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Today's Wordle answer for Friday, April 26

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Give your daily Wordle a helping hand. Take a look at a clue for the April 26 (1042) puzzle and give your guesses some guidance, or instantly turn a struggle into a win with today's Wordle answer. Whatever you need, you'll find it here.

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HP spends big to secure title sponsorship rights for the Ferrari Formula One team

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It's been a pretty big 24 hours in the world of Formula One. On top of rumors that Red Bull design guru Adrian Newey could be leaving the team for unknown pastures comes the news that Ferrari has named HP as its title sponsor for the next…

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After 6 years, the FCC has voted to restore net neutrality regulations in a win for the open internet

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The specter of Ajit Pai haunts America's broadband infrastructure no longer.

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Hasbro says Magic: The Gathering's Fallout-themed Commander cards were 'probably our best-performing Commander set ever'

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Big things are expected for next year's Marvel and Final Fantasy crossovers too.

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After 10 years on Steam, Korean MMO ArcheAge is giving up on North America and Europe

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A study about what might happen at the end of the world based on player behaviour in the Korean MMO ArcheAge is about to be put to the test. After a nearly 10-year run on Steam, ArcheAge servers in North America and Europe will be closed…

Thursday, Apr 25

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Wake up! These spider-looking phenomena just spotted on Mars are clearly Helldivers 2 bugs preparing for a surprise attack

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Gamemaster Joel is clearly up to his old tricks, and we will not be fooled.

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Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 players should avoid bullying those fancy lads with the blue preorder armor, who are canonically frozen yogurt salesmen

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First reported by GamesRadar, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has politely requested that players refrain from killing their teammates who are wearing the fancy blue preorder armor, no matter how much you may want to stick it to those…

Escape From Tarkov players rage as developers lock co-op PvE behind a new $250 edition despite promising access to 'all subsequent DLCs' in its old $150 edition

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Battlestate Games has unveiled a new $250 edition of Escape From Tarkov that includes access to a PvE mode with co-op support and persistent progress that won't be reset when the game is wiped. It sounds pretty cool, but it has quite a few…

Remember all those Destiny 2 guns you deleted after they got sunset? Bungie admits you shouldn't have done that: 'We regret we have no recovery mechanism'

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In a major change coming as part of The Final Shape, legacy gear will be upgradeable to the new power cap again.

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Manor Lords release date and launch times: here's when the medieval city building gates open

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Here's when the highly anticipated medieval city strategy game launches.

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Deep Rock Galactic Survivor sails past a million sold as developers salute players' 'ravenous appetite' for space dwarf content

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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor released in early access in February, and developer Funday Games and Ghost Ship Publishing have announced that the spinoff of Deep Rock Galactic has now sold over a million copies. A Vampire Survivors-inspired…

Here's what god rolls you should be farming for Destiny 2: Into the Light's Brave Arsenal weapon set

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These are the perks you should be chasing for The Mountaintop, Hammerhead and all of the other weapons from the new Onslaught horde mode.

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, and doesn't seem to change much at all

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We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

Slay the Spire co-creator advises that 'taking risks is actually the least risky thing you can do,' arguing for the appeal of 'hyper-engaging' games

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In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Mega Crit's Casey Yano urged big game studios to give players novelty rather than the expected.

BlizzCon 2024 isn't happening

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Blizzard says it plans to "bring BlizzCon back in future years," but 2024 "doesn't line up."

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'Marketing's dead, and I can back this s**t up': Larian's publishing director says players 'just want to be spoken to, and they don't want to be bamboozled'

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In our State of PC Gaming roundtable, Larian's Michael Douse argues marketing isn't the right way to reach today's gaming audience.

Helldivers 2 devs send players into a frenzy as they tease 2 new potential stratagems via meme propaganda

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Helldivers 2 devs have proven before that they aren't above a little trolling—proclaiming that bugs can't fly (they can), that there are no such things as heavy machine guns (there are) and that blue lasers aren't real (jury's still out on…

Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made *checks figures* $440 million in return

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Math isn't my strong point, but those numbers make my teeth hurt.

My quest to find one of Stardew Valley's rarest items left me as a social outcast, but that won't stop my early-morning rummages

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I pride myself on having a well-kept and cute Stardew Valley farm. With cobblestone paths, plants from the Flower Dance, and all the mods my PC can handle, maintaining Grove Farm takes a lot of effort. But after hearing about a way to ruin…

State of PC gaming roundtable: Larian, Digital Extremes, CCP, Mega Crit on making games in 2024

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The developers behind some of PC gaming's biggest hits discuss the state of our hobby and the biggest trends, risks and opportunities in PC gaming today.

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Dough Spectrum Black 27 review

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When a 32-inch 4K OLED is effectively the same price, why would you?

Manor Lords dev asks press and YouTubers to stop breaking the game: 'please restrain yourself'

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Manor Lords' sole developer, Greg "Slavic Magic" Styczeń, has made a plea to everyone with a review copy of the soon-to-be-released city builder: please stop messing around with the castle planner and breaking the game.

Get a superb Star Wars game and multiple Day One releases on PC Game Pass this April

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Jedi, dinosaurs, and a spiritual successor to one of the most ambitious JRPGs of all time are hitting Microsoft's subscription service.

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This Fallout-inspired post-apocalyptic wasteland game runs in Excel, because spreadsheets will outlive us all

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Some would argue using Excel was like living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland already. Zing!

Fallout 76 was kicking my butt until I respecced into an indestructible tank

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Like a lot of folks, I got a nasty case of Fallout Fever thanks to the Fallout TV show, and since I've already milked every mainline game dry, I decided to cautiously return to Fallout 76. I immediately regretted my decision. I was totally…

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PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Frostpunk 2

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Plus: Vindictus: Defying Fate, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, The Elder Scrolls Online, Dragon's Dogma 2, Outcast: A New Beginning, Level Zero: Extraction, Unreal Tournament 2004, and much more!

This co-op Viking survival game is a lot different to Valheim because you can recruit NPCs, assign them jobs, and occasionally devour their souls

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Marooned alone on a mysterious Viking continent, I've managed to survive long enough to build a few things: a campfire for warmth, a shelter for rest, and a rainwater collector to quench my thirst. Most importantly I've constructed an…

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Manor Lords' publisher explains why there's no price attached yet: 'We don’t want players to get scammed or cheated'

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Medieval city-builder Manor Lords is Steam's most wishlisted game and is a mere day away from release, but no one is actually sure how much it's going to cost.