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  Culture

  Xbox Reportedly Chased $800 Million Netflix Exclusivity Deal To Develop Movies, Shows Based On Games

  According to industry insiders, Netflix was only willing to offer $500 million

  By Zack Kotzer Published October 24, 2026
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  Culture

  Legend Of Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Knighted By French Ministry Of Culture

  The longtime caretaker of the Zelda series traveled to Paris to receive his title, honored for inspiring the world’s 'imagination'

  By Zack Kotzer Published October 24, 2026
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  Culture

  Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Director Says There’s Probably No Such Thing As ‘Perfected’ Matchmaking

  With the latest Call of Duty landing, seemingly without matchmaking features, multiplayer director Joe Cecot says he doesn't believe a system to satisfy all is possible

  By Zack Kotzer Published October 24, 2026
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  Culture

  Xbox’s Chief Operating Officer Out Three Months After Role’s Creation

  As turmoil continues to pile up, Microsoft veteran Helen Chiang departs the company just a few months after taking a newly created post to assure long-term stability

  By Zack Kotzer Published October 24, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Claude’s Reverse Engineering Capabilities Used To Recompile Games May Have Been Quietly Nerfed

  Claude Opus 5.5 users are reporting that Anthropic’s AI suddenly seems to be a lot worse at stealing people's intellectual property

  By Lewis Parker Published October 24, 2026
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  Games

  Belmont’s Curse Taught Me An Important Lesson About Parrying, Namely I Should Do It More

  ABP, always be parrying

  By Ash Parrish Published October 23, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  The Normandy SR-2 Is Now A Haunted House, But It Will Always Be My Home

  I have spent years not being able to grieve Mass Effect, and now I finally have to

  By Kenneth Shepard Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Developer Of ‘Ecosocialist’ Game Future? No Thanks! Offers Refunds After Using AI Despite Calling It ‘Technofascist’

  He seems to still stand by his AI use, though

  By Amelia Zollner Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Street Fighter 6 Players Reeling After Capcom Takes Down Popular Community Resource Site

  Ultimate Frame Data was a resource for players to study SF6 chararcter hitboxes

  By Ash Parrish Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Table Tennis Beast Lucía Has Returned To Torment Players Again In Switch Sports Resort

  The iconic Mii is back, and players have beef once again

  By Amelia Zollner Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Capcom and Square Enix Suffer Online Attacks As Hackers Access Player Data

  Japanese companies have been facing a growing number of security breaches in recent weeks

  By Alicia Haddick Published October 23, 2026
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  GamesRetrospective

  Battlefield 6, One Year Later

  It's been quite an up and down year for EA's big military shooter

  By Zack Zwiezen Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  New Mass Effect 5 Leak Explains How It Was Going To Deal With Mass Effect 3’s Multiple Endings

  The game would have supposedly used time and distance to fit its story into every decision Shepard could have made

  By Kenneth Shepard Published October 23, 2026
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  Games

  UPDATE: Xbox Has Extended The Time To Find A Buyer For Arkane Lyon And Might Help The Studio Finish Blade

  Union reps say it'd be a 'monumental waste' for Blade to remain unfinished

  By Ash Parrish Updated October 26, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Creative Assembly Finally Addresses The Shogun 2 Remaster Disaster By Pointing Fingers

  While claiming the buck stops with CA, VP Roger Collum repeatedly levels the blame elsewhere

  By John Walker Published October 23, 2026
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  OpinionImpressions

  Amazon Prime’s Carrie Is Absolutely Wonderful, Apart From One Thing

  Mike Flanagan's TV series seemed an odd choice, but shines in its portrayal of Carrie and her mother

  By John Walker Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Shigeru Miyamoto Doesn’t Know If AI Can Take Over Creativity, But Says It Could Be An ‘Opportunity’ To Define What It Means To Create

  The legendary Nintendo developer made his comments while receiving a national award for his contributions to culture

  By Alicia Haddick Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Battlefield 6 Quietly Yanks Planned Mass Effect Collab From Its Store After BioWare Closure

  The EA-owned military shooter has collaborated with the sci-fi RPG in bad taste before

  By Kenneth Shepard Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  A Canadian Politician Says BioWare Devs Should Be Given Government Funding To Buy The Studio And Get Back To Making Mass Effect

  ‘We should be keeping private equity out, not welcoming it in’

  By Kenneth Shepard Published October 23, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Sony Continues Its March Towards An All-Digital Future As It Reportedly Kills Off Its Last 4K UHD Player

  It's part of a larger push by the PlayStation maker to move away from making home electronics, like TVs

  By Zack Zwiezen Published October 22, 2026