Popular online game Wordle has been bought from its creator by The New York Times Company, and the paper has hinted it may not be free to play in future. Software engineer Josh Wardle has said he decided to sell the virtual puzzle after it snowballed and became “overwhelming” to run, and the NYT has […]
A developer whose five-year-old app has suddenly received half a million downloads because it shares its name with a viral sensation puzzle game has vowed to give the profits away. Steven Cravotta, 24, developed a word game called Wordle when he was 18 and uploaded it to Apple’s App Store more than five years ago, […]
