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• New Pokemon Plane Looks Incredible, Even Includes Themed Cups And Napkins

  18-09-2026 21:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has unveiled a Pokemon-themed airliner to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary this year, and it looks incredible.
  The Green Pokemon Jet, as it's called, made its inaugural flight from Haneda to Honolulu today following a big unveiling event--you can see video and images below. The airplane goes well beyond simply getting a Pokemon wrap, though it does have that, too, featuring famous Pokemon like Bulbasaur, along with Pikachu. Because how can you
  
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• I Guess I’ll Delete Every PS5 Game I Own To Make Room For FF7 Revelation

  18-09-2026 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  There are quite a few months until Final Fantasy 7 Revelation launches on Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. But you're going to want to get your systems ready now because the download for the final showdown between Cloud and Sephiroth may be big.According to a September 18 VGC Interview with game director Naoki Hamaguchi, the file size for Revelation will "probably" be absolutely massive. So huge, in fact, that Hamaguchi acknowledged that there was no way the game would
  
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• Ex-Naughty Dog Dev Apologizes To God Of War Studio For What He Said About Laufey

  18-09-2026 20:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Bruce Straley, best known for his work at Naughty Dog on the Uncharted and The Last of Us franchises, has apologized to God of War: Laufey studio Santa Monica Studio, after he said he was "not excited" about what the game was offering, at least in some respects.Straley told Edge that he thinks "every pixel" in Laufey looks "mindblowing and that he is "blown away" by the lengths Santa Monica Studio went to. However, Straley said he is "not excited" by "what you're doing in the game."Beyond Laufey
  
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• Very Large Man Could Join Helldivers Movie After A Different Very Large (Aqua)Man Dropped Out

  18-09-2026 20:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's upcoming Helldivers movie remains in development, and now a key piece of news has surfaced. According to Deadline, Reacher star Alan Ritchson will replace Jason Momoa as the lead, following Momoa's departure earlier this year.Justin Lin, known for his work on the Fast & Furious and Star Trek franchises, remains attached to the Helldivers movie as director.
  Alan Ritchson in Reacher.The movie is set for release in theaters on November 10, 2027. Ritchson is reportedly going to play one o
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Could Take 100 Hours To Beat, And Its Director Has Done It 46 Times

  18-09-2026 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is shaping up to be the biggest entry in the remake trilogy by a considerable margin, as game director Naoki Hamaguchi estimates that a complete playthrough of everything that the game has to offer could take up to 100 hours. That includes the campaign, side activities, and endgame content--something that Hamaguchi has experienced dozens of times for himself throughout the development of Revelation.This is all part of the job; to ensure that players enjoy a smooth expe
  
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• People Can’t Stop Talking About Mario’s New Tiny Pockets

  18-09-2026 19:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo recently held two Direct presentations back to back, with fans hoping that the company would reveal a new Mario game of some kind. While that didn't happen, what we did get was the reveal that Mario Kart World is getting some new tracks. Now, though, it seems the company has some more Mario news for us: new logos and renders for everyone's favorite mustachioed plumber.It seems that over the last day or so, Nintendo quietly updated the look of the "Super Mario" logo. Honestly, the change
  
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• Sony’s Iconic PS4 Game-Sharing Meme Has Been Recreated To Capture Our Depressing Future

  18-09-2026 18:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Thirteen years ago, Sony "won" E3 with a simple public service announcement that dunked on Microsoft's controversial Xbox One DRM plans. All it took was 22 seconds for Sony's Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes to show how game sharing would work on the PS4, resulting in a huge PR win for the company. Fast-forward to 2026, and at the Tokyo Game Show, Yoshida and Boyes reunited to recreate that meme, but with a big difference: This time, there's no disc to pass between friends.
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• A Lot Of People Are Seemingly Taking Time Off Work To Play GTA 6. Are You?

  18-09-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  BambooHR, a human resources company that provides software-as-a-servicefor more than 30,000 companies, has released data that suggests people are taking time off to play GTA 6 this November.
  You might have seen anecdotes online, or even stories from people you know in real life, about skipping work on November 19 to play GTA 6. BambooHR's data, though, shows a more concrete trend.
  Why work when you can play GTA 6?Using paid time off (PTO) data from active employees in the US, BambooHR found that
  
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• Nintendo Says We’re Still At The Beginning Of The Switch 2 Story

  18-09-2026 17:10 via gamespot.com
  
  The Switch 2 is a little over a year old, and unsurprisingly, Nintendo says that its console is just getting started. In a new interview, Nintendo of America president and COO Devon Pritchard teased a multiyear plan for the company, revolving not only around producing video games but also expanding its IP into other forms of entertainment. "We're at the beginning of Nintendo Switch 2," Pritchard said to Variety. "This is just beginning, and we've already had some really wonderful experience
  
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• Sony Says Free TV On PS5 Is “One Plus One Equaling A Lot More Than Two”

  18-09-2026 16:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony recently launched "Live TV on PS5," an offering that gives all PlayStation 5 owners access to 100+ channels of free ad-supported TV and movies. Keith Le Goy, the chairman of Sony Pictures TV, recently discussed the reasoning behind launching the service and why he believes it represents "one plus one equaling a lot more than two."Speaking to Variety, Le Goy said PS5 already has 40-50 million people who are "incredibly engaged" with gaming, but also love movies and TV shows. Therefore, he sa
  
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• Blacksmiths Discover Control Resonant’s Massive Hammer Is Simply Too Much Hammer

  18-09-2026 15:58 via gamespot.com
  
  The best tool you can own in life is a hammer, and in Control Resonant, fixing Manhattan requires a VERY big one to perform some percussive maintenance. The Aberrant is the melee weapon that you'll wield in battle, and while it can take a variety of forms, it looks especially satisfying to morph it into a gigantic hammer that wouldn't look out of place in a Looney Tunes cartoon if Rob Zombie were directing it. But what would that version of the Aberrant look like in real life? Pretty intimidatin
  
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• The Resident Evil Movie Is Already Breaking Records

  18-09-2026 15:55 via gamespot.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie from Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger officially releases today, September 18, but like many big movies, it actually debuted the night prior. The movie made $9 million or more in the US for its Thursday previews, according to Deadline, and that's a record for the series.Experts predict the movie will make between $40 million and $50 million for its first weekend in the US, and now it could go higher, the report said.
  Austin Abrams in Resident Evil.The previous
  
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• Far Cry TV Series Adds Batman, Knuckles McGinty, And More Big Names

  18-09-2026 12:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The Far Cry TV series for FX is starting to take shape, as new cast members for the anthology series have been announced. Joining Rob Mac (who is also a co-showrunner alongside Noah Hawley) are Lizzy Caplan and Steve Buscemi, along with several new faces, including Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater, Jamie Demetriou, and Sam Spruell.According to Variety, all of those actors will appear in the first season of Far Cry, making for a pretty stacked cast. Leigh earned acclaim for
  
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• New GTA 5 Source Code Leak Is Uncovering A Ton Of Cut Content

  18-09-2026 11:58 via gamespot.com
  
  A huge batch of previously leaked Rockstar files has resurfaced online, giving players a new look at Grand Theft Auto 5's canceled content, including a surprisingly massive Liberty City expansion and the long-rumored Agent Trevor DLC.The files reportedly total around 192GB, dwarfing the roughly 4GB collection of GTA 5 source code material that surfaced publicly in 2023. GTA modder TJGM has been digging through the newly accessible files and has already highlighted several discoveries, including
  
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