Answers to each clue for the June 18, 2024 edition of NYT’s The Mini crossword puzzle.
It Takes Two Steam Players May Run Into A Weird Save Problem
It Takes Two, the award-winning and pretty dang good co-op game, received an update today making it verified on Steam Deck and removing the need to use the EA App launcher. But that update also killed old cloud saves. EA’s solution for fans who might have lost progress: Download this other save file of the completed…
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Sea Of Stars Receiving A Surprise Three-Player Co-Op Mode
Last year’s hit indie RPG Sea of Stars has passed an impressive milestone and the team behind the game is celebrating in a bit of an unorthodox way. Since its launch late last summer, Sea of Stars has been played by more than five million players, and to mark the occasion, Sabotage Studio has announced that it will be…
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A Tale Of Two Sons’ Big Moment Still Hits
Josef Fares, the director behind The Game Awards 2021 Game of the Year winner It Takes Two, was cooking in 2013 when he made his directorial debut with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. I appreciated the game when I first played it 11 years ago, but age, wisdom, and life experience made it hit all the harder in 2024.
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Zau Creator On Afrofuturism And Grief
In the summer of 2020, as America tried to reckon with its institutionalized racism, the Black Lives Matter movement prompted video game studios to issue pro-BLM statements, donate to Black-centered charities, and promise to elevate Black voices. Several years later, it’s not all that clear if some (or any) studios fol…
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‘New Platforms Are Good For Us’
With each passing day, the rumored Nintendo Switch 2 feels ever more real as developers see the machine in private meetings and tech manufacturers rush to produce more LCD screens. The Mario maker is cooking up something for holiday 2024, though the company has remained as tightlipped as ever about a successor to the…
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GTA And Alan Wake Devs Are Beefing Over The Letter ‘R’
Two gaming giants have entered the legal colosseum. GTA publisher Take-Two Interactive has dragged the Alan Wake developer into a trademark dispute over Remedy Entertainment’s new logo design.
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