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• 10-Year-Old Boy Gets Stuck in Tree While Rescuing Cat, Then Has to be Rescued Himself

  10-07-2017 20:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Aashir Alauddins remained in the tree for 20 minutes while the Hackensack Fire Department prepared to get him down.
  
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• GTA 6 trailer 3 hopes soar as YouTube jumps back into Rockstar's last trailer to tease it's going to be "busy" on pre-order day, but I think we already have our explanation

  22-06-2026 13:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 pre-orders are going live this week, and fans reckon that YouTube may have inadvertently confirmed that we can expect the long-awaited Trailer 3 to arrive at the same time. I wouldn't be so sure, though.Rockstar Games announced last week that GTA 6 pre-orders will go live on June 25, making its November 19 release date feel more real than ever. At this point, it's also been over a year since Trailer 2 – we didn't get one with the pre-order announcement – and most fans expect we
  
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• George Lucas has a surprise cameo in the new Minions movie, and he already wants to be in the next one

  22-06-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a bizarre turn of events, Star Wars creator George Lucas has a cameo in Illumination's upcoming animated movie Minions and Monsters. But according to Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri, the Lucasfilm founder had such a great time that he wants to star in more Minions movies in the future. "I saw him recently, and he's already talking to me about the role he wants to do next in the next Minions movie," said Meledandri to Collider. In Minions and Monsters, which follows the little yellow Minions
  
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• Despite flopping at the box office, Masters of the Universe could get a sequel for a surprising reason

  22-06-2026 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  By the power of Amazon! Masters of the Universe may be a certified box office flop, but a sequel to the He-Man movie can't be ruled out.As Forbes reported, a lackluster performance at the box office isn't a death blow to Masters of the Universe.In fact, the streamer could be poised to give the fantasy movie, an adaptation of the hit 1980s property, a sequel – and make it a jewel in the Prime Video crown on streaming. From there, it would be able to take the financial hit and prop up its se
  
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• House of the Dragon season 3 fans notice a major Game of Thrones lore drop in new episode

  22-06-2026 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon is back with a bang, as the bloody Battle of the Gullet has already caused the death of a major character. But there's one, easily missed detail in the episode that might be just as seismic: a major location from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire lore makes a pretty lowkey appearance. Spoilers for the new episode follow. In the episode, the dragonseeds – Hugh Hammer, Ulf, and Addam of Hull – sit together on an island on the lookout for Aemond Targaryen a
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows sequel or extra DLC could be on the cards, fans speculate, as Ubisoft's final update sets up a new story for its protagonists

  22-06-2026 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows received what is supposed to be its final update ahead of the release of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. But fans have noticed that the Black Tides update has left things open for more Yasuke and Naoe content. Spoilers for Assassin's Creed Shadows' Black Tides update followDespite being promised as the "real ending" to Yasuke and Naoe's story, fans have discovered that things aren't quite as final as expected. As Assassin's Creed fan account Zephryss reports, "We m
  
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• Aardman teases a "hand-crafted spin" on Pokemon as its stop-motion series gets first look and main characters perfectregion reveal

  22-06-2026 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Aardman's upcoming Pokemon animated series is here.At the Annecy Animation Film Festival over the weekend, Aardman chief creative director Sarah Cox and The Pokemon Company's director of original animation Phil Rynda took the stage and revealed the first real look at Pokemon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu. The poster, which has since been posted on Twitter, gives us our first look at Sirfetch’d and Pichu. Check out the image below. Here’s y
  
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• Kingdom Hearts Collection cover art quietly changes following accusations of AI generation

  22-06-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following accusations of Square Enix using AI-generated (or, well, AI-assisted) art on its cover for the Kingdom Hearts Collection, it seems some retailers have received a different version to swap the original one out for.Kingdom Hearts fans have had quite a month after a surprise Nintendo Direct finally dropped news on Kingdom Hearts 4 and unveiled a nice bundle of the original three games coming to console (no more crappy cloud downloads, yippee): the Kingdom Hearts Collection.
  The set itself
  
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• Combine work and play with 12 back to school gadgets that double up perfectly in hybrid setups

  22-06-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  12345Shop the collectionShop the collection1FiiOFiiO Echo Mini DAP$59.992ASUSAsus ROG Zephyrus G16$1574.99$2149.993AmazonTimbuk2 Division$1594SonySony WH-CH720N$87.95$179.995AnkerAnker 20,000mAh power bank$59.99$69.99It's that time of year again, time to stock up on the accessories and gadgets that are going to see you through the next year. Back to school tech is at the top of everyone's shopping lists right now, and with Prime Day gaming deals landing this week there are plenty of chances to d
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day footage reveals a surprise villain is joining the cast

  22-06-2026 11:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Welp, Tom Holland's webhead is certainly going to have his hands full now. Fresh footage from Spider-Man: Brand New Day has revealed yet another villain is joining the cast. As revealed in a new TV spot, the hard-headed bad guy Ramrod makes a dash for Spidey and runs straight into a brick wall. Ouch. See the headache-inducing moment for yourself below.First look at Ramrod in ‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’(via @zomikpizzatime) pic.twitter.com/wWC9VsjVgXJune 20, 2026While we don't exactly
  
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• Rumored GTA 6 pre-order prices are "just placeholders," reliable leaker claims: "Those prices are random"

  22-06-2026 11:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  With GTA 6 pre-orders right around the corner, one prolific leaker claims that certain rumored prices for Rockstar Games's upcoming behemoth aren't actually accurate, which could be good news if you were fearing for your wallet. Over the last few days, fans spotted that French retailer Fnac had posted five mysterious listings on its site, named RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4, and RS4, all releasing on November 19 – GTA 6's release date. Folks quickly assumed these could be placeholder listings for the
  
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• House of the Dragon season 3 star had one request for his death scene: "I actually asked if I could say that"

  22-06-2026 11:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon has exploded back onto our screens with its season 3 premiere, and we've had to say goodbye to one major character already. The following contains major spoilers for House of the Dragon season 3, episode 1, so turn back now if you're not up to date! The new episode depicts the Battle of the Gullet, and, as fans of George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood will know, the major casualties of that particular naval clash are Jacaerys Velaryon and his dragon Vermax. Jace and Vermax are
  
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• Who is Ormund Hightower in House of the Dragon? His Game of Thrones origins explained

  22-06-2026 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon season 3 introduces several new power players into the world of the Game of Thrones prequel. One of them is Ormund Hightower, played by Happy Valley's James Norton. We don't see too much of him in the opening episode of the new season, but based on what showrunner Ryan Condal has been saying, he looks set to be a very prominent character going forward.So just who is the new lord – and is he from George R. R. Martin's books? Well we've broken down everything you need to
  
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• Shigeru Miyamoto decided Zelda dungeons aren't "really that much fun" while making Ocarina of Time, but they're what I'm looking forward to in the remake

  21-06-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Breath of the Wild effectively did away with old-school Zelda dungeons, and while Tears of the Kingdom brought the idea back, it was without the traditional puzzle box design of the classic games. One of the most exciting parts about the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake is the opportunity to explore these challenges with modern graphics and visual flair, but ironically, it was during the production of the original Ocarina of Time that Shigeru Miyamoto decided traditional dungeons were boring in t
  
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• Gears of War: E-Day brings back a feature the series hasn't supported in over 10 years, and The Coalition says making it work was "a huge investment"

  21-06-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 15 years since a mainline installment to the Gears of War series supported four-player campaign co-op. Developer Epic Games introduced the experiment back in Gears of War 3, the game which chronicled the desperate last stand of Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago. It's fitting then that four-player co-op returns as The Coalition prepares to chronicle the origin of the most beloved bromance in video game history. Gears of War: E-Day is set to launch on October 6, 2026, for PC and Xbox Ser
  
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• RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says sometimes game designers "go overboard in removing friction"

  21-06-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Obsidian Entertainment's Josh Sawyer - the director behind Fallout: New Vegas and historical whodunnit Pentiment - reckons developers sometimes have a bad habit of smoothing over their games to the point of "removing friction," and it's a balance he tried to find in classic RPG Neverwinter Nights 2. The RPG veteran's comment came while answering a question during a recent YouTube Q&A about the Spirit Eater mechanic in Neverwinter Nights 2's Mask of the Betrayer expansion, which was essential
  
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• Mojang says that Minecraft Dungeons 2 has more overt "callbacks to vanilla Minecraft" than the last ARPG it released

  21-06-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Minecraft Dungeons 2 asks you to drop your pickaxe, pick up a sword, and venture into the deep dark (among other locations) with your buddies. This upcoming ARPG has always been lobbied as an approachable dungeon crawler, the sort that provides a pretty cheery alternative to a game like Path of Exile 2 or a way for those who grew up playing Diablo to share love of the genre with their kids. Something Minecraft Dungeons was never great at, however, was having all that many connection points with
  
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• Luxury mechanical keyboards can cost hundreds, check your deck for this cheaper upgrade

  21-06-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many mechanical keyboards bought in the last few years are hot-swappable, so - rather than buying a whole new deck this Prime Day, it's well worth seeing yours can simply take a new set of switches as an upgrade. Sure, the best gaming keyboards benefit from super-speedy clackers, but everyday typing devices deserve a little luxury as well. After all, shelling out for a whole new typing experience can rack up quite the bill if you're just looking to swap to a different feel or actuation speed. Wh
  
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• Active Reload may be an "iconic" Gears of War feature, but that isn't going to stop The Coalition from making changes to it for E-Day

  21-06-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day is renovating the 20-year-old foundations that the franchise was built upon. The Coalition made the decision to start from scratch as it faced the daunting task of transitioning to Unreal Engine 5, opting to recreate every single system, mechanic, and art asset anew as it sought to tell the story of Emergence Day – the day that Sera crumbled, as the Locust emerged from beneath the ground and brought a civilization to its knees. This means that big changes are coming to
  
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• Joint The Witcher 4 and CD Projekt Red CEO says fully AI-generated games are coming, but he has "some doubts whether this is really the path to follow"

  21-06-2026 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt Red's joint CEO Michał Nowakowski thinks fully AI-generated games are on the way, but being partly in charge of the company behind The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077, he's not convinced game prompters using generative AI are on the right path.Speaking to Edge's Knowledge newsletter, Nowakowski mentioned that he "knows for a fact" that games 'made' entirely with generative AI are coming because he's actually had a few chats with AI-based studios."I was in a conversation with a perso
  
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• GTA 6 prices potentially leak off a European retailer, and it looks like Rockstar Games is charging between €90 and €200

  21-06-2026 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Feeling giddily impatient ahead of pre-orders opening next week, a prominent European games retailer seems to have posted its GTA 6 prices early.French retailer fnac, which operates across Europe, has now posted five products onto its website - RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4, RS5 - with a release date of November 19, 2026. Based on the number of games fleeing Rockstar Games' blast zone, it's a pretty safe bet that those listings are related to GTA 6.As for the pre-order price tags, the five products range f
  
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• Evidence of Diablo 4 coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 ramps up, as Blizzard Entertainment's RPG gets another rating

  21-06-2026 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  More signs point to Diablo 4's potential arrival on Nintendo Switch 2 after the Blizzard Entertainment ARPG got yet another rating on the platform.The Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating board recently listed the Nintendo Switch 2 as one of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred's supported platforms, despite the game and its expansion not having been officially confirmed for the handheld-hybrid console. The rating was posted to the website in April and either went unnoticed this whole time or was only recen
  
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• Despite playing a key role in Final Fantasy 7, JRPG icon Tetsuya Nomura says "Kingdom Hearts has become my life's work"

  20-06-2026 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tetsuya Nomura's fingerprints can be found all over Final Fantasy - from the overwhelming zips and belts that wrap around certain character designs to Final Fantasy 7's Limit Break system and beyond - but the genre icon says his life's work is arguably Kingdom Hearts.The Kingdom Hearts series overseer and co-creator said as much in an interview with Famitsu (translated by Genki), putting the multiverse-spanning Disney franchise over dozens of other games he's worked on."Kingdom Hearts has become
  
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• De-digitize your life with 12 retro gadgets that will send you straight back to the 90s this Prime Day

  20-06-2026 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  12345Shop the collectionShop the collection1FiiOSnowsky/FiiO Echo Mini$59.992CasioCasio A158WA Series$29.713FiiOFiio DM13 Multifunctional Portable Stereo CD Player and Ripper$184.994KODAKKodak Ektar H35$49.995Blaze EntertainmentEvercade Vs-R Solo$119.99Tired of streaming apps, downloads, and notifications? The endless upgrade cycle, rising subscription costs, and choice fatigue? Welcome back to the world of physical media. I know I'm not the only one getting tired of paying for services and only
  
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• Slay the Spire 2's lead birthed reviled boss Doormaker after "playing too much Deadlock," while Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke inspired another creature

  20-06-2026 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Slay the Spire 2 is full of funky critters and threatening beasts, but some of the roguelike game's most memorable bosses take inspiration from places you'd least expect - Valve's Deadlock and Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke, to name a few.In a recent newsletter mostly addressing changes made in Slay the Spire 2's last major update, Mega Crit co-founder and developer Casey Yano took the opportunity to also answer a few of the community's burning questions, like, how do you pronounce Nonupeipe?
  
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• The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077 studio wants to make more games without turning CDPR into a company "that's going to be launching a big game every year"

  20-06-2026 14:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Joint CD Projekt Red CEO Michał Nowakowski doesn't plan on turning the developer, best known for making games in The Witcher and Cyberpunk series, into a company that pumps out yearly releases. The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077's sequel are easily two of the most anticipated new games on the horizon, but part of their allure comes from how infrequently CD Projekt Red launches projects. In an interview published in Edge's Knowledge newsletter, Nowakowski says he wants CDPR games to come out m
  
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• Halo Campaign Evolved's PS5 port has strict split-screen co-op requirements: both players need PSN memberships and Xbox accounts

  20-06-2026 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Halo: Campaign Evolved is shipping Master Chief off into the gravitational pull of the chonky PS5, but PlayStation folks looking to play the remake via split-screen or online co-op should expect some stricter requirements, at least compared to the Xbox Series X|S version.Halo Studios' shiny remake looks to faithfully recreate the 2001 classic's campaign with a new coat of paint, some series' favorite weapons retrospectively added in, three-new prequel missions, a bunch of skull modifiers, and ma
  
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• With no major updates in sight, Elden Ring Nightreign fan creates surprisingly fun endless runner starring the game's fiercest and shortest Nightfarer

  19-06-2026 20:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring Nightreign, FromSoftware's surprise roguelike spin-off game, seems more or less over when it comes to new updates. After the release of the Forsaken Hollows DLC, there hasn't been any hints at more to come.While desperate fans despair at FromSoftware's silence, the rest of us can enjoy the fruits of some fans who are making their own fun. Animator and artist Keith Garces—who made some of the best "Hop on Nightreign" videos out there—and programmer Spagato just dropped an e
  
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• Fueled by the sequel, Stellar Blade diehard begins multi-year quest to kill the final boss every day until Blood Rain and Evie finally arrive

  19-06-2026 20:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  This is what no Stellar Blade: Blood Rain release date does to you: One headstrong player has started a new daily routine where they kill the final boss of the first Stellar Blade until the sequel comes out.A few weeks ago, Reddit user SomeoneNew1111 posted a video titled "Day 1 of defeating Elder Naytiba until Stellar Blade: Blood Rain releases." And they weren't joking—they returned the next day with video proof of them doing it all over again.When someone asked if they plan on fighting
  
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• After almost 25 years, Metal Gear Solid 2 players are still finding secrets: "This is the kind of stuff somebody posts on an online forum in 2005 and no one believes it"

  19-06-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid 2 is now approaching 25 years old, and players are still discovering things about the classic game. Metal Gear Solid 2 is one of the PS2 titles that truly felt 'next-gen' when it came out, or so I'm told since I was five at the time and only cared about Crash Bandicoot. But all of the little details that make that game's world so special are well known now – things like how the ice cubes would melt slowly if you shot the bucket at the bar, or Snake getting a cold if he sta
  
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