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Exclusive Kingdom Hearts Pins Will Debut At D23

Disney has confirmed that an exclusive Kingdom Hearts pin set is going to be sold at D23, which is yet another good sign that Kingdom Hearts 4 could make an appearance.

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"It started to feel like there wasn't any stealth": 007 First Light had to pull Bond's punches to protect IO Interactive's specialty sneaking

While it’s not a series of truly Hitman-scale murder sandboxes, 007 First Light does make good on its promise of enabling multiple Bond, James Bonding disciplines: shooting, sneaking, punching, and my personal favourite, getting immediately discovered then bullshitting something about being a door technician for...

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New Open-World Burnout Replacement Officially Revealed

The official sequel to 2025's Wreckreation was unveiled on July 21, and it appears to capture the same spirit as Burnout Paradise. The first Wreckreation game was also compared to the Burnout series thanks to its focus on road rage, improvised racing routes, and destructive, car-wrecking crashes.

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The Elder Scrolls Online is already feeling the impact of Xbox's layoffs, ironically hurting the cash shop

Earlier this month, Microsoft gutted The Elder Scrolls Online, with 379 staff across ZeniMax gone. And this is the second time it's happened in two years. As Harvey and I put it a few weeks ago, ESO's developers deserved better. The developer, now claiming to be the same size it was 10 years ago (similar to id Software...

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Disgaea Creator Slams PlayStation's Decision To Remove Physical Games

Sohei Niikawa, creator of the Disgaea series, is critical of PlayStation's intention to discontinue the production of physical games from 2028 onward.

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Nvidia Rubin will 'soak up NAND supply like a sponge absorbs water' says one analyst, thanks to the AI server's new way of using SSDs

Any time there's potentially positive news about storage and memory supply—such as increasing supply from China—I can't help but think 'sure, but the AI industry will guzzle through it regardless.' Not only is demand seemingly insatiable, but sometimes new developments that encourage even more memory use come along. Ca...

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6 Characters Who Reached God Level In 4th Great Ninja War

The Fourth Great Ninja War is the most important event in the entire series. It was the first time the whole ninja world united against a common enemy who threatened their way of life. It was a battle in which legends were made through their deeds and accomplishments. Those who fought in the war had their names etched...

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Here's your next batch of Xbox Game Pass games for July

Xbox has revealed the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service during the remainder of July and in early August, with Halo: Campaign Evolved and Hell Is Us spearheading the selection. Read more

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US judge closes the book on first big AI copyright suit, ordering Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion settlement

One reason I'm so anti-generative AI is because many models rely on a data set containing written or visual work used without the original creator's permission. As a writer myself, it's a small comfort then that the copyright suit brought against Anthropic has been settled in favour of the author plaintiffs.Anthropic l...

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Valve puts some elbow grease into Steam Remote Play—maybe one day you won't have to install additional tools to get the best in-home game streaming experience

I don't think I've encountered anyone, in the wild, who actually uses Steam's Remote Play game streaming feature since the days of the hardware Steam Link (and what tremendous days they were). In 2026, I think most people making use of in-home streaming tend to default to programs like Apollo and Moonlight.But Valve ke...

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Steam Deck sales are estimated to have plummeted by around 80% since the massive price hikes earlier this year, back of the napkin maths suggests

The Steam Deck was once a budget champion, but no longer. Ever since the price hikes earlier this year, Valve's handheld has become difficult to argue for as a value proposition—and according to recent sales estimates by Boiling Steam, it appears that consumers may agree.The site has attempted to estimate the number of...

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The Duskbloods Subreddit Tricks Gemini With Fake Bosses

AI loves Reddit. There are billions of posts and comments combined, offering a treasure trove of human-driven answers perfect for training models like Gemini and ChatGPT on how to sound authentic. Google even signed a $60 million a year deal to access Reddit’s data, but there’s a crucial flaw with citing a self-regulat...

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