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Xbox gamer wins lawsuit against Microsoft to restore account and digital library

  • Brazilian court orders Microsoft to restore a suspended Xbox account and library.
  • Gamer sued for free using Brazil's consumer protection laws.
  • Microsoft faces daily fines plus roughly $400 in damages.

A Brazilian Xbox gamer, posting on Reddit under the name Ordo_Liberal, has reportedly won a court judgement forcing Microsoft to restore an Xbox account and its accompanying digital game library after the account was suspended. Microsoft had permanently frozen the account following unauthorised access, telling the user that…

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All FC 26 90+ Summer Tournament Historical Nations Upgrade SBC rewards

  • FC 26's 90+ Historical Nations SBC guarantees a Hero or Icon.
  • Only 90+ cards from World Cup 2026 nations are included.
  • Rewards are random, so completing it is a gamble.

EA Sports has launched the 90+ Summer Tournament Historical Nations Upgrade Squad Building Challenge (SBC) in EA FC 26, a challenge that guarantees players a Hero or Icon card in Ultimate Team. The SBC is notable because EA has strengthened the rewards compared with earlier versions, restricting the…

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Former PlayStation boss thinks “we’ve lost a lot of the variety in games,” and we can thank the “rising cost” of new titles for that: “We had so many crazy games on PS1”

  • Ex-PlayStation boss Yoshida says gaming has lost much of its variety.
  • He blames the rising cost of making new titles.
  • The PS1 era hosted far more experimental, offbeat games.

Former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida has argued that modern gaming has "lost a lot of the variety" that characterised earlier console generations, attributing the shift largely to the escalating cost of developing new titles. His comments tap into a wider industry conversation about how rising budgets…

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Summer Games Done Quick 2026 raises another $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders

  • Annual speedrunning marathon SGDQ 2026 generated $2.4 million for Doctors Without Borders through in-person and online participation
  • Event featured competitive speedruns, community activities, and vendor experiences across Minneapolis venue with thousands of attendees
  • Games Done Quick collective has raised over $62 million for various humanitarian organisations since its 2010 inception

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2026 has finished up raising another $2.4 million (£1.8m) for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Read more

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Nintendo Switch 2 Camera drops to an all-time low price

  • Nintendo Switch 2 Camera marked down from $54.99 to $9.99 at GameStop (81% discount)
  • Limited software support expanding with Star Fox's new facial-tracking avatar feature for GameChat
  • Accessory now more competitively priced after slow adoption since console launch

A GameSpot deal is offering the official Nintendo Switch 2 Camera for just $10 right now, so you can use one of Star Fox's funniest features

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10 best Marvel Super Heroes cards for your Commander deck (in the 99)

  • Polygon ranks the 10 best Marvel MTG cards for Commander decks.
  • Picks span red, blue and white, favouring card draw.
  • Entries include Iron Man, Black Widow and The Ten Rings.

Polygon has published a ranked guide to the ten best cards from Magic: The Gathering's new Marvel Super Heroes set to include in the "99" of a Commander deck — that is, as supporting cards rather than as the deck's commander. The piece is aimed at players building…

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Fallout: New Vegas level scaling is designed to teach players that “this is not actually Fallout 3,” Josh Sawyer says: “You’re going to get your ass handed to you if you’re not careful”

In a discussion about the design of Obsidian Entertainment's 2010 role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas, director Josh Sawyer has explained that the game's harsher level scaling was a deliberate choice intended to signal to players that it was a different experience from Bethesda's Fallout 3. According to Sawyer,…

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2026’s best RPG might look like Disco Elysium, but it was heavily inspired by Deus Ex, and its creator wants ‘to do a first-person game at some point’

This PC Gamer article previews what it tentatively rates as a strong contender for 2026's best role-playing game, noting that although the title visually resembles Disco Elysium, its creator cites Deus Ex as a heavy influence. The piece is built around comments from the game's creator, who also…

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