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  CultureNews

  Valve Promises No Steam Machine Exclusives After Months Of Fan Speculation About Half-Life 3

  If the company ever does make a Half-Life 3, it'll play on any PC that can run it

  By John Walker Published July 20, 2026
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  Games

  The Internet Sure Is Being Weird About Those Fortnite Swimsuit Skins

  Lots of folks online appear to be losing their minds over the Hot Bat Summer swimsuits in Fortnite, even though they barely qualify as titillating

  By Lewis Parker Published July 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Avengers: Doomsday Has Released Its First Trailer, And It’s Stacked

  Two-and-a-half minutes of superheroes proving they're in the Marvel movie

  By John Walker Published July 20, 2026
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  CultureTechHardware

  RAMageddon Is Even Ravaging Retro Gaming Hardware Makers: ‘This Is Vastly Different To Everything Else We’ve Ever Seen’

  The makers of Evercade are buying up every component they can way in advance

  By Ethan Gach Published July 20, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Constant Game Sales Have Replaced What Was Once The Best Deal In Gaming

  Hear my heartfelt plea for a return to the days of the discounted relaunch

  By John Walker Published July 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The Canceled Kingdom Hearts IV Prologue’s Cinematic Has Allegedly Leaked And Fans Are Trying To Decipher It [Update]

  Kingdom Hearts: Missing-Link was a canceled mobile game that would have tied into the upcoming fourth mainline game in the series

  By Kenneth Shepard Published July 19, 2026
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  Culture

  The Fallout I’m Most Looking Forward To Isn’t A Remaster Or A Sequel

  As Xbox tries to quell critics by replaying the hits, it’s a fan-made game that has me optimistic for the wasteland

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 19, 2026
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  Culture

  The Road Trip Haunted By Pokémon Go And The Hit Game That Made A Summer Stranger

  Ten years ago Niantic unleashed the most popular augmented reality game of all time, and I happened to be driving along the coast to see the transformation in real time

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 19, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Nintendo Guarded The Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom E3 Reveal So Closely ‘Less Than 10 People’ Knew About The Secret

  The announcement wasn't the only closely guarded secret at the company

  By Lewis Parker Published July 19, 2026
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  Culture

  Modder Makes GTA: Vice City Playable Inside GTA 3 Inside GTA: San Andreas

  A modder made the entirety of Grand Theft Auto playable as a texture within another Grand Theft Auto and took it to the logical conclusion

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 19, 2026
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  Culture

  Cliff Bleszinski Blames Personal Ego And Alcohol Issues For Boss Key’s Failure

  Following a seizure this year, the former rock star of game development opens up about his infamous exit from the industry, taking responsibility for the studio’s inability to create a hit

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 19, 2026
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  CultureRetro

  How The PS2 Hardware And Lord Of The Rings Shaped The Development Of Final Fantasy 10

  Square Enix veterans recently reflected on a key decision in the game's development

  By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Xbox Promises A Third Upcoming Exclusive As It Tries To Explain A Confusing Reversal [Update]

  Why is Halo coming to PS5 but Gears of War: E-Day isn't?

  By Ethan Gach Published July 19, 2026
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  Anime

  Please Stop Recommending Mushoku Tensei

  Anime nerds, I'm begging you to be normal for ten seconds and stop suggesting that everyone watch the show about a child groomer

  By Lewis Parker Published July 19, 2026
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  Culture

  Eric Trump Is Building An Army Of Humanoid Robot Soldiers

  I would be terrified if I believed the presidential scion could actually pull this off, however

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026
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  Culture

  One Country Is Already Trying To Outlaw People From Falling In Love With AI Chatbots

  Preferring productive bots to flirtatious ones, and stemming AI psychosis disasters, China is instructing companies to remove the more intimate behavior from their models

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026
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  Culture

  YouTuber Shooter Historian Says Xbox Laid Off Those Responsible For The Decade’s Most Influential Game

  The influential FPS critic lambasts Microsoft's treatment of id Software and the industry at large’s shortsightedness

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026
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  Culture

  Pokémon Go ‘Times Square Mewtwo’ From Invite-Only Raid Is Already Being Auctioned Off For Up to $10,000

  The 10th Pokémon Go anniversary exclusive is going for big numbers after a publicity stunt in New York City

  By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026
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  CultureTechHardware

  Valve Says Retail Memory Prices Are ‘Lagging’ And Are About To Become Even More Expensive: ‘It’s Still Getting Worse’

  Valve's top Steam Machine engineers think we have 'three to six months' before memory prices somehow become even more extortionate

  By Lewis Parker Published July 18, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The New Wolverine Trailer Now Has 10,000+ Comments About PlayStation Discs

  Marvel's Wolverine could be Insomniac Games' last release with a physical edition

  By Ethan Gach Published July 18, 2026