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NYT Games’ ‘Pips’ Goes Live Worldwide With Daily Domino Logic Challenges

The tactile, drag-and-drop title introduces three daily difficulty tiers and marks the Times’ first game to debut on web and app at the same time.

Overview

  • Pips launched globally on August 18 around 12 p.m. ET and is available on the NYT Games app for iOS and Android as well as on mobile and desktop browsers.
  • Players place and rotate digital dominoes to satisfy color-coded regional rules—such as equals, not-equals, greater/less than, or target sums—in puzzles handcrafted by editors rather than generated by AI.
  • Three daily options—Easy, Medium, and Hard—let users choose their challenge or play more than once per day, with an interactive “How to Play” experience guiding newcomers.
  • Media outlets are publishing how-to guides plus daily hints and solutions for the first post-launch puzzles on August 19–20, following strong interest from a spring Canada beta.
  • NYT Games will promote the launch with an in-person tie-in at PIPS wine bar in Brooklyn Heights from August 28–30, where a solved puzzle can be shown for a complimentary cocktail.