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A bunch of the Engadget crew loves the Playdate, the tiny, quirky portable console with a load of great indie games and a crank on the side. I've long had my eye on it, but never pulled the trigger for one reason or another. I do get Playdate emails, though, and a surprising and hilarious one caught my eye earlier today (subject line: Mamma Mia!):
A new Starfield mod succeeds where the base game couldn't, adding real elevators with no loading screen to Bethesda's sci-fi roleplaying game. Modder EdgiestSwing23 uploaded it this week on Nexus Mods, though it should be clarified that the mod only covers some of the elevators found in Starfield.
Helldivers 2 players are concerned about the future of Super Earth following a possible bot takeover - and about Arrowhead Game Studios' ability to render maps to fit such a situation.
Stalker 2 was selected as the most wanted game by a panel of experts enlisted for the first-ever PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted in 2023. I was not one of those experts, but Stalker 2 is definitely at the top of my most-wanted games list too, and so I was very excited to finally get an extended look at the game in a new 35-minute mostly-gameplay video shared today by developer GSC Game World.
As a part of its celebration of Baldur's Gate 3's one-year anniversary, Larian unveiled some more juicy data about its players' decisions across their various playthroughs on X, «The Everything App.» Seeing the wild ways other people choose to experience this game is always a hoot, but the best part is learning about things I didn't even know were in the game. Spoilers ahead for Baldur's Gate 3's endings, and content warning for suicide.
If you had to guess which actor presented the biggest challenge for makeup and prosthetics in Amazon's Fallout show, you'd probably pick The Ghoul: the rotting (yet charming) 200-year-old mutated Walton Goggins who's missing his nose and covered with scar tissue. It's a good guess: Goggins' prosthetics took months to develop and hours to apply each day of shooting, but according to Michael Harvey, makeup department head for Fallout, that wasn't the only challenge.
Valve's long-rumoured but still-unannounced hero shooter is basically the worst kept secret in gaming this year, and despite the company remaining tight-lipped about the project everyone knows exists, more than 12,000 people were in-game this weekend.
Your Sunday Wordle help is right here. Let our hint for the August 11 (1149) game guide your guesses, or go look at the answer to today's puzzle if things aren't going your way. Whether you're enjoying the process or just want to take a look at the winning word, we have it covered.