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Mortal Shell 2 gets its first major update, adding in extra beacons, useful new items, and making riposte damage scaling actually work
Mortal Shell 2 has received its first substantial post-launch update just over a week after release, expanding its items and navigation options while addressing combat, performance and presentation issues. The changes matter particularly for players in New Game Plus and Night Mode, where revised riposte damage scaling should make encounters less punishing and more reliable.…
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Best Talents for all Specializations in Star Wars Zero Company
A Destructoid guide sets out recommended Talent choices for each Operator Specialization in Star Wars: Zero Company, an EA squad-based tactics game in which Talents form the core of the early-game Focus Tree. The author, nearing the end of the campaign, emphasises there is no single “best” Talent overall, as effectiveness depends on matching each…
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Acclaimed, Controversial Play ‘Downstate’ Gets Broadway Marquee; Scott Rudin Reportedly Producing With Joe Mantello Directing
A marquee at Broadway’s Booth Theatre indicates that Bruce Norris’s award-winning but controversial play Downstate may be heading to Broadway, directed by Joe Mantello and reportedly produced by Scott Rudin. The production has not yet been officially announced, but it would bring a critically acclaimed drama about people convicted of sex offences to a major…
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Royal Blood talk new album ‘Dead Company’ at Reading 2026: “It’s pretty relentless”
Royal Blood have discussed their forthcoming fifth album, ‘Dead Company’, after performing a secret set at Reading 2026. The duo said the record is designed to be intense and live-focused, reflecting their return to playing together after a two-year break. The album, previewed by single ‘Ten Over Ten’, is due on 13 November. Mike Kerr…
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Star Wars Zero Company Uses Anakin Skywalker for So Much More than a Cameo
Star Wars Zero Company uses Anakin Skywalker as more than a promotional cameo, giving him a required mid-game mission that demonstrates the difference between an experienced Jedi Knight and the player’s Padawan companion, Tel-Rea. The contrast reinforces the game’s character progression and avoids making Tel-Rea so powerful that she undermines its tactical challenge. After roughly…
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Startup bags $7M to build drone-interceptor-in-a-backpack systems
San Francisco-based defence startup Mara has raised $7 million to develop and commercialise Spike, a counter-drone system designed to intercept small first-person-view attack drones. The company says the portable and scalable system could help protect troops, vehicles and bases from the inexpensive explosive-carrying drones that have become a major source of battlefield casualties in Ukraine.…
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Inside ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Bun Fight: How Sky & Love Productions Came To Blows Over The UK’s Biggest Cooking Series
Sky and Love Productions are in a dispute over attempts to move The Great British Bake Off from Channel 4 to Sky, prompting former Love managing director Letty Kavanagh to bring legal claims for wrongful dismissal and unpaid severance. The row matters because Bake Off is a major free-to-air success and has become a test…
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Netherlands Rout Scotland as Duffer Brothers Name New President
The Dutch women take a 1–0 ODI series lead; Josh Stern joins Upside Down Pictures, while Joe Satriani recalls a dramatic festival exit.
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Pringles finally fixes age-old problem with its iconic potato chips… and customers are relieved
Pringles is launching Dippers, a new range of thicker, wavier crisps designed to hold dips without breaking. The US launch responds to long-running customer complaints that standard Pringles are too fragile for heavier dips, while preserving the brand’s recognisable curved shape. Dippers will be available nationwide in the US from September in Original, French Onion…