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Netflix Gearing Up to Lay Off 5% of Workforce: Report
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Rolling Stone
Sacha Baron Cohen Uses Borat to Defend Ali G in New ‘Who Iz I?’ Trailer
Actor also resurrects character Colonel Erran Morad from Who Is America? in new clip
Rolling Stone
You’re Not Crazy: Instagram Was Indeed Persuading You to Listen to Creed
"[We] found that this song is being recommended to more people than intended," an Instagram spokesperson said of the issue
Variety
‘Star Wars: Galactic Racer’ Debuts on Amazon Luna Day and Date With Wide Release (Gaming News Roundup)
“Star Wars: Galactic Racer” launched on Amazon’s gaming service Luna day and date alongside the game’s worldwide release across platforms including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and X and PC. Developed by Fuse Games, the studio behind the Burnout and Need for Speed franchises, “Star Wars: Galactic Racer” puts players behind the controls of a […]
Variety
Mike Ditka, Legendary Chicago Bears Coach and Football Analyst, Dies at 86
Mike Ditka, the iconic football player, Chicago Bears coach and football analyst, died at 86 years old, his family announced. ESPN was the first to report the news. No cause of death was revealed. Ditka’s larger-than-life personality made him a celebrity in the ’80s as he coached the 1985 Bears to their only Super Bowl […]
PC Gamer
'I was nice to you three times in a row, so can I have one sex please?': Why Nivalis Nights intentionally avoided transactional romances
There's no HUD for love.
GameSpot
Street Fighter Was On Death’s Door, And Its Players Weren’t Getting Any Younger
Street Fighter 5 launched in 2016 in rough shape, and if things hadn't changed, the classic fighting game franchise might have been dead and buried by 2026. That's according to Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto and game director Takayuki Nakayama, who recently spoke about how Capcom's signature fighting game franchise was knocking on death's door at one point, before a turnaround strategy reenergized it for a new generation of digital fisticuffs. Following Capcom veteran Yoshinoro Ono's exit from the company in 2020, Matsumoto and Nakayama started work on a new Street Fighter game that could appeal to both the existing--and aging--player base while attracting new blood to the series. "When the two of us were talking during Street Fighter 5, we realized that if we didn't do something about Street Fighter, the Street Fighter IP would probably die in 10 years. It was critical. So,