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Rumour suggests Intel is cooking up a 12 Xe desktop Nova Lake CPU

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Rumours continue to swirl around Intel's upcoming Nova Lake launch. The latest of these comes from noted leaker Jaykihn, who has hinted towards some exciting highlights among the desktop lineup. On X, the leaker wrote, "Nova Lake-H has a 12 Xe segment, and Nova Lake-S has a 12 Xe SKU. These are Xe3p."

Dragon Age ex-lead writer doesn't have high hopes for the franchise's future

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Published Jul 9, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT

At least not while it is still owned by Electronic Arts

Dragon Age ex-lead writer doesn't have high hopes for the franchise's future

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Echoes of Aincrad release date and launch times

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Bandai Namco's next anime action game is just on the horizon as it gears up for another Sword Art Online release, Echoes of Aincrad. It was one of the top played demos during Steam's most recent Next Fest, and that demo is available for those of you who can't stand to wait just a few more hours.

Sony Settles With Fired Marathon Game Director Who Sued PlayStation and Bungie for More Than $200 Million, Adds Name to Credits

Sony has reached a settlement with former developer Christopher Barrett, who it had accused of sexual misconduct. As a result of the settlement, Barrett will be added to the credits of recently released extraction shooter Marathon.

Obsidian is reportedly making a new Fallout game headed by Josh Sawyer after Microsoft pulled the plug on an Avowed sequel

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A Bloomberg report says Obsidian Entertainment, which was recently hit hard by mass layoffs at Xbox, has cancelled projects including a sequel to Avowed and will instead begin working on a new Fallout game.

Marvel Rivals' fans discover who's behind season 9's big murder mystery

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Published Jul 8, 2026, 3:09 PM EDT

The identity of Apocalypse's killer isn't all that mysterious after all

Marvel Rivals fans think they've already solved the game's god-killing murder mystery

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Pragmata god beats the game in 77 minutes with some wild game-breaking tricks

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Published Jul 8, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

Pragmata's Games Done Quick debut did not disappoint

Pragmata god beats the game in less than 80 minutes

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Stephen King's iconic take on zombies is finally free to stream — and it's wonderfully weird

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Published Jul 8, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

It's that perfect blend of corny and scary

This free-to-stream zombie horror classic is creepy, cheesy, and totally worth revisiting

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When I was a kid, Tim Curry’s Pennywise the Clown scared the Hell out of me. With that cackling, gravelly voice, that bizarre, bulbous head, and the way he would just appear out of nowhere, Pennywise gave me nightmares at an age where I was definitely too young to watch. But when I revisited the movie decades later, I realized that, while Curry’s performance was still terrifying, the 1990 ABC TV movie that contained it was kind of terrible. The acting was often hokey and melodramatic while the non-Pennywise scares were all very lame — not boring, just corny.

Netflix's best fighting anime has the worst fights and the most interesting character

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Published Jul 7, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT

The inclusion of Musashi Miyamoto pushed the over-the-top fighting series to new heights

Baki’s latest season delivers the show's most interesting character and its most disappointing fights

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Martial arts manga and anime have been in decline for the past 40 years, ever since Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama realized that the more energy beams and other supernatural feats one added to the template, the more people seemed to like it. While there have been “traditional” martial arts series that reached moderate levels of success (such as Holyland by Kouji Mori, the artist who took over Berserk after Kentaro Miura’s passing, or All Rounder Meguru by Hiroki Endo), they’re nowhere near as popular as supernatural battle series like Jujutsu Kaisen or Naruto.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners' Lucy finds herself in yet another crossover, this time in an upcoming Apex Legends event

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Apex Legends' Axle wearing a Cyberpunk Edgerunners Lucy skin.
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Crikey, they sure do love putting Miss Lucy Cyberpunk in other games, don't they? First Guilty Gear Strive, then Wuthering Waves, and now the Cyberpunk Edgerunners characters is finding a facsimile of her visage transposed onto another's body as a skin in Apex Legends. In fact, there's a whole Cyberpunk crossover coming, in a move from the battle royale that brings it closer and closer to Fortnite.