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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Fans Have Limited Time to Snag a Cool Freebie

Ubisoft continues its celebration of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, which did well critically and continues to do well commercially, and fans will have a limited time to grab a unique little freebie in honor of the game. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has understandably been criticized for its monetization...

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Gigabyte is launching B550 AM4 motherboards and recommending four-year-old CPUs because the memory crisis is really that bad

You don't need me to tell you the memory crisis is looking bleak, but, well, the memory crisis is looking bleak. So bleak, in fact, that Gigabyte has just unveiled a new series of AM4 motherboards. Yes, the socket we thought we'd be done with by now.The B550 X Series, as Gigabyte calls it, is "engineered to be the most...

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Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced's Kraken wheel will no longer be "wheely expensive" following the latest update, which will also teach you how to throw cash

Is that a blowpipe on your back or are you just happy to see me. Ah, it isn't a blowpipe, because you've used the latest in an ongoing flow of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced updates to hide your blowpipe so it doesn't ruin your outfit. No, I don't want you to throw me some money to make up for that joke not...

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword's bad guy has 'an edge of eroticism', confirms Capcom dev β€” he's 'very alluring in the way that he moves'

As you can see in the above video, I recently travelled to Osaka, Japan, to go inside Capcom's headquarters and play its upcoming action game, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, as well as talk to many of the lead devs who have worked on it.And, as part of my developer interviews, I spoke with Art Director Hiroyuki Nara about...

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Arctic announces price rollback thanks to a US gov tariff refund, which will continue until 'every single dollar Arctic received… has been paid back to our customers'

PC cooling company Arctic has secured a tariff refund from the US government. The company isn't simply content to sit on the cash, though. As a result of the refund, Arctic is rolling back prices on its cooling components for US customers. On top of that, the company has also pledged to put the money to use in a variet...

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Riot walks back paid League of Legends Classic chromas, and it's yet another win

If there's one thing I miss about the glory days of League of Legends, it's the distinct lack of microtransactions. Riot has ramped up its premium offerings over the past few years, starting with Dark Cosmic Erasure Jhin and the Mythic Variants, and ending in the infamous $450 Hall of Legends Ahri skin. When I [...]

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GameRant Daily Crossword Mini (August 5, 2026)

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Brand-New Factory Automation Game on Steam is Terraria Meets Factorio

Factorio has inspired plenty of factory-building games over the years, while Terraria remains one of the biggest names in 2D sandbox exploration. It's rare to see the two genres collide in a meaningful way, but that's exactly the niche a brand-new factory automation game on Steam is aiming for. Instead of simply automa...

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Name That Game (August 5, 2026)

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GameRant Daily Crossword (August 5, 2026)

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Lego Reportedly Cancels Plans For All Upcoming Sonic And Animal Crossing Sets

Much like the movie industry, Lego has invested heavily in video game crossovers for the past half a decade or so. There are countless Mario and Minecraft sets, Fortnite got in on the fun a while back, and now it and Pokemon are doing big business together. Despite all of that video game Lego set success, it looks like...

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Xbox's FanFest world tour is still going ahead, for some reason, even after Microsoft fired the guy who created it

Well, this isn't a good idea after laying off thousands of people: a global Xbox FanFest tour. Yet apparently it's still going ahead, even after Microsoft fired the person who pitched and created the show in said layoffs. Face, meet palm. Read more

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