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• Immigrants are not the problem but part of the coronavirus solution

  22-04-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While Trump’s suspension of immigration seeks to shift blame for his poor leadership, we need immigrants to help in the fight against COVID-19.
  
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• Word to the wise - if you're planning to wait for that leaked Zelda Switch 2, you'll have to contend with the price hike

  12-08-2026 14:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Images of what appear to be a 40th anniversary Legend of Zelda-themed Switch 2 were shared online yesterday at ResetEra and later circulated across social media, and if it's real, it's an absolute beauty. Yet anyone now planning to hold off grabbing a Nintendo Switch 2 bundle in hopes of adding another Triforce-coated console to their setup is likely going to have to pay more.From September 1 onwards, the Nintendo Switch 2 is rising from $449.99 to $499.99 in the US, though the official new UK p
  
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• Scream 8 might have already found its directors, as American Mary horror helmers respond to rumours

  12-08-2026 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scream 8 might have already found its directors, as filmmaking duo and twins Jen and Sylvia Soska respond to rumours. On August 8, one horror fan took to Twitter, writing, "Spyglass is reportedly closing negotiations with the Soska Sisters (Jen and Sylvia) to take over directing the next installment in the Scream horror franchise. The 'Twisted Twins' are said to have met secretly with studio executives this week." Then, three days later, the Soska Sisters replied with the eyes emoji. Is this a s
  
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• 9 months after season 1, Apple TV boss still hasn't seen any Pluribus season 2 scripts, but they're "being worked on"

  12-08-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been counting down the days till Pluribus season 2 after that cliffhanger Pluribus season 1 ending, you'd be wise to keep expectations in check, as the latest update from Apple TV boss Eddy Cue suggests Carol and co. won't be back on screens for some time yet.Speaking to ScreenRant on the Ted Lasso season 4 red carpet, Apple TV head Eddy Cue was asked for an update on Pluribus season 2's scripts and offered a brief but illuminating response. "I haven't seen them. I know they're being w
  
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• Superman's Lex Luthor star Nicholas Hoult joins HBO's Harry Potter ahead of season 2, but he's not playing Voldemort

  12-08-2026 13:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first season of HBO's Harry Potter TV show hasn't even hit screens yet, but the second season is already adding new cast members fast, with the latest addition being Superman star Nicholas Hoult. However, despite many fans believing that Hoult would suit up as the Dark Lord himself, Voldemort, Deadline has confirmed that the star will play villain and wizard Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter season 2. HBO later confirmed the news via Instagram, quoting the wizard, "Magical Me indeed. Now, ho
  
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• "I'm not interested in bypassing DRM" - Preservationist brings back physical PC games using discs and even mechanical HDD "cartridges"

  12-08-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Preservationists are fighting to keep physical media alive, but it turns out even shiny new PC games can be popped on discs and cartridges. In fact, you can theoretically turn any external storage you've got lying around, like old SD cards and USB sticks, into a game that will then automatically run when connected to your rig, and you don't have to use DRM-free storefronts.Yes, we've witnessed enthusiasts using SSDs as faux retro console cartridges for your PC, but Archades Games (Ryan Enstrom)
  
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• Reacher season 4 is currently the show's lowest-rated season on Rotten Tomatoes, but it's not all bad news for the big man

  12-08-2026 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first three episodes of Reacher season 4 are streaming now on Prime Video. Star Alan Ritchson bet his life in our presence that it would be the best season yet, but the Rotten Tomatoes results are in, and, sorry Alan, you're dead, as it's currently the show's lowest-rated season according to the review aggregator.However, it's by no means disastrous news for Reacher fans, as season 4 is currently sitting on a very respectable 88% from 16 critics. Our own Reacher season 4 review awarded the n
  
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• New Palworld patch makes building bases over water much easier, and finally lets you earn World Tree Holy Water through expeditions rather than just farming

  12-08-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Palworld update out, and it's a doozy for rebalancing and quality-of-life tweaks. There are quite a lot of changes, but two topline alterations in particular have players elated.First, you have a substantial drop in the level required to build over water. The Aquatic Construction Kit now only requires you to be at level 23, rather than level 66. That's a hefty drop that opens up possibilities much earlier in the game than previously.It just needs one Ancient Technology Point instea
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day forgets some of The Punisher's Netflix history, and fans aren't happy

  12-08-2026 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day is all about the fallout from Doctor Strange's memory-wiping spell. It appears the writers also forgot something important – about The Punisher.As pointed out by a stream of fans online, Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) tells Peter Parker's Spider-Man (Tom Holland) that he's "never had a friend" like him.High praise for the wallcrawler, indeed. However, this line not only forgets Frank's shared history with Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock, but also his old war buddy Curtis
  
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• The Incredible Hulk director says Captain America was originally in the movie, but it was a "little too dark"

  12-08-2026 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Incredible Hulk is the unquestionable dark sheep of the MCU, so much so that it saw star Edward Norton replaced by Mark Ruffalo as the MCU's Bruce Banner till this day. But it could have been very different, as Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier has confirmed there's a "longer" and "darker" cut of the movie, featuring even more MCU cameos.Speaking to Collider about his new Netflix horror The Last House (which our favorite movie critic Hideo Kojima recently compared to Death Stranding),
  
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• J.J Abrams confirms the connection between The End of Oak Street and the Cloverfield franchise, but it's not what you think

  12-08-2026 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ever since the first trailer for The End of Oak Street hit the internet, fans have been theorising that the movie is connected to producer J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield trilogy, but the filmmaker has now put that rumor to bed. "The only connection to our Cloverfield movies is that Ewan’s partner is Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who was the star of 10 Cloverfield Lane, who we were very lucky to get to work with and who I adore," said Abrams to The Hollywood Reporter. "So there was that, but other tha
  
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• Ms. Marvel actor says Spider-Man: Brand New Day is proof superhero fatigue doesn't exist, audiences just want good movies

  12-08-2026 11:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ms. Marvel actor Iman Vellani has responded to Spider-Man: Brand New Day's box office record – and what it means for the eternal debate surrounding superhero fatigue.Speaking on the Revenge Of podcast, Vellani – who last played Ms. Marvel in 2023's The Marvels – commented on Spider-Man: Brand New Day's historic box office success, which saw it overtake Avengers: Endgame as the biggest US domestic opening on record."People showed up on the first week," Vellani said of the fourth
  
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• Phantom Blade Zero pre-orders officially live at $60, and the Sekiro-esque Soulslike is getting a 20-minute State of Play from Sony next week

  12-08-2026 11:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Phantom Blade Zero, the exciting action RPG first unveiled during Sony's 2023 PlayStation Showcase, has drawn quite a lot of attention for its Sekiro-style vibes – and we'll finally get to see more of its Soulslike charm later this month.That's right – Sony is dropping a 20-minute-long "deep dive" State of Play showcasing some of Phantom Blade Zero's gameplay on August 17, as outlined in its latest blog post on the game.
  There's more, though… the studio has also revealed that
  
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• X-Men '97 season 2 post-credits scenes: who cameos and what does it mean for season 3?

  12-08-2026 09:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you want all the details on the X-Men '97 season 2 post-credits scene, you've come to the right place. The second season of the animated Marvel show has come to a tearjerking end once again but, as is Marvel tradition, there's a surprise or two saved for after the credits have rolled.The X-Men '97 season 1 post-credits scene set up season 2 big bad Apocalypse (though Apocalypse's big bad status turned out to be a little more complicated), so you might expect season 2's after-credits tease to
  
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• X-Men '97 season 3 release date speculation, plot, cast, and everything else you need to know about the animated Marvel show

  12-08-2026 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  X-Men '97 season 3 could arrive sooner than you think. The third season of Marvel's animated revival is currently scheduled to release in 2027, and seasons 4 is already confirmed as well. With a certain telekinetic mutant having just made her deubt in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it's a great time to be an X-Men fan.X-Men '97 season 2 went back to the very beginning, depicting how first mutant Apocalypse became a time-travelling tyrant hell-bent on wiping out the X-Men. Season 3 can't possibly get
  
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• Crimson Desert did so well that developer Pearl Abyss reported 94% increased labor expenses due to "performance bonus payments" made to 1,035 employees

  12-08-2026 01:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Open-world behemoth Crimson Desert has been one of the year's big successes, earning developer Pearl Abyss an estimated $200 million in just two weeks and itself a Very Positive Steam rating based on more than 100,000 reviews at the time of writing. Considerable criticism has been levied against its apparently barebones story and since-removed AI-generated assets, but all in all, it's hard to look at Crimson Desert as anything other than a huge win for Pearl Abyss, and that success has seemingly
  
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• Oblivion Remastered's Switch 2 improvements could come to other platforms, says Bethesda

  11-08-2026 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oblivion Remastered has by and large been a huge success for Bethesda both critically and commercially, but even more than a year after launch, it still suffers from poor performance including stuttering, frame rate instability, and crashes. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game launched today with touchscreen, mouse control, and gyro aiming support, as well as general improvements like DLSS anti-aliasing and "performance optimizations from the original Oblivion Remastered release," accordin
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6 demo had a surprise guest at Bethesda HQ: a giant inflatable rat set up by protesting employees to watch Xbox execs who oversaw "devastating layoffs"

  11-08-2026 23:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma got a "live playthrough" of The Elder Scrolls 6, offering exuberant praise of the upcoming RPG's scale and story. Some Bethesda workers took the opportunity to remind Sharma of the 3,200 employees that are being cut under her watch as part of Xbox's massive restructure."Today at HQ, we had special guests from Microsoft leadership," according to a Bluesky post from OneBGS, a union representing employees at Bethesda. "We refuse to let executives forget what game studios
  
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• Max Payne 1 and 2 remake is still happening, but publisher Rockstar won't let Remedy say any more

  11-08-2026 23:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Max Payne 1 and 2 remake Remedy announced in 2022 and then barely acknowledged at all over the ensuing four years is definitely still happening, but the developer is relying on publisher Rockstar Games to provide more details. Rockstar and original developer Remedy described their partnership while revealing the remake of the Y2K-noir shooters all those moons ago, with Rockstar founder Sam Houser saying in a press release at the time, "We are massive fans of the work the Remedy team has crea
  
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• Our favorite film critic Hideo Kojima compares Netflix's new low-rated horror movie to Death Stranding

  11-08-2026 22:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima is back with another movie review, and this time it's a rather positive take on an otherwise panned release."I watched 'The Last House,'" Kojima tweeted. "Isolation? Loneliness? There were parts that felt a little like Death Stranding."The Last House, directed by Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me, Fast X) and written by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying), follows a family trapped in their home as a mysterious disaster affects the entire world, forcing them to learn how to survi
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6 is playable, Xbox CEO says her "live playthrough" shows "incredible" scale and an "even greater" story

  11-08-2026 21:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox CEO Asha Sharma suggests she's just played, or at least watched, a "live playthrough" of The Elder Scrolls 6. "Live playthrough of The Elder Scrolls VI: ******** this morning," Sharma says offhandedly in a tweet. "The scale and grandeur are incredible. The story is even greater."This "live playthrough" will presumably have been a milestone presentation shown to Sharma and possibly other Xbox executives by the development team at Bethesda, likely including chief Todd Howard, but we can't say
  
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• Saber Interactive "replaced me with ChatGPT midway through development" but AI use is not disclosed on Steam, claims former lead writer

  11-08-2026 21:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Publisher Saber Interactive allegedly heavily used generative AI in the upcoming driving sim Rideshare "Stimulator," even directly replacing some staff with AI bots like ChatGPT, without disclosing AI use in the game's Steam store page. Rideshare "Stimulator" was announced in a trailer released on July 30 by Saber and developer Unigine. Today, August 11, former lead writer Stella Sacco reacted to the news on Bluesky, suggesting Saber has buried its AI use."I didn't even see this had been announc
  
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• Saber Interactive denies replacing former Rideshare Stimulator lead writer with ChatGPT, but does say the driving game uses AI out of "necessity" in an experimental mode

  11-08-2026 21:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: In a statement issued to GamesRadar+, Saber denies that any writer was replaced with AI on Rideshare "Stimulator" or "any other game."However, an "experimental," free-ride mode in the game does feature the use of some AI "as the number of passengers in the game is infinite."You can read the full statement below:"Neither Saber nor Unigine have replaced any writers with AI for Rideshare or any other game. In fact, Saber's staff of writers has tripled since 2023. Rideshare's story was writt
  
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• 15 years later, delisted Lord of the Rings action RPG resurfaces with a remastered version on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X, and PC

  11-08-2026 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  For years, it's been a real challenge getting your hands on the cult classic 2011 action RPG Lord of the Rings: War in the North, but today, Aspyr Media surprise-dropped a remaster of the game on PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and Steam.Lord of the Rings: War in the North, a hack-and-slash adaptation of the Tolkien novels and the Peter Jackson movies with its own original story by Snowblind Studios, first released back in 2011 for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Steam delisted the game
  
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• 10 years later, Sean Murray still plays the launch version of No Man's Sky, and he still likes it: "It does feel quite barebones in places, but I kind of enjoy that"

  11-08-2026 19:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hello Games boss Sean Murray has a soft spot for the day-one version of No Man's Sky, for all its faults and all the hard work associated with it. As the dramatically expanded space survival game turns 10 years old, he still occasionally plays that launch version himself.I spoke to Murray about the past 10 years of No Man's Sky, and I asked him how the game we have today compares to the original idea for what No Man's Sky would be. "It's interesting. You know, I sometimes see that in the communi
  
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• "Crimson Desert is not a one-off title": Pearl Abyss is open to "sequel titles," multiplayer expansions, and even more DLC

  11-08-2026 18:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss seems to be preparing itself for an extended crimson universe after the open-world everything game's irrefutable success – it made $200 million in only two weeks, so why shouldn't the developer want to replicate that achievement with a Crimson Desert sequel, or four? I'm sure this idea is especially tantalizing to Pearl Abyss now that Crimson Desert, which only launched in March, is already seeing its sales slow down according to a new Q2 2026 financial
  
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• This leaked Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 console better be real, because I'm already desperate to buy it

  11-08-2026 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  I already have a Switch 2. I do not need another Switch 2. But I've wanted another Switch 2 ever since the back-to-back releases of Pokopia and Tomodachi Life, when my partner had confiscated the household console for two months straight. I think I've been holding out admirably up to this point, but the apparent leak of a 40th anniversary Legend of Zelda-themed Switch 2 is seriously testing my resolve.Images of the box for the console appeared on ResetEra earlier today, though their exact proven
  
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• Pokemon-like DokeV is "targeting a launch in the second half of 2028," nearly 10 years after it was revealed by Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss

  11-08-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's taken a while - a long while - but DokeV, a Pokemon-like monster-collector from Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss, is eyed for release in the next couple of years. The company revealed the potential launch window in its latest earnings report, along with an upbeat report on how development is going."DokeV is progressing smoothly by leveraging the development assets and production experience accumulated from our previous projects," the studio says. "Having moved beyond the foundational syste
  
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• "Just pirate it": Roguelike dev would rather you download its games illegally than buy from Steam code resellers

  11-08-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although most everyone knows about official game retailers on PC like Steam and the like, there are some sketchy key shops out there where folks opt to purchase titles for "cheaper" – but, alas, they probably shouldn't.For one, it hurts independent studios and might contribute to unfair regional pricing – but, that's not all.
  Dicehit Games, the indie developer behind roguelike Runeveil and other fun little titles on Steam, explains as much in response to someone on X advising people
  
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• One of the first Animal Crossing speedrunners spent 4,300 hours catching shrimp in an MMO "just to see if I could," and he might even "do it again"

  11-08-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  A notorious MMO fisherman just finished a 4,300-hour grind that saw him spend over two years catching shrimp in Old School Runescape, and he says "I'd do it again."12 years ago, Animal Crossing speedrun pioneer and AGDQ cameo commentator Carter 'Bosby' Larson was trading world records with a player named Forstride on the game's "All Debts" leaderboard. To this day, Forstride ranks highly in many categories. But for the past two years and change, Bosby has been using one well-worn fishing net to
  
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