Nyt Connections hints and answers for today

Connections is released at midnight in your time zone. In order to accommodate all time zones, there will be two Connections ...
1. Fake/imagined things. 2. To try and gain someone's affection/favor. 3. This category is related to old video games from a particular console. 4. These words are associated with a five-letter noun ...
Looking for clues for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on January 11 for puzzle #580 is a tad harder than ...