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Ti West’s X trilogy combines grimy grindhouse horror, Mia Goth’s standout performances and a surprisingly serious approach to three connected slasher films.
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A Fortnite leak points to a possible Kingdom Hearts crossover as players speculate about a Gaming Legends season celebrating video game history.
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Twin Engine and Bandai will invest ¥4 billion in a long-term anime partnership spanning original manga, animation, merchandise and licensing.
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EA’s leveraged buyout has added $18 billion in debt, putting annual interest payments and major workforce and game-portfolio cuts under scrutiny.
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The Ninth Jedi takes Star Wars into a forgotten future, showing how the franchise can build a fresh saga without relying on the Skywalker family.
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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has sold 7.96 million copies, putting the unusual Nintendo Switch life simulator ahead of several Switch 2 releases.
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls impresses with comic-book visuals and a promising story, but sluggish combat and troubled Windows performance undermine its launch.
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After more than 200 hours across two years, this first-time FromSoftware player still has not beaten Elden Ring—and knows why.
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Rust’s Power Trip update transforms monument control, power access and crude-oil gathering during the August force wipe, while raising concerns for solo players.
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Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock power Speed, a relentlessly paced 1990s action thriller about a bus that cannot safely slow down, now streaming on Netflix.
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PlayStation faces legal challenges in five countries as consumer groups question Sony’s digital-store control and the possible end of physical game discs.
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Rockstar will premiere an extended Grand Theft Auto VI look on Netflix on August 27, with YouTube and the official website following six hours later.
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Nintendo’s 2026 results combine strong Switch 2 sales, rising game revenue, a US tariff refund and blockbuster returns from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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Will Gluck answers nine unusually precise questions about One Night Only, examining the lore behind its dystopian romantic-comedy setting.
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Find every Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia’s Bubbly Basin DLC, including specialties, required habitats, day-only encounters and Mythical Pokémon requirements.
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Find every Pokémon Pokopia outfit and hairstyle, including fixed island locations, Bubbly Basin DLC cosmetics and rare Dream Island unlocks.
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Sam Neill may have completed an unknown role in Nintendo’s live-action Zelda film, which is scheduled for Australian cinemas in April 2027.
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Quake’s 30th anniversary update adds Dawn of the Machine, a 19-level campaign with new weapons, enemies, replay paths and multiplayer content.
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Koo is meant to make Beast of Reincarnation’s world feel alive, but constant alerts and repetitive barks drain the mystery from exploration.
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Eli Roth has revised his claim about Ice Cream Man, acknowledging limited AI use after a preview credit raised questions about the film’s animation.
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Big Walk turns its tutorial into a shared playground, teaching movement and interaction through exploration, noisy experiments and unrestricted multiplayer play.
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The Ninth Jedi finale establishes Kara’s new Jedi Order, defeats Nawaam and leaves Lah Zhima’s fate unresolved ahead of a possible second season.
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Moonlighter, the acclaimed shopkeeping and dungeon-crawling RPG, is free on Steam through August 9 ahead of its sequel’s September launch.
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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault launches fully on 2 September with new story content, equipment and platforms during a packed release season.
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EA’s $55 billion Saudi-led sale is complete, but the publisher now faces a $700 million annual savings target and renewed fears of widespread layoffs.
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Learn how to unlock Dive in Pokémon Pokopia, find Manaphy, build Lapras’ habitat, learn Surf, and raise Bleak Beach to Environment Level 5.
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Big Walk turns expressive hand gestures into a clever co-op language, making non-verbal communication central to puzzles, accessibility and shared play.
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King has rejected a Swedish collective bargaining agreement after nearly a year of negotiations, citing its benefits package and operating model.
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Closed captions may have revealed the name of MJ’s new boyfriend in Spider-Man: Brand New Day—and it could connect the film to a divisive comic character.
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Eli Roth says the Borderlands film lost its identity by trying to satisfy children, gamers and mainstream audiences at the same time.
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Pokémon Pokopia’s free 2.0 update adds underwater building, broad quality-of-life improvements and fixes the habitat system’s most dramatic reactions.
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Disney Plus is adding selected TikTok videos through a new mobile feature, shortly after cancelling the planned second season of Marvel’s Wonder Man.
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Marvel Rivals season 9.5 overhauls texture compression, reducing storage requirements by 15 GB on consoles and 40 GB on PC.
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Game Freak promises continuous updates for Beast of Reincarnation after technical issues, tiny text and mixed reactions from critics and Steam players.
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave expands the series’ range of representation, but inconsistent rendering leaves several dark-skinned characters looking unnaturally ashy.
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Game Freak’s first Beast of Reincarnation patch will target text size, camera behaviour, story pacing, graphics defaults and bugs after mixed player feedback.
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Banned horror game Vile: Exhumed is being prepared for a $10 physical release, with half of proceeds pledged to a charity supporting people escaping violence.
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RuneScape’s $12 party-decoration bundles faced criticism over limited-use items, prompting Jagex to add blueprints, offer refunds and adopt a buy-once model.
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Re:Zero season 4 returns on August 12 with eight final episodes, a new Recapture Arc trailer and record-breaking audience interest.
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Monster Hunter Wilds now has an official prologue demo, offering several opening missions while omitting photo mode and online multiplayer.
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