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A major open-source Reddit community has banned AI-related projects, while members challenge its contributor and English-language requirements.
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Fifteen years after release, Batman: Arkham City still sets the benchmark for superhero games through its combat, stealth, world design and influence.
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Six Calvin and Hobbes strips show how Bill Watterson turned Calvin’s oversized vocabulary, misplaced confidence and elaborate arguments into enduring comedy.
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Thirteen compact horror games deliver eerie stories, retro scares and unsettling experiments, from quick 20-minute shocks to three-hour Halloween nightmares.
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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis revisits iconic locations, classic Lara Croft moves and familiar puzzles while adding modern combat and progression systems.
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After Cygames cancelled Umamusume’s American concert, fans gathered at Knott’s Berry Farm, giving the park’s blacksmith an unexpectedly busy day.
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Sydney Sweeney’s live-action Gundam film is shaping up as a Universal Century space romance, with filming complete and no Netflix release date confirmed.
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Google’s Finnish data-centre expansion has been linked to extensive forest clearing, disrupted wildlife and wolves entering nearby villages.
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The 1999 Brendan Fraser adventure The Mummy is streaming free on YouTube, making now a great time to revisit its comedy, romance and supernatural action.
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Phantom Blade Zero transforms Wuxia-inspired combat into a spectacular, accessible action experience, though generous systems sometimes reduce the tension of its toughest battles.
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Phantom Blade Zero has become one of 2026’s highest-rated action games, earning strong praise for spectacular combat despite criticism of its story and boss pacing.
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Diablo 3’s flexible builds, explosive combat and four-player console co-op make Blizzard’s 2012 action RPG an enduring Game Pass favourite.
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Hell Is Us combines deliberate Soulslike combat, exploration without quest markers and Deus Ex-inspired atmosphere in an overlooked Game Pass adventure.
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Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Remain, M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural romance with Nicholas Sparks, arriving internationally from 3 February 2027.
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Emmy-winning voice actor Eric Bauza, known for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian, has died suddenly at 46.
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The 1953 film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds remains a tense sci-fi classic, and it is currently free to watch on YouTube.
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Paul Atreides’ most chilling Dune quote captures inherited violence, political power and the tragic burden passed from one generation to the next.
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From Glaceon to Espeon, we rank all eight Eeveelutions by design, battle performance, evolution history and lasting appeal to Pokémon fans.
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Spike’s final Buffy line captures his redemption, his complicated bond with Buffy and the painful honesty that makes the series finale endure.
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Gary Larson’s The Far Side could be brilliantly clever, but these seven cartoons prove that his deliberately terrible puns were just as memorable.
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When a PHP security vulnerability blocked many Final Fantasy 14 players, active Warriors of Light stepped in to water their neighbours’ virtual gardens.
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Adventure Time’s “Simon & Marcy” turns a colourful cartoon into a haunting post-apocalyptic story about memory, sacrifice and the origins of the Ice King.
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Shigeru Miyamoto says AI can widen access to game creation, but human judgement remains essential when tools make creative work easier.
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Critical Role Campaign 4 offers Game of Thrones fans a lengthy dark-fantasy story of revolution, dangerous magic, political power and unpredictable deaths.
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Fallout Day 2026 delivered pet updates, new Fallout 4 creations, a Skyline Valley expansion, a Prime Video competition and future fan events.
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Five years on, Metroid Dread’s finale remains a powerful blend of body horror, character development and tense Metroidvania design.
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Scream 7 overcomes major casting controversies to become the franchise’s highest-grossing film and a Prime Video streaming success.
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Aaron Paul appears briefly in Clayface, but director James Watkins says the actor originally had a much larger role before most of it was cut.
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A 35th-anniversary video examines how Civilization was made, featuring Sid Meier and other creators behind the influential strategy franchise.
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Travis Knight explains how Laika spent 16 years developing Wildwood, inventing new stop-motion techniques and choosing an event-cinema release.
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Helen Chiang has left Xbox just over three months after becoming its first COO, adding to a year of sweeping leadership and strategy changes.
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Dead by Daylight’s Chucky Chapter will be removed in November 2026, with a final half-price sale before the licensed horror content disappears.
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Steam’s Personal Calendar now recommends recent and upcoming games using playtime patterns, wishlists and player-selected filters.
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From Pennywise and Randall Flagg to Annie Wilkes and Jack Torrance, these are Stephen King’s ten most memorable villains, ranked.
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From Castlevania to Rayman, these five platformers combine precision jumps, relentless enemies and unforgiving mechanics into some of gaming’s toughest challenges.
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Users say Claude Opus 5.5 may now block more game reverse-engineering requests, raising questions about silent safety changes and AI-assisted arcade preservation.
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Steam Next Fest’s 2026 popularity list includes classroom chaos, cyberpunk retail, survival shooters, shared life sims and a very unusual volleyball game.
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Helen Chiang has departed as Xbox’s first chief operating officer, ending a 21-year Microsoft career just months after the new leadership role was created.
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From the 16-bit drama of Final Fantasy 6 to the action of Final Fantasy 16, these three games offer a varied follow-up to FF Resonance.
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Hulu is bringing the Prison Break universe back with Black Creek, a new series now in production and set inside the fictional Black Creek Penitentiary.
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