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gq.com - Scott Meslow - The Best Video Games of 2026 (So Far)
The Best Video Games of 2026 (So Far)
GQ

For our list of the best video games of 2025, click here. 2026 has been a strange, strained year for the video-game industry. The squeeze of the AI industry and the Trump administration's tariffs has driven the cost of components so high that the…

forbes.com - Antonio Pequeño IV - Trump Attends 'Patriots Games' With Pat McAfee
Trump Attends 'Patriots Games' With Pat McAfee
Forbes

Sports talk show host Pat McAfee sat beside President Donald Trump at the “Patriot Games” finale in Ohio on Tuesday, in the latest link-up between the president and the brash host. GENEVA, OHIO - AUGUST 11: U.S. President Donald Trump…

nytimes.com - John Riker - The tush push meets 'Madden': How EA Sports added the notorious play to the video game
The tush push meets 'Madden': How EA Sports added the notorious play to the video game
The New York Times

Eyebrows furrowed, muscles tensed and hands gripped the field in anticipation. As the quarterback's bark broke the tension, linemen sprang out of their stances into brutal collisions, fighting over mere inches. Offense and defense clashed for hours…

fansided.com - Christopher Kline - Predicting the Vikings record game-by-game with Kyler Murray as QB1
Predicting the Vikings record game-by-game with Kyler Murray as QB1
FanSided

The Minnesota Vikings have officially named Kyler Murray their starting quarterback for the upcoming season, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. That means former top-10 pick J.J. McCarthy will be demoted to QB2, with his future in the organization shrouded…

thehill.com - Ashleigh Fields - Winners crowned at Patriot Games next to Trump
Winners crowned at Patriot Games next to Trump
The Hill

President Trump visited Geneva, Ohio on Tuesday to watch two American athletes win the first-ever Patriot Games, which were created by his administration to increasingly showcase youth sportsmanship and promote strict biological sex categories in…

engadget.com - Kris Holt - Supermassive Games will lay off up to 75 workers
Supermassive Games will lay off up to 75 workers
Engadget

Video game industry workers are facing yet more job cuts. Supermassive Games, the developer of Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, says it will lay off as many as 75 employees. 'We have made the difficult decision to begin a redundancy…

independent.co.uk - Joe Sommerlad - F-16 intercepts plane over Trump's Patriot Games in latest airspace violation
F-16 intercepts plane over Trump's Patriot Games in latest airspace violation
The Independent

An F-16 fighter jet was forced to intercept a civilian plane over Geneva, Ohio, as President Donald Trump attended the Patriot Games, the second such incident in a week. North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement its jet had fired…

seekingalpha.com - VanEck - The Muni Brief: Stay In The Game
The Muni Brief: Stay In The Game
Seeking Alpha

Redemptions, maturities, and coupon payments are set to hit a 24-month high over the next two weeks, adding a reinvestment bid even as new issuance continues at a healthy pace. July's returns disappointed, but the math still works: munis carry a…

bbc.co.uk - Dan Wareing - Paedophile lured child to York bedroom with video games
Paedophile lured child to York bedroom with video games
BBC

A paedophile who used video games to trick a child into his bedroom during the 90s has been jailed. Ian Mark Wrightson, 54, who now lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, sexually assaulted the primary school pupil multiple times between 1990 and 1992…

creativebloq.com - Joe Foley - AI will have the biggest impact on the future of gaming, developers say
AI will have the biggest impact on the future of gaming, developers say
Creative Bloq

Perhaps unsurprisingly, AI-assisted development is expected to have the biggest impact on the games industry over the next three years. That's according to the 2026 Gamescom dev Speaker Survey, which is intended to provide an overview of developer…

espn.com - Keith Jenkins - Where to watch NFL preseason games: Week 1 schedule
Where to watch NFL preseason games: Week 1 schedule
ESPN

NFL Network's live preseason coverage kicks off Thursday with a doubleheader, as the Green Bay Packers visit familiar faces Mike McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. First-year Tennessee Titans coach Robert Saleh will also face his…

gamesindustry.biz - Sophie McEvoy - BAFTA Games Awards updates voting requirements and entry fees as it opens entries for 2027 ceremony
BAFTA Games Awards updates voting requirements and entry fees as it opens entries for 2027 ceremony
GamesIndustry.biz

Entries for the 2027 BAFTA Games Awards are now open, alongside updates to its entry requirements, fee structure, and AI policy. The BAFTA Games Committee reviews eligibility criteria, voting, and campaigning rules annually. This year, the rulebook…

nbcnews.com - Ultrarare Nintendo Mario game cartridges discovered in Wisconsin
Ultrarare Nintendo Mario game cartridges discovered in Wisconsin
NBC News

A few years ago, a pop culture store owner in Wisconsin mentioned to Jason Ganos, a well-known Nintendo game collector, that he had a box of Super Mario cartridges that had been sitting in storage for years. It stopped Ganos in his tracks. It…

bbc.co.uk - Bernd Debusmann Jr - Inside the Secret Service 'shell game' to hide US presidents in plain sight
Inside the Secret Service 'shell game' to hide US presidents in plain sight
BBC

Bernd Debusmann Jr White House reporter On 8 July, US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in plain sight of television cameras as he departed the Nato summit in Turkey. But when the mighty Boeing aircraft left Ankara, the president had…

bbc.co.uk - Simon Stone - Man Utd v Leeds: The first soccer game between two English sides at Croke Park, Dublin
Man Utd v Leeds: The first soccer game between two English sides at Croke Park, Dublin
BBC

A pre-season meeting between Leeds United and Manchester United is nothing new, but it can still be special. The Roses rivals will be meeting for the fourth time in eight summers when they face each other in Dublin on Wednesday (19:30 BST kick-off…

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