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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Fans Cause Online Banana Shortage At Walmart

Let me explain

By Ethan Gach Published September 18, 2026

Star Wars: Zero Company Contains One Of The Coolest Star Wars Cameos Ever

For fans of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, hearing a certain name immediately let you know things weren't going to go well

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 18, 2026

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Guns Are The Best Narrative Thing That Has Ever Happened To Fire Emblem

As a weapon, they're fine. As a storytelling accessory, they're peak

By Ash Parrish Published September 18, 2026

CultureNewsIRL

Dude Rips Out Mic And Wifi From New LG TV That Reportedly Spies On Customers: ‘You Don’t Own The Glass On This One!’

People are cheering the guy on in the comments and commiserating about the sorry state of tech in 2026

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 18, 2026

Culture

It Sounds Like BlizzCon Won’t Go Back To Being An Annual Event

We don't know when we'll know when the next one is

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 18, 2026

Games

WoW: Forever Players Are Gushing Over Lighting Updates To A 21-Year-Old Game

Sunrise, sunset

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 18, 2026

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Ranking All 34 Gorgeous Pikachu Cards In Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary TCG Set

The celebratory card set is giving the little yellow guy the spotlight

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 18, 2026

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GTA 6 Boss Seems A Bit Grumpy And Defensive While Answering An Investor’s Question About Frequent Delays

During a recent stockholder meeting, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick quibbled about a question

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 18, 2026

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Japanese Studios Have ‘Staff Retention Of 97 Percent’ Because They Pay Executives Less And Avoided Getting ‘Swept Up In The Live-Service Trend,’ Says Expert

According to Amir Satvat, who runs ASGC’s Games Industry Layoffs Tracker, Japanese studios are prone to doing weird stuff like not over-hiring and producing sure-fire hits based on popular IPs

By Lewis Parker Published September 18, 2026

CultureNews

Blood Of Dawnwalker Became A Dark-Horse GOTY Contender On Just A $40 Million Budget

The vampire RPG has succeeded where other new franchises have failed

By Ethan Gach Published September 18, 2026

CultureNews

Wolverine Already Estimated To Be PS5’s 6th Top-Grossing Game Of 2026 And Selling Faster Than Death Stranding 2 And Ghost Of Yotei

Mixed reviews and viral rage-bait haven't held Sony's latest exclusive back so far

By Ethan Gach Published September 18, 2026

CultureNews

GTA 5‘s Canceled Liberty City Expansion And Super Early Looks At GTA 6 Revealed Via Another Big Leak

An older 190GB leak from 2022 seems to have finally been dumped online for everyone to dig into

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 18, 2026

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PlayStation Legends Recreate Iconic PS4 Game-Sharing Meme But This Time There’s No Disc

Two veterans reunited at Tokyo Game Show 2026

By Ethan Gach Published September 18, 2026

Games

Someone Gifted The Pope A Giant Hunk Of Materia

I regret to inform you that the Materia is cursed

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 18, 2026

Games

We Asked Blizzard Why Diablo 5 Is Confirmed For PC But StarCraft Is Not

Why is Blizzard being so weird about this?

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 17, 2026

CultureNews

Team Behind Popular Ocarina Of Time PC Port Admit To Using AI For Years And Now Fans Are Freaking Out About ‘Vibecoded Slop’

When asked what version of Ship of Harkinian doesn't contain LLM content, a dev said 'I don't know'

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2026

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Bungie Shoots Down Viral ‘Leak’ About Marathon And Destiny 2 ‘Merging’

Hopium is fueling all sorts of wild rumors

By Ethan Gach Published September 17, 2026

A screenshot of Steam showing a bunch of Needle In a Haystack Simulator clones.

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The Proliferation Of Copycats On Steam Makes Discovering Original Games Like Finding A Needle In A Haystack

Steam has a real problem on its hands, and it's only going to get worse

By Amelia Zollner Published September 17, 2026

CultureNews

Wolverine Player Breaks Free Of Its Levels To Explore Its Larger, Unfinished World

It’s not the size of an open-world map, but it’s more than you usually get to explore

By Kenneth Shepard Published September 17, 2026

CultureNews

Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital

The Xbox One's pitch for an all-digital, always-online future went down in flames so its disc-to-digital initiative could be born from the ashes

By Zack Zwiezen Published September 17, 2026