Few names can terrify classic Doom fans more than Okuplok, an obscure mapper who’s only surfaced a few times on the Doomworld forums, usually to release something painful before slinking off into the shadows. They’re best known for unleashing one of the most nightmarish levels in the history of Doom upon the world: The humble-sounding ‘untitled2’, better known to the community as the ‘Okuplok Slaughter Map’, is one of the most gruelling combat challenges in Doom history—a colossal series of arena battles against ungodly 23,211 demons where even the tiniest mistake spells instant death.

The map has always been beatable. With sufficient quicksaves, or the slow-motion inhuman precision of a tool-assisted speedrun, it was always theoretically possible to ascend this mountain of demon corpses. But to do it without dying? Without saves? And without leaving a single monster alive? That’s the real challenge. And for thirteen years, players have thrown themselves into this meat-grinder, aiming to be the first to record themselves clearing it under the community’s standard UV-Max challenge rules.

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All the help you need to make Monday’s Wordle a breeze is ready and waiting just below. Whether you want to warm up with our general tips, sort out a jumble of yellow letters with our clue for the April 21 (1402) game, or jump straight to today’s answer, we’ve got it all.

Two green letters and one handy yellow in my first row? On a Monday? Brilliant. I could have perhaps done without every guess after that being slightly wrong in a strange and interesting way for far too long, but I suppose they just balanced out my fantastic start. Make sure you take a look at today’s clue if you want to avoid a similar fate.

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Wordle today: A hint for Monday, April 21



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Cephalofair Games, and other board game publishers like it, are in dire straits thanks to Trump administration trade tariffs, which could have a catastrophic impact on the entire board game industry.

In an interview with CNN last week, Cephalofair Games COO Price Johnson shared some bad news about the second edition of the hit dungeon crawler board game Gloomhaven, which is now on hold due to the tariffs.



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Over on Bluesky, industry analyst mauronl shared some info from Devolver Digital’s 2024 wrap-up for investors, including lifetime revenue figures for 10 of its games. Sitting at number one, with over $US90 million earned, is the folk-horror Happy Tree Friends dungeon-crawler Cult of the Lamb. Number two, with over $US80 million in lifetime revenue, is Astroneer.

These may be surprising figures coming from the house that Hotline Miami built (it’s number seven, with >$30M in revenue), and the label that published all those Serious Sam games (that series is at number four, >$45M), but the explanation comes in the analysis at the top of the page. “Trend: Gamers are spending more time on known IPs as opposed to new IPs”.



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Last year, Spanish game studio Tequila Works announced it was insolvent, and closing, even after prior staff cuts and the cancellation of an unannounced project.

This month a page appeared on the European auction site Escrapalia that lists the various intangible assets of Tequila Works—its videogame IPs, in-development titles, and the studio’s brand. The high bids for most of the published game rights, such as Rime and the once-Stadia-exclusive Gylt, are between 10-20,000 euro at press time.



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Perusing the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit for pro gamer tips this morning (as one does), I was struck by something: It was all photo mode shitposts. The subreddit has gazed upon all Patch 8 has to offer, and summarily declared: “This is r/BaldursGate3, bitch. We clown in this mf. Better take your sensitive ass back to r/BG3builds.”

You’re laughing? Prime OP Shadow Blade combos are getting drowned out by memes, and you’re laughing?



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After putting Switch 2 preorders on hiatus in the US while it assessed the “potential impact” of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff rollout, Nintendo has confirmed that it will be maintaining the Switch 2’s originally announced $450 price. US preorders will begin on April 24.

“We apologize for the retail pre-order delay, and hope this reduces some of the uncertainty our customers may be experiencing,” Nintendo said in its announcement. “We thank our customers for their patience, and we share their excitement to experience Nintendo Switch 2 starting June 5, 2025.”



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We first heard that Ubisoft‘s Star Wars Outlaws would be getting a pirate-themed expansion as the second story pack in the season pass, following the Lando-themed Wild Card DLC. Now, at Star Wars Celebration Japan, a release date has been announced, along with the trailer above.

A Pirate’s Fortune will see Kay Vess working with the pirate Hondo Ohnaka, who you may know from The Clone Wars or the Smuggler’s Run ride in Disneyland Galaxy’s Edge or multiple other appearances across the Star Wars canon over the years. The DLC has the two of you team up in search of the Great Khepi Treasure somewhere in the Khepi system. Apparently it’s in a tomb and there will doubtless be traps and a shocking betrayal at the finale.



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Portable PC gaming has to be one of the coolest innovations in the space in recent years. Valve’s own Steam Deck and other similar Switch form factor gaming PCs are becoming huge business, and there’s plenty of competition keeping the space fresh. One such competitor was the AOKZOE A1 Pro, which impressed us with its great battery life, performance, and quiet and cool processing. Well AOKZOE is back, and its new A1X handheld PC is quickly reaching its launch date on Kickstarter.

We first got a sneaky look at the A1 successor at the beginning of the year when AOKZOE teased us with a look at the specs. It doesn’t look to have changed much since this early look. The new A1X still looks a lot like the A1 Pro with the biggest change being that sweet AMD Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 chip. We’ll have to wait to see how real world testing goes, but this boosted chip could give us upwards of 30% in performance over the A1.



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The Breakthrough Prize, whose co-founders include Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri Milner, is kind of like the “Oscars of science” in that they’re glitzy, televised, and crawling with Hollywood celebrities. The most recent prize ceremony, for instance, featured appearances by Mr Beast, Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, and Katy Perry, among numerous others, none of whom do much to immediately bring my mind to, y’know, thoughts of science.

That also holds true for Seth Rogen, who took the stage with Edward Norton to present the special prize in fundamental physics to Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner Gerard ‘t Hooft. But apparently Rogen’s a little more up to speed about what’s going on out there than I gave him credit for, because as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, he used the opportunity to draw attention to the Trump administration’s ruthless dismantling of scientific endeavors, with the support of ultra-wealthy benefactors.



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