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Texans RB Joe Mixon (ankle) to miss at least first 4 games

Texans RB Joe Mixon (ankle) to miss at least first 4 games

DJ Bien-AimeAug 25, 2025, 04:08 PM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show “Talkin’ Texans.” HOUSTON — …

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Trump news at a glance: Jeffries says president ‘playing games’ with American lives as national guard to be sent to Chicago | Trump administration

Trump news at a glance: Jeffries says president ‘playing games’ with American lives as national guard to be sent to Chicago | Trump administration

Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and New York Democratic congressman, said Donald Trump had “manufactured a crisis” to justify sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders. Jeffries, appearing on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, accused the US president of “playing games with the lives of Americans” with his unprecedented domestic …

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‘These Things Aren’t New and Exclusive to Soulslike Games’ — Silent Hill f Producer Wants to Set the Record Straight on Combat

‘These Things Aren’t New and Exclusive to Soulslike Games’ — Silent Hill f Producer Wants to Set the Record Straight on Combat

Is Silent Hill f a soulslike? It’s a question the Silent Hill fandom has been debating for some time now. But in a recent interview with IGN, Konami insisted it’s not, and expressed a degree of frustration with the ongoing debate. Silent Hill f takes us to 1960s Japan, where we follow Hinako Shimizu, a teenager struggling under the pressure …

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‘The Number of Live Service Games Is Not Important’: PS5 Boss Gives Rare Insight into Strategy

‘The Number of Live Service Games Is Not Important’: PS5 Boss Gives Rare Insight into Strategy

Image: Push Square Earlier in the generation, Sony famously announced plans to release 10 live service titles, as it looked to diversify its first-party offering and create lucrative recurring revenue streams. But it’s been a year since the disastrous first-person shooter Concord released and was subsequently shuttered, which has prompted the platform holder to make some sweeping changes internally. In …

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New Xbox games this week: Aug 25–31, 2025

New Xbox games this week: Aug 25–31, 2025

As August comes to a close, we’ve got one more banner week for new Xbox games, with some truly standout titles that exemplify just how strange the gaming industry is now. Xbox Game Studios and The Coalition are launching Gears of War: Reloaded this week, bringing the original game to more platforms, including Xbox Series X|S consoles. With zero loading, …

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High on Life 2 Has ‘More Than Five’ Fully-Emulated, Playable Games, Including…Bible Adventures

High on Life 2 Has ‘More Than Five’ Fully-Emulated, Playable Games, Including…Bible Adventures

High on Life 2 has more creative sci-fi guns, more wacky characters, and “more than five” playable games to find, including the infamous Bible Adventures. Squanch Games chief creative officer/art director Mikey Spano and chief operating officer/executive producer Matty Studivan told IGN about how they’re raising the stakes for the sequel to the popular comedy shooter during a conversation at …

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Immediate fantasy football takeaways from Saturday’s games

Immediate fantasy football takeaways from Saturday’s games

Chris Olave takes snaps out of the slot: The New Orleans Saints had their top three wide receivers for the first time, with Olave playing as the primary slot receiver. The first look at the Cleveland Browns‘ running back rotation: Dylan Sampson and Jerome Ford were both playing in a preseason game together for the first time, giving us a …

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Google games numbers to make AI look less thirsty • The Register

Google games numbers to make AI look less thirsty • The Register

AI’s drinking habit has been grossly overstated, according to a newly published report from Google, which claims that software advancements have cut Gemini’s water consumption per prompt to roughly five drops of water — substantially less than prior estimates. Flaunting a comprehensive new test methodology, Google estimates [PDF] its Gemini apps consume 0.24 watt hours of electricity and 0.26 milliliters …

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The Most Dope Games We’ve Played During Gamescom 2025

The Most Dope Games We’ve Played During Gamescom 2025

Gamescom 2025 has begun, and I’m on site in Cologne, Germany, checking out more than two dozen new and upcoming games, ranging from Hollow Knight: Silksong to The Outer Worlds 2 to 007 First Light and beyond! I’ll be doing individual write-ups for many of these games, but I’ll also be writing condensed quick-hit thoughts on the coolest games I’ve …

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