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Final Fantasy’s Biggest Game Is Officially Free to Play

  • Final Fantasy XIV launches on Nintendo Switch 2 with paid editions and a comprehensive free trial
  • Free trial players can complete the main story through Shadowbringers expansion without spending, with restrictions on trading and social features
  • Marks the franchise's return to a Nintendo platform for the first time since 2006

Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix's long-running MMORPG, has launched on the Nintendo Switch 2, marking the first mainline Final Fantasy title (excluding the FFVII remake series) to appear on a Nintendo console since Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. The release fulfils a goal that director Naoki Yoshida…

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Watch Lucy Dacus perform ‘Bullseye’ with Julien Baker at Outside Lands 2026

  • Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker duetted on 'Bullseye' at Outside Lands 2026.
  • The track originally featured Hozier on Dacus's new album.
  • Dacus has made numerous guest collaborations with artists this year.

Lucy Dacus brought out her Boygenius bandmate and partner Julien Baker to perform their duet 'Bullseye' at Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park over the weekend. Dacus introduced Baker as "my best friend" before the pair performed the track, from Dacus's latest solo album 'Forever…

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Chris Wilder expects Gus Hamer to return to Coventry

  • Wilder said Hamer’s return to Coventry was expected to happen.
  • Sheffield United planned to recruit a replacement midfielder.
  • Coventry completed the signing on 11 August for an undisclosed fee.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder said he expected Gustavo ‘Gus’ Hamer to return to Coventry City, describing the prospective move as effectively certain. Speaking after the Blades’ match at Mansfield Town, Wilder said Coventry were the only club to make an approach and acknowledged that United needed to…

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Why Each Octopus Arm Has a Mind of Its Own

  • Two-thirds of an octopus's neurons sit in its arms, not its brain.
  • Arms move, taste and feel independently, linked by a shared nerve ring.
  • Researchers are still unpacking how this distributed intelligence actually works.

Octopuses display remarkable intelligence, but much of it does not originate in their central brain. More than two-thirds of an octopus's roughly 500 million neurons are located in its eight arms, giving rise to a form of distributed intelligence that is unique among cephalopods and largely unmatched elsewhere…

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Small boat record smashed again as 230 migrants smuggled into Britain on ‘mega dinghy’ – despite Labour claims its ‘smash the gangs’ policy is working

  • Record 230 migrants crossed the Channel in one "mega dinghy."
  • Undermines Labour's claim its "smash the gangs" policy works.
  • French police reportedly watched crossing, including a baby, without intervening.

More than 230 migrants crossed the English Channel to Britain in a single "mega dinghy," setting a new record for the largest number of people packed onto one boat, despite the Labour government's repeated claims that its "smash the gangs" strategy is curbing small boat crossings. The incident…

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Martha Reeves blames viral botched US National Anthem performance on backing singers, attempts it again on live TV

  • Martha Reeves blames backing singers for viral botched US anthem performance
  • TMZ rehearsal footage contradicts her claim of no rehearsal
  • She performed the anthem again live on TV afterwards

Martha Reeves, the 85-year-old Motown singer, has blamed her backing singers for a widely mocked rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that she performed at the inaugural Women's Professional Baseball League game in Springfield, Illinois, earlier this month. She initially attributed the poor performance to wet, windy field conditions…

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Gothic 1 Remake devs hint at next game while announcing a photo mode, “Marvin mode” for cheaters, and some mysterious “alternative progression systems”

  • Alkimia is adding photo mode, mod kit and "Marvin Mode" to Gothic 1 Remake
  • Marvin Mode is a cheat/debug mode referencing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Studio teased its next game, likely a Gothic 2 remake

Alkimia Interactive, the studio behind THQ Nordic's Gothic 1 Remake, has revealed a slate of upcoming additions during a THQ Nordic publisher showcase, including a photo mode, unspecified "alternative progression mechanics", an official mod kit, and a developer-style "Marvin Mode". The announcement matters for fans of the remake,…

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Convince an AI it’s not alive in psychological horror game Prove You’re Human

  • New horror game Prove You're Human tasks players with disproving an AI's sentience.
  • Made by Sunset Visitor, studio behind Peabody-winning 1000XResist.
  • Story explores labour, identity and AI through a woman's digital clone.

Sunset Visitor, the studio behind the Peabody award-winning 1000XResist, has released Prove You're Human, a psychological horror game in which players must convince an artificial intelligence that it is not alive. Studio founder Remy Siu says the game continues the team's habit of channelling real-world anxieties into its…

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Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belben review – the literary equivalent of free jazz

  • Reissued 1989 novel by Rosalind Belben reviewed by the Guardian
  • Praised as strange, dreamlike fiction likened to free jazz
  • Comprises 30 vignettes exploring dreams, ageing and nature

This Guardian review considers *Is Beauty Good*, a 1989 novel by Rosalind Belben, now reissued by Sheffield-based independent publisher And Other Stories. The critic praises it as an unconventional, dreamlike work that follows its predecessor, *Dreaming of Dead People*, and cements Belben's reputation for eccentric, boundary-pushing fiction that…

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Brazilian player falls down tunnel during goal celebration

  • Coritiba defender fell down a stadium tunnel celebrating a goal
  • He suffered an ankle injury and was substituted at half-time
  • His goal was later disallowed by VAR despite a 2-1 win

Brazilian footballer Jacy Maranhão suffered an ankle injury after falling down a tunnel while celebrating a goal for Coritiba against Chapecoense in Brazil's top flight. The defender headed the ball in during the 41st minute but, in his enthusiasm, vaulted an advertising board and disappeared down a passageway…

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