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Riot Will End Active Development On 2XKO At The End Of The Year

2XKO will be out a little more than a year before Riot will cease dev

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Aug 20 • 3:18 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
The Duskbloods' Characters Look Like A Bunch Of Total Doofuses

freakin' ZORK?!

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Aug 20 • 1:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
The Scariest Thing In The Silent Hill: Townfall Gameplay Trailer Is How Scots Pay For Electricity

The 19-minute-long gameplay demo left me with more questions than answers, one of them being 'Damn, y'all live like that?'

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Aug 20 • 11:45 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
CHI St. Alexius Health Williston launches behavioral health program for older adults

CHI St. Alexius Health Williston's new outpatient program addresses the growing mental health needs of older adults in northwestern North Dakota.

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Aug 20 • 11:05 AM EDT • Health • aha.org
Nobody's Buying New Physical Games On Xbox In The U.S.

Nintendo runs away with it

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Aug 20 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
The Democrats’ one neat trick to try to win a Senate majority

The battle for the Senate in 2026 comes with some fascinating wrinkles: In a trio of races — Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota — the Democrat has dropped out to help an independent try to win in a red state.

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Aug 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
NTE Artwork Features Watermark For Free Trial Of AI Software

NTE players in China spotted the watermark for a free version of the Doubao AI software on the artwork for a seahorse in the game's new update

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Aug 18 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Building on strong partnership, USD, Southeast Tech create expanded pathway in business education

Students who start in business programs at Southeast Technical College now have a clearer path to a four-year degree through an expanded partnership with the University of South Dakota’s Beacom School of Business.

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Aug 18 • 4:22 PM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
The Big Interview With The Developers Of Big Walk

Three members of House House joined me for a stroll to talk about Big Walk’s development, puzzles, sounds, and its emotional ending.

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Aug 18 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Group Behind GTA 6 Leak Demands End to Digital Pre-Orders

'Preorders were not created for gamers'

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Aug 18 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
12 Tips To Know Before You Start Playing Mortal Shell 2

Here are the settings to change and the pitfalls to avoid

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Aug 18 • 1:10 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Duskbloods Network Test Pre-Loads Are Live, Classes Have Leaked

Over a dozen character classes have also seemingly leaked online

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Aug 18 • 12:17 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Phantom Blade Zero State Of Play Was Swamped By Disc Protesters

The live chat, and then the post-stream comments, were of one furious voice

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Aug 18 • 10:04 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Xtreme One Entertainment Sets 4 XFC Events for Fall 2026

Aug. 30 Young Guns Fight in Buenos Aires Kicks off Most Active Fight Schedule Under $XONI LeadershipGRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xtreme One Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: XONI) (“Xtreme One”), parent company of Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC), unveiled a four-fight schedule for the XFC, including its first-ever event in South Dakota, a return to its Las Vegas hub, and two international Young Guns events. The four events will feature professional male and female fights

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Aug 18 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
Star Citizen Dev Hosts Disastrous Livestream To Show How A Mission Works And Is Told To Pull The Plug: 'It's Your Show, Wrap It Up'

The Star Citizen Live stream featuring the Siege of Orison mission doesn't go well at all

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Aug 17 • 4:57 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
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Army Commander Reportedly Offering GTA 6 Bonus For Re-Enlisting Soldiers

Sign a contract to serve more time and you can play GTA 6 for a few days in November

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Aug 17 • 3:06 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Pokopia Fan Figures Out How To Get Limited-TIme Pokémon

It turns out it’s possible to recruit limited-time Pokémon within the bounds of the game

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Aug 17 • 2:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Mattel Wants To Succeed In Games Where Hasbro Is Failing

Mattel is looking to succeed where Hasbro failed

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Aug 17 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Sony Ends Stonks-9800 Dev's Publisher Agreement Without Warning

'PlayStation Support refuses to listen to my arguments or even respond to my emails in any way,' stated Ternox Games

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Aug 17 • 9:46 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Nebraska forces 1-1 draw against South Dakota

Nebraska held its home opener on Sunday against South Dakota. The Huskers forced a draw against the Coyotes 1-1 after trailing for over 40 minutes.

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Aug 17 • 6:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Insomniac Staff Pins Overnight Wolverine Hate On Twitter

The studio’s marketing director blows off some steam on the sudden surge of scrutiny, believing this kind of culture can’t possibly be good for anyone’s mental health

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Aug 16 • 3:11 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Now It Will Be Sonic's Turn To Have A Gun In New Fortnite Update

Mega Man, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Jazz Jackrabbit join Fortnite’s ever growing IP pit in ‘Gaming Legends’ trailer

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Aug 16 • 1:55 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Saber CEO Apologizes To Lead Writer Replaced With ChatGPT

Hopefully putting a fork in this embarrassing stitch, Matt Karch delivered a private apology to the lead Rideshare "Simulator" writer subjected to his stinky, snarky rant

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Aug 15 • 7:54 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dan Ahlers says South Dakota needs to invest more in small businesses

South Dakota Democratic governor nominee Dan Ahlers says the state lacks small business support and criticizes a $69 million Sioux Falls corporate incentive.

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Aug 15 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • kotatv.com
Democrats abandon deep-red state Senate races, boosting independents

Democratic Senate nominees in Nebraska, Idaho and South Dakota dropped out, clearing the way for independents. But Alani Bankhead in Montana declined to join them.

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Aug 15 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Activision Really Wants You To Know Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's Campaign Isn't A Horrible Mess Like BLOPS7

For the first time ever a Call of Duty beta will include access to a singleplayer campaign mission

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Aug 14 • 4:39 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
It's Long Past Time Nintendo Gave Mario A Gun, You Cowards

The only thing that can save Nintendo is leaving childish things behind

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Aug 14 • 11:03 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Armstrong appoints senior advisor Conner Swanson to lead ND Department of Health and Human Services | North Dakota Office of the Governor

Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed Conner Swanson to lead the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), effective Aug. 29, citing his experience with complex policy issues at both the state and federal levels and his guidance to the agency through the Governor’s Office these past two years.

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Aug 13 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • governor.nd.gov
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Tyson reducing beef business footprint

Dakota City, Holcomb and Amarillo will be the anchor facilities for beef operations.

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Aug 13 • 4:47 PM EDT • Business • feedstuffs.com
There Is No Reason Not To Play South Of Midnight Anymore

With Compulsion Games now newly independent, their BAFTA-winning game is now free from Xbox and anything else that might have kept you from trying it

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Aug 13 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Pokémon Announces It’s Ending Support For Bank Storage App

After a decade of support, the series is cutting off the means to bring monsters from old games to new ones

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Aug 13 • 10:39 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Saber CEO Makes Rideshare's Undisclosed AI Mess Even Worse

Matt Karch said a missing Steam disclosure will be added eventually

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Aug 13 • 12:42 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Things I Said Out Loud While Suffering Through King's Field 4

This is just like Dark Souls

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Aug 12 • 4:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Immortality Studio's Next Game Was Once An FMV Metroid Idea

It's called Precognition, it's out in 2028, but there's no Samus Aran anywhere

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Aug 12 • 3:55 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out

For now at least, you can stop Amazon from using your streams and chat to train its generative AI tools

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Aug 12 • 3:46 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Ian-credible Science: Make a lava lamp at home

Each week, we bring you a quick and easy experiment you can do at home to explore a concept in science. This week, we’re making lava lamps.

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Aug 12 • 11:11 AM EDT • Science • kotatv.com
Lord of the Rings: War in the North Re-Release Is The First Of Many

Aspyr Media says it will have a bunch more LOTR games to come in the future

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Aug 12 • 11:03 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Oblivion Remastered Is Fine On Switch 2, But Fans Want A PS5 Patch

Many players want Bethesda to update the RPG on PS5 and Xbox following the release of the new port

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Aug 12 • 10:45 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Patients wary of government, companies pushing AI as a rural healthcare solution

Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges, but some rural Americans are skeptical.

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Aug 12 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • southdakotasearchlight.com
Xbox Boss Praises Elder Scrolls 6 As Bethesda Devs Protest Outside

The newly appointed Xbox CEO posted on social media that the upcoming RPG looks 'incredible'

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Aug 11 • 4:21 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
North Dakota’s SBDC turns 40

Organization's work has created tens of thousands of jobs in North Dakota, says State Director Tiffany Ford

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Aug 11 • 4:20 PM EDT • Business • blogs.und.edu
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11 S.D. companies named to Inc. 5000 list

A Sioux Falls online boutique was the fastest-growing company in South Dakota to make the annual Inc. 5000 list, which this year included 11 companies from the state.

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Aug 11 • 4:18 PM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
In Protest Of Mass Layoffs, Bethesda Devs Greet Xbox Leadership With A Giant Inflatable Rat

'We heard that Microsoft leadership was coming to our office this week, and decided to make our presence visible'

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Aug 11 • 2:45 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Stop Killing Games Joins Lawsuit Against Sony's Digital 'Monopoly'

Both Stop Killing Games and DoesItPlay are lending their support to a lawsuit against the digital 'monopoly'

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Aug 11 • 1:53 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Overwatch Battle Pass Revamp Is Helping With The FOMO

The game’s shift to a Battle Pass structure in 2022 has made it difficult to get cosmetics if you’re not playing consistently each season

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Aug 11 • 9:46 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Super Mario Bros Speedrunners Are 0.1 Seconds From Perfection

Just six frames stand between these savants and the perfect Mario run

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Aug 11 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Knights Of The Old Republic Was Censored In The Weirdest Way

Prepare to sit back and say 'damn' when you learn what Lucasfilm saved us from hearing

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Aug 11 • 8:30 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
A Fake Email Redirected $113,050 Into His Business Account, Then Nearly All the Money Was Gone in Hours

A North Dakota man is facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors say a nearly identical email address redirected $113,050 owed to an art dealer into ... Read More

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Aug 10 • 8:20 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
13 Fields of Mistria Tips For First-Time Farmers

Starting your first farm in Mistria 1.0? Here are a few things that will make your journey easier

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Aug 10 • 6:45 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
North Dakota receives $6 million federal grant to expand children's behavioral health services | Health and Human Services North Dakota

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) has been awarded a new $6 million federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand community-based behavioral health services for children, youth and families in north central and southeastern North Dakota.

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Aug 10 • 5:00 PM EDT • Health • hhs.nd.gov
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Marvel Tōkon PC Patch Improves Struggling Steam Version

Arc System Works’ new Marvel tag fighter has been struggling on PC since beta

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Aug 10 • 4:59 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Saber's newest game trailer takes a shot at Gearbox's CEO, if you look closely

The first hint that something might be up with the recent debut trailer for Saber Interactive’s Rideshare Stimulator is an unusual choice of words—aside from that second one in the game’s title. “Don’t take your passengers too seriously,” the trailer’s narrator says, as he describes this upcoming game. It a car game about the gig work of driving eccentric people to their destinations, a riff on Crazy Taxi. And then, he says: “When I think I’ve met the randiest of passengers, someone even stranger gets in.” “Randiest”? That suggests “randy,” which usually means having strong sexual desire. Yet none of the oddball backseat occupants featured in the trailer seem particularly lustful. One is an old man who considers his grandson a failure, another shares the theory that birds might control traffic lights, another says he’s banned from an aquarium. A little later, there’s a license plate, shown 63 seconds into the trailer, on the front of an SUV: USB DRV It’s a Texas plate. The symbol between those letters is a cog wheel. If you know, you know. That’s a reference to Texas-based Borderlands game development studio Gearbox Software (their logo features a cog wheel). More specifically, it’s a reference to Gearbox’s CEO Randy Pitchford, who in 2018 found himself explaining the nature of video he’d saved on a USB drive that was found at a Medieval Times restaurant before being returned to the studio: “It was ‘barely legal’ porn. This girl’s handle was ‘Only 18.’” The “girl” in the video had committed a solo sex act that Pitchford, an avid practitioner of magic, found remarkable. “I realized, this is not a sex worker…This is a fucking magician.” Back then, the USB drive was central to competing lawsuits against Gearbox by the studio’s former lawyer and by Gearbox against him. A settlement in late 2019 “exonerated” Pitchford, per the Hollywood Reporter. The USB story has resurfaced at times, now in a trailer from a company that not long ago was corporate brethren with Gearbox. Saber vs. Gearbox The head of Saber told Game File that the reference is payback. “The dig is because Randy took shots at Embracer in Borderlands 4,” Saber CEO Matt Karch told me when I asked him about the license plate. “Without Embracer, Randy is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living.” Having interviewed Karch during a cross-country flight in late 2024, I can confirm that Karch was unimpressed with Pitchford during their time both working in the Embracer group. I’d approached him not out of surprise that there was animosity but that it was manifesting publicly now. Gearbox was founded in 1999, worked on a port of Halo early on, and developed hit series such as the loot-based sci-fi shooter Borderlands before it was purchased by The Embracer Group in early 2021 for $363 million (with a possible earn-out of over $1 billion, if certain targets were hit by 2027). Saber was founded in 2001, worked on a remaster of Halo early on, had a big hit with zombie shooter World War Z and was purchased by Embracer in early 2020 for $150 million, with a potential earn-out of up to $375 million. For a few years, the Embracer group was a voracious acquirer of game studios. Then, as investment dried up, it choked. In March 2024, Embracer sold Saber to an investment company controlled by Saber CEO Matt Karch, and it sold Gearbox in an all-stock deal to long-time Borderlands publisher Take Two Interactive. Other studios were shut down. Hundreds of developers were laid off. Gearbox didn’t say much about their Embracer experience, nothing too direct, at least. In the summer 2024, Pitchford told reporter and occasional Game File contributor Nicole Carpenter that Borderlands 4’s story was in some way thematically connected to Gearbox’s experience at Embracer: “There’s this cultural and emotional shift in me, personally, and at the studio. What does it mean to trade some autonomy for organization?” When Borderlands 4 came out, there was something stranger: the matter of “Embracer’s Bluff,” a location in the game featuring an AI-powered toilet and a large trash dump, according to a detailed Kotaku account of the place. Gearbox never commented on it; Take Two never got back to me about it when I asked them last year. By contrast, since Saber exited Embracer, Karch has been one of Embracer’s biggest defenders, casting their management as well-meaning and supportive despite the layoffs and studio closures that resulted from their excessive expansion. Like others, Saber’s Karch saw Embracer’s as a shot. With Rideshare Stimulator’s trailer, he’s returned fire. “It’s amazing to me how fast people forget those who went above and beyond for them,” Karch told Game File. A rep for Gearbox did not comment by press time. Game File is a reader-supported publication. Your backing makes my reporting—including any coverage of trailer-based beefs—possible. Good news! I’m currently running Game File’s first big sale of 2026. You can get a one-year subscription for 23% off. Click here to take advantage of the limited-time offer. And thank you for your support! Item 2: In brief… 🚫 Wal-Mart has laid off the staff of Restart, a games media outlet launched in 2024, Aftermath reports. 🟥 A GTA VI preview is on the way, at last, via an “extended look” that will premiere, unusually, on Netflix at 3pm ET on August 27, then officially go live elsewhere six hours later. Last week, Game File noted that Take Two label Rockstar Games is overdue for showing off GTA VI, based on the timing of the initial hands-off previews of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. During a call with investors, Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said pre-orders for GTA VI were “unprecedented and astonishing,” but added the company can’t predict how many of those pre-orders represent bonus sales vs. sales that otherwise would have been made at launch. During the same call, Zelnick was noticeably bullish on the future of playing games over streaming cloud connections (predicting wider adoption in three or so years). He sounded unbothered by Sony’s plans to stop making discs for new games (he said the business is 90% digital already and predicted that there could still be limited edition physical editions of games “in the same way there’s still vinyl in the recorded music business.”) 👀 Take Two wrote off $43 million in their spring quarter after deciding “not to proceed with further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline from a third-party developer.” 🤔 Some rare age-demographics from a big publisher: Capcom recently told investors that “users in their 20s account for approximately half of the users of both Pragamata and Resident Evil Requiem.” Item 3: The week ahead Tuesday, August 11 Game releases: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Switch 2; already out for PC, PS5, Xbox) continues the Bethesda strategy of putting Elder Scrolls games on everything; Royalty Free-For-All is a Smash Bros.-style fighting game featuring public domain characters such as Mother Goose brawling with Oliver Twist in a stage based on the original Little Shop of Horrors movie. Wednesday, August 12 Game release: Pro Jank Footy (PC, console) is an arcade-style Australian Rules Football game with increasingly ridiculous rules, the more you play (I enjoyed the Steam demo) Thursday, August 13 Game release: Super Mario Sunshine (Switch 2, originally released in 2002 on the GameCube) is released for Switch 2’s Nintendo Switch Online service. This game is the black sheep of 3D Mario games. It’s the successor to the breakthrough Super Mario 64 and the rare Mario game built around a single (vacation resort) theme. Mario’s got a water-spraying backpack, a Yoshi pal and a lot of blue coins to collect.

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Aug 10 • 4:27 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Golden Sun Is Getting A Sequel Next Year And It Looks Incredible

Part 2 of Camelot's epic GBA RPG is coming sooner than we thought

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Aug 10 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
GameStop Raises $325 Million In IPO As Barnes & Noble Bets Big On Video Games

The unit of Barnes & Noble is the single biggest game seller in the U.S.

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Aug 10 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Review Roundup

Critics found a lot to pull apart in this anticipated sequel to Daggerfall, but found Morrowind was more than the sum of its parts

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Aug 10 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Super Mario Sunshine Review Roundup

Critics adore Mario’s latest jump in 3D, even if it’s not as groundbreaking as they’d have hoped

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Aug 10 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Welcome To Kotaku Warp Week: The 2002 Edition

Nintendo is on the ropes and gaming's moral panic is in full swing

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Aug 10 • 1:59 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Secret Easter Egg Found After 20 Years

Oh nice, I have another reason to boot up the original Star Wars: Battlefront 2

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Aug 10 • 1:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Sean Murray Explains Why We Haven't Seen More Of Light No Fire

The No Man's Sky director is in no rush to spoil the surprise

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Aug 10 • 9:02 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Sony Will Remain Mum On PlayStation Disc Making Process

While PlayStation seems committed to ending their physical copies, I wouldn’t hold my breath for a massive homebrew scene to fill the void in the immediate future

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Aug 9 • 4:51 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Vinatieri inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Five of some of the best professional football players were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, including South Dakota native Adam Vinatieri. Vinatieri played 24 seasons in the NFL, ten for the New England Patriots and 14 with the Indianapolis Colts, winning four Super Bowl Rings […]

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Aug 8 • 11:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Almost Everything But The Music Sold Out In NIN Quake Collection

Commemorating three decades of the transformative 3D shooter, id Software releases a surprise new expansion and limited merch collection with composer Trent Reznor

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Aug 8 • 5:21 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
YouTube Mistakes Popular Science Channel For AI Slop

The science and technology explainers warned audiences in the past about the entropy AI will unleash upon the web and after being forced to remove a video on microscopic superpredators, they're living through it

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Aug 8 • 2:04 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Id Software Vet Claims Xbox Doesn't Understand Art Or Games

id Software vet Chris Hays says entire departments have been 'gutted'

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Aug 7 • 4:29 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Overwatch’s New Mech Hero, D.Mon, Isn’t ‘D.Va 2.0,’ Blizzard Says

D.Mon is meant to be the ‘icy, cool, and very confident’ leader to D.Va’s more aggressive, dive-based playstyle

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Aug 7 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Pokémon TCG Pocket Loses Nearly Half Its Players, And It's Obvious Why

The game's shortcomings have put a real hole in creator DeNA's financial results

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Aug 7 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Overwatch's Mech Designers Must Really Want D.Mon To Die, Huh?

I mean why else would they have her whole ass exposed like that?

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Aug 7 • 10:25 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Take-Two CEO On The Industry Going All Digital: 'Discs Don't Really Make Sense For The Consumer'

Strauss Zelnick thinks his company will still produce some physical games "now and then"

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Aug 7 • 9:35 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Take-Two Boss Explains Why GTA 6 Is $80 And NBA 2K27 Is $70

'Given the hype around this title, I think we could have made any number of other pricing choices,' said Strauss Zelnick

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Aug 7 • 9:34 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Destiny 2 Modder Bringing Back Old, Cut Locations And Fans Are So Happpy

Soon you'll be able return to past memories once more

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Aug 6 • 4:45 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Vanderbilt Health physical therapist bound for Nationals after winning four medals at Tennessee Senior Olympics

Vanderbilt Health physical therapist Grant Schlisner, PT, DPT, Cert. MDT, won four medals in the recent Tennessee Senior Olympics, which qualifies him to compete in the national Senior Olympics, set for July 2027 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Senior Olympians are athletes 50 years or older who compete in regional events for an opportunity to move to state events, and eventually to the Nationals. Schlisner’s medals were in the javelin, discus and softball throw (gold) and shot put (bronze). Schlisner, who is based at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, grew up in the Chattanooga area in a family that valued physical fitness and playing sports, and he says, with considerable understatement, “The whole family is quite athletic.” Grant Schlisner (R) with brother Bret and sister Sue, all of whom won medals in the Tennessee State Senior Olympics. (photo courtesy Grant Schlisner) His brother Bret also competed in the Senior Olympics. So did his sister Sue. (His other sister Tammy did not compete, but, Schlisner said, “We’re still going to work on her.”) And their father, who now lives in South Dakota, competed in that state’s Senior Olympics in the category for athletes aged 84 to 89. Schlisner was a high school athlete in several sports, including stints as a baseball pitcher and a football quarterback. Since he was already playing positions in other sports in which he was throwing things, he was also recruited to the school’s track and field team, which is where he gained experience in the events that were his ticket to the 2027 Nationals. The medals are a reward for the hard work of training and preparation, but Schlisner said the real reward is the fitness that the medals represent. Schlisner competes in one of his medal-winning events, the shot put. (photo courtesy Grant Schlisner) “[Preparing for competition] got me working out to train for these events. I added more extensive weight training to promote injury prevention and building flexibility and strength have made me feel better overall.” He also said that, in addition to the physical rewards, he enjoys the camaraderie of the other athletes and a feeling of accomplishment. “It’s great to be able to have a goal,” he said. “If you aim low, you’ll hit it. This is aiming high. I want to bring home a medal in the Nationals.” His physical therapy patients, especially those who may be discouraged or need a little extra motivation, also benefit from his example. “I can connect with patients and say, ‘I’m 57 with previous injuries, and I’ve been doing these events, and you can get back to your ‘sport’ as well, whether that is chasing grandkids or participating in a competitive activity,’” he said. And being around the other Senior Olympians, especially in the older age groups, is motivating for him, as well. “One competitor was 90 years old,” he said. “She’s not just sitting around. That was super motivating and cool to see. I don’t want to be a lump on the couch at 90.”

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Aug 6 • 9:51 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org
Fallout 3 Dev Excited For Remaster To Improve Game's Visuals

According to longtime game developer Nathan Purkeypile, Bethesda's open-world RPG was 'super tech constrained'

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Aug 5 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Official Baldur’s Gate 3 Stream Gets Shut Down By YouTube For Sexy Times

Three years later, Larian is still getting a slap on the wrist for its RPG’s sex scenes

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Aug 5 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
A Surprise Switch 2 Port Is Coming According To A New Leak

Blizzard's action-RPG is reportedly bound for the Nintendo device next month

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Aug 5 • 12:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
New Baldur's Gate 3 Player Stats Prove You're All Knife-Happy Bard Murderers

I want everyone involved brought up on charges

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Aug 4 • 4:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Minecraft Adds Concrete Stairs After Making Fans Wait Nearly A Decade And People Are Excited

Concrete slabs and stairs are included in the recent snapshot update

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Aug 4 • 3:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Fans Upset Over Some New Vinyl Records Missing Content And Final Mixes

Artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Raye are catching flak from collectors and fans for selling incomplete records

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Aug 4 • 2:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Steam's Cyberpunk Sale Has Genre Classics At Their Lowest Ever Prices

Cyberpunk 2077 and RoboCop: Rogue City will barely trouble your wallet

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Aug 4 • 11:52 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Shift Up CEO Tries To Defend Stellar Blade: Blood Rain Slop Video From Fan Backlash And Continues To Get Roasted: 'Insane Cope'

Kim Hyung Tae is at odds with some of the sequel's biggest boosters

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Aug 4 • 9:27 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Beast Of Reincarnation: Does The Dog Die?

You know you were wondering what happens to Koo

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Aug 3 • 8:40 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
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Just don't make me watch that trailer again

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Aug 3 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
2064: Read Only Memories Studio Files For Bankruptcy

2064: Read Only Memories dev MidBoss' filing was made by former and now-current CEO Matt Conn

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Aug 3 • 1:20 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Ian-credible Science: Oobleck

Each week, we bring you a quick and easy experiment you can do at home to explore a concept in science. This week, we’re exploring rheology by making oobleck.

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Aug 3 • 11:36 AM EDT • Science • kotatv.com
Nintendo Will Show Off More Of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave In New Direct Showcase

The direct will take place Tuesday, August 4th and last for 20 minutes

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Aug 3 • 10:41 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Wolverine's Going To Get His Butt Out In Insomniac's New Game

ESRB's game description reveals all

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Aug 3 • 7:30 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Xbox Series Price Increased By $230 In UK And Europe

A brand new 1TB Xbox Series X will now set you back roughly $900 in Europe, effective immediately

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Aug 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Great Plains Tribal Health Program hosts free Healthy Families Carnival in Rapid City

The Great Plains Tribal Health Program held its free Healthy Families Carnival.

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Aug 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • kotatv.com
More than $50 million available in new rural health grants

Applications are open for a new wave of $50.5 million in Rural Health Transformation Program grants through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services.

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Aug 2 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • northdakotamonitor.com
Did You Know Gaming Disputes Metacritic’s Top Rated Entry

While researching for a retrospective, the historical YouTuber account came across inconsistencies with the record-breaking Zelda tally

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Aug 1 • 12:50 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Beast Of Reincarnation Reportedly Leaked Online By Pirates

Beast Of Reincarnation is one of many AAA titles that have reportedly made their way into pirates' hands before their official release dates in 2026

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Aug 1 • 12:05 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Ditcheva outclasses Kielholtz on return from injury

Dakota Ditcheva outclasses Denise Kielholtz as the Briton marks her return from injury with a comfortable win by unanimous decision at PFL New York.

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Aug 1 • 1:52 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Nvidia And AMD Wait Until The Same Time To Raise GPU Prices

Even budget cards are getting ridiculously expensive

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Jul 31 • 4:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
9 Games To Play If You Liked 007 First Light

So you want to punch, shoot, use gadgets, and sneak some more? Well, we can help with that

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Jul 31 • 12:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Game Devs Put Together An Itch.io Bundle Of Over 100 Games With Proceeds Going To Help Laid-Off Colleagues

The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle contains over 100 games and will be on sale for the next two weeks

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Jul 31 • 12:04 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
In A 'Who Could Have Possibly Seen This Coming' Event, Ubisoft Will Shut Down Its NFT Game

Champions Tactics had previously removed its Web3 functionality and will be sunset in October

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Jul 31 • 10:40 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
The Kingdom Hearts AI Art Controversy Has Be Cleared Up

Someone forgot how many fingers Donald has

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Jul 31 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Sony Says It's Not Backing Down From Ending PlayStation Discs

The PS5 maker said it already put a lot of thought into the decision

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Jul 31 • 4:12 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
The Most Polarizing Mario Game Is About To Come To Switch 2

The underrated 3D Mario game will be part of Switch Online's GameCube library

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Jul 31 • 12:22 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Sony Promises It Has Enough RAM For PS5s Ahead Of GTA 6

Profit projects are up even as console sales are down

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Jul 30 • 11:53 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
One Of 2026's Best Games Is Adding Chaotic 8-Player Co-Op

Next month, Big Hops on PC becomes a multiplayer platformer

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Jul 30 • 5:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com