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Poll: Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (July 2026)
Push Square has opened its regular reader poll asking PS5 owners to vote for their favourite game released in July 2026, after what the site’s writer described as a notably quiet June for new releases. July brought a stronger line-up, dominated by two well-reviewed remakes, Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced and Halo: Campaign Evolved, which…
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FC 27 Ultimate Team deep dive Pitch notes: FUT Gallery, SBC changes, and more
EA Sports has previewed changes coming to Ultimate Team in FC 27, its football simulation game, ahead of the title’s release later this year. The update signals that while the mode’s core structure remains familiar, EA is reworking progression systems and adding new features designed to give players more ways to earn rewards and greater…
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Trueno & Milo J Close LAMC 2026 at New York’s SummerStage & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music
Trueno and Milo J closed out the 2026 Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) with a sold-out, free performance at Central Park’s SummerStage in New York on Saturday 1 August, capping a week of milestones for Latin music highlighted by Billboard. The Argentine artists offered contrasting but complementary styles, with Trueno’s hard-edged, old-school rap delivery paired…
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3 Songs From the 1970s That Will Instantly Turn You Into a Southern Rock Fan
American Songwriter has published a short list piece celebrating southern rock, picking out three tracks from the 1970s that the outlet says capture the genre’s distinctive “muggy, swampy” feel and could win over new fans. The article is part of the publication’s ongoing “The List” series, which regularly rounds up songs by theme, era or…
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Superhero rivalry aside, Spider-Man nearly beats Endgame’s opening record
Spider-Man: Brand New Day narrowly missed becoming the biggest opening weekend at the US box office, falling just short of the all-time record set by Avengers: Endgame in 2019. Its strong performance came at a time when superhero films have generally struggled to win over critics and audiences, underlining the enduring drawing power of the…
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Lollapalooza 2026 Day Three: Olivia Dean, Sienna Spiro, and Rain Delays
Heavy overnight rain flooded Chicago’s Grant Park and continued into Saturday, forcing organisers to delay the third day of Lollapalooza 2026 by about three hours for clean-up, with some sets cancelled or shortened as a result. Despite the disruption, headliner Olivia Dean and rising British singer Sienna Spiro both delivered standout performances, capping a breakthrough…
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These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era
TechCrunch has published a fresh round-up of “hidden gem” apps on Apple’s App Store, arguing that despite predictions AI agents might replace traditional apps, indie and creative software development is thriving. The piece links this resurgence partly to AI-assisted coding, which is letting more people, including novices, build and ship apps quickly, though it also…
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Mayor calls upscale restaurant bombing a ‘brutal terrorist act’ after 3 killed, 21 injured
A bomb attack at the upscale Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant in central Moscow killed three people and injured at least 21 others on Saturday, prompting Moscow’s mayor to condemn it as a “brutal terrorist act.” The blast targeted a well-known dining venue in the Russian capital, and city authorities have vowed to track down and…
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National Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claims
A senior curator at the National Gallery has told the Guardian that outsourced security guards, most of whom are from minority ethnic backgrounds, are effectively segregated from the gallery’s mainly white in-house staff. While employees such as curators and marketing staff use a bright, well-equipped “hub” with a subsidised canteen, security guards are confined to…
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Haile Gerima Dissects His 10 Hour Documentary Feature ‘Black Lions – Roman Wolves’ & Teases His Next Project On America’s Black Maroons
Ethiopian-born filmmaker Haile Gerima will give the first US public screening of his 10-hour, five-part documentary “Black Lions – Roman Wolves” at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia next week, following well-received showings at the Berlin Film Festival in February. The film, decades in the making, examines Italy’s colonial legacy in Ethiopia through archival footage…