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• U.S. Justice Ginsburg, 85, has malignant nodules removed from lung

  21-12-2018 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday underwent surgery in New York to remove two cancerous nodules in her left lung, the latest serious health issue experienced by the 85-year-old liberal jurist, a court spokeswoman said.Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Ginsburg, who previously bounced back from bouts with colon and pancreatic cancer, underwent a procedure called a pulmonary lobectomy on Friday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
  
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• Magic the Gathering community stunned as Path of Exile co-creator shows one of the biggest collections in the world, including 14 Black Lotuses, years after selling his cards to "fund the company"

  08-07-2026 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Grinding Gear Games co-founder and Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson previously sold parts of his Magic The Gathering card collection "to fund the company" during PoE's development, but has since amassed one of the biggest and most valuable Magic collections the world has ever seen, as he demonstrates in a new video. Wilson could – but in this video, does not – claim to have one of the top 10 or even top five biggest Magic collections known to exist. Showing off "My Oldest
  
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• Mortal Kombat 2 director says working closely with video game co-creator Ed Boon made the creative process this time around "a lot easier, more satisfying"

  08-07-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 2 director Simon McQuoid says working closely with NetherRealm and franchise co-creator Ed Boon made for a much better production process this time around."Ed was part of this, the second film, from the get-go, and it actually made the creative process a lot easier and more satisfying," McQuoid tells GamesRadar+. "And the more I got to know Ed, it just became more fun. He's such a lovely guy, and he's just a good guy to hang with. And we had these really good creative conversations
  
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• Terrible GTA Trilogy remasters were actually enjoyed by "a lot of people," says studio boss who "agreed with most of the people's reactions"

  08-07-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost impressive that in 2021, 17 years after Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas came out, new remasters of that, GTA 3, and Vice City proved to be perhaps the worst way to enjoy the landmark releases. Seriously, you'd be better off sourcing original hardware than playing Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Despite the complaints, most people who booted the collection up had a good time, according to one of the lead developers.The company behind The Definitive Edition was Gr
  
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• Blizzard knows World of Warcraft's removal of raid add-ons is "controversial," but the MMO's lead says its new UI "has been successful so far"

  08-07-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard made waves in the World of Warcraft community after deciding to remove combat mods alongside the release of new expansion Midnight, but director Ion Hazzikostas remains certain that it was the right decision.Speaking in a new interview with PCGamesN, Hazzikostas first reiterates that raid mechanics were never developed "with the intent that add-ons would be used to solve them." It's an issue that Final Fantasy 14 players will understand well, too – although Blizzard only recently
  
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• Persona 4 Revival changes some of Yosuke's controversial scenes: "We wanted to lighten that up and make it a little bit more fitting for the world we live in now"

  08-07-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Persona 4 Revival producer Kazuhisa Wada has revealed that Yosuke will be subject to changes to make him a "bit more fitting for the world we live in now."Speaking to Anime Corner, Wada explains that the team hasn't made many changes "about the story," how characters think, "or how they act or anything" in Persona 4 Revival, but that the changes are "mostly with Yosuke." He adds that Yosuke is "a little bit insensitive in terms of how he treats outsiders sometimes. So we wanted to lighten that u
  
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• The rarest items in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 include an extremely French weapon that only 6% of players found, data from over 4,000 completionists show

  08-07-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is catnip for completionists. There's just so much to see and do, so you can sink into the RPG for hours upon hours. Now that the game's over a year old, the curators of a digital checklist for everything you can find have revealed the five most overlooked items.The site Game Checklists has a complete rundown of all the equipment, loot, and rewards to be gotten in your quest to save Lumière. In case you're wondering, there are 1,161 items in total,
  
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• ASRock showed off a Taichi 10th Anniversary RX 9070 XT graphics card and components that it apparently isn't planning on actually releasing, and that's just plain weird

  08-07-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  It feels like the PC gaming hardware scene just keeps getting weirder. I mean, I'm not exactly sure why a brand like ASRock would show off a bunch of Taichi 10th Anniversary components, including an RX 9070 XT graphics card, only to reveal that it's not planning on releasing them. What?Don't get me wrong, I get the idea of making conceptual designs to celebrate events. However, revealing an ASRock Taichi 10th Anniversary line-up of gaming PC components that look like perfectly reasonable designs
  
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• In the ashes of Destiny 2, furious developer creates playable Pete Parsons-themed parody raid where the former Bungie CEO attacks "the entire playerbase" with cars

  08-07-2026 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Destiny 2 player, an apparent game developer, has made their own raid to throw one last tomato at former Bungie CEO Pete Parsons, who departed the struggling company amid controversy over the small fortune he'd seemingly recently spent on exotic cars. Satire Twitter account Pete Carsons, whose operator is currently unclear, proudly revealed "The Vault of Cars" this week – a fully playable, in-browser Destiny raid which parodies the Vault of Glass and features Parsons, reborn as a Tanik
  
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• Chilling Michael Myers action figure revealed for Halloween: The Game Limited Collectors Edition, and it's made by horror legends

  08-07-2026 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Halloween: The Game just revealed a special Limited Collector's Edition with an exclusive, and chilling, Michael Myers action figure by Trick or Treat Studios.This special edition is crammed with goodies like a trick or treat bag of candy. Aside from the game itself, it features in-game skins and cosmetics, an exclusive poster, lenticular art, and "more surprises" still to come. However, all eyes are likely to be on the exclusive Scream Great Shape Jump Michael Myers 8-inch variant action figure
  
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• Rather than rip and tear id Software apart, Xbox should have put the FPS pioneers on Gears of War

  08-07-2026 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox is in the midst of an aggressive recalibration. CEO Asha Sharma is pursuing a "reset" of the content portfolio. Compulsion Games and Double Fine have regained their independence, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have been sold; thousands of jobs have been cut across Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios. We're still getting a grasp on how severely individual studios are impacted, although some appear significant. Reportedly, id Software has lost 50% of its staff. It's a shocking
  
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• A current Valve designer recreated Half-Life 2's Ravenholm in the Source 2 engine, and says he was "blown away at how powerful these tools are"

  08-07-2026 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before taking on the role of level designer at Valve, game developer Chuck Wilson toyed with recreating Half-Life 2 levels in Source 2.In case you're out of the loop, Source 2 is Valve's most recent iteration of its in-house engine, powering games like Counter-Strike 2, Deadlock, and Half-Life: Alyx. Older titles from the studio, like the ever-beloved Half-Life 2, used Source – and before that, the GoldSrc engine.
  As for Wilson himself, his portfolio includes stints at Sucker Punch Product
  
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• Nintendo finally adds the first Wario Land to Switch Online, with almost every other game in the series already available

  08-07-2026 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has finally added Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 to Nintendo Switch Online, and it only took three years. Nintendo Switch Online's Nintendo Classics lineups are weird. The release schedules are strange; sometimes absolutely essential titles don't appear while the weirdest games possible show up – N64 still doesn't have Super Smash Bros, but we do have Iggy's Reckin' Balls. However, the absolute weirdest of those is the Game Boy, which got licensed titles like the licensed game of
  
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• Palworld price won't increase as update 1.0 takes it out of early access, Pocketpair says it's "a small way of saying thank you" after unbelievable success

  08-07-2026 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The price of Palworld will stay at $29.99 even after the apparently massive 1.0 update finally brings Pocketpair's survival game out of early access after more than two years.Pocketpair announced this slight change of plans today, ahead of the 1.0 launch on Friday, July 10. "After much thought, we have decided not to raise the price of Palworld following the 1.0 release and will keep it at $29.99," the studio begins. "We are incredibly proud of how far Palworld has come. Thanks to the amazing su
  
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• 4 years ago, the MCU debuted one of its most random post-credit cameos, and we still don't know if we'll ever see them again

  08-07-2026 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  4 years ago, the MCU dropped one of its wildest post-credit cameos ever – and, nearly half a decade later, we're still waiting for the payoff. Thor: Love and Thunder arrived on July 8, 2022, and, in the post-credits, the son of Russell Crowe's Zeus, Hercules, was introduced. He was played by Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein, and he was tasked with hunting down Thor. That sounds like a great hook for a sequel, right? Well, apparently not, because Goldstein's Hercules hasn't been seen again si
  
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• Crimson Desert on Switch 2 "is not just a simple port," Pearl Abyss CEO says, but devs want the open-world game on "as many platforms as possible"

  08-07-2026 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Given it's easily one of the biggest games of the year, you would imagine Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss is keen to get the fantasy adventure on as many platforms as possible. You'd be right, because there are plans for a Switch 2 version, though when we might see it is another question entirely.The subject came up during a shareholders' meeting (thanks, Inven Global), where Pearl Abyss CEO Heo Jin-young made his desires clear by saying the company wants Kliff's quest to be on "as many pla
  
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• I used Nintendo's official Star Fox mousepad, but I wish I saved my Platinum Points instead

  08-07-2026 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The official Star Fox Mousepad felt like a no-brainer purchase. I've loved barrel-rolling my way through the new game on the Switch 2, and wanted to try out the mouse controls on something other than my sofa cushion. Better yet, it wasn't even technically 'purchased' in the traditional sense like the best Nintendo Switch 2 accessories often are, as I only had to spare 500 of my precious Platinum Points to make it mine.And yet, I wish I had saved up my points for something else, as this is one ch
  
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• After 37 years at Microsoft, veteran who led Xbox Backward Compatibility program has been laid off: "I look forward to watching how Xbox evolves going forward"

  08-07-2026 15:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox's latest wave of mass layoffs has been far-reaching across the company and has even impacted one 37-year Microsoft veteran who served as lead of the Xbox Backward Compatibility program for Xbox 360 games on Xbox One.Kevin LaChappelle, who joined Microsoft in August 1989 and most recently (in 2023) became vice president of Xbox platform, has taken to LinkedIn to confirm that he was part of the 1,600 roles eliminated this week (itself only half of the planned total of 3,200 layoffs that'll be
  
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• Switch 1 isn't dead yet – Nintendo will "continue selling" its console worldwide in 2027, just not in Europe after February

  08-07-2026 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  A couple of days ago, Nintendo unveiled its plan to phase out the original Switch in Europe next year – a plan that thankfully apparently does not, in fact, apply to other regions.Nintendo confirms as much in a new statement to IGN, which asked the company whether or not its announcement regarding a withdrawal from the EU will affect the availability of the OG Switch elsewhere globally.
  "We plan to continue selling Nintendo Switch outside of regions where Nintendo of Europe conducts busine
  
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• Doom: The Dark Ages DLC lands to rave Steam reviews as id Software reportedly faces losing half its staff: "It may very well be the last piece of good Doom content that we ever get"

  08-07-2026 15:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Doom: The Dark Ages DLC is being received well on Steam as it releases on the same week Microsoft reportedly laid off around half of the staff at developer id Software.Doom: The Dark Ages wasn't the most well received game in the series, as its pivot to a slower, more deliberate style of gameplay put off some players that were accustomed to how fast Doom Eternal was (myself included). id Software clearly took this on board as the first look at Doom: The Dark Ages' first big expansion, Re
  
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• No, you can't build your own Steam Machine, but you can cry trying

  08-07-2026 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The internet at large seems to think you can build your own Steam Machine. I hate to burst your budget PC bubble, but that's not actually true, and any attempts to do so will simply result in you assembling a rig that's substantially larger, not quite as sleek, and more like a traditional desktop than a console rival. All the build-your-own Steam Machine conversations are part of an annoying tradition within the gaming PC scene. The arrival of a new console normally kicks off a ritual that promp
  
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• Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis is shutting down after 3 years, as Square Enix twists the knife for fans of a lost 2004 spin-off that's only just making a comeback in the RPG

  08-07-2026 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  You may or may not be aware that we got a new Final Fantasy 7 spin-off a few years ago. Yes, in addition to Rebirth and Remake. It's called Ever Crisis, and it's a gacha game retelling the whole franchise from the ground up, and if you haven't looked into it yet, you only have a limited window since it's now being shut down.Square Enix has announced that Ever Crisis will cease operations on October 6, 2026, implying that maintaining the game has become untenable for one reason or another. "Since
  
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• Mario Kart Tour is shutting down after 7 years, but Nintendo isn't planning on an Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp-style offline version

  08-07-2026 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Less than seven years since launch, Nintendo has announced that its free-to-play Mario Kart game, Mario Kart Tour, is shutting down, with no offline equivalent to keep it playable once its servers go down.Specifically, Mario Kart Tour will be unplayable from September 29, 2026, at 11pm PT – equivalent to September 30 at 2am ET or 7am BST. "We sincerely thank the many players who have loved and supported the game since service began so long ago," Nintendo says in its shutdown notice.With th
  
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• Disney's live-action Moana gets damning first reactions calling it one of the "ugliest movies" of the year

  08-07-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reactions are in for Moana, Disney's latest live-action remake, and they are not kind. The film stars Dwayne Johnson as Maui, reprising his role from the original animated film, with Catherine Laga'aia stepping up as Moana herself. "A shot-for-shot, line-by-line remake without a single original idea. A creatively bankrupt cash grab with ZERO interesting direction. They don't innovate; they imitate," says entertainment journalist Jonathan Sim. "Why watch this when Moana (2016) is on Disney+?! A s
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Metacritic score falls short of the original, despite being the fourth highest rated game in the series

  08-07-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's Metacritic score makes it the fourth-highest-rated game in the Ubisoft series, but it hasn't outdone the original. Over on Metacritic, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced currently sits at a score of 84 on PS5, based on 71 critic reviews. This score puts it in a comfy spot among the top 5 games in the series, ahead of Assassin's Creed 3's 84 and behind the beloved Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood, and original Black Flag, which have scores of 90, 89, and 88
  
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• Leaked Avatar Aang movie was "just one of a whole slate" and the next project will be announced "when the time's right"

  08-07-2026 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko has revealed that more top-secret projects from the animated franchise are on the way – if the appetite is there from fans."The [Avatar] Aang movie was just one of a whole slate," Konietzko told Entertainment Weekly. "I'm working on another thing, which we'll announce when the time's right."Right now, Avatar is in a precarious position. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender suffered an unprecedented leak earlier this year, with the entirety o
  
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• Subnautica 2 update finally lets players fight the fish, but you won't be able to kill them as Unknown Worlds sticks to a key principle of the survival game

  08-07-2026 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Subnautica 2's developers have detailed the Early Access 1.1 update, and while you still can't kill the fish, you'll be able to have a scrap with them. Outside of that big old legal drama, the biggest drama out of Subnautica 2 since its launch has been the fish-killing saga. The game is filled with terrifying underwater beasts, so naturally, some players really want to start blasting. These requests inspired a response from the devs, with one saying, "We aren't a killing game. Go play Sons of th
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "is on track to be a much-needed hit for Ubisoft," says analyst, selling 5 times the Steam copies Assassin's Creed Shadows did pre-release

  08-07-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced finally arrives tomorrow, and according to analysts, it might just be the win that Ubisoft needs after the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake cancellation earlier this year.There's no doubt that the Black Flag remake has garnered quite some hype from longtime Assassin's Creed fans, boasting everything from revamped visuals to entirely new areas to explore – and according to Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, it may just turn
  
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• After Sony announces its sunsetting PlayStation discs, Hideo Kojima shares a warning about physical media: "What is happening to video games in 2028 might also happen to movies"

  08-07-2026 11:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  After the news that Sony will be sunsetting PlayStation discs, Hideo Kojima has spoken out on the importance of physical media. "Since production is ending in 2028, this is about video games, but I grew up with physical media, so I find it really sad," Kojima said at the Il Cinema in Piazza film festival (translated via Genki_JPN). "Currently, I've been buying up a lot of Blu-rays, such as various movies, and CDs too. "The situation is different for games, as they are downloaded to the hard driv
  
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• Over 2 years since launch, Palworld hits 40 million players right before its 1.0 release, and now has over 8 million more players than Pokemon Red, Blue, and Green

  08-07-2026 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two and a half years since its Early Access launch, Palworld has passed a monumental 40 million players right before its 1.0 release – a number so impressive that it further widens the gap between it and the most popular Pokemon games in history, according to data. Pocketpair has celebrated its latest milestone on social media, thanking players for their "incredible support" since launch. The hit survival game earned an enormous fanbase immediately after its release, quickly smashing Steam
  
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