The Archive

Quorn Park is the NEM’s first single-hybrid GPS plant

On 27 August Potentia finished a A$190 million hybrid 10 km northwest of Parkes: 98 MW solar, 20 MW / 40 MWh battery, one GPS, one controller. About 160,000 panels. Zen Energy holds ten years of offtake.

Devil May Cry 5 arrives as a Switch 2 cart

Capcom put the physical Devil Hunter Edition on Nintendo Switch 2 on 28 August. Digital has been on the eShop since 23 June. The series turned 25 on 23 August.

Ship 40 heads home

SpaceX photos, 27 August: Flight 13’s ship inspected off Christmas Island, loaded for the long tow back to Starbase. Morse, then ROT13.

Surprise and shine

Apple’s 9 September invite, sent this week from Cupertino: Surprise and shine, 10 a.m. Pacific. Hex, ASCII, spaces are 20.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 launches on PS5, Xbox and PC

Daybreak and Cold Iron dated the sequel 25 August 2026. Four-player co-op, five classes plus Specialist, Horde maps at launch. $49.99 standard. Switch 2 waits until 29 September.

Thirty-three on the pad

Friday 28 August: SpaceX ran a full-duration 33-engine static fire of Super Heavy Booster 21 for Flight 14. Caesar plus seven.

Resonance puts Sophia on the Minotaur’s Island

Asobo and Focus dated the Plague Tale prequel 27 August 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series and PC. Sophia, the Minotaur’s Island, a stolen Minoan sphere. Game Pass day one. $49.99 on Steam.

Amsco, three one two

Medium–hard. Amsco. Irregular columnar. Groups of 1 then 2 letters, left to right, repeating. Key 312.

Four squares, rail and ship

Medium–hard. Four-square. Keywords RAIL and SHIP. I/J share.

Morbit on the chopsticks

Medium. Morbit. Morse, then pairs of . - x turned into digits 1–9.

Myszkowski, steel

Medium. Myszkowski. Keyword STEEL. Repeated letters share a column number.