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Two years after its rocky launch, Civilization 7’s first paid expansion Earthrise is on its way – but first comes the atomic age

Starting with the free Arc of Tomorrow update, it finally drags Civ 7’s current end-game into more contemporary times. It introduces a new age, the Atomic Age, extending the current playable timeline from the 1950s into the near future, and adds period-specific gameplay, alongside new buildings, units, visuals, and more. As with other Ages, it’ll […]

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Final Fantasy Resonance modders have already reinstated the original mobile game’s biggest icon, Ariana Grande

For those not in the know, Final Fantasy Resonance is an almost unrecognisable reconstruction of the now-shuttered mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. It’s not exactly a port or a remake, but it’s using the original game’s story as a jumping off point. And one of Final Fantasy Resonance’s most unique ideas comes from Visions,

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Forza Horizon 6 has not been delayed on PS5, developer confirms – but still won’t say when it’s coming out

“If you’re planning your trip to Discover Japan on PlayStation 5, stay tuned! Forza Horizon 6 will be releasing on PS5 later this year, and you can add the game to your wishlist on the PlayStation Store to be notified of availability,” reads a paragraph tucked away near the end of the post. This was

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Street Fighter 6 gets a new gameplay trailer for Arjun, a new Indian brawler with a love for Bollywood

This trailer, which you can watch below, follows the norm established by prior SF6 trailers by going through each of his normal and special moves, before delving into fancy looking combos and supers. Aside from being a bulky brawler, Arjun has power over both wind and earth, using both elements to his advantage. He also

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Valve has reportedly made £11bn from Steam already in 2026, and biggest earning new arrival is Forza Horizon 6

So what was Steam’s biggest revenue-generating new game release? That would be Forza Horizon 6, based on new Alinea Analytics data. The firm’s analysis shows the open-world racing game has generated an estimated $210.5m (~£155.74m) in revenue for Valve. Horizon 6 is followed closely by another major 2026 hit, Crimson Desert, itself having brought Valve

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CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom

Retro tech is making a comeback, and this week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) put hard numbers to that trend in terms of music consumption habits. Surprisingly, the organization reported that CDs — yes, the shiny, round things that Spotify supposedly killed — are growing once again. According to the RIAA’s new report,

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Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown

The smart ring market is getting crowded, and Oura isn’t waiting around to see what happens next: it officially filed to go public on September 3. The company is killing it right now. The Finnish outfit’s revenue nearly doubled to $1.21 billion for the nine months ended June 30. Oura said it sold 3.6 million

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Hackers exploit new MikroTik RouterOS flaws to hijack routers

Hackers are exploiting a chain of two recently disclosed vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers to take control of devices with SSH services exposed to the internet. One of the security issues, tracked as CVE-2026-67276, is an SSH authentication bypass flaw in MikroTik RouterOS caused by incomplete validation of RSA public keys. An attacker who knows a

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Playing Mass Effect spiritual successor Exodus was the best kind of surprise

After 45 minutes hands-on time and a lengthy chat with the developer, the sci-fi RPG seems more promising than ever. Exodus, for a quick story refresher, takes place around 40,000 years from now, focusing on protagonist Jun Aslan – a sort of evolutionary bridge between humans and an advanced, genetically engineered form of humans known

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DLSS 5 is called ‘DLSS Neural Rendering’ in the NBA 2K27 graphics options, and I think I smell a rebrand of Nvidia’s controversial graphics tech

If you happen to pick up a copy of NBA 2K27, in your eagerness to try out the first official implementation of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 AI image tech, you won’t find it labelled as such in the settings menu. Instead, it appears as a simple on/off toggle under the label “DLSS Neural Rendering.” And while

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