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10 Bleakest Video Game Endings of All Time

• Collider ranks the ten most despairing video game endings ever.
• Brothers, Halo: Reach and The Walking Dead fill spots 10 to 8.
• Bleak finales are framed as proof of powerful storytelling.

This Collider article by Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck ranks the ten bleakest endings in video game history, celebrating titles that leave players feeling empty, despairing or heartbroken rather than triumphant. The piece argues that such conclusions, though painful, are a mark of effective storytelling, and warns that heavy spoilers follow…

Total War: Warhammer 40,000’s new gameplay trailer is absolute cinema

• New footage shows large-scale Imperial Guard versus Orks battle.
• Orbital capital ships grant ground abilities like orbital lasers.
• Frame drops noted; release likely six months to a year away.

Creative Assembly has released fresh gameplay footage for Total War: Warhammer 40,000, offering the first substantial look at how the strategy game will actually play after a relatively quiet period since its announcement. The footage, originally a gameplay reveal aimed at a Chinese audience and narrated in Chinese,…

Best players for FC 26 Iron Sentinel Evolution

• FC 26's Iron Sentinel Evolution upgrades a CDM and adds a Phenoms card.
• Eligibility: CDM, max 94 overall, not World Tour/Silver Stars.
• Recommended picks include Goretzka, Tchouameni, Valverde and Pogba.

The gaming site Destructoid has published a guide to the newly released Iron Sentinel Evolution in EA Sports FC 26's Ultimate Team mode, which allows players to upgrade one of their defensive midfielders (CDM). Completing the evolution applies substantial stat boosts across five levels and transforms the chosen…

The 2013 Penélope Cruz short film banned for being too sexy: “I’d rather be called a pervert”

The article's headline reports that a 2013 short film featuring Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was banned for allegedly being too sexually explicit or provocative, with a quote suggesting the director or a figure involved responded defiantly, saying they would "rather be called a pervert." This points to a…

3 Eyebrow-Raising Songs From the 80s About the Music Industry

• Three 80s hits secretly critique the music industry.
• Hall & Oates' track reflects feeling manipulated by labels.
• Neil Young's anti-advertising song won an MTV award despite a ban.

This American Songwriter feature highlights three songs from the 1980s that, beneath their surface meanings, are actually commentaries on the music industry itself. The piece notes that artists often draw on their real-life experiences, and these examples show musicians channelling frustration with management, record labels and the commercialisation…

College Football 27 to Remove Single Player Microtransactions After Fans Threatened Boycott

• EA is pulling all single-player microtransactions from College Football 27.
• Fans threatened a boycott after finding paid progression boosters.
• Players could pay up to $100 to speed up progress.

EA Sports has agreed to remove all single-player microtransactions from College Football 27 following a strong fan backlash that included threats of a boycott. Players had been dismayed to discover paid progression boosters in the game's Dynasty and Road to Glory modes, the sim's principal solo content, which…

Before Their Oscar Nominations, Wagner Moura and Fernanda Torres Made This Underrated Comedy Gem

• Moura and Torres won back-to-back Golden Globes for Brazilian films.
• Their only shared project is 2007 comedy Basic Sanitation.
• Villagers make a film to fund a sanitation scheme.

Wagner Moura recently won Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama at the Golden Globes for The Secret Agent, becoming the second Brazilian in consecutive years to take the award after Fernanda Torres won the previous year for I'm Still Here. These back-to-back victories mark a landmark…

On the Charts 39 Years Ago Today, George Strait Reigned at No. 1 With This Lone Star-Themed Lament

This article, published by American Songwriter, marks the anniversary of George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in Texas" reaching No. 1 on Billboard's country chart on 11 July 1987. The piece celebrates Strait's enduring status as the "King of Country", noting that he holds more number-one hits than…

The “appalling” 2002 movie Roger Ebert couldn’t stand: “It made me feel unclean”

This Far Out Magazine article revisits the late film critic Roger Ebert's severe distaste for a 2002 release, which he described as "appalling" and said "made me feel unclean". The piece uses Ebert's reaction as a lens on his broader critical outlook, highlighting how strongly he could respond…