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Scalpers Are Trying to Sell Valve’s Steam Frame for Up to $2,000, but the Community Is Fighting Back
After putting up the Steam Frame for reservation on Monday, Valve has finally sent out its emails letting people know if they’re on the reservation list or on the waitlist for the new VR headset. And, predictably, scalpers are already listing Steam Frame reservations on eBay. While Valve lists the 256GB Steam Frame kit for…
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Former PlayStation Execs Recreate Iconic Disc-Sharing Xbox Diss — Without the Physical Games This Time
Former PlayStation executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes have recreated their iconic game-sharing instructional video as Sony helps the industry barrel toward a discless future. Even if you weren’t playing too many games in 2013, there’s a good chance you remember the “Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video.” It was a viral 20-second how-to that…
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Marvel’s Wolverine Has ‘Sold Well,’ Early Data Suggests, but Don’t Expect Spider-Man Numbers
Sony has yet to announce an official sales figure for Marvel’s Wolverine, but one analyst has said early data suggests it’s sold 1.9 million copies since going on sale on September 15, generating around $130 million in revenue. Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, took to social media to say an estimated…
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Call of Duty Maker Activision Says the Video Game Cheat Market Generates $8.5 Billion a Year
Ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s release, Activision has spoken about the “multi-billion-dollar market” behind video game cheats. Cheating is a fact of life in pretty much all online games, but Call of Duty has a reputation for it, exacerbated by the free-to-download battle royale, Warzone. Activision, like other video game companies, faces…
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V for Vendetta: New Trailer Revealed for the 20th Anniversary Re-Release
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Saga Arts, and Fathom Entertainment announced Friday that tickets are now on sale online and at participating box offices for the 20th Anniversary theatrical re-release of V for Vendetta, which will be in theaters nationwide on November 1 and 5, 2026. The news was accompanied by a new trailer for…
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Joint Chiefs Chairman: US Military Must Be Prepared for Moon Battles
We learned earlier this week that the US has deployed its first secretive space weapon in orbit above Earth. Now, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the United States military must be prepared to one day fight battles on the moon. Or real close to the moon, depending on how the term…
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Marvel’s Wolverine Player Glitches Out of Bounds to Discover Floating NPCs, Cars That Phase Through Walls, and the Edges of the Map
A Marvel’s Wolverine player has discovered a glitch that allows for out of bounds exploration right up to the edges of the map. Warning! Spoilers for Marvel’s Wolverine follow… A YouTuber called “Turned” published a video showing how Logan is able to climb up and over a seemingly innocuous building to go out of bounds…
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Xbox Aware of ‘Phantom Achievement’ Glitch That’s Robbing Players of 100% Completion
Xbox fans report being blocked from 100% completion in various games due to so-called “phantom achievements” — despite having collected the full 1,000 Gamerscore. A bug is currently showing progress in some Xbox games capped below 100%, even when all visible achievements have been collected. For those who grind out achievements or who care about…
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New GTA 5 Leak Suggests Rockstar Had Ambitious, City-Sized DLC Plans That Were Ultimately Scrapped
GTA 5 has suffered a new leak that suggests Rockstar Games had ambitious, city-sized DLC plans for the game. Reports emerging online today indicate a near 200GB version of the GTA 5 source code initially leaked in 2023 has now been made public, and interested parties are analyzing it as we speak. The highlight here…
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How Turok: Origins Hopes to Appeal to a New Generation 30 Years After the Original N64 Game
There is a generation of gamers who know Turok well. For me, it is first and foremost an N64 game, a dinosaur-killing first-person shooter alternative to Rare’s all-conquering GoldenEye. But there is a generation of gamers who have never even heard of Turok before, let alone played it. So how does developer Saber get younger…