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Hey, remember that time Matt Smith almost played young Palpatine in Star Wars?

This isn't the actor's first time making news for joining a Star Wars movie.

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August 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Elder Scrolls Online is free for QuakeCon

Players can play The Elder Scrolls Online for free as a part of the QuakeCon 2025 celebration.

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August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
RIP Hulu

The service will merge with Disney Plus in 2026, with lots of unknowns

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August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
All the games leaving Xbox Game Pass this month (August 2025)

Anthem, Farming Simulator 2022, and Persona 3 Reload are leaving the Game Pass

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August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Steam's fight against Visa, Mastercard, and censorship is only getting messier

Gamers and developers are pushing the anti-censorship cause

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August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pokémon Go 'Cozy Companions' event guide

Try your luck to get a shiny Tandemaus Read more! 👇️
August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Liam Neeson and a Stranger Things star went and made the comedy version of Resident Evil

Liam Neeson jumps from laughs to scares in the Cold Storage trailer, a sci-fi horror flick from Jurassic Park writer David Koepp.

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August 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Rockstar co-founder teams up with Lost Ark publisher for secret sci-fi game

Rockstar founder's Absurd Ventures is teaming up with Smilegate for their first game

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August 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Assassin's Creed: Mirage and Aliens: Fireteam Elite are coming to Game Pass this month

The first round of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in August

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August 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Wednesday's second season struggles to recapture season 1's quirky fun

An expanded cast just leads to disconnected characters and plots

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August 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Watch Alien: Covenant before Alien: Earth retcons it out of existence

Still underrated

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August 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Weapons review: Zach Cregger's latest horror movie is as unpredictable as Barbarian

Cregger makes a play for horror-auteur status with Weapons, an ambitious ensemble horror drama.

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August 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
One of the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games comes to Xbox and Switch next week

One of the best TMNT games in years is going multiplatform when Tactical Takedown comes to Xbox and Switch.

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August 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Peak devs would rather you pirate their game than play a sloppy ripoff

A new Roblox game heavily inspired by Peak, the hot new social game on Steam, has ruffled the feathers of both developers and players alike.

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August 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hobie Brown, aka Spider-Punk, might get his own animated Spider-Verse spin-off movie

Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya, who voiced the character, is co-writing a Spider-Punk movie for Sony.

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August 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dev begs 10,000 fans who bought Steam horror game to actually play it

Threshold is a fantastic psychological horror game owned by thousands of Steam users who haven't started it yet

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August 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
DnD and Critical Role have entered the TTRPG Cold War era and I'm thrilled

After acquiring the top DnD creative talents, Critical Role keeps expanding its hold on TTRPGs, but Wizards is ready to answer with a new strategy

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August 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I wish No Sleep for Kaname Date would let me get lost in its mind

Get ready to have your mind blown by the mind-bending puzzles of AI: The Somnium Files

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August 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A ton of legendary thrillers disappeared from Netflix — but now they're just free to watch

The Master of Suspense won't go away that easily

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August 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
House of the Dragon season 3 will be 'massive' — and that makes me worried

House of the Dragon season 3 is gearing up to be the biggest season yet, but I hope it isn't at the cost of its more poignant character moments.

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August 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Nintendo announces Indie World 2025 showcase

Nintendo's Indie World showcase is on the way with new games arriving for the Switch 2 and the Switch

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August 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Peek inside The Avengers’ most mind-bending, metafictional adventure yet

A new Marvel graphic novel throws back to the Jack Kirby era — and gets equally loopy

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August 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Alien: Earth creator reveals what he took from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (and what he didn’t)

Legion and Fargo creator Noah Hawley teases what's next for his new show and its synthetic protagonist.

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August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Donkey Kong Bananza is a style crisis

Super Mario Odyssey turned a Nintendo hero into a fashion icon. The Switch 2 platformer should have done the same.

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August 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The most unique horror movie of 2024 just got a glorious upgrade

Late Night With the Devil taps into an ancient and forgotten power source: late-night television

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August 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM