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Pokémon and Krispy Kreme’s 30th-anniversary doughnuts sold out across multiple locations before launch, leaving fans chasing stock—or empty boxes.
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PS6 remains unconfirmed, with memory shortages clouding its launch, price, games, specifications and possible compatibility with Sony’s next handheld.
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Captain Rex makes a brief but meaningful return in the final Star Wars Zero Company trailer, alongside familiar Clone Wars-era characters.
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Balatro combines poker hands, deck-building and powerful Jokers into a wonderfully addictive roguelike that is easy to try through Xbox Game Pass.
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A Pokopia player has found a cloud-island and 3D-printing workaround for recruiting several limited-event Pokémon without changing the Switch 2 clock.
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Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is back on Peacock and Fandango as a free, ad-supported stream, following its Oscar-winning theatrical success.
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Marvel has announced several stars for its 2028 X-Men reboot, but Beast, Magneto, Gambit and other major mutants could still join the cast.
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It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is confirmed, moving the Stephen King prequel from 1962 to 1935 for a new chapter of Pennywise’s history.
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Bethesda has warned Skyrim and Fallout 4 PC players to back up saves and load orders before upcoming updates risk breaking third-party mods.
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Alyson Stoner remembers Hayden Panettiere, the original voice of Kairi, after the actor’s death and reflects on their shared Kingdom Hearts legacy.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 modders and players are uncovering unused voice lines, restoring early access scenes and preserving surprising pieces of Larian’s RPG history.
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Mortal Shell II expands Cold Symmetry’s Soulslike into a larger, darker world where flexible combat, strange dungeons and relentless atmosphere lead the way.
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A Star Citizen livestream meant to demonstrate the Siege of Orison mission instead exposed bugs, awkward developer interactions and an abrupt on-air ending.
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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls brings Marvel heroes into a four-versus-four 2D fighter with assists, Wall Breaks, story content and planned DLC.
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Ryan Gosling’s Ghost Rider film now has a 28 July 2028 release date, but Marvel has yet to reveal which comic-book incarnation he will play.
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Magic’s new Diabolic Intent reprint turns Gandalf’s battle with the Great Goblin into striking Hobbit-themed Secret Lair artwork.
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This week’s game releases include a co-op RPG inspired by Morrowind, Mortal Shell II, The Sinking City 2 and Steins;Gate Re:Boot.
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From E.T. to Anthem, these ten notorious video game flops reveal how rushed schedules, weak launches, costly mistakes and poor timing can sink ambitious projects.
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Star Trek: Elite Force 2 was forced to change its opening after 9/11, removing a planned Starfleet Academy attack involving a shuttle and building.
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Sarah J. Maas has revealed the titles, release dates and story structure for ACOTAR books 6 and 7, launching The Valkyrie Cycle in 2026.
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Post Malone has taken his $2 million serialised One Ring card out of its protective case and used it during a real Magic: The Gathering game.
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Marvel’s Gladiator has world-shattering powers, yet decades of comics have made him the universe’s dependable loser, from Reed Richards to Iron Man.
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Netflix’s five-year gaming push has moved from mobile indies to party games and TV play, while studio closures reveal another major strategic reset.
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Shingo Natsume follows One-Punch Man and Sonny Boy with Ghost: End of Night, an original sci-fi anime feature set for Japanese cinemas in 2027.
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Stephen King’s The Dead Zone returns to free streaming, offering a thoughtful 103-minute science-fiction thriller about fate, grief and moral responsibility.
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Brandon Mull revisits Fablehaven’s origins, its readers, faith and creative partners while looking ahead to a proposed 2027 film and possible prequel.
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Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorrow is climbing Netflix’s UK rankings, revisiting its clever time-loop premise, alien warfare and the possibility of a sequel.
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Gamescom’s playable demos, major publishers and industry meetings have made the Cologne convention gaming’s strongest successor to E3.
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From Makima to Pochita, these five Chainsaw Man Devils embody humanity’s deepest fears through manipulation, mass destruction and reality-altering power.
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Ron Gilbert explains why another Monkey Island would require a complicated Disney and publisher arrangement, while Thimbleweed Park 2 follows an independent path.
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Five overlooked 1980s games still offer bold ideas, unusual controls and inventive worlds that could make excellent candidates for modern arcade revivals.
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Ewan McGregor’s Black Mask is the unsettling highlight of Birds of Prey, a commercially disappointing superhero film that deserves a fresh look.
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Disney’s new Animal Kingdom attraction, Indiana Jones and the Myth of the Jade Serpent, will feature an animatronic Indiana Jones modelled on Harrison Ford.
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Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Override brings Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, Persona 5, Mega Man and more into a gaming-themed crossover season.
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Asobo Studio’s journey from obscure licensed games to Ratatouille and the acclaimed A Plague Tale series reveals how developers sharpened their craft.
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Sonic, Knuckles and Doctor Eggman join Fortnite’s Gaming Legends season, with the new trailer revealing an unexpectedly armed take on Sega’s iconic characters.
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Wolverine is famous for rage and one-liners, but his most enduring quote finds unexpected wisdom in happiness, grief and the lessons of Krakoa.
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SNK’s Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Revenge Edition combines the base game, three season passes and Duck King in one fighting-game package.
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Gerard Butler leads Geostorm, a wildly ambitious 109-minute sci-fi disaster film now streaming free on Tubi for Australian viewers.
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Marvel’s Wolverine drew intense online criticism after its preview, prompting Insomniac’s James Stevenson to question social media’s negativity feedback loops.
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