One of Elden Ring's top sleuths has already unmasked its new DLC characters

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Longtime FromSoftware dataminer Zullie the Witch has come out with a new video showing off the close-up details of Elden Ring's two new NPC invaders. Knight Leontiel and Noble Broken Mask were both added to the game as part of Elden Ring's Tarnished Edition DLC.

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After the debacle of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt says The Witcher 4 is already running on PC and consoles, promises 'it's going to run' on all target platforms

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Cyberpunk 2077 now is one of the best RPGs money can buy. But Cyberpunk 2077 then, which is to say when it was new, was not. It was pretty okay on PC, aside from a horde of bugs, but it was such a performance catastrophe on the PlayStation 4 that Sony literally booted it off the PlayStation Store. Even when it was allowed back in the building six months later, Sony slapped a notice on it warning people that it was still potentially dodgy.

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CD Projekt Red opens its 'Arasaka hardware archives' to help an indie dev whose gear was stolen during 1 of at least 4 Gamescom thefts

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On Friday, August 28, indie developer Ryan Laley posted a video on X to say his Gamescom 2026 attendance was being cut short after discovering that all his team's laptops had been stolen from its booth during an alleged overnight theft. In the post, the visibly distraught dev called the incident "a huge blow financially and mentally," and confirmed that police reports had been filed.

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10 Greatest 'Far Side' Comics From the ‘80’s, Ranked

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In the '80s, Far Side reigned supreme

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The 1980s were great for a lot of reasons, especially when it comes to popular entertainment. Classic movies like Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, E.T., and The Empire Strikes Back dominated the box office. TV shows like Cheers, ALF, and The Golden Girls dominated primetime TV, while the Saturday morning cartoon lineup included Transformers, Masters of the Universe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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GTA 6 Fans Think They Found the Real-Life Inspiration for Jason and Lucia's Apartment in Vice City

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Grand Theft Auto 6 fans think they've spotted the real-life inspiration for Jason and Lucia's Vice City apartment – but don't expect to ever visit it yourself.

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Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere Tabletop Ambitions Are Heating Up — Here's Every Board Game Released So Far

Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere universe has delighted readers ever since his first book, Elantris, released more than two decades ago. Now, it spans over 20 books with more in the works and even a new movie and television series looming based on the immensely popular Mistborn and Stormlight Archive books, respectively. Over the years, the tales of Vin, Kaladin, and the Shards of Adonalsium have made the jump from page to the tabletop as well, with a number of board games and tabletop roleplaying games having been released for players to enjoy.

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The highly customisable Corsair Frame 4000X promised it would be my dream PC case, but I'm not completely convinced

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This month I've been: veering between cable management heaven and hell with the Corsair Frame 4000X. The highly customisable PC case itself is lovely, but the thick braided cables I was limited to using became my nemesis.

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October 2026 Has Way Too Many Games Trying to Escape GTA 6

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Your backlog is about to triple in size

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PSA: Swap the radial ability menu in Star Wars Zero Company for more of a trad XCOM-style experience

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Star Wars Zero Company is enough like XCOM that everyone's been calling it ZCOM, but there are some ways it isn't quite XCOM enough for me. For starters, the radial menu you use to select each character's actions, a controller-friendly system that flings all your abilities out in a circle around the active character like a medieval jailer's ring of keys.

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A native port of Donkey Kong 64 is finally playable on PC thanks to a team of programmers who boast that 'no generative AI [was] used at any point in the process'

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A native PC port of Nintendo's 1999 platformer Donkey Kong 64 is finally here, and the team that pulled it off is proud to say that they used zero generative AI tools in the process.

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