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#ElectronicArts
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Electronic Arts completes its acquisition deal, is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia’s PIF

Electronic Arts (EA) officially sold off to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner and others

Electronic Arts Is Officially Sold Off And Belongs To Saudi Arabia

Electronic Arts completes $55bn acquisition; CEO announces senior leadership changes

The deal is done: Electronic Arts is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia

Electronic Arts Officially Belongs To Saudi Arabia, Private Equity, And Jared Kushner Now

#DeepDive
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EA Sports FC 27 Drops In-Depth Look at The Grounds, Modes and Features Showcased

EA Sports FC 27 Grounds Preview — Step Off The Pitch And Into The Grounds

This Year's EA Sports FC Is Definitely Different, and I'm Eager to See How It's Received

FC 27 The Grounds Game Modes & Activities: Kickabouts, Rush & Club League

FC 27 The Grounds Deep Dive: Open-World Clubs, Districts, Mentors & Modes

EA SPORTS FC 27 The Grounds Deep Dive Released

FC 27’s The Grounds Looks Like PlayStation Home For Football Fans

#TheMysteryOfThebes
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Marvel Rivals’ next update will reduce the game’s install size by up to 40 GB

Marvel Rivals Adds The Hood on August 7th in Season 9.5

The Hood Arrives in Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 on August 7

Marvel Rivals’ next update drastically reduces the game’s install size on PC and console

The Hood joins Marvel Rivals as Season 9.5 cuts 40GB from PC install size

#Switch2
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Final Fantasy XIV Coins Used for FFXIV Switch 2 Subscriptions

PSA: Final Fantasy XIV Getting Switch 2 Update To Address Prolonged Loading

Final Fantasy XIV is now on Switch 2 with a free trial and temporary subscription waiver

You can try the newly-launched Switch 2 port of Final Fantasy 14 for free, right now, if you have a spare 117GB

FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster Review

#FortunesWeaveMangaHeads
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New Details Emerge for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Manga Heads to Saikyo Jump

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct Reveals Characters, Classes, Gameplay

Recapping The Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct

Talking Point: So, What Did You Think Of The Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct?

Nintendo Music Adds Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave As A Special Release

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Nintendo Direct roundup

Everything Announced in The Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Nintendo Direct

A Nun With A Gun Is Everyone’s Favorite Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Character

7 Things We Just Learned During The Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct

#BaldursGate3In916
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Almost 10,000 people have played Baldur's Gate 3 in a portrait aspect ratio, so join me in figuring out why they'd commit such sacrilege

Baldur's Gate 3 Stats Reveal Most-Killed NPCs, and You Guys Are Cold-Blooded

Larian drops new Baldur's Gate 3 stats and you're all monsters: More non-Durge players killed Alfira than Durge and, worst of all, 9,000 people played on portrait monitors

New Baldur’s Gate 3 Player Stats Prove You’re All Knife-Happy Bard Murderers

#HotWheelsInfiniteRush
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Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Drops Brand New Look At Its Vehicle Types and Progression

Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Reveals New Trailer Detailing Progression, Vehicle Classes And Customization

Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush Highlights Its Open World Islands in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer

Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Beyond the Track Episode 2 Released

#The2020DefinitiveEdition
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Mafia: The Old Country – Man of Honor Gameplay Reveals New Jobs, Challenges and Targets to Silence

Man of Honor DLC Adds New Chapters and a Bouncing Knife

Mafia: The Old Country's PS5 DLC Will Expand on Sicily's Scope

Gameplay first look – Mafia: The Old Country’s Man of Honor expansion

#Playstation5
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Announced for PS5 at State of Play, Gothic Action RPG Crimson Moon Finally Has a Release Date

Crimson Moon Release Date Announced with Friendly Price Tag

Crimson Moon battles demonic corruption on September 1

Gothic RPG Crimson Moon Launching September 1

#Predator
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Big Walk isn't an open world hangout sim, it's a secret Predator game, or it would be if House House would quit fixing the voice volume

Is Big Walk crossplay?

Big Walk’s Most Important Feature Is Getting Patched

Big Walk Just Hit A Major Milestone On PS Plus

One of Big Walk's puzzles is simple to solve but still gave us an existential crisis

#CinderCity
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Sci-fi MMO Cinder City is getting a pre-alpha playtest later this month so you can put its RAM hogging requirements to the test

Cinder City Announces First Pre-Alpha Playtest From August 14th to 16th

NC's tactical shooter, Cinder City, is running its first-ever playtest

#TheGearsOfWarEday
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Xbox lists its next 11 Game Pass titles, including the Gears of War E-Day beta

Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta dates, times, rewards and content

Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Leads Xbox Game Pass August 2026 Lineup

#TheSwitch2
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has a couple of issues [update: Nintendo acknowledges issues]

Nintendo Identifies Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Switch 2 Edition Bugs, Update On The Way

Nintendo confirms Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Switch 2 bugs and is preparing update

#ThePrologueDemo
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Monster Hunter Wilds Championship Global Edition DLC and Quests Shared

It May Be 18 Months Old, But Monster Hunter Wilds Just Got a Free Playable Demo on PS5

Datamining reveals Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 could run at 1080p-1440p docked, 720p-864p handheld at 30-40fps

#August
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Today's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang redeem codes (August 2026)

Unbox ASMR codes (August 2026)

Garden Cleaner Evolution codes August 2026

The Portal Codes (August 2026)

#August
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (August 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – August 2026 Links

#Want
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I Want to Play the Villain puts you in the role of stage manager for a prima donna cast

I Want to Play the Villain! Will Let You Rewrite The Cast

#IfQuanticDream
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"If Quantic Dream wants to destroy jobs, it must pay": French union call strike as they demand extension to layoff negotiations with Star Wars Eclipse studio

Star Wars Eclipse Maker Accused Of Dragging Out Layoff Negotiations: ‘Quantic Dream Wants To Destroy Jobs, It Must Pay’

#GameFreaks
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‘We take your feedback to heart’: Game Freak is planning regular Beast of Reincarnation updates, starting next week

Beast of Reincarnation’s Dog Is A Huge Miss On Game Freak's Part

#Tmnt
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Humble Choice for August 2026 brings TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and more

Humble Choice August 2026 Is Live, and It Includes Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

#TokyoGameShow
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Bandai Namco announces TGS 2026 lineup

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve to be Among Bandai Namco’s Games Playable at TGS 2026

#FinalFantasy14
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Square Enix details loading times issue with Final Fantasy 14 on Nintendo Switch 2

PSA: Final Fantasy 14 Is Out Now On Nintendo Switch 2 But You Don’t Have To Buy It To Play

#EndlessLegend
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Endless Legend 2 Exits PC Early Access on September 17, Also Coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Endless Legend 2 is escaping early access in September and adding new major, minor and rogue factions

#Xbox360
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Xbox 360 Games Are Coming to PC as Microsoft Expands Backward Compatibility

Xbox 360 games coming to PC allege leaked documents

#Beholder
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Beholder: Conductor Review

Noctua NL-LC1 review