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Alienware aims at ‘more price points people can actually reach,’ announces a tandem OLED gaming monitor at a much lower price than our current top pick

  • Alienware unveils a tandem OLED gaming monitor at a lower price.
  • It undercuts PC Gamer's current top tandem OLED pick.
  • Aims to bring premium OLED tech to more budgets.

Alienware has announced a new gaming monitor using tandem OLED display technology, priced notably lower than PC Gamer's current top-rated tandem OLED monitor. The move signals an effort by Dell's gaming brand to bring this premium display technology to a wider range of budgets, rather than keeping it…

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GTA VI extended look got 31 million views on Netflix despite six-hour exclusivity window

  • GTA VI preview topped Netflix's film chart despite six-hour exclusivity
  • Netflix logged 31.1 million views, YouTube over 17.7 million
  • Game releases 19 November; main story may take 80+ hours

An extended gameplay preview of Grand Theft Auto VI became Netflix's top-ranked film for the week of 24–30 August, despite the streaming platform holding exclusive rights to the footage for only six hours before Rockstar Games released it on YouTube. The nearly 30-minute video, showcasing PlayStation 5 footage…

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How to play The Blood of Dawnwalker early (New Zealand Trick)

  • New Zealand region trick unlocks early access to The Blood of Dawnwalker
  • Works easily on Xbox; far more cumbersome on PlayStation
  • PC release follows a separate schedule and isn't affected

The Blood of Dawnwalker launches worldwide today, but console players can exploit a regional release quirk to start playing several hours early at no extra cost. By manually setting a console's region to New Zealand, which follows the same launch schedule but reaches midnight before most other regions,…

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Disney Dreamlight Valley festival adds challenging flower-bed puzzle

  • Disney Dreamlight Valley's festival finale adds its hardest puzzle yet
  • Players must find and restore five hidden flower beds
  • Reward is the exclusive Adventureland Lamppost furniture item

The final stage of Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Floating Festival event has now opened, introducing what developers and players consider the most difficult puzzles in the event so far. The centrepiece of this new content is Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle #5, which continues the festival's pattern of testing…

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How to solve Parks Festival Quiz Puzzle #6 in Disney Dreamlight Valley Parks Floating Festival event

  • Guide explains how to solve Dreamlight Valley's Parks Festival Quiz Puzzle #6
  • Find the Parrot near the ship in Adventureland's pirate area
  • Answer five questions correctly to unlock the Fuente de la Fortuna reward

A new guide explains how to complete Parks Festival Quiz Puzzle #6, the final trial in Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Floating Festival event. The challenge tests players' knowledge of the event island by requiring them to locate a Parrot character and correctly answer a series of questions about…

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What time is it on the Parks Floating Festival island in Disney Dreamlight Valley?

  • Parks Floating Festival puzzle asks players the island's fixed time.
  • Answer is 5:00, shown on clocks near the Confectionery and cinema.
  • Train station clock also shows the time but is hard to read.

Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Floating Festival event includes a puzzle in which a Parrot character asks players to work out the current time on the event island, a question that has no equivalent elsewhere in the game. Unlike the main game world, where time mirrors the player's real-world…

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How many Stitch Popcorn Buckets can you find in Main Street and Adventureland in Disney Dreamlight Valley?

  • Quiz question asks about Stitch Popcorn Buckets in two areas
  • All four buckets are actually only in Main Street
  • Adventureland has none, despite the misleading question wording

Disney Dreamlight Valley's Parks Floating Festival event includes a detailed quiz that tests players on small details scattered across the special event island, and one question asks how many Stitch Popcorn Buckets appear in the Main Street and Adventureland areas. The buckets are small, easily missed decorative items,…

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Bill Simmons Says “I Learned My Lesson” After Admitting to Proxy Betting on Fanduel in Podcast Interview

  • Bill Simmons admits using a proxy to place illegal sports bets
  • Fanduel voided bets and reported it to regulators
  • Massachusetts Gaming Commission is reviewing the incident

Bill Simmons, the podcast host and head of talk at Spotify, has admitted on his own show that he asked his daughter's boyfriend to place proxy sports bets for him on Fanduel while he was in California, where online sports betting is illegal. The admission sparked controversy given…

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Mario Kart 8 Just Got a Game-Changing Update for Nintendo Switch 2

  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gains native Nintendo Switch 2 support nine years on
  • Split-screen multiplayer doubles to eight players on one screen
  • New "96 Races" endurance mode added for Booster Course Pass owners

Nintendo has released a surprise update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, adding native Nintendo Switch 2 support nearly a decade after the game's original 2017 launch. The headline change is a doubling of split-screen capacity to eight players on a single Switch 2 screen, up from four on…

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Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s NES Library With Three More Titles

  • Nintendo Switch Online adds three NES games to its Classics library.
  • New titles: Ninja Gaiden III, Ikari Warriors and an RC Pro-Am sequel.
  • Japan's Famicom library also gained three titles this week.

Nintendo has added three more NES titles to the "Nintendo Classics" library within the Switch Online service, continuing its steady expansion of retro games available to subscribers. The update gives players access to another slice of NES history without requiring separate purchases, reinforcing the appeal of the Switch…

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