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Peter Cullen, Legendary Voice Of Optimus Prime, Has Died Aged 85
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Rockstar Finally Breaks Its Silence Over The GTA 6 Leaks, Calls Them ‘Heartbreaking’

The company also uncharacteristically apologizes for the lack of official information
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Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros Might Finally Give Us A Game Of Thrones Game Worth Remembering

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One Shot From The New GTA 6 Leak Already Has Some Fans Yelling About A Downgrade

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Final Fantasy VII Revelation Has A Pending Mature 17+ Rating And Fans Think It Might Mean Cloud And Tifa Bone

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PS Plus Monthly Games for September 2026 Include One Of The Best Pixel Art Turn-Based RPGs In Years And ‘GTA For Kids’

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Nintendo Switch 2 To Receive Two Bundle Options, But Only After The Base Price Gets Hiked

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007 First Light

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Tetsuya Nomura Says Kingdom Hearts 4 Will Have Fewer Worlds Than Previous Games Because Each One Is More Detailed Than Ever

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Tim Curry, Famous For Rocky Horror And So Much More, Dies At 80

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Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music And Our Hearts, Dies At 80

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James Gunn’s DCU Finally Gives Comic Book Apes Their Due With Gorilla Grodd Miniseries

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Anker Prime Power Bank Hits Its Lowest Price, With a Wall Charger Built In and Enough Power for a MacBook Pro

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Shark’s 2026 Cordless Stick Vacuum Is Now 40% Off and at Least 2X Cheaper Than a Dyson

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Samsung Cuts 43% Off 32-Inch Odyssey G5 QHD Gaming Monitor to Clear Out Stock on Amazon

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DJI Mic Mini Combo Comes With 2 Microphones, Receiver, and Charging Case for a Steal Ahead of Labor Day

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Forget Mac mini, This Intel N5030 Mini PC Gets the Clearance Treatment Near a Record Low on Amazon

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Anker Goes Big on Prime Charging Station, 250W 6-Port GaN USB-C Charger Is Back at an All-Time Low

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Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Gets Nearly 40% Off, Now Priced Like a No-Name Speaker

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Not Just Star Wars, LEGO Quietly Drops Pokémon Eevee Set Near Its Lowest Price on Amazon

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Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet Drops to a Record Low Without Prime Day, a Fraction of the Price of an iPad

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Amazon Goes All-In on Alexa Smart Lamp, Echo Glow Drops to Its Lowest Price of the Year

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Samsung 990 2TB NVMe SSD Gets Another Amazon Price Cut to Almost 40% Off

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Amazon Clears Out Anker MagGo Power Bank, 10,000mAh Qi2-Certified 15W MagSafe Charger for Less

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Fields of Mistria: The Kotaku Review

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I Tried Krispy Kreme’s Hard-To-Get Pokemon Doughnuts, And One Of Them Was Actually Pretty Good

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One Of The Best SNES Action-RPGs Is Getting The Rebirth It Deserves

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Revolutionary Macintosh Fantasy Series Celebrates 40th Anniversary With PC Version

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Super Mario Sunshine Is Coming To Switch 2

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Final Fantasy 10 Still Has The Best Game Opening In The Series

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Disney+ Pulls The Abyss Over Controversial Rat Scene — Again

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A Hot-Fix Is On The Way For MindsEye’s Frustrating CPR Mini-Game

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Companies Back Off Multiplatform Messaging As Xbox Pulls PS5 Mentions And Sony Doubles Down On Console Exclusivity

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PlayStation Chooses The Worst Possible Time To Blast Players With Reminders That They Don’t Own Their Digital Games

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Xbox CEO Won’t Say If Project Helix Has A Disc Drive: ‘We Have To Be Thinking About Efficiency And Affordability’

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Xbox Reveals Plan To Save Fans’ Physical Game Collections In A Digital Future: ‘Even As Technology Changes, Your Library Shouldn’t’

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Trump Reportedly Flirting With A New Round Of Tariffs On Gaming Hardware

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FromSoftware Says Nintendo Has Been A Big Help In Making Sure Switch 2 Exclusive The Duskbloods Doesn’t Just Drop Players In And Hope ‘They Figure It Out’

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