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The makers of the glorious Othercide have another tactics RPG bloodbath out in September, with a playtest live now
Lightbulb Crew, the studio behind the tactical RPG Othercide, plans to release its new game Ex Sanguis in early access on 10 September, with a Steam demo already available. The game appears to retain Othercide’s bleak visual style and emphasis on turn order, positioning and reacting to stronger enemy forces, while adding more opportunities to…
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Tariff refunds boost quarterly earnings for some of biggest US companies
The article’s full text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its claims cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline, it appears to report that tariff refunds increased quarterly earnings for several large US companies. No details were provided on the companies involved, the value of refunds, the tariffs concerned or…
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Werner Herzog to Be Honored at San Sebastián Film Festival
Werner Herzog will receive the San Sebastián Film Festival’s Donostia Award at the opening gala of its 74th edition in September. The honour recognises the German filmmaker’s six-decade career and major influence on contemporary cinema, spanning both fiction and documentary work. Herzog has made about 80 films, including “Aguirre, the Wrath of God”, “Fitzcarraldo”, “Grizzly…
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US strikes $1.2bn deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects
The US Department of the Interior has agreed to pay German energy company RWE $1.2bn (£892m) to abandon several offshore wind projects in American waters. The deal reflects the Trump administration’s wider effort to stop offshore wind development and redirect energy investment towards fossil fuels, particularly gas and oil. RWE will give up leases off…
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Good Charlotte join Hilary Duff on-stage at Madison Square Garden just hours after the Madden Brothers’ company carried out mass layoffs at US music journalism titles
Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden made a surprise appearance during Hilary Duff’s Madison Square Garden concert, joining her to perform the band’s 2002 song ‘The Anthem’. The appearance drew attention because it occurred only hours after their company, Veeps, reportedly made extensive redundancies at several long-running US music publications, raising concerns about the future…
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Manga Million Explained, Why Everyone’s Talking About One Piece Publisher’s Bold New Manga Project
Shueisha has launched Manga Million, a global digital library offering more than one million manga pages in 100 languages to mark its centenary. Available free outside Japan until the end of 2027, it could broaden access to major and previously untranslated manga for readers worldwide, though questions have emerged over whether AI-assisted translation was involved.…
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Mexico and Argentina line up behind Infantino to deepen football’s civil war
Mexico’s football federation has publicly backed Fifa president Gianni Infantino, breaking with Concacaf’s wider push for a review of Fifa governance after the World Cup sell-off controversy. Argentina’s federation then also endorsed Infantino, widening divisions between national and regional bodies over Fifa’s leadership ahead of next March’s presidential election. Concacaf, whose members include Mexico and…
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Quake gets a free new chapter promising “ferocious combat, labyrinthine level design, and nightmarish realms” to celebrate its 30th birthday
Quake has received a free expansion, Dawn of the Machine, to mark the classic first-person shooter’s 30th anniversary. Developed by id Software and MachineGames, it follows Ranger’s attempt to destroy the Nightmare Machine and escape an endless cycle of violent deaths, while adding new combat encounters and levels to the 2021 enhanced edition. The expansion…
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Helena Gao And Shushu Link On ‘lao wai [老外]’
Chinese-Danish alt-pop artist Helena Gao has released ‘lao wai [老外]’, a new single featuring Chinese artist Shushu, ahead of her EP ‘Gao Dan Dan’. The track explores Gao’s sense of being an outsider—its title means “foreigner”—and blends hyper-pop, Chinese electronic music and Scandinavian alt-pop influences. The EP is due on 10 September via After All…
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Trump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchips
Donald Trump has ordered a 15% tariff on imported products made with polysilicon, a highly purified silicon used in solar panels and semiconductors. The measure, due to take effect on 4 December, is intended to strengthen US supply chains and reduce reliance on China, which is the main producer, amid competition over artificial intelligence, energy…