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Star Wars Zero Company Is a Turn-Based Tactics Adventure That’s Not Just For XCOM Experts | IGN Preview
Hands-on with the campaign’s first 10 hours reveals that this strategy-heavy slice of Star Wars is shaping up nicely, in spite of a few scruffy-looking edges.
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Star Wars Zero Company brings tactical combat to Clone Wars
Polygon’s hands-on preview of Star Wars Zero Company confirms the tactical RPG, developed by Bit Reactor (a studio of EA staffed by former Firaxis developers behind XCOM), successfully marries squad-based combat with a Star Wars setting during the Clone Wars era. Having played roughly 10 hours of a preview build, the reviewer rates it as…
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Axe stamp duty? How Andy Burnham could change property tax
Sir Andy Burnham, as the new prime minister, is considering an overhaul of property taxation in the UK to help fund social care reform and increased defence spending. Options being explored include scrapping stamp duty and replacing council tax with a single annual property or land levy, an idea that has long appealed to economists…
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Dark Pictures Dev Forced into Layoffs to Ensure the Future of the Company
Up to 75 workers to depart Supermassive. Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures series and Until Dawn, has announced it will have to lay off up to 75 employees to “ensure the sustainability of the company”. The developer has begun a redundancy consultation process, with as many as 75 workers losing their jobs…
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After 10 years, Terraria’s biggest mod shuts down due to an ‘irrecoverably tainted reputation’ and grooming allegations
A prominent Terraria mod has shut down after a decade of development, with its creators citing an “irrecoverably tainted reputation” following grooming allegations levelled against someone associated with the project. The closure marks the end of one of the game’s most significant community-made add-ons, underscoring how allegations of misconduct can rapidly unravel long-running, community-trusted creative…
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Song People Announce New Album Tho I Seem Tame: Hear “Silver Flag”
Philadelphia band Song People have announced their second album, Tho I Seem Tame, due out on 9 October via Strange Mono. It follows their 2024 debut, Like Somebody Calling Your Name, and arrives alongside the release of lead single “Silver Flag”, a minor-key pop track with a driving tempo and prominent hook. The album’s title…
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North Korean remote IT staffer worked for US government agency, says FBI
The FBI is investigating how a North Korean national was hired to work as an IT staffer for a US federal government agency, in what is thought to be a rare confirmed case of a sanctioned North Korean gaining employment within government. The disclosure, first reported by Federal News Network, highlights how North Korea’s long-running…
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Residents voice outrage at plans for solar farm on South Yorkshire green belt
“I will have to shut down my business if this isn’t sorted.”
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Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists
Spotify is introducing an “AI persona” label to distinguish AI-generated artists from real performers, and will exclude such acts from personalised recommendations by default. The move, taking effect from next month, aims to protect trust between artists and fans and prevent genuine musicians from losing streams to synthetic rivals amid a growing wave of AI-generated…
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The real debate isn’t AI versus artists – it’s whether innovation and rightsholder participation can coexist.
A Music Business Worldwide interview profiles Hook, a New York-based social music app founded by Gaurav Sharma in 2022, which lets fans create licensed remixes and video mashups of songs and share them across platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and SoundCloud. The piece comes as major labels move to embrace fan-made AI content officially,…