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The New York Times Launches Pips, Its First Original Logic Puzzle

The release expands NYT Games beyond wordplay with handcrafted puzzles designed to take only a few minutes.

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New York Times launches a new original game, Pips.

Overview

  • The game went live globally around 12 p.m. ET on Aug. 18 and is the first new Times title to debut simultaneously on the app and the web.
  • Pips uses digital dominoes that players drag, drop, and rotate to meet region rules like equal, not equal, greater than, less than, or summing to a target.
  • Each day offers easy, medium, and hard boards that can all be played, with no time limits.
  • A Canadian beta earlier this year drew strong community engagement and an outcry when the test was taken offline for polishing.
  • NYT is promoting the launch with an Aug. 28-30 pop-up at PIPS wine bar in Brooklyn Heights featuring a Chris Perfetti-curated drink and a free cocktail for solvers.