A game claiming the backing of Russia’s military just popped up on Steam: ‘I understand Ukrainian players don’t like us’

A new game hit Steam yesterday—Squad 22: ZOV. Claiming to be “officially recommended by the Russian Military for use as a basic infantry tactic manual for cadet and Yunarmy [Russia’s state organisation for young army cadets] training” and set in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Squad 22 puts you in command of teams of Russian…

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Despite ‘mixed’ user reviews, Elden Ring Nightreign explodes onto Steam, with 300,000-150,000 players presumably getting wrecked by a big dog

Elden Ring Nightreign‘s not debuting to the best of review scores from users—which is hardly surprising. I’m really starting to rather enjoy myself after 19 hours, but it took a minute to get adjusted to the sheer, unrestrained chaos of FromSoftware’s most experimental game to date. That hasn’t stopped it from hitting the Steam concurrent…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Friday, May 30

Our Wordle tips can improve every game, and the best part is they can be quickly skimmed over in just a minute or two. Truly taking them on board might take longer, but that’s why we’ve got today’s answer waiting below, as well as a brand new hint for the May 30 (1441) puzzle too….

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 didn’t invent Final Frenchtasy or the J’RPG: the newly dubbed subgenre has a long and complicated history

Sometimes all it takes to make a new subgenre is an apostrophe. With just one hardworking punctuation mark, the newly christened J’RPG describes a refreshingly French spin on Japanese turn-based roleplaying games, and players can’t get enough of its irresistible je ne sais quoi. J’RPG is a particularly brilliant fit for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33….

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