Sonic The Hedgehog and friends will soon be indulging their sweet tooth when they appear in Candy Crush Saga in celebration of Sonic 2’s theatrical release. Sonic and Tails will join the match-3 puzzle game March 31 to April 4, where they will try to recover the master emerald from …
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Microsoft has announced Minecraft Preview, a new standalone app that’s designed to replace the Bedrock Beta program for testing the game’s beta builds. Minecraft Preview will intially be rolling out on iOS, Xbox, and Windows 10 and 11, and will be included along with the base game for Xbox Game …
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When Wordle took off, it wasn’t long before unofficial offshoots and new twists on the word-guessing formula hit the scene. While Wordle creator Josh Wardle didn’t seem to be bothered by these imitators, Wordle’s new owner The New York Times is looking to secure the intellectual property it acquired in …
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Players who are previewing the latest Minecraft beta will be able to get some help in the game’s massive blocky world. Along with numerous fixes and improvements, the latest beta for Minecraft introduces the Allay, a friendly mob that can carry items for the player. First revealed at Minecraft Live …
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An independent video game store in Minnesota has been robbed, with a thief making off with cash and an estimated $250,000 worth of collector’s items, including Pokemon cards. KARE 11 out of Forest Lake, Minnesota reports that the Punch Out Gaming “mom and pop” family business was recently robbed, and …
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Wordle’s not too challenging a game if you’ve got an encyclopedic knowledge of five-letter words in your head, can follow the clues handed to you by the app, and nobody knows that you frequent Scrabble solution websites to help you solve the daily puzzle. If Wordle is proving to be …
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The number of games inspired by Wordle seems to get larger every day, with that list now including dungeon crawler Dungleon, the rude-words-only Lewdle, the Swiftie-themed Taylordle, and now a battle royale game called Squabble, as picked up by Polygon. Squabble, developed by Ottomated, takes the chill, once-per-day formula of …
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The New York Times’ acquisition of Wordle has already stirred up a few controversies, from players’ streaks being wiped to removing offensive words from the valid word list. Today we have confirmation that it’s not just the valid word list that the NYT has changed–it’s the solutions as well. Wordle …
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Considering how popular Wordle is at the moment, it can be tempting to cheat a little when it comes to posting your results to social media with the game’s trademark emoji grid. NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns has been accused of doing just that, after eagle-eyed fans noticed that something in …
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Now that The New York Times has acquired Wordle, some changes have been made to the hit word-guessing game. The most obvious tweak to the viral sensation is that some offensive language has been banned as guess words, which includes the usual salty language and gender-specific slurs. If you attempt …
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