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GSC Game World denies founder’s Xbox exclusivity payment claims

  • GSC disputes its founder’s Xbox exclusivity payment account.
  • Most funding reportedly came from owner Max Krippa.
  • Stalker 2’s Xbox exclusivity ended in November 2025.

GSC Game World has rejected claims by its founder, Sergiy Grygorovych, that Microsoft paid more than the full development cost of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl for timed Xbox exclusivity. The studio said Grygorovych was not involved in partner negotiations or the game’s production, so his remarks should…

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Accidental Mosquito Repellent Release Forces Partial Emergency Department Closure at Adelaide Hospital

  • Mosquito repellent accidentally triggered in emergency department, exposing 11 staff members
  • Emergency and fire services responded Thursday afternoon; 20% of emergency beds closed temporarily
  • Hazmat incident at Flinders Medical Centre managed through emergency protocols and specialist response

A chemical incident at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide's emergency department on Thursday afternoon resulted when mosquito repellent was accidentally activated. The incident affected 11 staff members who experienced

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Protomartyr Announce New Album ‘Hotel Usona’

  • Protomartyr's new album 'Hotel Usona' arrives 25th September via Domino
  • Produced by Dave Fridmann; single 'Sounds We Cannot Hear' out now
  • Iggy Pop pens an essay praising the album's ambitious, symphonic sound

Detroit band Protomartyr have announced their new album 'Hotel Usona', due for release on 25th September via Domino Records. The record was made with producer Dave Fridmann, known for his work with Sleater-Kinney, MGMT and The Flaming Lips, at his Tarbox Road Studios in western New York, and…

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New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now, Here’s What It Does

  • Sony releases minor PS5 firmware update, version 26.05-13.60.00
  • Patch notes cite only improved messages and screen usability
  • Update is about 1.2GB; no major UI overhaul included yet

Sony has released a new PS5 system software update, version 26.05-13.60.00, arriving just a few weeks after the previous update. The official patch notes are minimal, stating only that messaging and usability on some screens have been improved, with no mention of the more substantial UI changes some…

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Scottish Ballet & Forest Of Black Partner With Tull Stories To Release Dance Film ‘These Violent Delights’ — First Look Trailer

  • Scottish Ballet's first feature film gets UK/Irish cinema release via Tull Stories
  • Wordless "Romeo & Juliet" retelling premieres at Edinburgh Film Festival 14 August
  • Wider cinema release begins 21 October

Scottish Ballet and production house Forest of Black have partnered with independent distributor Tull Stories to bring their dance film "These Violent Delights" to UK and Irish cinemas from 21 October. The project, a wordless contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" told from Juliet's perspective, marks Scottish…

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‘We didn’t care what the client wanted!’: Sheffield’s Designers Republic on their art for Aphex Twin, Pulp … and Pringles – The Guardian

  • Sheffield’s Designers Republic marks 40 years of influential graphic design.
  • Its work shaped Warp Records, electronic music and games.
  • Founder Ian Anderson still prioritises new work over nostalgia.

The article looks back at the Designers Republic (TDR), the Sheffield graphic-design studio founded by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips in 1986, as it marks its 40th anniversary. It argues that TDR’s loud, experimental visual style helped shape the identities of electronic music, record labels and video games,…

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Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

  • Origin Energy hack exposed customers' names, addresses and bank details.
  • Number of affected customers among 4.8m accounts still unconfirmed.
  • Follows other major Australian breaches, including Qantas's hack last year.

Origin Energy has confirmed that hackers accessed customer data including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, in a breach affecting an unknown number of its 4.8 million Australian customer accounts. The incident matters because it is the latest in a string of…

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Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035

  • Carmakers secretly lobbied UK to scrap 2035 petrol/diesel car ban
  • BMW, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and Bosch sent joint letter in April
  • Government says ban isn't up for negotiation; EV campaigners condemn lobbying

Major carmakers including BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, along with parts supplier Bosch, privately lobbied the UK government to revoke the planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales, according to documents obtained via a freedom of information request. This is significant because the ban is…

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How LNZ Cherkasy become a wartime success story with few modern parallels

  • LNZ Cherkasy make European debut against Gent in Conference League qualifying.
  • Club rose from fourth-tier football to Ukraine's top flight runners-up since 2021.
  • Success seen as rare bright spot amid wartime disruption to Ukrainian football.

LNZ Cherkasy, a Ukrainian club that was playing fourth-tier football as recently as 2021, will make its European debut this week when it faces Belgian side Gent in the second qualifying round of the Conference League. The achievement is remarkable given the wider disruption to Ukrainian football since…

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Ken Turner, the 100-year-old artist who flattened a Tesla with a tank: ‘I’m not a revolutionary, I’m a simple rebel’

  • Centenarian artist Ken Turner has new exhibition in Penzance.
  • Career spans inflatable public sculptures to driving a tank over a Tesla.
  • Lifelong rebel against art-world convention, still creating at 100.

Ken Turner, a 100-year-old artist believed to be the world's oldest performance artist, is the subject of a new exhibition at Wharfside Arts Hub in Penzance, prompting a wide-ranging conversation about his eight-decade career. Trained under Fernand Léger and connected to figures such as John Berger, Frank Auerbach…

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