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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We Can’t Wait To Get Back To
15.8.2025
This weekend we’re jumping into pixely roguelikes, surreal retro-style RPGs, gloomy horror, adorable puzzles, and college football
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Can’t Get Into Blue Prince? Try Playing It With A Friend
8.7.2025
Blue Prince is one of the most acclaimed puzzle games ever made, yet I almost put it down for good within ten hours of playing. Don’t get me wrong, I love puzzle games and roguelikes. I just quickly felt overwhelmed as I tried to gather clues and contend with the ever-changing Mt. Holly manor every...
I Cannot Stop Playing This Extraordinary Puzzle Game
3.7.2025
I have a long-term love of logic puzzle games. I consider Hexcells, Tametsi and the DS’s Slitherlink to be among the greatest video games of all time. Mario’s Picross is surely the all-time best Game Boy game? My phone is very rarely not running at least one of Conceptis Puzzles’ Android apps....
Please Don't Rush Through Blue Prince
1.7.2025
If you browse the catalogue of games available as part of Sony’s PlayStation Plus service, you’ll see that the critically acclaimed puzzle sensation Blue Prince is classified as a “quick adventure.” This is a lie on par with saying that you can find a Mew under the truck by the S.S. Anne in...
Wikipedia Is The Latest Place To Join The Daily Gaming Craze
20.6.2025
Newspapers have offered puzzles in some capacity for as long as anyone can remember, with crosswords being the most renowned. But when TheNew York Times bought Wordle at the start of 2022, things shifted up a gear. Only earlier this week, The Atlantic magazine announced it was launching daily...
Creepy Horror Series Rusty Lake Celebrates Its 10th Birthday With A Surprise New Game And Film
30.4.2025
It all began with Cube Escape back in April 2015. Two mobile games were released simultaneously, Cube Escape: The Lake and Cube Escape: Seasons. Each, at first glance, appeared to be part of the current trend for both digital and real-world escape room games, in which you solved puzzles to...
This Origami-Inspired Puzzle Game Is A Short And Sweet Adventure
23.5.2024
The first thing that will jump out to you when starting the new indie puzzle game Paper Trail is how damn good it looks. A gorgeous color palette, lovingly crafted characters and environments that look like an arts-and-crafts project, and an almost tangible feel to the visible fold lines on...
Bitcoin puzzles traders as BTC price targets $40K despite declining volume
9.11.2023
"Something doesn't feel right" about the latest BTC price uptick, a warning tells traders, as Bitcoin open interest passes $17 billion
I Am Embarrassingly Bad At The New York Times’ Connections Puzzle
19.10.2023
As a young girl, I would spend hours sitting around the kitchen table watching my mom and Yia-Yia complete the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen, sipping too-strong coffee while they argued over potential answers and begrudgingly grabbed the Wite-Out to fix a rare mistake. They didn’t let...
The New York Times' Latest Puzzle Seems Awfully Familiar
19.6.2023
Last week, the New York Times announced its latest puzzle had gone live for beta testing on its puzzling site. Joining the world famous crossword, and of course Wordle, is Connections. It’s a four-by-four grid of words, that you need to rearrange into four connecting groups. And if you happen...
New Rubik's Cube World Record Gets Set At An Absurd Three Seconds
13.6.2023
Rubik’s Cubes are perplexing puzzles, especially if you don’t know the rotations required to solve them. Doing so has become a speedrun of sorts, as folks the world over compete to finish one as fast as possible. Well, someone recently set a brand-new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube...
Tears of the Kingdom: What To Do For Those Dandelion Korok Puzzles You Keep Seeing
25.5.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has a ton of Korok missions, just like its predecessor Breath of the Wild, but there’s a new type of Korok quest that left me confused: the dandelion.Read more
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Fans Are Using Penises To Solve Puzzles, Kill Bosses
15.5.2023
Since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropped on May 12, fans have been obsessed with the game’s new creation abilities. Thanks to Link’s new skills, particularly Fuse and Ultrahand, players are building absurdities like planes and tanks to commit war crimes in Hyrule Kingdom. But there’s...
11 Escape Room Tips (For When You Absolutely Must Find The Damn Exit)
4.5.2023
Escape rooms have gotten massively popular, and they’re a unique experience, standing out from outings at the movies or museums. They can be an amazing time, but the expectation that you’ll have to solve some puzzles can make them intimidating if you’ve never tried one before. And because...
This Perfectly Reasonable Wordle Answer Is Stumping 30% Of Players
25.4.2023
Today’s Wordle answer is evading nearly 30 percent of players, The New York Times—which has been publishing Josh Wardle’s beloved word puzzle since buying it in 2022—said on Twitter. Read more
Top 5 VR puzzle games
10.4.2023
VR puzzle games provide a unique and immersive gameplay experience, with challenging puzzles and captivating storylines that draw players in
The Hardest Resident Evil 4 Remake Puzzles Have Easy Solutions
5.4.2023
When you’re not getting lost in Resident Evil 4 remake protagonist Leon’s dreamy abs, you might find yourself trapped in an uncomfortable reality filled with puzzles—some difficult, and some simply annoying. I don’t know why RE4’s imposing castle and outskirts are packed with elaborate, burdensome...
Even God Of War Ragnarök Voice Actor Wants To Turn Off Hints
4.4.2023
God of War Ragnarök is known for having excellent combat, a simultaneously epic and intimate story, great accessibility features, and a billion puzzles to solve. For many players, it wasn’t the puzzles’ difficulty that frustrated them the most. It was the frequency with which Atreus would provide...
When Things Go Wrong With Players Solving Escape Rooms
15.12.2022
Escape rooms, those lock-in experiences where you and your group have to solve esoteric puzzles to make your way out, are designed to stretch players’ problem-solving skills in an interactive environment. Any expectations beyond just having a good time are usually tied to a theme, and the scarier...
Railbound Is A Beautiful Puzzle Game About Dogs And Trains
9.9.2022
Do you like trains? And beautiful animation? And dogs? And puzzles? And video games? Of course you do, which is why you’re going to like Railbound as much as I did.Read more