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• Ohio Taco Bell Workers Kill Armed Robber as Second Flees

  07-09-2017 19:36 via yahoo.com
  Three Cleveland Taco Bell employees opened fire on two armed robbers, killing one, according to police.
  
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• Steam Machine delays are getting me down, but Valve could be extremely cool and release its controller right now

  20-02-2026 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  I hate to admit it, but I'm bummed out about the Steam Machine situation. It's hardly the biggest issue with the gaming hardware scene as we try to weather RAMageddon, and I reckon the ravenous AI industry will cause more issues for us mere gamers this year. Nevertheless, I was bracing for the mini PC to change how we play in a similar manner to the Steam Deck, and at this stage, I'd even take getting my hands on Valve's new controller ahead of time.The real danger with not sharing a solid Steam
  
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• Highly anticipated Witch Hat Atelier anime adaptation unveils new trailer as fans give early praise: "The 'Anime of the Year' vibes here are strong"

  20-02-2026 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for the highly anticipated Witch Hat Atelier anime adaptation has dropped ahead of its spring release, with fans giving some high praise already. After the global success of fantasy titles like Frieren: Beyond the Journey's End and Delicious in Dungeon, this is set to be another huge release for the genre.Based on Kamome Shirahama's manga series, Witch Hat Atelier follows a young aspiring witch who, despite being born without powers, finds a way to use magic after an encounter with
  
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• Tell Heisenberg I want him to know it was me: Breaking Bad masterpiece Ozymandias loses 10/10 IMDb score – thanks to salty Game of Thrones fans

  20-02-2026 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Breaking Bad masterpiece Ozymandias has lost its perfect 10/10 IMDb score after a bizarre review bombing war with A Knight of the Seven Kingdom fansWith A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' fifth episode, titled 'In the Name of the Mother', quickly rising up the IMDb rankings with a 9.9 score upon release, Breaking Bad fans took it upon themselves to make sure no one would dethrone the AMC crime series by slapping the Game of Thrones spin-off with multiple one-star scores.In return, A Knight of the S
  
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• With almost 13 million viewers per episode, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is on track to be HBO Max's third-biggest TV debut ever

  20-02-2026 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is drawing in big numbers for HBO Max.The Game of Thrones spin-off is on track to become the third-biggest series debut in the history of HBO Max, behind video game adaptation The Last of Us and fellow Westeros-set spin-off House of the Dragon.The show has been clocking in at an average of 13 million viewers per episode in the US across its run, and the season finale still has yet to air. Last week's episode 5, 'In the Name of the Mother,' brought in 9.2 million US
  
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• "Several" Assassin's Creed single-player and multiplayer games to come, Ubisoft promises, plus more Far Cry amid further "restructuring across the company"

  20-02-2026 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Surrounded by the ruins of its studio closures and game cancellations, Ubisoft does not appear to be doing well. So it's time to start pumping out Assassin's Creed games.Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot discusses Ubisoft's plan to become more reliable in a new interview with Variety – not long after union leaders have demanded he stop "screwing everything up." The way through it, Guillemot seems to have decided, is with more Assassin's Creed.The executive says, "Under the 'Assassin's Creed' bran
  
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• "Please don't," says a teary-eyed Capcom as Resident Evil Requiem spoilers breach containment: "Our legal department will continue to issue takedowns"

  20-02-2026 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this week, pre-release copies of Resident Evil Requiem made it into players' hands and spoilers began to leak out. Now, those leaks have become a flood, with full-game spoilers breaking down every element of the story and gameplay from beginning to end. The situation has gotten bad enough that Capcom has issued a statement, promising that its lawyers are on the case as the publisher begs players to stop sharing spoilers."Please don't post or share pre-release leaks and spoilers for Resid
  
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• Pokemon lead gets "nostalgic" about FireRed and LeafGreen, remembers being "absolutely thrilled" by its advancements in wireless multiplayer: "Now that's the power of science!"

  20-02-2026 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon senior director and producer, Shigeru Ohmori, praises the series' switch from link cable to wireless communication when reminiscing on his time at Game Freak following the announcement that Kanto remakes, FireRed and LeafGreen, will be launching on Nintendo Switch next week.February 27 is better known as Pokemon Day to fans of the ball-bound beasts, when, in what has become a yearly tradition, a Pokemon Presents stream is held with the biggest series news for the upcoming year or so. Poc
  
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  Some seemingly unearthed God of War Ragnarok dialogue has fans speculating over the next game in the franchise as it appears to hint at the rumored Egyptian setting.Potential spoilers for God of War Ragnarok and the future of the series to followOver on the God of War Ragnarok subreddit, a user known as TheMorse_ has posted that they have found hidden content in the files of God of War Ragnarok. In this file, they claim there's unused dialogue from the ending of the 2022 release that sets up fut
  

• Arc Raiders fans suspect the new Arc from the roadmap is hiding in plain sight in the Shrouded Sky teaser: "If it’s a Boston Dynamics dog Arc then I’m soooo stoked!"

  20-02-2026 16:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a "new Arc threat" due this month, according to the Arc Raiders roadmap, and players believe we've already had our first glimpse of it. A teaser for the Shrouded Sky update, arriving in just a few days, was posted yesterday and there's something suspicious lurking in the background.At the nine-second mark of the video, below, you can see a light hidden behind some grass and a broken-down car. Changing from yellow to red, the incandescent oddity moves around, as if like a small robotic cr
  
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• Scream 7 star Neve Campbell says the sequel is a "full circle" moment for Sidney, who is protecting her daughter 30 years after the killer murdered her mother

  20-02-2026 16:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  In an ironic turn of events, Scream 7 will see Sidney Prescott face up to Ghostface alongside her daughter, 30 years after losing her own mother to the killer, something that star Neve Campbell says is somewhat healing for the final girl."It's a whole full circle story for Sidney," says Campbell to GamesRadar+. "She's made the very brave choice to have children herself… She wants to live in this small town, have a family, and overcome her past. And of course, she's got great fear that tha
  
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• Daniel Radcliffe was once pitched a Wizard of Oz remake alongside his Harry Potter co-stars – playing a karate-kicking Cowardly Lion

  20-02-2026 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remakes have always been the go-to Hollywood Big Idea for decades.Some, Dune and Ocean's Eleven among them, go one better than the original. Others, like this bizarre Wizard of Oz pitch, are mercifully left in the backlot of a nameless executive's mind."One of the worst ideas I've ever heard, during [Harry Potter], wanted to cast me, Emma [Watson] and Rupert [Grint] in a remake of Wizard of Oz where Emma was Dorothy. I just remember that I was going to be the lion, but he also knows karate. I wa
  
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• Blizzard tightens its grip on Overwatch's revived fanbase, slips more lootboxes and bonus XP into players' hands as a thanks "for a warm reception to Season 1"

  20-02-2026 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  With all the energy of a grandma forcefully stuffing a tenner into your pocket, Blizzard Entertainment is slipping more freebies into the hands of Overwatch players because, like grandma, the company's just happy that you're here again."Guess our weekend plans are officially booked now," today's tweet from the Overwatch account reads, alongside the announcement that players will be receiving five free lootboxes and double XP on all matches for this entire weekend - February 20 to February 23 - "
  
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• Stop Killing Games optimism is at an all-time high as 2 official organizations are established to take part in "long-term counter lobbying": "We're going to win this"

  20-02-2026 16:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stop Killing Games advocate Ross Scott has released a new video where he announces that the movement has established two NGOs in both Europe and the US to take part in "long-term counter lobbying" and "watchdog actions."Posting on the Accursed Farms YouTube channel, Scott updates the campaign's numerous supporters on the most recent progress Stop Killing Games has made. In particular, campaigners have set up two NGOs – one in Europe and one in the US – which are non-governmental orga
  
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• Barbarian star's new slasher horror called "abysmally dull" and "a nothing burger of a movie" in scathing first reviews

  20-02-2026 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Planning on rocking up to the theater to watch Psycho Killer this weekend? Might be a better idea to run, run, run, run, run, run, run away, if the horror movie's first reviews are anything to go by...Directed by Gavin Polone and written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Seven, Sleepy Hollow), the film follows Georgina Campbell's Jane, a highway patrol officer who takes it upon herself to hunt down the man who brutally murdered her husband. Turns out, it wasn't just a one-off attack, though, and Jane soon
  
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• In a RAM-pocalypse world, even external HDDs aren't safe

  20-02-2026 14:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  While gaming SSDs have been getting steadily more extortionate as the months go on, I've been blathering on about the best external hard drives and internal HDDs as a cheaper alternative to grab more storage. Yet, it appears that even those won't be safe from inflated prices for long.Western Digital has revealed it's already allocated its HDD supply for 2026, during the company's latest earnings call. The storage brand has even been receiving orders for 2027 and 2028, even though we're only at t
  
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• These five essential board games always cheer me up on a dull, rainy weekend

  20-02-2026 14:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's that horrible time of year where things are glum 'n gray with spring just out of reach, so there's nothing for it but waiting out the weather with a good board game. If you want to add a little coziness to a dreary weekend, I've got some recommendations that will do the trick.Besides writing about the best board games for a living with news, reviews, and guides, I also spend much of my free time playing them. This has given me a collection that makes my house feel like an impromptu board ga
  
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• These five board games always cheer me up on a dull, rainy weekend, and you need to check them out

  20-02-2026 14:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's that horrible time of year where things are glum 'n gray with spring just out of reach, so there's nothing for it but waiting out the weather with a good board game. If you want to add a little coziness to a dreary weekend, I've got some recommendations that will do the trick.Besides writing about the best board games for a living with news, reviews, and guides, I also spend much of my free time playing them. This has given me a collection that makes my house feel like an impromptu board ga
  
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• Starfield seamless space travel hopium is at a new high as Bethesda boss Todd Howard teases "using outer space and things in ways that we haven't" in future updates

  20-02-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Bethesda Game Studios promised improvements to space travel in Starfield late last year, the seamless experience that fans have yearned for since the space game's 2023 launch hasn't quite made its way over yet… but hope for it isn't dead.In fact, it's once again been sparked in many a hopeful player's heart thanks to a recent chat between Todd Howard and Kinda Funny, in which the Bethesda boss sets expectations of what fans can anticipate to see come to Starfield. "It's updates a
  
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• The Pocket Super Knob 5000 sounds rude, but I promise it's a new gaming handheld

  20-02-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yes, the Pocket Super Knob 5000 is a real handheld by Android console maker GameMT. No, I still can't stop laughing like Bevis and Butthead, but I do want to highlight some of the portable's unique features if I can pull myself together for a few minutes.Okay, let's dive into what the Pocket Super Knob wants to bring to the best gaming handheld scene. Highlighted by Retrohandhelds in a far more mature fashion, the Android portable arrives this April with a 5-inch 1080p display, MediaTek Helio G8
  
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• "Razer's most ambitious keyboard to date" costs how much? This super limited drop would bankrupt me if I let it

  20-02-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Razer's running another of its super limited hardware drops in just two days time, and this time it's the Huntsman keyboard getting the premium treatment. The Razer Huntsman Signature Edition has been CNC milled from 6063 anodized aluminum and polished off with PVD finishing. Throw in the brand's analog switches, a set of PBT keycaps, and sound dampening internals, slap a serialized stamp on the side and you've got yourself a Signature Edition. Oh yeah, it also costs $499.99 / £499.99.Raze
  
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• Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are skipping Switch Online because Nintendo "thought it would be fun," but the steep price has fans divided: "$20 is ABSOLUTELY disgusting for GBA ports"

  20-02-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans are split on Nintendo releasing Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen on Switch as standalone titles with a $20 price point, but Nintendo just says it's having fun.Earlier today it was revealed that the Nintendo Switch will finally be getting mainline retro Pokemon games on the system after years of fan requests for them to appear on Nintendo Switch Online. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are arriving next week on Pokemon Day, allowing people to relive the first games in the series via their 2004 rem
  
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• Scream 3 star hints at how his dead villain might return in Scream 7: "There's a legit reason behind his appearance"

  20-02-2026 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scream 3 star Scott Foley has dropped some hints about his character's return in upcoming sequel Scream 7 – and I think it seems likely that we'll see him in a flashback.In 2000's Scream 3, Foley played Roman Bridger, the director of in-universe slasher movie Stab 3, which is based on the Woodsboro murders from the previous Scream films. After the masked killer starts taking down Stab 3's cast and crew, Roman is revealed to be Ghostface and Sidney Prescott kills him at the end of the film.
  
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• It: Chapter Two star reteaming with his Barry collaborator for new original horror about a divorced dad

  20-02-2026 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bill Hader is set to write, direct and star in upcoming horror movie They Know, which marks Hader's return to the horror genre seven years after the release of It: Chapter Two. It's also his directorial debut in a feature film after directing some Barry episodes in the past.Per Deadline, They Know centers on a divorced dad (Hader) who grows suspicious that his ex-wife is secretly dating a mysterious man who is having a strange influence on their children. The story is based on an original story
  
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• Nier Automata "to be continued," Square Enix says, giving stunned fans some hope as the Yoko Taro-led JRPG flies past 10 million copies sold

  20-02-2026 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost a decade after Nier Automata's slick action and existential pondering, Square Enix has finally given fans the teaser they've been waiting for.The publisher today released a celebratory trailer looking back at nearly 10 years of the beloved JRPG, while flicking through everything from iconic in-game moments to the Nier Orchestral Concert and even the countless times protag 2B has crossed over into other games.Square Enix then closed out the trailer with the announcement that the robot-bash
  
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• Pixar confirms which actors have taken over the voice of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 5 after original stars passed

  20-02-2026 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pixar has confirmed which actors are taking over the roles of fan-favorite Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 5 after original stars Don Rickles and Estelle Harris passed away.In the description below the new Toy Story 5 trailer on YouTube, the studio included that Looney Tunes voice actor Jeff Bergman has taken over the role of Mr. Potato Head in the upcoming movie, and Batman animated series star Anna Vocino will voice Mrs. Potato Head.Rickles voiced Mr. Potato Head since the very first mov
  
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• Pokemon acquires US trading card game distributor, so our stock woes could be about to change

  20-02-2026 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon has announced that it will acquire major US trading card game distributor Excell Brands.Although the two companies have worked together for a long time, The Pokemon Company president Kenji Okubo says that this decision "reflects our long-term commitment to supporting the Pokemon community and the broader trading card ecosystem." The press release adds that the acquisition will help meet what it calls "increasing expectations" surrounding order fulfillment and the overall customer experie
  
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• Netflix and Take-Two are "very anxious" for the BioShock movie to coincide with the release of "potential new incarnations of the game"

  20-02-2026 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  BioShock movie producer Roy Lee has given a significant, promising update on the long-gestating Netflix adaptation.Francis Lawrence is the latest name attached to direct the BioShock movie, and Lee confirmed to Collider that a handful of other projects have led to the Rapture-set feature being pushed back."We would have gotten it made a few years back, but then other movies got in the way, with one being The Long Walk and the other being The Hunger Games prequel, which comes out this December,"
  
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• Arc Raiders lead dispels conspiracy theory that the robots are somehow learning how to kill us better: "That's just us in the way we author them"

  20-02-2026 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since Arc Raiders launched in late October 2025, there's been a growing belief the eponymous drones are actively learning about how players work. Anecdotes have been bandied around of them seemingly becoming smarter about their targeting and movement. Well, sorry to break this to you, but that's just how they've been designed.Virgil Watkins, design director on Arc Raiders, explains this to PC Gamer in a new interview. "That's just us in the way we author them," he says. "The machine learning is
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem's 'Terrifying Nightmare Set' sells out in under 5 hours and includes every gamer's biggest fear: exercise equipment

  20-02-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem looks truly terrifying, and in an effort to amp up the scares even further, Capcom's bundled the hotly-awaited sequel with every gamer's worst nightmare: exercise equipment.More specifically, Capcom partnered with e-commerce company Yume Group for a series of unmissable commercials and the 'Terrifying Nightmare Set,' the aforementioned bundle that comes with a physical copy of Resident Evil Requiem and - brace for impact - an at-home pull-up bar.As reported on by Automaton,
  
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