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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Review

• IGN gives Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls a strongly positive review.
• Praised for mechanics, teaching tools, netcode and modes for all skill levels.
• Shared team lifebar in 4v4 format lowers barrier to entry.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has received a strongly positive review from IGN, which calls it one of the most complete fighting games since Street Fighter 6. The reviewer praises its excellent mechanics, teaching tools and netcode, alongside modes for both hardcore and casual players, arguing it can appeal…

All small and large lost relics list in Pokémon Pokopia

• Guide details how to find and appraise lost relics in Pokémon Pokopia
• Relics come in large (furniture) and small (wall decor) varieties
• Bubbly Basin DLC added bulk appraisal and new underwater sunken relics

Polygon has published a guide explaining how to find and use "lost relics" in the life-simulation game Pokémon Pokopia, updated to include the full list of small relics and details on the new Bubbly Basin DLC. Relics are collectible items players dig up using Rock Smash on glowing…

Louis Leterrier reveals E.T. lenses used for The Last House

• Leterrier discusses The Last House's E.T.-inspired lenses and hidden references
• Family survival thriller uses water tank sets and puppetry for its creature
• He confirms an extended Incredible Hulk cut and teases new projects

Netflix has released The Last House, a sci-fi survival thriller directed by Louis Leterrier, who has since spoken to Collider about the film's making, hidden references and craft choices. He revealed that the production shot on the same camera lenses used in Steven Spielberg's E.T. and Raiders of…

AOC is lying about wokeness — she enforced it ruthlessly

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants to pretend she had nothing to do with wokeness, or what she calls the "Woke 1" era. I say that’s not true and she’s retconning her own starring role in the madness. Now you may have heard that Ocasio-Cortez raised eyebrows this weekend when she…

Kenny Chesney Reveals the Hilarious Way His Second Duet With Megan Moroney Came to Be

• Megan Moroney insisted on joining Chesney's new song "It Just Got Weird"
• It's their second duet, after 2025's award-nominated "You Had to Be There"
• Chesney's album Silver Sands Marina is out 25 September

Country star Kenny Chesney has explained how singer Megan Moroney came to feature on his new track "It Just Got Weird," revealing that she essentially invited herself onto the song. Speaking on Talk Shop Live about his upcoming album Silver Sands Marina, Chesney said Moroney heard about the…

Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app

• Bluesky's mobile active users have fallen sharply since late 2024
• Threads is growing while Bluesky's app usage keeps declining
• Bluesky's CEO is refocusing on the AT Protocol, not just the app

Bluesky, the decentralised social network that gained millions of users after Elon Musk's takeover of X, is now seeing its mobile app usage shrink significantly nearly two years on. Data from digital intelligence firm Similarweb shows monthly and daily active users have fallen sharply, suggesting many people who…

Former US Marine Robert Gilman released from detention in Russia

A former U.S. Marine who spent more than four years imprisoned in Russia has been released on humanitarian grounds and is on his way back to the U.S., the Trump administration announced Tuesday. Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen who was arrested in Russia in January 2022 and imprisoned…