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Guide: The Duskbloods Network Test Sign Up Dates, Times & How To Join

  • Duskbloods network test sign-ups close Tuesday 28th July at 2.59pm BST.
  • Successful applicants notified Friday 7th August; test runs 21st-24th August.
  • Five four-hour sessions; up to eight players per match, capture disabled.

FromSoftware's upcoming Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, is holding a closed network test in late August, and Nintendo has opened a sign-up window for players hoping to take part. Because places are not guaranteed, prospective testers must register in advance and wait to be told whether their application…

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Avenged Sevenfold’s Statica EP is a goofy, auto-tuned mess – and exactly the kind of risk more big metal bands should take

  • Avenged Sevenfold surprise-released the auto-tuned Statica EP on Friday
  • Writer calls it a "half-baked misfire" but respects the risk
  • Argues more major metal bands should experiment like this

Avenged Sevenfold has surprise-released a four-track EP called Statica, a heavily auto-tuned, effects-laden departure from the classic rock sound of albums like Waking The Fallen and City Of Evil. The writer, a critic for Louder, admits to disliking the EP as a musical listen but argues it deserves…

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House of the Dragon season 3 fans have a surprise new favorite character: “Gwayne is unexpectedly becoming the one person I’m keeping a tight prayer circle for”

  • Gwayne Hightower has become a surprise fan favourite in season three.
  • Fans are worried about his fate amid the show's war storyline.
  • Reaction highlights growing investment in the show's wider ensemble cast.

House of the Dragon fans have latched onto an unexpected favourite in season three: Gwayne Hightower, the previously minor character whose fate is now being anxiously watched by viewers. The shift matters because it shows how the show's expanding cast of secondary players is drawing genuine emotional investment,…

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Marvel Tokon’s Spider-Man Story Drawn by My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Artist

  • Marvel Tokon's Spider-Man story is drawn by Betten Court
  • Court is known for My Hero Academia: Vigilantes manga art
  • Each of the game's five Episodes has a different artist

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, an upcoming fighting game, will feature five single-player Episodes, each illustrated by a different artist. A beta test revealed that Spider-Man's story, titled "Amazing Guardians," is drawn by Japanese illustrator Betten Court, best known for his work on the My Hero Academia: Vigilantes spin-off…

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Boy, 15, is murdered months after he was given bravery award for saving girl, 12, from pedophile at Kentucky Derby party

  • Kentucky teen, 15, murdered months after bravery award
  • He had saved a 12-year-old girl from a paedophile
  • Boy named as DaJon Hayes-Burr; stabbed to death

A 15-year-old boy from Kentucky has been murdered just months after receiving a bravery award for rescuing a 12-year-old girl from a suspected paedophile at a Kentucky Derby party. The teenager, named as DaJon Hayes-Burr, was stabbed to death, according to reports, turning a story of heroism into…

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Jackson Koivun arrives in style, Lucas Glover takes off his shoes, and the greatest golf dad moment

  • OutKick's "Par Talk" golf column returns after a paternity-leave break.
  • Recaps golf news including Ryan Fox's Open Championship win.
  • Michael Kim shot a rare sub-60 round at the 3M Open.

This piece is the return of "Par Talk", a weekly golf column from OutKick, after its author took a month-long hiatus for paternity leave following the birth of his second child. The article catches readers up on notable happenings in the golf world during the break, framing itself…

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Nancy Guthrie update: 25 weeks after abduction, Elizabeth Smart says there’s ‘reason to have hope’

  • Elizabeth Smart says hope remains for Nancy Guthrie's safe return
  • Guthrie, 84, abducted from her Tucson-area home 25 weeks ago
  • Daughter Savannah Guthrie made tearful public appeal for tips

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has said she believes there is still "reason to have hope" that Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old Arizona woman, could be found alive 25 weeks after her suspected abduction from her home near Tucson. Smart, who was herself abducted and held captive for nine months…

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Mads Mikkelsen’s three-part psychological thriller is a spine-chilling masterpiece you’ll watch in 1 week

  • Bryan Fuller's Hannibal TV adaptation diverges from Thomas Harris's novels, replacing protagonist Clarice Starling with FBI profiler Will Graham due to rights constraints
  • The series improves upon the source material through stronger female character development and a psychologically complex dynamic between Will and Hannibal with romantic undertones
  • Mads Mikkelsen's performance is praised as redefining the Hannibal Lecter character beyond previous interpretations

Bryan Fuller's adaptation of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter novels redefines horror and obsession.

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Gunther von Hagens, creator of Body Worlds and plastination, dies aged 81

  • Body Worlds creator Gunther von Hagens has died aged 81
  • He died in Heidelberg after a cerebral haemorrhage, having had Parkinson's since 2008
  • His body will be plastinated per his long-held wishes, per his institute

Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who invented plastination and created the Body Worlds exhibitions, has died aged 81. He died in a hospital in Heidelberg on 24 July, a day after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage, having lived with Parkinson's disease since his diagnosis in 2008. His death…

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Charli XCX Shares More Music, Film

  • Charli XCX releases bonus B-side tracks and a self-directed film
  • Songs were previously leaked on a now-deleted Instagram account
  • Fans noticed a spelling error in the album's liner notes

Charli XCX has followed up last Friday's release of her album Music, Fashion, Film with further material, including previously unreleased songs and a self-directed short film, keeping up her pattern of engaging across the music, fashion and film worlds referenced in the album's title. The additional output arrives…

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