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Entropy, a deliciously miserable Final Fantasy-esque RPG where your party members can permanently die, is now out in early access
Entropy, a turn-based post-apocalyptic role-playing game from developer Lovely Hellplace, has launched into early access. The studio previously made Dread Delusion, and Entropy follows in a similarly dark, imaginative vein, drawing comparisons to classic Final Fantasy games while adding permanent character death in the style of XCOM, meaning players must carefully manage their mercenary party…
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Deus Ex And Immersive Sim Founding Father, Warren Spector, Retires From Game Development
One of the gaming industry’s most notable icons, Warren Spector, has decided to retire and will no longer be actively involved in game development. Spector is credited as one of the founders of the immersive sim genre, with Deus Ex and Thief acting as his most recognisable projects while at Ion Storm. Spector went on…
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Bimbo – “Things Keep Getting Worse”
Bimbo, the sibling duo who recently signed to indie label Exploding In Sound, have released a new single titled “Things Keep Getting Worse”. It follows their earlier lead single “Chewing Glass” and continues to build anticipation for their forthcoming debut album, The Bimbonacci Sequence. The track is accompanied by a music video directed by Mark…
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Who Is VMA Best New Artist Nominee Magnus Ferrell? (Hint: More Cowbell)
Magnus Ferrell, the 22-year-old son of Will Ferrell, has been nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 Video Music Awards, alongside bigger names such as Madonna and Taylor Swift. He built his profile through his R&B-tinged single “Asleep Talking”, which went viral after his father played a clip of it on Michelle Obama’s podcast…
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US mother begged for help before her children’s killings, mother-in-law testifies
Lindsay Clancy’s former mother-in-law testified at her murder trial that Clancy was “begging for help” in the period before she killed her three young children in January 2023. The testimony is the latest in a string of witness accounts describing a marked deterioration in Clancy’s mental health following the birth of her youngest child, forming…
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Obama-appointed judge hands extraordinary sentence to trans woman who plotted to kill Scott Bessent
A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has sentenced a transgender woman in Massachusetts after she was convicted or pleaded guilty in connection with a plot to kill US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The case has drawn attention both for the seriousness of the alleged plot against a senior Trump administration official and…
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10 Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Movies of the Last 25 Years
Collider has published a ranked list of the 10 most ambitious science-fiction films released over the past 25 years, compiled by senior writer Ryan Heffernan. The feature argues that sci-fi has always been defined by creative daring, tracing this back to ancient storytelling and early cinema, before assessing how filmmakers this century have used modern…
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Fifa sacking ‘deeply troubling’ – Uefa executive
Fifa’s dismissal of chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has been branded “deeply troubling” by Uefa vice-president Laura McAllister, who worked closely with him at European football’s governing body. Lamour was sacked just over two weeks after publicly criticising Fifa president Gianni Infantino, claiming the organisation’s administration had been “deceived” over a scheme to sell stakes…
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Supergroup Evil Island Announce First-Ever US Tour
Post-hardcore supergroup Evil Island — featuring members of Blood Brothers, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, OFF! and Glassjaw — have announced their first-ever US tour, following a live debut set at Club Tee Gee in Los Angeles. The tour supports their newly released debut album, Terraform the Afterlife, marking the…
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Blondshell – “Fur Elise”
Blondshell has released “Fur Elise,” a new single from her forthcoming third album, Violin, due out next month via Partisan Records. The song, whose title nods to Beethoven’s famous piano piece but drops the diacritic, closes the album and offers a sweeping, cathartic finale. Artist Sabrina Teitelbaum said the track explores the uncertainty of shaping…