Zoom is cracking down on remote work policies
The video chatting titan is making local employees come into the office at least twice-a-week.
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Ahsoka posters gives us a look at the leading cast
The show starts streaming on August 23.
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The Evo founders have been granted the key to the city of Las Vegas
And Evo Day is now a publicly recognised holiday in the state of Nevada.
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We're playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on today's GR Live
Join us as we check out the PC version of Insomniac's platformer.
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TSM's Leffen is the Evo Guilty Gear: Strive victor
After defeating ONi's NBNHMR in the grand finals.
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Paulie Aronson is the new Yu-Gi-Oh! world champion
The North American professional defeated Juan Mateo Augusto Renteria Pastor from Peru to win the event.
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The Little Mermaid comes to Disney+ next month
The latest live-action Disney remake makes its streaming debut in September.
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Hijack Season 2 could happen
Executive Producer: "We talk about it — but yeah, we'll have to wait and see. I'm never gonna say no."
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The three-year project to build New Earth in Minecraft is complete
The blocky representation of our planet will be made public soon.
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Lamborghini unveils special-edition, one-off 60th anniversary Huracán
The car features a unique crystal-effect paint process.
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Scientists think they have uncovered what was once the heaviest animal on Earth
A long extinct whale was said to have clocked in at as heavy as 320 tonnes.
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Killer Instinct to get 10th Anniversary Update later this year
It'll bring 4K support to Xbox Series X/S among other additions.
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Oppenheimer surpasses half a billion dollars at the box office
Christopher Nolan's latest epic can't keep pace with Barbie, but has steamrolled Mission Impossible 7.
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Despite a terrible critical reception, Meg 2: The Trench debuts to almost $150 million opening weekend
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem struggles to keep pace with a third of that figure.
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AngryBird is the Evo 2023 Street Fighter 6 champion
The Ken player has taken one of the first major tournaments since the game's release.
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Meg 2: The Trench
There's a shark movie in here...somewhere.
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G2 Esports are the IEM Cologne 2023 victors
The team has earned direct qualification to IEM Katowice 2024 and netted a ton of prize money to boot.
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Reynor is the Gamers8 StarCraft II champion
The Italian Zerg player is heading home with $150,000 in prize money.
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Super Space Club
Modern day Asteroids?
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Post Malone is now the keeper of the One Ring
The rapper splashed out and bought the legendary and completely unique Magic The Gathering card.
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Head-to-Head: AI in Entertainment
We clash heads over whether AI is a positive or a negative addition into the world of entertainment.
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Graphic novel adaptation of Good Omens smashes Kickstarter goal
The book has 29 days to go and has already generated 20-times as much as it was asking for.
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Paul McCartney's Destiny theme could be returning in Destiny 2: The Final Shape
The iconic musician originally composed a slate of pieces for the first game in the series.
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MSI GF63 Thin
1080p gaming at a very affordable price point.
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Hasbro wants to bring older Transformers games to Game Pass
Specifically Activision's former titles.
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Best of July 2023
There were plenty of games, films, and tech to fall in love with this month.
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New prosthetic limb connects directly to the user's nervous system
All in an effort to increase dexterity.
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Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go headlines Apple Arcade August additions
Three other games make the cut as well.
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FIFA 23 returns to the top of the UK boxed charts
Pikmin 4 only gets one week at the top.
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PS5 goes on sale in the UK, console sales jump up by 75%
Fans have been clamouring to snag one of Sony's systems.
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Mattel is looking for an Uno master to prepare fans for upcoming product
The Chief Uno Player will be paid to play Uno Quatro four days a week.
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Disenchantment to end next month
The fifth and final season debuts in September.
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The bookmakers seem to think Overwatch League will be back next year
The odds are in favour of a return.
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We're cooking up a storm in Venba on today's GR Live
Join us for the opening hour of Visai Games' narrative cooking game.
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Here is the bracket for the NBA 2K League Playoffs
The tournament starts later today.
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Madden Championship Series to feature $1.7 million prize pool for 2024 season
Expect the competitive season to start in September.
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Expect to hear about Baldur's Gate III on Xbox "by the end of the year"
Larian seems to imply that the Xbox edition of the game will be coming sometime in 2024.
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She-Hulk's Tatiana Maslany takes aim at Disney CEO Bob Iger
"I think he's completely out of touch."
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum latest patch fixes tons of issues and bugs
Not that it fixes the fundamental problems with the game.
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Euphoria's Angus Cloud has died
The young actor was only 25 years old.
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Nioh and Lies of P to come to Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty later this year
The roadmap for the game outlines a few exciting collaborations.
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EA shows how you can shape your player and manager career in EA Sports FC 24
The lengthy deep dive explores all of the new features and additions.
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Ben Lyons
8BitDo unveils first-ever mechanical keyboards, inspired by NES and Famicon
The keyboards launch in September.
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Cities: Skylines II map claimed to be five times bigger than predecessor
That's larger than some real countries.
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Capcom has teamed up with AVI-8 for 1942-inspired watch line
The timepieces have decals themed after the game series.
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Andrew Garfield on The Amazing Spider-Man 3: "There's a story happening in a universe somewhere"
The actor states that "there's endless potential" with the character.
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PS5 beta is testing a great accessibility feature
As well as looking to finally support Dolby Atmos-enabled systems.
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Microsoft submits submission urging CMA to reconsider its Activision Blizzard merger block
Call of Duty, cloud gaming, and more are mentioned.
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Hangzhou Spark brings on a new assistant coach
The Overwatch League team has expanded its management staff.
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We're playing F1 Manager 2023 on today's GR Live
Join us as we look to lead a Formula 1 team to victory.
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