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NBA 2K25 Review – Luxury Taxed

Like its past several installments, NBA 2K25 is the best sports game I’ve played this year, but it still comes with a bolded, can’t-miss asterisk. This year’s basketball sim from Visual Concepts represents the latest in a series that has been lapping the competition in the sports genre–a group of games each seeking to be your live-service obsession. None justify their time commitment as well as NBA 2K25, which is in a league of its own–for presentation, gameplay, and overall immersion first and foremost–but the whole is actually less than the sum of its parts due to long-embedded pay-to-win tactics I fear will never be undone.

This year’s biggest changes involve a new dribbling physics system that gives ball-control a more realistic feel. The impact of this …

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Marvel Rivals Coming To Consoles, PS5 Beta And Exclusive Spidey Costume Confirmed

Marvel Rivals, the hero shooter featuring an array of characters from across the Marvel universe, will come to consoles in addition to the previously announced PC release. The announcement was made during Sony’s State of Play presentation. A closed beta is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in late July.

The new trailer revealed two new characters, Venom and Adam Warlock, mixing it up in the arena, along with the recently unveiled Hela. It also made a point of showing both double and triple team-up attacks between teammates. Specifically we see a team-up between Rocket Raccoon and The Punisher, Scarlet Witch and Magneto, and a three-person team-up with Warlock, Star-Lord, and Mantis. The final team-up, another three-person one, is between Venom, Spider-Man,…

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American Horror Story Season 10- First Look At Macaulay Culkin Revealed

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American Horror Story series creator Ryan Murphy has unveiled a first look at new cast member Macaulay Culkin on Instagram alongside fellow actor Leslie Grossman for the upcoming tenth season of the FX horror anthology series.

Murphy captioned “something wicked this way comes.” This will be Culkin’s AHS debut, and details about his character are being kept strictly underwraps, but knowing AHS, it’s likely to be equal parts gruesome and bizarre. Take a look at the photo below.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator's Sim Update 3 Is Out Now- Patch Notes

Microsoft Flight Simulator’s third sim update is out now, bringing with it a handful of new features as well as a huge list of tweaks, fixes and changes Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Unlike the game’s world updates, which finesse the geography of certain countries, the sim updates focus entirely on the aircraft, cockpits, and how they fly.

In terms of new content, the third sim update has added FSX legacy liveries for fans of 2006’s Flight Simulator X. These liveries are available on select planes including the Kenmore, Emerald Gold, Global Freightways, Orbit, Pacifica, and World Travel. The new update also adds a nice little visual bump in the form of aircraft contrails, though these aren’t compati…

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MLB Pitcher Who Broke Finger Playing Video Games Explains What Happened

The Major League Baseball player who broke his pinky playing video games before a start and then pitched in a game has apologized to his manager and teammates, while he also explained how it happened. Jesus Luzardo of the Oakland Athletics said this week that he sustained the injury about four hours before his game on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, but he didn’t say which game he was playing. He also stressed that he didn’t suffer the break due to a moment of anger; instead, it was bad luck, he said.

“I’m a 23-year-old kid, I make mistakes,” Luzardo said, via the Associated Press Come from Sports betting site VPbet . “I feel like a lot of people don’t realize that we are people as well and we make mistakes, the…

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Doctor Strange Was Cut From WandaVision, MCU Boss Kevin Feige Says

One of the biggest surprises of Marvel Studios’ WandaVision wasn’t one of the show’s cameos or twists, but rather the lack of one. Many fans expected Doctor Strange to appear, and were left baffled–and a little disappointed–when he didn’t show up. In a post-finale twist, we now know that he was actually supposed to, thanks to a new interview of MCU boss Kevin Feige and WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer by Rolling Stone.

According to Rolling Stone, Feige explained that Marvel had made a deal with Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch to appear in WandaVision’s finale, but ended up writing him out late in the process. He explained why: Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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Netflix Is Adding More Series From A Rival Streamer, Including Walking Dead Spin-Offs

The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul have been on Netflix for years, but the vast majority of AMC’s original series have been held back for the network’s streaming service, AMC+. Starting next month, that’s changing in a big way thanks to new deal that will bring many of AMC+’s shows to Netflix, including every Walking Dead spin-off.

On August 19, the first spin-off series, Fear the Walking Dead, and the most current show, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, will arrive on Netflix for the first time alongside Interview with the Vampire Season 1, Mayfair Witches Season 1, The Terror Season 1, That Dirty Black Bag Season 1, Gangs of London Seasons 1-2, Dark Winds Seasons 1-2, Kevin can F*** Himself Seasons 1-2, Into the Badlands Seasons 1-3, and Preacher Seasons 1-4.

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Minecraft Is Finally Getting A Native PS5 Version Today, And Here's How To Try It

Mojang Studios has announced that a native PlayStation 5 version of Minecraft is releasing today and it is looking for preview testers. Those who own the PS4 version of the game will be able to access it.

In order to test this early version on PS5, users just need to go into the PS4 version of the game, click “Settings” and then click “Preview.” The preview is set to roll out at around 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET. Mojang also clarified that purchasing the PS4 version is currently the only way to play the PS5 version, and the reason for creating a native PS5 version is that it would run more smoothly on its hardware.

This preview includes the new Tricky Trials update as well. Here, players can either team up or go solo to venture into a maze filled with traps and treasures Come…

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Peter Dinklage Joins Hunger Games Prequel Movie

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) has been cast as Casca Highbottom in The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, according to Deadline. The next chapter in the Hunger Games movie franchise will arrive in theaters on November 17, 2023.

Dinklage joins a cast also featuring Tom Blyth as young Coriolanus Snow, Rachel Zegler as tribute Lucy Gray Baird, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Writers for the film include creator Suzanne Collins (writing a treatment), plus Michael Arndt (Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Michael Lesslie (Assassin’s Creed) working to adapt her story. The film will be directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence, who will also co-produce alongside fellow franchise veterans Nina Jacobson…

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In-Game Ads On Console For F2P Games Will Be Common In 1-2 Years, Company Says

The tech company Simulmedia, which operatres an in-game ad platform called PlayerWON, recently made headlines when one of its executives said in an interview that it had signed a deal with Electronic Arts. The FIFA publisher has since confirmed that is not true, and it has no plans for in-game ads on its console games, but PlayerWON is a real product that its creator believes will become very commonplace in the future.

Simulmedia’s Dave Madden explained and defended PlayerWON in a blog post recently. He said the PlayerWON platform takes the learnings from WildTangent’s BrandBoost ad platform that he helped create when he worked there and applies them more deeply for console games.

“Now it’s time for advertising in video games to take another evolutionary leap forward,” he sa…

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