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Stephen Colbert And David Letterman Throw Crap Off A Roof At A Giant CBS Bullseye

Turns out, all I needed to feel better was to watch Letterman throw watermelons off the Ed Sullivan Theater again

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 15, 2026

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Horizon Forbidden West Composer Says Using AI For Creative Art Feels ‘F*cking Insane’

Also: a cool Lego racing game is about to disappear forever

By Ethan Gach Published May 15, 2026

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How One Song Led To The Creation Of The Entirety Of Mixtape

Beethoven and Dinosaur’s musical narrative adventure game was born from a Devo song

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 15, 2026

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Forza Horizon 6 Makes Cherry Blossoms Unbreakable Because ‘They’re An Iconic Element Of Japanese Culture’

Playground Games also opted to not include some Japanese temples and shrines to avoid being disrespectful

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 15, 2026

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The Beginning Of A Cyberpunk 2077 Sidequest Just Became Real Life As Self-Driving Waymo Cars Go Rogue In Atlanta

Our self-driving cars don't even have Delamain in them, so what's the point?

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 15, 2026

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Subnautica 2 Dev Responds To Player Who Asked For Tech Support On A Leaked Version Of The Game: ‘Thanks For Pirating A Game That I’ve Spent Years Working On’

The Steam hit somehow leaked ahead of launch

By Ethan Gach Published May 15, 2026

The Game Is Not Real Official Promo Art Viv

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Horror Romance Visual Novel With 24,000 Wishlists Gets Rejected By Steam For ‘Not Meeting Platform Criteria’

While both Steam and developers Viv have been vague about the reason behind This Game Is Not Real's removal, the culprit appears to be the "non-consensual" content listed on its new store page

By Lewis Parker Published May 15, 2026

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Marvel Really Wants You To Know That Viral Punisher Scene Wasn’t Unfinished VFX

The studio has released behind-the-scenes photos showing Jon Bernthal and a stunt actor doing the scene

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 15, 2026

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Director Wanted To Do A New Republic Reboot Until EA’s Board Stepped In To Kill It

Star Wars: The New Republic was a real possibility at some point

By Ethan Gach Published May 15, 2026

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BioWare Veteran Talks About Burnout On Sci-Fi RPG Exodus: ‘You Have To Be Cutting The Baby In Half All The Time’

James Ohlen said leading the studio behind the ambitious new game was bad for his health

By Ethan Gach Published May 14, 2026

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Two New, Very Different Xbox Controllers Have Leaked Online

A high-end gamepad and a smaller, budget friendly streaming controller both leaked due to a foreign regulator slip up

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 14, 2026

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Marathon Reveals An Ambitious Blueprint For Making It A Game More People Want To Play

Bungie outlined new experiments with PVE and progression to widen the player pool

By Ethan Gach Published May 14, 2026

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Marathon Player Gets Banned For A Month After Taking Griefing To New Heights: ‘I Made A Mistake And Did Something F*cked Up’

Bungie dishes out punishment for viral Cryo Archive raid exploit

By Ethan Gach Published May 14, 2026

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Devs Behind Beloved Party Game Rush To Apologize After Getting Review-Bombed Over AI Video Contest: ‘Ah Hell Nah’

If every contest entry is AI-generated, but “all submissions must be original works,” does that mean everyone gets disqualified?

Amelia Zollner Published May 14, 2026

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Sea Of Thieves Faces An Exodus Of Content Creators After Community Fallout Around Serious Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Some former members of Sea of Thieves Partner Program are calling for the resignation of one of Rare's community managers

By Lewis Parker Published May 14, 2026

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Amazon Reportedly Forced Devs To Make A GenAI Game And Then Laid Them Off When It Wasn’t Working

Project Trident apparently pivoted several times to meet unrealistic deadlines and a corporate-directed mandate to use generative AI

By Ash Parrish Published May 14, 2026

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Subnautica 2 Sells Over 1 Million Copies In Less Than Two Hours

Former publisher Krafton is likely going to have to pay out that $250 million bonus after all

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 14, 2026

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Even For Marvel Rivals, The New Skimpy Magneto Skin Is Crazy Work

The Untamed Overlord skin literally frames his bulge

By Kenneth Shepard Published May 14, 2026

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Forza Horizon 6 Is Now This Year’s Best-Reviewed Game

Xbox's biggest and most critically acclaimed franchise is no longer Halo, Gears, or Fable, but a series of open world racing sims

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 14, 2026

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Fortnite Just Made A Massive Change To Fall Damage And Players Aren’t Sure About It

In non-ranked modes you now take damage, but can't die from a giant fall to the ground

By Zack Zwiezen Published May 14, 2026