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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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Zac Taylor faces make-or-break season as Bengals rebuild defense around Joe Burrow’s Super Bowl window
The Cincinnati Bengals enter the season under significant pressure after a 6–11 campaign left them bottom of the AFC North, with injuries to Joe Burrow and a weak defence undermining their playoff hopes. Head coach Zac Taylor’s position is under scrutiny, and the team’s prospects may depend on whether its rebuilt defence can support Burrow…
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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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Australia usually hosts the world’s biggest cuttlefish mating event – not this year
Australia’s annual giant cuttlefish breeding aggregation on South Australia’s Cuttlefish Coast has fallen to its lowest recorded level, raising fears of a severe decline in the species. Officials estimate that only 1,811 animals arrived this winter, compared with 63,000 last year, and conservationists are calling for the cuttlefish to be listed as endangered. The decline…
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Nevada may regulate Kalshi prediction markets, appeals court rules
A US appeals court has allowed Nevada to regulate Kalshi, rejecting the prediction-market operator’s effort to prevent state oversight. The decision intensifies a wider dispute over whether platforms offering event-based contracts, including sports-related markets, should be treated as gambling businesses subject to state licensing rules or fall primarily under federal commodities regulation. Nevada regulators and…
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Wisconsin parent storms field during youth football game and trips 9-year-old kid in wild scene
A parent at a youth American football match in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, ran on to the field and tripped a nine-year-old player as he was approaching a touchdown. The incident has prompted concern about adult behaviour at children’s sporting events, and police issued the man with a disorderly conduct citation. The incident occurred during an…
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DAVID MARCUS: Woke Virginia tears down statue of Geneva Convention pioneer
A statue of Dr Hunter Holmes McGuire, a Confederate surgeon credited with helping establish protections for military medical personnel, was removed from Virginia’s Capitol grounds alongside other Confederate monuments. The opinion article criticises the decision as an erasure of history, arguing that McGuire’s humanitarian legacy should have been weighed separately from his Confederate service. The…