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Helldivers 2 targets Super Credit cheaters with “radically improved” tools, but not everyone’s on board with Arrowhead’s announcement
Arrowhead Game Studios has announced upgraded anti-cheat measures for Helldivers 2, specifically aimed at players exploiting the game to obtain Super Credits — the game’s premium currency, which can otherwise be bought with real money or earned slowly through play. The studio described its detection and enforcement tools as “radically improved”, signalling a firmer stance…
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‘Braveheart’ Writer Randall Wallace To Be Feted At LA’s DaVinci International Film Festival
The DaVinci International Film Festival (DIFF) in Los Angeles has announced that Randall Wallace, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Braveheart, will receive its Visionary Award at the festival’s opening night on 25 September 2026. The prize honours “exceptional creative architects of cinema whose enduring bodies of work inspire and transform global audiences”, and Wallace becomes only…
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Turns out you can strap the Game Boy Camera to a massive telescope and take photos of Jupiter
A hobbyist has demonstrated that Nintendo’s humble Game Boy Camera — a 1998 accessory with a famously low-resolution 128×112-pixel sensor — can be attached to a large telescope to capture recognisable images of Jupiter. The stunt is a fresh reminder of the enduring novelty and hacker appeal of the Game Boy Camera, which continues to…
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ZAINAB announces debut EP, ‘Canal View’, on Ninja Tune’s Technicolor
New York City-based DJ and producer ZAINAB has announced her debut EP, ‘Canal View’, which will be released on 14th August through Technicolour, an imprint of Ninja Tune. The announcement arrived alongside the EP’s third single, ‘Banglahore’, a collaboration with Surya Sun, marking a further step in the artist’s introduction as a solo act. The…
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Star Trek’s Darkest Episode Still Has the Best Space Battle Sci-Fi Has Ever Seen
This article argues that Star Trek: The Next Generation’s two-part episode “The Best of Both Worlds” contains the finest space battle in science fiction, centred on the devastating clash at the star Wolf 359. After the cybernetic Borg abduct and assimilate Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Starfleet confronts a single Borg cube, only to be overwhelmed in…
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Keanu Reeves Officially Reveals New Sci-Fi Action Movie That Is ‘Groundhog Day’ Meets ‘Jaws’ [Exclusive]
In an interview tied to their new Samsung TV Plus docuseries, Keanu Reeves and his ARCH Motorcycle co-founder Gard Hollinger discussed their move into professional racing, and Reeves also offered a fresh tease about his forthcoming Warner Bros. science-fiction film with Deadpool director Tim Miller. The upcoming movie is being pitched as a blend of…
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Task season 2 adds Julianne Nicholson as Mare of Easttown’s Lori
Julianne Nicholson has joined the second season of HBO’s detective drama “Task”, reprising her Emmy-winning role as Lori Ross from “Mare of Easttown”. The move officially links the two series, which had previously only been connected through their shared creator and showrunner Brad Ingelsby and their common setting in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia. This…
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Ari Aster & Lars Knudsen Join Doc ‘Crows Are White’ As Exec Producers; Film Gets U.S. Release Date
Filmmakers Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen have joined the documentary Crows Are White as executive producers through their Square Peg banner, marking the company’s first foray into documentary film. The move coincides with the announcement of a US theatrical release for the feature, the debut of director Ahsen Nadeem, giving the previously festival-only title a…
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As Black Flag Resynced’s audio evolves, one dev admits some things stay the same: “Edward drowning is me!”
An article from GamesRadar+ reports on the audio development of Black Flag Resynced, an updated version of the pirate-themed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The piece focuses on how the game’s sound design is being reworked and refreshed, while noting that certain elements from the original production have been retained. In discussing the process, one…
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Dev Accused of Ripping Off Monster Hunter Speaks Out, Says Capcom’s Series Is an ‘Inspiration’
Chinese studio JOTOYO has publicly responded to accusations that its upcoming PC action RPG, Monster Fantasy, closely copies Capcom’s hugely popular Monster Hunter franchise. Following the game’s reveal last week, fans quickly criticised the project, with some alleging that monster and player animations — and even the main theme music — had been lifted from…