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Game Of Thrones: The Mad King Confirms Rhaegar And Lyanna Fan Theories

After several cancellations, Game of Thrones: The Mad King finally held its first preview show. This means a limited number of fans have been able to see this A Song of Ice and Fire prequel stage play, covering some of the most important events in the lore.

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Linux kernel patch can boost the Steam Deck's 1% low frame rate by as much as 31% in early testing

A number of recent Linux driver patches has reportedly resulted in significant performance gains for the Steam Deck. Valve's handheld runs on the Linux-based SteamOS, and these patches can apparently improve the Steam Deck's 1% low frame rates by as much as 31%.A fresh 'epp_boost' feature for the AMD P-State driver is...

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Blizzard's former Battle.net lead is moving his expertise over to the Epic Games Store to 'elevate player, creator, and developer experiences'

What would it take to make you use Epic's launcher? Free games? Even better revenue for devs? Or perhaps an experience that doesn't make you want to pull your hair out? Well, Epic's already tried the first two, so now it's onto the third as it hires a new VP to oversee and hopefully fix the storefront's struggles. Mart...

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A Dragon Age Trilogy remaster probably won't happen as no one still employed at BioWare knows how the engine works, claims producer

Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah believes a remaster of the original Dragon Age trilogy isn't likely to happen, as no one left working at the developer knows how the old engine works. Read more

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AMD launches the RX 9050, and it's even more entry-level than expected

AMD has launched a new graphics card, the RX 9050. This is an entry-level graphics card with a slim provision of cores and VRAM, more of a match for the 890M than the RX 9060. It's even more entry-level than initial rumours suggested, and while you'd hope for a great price to match, we're not getting our hopes up yet.T...

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Halo: Campaign Evolved Players Uncover Hidden PC Split-Screen Mode

In their attempt to add a split-screen mode from scratch, modders have discovered that Halo: Campaign Evolved already has split-screen functionality baked into its config files. The only thing preventing PC players from experiencing Halo: Campaign Evolved's split-screen mode is a simple mod that brings forward the code...

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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers sequel in the works from original director's new studio, which bears the wonderful name Indolphinity

Chinese soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is getting a sequel, set to be developed by a new studio helmed by the first game's director. Rather than original studio Lenzee, the new Wuchang entry's being made by Indolphinity - or the Chengdu Recursive Dolphin Technology Company - and published by 505 Games. Read more

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Official New Fable Event Confirmed for August 26

February 2027 is shaping up to be a big month for video games next year, and developer Playground Games/publisher Xbox's release of Fable is one of the biggest reasons why. And now fans know when they can expect another look at the upcoming Xbox video game, ahead of its release on February 23.

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Second-Hand Store CEX Is Selling Steam Machines For $2,125

With limited stock and long queues, it’s hardly surprising that scalpers are foaming at the mouth over the already-expensive Steam Machine, pawning them on websites like eBay for hundreds of dollars more than they’re worth. But it’s still disappointing to see major second-hand retailers jump on the bandwagon, as is hap...

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Project Zomboid build 42 is finally here, and it adds animals, basements, and deeper crafting

For over a decade, Project Zomboid has sent us off into Knox Country to survive and stave off those pesky, shambling zombies. And now, after over a year of waiting for a stable build, with build 42, we'll experience a "landmark update," from an "extensively expanded" reworked map to animal husbandry, basements, corpse...

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Clair Obscur developers see Sony's no-disk announcement as 'a sad decision', because they 'like to go outside, buy a game, and come back home with it'

Sony won't be producing game disks anymoreβ€”a decision that's been met industry-wide with a mixture of frustration and ambivalence, depending on which side of the fence you fall on. Personally, I don't think a videogame company or distribution platform having final say over whether you concretely own something is health...

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When Is Suisui Coming Out In WuWa? (Suisui Release Date & Time For All Servers)

Suisui will come out in Wuthering Waves 3.5 on July 30, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET (UTC-4) for the America server. For other servers, she will debut at 10:00 AM server time. Of course, the server time will depend on which server your account is on.

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