2025

As reported by Polygon and TorrentFreak, Mob Entertainment, the studio behind popular Five Nights at Freddy’s-alike Poppy Playtime, has filed a lawsuit against Google for failing to remove fraudulent Poppy Playtime apps from its Android Play Store. At first blush, I assumed this had to do with those weird fake games whose ads you see…

I’ve always been fascinated by mountaineering, but I confess that I’ve never really understood it. I’ve read Into Thin Air and Touching the Void and watched the films based on them, as well as others like Free Solo, The Dawn Wall and the terrifying, heartbreaking The Alpinist. In each case I marvel at the incredible…

Sons of The Forest‘s cannibal-infested woods have been quiet lately. After a wildly popular early access period, it launched in February last year, with developer Endnight Games providing frequent updates over its first four post-release months. Yet the studio has been largely silent since a hotfix in June, with no further updates, announcements, or even…

Porting Doom to inappropriate platforms is one of the internet’s favourite hobbies. Devices compatible with id Software’s definitive FPS now include Lego bricks, pregnancy tests, and player-pianos. One ingenious PhD student even displayed Doom on gut bacteria cells, making the shooter a literal cultural phenomenon. Now, an enterprising high schooler has further extended Doom’s platform…

When was the first time you noticed physics in a video game? For me, it wasn’t bifurcating a headcrab-zombie with a saw blade in Half-Life 2, or seeing a Cleaner goon collapse into a stack of shelves in Max Payne 2. It was watching a bunch of zombie limbs roll down a hillside in Myth…

The biggest fight in Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 lasts an entire episode. It’s almost exhausting to watch, so stuffed with over-the-top animation that you could put it on repeat for hours and still catch new details each time. That action blowout is the most exciting part of an uneven season, but the moment I keep…

Get your puzzle-solving weekend off to the best possible start with our Wordle help. Use today’s clue to fill your early rows, or read through our selection of tips if you need some inspiration. Or, feel free to scroll your way to the January 18 (1309) answer if nothing seems to be going your way….