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• Did Sessions Really Commit Perjury?

  06-11-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  Every week brings a new “gotcha!” moment from President Donald Trump’s critics in the media and Congress.Right now much of the buzz is all about what Trump and Jeff Sessions knew about campaign underlings’ contacts with Russia in 2016.
  
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• Sony announces first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest is coming this weekend, right in the middle of Marathon's server slam because the Horizon curse is eternal

  24-02-2026 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Players will get to try that Horizon multiplayer game soon, when the first playtest for Horizon Hunters Gathering kicks off in just a few days. There's a small problem though: it's occurring right in the middle of Marathon's server slam.The inaugural closed beta for the upcoming co-operative take on Aloy's adventures from Guerrilla Games begins on Friday, February 27, and it'll run through to Sunday, March 1. Included are three characters, Rem, Sun and Axle, and you can put them through their pa
  
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• Nintendo's made me wait 15 years for a new Nintendogs, but now I don't have to – this cozy game is "a tiny dog hotel for pups" and its Steam Next Fest demo has me hooked

  24-02-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Puppy Park is my latest Steam Next Fest obsession, and with good reason – it's a colorful, far more modern take on my ever-beloved childhood favorite, Nintendogs.A whopping 15 years have passed since the last Nintendogs entry dropped on the 3DS, and while I admittedly do still play it, I've itched for something new that carries that same cozy caring-for-animals vibe… and now, I have it.
  Puppy Park, as it's so aptly named, is a cute indie game that developer TM39 describes as allowin
  
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• I didn't think it could be done, but Super Meat Boy 3D's Steam next fest demo proves Team Meat's masocore platformer translates to 3D shockingly well

  24-02-2026 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  My Steam Next Fest demo of choice has been Super Meat Boy 3D, which is a concept I never expected would work out.Before making two of the best roguelikes of all time in The Binding of Isaac and Mewgenics, Edmund McMillen was known for creating Super Meat Boy alongside Tommy Refenes, a platformer that helped popularize the "masocore" subgenre, even if it has roots in Mario hacks and the likes of I Wanna Be the Guy and the game's flash predecessor Meat Boy. McMillen has since left Team Meat, but S
  
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• Blizzard is so concerned with World of Warcraft expansion Midnight completely changing the MMO's meta that it's already loading over a month of balance patches

  24-02-2026 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard has revealed its upcoming roadmap for World of Warcraft: Midnight, which includes a month of planned updates for tweaks and balancing. This plan is due to how it's feared the expansion will shake up the almost 20-year-old MMO.Midnight is launching on March 2, but things won't really get going until March 24, when the first raid goes live. Blizzard is taking the slow-and-steady approach when it comes to this expansion, and as such has released a blog post, which includes a roadmap for tw
  
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• The Evercade is finally getting a wireless dual analogue stick controller, and I'm hoping it means more PS1 ports are coming

  24-02-2026 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Evercade has been fighting in the best retro console pits since 2021, but it's finally getting a wireless controller. Better still, the new gamepad is set to feature dual analogue sticks, and I'm hoping it's a hint at future 3D PS1 ports to come.In an Evercade Wireless Controller announcement post, Blaze says "the controller you’ve all been asking for" will arrive September 2026 (thanks, Time Extension). I'm not exactly surprised that it looks like the brand's best retro handheld conte
  
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• Marvel's Wolverine release date revealed for September as Insomniac just tweets out launch confirmation 2 weeks after State of Play no-show

  24-02-2026 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Well, that came out of nowhere. Insomniac Games just tweeted out the release date for Marvel's Wolverine, and it's officially arriving in September.To be exact, the upcoming PS5 action romp is set to arrive on September 15. "Let's cut to the chase," Insomniac Games says on Twitter before promptly dropping the news like it's no big deal.It's great news, of course, but bizarre given that the devs had the perfect opportunity to say exactly this during the massive PlayStation State of Play earlier t
  
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• Maul – Shadow Lord star says the former Sith has a new perspective on the Jedi in the upcoming Star Wars show: "He’s looking at the galaxy going, 'Boy, we could sure use a Jedi Knight or two'"

  24-02-2026 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is showing a different side to its titular former Sith – and he's got a newfound respect for the Jedi."He was trained to hate and destroy the Jedi without ever questioning it," Sam Witwer, who voices Maul, told Star Wars Insider (via The Holofiles)."Now he’s looking at the galaxy going, 'Boy, we could sure use a Jedi Knight or two.' At least with the Jedi you knew where they stood. There’s something to respect there. This Empire, he sees no v
  
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• Kojima's version of my favorite gaming tablet is up for pre-order, but you can save nearly $1,000 if you drop the swag

  24-02-2026 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Asus and Hideo Kojima's long-awaited collaboration on the best gaming tablet I've tested to date is now available for pre-order. The Asus ROG Flow Z13 has had the Ludens treatment, with the top-end spec sporting carbon fiber enhancements in a new gold, white, and black colorway. Available now on Asus's own store, this is one premium upgrade.The 128GB RAM / AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 tablet comes in at a whopping $3,699.99 at Asus - that's $400 more than the same spec without all the regalia. If you d
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem director says he was "raised by Nintendo," which is why Zelda 2's most annoying enemy inspired an infuriating zombie design 14 years ago

  24-02-2026 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem is, somehow, coming to Switch 2, and director Koshi Nakanishi is taking the opportunity to show off his Nintendo cred. Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link has a mixed reputation among series fans, but Nakanishi loves it so much that he snuck in a massive reference to it in one of his first major directorial projects on Resident Evil."Of course, I played the original Legend of Zelda game, but I really loved the Zelda II: The Adventure of Link game," Nakanishi explained in a Creat
  
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• Finally escaping Blizzard purgatory, Overwatch mobile game leaks and then swiftly gets an actual reveal, and it's a top-down shooter now

  24-02-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've had the soft reset of Overwatch 2 - now merely Overwatch - with Season 1, bringing Jetpack Cat, a revamped narrative, and a selection of other delights. Now, there's a whole other game coming, set in the same universe: Overwatch Rush, for mobile platforms, and it's taking a top-down perspective on the action.The project, according to Blizzard, is being made by a different team to those who take care of Overwatch itself. While their remit is entirely based on the FPS and the roadmap for the
  
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• Mike Flanagan assures Stephen King fans that his new take on The Mist "won't be a retread" of Frank Darabont's iconic film: "The differences start page 1"

  24-02-2026 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mike Flanagan says he has no plans to remake Frank Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King's novella The Mist, and that we're in store for something totally different."If there wasn’t an excellent answer to 'why,' I wouldn’t do it. I love Darabont's film, and there's zero point in remaking it, Flanagan wrote on BlueSky. "Which is why I’m going in a different direction. I learned a long ago never to try to predict what the fans will or won’t argue about… but yeah, thi
  
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• Days after closing remake legend Bluepoint, PlayStation asks fans what remakes they want to see and gets a crash course in reading the room

  24-02-2026 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  After news broke that Bluepoint Games – developer of a number of beloved remakes – is being shut by Sony, the German PlayStation account dropped what is best described as an incredibly poorly timed tweet.Last week, reports emerged that Sony is shutting down Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games, after purchasing the studio in 2021 and promptly doing nothing with it aside from canceling the developer's live-service title, rumored to be a God of War
  
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• After surprise server shutdown, Dune: Awakening devs squash bug that cost players 1,000-hour bases – and promise "adequate resources and item packages to cover any losses incurred"

  24-02-2026 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been a rough few days for the Dune: Awakening community, from a big base-destroying exploit to a subsequent surprise server shutdown from developer Funcom – but, thankfully, it seems like things might be looking up.Following the recent Chapter 3 update, fans discovered a soul-crushing exploit that allowed players to grief others' bases and raid them for loot. Funcom responded quite quickly, taking action yesterday with a massive server shutdown – one that left folks worried as i
  
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• Zero Parades proves itself a worthy Disco Elysium successor in this free Steam Next Fest demo that has me debating music formats, trading anime swords, and feeling like a fool for doubting this follow-up

  24-02-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Within minutes of playing the Steam Next Fest demo for Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, I'm having an anxiety attack while on the phone and having to choose a stat to permanently lower. As is true in real life. The difference between me and Cascade, the disgraced espionage agent who's come out of retirement to star in ZA/UM's RPG follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium, is that it's a reasonable reaction to having your secret mission blow up in your face before it's even begun. Just two hours in,
  
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• Discord ends partnership with controversial age verification software, Twitch immediately says hold my beer and tells new affiliates to submit faces and IDs to the same service

  24-02-2026 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Twitch is asking new affiliates to submit selfies and government IDs to the controversial age-verification platform Persona before they can receive their first payout. We say controversial, as Discord recently cut ties with Persona over its alleged links to the US government intelligence program.Posting on Bluesky, streamer TawnyCodeCat alerted people to a change in Twitch's policy requiring some new affiliates to submit age verification documents, including a government ID and a selfie, to Pers
  
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• Before The Walking Dead sold 45 million copies, author Robert Kirkman was told "zombie books don't sell"

  24-02-2026 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Robert Kirkman will likely be dining out on this anecdote until the end of his career – and we're not talking about munching on brains here.According to former Image Comics publisher Jim Valentino on Robservations with Rob Liefeld (H/T Popverse), Kirkman was once told "zombie books don't sell.""Walking Dead from the time it was published had a positive sales slope," Valentino recalled. “And [Robert Kirkman] loves to tell this story, because I told him zombie books don’t sell."I
  
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• Netflix has released a One Piece season 1 recap, so you can catch up with the Straw Hat Pirates before your season 2 binge

  24-02-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Piece season 2 is almost upon us, and Netflix has released a handy dandy season 1 recap so you're all caught up with Luffy and co.Narrated by Monkey D. Luffy himself (Inaki Godoy), our favorite stretchy pirate explains the history of the One Piece, and how it was hidden by Gold Rodger before his execution. It's Luffy's goal to find the One Piece and become King of the Pirates, but that requires sailing the Grand Line... which is no easy task. Because of this, Luffy needed a crew. The crew, w
  
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• Arc Raiders apparently had a legendary weapon "intended" for PvP all along, but it was so bad nobody noticed: "We weren't quite happy with the previous balancing"

  24-02-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  When I spoke to Arc Raiders design director Virgil Watkins, we briefly discussed the possibility of developer Embark adding legendary weapons specifically designed for PvP. Watkins said he's open to the idea, though he'd want to be cautious about the power level of such a gun. Well, thanks to the Arc Raiders Shrouded Sky update, we now know that Embark had "intended" for the famously weak Aphelion to be a PvP gun this whole time, but it was so extraordinarily cautious on balancing that nobody ev
  
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• "Don't judge the resume, judge the K/D": Ex Activision Blizzard exec defends new Xbox CEO with absolutely zero gaming experience, says "it IS learnable"

  24-02-2026 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  One former Activision Blizzard exec has come to the defense of new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, saying that – from her own experience –"even though there is a LOT to learn for someone without a gaming background, it IS learnable."Sharma is replacing former Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who is retiring from his role at the same time as Xbox president Sarah Bond resigning, ultimately making for an enormous leadership shakeup all at once. Many previously assumed that Bond would eventually
  
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• Blizzard boss says "we're not Blizzard Games, we’re Blizzard Entertainment" and "near-term discussions" are underway to adapt "almost every one of our worlds"

  24-02-2026 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The president of the video game studio behind World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and more has hinted at big things to come in the world of adaptations, as Blizzard Entertainment boss Johanna Faries teases discussions about "almost every one of our worlds.""We talk a lot about this. We’re not Blizzard Games, we’re Blizzard Entertainment. We want to be able to show up on every screen imaginable," Faries told Variety. "We want to be able to create new fans who may not have been with
  
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• After 5 games in almost 30 years, Diablo lead hopes future releases will become more frequent before the series' 60th anniversary: "Maybe we get some out faster"

  24-02-2026 16:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo lead Gavian Whishaw hopes there will be even more Diablo titles released in 30 years time, aiming to beat more than another five by the series' 60th anniversary.The end of 2026 (or the start of 2027, depending on who you ask) will mark the 30th anniversary of Diablo, with the series going on a weird release schedule from then onwards. Blizzard's iconic franchise was quick to get a sequel, with 2000 seeing the release of Diablo 2, but since then, the wait between mainline entries grew as i
  
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• "It’s an ongoing fight, and we’re committed": Arc Raiders devs insist they aren't that soft on cheaters, "stepping up enforcement" with permanent bans for "serious infractions"

  24-02-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cheating's been a consistent bugbear for Arc Raiders since the extraction shooter launched in late 2025. While Embark Studios has taken measures, the problem remains noticeable, and for the Shrouded Sky update, the devs have taken some time to acknowledge the current lay of the land."Our defenses operate on multiple levels: some checks are simple and definitive, while others are behavioral and data-driven and evolve over time," the latest patch notes state. "We also leverage broad gameplay telem
  
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• Backrooms trailer brings YouTube creepypastas to life as Doctor Strange's Chiwetel Ejiofor enters a nightmarish alternate reality

  24-02-2026 15:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chiwetel Ejiofor makes a startlingly discovery in the creepy first trailer for new horror movie Backrooms.The 53-second clip, which you can watch above, doesn't give away much – but we didn't really expect it to spell everything out given that the plot is still a mystery... and the material in which it's based. We do hear Ejiofor's character, though, telling Renate Reinsve's unseen character that he "found something", and it's safe to say we're desperate to know more."I found the place. It
  
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• Indie pirate game overtakes Pragmata with swashbuckling Sea-of-Thieves-meets-Rust Steam Next Fest demo as devs celebrate 1 million wishlists: "A few weeks ago, we couldn't even have imagined this"

  24-02-2026 15:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Windrose, a new pirate-themed open world survival crafting game that lets players fight on both land and sea, has overtaken Pragmata during Steam Next Fest with its free demo – and landed on over a million wishlists to boot.Steam Next Fest is here, which means plenty of demo-shaped shenanigans are upon us as players discover what might just be their next favorite game – and I'd say Windrose will be that game for many folks, judging by how the event is going so far.
  If you check the c
  
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• Toy Story 5 actor says to "bring tissues" when going to see the new animated sequel, and now we're scared

  24-02-2026 14:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds as though Toy Story 5 may be the most emotional installment yet, as the voice actor behind Bonnie's mom warns fans to prepare themselves.Whilst announcing her return in the upcoming animated sequel, voice actor Lori Alan posted on Twitter, "See you June 19! And bring tissues. Love, Bonnie's Mom."Immediately, we are wondering what in Toy Story 5 might make moviegoers cry. Throughout the franchise, the saddest moments have come from characters saying goodbye or leaving each other, such a
  
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• "There are a zillion demos in this Steam Next Fest," Palworld lead says, and "I don't feel very compelled" to check out any that feature AI art

  24-02-2026 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  John 'Bucky' Buckley, head of publishing and communications at Palworld developer Pocketpair, has spoken out about the numerous demos that are part of Steam Next Fest that feature AI art as their main promotional image, better known as a capsule.Steam Next Fest has just begun, featuring almost 4,000 demos of upcoming games. As the event will run for just a week, it would be impossible to try them all, or even play just the ones you're interested in. With no limit to the number of demos you can d
  
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• Neve Campbell says Scream 7 won't be "as gory" as Scream 5 and 6, and feels like those sequels went "off path" from Wes Craven's original vision

  24-02-2026 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Original Scream star Neve Campbell has promised that Scream 7 will return to what franchise creator Wes Craven had in mind for the slasher saga after recent sequels went a little "bit far" in terms of levels of gore."I had felt that those last 2 were sort of, uh, went in a direction that was sort of off path with Wes, with how he did gore, or how he did the killings," said Campbell in an interview with Evolution Of Horror. "I had felt that, for my personal preference, it was a bit far. If it&rsq
  
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• Embark takes the nerf bat to Arc Raiders' Venator once more as "it's still dominating in PvP," and while we're at it, the Kettle and Stitcher are also getting reined in

  24-02-2026 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders' Shrouded Sky update is now here, but alongside the new content (and, uh, beards), patch 1.17.0 is bringing a whole bunch of balance changes, including nerfs for the Venator, Stitcher, and Kettle.The Venator was already nerfed once back in patch 1.3.0 last November, but in the latest patch notes, Embark says it's "kept an eye on our data to see how it performs." Now, the team admits that "many of you have raised concerns that it's still dominating in PVP, and our data has shown that
  
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• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms author George R.R. Martin didn't want the show to "confirm one way or another" if Dunk is really a knight: "Can you earn it, even if you've never been given it?"

  24-02-2026 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 has concluded, and it's safe to say there's one big question on every viewers' lips: so, is Dunk actually a knight? Well, according to showrunner Ira Parker, the answer to that was deliberately left "ambiguous" in the spin-off by request of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.In episode 6, titled 'The Morrow', we see Duncan (Peter Claffey) ask his mentor Ser Arlan (Danny Webb) why he never knighted him in a flashback – only to never receive an
  
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