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The best place to see the Odyssey is at your local theater

  • Writer skips sold-out IMAX 70mm screenings of The Odyssey for a local cinema
  • London's two 70mm IMAX venues are fully booked into September
  • Standard digital screenings still convey much of the film's visual quality

A Polygon writer describes choosing to watch Christopher Nolan's new film The Odyssey at a standard local digital screening rather than waiting for an IMAX 70mm showing, despite acknowledging that format is Nolan's intended way to view the film. Living in London, the writer found the city's two…

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Valve puts some elbow grease into Steam Remote Play—maybe one day you won’t have to install additional tools to get the best in-home game streaming experience

  • Valve is improving Steam Remote Play's in-home streaming feature.
  • Aim is to match quality of third-party tools like Moonlight/Sunshine.
  • No confirmed timeline for when improvements will fully roll out.

Valve has been quietly improving Steam Remote Play, its built-in tool for streaming games from a PC to other devices around the home, according to PC Gamer. The changes suggest Valve is working towards making Remote Play more competitive with third-party streaming solutions that many PC gamers currently…

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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Named Character List Swells With Another Ork Warboss — and a Hint at How They Will Work in the Game

  • Ork Warboss Nazdreg joins Total War: Warhammer 40,000's character roster
  • He also gets his first new tabletop miniature this century
  • Nazdreg tied to key early Armageddon storyline battles in-game

Games Workshop has confirmed that Ork Warboss Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub will feature as a named character in Creative Assembly's upcoming strategy title Total War: Warhammer 40,000, alongside receiving a new tabletop miniature for the first time this century. The reveal, made via Warhammer Community, offers an early hint…

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Steam Deck sales are estimated to have plummeted by around 80% since the massive price hikes earlier this year, back of the napkin maths suggests

  • Steam Deck sales reportedly dropped ~80% after 2026 price hikes.
  • Estimate is informal "napkin maths", not official Valve data.
  • Highlights potential consumer pushback against handheld PC price rises.

A report on PC Gamer suggests that Steam Deck sales may have fallen by around 80% following significant price increases introduced earlier in the year. The estimate comes from informal ("back of the napkin") calculations rather than official figures from Valve, but it points to a notable shift…

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Arc Raiders’ matchmaking optimisation is live as Embark warns players they may experience longer queues than usual ‘since it’s now working harder’

  • Arc Raiders' matchmaking optimisation update has gone live.
  • Embark warns queue times may lengthen as a result.
  • The system is reportedly working harder for better matches.

Embark Studios has switched on a matchmaking optimisation update for its extraction shooter Arc Raiders, aiming to improve how the game pairs players together in matches. The developer has warned that, as a side effect, some players may notice longer queue times than they are used to, explaining…

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Blizzard’s calling time on Overwatch’s hero customising Stadium mode, and I may well be the only person that’s sad about that

  • Blizzard is halting new content for Overwatch's Stadium mode.
  • Only 3% of players actively use Stadium, Blizzard says.
  • Focus shifts to testing new 6v6 role queue formats instead.

Blizzard is ending active development of Stadium, the customisable build-based game mode it added to Overwatch roughly a year ago, after data showed only a small fraction of players were engaging with it. The mode won't be removed outright and will continue to receive balance updates, but it…

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When is DBD Chaos Shuffle back?

  • Chaos Shuffle is expected back on 31 July 2026.
  • The mode randomises players’ loadouts.
  • Its duration and changes remain unconfirmed.

Dead by Daylight’s Chaos Shuffle modifier is expected to return on 31 July 2026, according to the article. Its return matters to players because the mode replaces normal loadout planning with randomised perks, items and add-ons, creating less predictable matches. Chaos Shuffle had previously run as a limited-time…

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Asha Sharma-appointed Xbox VP of engineering leaves just three months after moving over from Microsoft’s CoreAI team

  • Xbox VP of engineering Jared Palmer departs after three months to join AI firm Cognition
  • Exit occurs amid Asha Sharma's Xbox restructuring: 3,200 planned job cuts, studio divestitures, timing unclear for Project Helix console

Jared Palmer, who was appointed Xbox VP of engineering by new Xbox chief Asha Sharma just months ago, has left to join AI firm Cognition as its head of engineering. Palmer's departure is notable because he was one of several former Microsoft CoreAI colleagues Sharma brought into Xbox…

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Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2 brings 4K 60fps to MGS4 and Peace Walker, Konami announces, but Switch 1 still gets saddled with 30fps

  • Konami announces Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2.
  • MGS4 and Peace Walker get 4K, 60fps upgrades.
  • Original Switch console capped at 30fps only.

Konami has announced Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2, a follow-up compilation that will bring Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker to current platforms with 4K resolution and 60 frames-per-second support. The announcement extends Konami's ongoing effort to preserve…

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Steam Deck sales are seemingly down an estimated 82% – Bear with me while I put on my surprised face

  • Report claims Steam Deck sales down roughly 82% from their peak.
  • Article argues the drop is a predictable post-launch cooldown, not a crisis.
  • Increased handheld PC competition and hype fade are cited as key factors.

A report has claimed that sales of Valve's Steam Deck handheld have fallen by an estimated 82%, a figure being widely shared as evidence that the device's popularity is waning. The GamesRadar article treats the claim with heavy scepticism, framing the "decline" as an unsurprising and largely expected…

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