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Is Nintendo Switch Online still worth it in 2026? (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Ben Stegner | tags: nintendo switch online, super metroid, mario kart

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Before you buy a used GameCube, check for this common issue (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Ben Stegner | tags: gamecube, region lock, nintendo

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Walk through a 3D cyberpunk city built purely from ASCII characters — a text-based metropolis runs on a 283KB Rust WebAssembly engine feeding a WebGL renderer (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-22 | by Luke James | tags: rust, webassembly, webgl

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Will the ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Re-Release Be Worth It? (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-22 | tags: avengers, endgame, doomsday

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Darkest Dungeon DLC, a BioShock-style shooter with clowns and other new indie games worth checking out (engadget.com)

2026-08-22 | by Kris Holt | tags: darkest dungeon, behaviour interactive, red hook studios

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Xbox Series X Special Edition Pricing Confirms 2026 Is a Bad Year for Gamers (cnet.com)

2026-08-21 | by Ajay Kumar | tags: xbox series x, microsoft, black friday

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Epic accuses Apple of sidestepping App Store antitrust deal in Brazil (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-21 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: apple, epic games, app store

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Take-Two subpoenas Discord and Microsoft in hunt for GTA VI leaker (engadget.com)

2026-08-21 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: take-two, discord, microsoft

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No One Does Live-Action Adaptations Quite Like Takashi Miike (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: takashi miike, ichi the killer, audition

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Death to the Self-Playing Game (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | by Brendan Is A Critic | tags: vampire survivors, poncle, self-playing games

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This Has to Be the Most Amazing Robot Death We’ve Ever Seen (futurism.com)

2026-08-21 | by Frank Landymore | tags: unitree, g1 robot, humanoid robot games

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Microsoft and Discord subpoenaed over GTA VI gameplay leaks (theverge.com)

2026-08-21 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: gta vi, take-two interactive, discord

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This fully walkable 3D city was built entirely out of ASCII art (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Shawn Knight | tags: ascii art, grow now games, javascript canvas

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Sony's Horizon live service spinoff could be dead by December (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: horizon, sony, guerrilla games

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GTA 6 leaker may have access to a playable build as fake downloads spread malware (techspot.com)

2026-08-21 | by Daniel Sims | tags: gta 6, rockstar games, cyberleek

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The Enhanced Games — tech’s steroid extravaganza — didn’t pay off, as company posts $60 million loss (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: enhanced games, enhanced group, telehealth platform

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‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Composer Explains the Show’s Two Big Needle Drops (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: game of thrones, house of the dragon, tennessee ernie ford

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Riot is ending active development of 2XKO in December (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: riot games, 2xko, lux

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There’s an UNO World Championship Next Month and We’re Totally Going to Enter (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: uno, world championship, card game

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How to watch Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Kris Holt | tags: gamescom, geoff keighley, final fantasy 7

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A recent Windows 11 update is causing game crashes and all kinds of other problems (engadget.com)

2026-08-20 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: windows 11, kb5121003, embark games

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Gaming Consoles Are Getting Wrecked by High Prices (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: gaming consoles, peripherals, sales

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Riot is ending development on its League of Legends fighting game (theverge.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jay Peters | tags: league of legends, riot games, 2xko

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Catastrophic GTA VI leak is a full working build — notorious hacker CyberLeek taunts Rockstar Games by spraying the word 'leek' onto a wall in-game with bullets (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-20 | by Jowi Morales | tags: gta vi, rockstar games, cyberleek

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The Claw Machine Is King of the Arcade Again. And This Time, You Might Win. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-20 | tags: claw machine, arcade games, luxe toys

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Turns are Better than Radians (2022) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Casey Muratori | tags: godot, tau, radians

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IKEA is teasing some Xbox... things (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Will Shanklin | tags: ikea, xbox, gamescom

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Guerrilla is reportedly overhauling Horizon Hunters Gathering to make it more of a traditional co-op game (engadget.com)

2026-08-19 | by Kris Holt | tags: horizon forbidden west, guerrilla games, horizon steel frontiers

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Hacker leaks GTA VI gameplay and map to protest digital-only release — claims pre-orders are a legacy of physical game releases (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: rockstar games, gta vi, cyberleek

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GTA VI keeps leaking ahead of its gameplay premiere (theverge.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jay Peters | tags: rockstar games, gta vi, netflix