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Italian athlete dies after collapsing during World Games orienteering race

Italian athlete dies after collapsing during World Games orienteering race

An Italian athlete has died after being found unconscious mid-orienteering race, the International World Games Association (IWGA) has confirmed. Mattia Debertolis was competing in the men’s middle distance race at The World Games — an Olympic-style meet for alternative events — in Chengdu, China on Friday when the incident occurred, a combined statement said. The news was confirmed by IWGA, …

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Xbox store running a new 'Buy One, Get One Free' sale on sim games – TrueAchievements

Xbox store running a new ‘Buy One, Get One Free’ sale on sim games  TrueAchievements Capcom Publisher Sale Now Live On Xbox, Alongside More Weekly Game Pass Discounts  Pure Xbox Grab 9 cheap games for under $10 in the Xbox store’s latest sale  TrueAchievements 200+ Games Added To This Week’s Xbox Sales, Featuring Some Huge Reductions  Pure Xbox There are 6 broken achievement lists …

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Nexon Games Announces new Single-Player Korean Action-Adventure Game, Woochi the Wayfarer, coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC

Nexon Games Announces new Single-Player Korean Action-Adventure Game, Woochi the Wayfarer, coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC

Woochi the Wayfarer is a new single-player action-adventure game developed by LoreVault Studio, with The First Descendent developer, Nexon Games, signed on as its publisher. Similar to how Black Myth: Wukong leaned on a famous Chinese story, Woochi the Wayfarer leans on a famous Korean story, as a press release reveals the game is a depiction of ‘The Tale of …

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A veteran Final Fantasy programmer hates how indie games deliberately recreate PS1 visual bugs he made ‘many futile efforts’ to fix: ‘I just don’t get what’s so interesting about trying to replicate that’

A veteran Final Fantasy programmer hates how indie games deliberately recreate PS1 visual bugs he made ‘many futile efforts’ to fix: ‘I just don’t get what’s so interesting about trying to replicate that’

First reported by Automaton, veteran programmer Koji Sugimoto (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Final Fantasy 10) criticized modern games’ emulation of retro visual glitches, specifically the affine texture warping of the original PlayStation, a frequent feature of lo-fi, throwback indie games. On August 5, Sugimoto responded to a tweet from Unity Japan about a new tool in the engine to let devs …

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The best Nintendo Switch 2 games for 2025

The best Nintendo Switch 2 games for 2025

With Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo managed to follow up the reinvention of the Zelda series with a game that added more to discover and more to play with, and it even throws in a mystical LEGO kit. Link soon discovers Ultrahand, which lets you grab and stick objects, batteries, engines, weapons, food (and more) to other objects. It’s the …

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‘It’s competition’: Austin Booker, Tyson Bagent and the Chicago Bears show why August preseason games matter – Chicago Tribune

‘It’s competition’: Austin Booker, Tyson Bagent and the Chicago Bears show why August preseason games matter  Chicago Tribune Game Recap: Bears tie Dolphins in preseason opener  Chicago Bears Chicago Bears 24, Miami Dolphins 24: Full coverage of preseason Game 1  FOX 32 Chicago Dolphins’ McDaniel breaks up skirmish vs. Bears  ESPN NFL Fans Disappointed as Bears’ Caleb Williams Sits vs. Dolphins, Tua Fails to …

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New Xbox Games Launching This Week, August 11 – August 17

New Xbox Games Launching This Week, August 11 – August 17

Ready to play more? Another wave of weekly Xbox releases is here, with new games launching like Electronic Arts’ Madden NFL 26. The latest entry in the annual sports franchise is leaving the Xbox One behind this year, a first for the franchise since 2013’s Madden NFL 25 (not to be confused with last year’s Madden NFL 25). It’s fairly …

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