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Endless Reach: how RuneScape reached its 25th anniversary and looks ahead
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game has grown into a virtual social space and part of daily life for thousands of playersIn a small stone chapel, on the edgelands of a medieval wilderness, two women are getting married. The attenders are draped in rainbow capes, glowing armour and top hats. A scantily clad, muscular man…
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Taylor Swift defeats copyright claim over her song lyrics in court
The case has been ongoing since 2024, and claimed the pop star stole lines from poems to write lyrics to songs on ‘Midnights’, ‘Lover’ and ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ and more The post Taylor Swift wins “absurd” copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics appeared first on NME.
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Sarajevo CineLink reveals co-production and drama lineups and Critics’ Week partnership
CineLink, the industry strand of the Sarajevo Film Festival, has finalized its list of projects for its Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama sections and has also unveiled a new award €10,000 award and partnership with Cannes’ Critics’ Week. The final selections comprise of 16 feature film projects and eight drama series projects, with women directing…
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Zinc Media forms dedicated AI label Cicada to centralise operations
Zinc Media Group, the UK-based factual production and distribution company behind labels such as Brook Lapping, Rex, Supercollider and Tern, has launched a dedicated artificial intelligence label called Cicada. The move matters because it formalises the group’s growing AI operations into a single unit, reflecting a wider industry trend of production companies creating official AI…
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Hatsune Miku returns in Starry Party co-op game for Switch 2 and PC
Good Smile Company has announced Hatsune Miku: Starry Party, a new “party action” game featuring chibi-style designs of the virtual singer and her friends, due on Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam. The announcement matters as the latest video game outing for Hatsune Miku, a long-running cultural phenomenon, and appears aimed at the growing…
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UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June as mortgage rates soften
UK house prices climbed 0.2% in June, ending a four-month period of consecutive monthly declines, with the typical property now valued at £299,330 according to the Lloyds house price index. However, current valuations re
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USA knocked out of home World Cup by Belgium amid Balogun row
The United States have been knocked out of the World Cup they co-hosted after a heavy 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the opening knockout round in Seattle, ending the campaign before the quarter-finals in what stands as the nation’s worst loss in more than thirty years. The result matters both for its sporting significance and…
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Charli XCX unveils listening events in 25 cities before new album
They will be staged in independent cinemas this week The post Charli XCX announces ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ album listening parties in 25 cities appeared first on NME.
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UK house prices edge up in June as Iran war ends
UK house prices rose in June for the first time since before the onset of the Iran war, according to the latest Lloyds house price index (previously the Halifax HPI). The typical property cost £299,330, a 0.2% monthly increase that reversed May’s 0.2% fall, though values remain narrowly below where they stood at the start…