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Some players seemingly got really into the battle for Equality-On-Sea, and I'd not like to be the person who informs them Super Earth's prez just died.

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Ok Then | MindsEye studio confirms its map editory bits come from the weird "community-driven gaming platform" that was originally set to host it, clearing up like 5% of the confusion
Instead of MindsEye being in Everywhere, MindsEye includes some of Everywhere, and it's now seemingly unclear if Everywhere's headed nowhere.

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Prep For Darkness | Elden Ring Nightreign gets a pre-day one patch to deliver some cheeky last minute build tweaking before your first steps in Limveld, and offer advice on some PC issues
FromSoft just wants to make sure you don't hit a problem that isn't big boss battle-shaped when you set off on your first run.

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Best Bugs? | Only two cities are still standing in Helldivers 2's battle for Super Earth, and Arrowhead's kicked off an extra mission that might heal the player base's biggest divide
Unless it somehow ends up failing, in which case we might have to add an inter-Helldiver civil war to the mix.

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Sigh | Black Panther game reportedly canned as EA closes Cliffhanger Games, resulting in an unspecified amount of layoffs and role switches
Publisher claims it wants to focus on the "most significant growth opportunities" - a game about a very popular superhero apparently not being one.

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Samuright On Track | UPDATE: Wahey, Cyberpunk 2077's sequel has entered pre-production, and is now being called Cyberpunk 2
The Project Orion codename has given way to to a new moniker, but CDPR says that fresh name's not the official title.

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MindsAye, Right | MindsEye is a GTA/Cyberpunk-ish game about shooting AI robots, and its co-ceo claims there's "concerted effort" involving evil bots to make people think it's rubbish
"Doesn't take much to guess who."

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Pika-boo | Pokemon Presents locked in for July, as Pokemon Legends Z-A finally catches a proper release date for Switch 2 and OG Switch
You'll be having some intense nighttime Poke-battles this fall.

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The Grandilemma | The Nintendo Switch 2's latest discourse asks an important question: will your grandparents notice a massive number two right under their noses?
Does Nintendo bear some of the blame if little Jimmy ends up accidentally getting an original Switch this holiday season?

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Superbad Timing | With Super Earth on the line, Helldivers 2's developed a glitch that's stopping speedy-inputting players' stratagems from working, but Arrowhead says it'll be fixed "ASAP"
"WE ARE LITERALLY FIGHTING FOR SUPER EARTH AND WE GET THIS!?"

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Paperweight Mario | Nintendo Switch 2 has reportedly ended up in some online folks' hands early, but don't worry, it currently looks to only be "a very nice paperweight"
A yet-to-be-deployed day one update seems to have scuppered any plans to play ahead of time.

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The Last Stand | "This is the endgame" Helldivers 2's battle for Super Earth has entered its "final phase", with agonising failure triggering an "all-out assault" on the final four cities
Meanwhile, the game's latest patch has delivered one of the most popular armour passive changes I can recall.

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Davidoff The Track | F1 25's Braking Point 3 delivers more Butler drama than a Downton Abbey battle royale, but I wish it had pumped the brakes a bit more often
It’s very Tory racing family Jeremy Kyle, and there’s also some actual driving going on sometimes.

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Look Upon The Heart | This year's Oblivion remasters got you desperate for a more modern Morrowind? Then come Nerevar, Skywind's just put out a fresh gameplay showcase
Just in case you don't feel you're already getting enough excuses to replay classic Elder Scrolls games in 2025.

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Bad To The Bravil | “What if I was the bad guy?” Oblivion Remastered’s best new faction quests so far exist because a modder was doing evil stuff, and they’re now teasing “a secret project”
Also, it’ll take some work for the remaster’s modding scene to get to the next level without Bethesda helping "grease the wheels".

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Gemtle Snacking | There's now an Oblivion Remastered mod that lets you eat rocks
Ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni-ni? More like nom, nom, nom.

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Sad Eagle Scream | Eagleopolis has fallen despite Helldivers 2 players slapping up 2.5 billion squids for an opening victory in the battle for Super Earth, leaving six Mega Cities to defend
"To unleash the flames of Justice and triumph over Tyranny, we must battle through the inferno before us."

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Couples Therapy | Elden Ring Nightreign director says Fromsoft "kind of overlooked and neglected" playing as a duo, but 2 player-friendly "post-launch support" is being considered
Good news, anyone who was planning a Chuckle Brothers-themed boss rush.

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HoarahLouxwood Calls | Elden Ring live-action movie now confirmed to be on the way from A24 and director Alex Garland, so now we wait to find out which boss gets the Chicken Jockey treatment
(Malenia pops up on screen)...BLADE OF MIQUELLA...(popcorn flies everywhere)

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Force of Hobbit | Embracer Group says it'll put out 76 different games in the coming year, as it ditches friends for a fellowship and spins off Goat Sim publisher Coffee Stain
The lovely, hunky-dory friendship group is no more, Embracer's embracing the whole Middle Earth thing instead.

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Surfer Earth | Helldivers 2 players struggled with Heart of Democracy's massive flying Illuminate Leviathans at first, so naturally they're now surfing them through Super Earth's skies
"They might as well give up now with all the aura we're farming."

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Modding Magic | Oblivion Remastered gets unlimited elixir and staff crafting thanks to a massive mod that makes the Mages Guild all about "unraveling the mysteries of magic"
You can also spend your time studying to better your skills, researching creatures, and recycling necromancers' threads.

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Vrmooooommmm | Mario Kart World started off as an OG Switch game, and don't worry, its driving cow is "still in touch with her animal nature"
"Cow is actually a pivotal character in the Mario Kart series."

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The Last Braindance? | Cyberpunk 2077's sequel includes a new city that "feels more like Chicago gone wrong", and I'm now wondering how the USA's collapse might have affected Michael Jordan's legacy
Look, all I'm saying is that the declaration of martial law might have made that last three-peat a bit tougher to pull off.

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Ok, Magic Man | That rage-inducing Borderlands 4 price tweet hasn't stopped Randy Pitchford posting, as he declares an indie game is "cheaper than a point of meth"
Also, here's a three-minute-long clip of him telling "the truth" about the B4 cost debate.

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Match Over, For Now | Fortnite is back on the US App Store, as Epic and Apple's legal battle royale over it concludes with a 55-year-old exec tweeting the word "fam"
It has returned, fellow hip and trendy youths.

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Super Stonks | Helldivers 2's Heart of Democracy update delivers the game's highest Steam player count since its initial post-release hot streak began to wane, as battle rages on Super Earth
"It’s all you folks and your amazing support."

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Chef's Kiss | The Witcher 4 being about Ciri isn't "woke" and all the fuss is "stupid" Geralt himself says, fittingly in a video where he offers advice about talking to girls
Also, Geralt isn't a distracted boyfriend, Doug Cockle reckons, he's just a lad who can only focus on what's right in front of him.

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Number Twos | "Protec the lil' uns!" As Helldivers 2's CEO takes a victory lap around the latrines, players have already fallen in love with their new SEAF buddies
"What's the pant situation soldiers????"

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Force Pushback | Fortnite's AI Darth Vader hasn't just created problems for Epic by being Jedi mind-tricked into saying bad words, it's led SAG-AFTRA to file an unfair labour practice charge
"We must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members."

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Switch and Chips | Worried that Nintendo Switch 2 stock levels could leave you without a console until 2026? Well, Ninty’s reportedly done a deal with Samsung that might help
Chips may be the big thing right now, but Samsung's also seemingly already got one eye on a Switch 2 hardware refresh down the line.

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Purple Alert | UPDATE: "All eyes now turn to Liberty's Heart" Helldivers 2's big battle for Super Earth is here, as the Heart of Democracy update brings an Illuminate "Great Host" invasion
At least the divers' latest heroic stand means there's been time to fortify the Mega Cities and call in some reinforcements.

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Skillige Isles | Fancy a Witcher 3 10th anniversary playthrough with extra "classic RPG feel"? Well, this new mod gives it a totally revamped Witcher 1-style skill system
Yo, I heard you like games that are getting a bit old, so I added something even more old school into your kinda old game.
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Constructive Crit | RoadCraft review: Streamlined building biz beset by bumbling AI Bobs
Can we fix it? Well, that often depends on whether you’ll let me deliver the bits myself.

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Party On The Path | "Cannot wait for what is yet to come" As The Witcher 3 turns 10, CD Projekt devs share the defining memories it created and look to the future
"I want to make you proud of us and excited again."

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SepTerminator | “It will find you” Oblivion Remastered’s modded Sean Bean-hunting Terminator wouldn’t exist without Resident Evil and a magical NPC that’s been ambushing newbies since 2006
“I love the idea of something big and scary chasing you down while you're already crushed under the pressure of saving the world.”

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Just Why | UPDATE: Fortnite's now letting people squad up with a Darth Vader AI chatbot for, sigh, reasons, so of course streamers have already made it swear and talk about boobs
Heads up: if you're under 13 (this varies by region), you'll need to get your parents' permission to ask this thing why it exists.

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New Yeee-Hardware? | Red Dead Redemption 2 is reportedly coming to Switch 2, which would give GameChat a chance to prove its worth via yelling about Tahiti and horse balls
'Guys, Dutch clearly has a plan, why wouldn't I trust him?' said the Switch 2 player to their fellow chatters.

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Not Back Yet | Fortnite developer Epic accuses Apple of glockblocking its attempts to shoot the game back onto US iOS, then probably hit the griddy
Epic says Fortnite on iOS will now "be offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it", as the corporate battle royale continues.

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Mech or Break | Phew, Helldivers 2 just got an "emergency hotfix" to tackle a mission-ruining glitch that's been letting people spam crash-inducing mech swarms
Things had gotten so bad clips of the exploit had been banned from the Helldivers 2 subreddit.

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It's A Date | GTA 6 delay was about Rockstar delivering its "creative vision with no limitations", and Take-Two's CEO sounds decently confident the game won't slip again
"Delays pain me - how could they not?" Strauss Zelnick says. You should get that checked out, mate.

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Jerald of Rumare | Oblivion Remastered's radiant quest hero is at it again: here's a Witcher-ish mod that lets warriors become full-time professional monster slayers
They're seemingly planning on adding a heap more battles to the Imperial City's Arena next, because Adoring Fans call for bloodshed.

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Staying In Shadows | Assassin's Creed Shadows' delay turned out well, so Ubisoft's bigwigs are pushing some of the biggest games it has in the works further down the road
If it ain't broke, give it an extra year or so just to allow you to really make sure it ain't broke.

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Bright Future | Helldivers 2 is still Arrowhead's "main focus", as its CEO suggests work on its next game will kick off "later this year" with "freedom to explore some really cool concepts"
"A very, very small team will spin up something later this year and go at it sloowly."

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2FA, please | UPDATE: Phew, Valve confirms alleged data breach was "not a breach of Steam systems" and says you don't need to change your password
"Old text messages cannot be used to breach the security of your Steam account."

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Boomer Stabber | UPDATE: Rip and Tamriel: Doom's Praetor armour has been modded into Oblivion Remastered, so you can practice for The Dark Ages by duffing up Daedra
By Azura, by Azura, by Azura, it's the Doom Slayer, standing here, next to me!

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Gacha In My Sights | Wish Oblivion Remastered's Dark Brotherhood missions never ended? Well, this mod adds a huge new radiant contract system with, er, Morrowindy gacha mechanics
Yeah, you read that last bit right, would-be Diligent Father destroyer.

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Every Little Helps | As Super Earth beckons, Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead is making a key Galactic War system change to help out "the casual diver who only has time for a mission a day"
Also, there's a new character in the Super Earth drama - Major Truth.

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Immersion Kittyller | Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix gets rid of "trippy, high-saturation graphical artefacts", but also totally breaks everyone's immersion by making cats actually obey people
Have you ever tried getting a huffy feline friend to look at a camera, Larian?

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Sigh | GTA 6 trailer two has been recreated in GTA 5, but it’s 2025 so of course it has to include a suspiciously AI-sounding cover of Trevor doing Hot Together
Come on man, this'd be so much funnier if it was clear you've just done a terrible impression with your own vocal chords.