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Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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This month I've been: Inducting my daughter into a life of crime in Magical Princess, and constructing cozily cluttered dioramas in Shanty Town—two games I'm confident would also be fantastic on a handheld.

Christopher Nolan gave John Leguizamo a blunt warning before Odyssey started filming

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:20 +0000

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Published Jul 11, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

"He prepared me himself"

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Christopher Nolan keeps a tight inner circle. Michael Caine has appeared in eight of his films. Cillian Murphy played supporting roles in five Nolan flicks before finally getting the starring part in Oppenheimer. Christian Bale proved himself in The Prestige before donning the cape and cowl in the Dark Knight trilogy. In other words, once you're in with Christopher Nolan, you're typically in for life. But the Oscar-winning filmmaker isn't afraid to work with new talent, either.

Star Citizen's next update will switch focus to fixing its bug-riddled previous update, with bigger changes shunted to a later patch

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Star Citizen received a major update back in May, one which implemented a "full reset" of its sci-fi universe while also adding a bunch of new features. Unfortunately, Alpha 4.8 also added a lot of bugs to CIG's space MMO. So many, in fact, that the studio has been forced to change course on its next update, postponing plans for several new features and turning it into a gigantic bug-squashing exercise.

After 17 years, a developer has finally revived the dream of Hannah Montana Linux, an open source operating system themed around Hannah Montana

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:51:50 +0000

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First reported by Tom's Hardware, Linux-based gaming just got a massive shot in the arm thanks to developer Noah Cagle. That's right, baby: Hannah Montana Linux is back.

Ok, maybe less a "shot in the arm" and more a "completely neutral development"—more on that in a second—but HML is a fully fledged OS capable of doing all the OS-y things you could possibly want, and it won't take screenshots of your desktop or try to sell you a chatbot either. "If you want to," said Cagle in his video about the project, "you can use Hannah Montana Linux as your main day-to-day operating system."

'We're Seeing a Renewed Interest in More Tactile, More Real Forms of Storytelling' — The Odyssey Director Christopher Nolan on the 'Immediate and Harsh' Response to 'AI Slop'

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:51:09 +0000

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The Odyssey director Christopher Nolan has offered his thoughts on the "immediate and harsh" judgment of "AI slop" from younger audiences.

The filmmaker behind The Dark Knight trilogy and Oppenheimer opened up about the response to the controversial technology during an interview with The Telegraph. With just one week to go until his adaptation of the Greek epic comes to theaters, he spoke about how moviegoers have recently shown up for success stories like Backrooms and Obsession.

After 2 years, Marvel Rivals finally made one of its worst characters one of its best

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:30:19 +0000

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Published Jul 10, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT

And more accurate to her history

After 2 years, Marvel Rivals finally made Black Widow fun to play

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Marvel Rivals' Black Widow rework is here — finally. The erstwhile spy's been in an odd, controversial place since the hero shooter launched in December 2024, occupying a role that barely fit her background in Marvel comics and added little to the Rivals roster. However, season 9, which started on July 10 and added Jubilee to the mix, included a major rework for Black Widow, and she's a blast to play now.

Final Fantasy 14 fan need to mark these dates for major Evercold news and more

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:06:38 +0000

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Published Jul 10, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT

Square Enix has released the schedule for the upcoming FF14 event in Berlin

Final Fantasy 14 just revealed what to expect at July's Fan Fest

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With only a couple of weeks before Final Fantasy 14's Berlin Fan Fest, Square Enix is finally teasing what the community can expect at the event. The Fan Fest stage and stream schedule has been released, giving fans some insight into what will be announced in Berlin from July 25-26.

Steam makes 3 games 100% free to play until July 13 including one that's truly great

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:57:26 +0000

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Published Jul 10, 2026, 1:57 PM EDT

Is now the time you finally get into Ark?

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While Steam users are quite used to an ample supply of cheap and discounted games, as well as games that are completely free, Valve's storefront also offers games that are free for a limited time. This weekend, until July 13, three games are free to play on Steam, including the early-access dino-survival game Ark: Survival Ascended and one of the best city builders we've ever played.