below-mentioned hints and clues can help you win Wordle today in minimum attempts. Check hints, clues and answer for the March 9 puzzle.

The New York Times has issued a takedown notice to Reactle, a Wordle clone, which has meant around 1900 other versions of the game have now been taken down.

The newest is here and with it comes some brand new category word groups for fans to solve. Today's answers aren't too difficult and most players should be able to get through the day with no problem at all. There are, as always, a few tricks up the games sleeves, but nothing too difficult to overcome.

In further confirmation that one can never truly own digital media, Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to "retire" 2016's noodling around puzzle game Small Radios Big Televisions - meaning it'll disappear off storefronts in the next 60 days. Developer Owen Deery revealed this news on Xitter a couple of days ago, simultaneously announcing that the game is now free to download. Deery also noted you can buy the synthy soundtrack to show support.

If you’re into charming games that have adorable visuals, then Stray Cat Doors 3 is for you. The third installment of the escape room puzzle game series is here. Published by Pulsmo, it’s free to play. The first two installments of the game were released in January 2019 and August 2020 respectively.

Wordle today: In the last few days, Wordle players have faced words such as STATE, URBAN, FORTY, HUNCH and TEARY. All of the aforementioned words are simple and are used in everyday conversations. Such words do not pose much of a challenge, making Wordle easy even for new players. That said, the puzzle can be a bit difficult to guess in the limited number of attempts, especially without hints. If you wish to avoid breaking the winning streak, check hints, and clues for Wordle today.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

We have the solution to Wordle on March 7, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

March 8’s answer is not the hardest to solve, but it does start with a vowel that could cause you to lose your streak. Words that start with a vowel tend to be challenging as it isn’t the first thing players think of when doing the puzzle. Since there are two vowels, it is advisable to play today’s using the hard mode.

The March 8 is here and ready to be solved. Be careful though as today's categories might throw a few players off their game and ruin some win streaks. But for those who have the knowledge, know-how, and a few cheaty spoilers, today could be an easy win.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

We have the solution to Wordle on March 6, as well as some helpful hints to help you figure out the answer yourself, right here. We’ve placed the answer at the bottom of the page, so we don’t ruin the surprise before you’ve had a chance to work through the clues. So let’s dive in, starting with a reminder of yesterday’s answer.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Owen Deery, an indie developer behind the puzzle game Small Radios Big Televisions, has stated that Warner Bros. will soon be "retiring" the game from digital storefronts. In response, Deery is giving away the PC version for free to everyone. 

March is Women’s History month, and to celebrate, investment group Wings Interactive has put together a Steam sale that celebrates games made by gender-marginalized developers. Data shows that investors, who fund game development, are failing developers from marginalized backgrounds. This is where you come in. Buying and playing games from these creators is a way that players can support individual developers.

Wordle today: Wordle players couldn't have asked for a better start to 2024, with easy answers on most days. The first five days of March have been simple with answers that can be guessed in a flash! Now what about day 6? Don't fret! The answer to Wordle today is yet another unchallenging task, one which even new players can guess without too much fuss. That said, players would not want to lose their winning streak because of a small mistake. With just six attempts, there is not enough space to take risks. So, if you're struggling to solve it, then don't worry. Check these hints and clues for Wordle today and solve it easily.

In the real world, most of us would not know where to start when making clay.

March 7’s answer is not too hard to guess if you use regular starting words that contain multiple vowels. Since the answer also has more than one vowel, this will help you solve the puzzle faster. Finding the correct positions of the two vowels is crucial as it is a great starting point for solving today’s answer. You can also use a different mode if you get carried away with random guesses.

Sometimes, you have to ask yourself why you’re enjoying Expeditions: A MudRunner Game. Sometimes, you won’t have an answer for it, and sometimes you will. Equal parts excruciating and rewarding, Expeditions tasks you with mostly driving very slowly through places you’re not supposed to drive things. It sounds like a recipe for disaster, and one that’s going to break your teeth along the way thanks to all the rocks that have found their way in there, but it is, in fact, a tasty, wholesome meal of a game, though you’re going to have to chew your way through it from start to finish.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

Wordle today: Like playing Wordle? Today's puzzle is yet another easy one! In the last few days, the Wordle answers have been fairly simple and most players have been able to guess them without requiring any hints or clues. However, if you're a new Wordle player, there is a chance you might struggle as Wordle is different from other word games. Unlike crossword puzzles, it does not provide you with any hints or clues, making it a greater challenge. So, if you're struggling to guess the answer to Wordle today, then check out hints and clues.

A brand new is here and with it comes some great new word groupings, including one we still aren't one-hundred percent sure we understand. The best thing about Connection though is that you don't need to figure out all four categories, you really only need three and it's a win with the leftover words.

Suika is the puzzle gift that keeps on giving. The viral Watermelon Game that launched a thousand non-Switch-exclusive clones has added another promising offering to its line-up of Suika-like twists on the simple fruit-merging game.

I stepped out of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two burdened by a heavy existential question: Am I the sort of person who would drink sandworm piss in exchange for supernatural foresight? Maybe you can help me decide.

Because I believe in transparency, I want to begin with saying that there is no bigger mark for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirththan I. I know the fans of Final Fantasy 7 are legion, and that each and every one of them believes they can lay claim to the title of Biggest FF7 Fan. They’re entitled to think that. They’re also wrong. I love Final Fantasy 7 the most, and I am enjoying Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth more than all of them, probably. However, there is one thing I am not enjoying: Fort Condor. Fuck that game.

A Women’s Day Sale, spearheaded by indie game funding organization Wings Interactive, is currently taking place on Steam. Until March 10, a wealth of games starring and made by women are seeing some significant discounts. From mind-bending puzzle games to vibrant action titles, this sale is full of fantastic indies worth a look during Women’s History Month. Here are seven highlights to check out if you’re looking to grab some great games for cheap.

Greetings, Adventurers!

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth features a card game so compelling that many of us at Polygon have struggled to focus on the main adventure. Who wants to save the world when they can be playing a round of Queen’s Blood at the tavern, humiliating the locals by deploying a perfectly timed chocobo card?

Wordle today: Wordle players have had a great start to March with straightforward answers on the first three days. So far, we've encountered words such as STATE, URBAN and FORTY, all of which are common and used in everyday life. As is the trend, the makers of Wordle tend to throw a real head-scratching answer following a few days of easy solutions. Fortunately, today is not one such day and the answer for Wordle today can be guessed in a flash! 

Quordle today: March has been a tricky affair for Quordle players so far. While there have been some easy words, a handful of tricky words have also been encountered. This inconsistency in the difficult level can be daunting, especially to new Quordle players. That is exactly what describes the answers to Quordle today. While most of the words are fairly common, one could prove to be very challenging. If you're stuck, then check out hints and clues for Quordle today.

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends.

is always the best way to start a new week, and the March 4th puzzle is ready to ruin a few players' long-standing win streaks. The word groupings in today's answers are really enjoyable and take a bit of brain power to sus out. Make sure you focus on what word actually connects as there are a few tricky ones to knock you off your game.

Between them, ’s two most recent titles, and, have established and maintained a variety of popular gameplay features. However, it may be time to set aside one such staple of the games unless major changes are put into effect to keep the gameplay fresh. The franchise constantly provides new experiences, but this also means that many individual mechanics seldom appear for more than one or two games.