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NFL suspends Jordan Addison for the first three games of the season

NFL suspends Jordan Addison for the first three games of the season

When Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison agreed to a plea to settle his DUI case last month, it opened the door for the NFL to take disciplinary action against him. The NFL did exactly that on Tuesday. Addison has been suspended three games for a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy. He will miss Minnesota’s games against the Bears, …

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Trump to create a 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games task force

Trump to create a 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games task force

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is establishing a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles. Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to make the task force official, the White House said. The 2028 Games will be the first Olympics to be hosted by the U.S. since the 2002 Winter Games in Salt …

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Japan’s biggest charity speedrunning event won’t have Nintendo games because Nintendo couldn’t help but Nintendo

Japan’s biggest charity speedrunning event won’t have Nintendo games because Nintendo couldn’t help but Nintendo

RTA, Japan’s biggest charity speedrunning event, has confirmed there’ll be no Nintendo games present at this year’s show due to Nintendo’s strict rules around the use of its products. This year’s RTA in Japan marathon runs from 9th-15th August, and promises dozen of speedruns throughout the week, with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders. Its lengthy 2025 …

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Nintendo Forces Speedrunners In Japan To Apply For Permission To Play Its Games

Nintendo Forces Speedrunners In Japan To Apply For Permission To Play Its Games

RTA In Japan, the largest video game speedrunning community in the country, has confirmed why no first-party Nintendo  games will be featured at its upcoming August event. According to officials at RTA, Nintendo wants the speedrunning group to apply for licensing agreements for each individual Nintendo game moving forward, which RTA will do for future events. In June, RTA revealed …

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“We’ve had to evolve.” The long-awaited first games from ProbablyMonsters indicate a surprise change of tack

“We’ve had to evolve.” The long-awaited first games from ProbablyMonsters indicate a surprise change of tack

“After we got done with Destiny 1,” says former Bungie CEO Harold Ryan, “I wanted to try to have a bigger impact on the industry.” It’s difficult to think of what, exactly, he could have done to make a bigger impact, given that Destiny helped to pioneer the games-as-a-service (GaaS) format that subsequently swept through the industry. But the aim …

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PS Plus Essential August Monthly Free Games Rolling Out Now

PS Plus Essential August Monthly Free Games Rolling Out Now

PS Plus Essential August 2025 monthly free games have begun rolling out, starting with Japan and Asia where it’s Tuesday, August 5. The lineup will go live in remaining regions at noon local time on tomorrow, making this your last chance to claim July’s monthly games. PS Plus August 2025 free games are a stellar Essential lineup For the second …

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Here are our first Xbox Game Pass games for August

Here are our first Xbox Game Pass games for August

Microsoft has announced the first batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this August. Below are all the new games coming to Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard in the coming weeks. Available now: Rain World (Cloud, Console, and PC), via Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard August 6th: Citizen …

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August 2025 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

August 2025 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

You’ve got until Tuesday, 2nd September to claim the games onto your account, at which point they are yours to play for as long as you maintain a PS Plus membership, no matter the tier. The lineup to replace this month’s should be revealed on Wednesday, 27th August. Following our usual custom, we asked you what you thought of this …

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Trump to sign order creating Olympics task force ahead of 2028 games – Reuters

Trump to sign order creating Olympics task force ahead of 2028 games  Reuters Trump plans White House task force on security for the 2028 L.A. Olympics  Los Angeles Times President Trump to sign executive order creating White House Olympics task force  NBC Los Angeles Trump admin live updates: Trump to sign EO forming Olympics 2028 task force  ABC News Trump to Lead Federal Task …

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Steam Drops 21 Free Games You Can Download And Keep Forever

Steam Drops 21 Free Games You Can Download And Keep Forever

Huge day for people who hate spending money, because 21 individual games are currently free to download on Steam. If you’re one of those Steam users who will claim literally every free game on the platform, this article is going to be like Christmas morning for you. As always, thank you in advance to the Free Steam Games Twitter for …

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