The New York Times Games ’ multiplayer word game Crossplay has surpassed one million downloads on mobile. The game launched on January 20th 2026 as a free-to-play title following NYT's efforts to ...

The Times’ popular Games unit is debuting Crossplay, a Scrabble-like electronic feature that represents its first designed ...

The Times’ popular Games unit is debuting Crossplay, a Scrabble-like electronic feature that represents its first designed multiplayer game. It becomes the website’s 11th game, joining a lineup of ...

Unlike previous releases that sit within the main NYT news app, Crossplay is a standalone application designed for real-time ...

Fans of word games have something to celebrate in 2026: the recent launch of Crossplay, a new puzzle from NYT Games. Similar ...

Developed by a Brooklyn software engineer, the addictive puzzle known as Wordle requires players to guess a five-letter word.

For subscribers to The New York Times who are as interested in solving Wordle or filling in the crossword puzzle as in reading the latest political or business news, Wednesday is a big day.

Crossplay is nothing like Wordle and The New York Times' most ambitious game yet. Here's how it was made.

When you have extra time or are trying to beat boredom, this list of fun, easy-to-start hobbies is worth trying this year if you need a little change in your life or you want to hone new skills.

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I have long dreamed of a better world: one where I would unlock my phone to find a notification that my grandma has challenged me to a game of Scrabble. I would play my word. She would play hers. We ...