26 h. ago Wordle today: Answer and hints for popular word game on Tuesday April 1, 2025

Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to the Wordle edition of Tuesday April 1, 2025 - the popular word game was played some 4.8 billion times in 2023 alone

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36 h. ago Cracks more obvious in Djokovic’s game as he strives to remain at summit | Tumaini Carayol

Defeat to teenager Jakub Mensik in Miami final means 37-year-old Serb has only two titles in past 16 monthsDuring a quiet period in the relentless tennis calendar three years ago, the 16-year-old Jakub Mensik received an unexpected proposal. The Czech, who had just reached the boys’ singles final at the Australian Open, was invited by Novak Djokovic, his idol, to train together at the Serb’s academy in Belgrade. The pair quickly established a rapport, with Djokovic offering advice and counsel. For Mensik, this was a pivotal moment in his journey.That journey completed a full circle on Sunday at the Miami Open as the pair stood across the net from each other again, this time as rivals in the biggest match of the 19-year-old’s career so far, and he closed out a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) victory to win his first ATP title in one of the top tournaments in the game. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago DOOM: The Dark Ages is 2025's most metal game, but it's so much more than that

DOOM: The Dark Ages is a bold step for a series that could have played it safe, but instead swings for the fences with gusto — here's what we thought of it after playing for a few hours

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51 h. ago Wordle today: Answer and hints for popular word game on March 31, 2025

Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to the Wordle edition of Monday March 31, 2025 - the popular word game was played some 4.8 billion times in 2023 alone

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66 h. ago 10 best indie game releases in March 2025 – small treats you definitely shouldn’t miss

If you're craving a cosy or challenging indie game to satiate you between big, AAA releases, we've got you covered with some of our March favourites.

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2 d. ago April 2025's biggest new game releases coming to PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC this month

After a packed March, there's still plenty of gaming to go around, with PlayStation and Xbox remasters and re-releases, an exciting new RPG, and Cristiano Ronaldo in a fighting game

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2 d. ago March Madness: top seeds Duke and Florida move on to men’s Final Four

Blue Devils beat Alabama 85-65 to reach 18th Final FourGators rally past Texas Tech 84-79 in Elite Eight matchupDuke’s stream of long, tall NBA-ready standouts smothered Alabama and papered over Cooper Flagg’s rough shooting night to lift the Blue Devils to the program’s 18th Final Four with an 85-65 victory Saturday night in the NCAA Tournament’s East Region final.Flagg made only 6 of 16 shots, including a brick that got stuck in the flange of the rim, but still finished with 16 points. Kon Knueppel, another potential lottery pick, led the Blue Devils with 21 points. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nintendo Direct March 2025: all the big Switch game announcements

We got new looks at Metroid Prime 4 and Pokémon Legends: Z-A, along with some surprise announcements

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5 d. ago Hamilton striker bags first goal of the year and now targets firing Accies to safety

Striker Oli Shaw netted his first Championship goal of 2025 at the weekend to end a 12-game barrren spell

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6 d. ago Why bloated budgets mean open world games are starting to think small – but mighty

After years of soaring costs and ever-expanding maps, open world games are getting smaller, and developers are creating richer landscapes in the processFor more than 20 years the action adventure genre has been dominated by open-world games. They started in quite a constrained way, with titles such as Shenmue and Driver offering miniature cities to wander about, but during the 21st century, they grew to encompass whole kingdoms. Now we have titles such as Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Elden Ring and Death Stranding that contain vast and highly varied environments; Minecraft worlds are reportedly 60,000km wide. And let’s not forget space sims such as Elite Dangerous and No Man’s Sky, which effectively contain whole galaxies.This whole design model, however, is starting to seem a teeny bit unsustainable. Not only is it astonishingly expensive to build giant worlds (it’s rumoured that the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 will cost in the region of $2bn), but the market is also sat...

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6 d. ago Your House review – scavenger hunt through a delightfully difficult puzzle

iOS, Android, Mac, PC (version played); Patrones & EsconditesInspired by a remarkable true story, this book-like journey through a deserted house filled with secret panels and hidden passages presents some ingenious conundrumsYour House is inspired by a remarkable true story. Back in the 2000s, a rich New York couple paid architect Eric Clough to renovate their new apartment, with the slightly odd request that a poem about their family should be hidden away in one of the walls, like a time capsule. Inspired by this, Clough took it upon himself to make a few unorthodox modifications to the dwelling without his clients’ knowledge.Just over a year after the couple and their children had moved in to their home, Clough sent them a cryptic note. This clue led them to a hidden panel, behind which was a book, which in turn led them on a scavenger hunt through their own apartment. Clough had crammed the rooms with hidden messages and complex puzzles that it took the family weeks to solve...

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6 d. ago EastEnders fans predict character is 'going to explode' at rival and reveal 'bully side'

The residents of Walford were left stunned by the treatment of Avani at the police station

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7 d. ago Upcoming games 2025: 26 of the biggest games coming out this year including GTA 6

Grand Theft Auto 6 is the most highly anticipated game of 2025, but what else is coming out this year?

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7 d. ago The ‘hot mess’ Olympics? How Queensland’s 2032 Games planning descended into farce

The LNP’s vision is for an Olympics held in venues rather than a city – and guarantees controversy across Brisbane and beyond Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFew people in Queensland disagreed with the former state premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, when she described plans for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane as a “hot mess”.Tuesday’s announcement by the new LNP government was framed as an end to the sort of disarray that has plagued Olympic planning during the past four years.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Raw in London to feature Logan Paul calling out AJ Styles, title match, and another face

Raw in London to feature Logan Paul calling out AJ Styles, title match, and another face-to-face  Cageside Seats

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8 d. ago PS Plus April 2025 Essential games reveal time: When will we know free PlayStation games?

The PlayStation Plus Essential games for April 2025 will be revealed this week, and as fans hope for Assassin's Creed and more, we're got all you need to know about when the reveal is

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8 d. ago $921 for Othello: why have Broadway tickets gotten so expensive?

A blockbuster production of the Shakespeare tragedy might boast Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal but it’s sparked a debate over excessive pricingHow much would you pay to be in the same room as Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, watching them work? Is that price in the mid-hundreds of dollars? And would you double it to nearly a thousand for a slightly better seat?The 15-week limited Broadway run of William Shakespeare’s Othello, featuring one of our greatest living actors in the title role (and another, pretty damn good actor as Iago), is betting that at least some people would. Orchestra-level advance tickets to the show run between $216 and $921, depending on where you sit (those $216 tickets, more in line with what a less starry straight play might charge, are at the far side of the row, which at least means you’re getting a slightly lesser chance of catching Covid or the flu alongside your mild discount). It’s the latest innovation in live-theater pricing, where you no...

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8 d. ago $921 to see Denzel Washington’s Othello? How Broadway tickets got so expensive

A blockbuster production of the Shakespeare tragedy might boast Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal but it’s sparked a debate over excessive pricingHow much would you pay to be in the same room as Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, watching them work? Is that price in the mid-hundreds of dollars? And would you double it to nearly a thousand for a slightly better seat?The 15-week limited Broadway run of William Shakespeare’s Othello, featuring one of our greatest living actors in the title role (and another, pretty damn good actor as Iago), is betting that at least some people would. Orchestra-level advance tickets to the show run between $216 and $921, depending on where you sit (those $216 tickets, more in line with what a less starry straight play might charge, are at the far side of the row, which at least means you’re getting a slightly lesser chance of catching Covid or the flu alongside your mild discount). It’s the latest innovation in live-theater pricing, where you no...

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8 d. ago PS Plus Essential April 2025 games reveal time – when the free PS5 and PS4 games are confirmed

A new heap of games is coming for PS Plus Essential subscribers, and with any luck, it'll be an update of bangers that doesn't affect the games coming to Extra and Premium subscribers.

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8 d. ago Video games can’t escape their role in the radicalisation of young men | Keith Stuart

Those of us who spend our lives gaming can no longer deny knowledge that our online communities are awash with disturbing hate speech and violent rhetoricThere is a lot of attention on young men and toxic masculinity at the moment. It’s about time. The devastating Netflix drama Adolescence, about a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a girl after being radicalised by the online manosphere, has drawn attention to the problem through the sheer force of its brilliant writing and a blistering lead performance from teenager Owen Cooper. This week, former England football manager Gareth Southgate gave a speech about the state of boyhood in the UK, specifically about how young men, lacking moral mentors, are turning to gambling and video gaming, thereby disconnecting from society and immersing themselves in predominantly male online communities where misogyny and racism are often rife. There has been some kickback in the gaming press to the idea that games have provided a less-than-ideal ...

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