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Over the past few months, I have developed a taste for cryptic crosswords. Different to normal crosswords, these puzzles revolve around clues that are self-contained miniature riddles, of sorts, that prioritise wordplay and brain-teasing, rather than just giving you a direct definition to figure out. The problem is, I'm not very good at them. Understanding them is like understanding a different language, and until recently, I didn't know how to go about beginning to comprehend it. But now I do. My daily morning routine consists of making my coffee and opening up the fantastic Minute Cryptic app on my phone as I wait for my caffeine to brew. I feel like I've gone from greenhorn to adept in a matter of weeks.Read more
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Amazon's head of games Jeff Grattis has told Eurogamer that the company is continuing to work on a Lord of the Rings "game experience", after the now all-but confirmed cancellation of its 
In October 2025, developers at Amazon Game Studios found out they had lost their jobs. They were far from alone; since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, an unrelenting assault of layoffs has carved up many studios across the world. The reasons for that remain contested, from a sudden correction after the explosive growth of the pandemic, to ever-greater competition for eyeballs from the attention economy, or the simple lack of 'growth narrative', leading to crucial investors taking their money elsewhere. Regardless, at Amazon Game Studios the story was the same as it was at so many others: rooms of creatives, junior and senior, unceremoniously brought into meetings and locked out from company accounts. The mournful leitmotif of the times.
Hello, lovely Eurogamer readers! I'm writing to you today as Eurogamer's new editor-in-chief. I know everybody says this, but it's a genuine honour - and I must admit a sentence I've been hoping to write for a very long time.
A rumour has started going around that Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone is considering adding the ability to cheat in your marriage in the wholesome farming sim. However, Barone has since come out and squashed those rumours while having an out-loud discussion about the merits of a theoretical cheating system in the game.
I always enjoy waking up to a social media post that begins "This is Miyamoto", and this morning was no exception. Earlier today, Nintendo's
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