Preview Phantom Blade Zero Is the Next Truly Essential PS5 Game
A six-hour deep dive into the action title
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Guide These 30+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out Next Week (12th-18th October)
Planet Zoo 2! Castlevania: Belmont's Curse! Valor Mortis!
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Review Hellraiser: Revival (PS5) - Faithful Adaptation Let Down by Severe Gameplay Woes
You opened the box, we answered
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Review Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (PS5) - Epic Expansion Is Peak Dragon's Dogma
Top Dogma
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Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in the PS Store Player's Choice Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
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Review Order of the Sinking Star (PS5) - Jon Blow's Huge Sokoban Design Mixtape Made Me Weary
Block it out
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TodaySat, 10th Oct 2026
News BlazBlue: Central Fiction Announced for PS5, a Decade After Original Release
With rollback netcode and PC crossplay
Arc System Works will bring its 2015 fighter BlazBlue: Central Fiction natively to the PS5 in the future, although a release date has not been announced. The port will feature a variety of highly requested community updates, including: rollback crossplay netcode with the PC release, four new text languages,...
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News Dire Estimated Gears of War: E-Day Sales Raise Queries About Last-Minute PS5 Cancellation
Predictions peg full-price sales at just 230k
According to the reporting during Summer Game Fest, an almost-finished PS5 version of Gears of War: E-Day exists somewhere within dev The Coalition’s office. The game was
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News Tekken 8's Reina Officially Announced as Fatal Fury PS5's Next Challenger
And two Tokyo Revengers characters out this month
If you’re not playing Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, then to quote Nintendo exec Reggie Fils-Aime: what’s wrong with you? I know there are contentious issues behind how SNK is getting funded, but as a fighter, this game is pretty unprecedented. It’s been adding new characters at an...
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Time Extension "I still feel that there is a great deal I need to learn"
One of the biggest mistakes people make about the Japanese games industry is thinking it's separate from things like anime and toys. The reality is that, at least in mecha-related media, these industries are connected and share the same creative talent. Shinji Usui is a wonderful example of...
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Guide These 30+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out Next Week (12th-18th October)
Planet Zoo 2! Castlevania: Belmont's Curse! Valor Mortis!
The release schedule has been turbo on the PS5 for well over a month now, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down next week. If I were to pick some highlights this time, I’d probably point to tycoon title Planet Zoo 2, with its insanely realistic animal models – and Castlevania:...
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SEGA blows the lid off upcoming DLC
SEGA has just announced a metric tonne of stuff for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, which looks as though it's going to have a truly bumper second year. There's a lot to get through, so let's get into the thick of it. Year Two begins on 3rd November, and even on day one, there's plenty of stuff to enjoy. So, let's...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 653
Course correction
While the release schedule continues in earnest, it's definitely been a quieter week for gaming news I feel. That's probably appreciated after a few dramatic periods of late. Here's what we're playing. Aaron Bayne: I'll be trying to crack the case in Silver Pines this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: I'm slowly drifting my way through...
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YesterdayFri, 9th Oct 2026
News Another PS Portal Firmware Update Is Now Available, Just Two Weeks After the Last
Is something brewing?
Sony has released another firmware update for the PS Portal, only two weeks after the previous one. It's worth noting because updates like this are rarely so close together. The portable streaming device is now up to system software version 7.3.0, with the update itself being rolled out in phases. So, what does this one do?...
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Preview Phantom Blade Zero Is the Next Truly Essential PS5 Game
A six-hour deep dive into the action title
All bets are off once GTA 6 comes out, but in the weeks leading up to it, you have to let Phantom Blade Zero take up all of your free time. I played six hours of the game on a trip to Beijing, China (more on that in the future) and found it to be one of the most confident and impressive Western debuts from...
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News Wolverine PS5 Sales Estimates Are Somewhat Soft, But Here's Why I'm Not Worried
Remember: only predictions, for now
According to Ampere Analytics, tentpole Insomniac action game Marvel’s Wolverine sold about 2.16 million copies in September, making it the second best-selling PS5 game of the month, behind EA Sports FC 27. (Obviously.) It looks like a soft number on the surface, especially when you consider this is accounting...
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News Ghost of Yotei Gets More Complete with PS5 Patch Fixing Bugs and Black Screens
Sucker Punch cleans up expanded re-release
Sucker Punch has pushed out a ~1.2GB patch for last week’s Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition, cleaning up some bugs and unexpected black screen errors. Ironically, the expanded re-release is now even closer to being, well, complete. Writing on social media, the Seattle-based studio said: “Patch 2.07...
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News ANOMALITH's New PS5 Demo Is a Scrappy Throwback to Classic Resident Evil
I recommend you take a look
I want to be 110% clear before we properly get into this article: ANOMALITH channels classic Resident Evil, but it’s nowhere near as good. Don’t go into this demo expecting Capcom quality, because you won’t get it. That said, this scrappy little survival horror shooter reminds me of the original Resident Evil...
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News CD Projekt Red Delivers The Witcher 3 Remastered Fixes, Improvements in Patch 5.01
Available to download now on PS5
There's been some variation in the technical experience some people are having in The Witcher 3 Remastered, so CD Projekt Red has been quick to deploy updates on PS5 to fix any lingering issues. Case in point: patch 5.01 is available to download now. The update delivers enhancements and tweaks to gameplay, the UI,...
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News As Its Developer Recovers, Star Wars Zero Company Reaches One Million Copies Sold
One zero zero zero zero zero zero company
Publisher EA has announced that Star Wars Zero Company, the XCOM-but-Star Wars strategy game from Bit Reactor and Respawn, has now sold over a million copies. The announcement comes via the game's official social channels: Alongside the sales milestone, the post teases a new game update, version 1.2,...
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News Ace Combat 8 Has Sold One Million Copies Faster Than Any Previous Entry in the Series
Onward and upward
Publisher Bandai Namco has announced some very positive news about the sales performance of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. The latest entry has set a new record for the long-running fighter jet action series; it's the fastest-ever to reach one million copies sold. Yes, AC8 has surpassed the one million milestone within its first...
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News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Takes You to Brazil as Another Location Is Revealed
Keeping it Rio
As its name suggests, Crazy Taxi: World Tour includes a globetrotting selection of locations, and the latest one has just been revealed in a new trailer. The arcade driving game revival is making its next stop in Brazil, as you can see in the new video: It seems like a great setting for the game to me, with its combination of...
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News Ghost of Tsushima's Anime Series Has Been Pushed Back to 2028
New cast and crew announced
In case you forgot, PlayStation Productions is partnering with Aniplex and Hayate to create an anime series based on Ghost of Tsushima. Well, it's going to be a longer wait than originally planned. Crunchyroll — which will exclusively stream the anime on release — has announced it has been delayed into 2028, having...
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News Alien Resurrection's Spirit Lives On in PS1-Styled Space Horror Shooter Derelikt
Steam Hype The most terrifying element probably isn't twin-stick controls
The PlayStation 1 is the perfect example of hardware limitations directing the style of games. Unsettling wobbly polygons, low resolution, and fog or darkness obscuring your view - rich grounds for horror, and despite being based on a rather wonky film, Alien Resurrection (famous for...
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Thursday8th Oct 2026
News Mafia 3: Definitive Edition's Native 60fps PS5 Upgrade Is Out Now, Free for Existing Owners
An offer you can't refuse
Earlier this year, 2K Games released an upgraded version of the excellent Mafia: Definitive Edition, designed to take full advantage of the PS5 hardware at 60fps with various other visual and performance improvements. Now it looks like both Mafia 2: Definitive Edition and Mafia 3: Definitive Edition aren’t fa
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Review Hellraiser: Revival (PS5) - Faithful Adaptation Let Down by Severe Gameplay Woes
You opened the box, we answered
If I could say one thing about Hellraiser: Revival, it would be that this is a faithful adaptation of Clive Barker’s seminal horror series. This survival horror doesn't pull its punches, with brutal gore, a disturbing world of sadomasochism, and pin-perfect recreations of aspects of the films. For that, fans of the...
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Review Evercade Nexus - a Commendable Upgrade, but Bundling Banjo-Kazooie Is the True Masterstroke
Time Extension Evercade's next evolution is here
While the Evercade family has seen several hardware revisions and evolutions over the years – including a bartop arcade unit, a home console, and even a scaled-down Super Pocket sibling – the
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Guide Stage Tour Setlist: All Confirmed Songs and Artists
Every song revealed so far
Stage Tour is basically Guitar Hero and Rock Band reborn on PS5, complete with a brand new set of plastic instrument peripherals and a giant setlist of songs to play. Set for release on 10th December, 2026, you might be wondering which tunes you'll be able to jam along to, and in this guide, we've listed every artist and...
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News PS5 to Integrate Anime into Main Menu as Sony Tightens Ties with Crunchyroll
"Anime and gaming have overlapping communities"
Moments ago, PlayStation boss Hideaki Nishino took to the stage at the inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum to confirm it’ll be integrating anime into the PS5’s main menu with a “dedicated hub”, beginning Spring 2027. He said the initiative will help “make it easier for the PlayStation...
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News GTA 6 Gameplay Leaks Are Back with Potentially Big Spoilers
25 minutes of gameplay leaked online
Cyberleek, the GTA 6 leaker from before the Netflix Extended Look debuted, has returned to the Internet with yet another significant gameplay video that potentially reveals a lot of spoilers and details Rockstar is yet to officially share. The leaker has uploaded another 25 minutes of gameplay taken from a...
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News First Forza Horizon 6 PS5 Gameplay Arrives as Release Date Is Revealed
Stuck in traffic
We've all been wondering where the PS5 port of Forza Horizon 6 is, and now we have our best idea of when to expect its arrival thanks to a very reliable source. Billbil-kun, reporting via Dealabs, has "exclusively obtained" information about the open world racing game's PS5 debut and other release details. According to the report,...
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Review Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (PS5) - Epic Expansion Is Peak Dragon's Dogma
Top Dogma
Fans celebrated when Kento Kinoshita was revealed to be the director of Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen — and that's because he had already transformed the original Dragon Dogma through the introduction of a simlar DLC outing. There's no doubt about it: Kinoshita fully understands what makes Capcom's RPG great, and that knowledge has...
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News Europe Shows Up for Physical Games, 51% of Wolverine's PS5 Sales for Disc Version
There was a disc, so they bought it
Sony is yet to share official Marvel's Wolverine sales data, but firms worldwide have begun sharing their own points and projected figures. And, according to GSD data shared by The Game Business, physical copies accounted for 35% of the PS5 game's sales. If you narrow the data to Europe, however, it shows how the...
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News GTA 6 In-Game Radio Stations Announced, and You Can Preview Them Right Now
Tune in
Rockstar Games has given us another GTA 6 crumb to enjoy; it's announced some of the in-game radio stations we'll be able to enjoy as we drive around Leonida, and you can get a taste for them right now. It's all unveiled on the official website in a new blog post. It's stated that GTA 6 will have the "biggest and widest-ranging selection of...
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News Marvel Tokon Far Exceeds Expectations in US Sales Charts, PS5 Dollar Spend Up
But Sony's system behind Switch 2 overall
Isn’t it interesting how conventional wisdom from social media – usually massively influenced by Steam concurrent users – would lead you to believe a game flopped, only for the reality to be quite different? Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has been tagged as a slow seller, but it did well in the recent...
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News PS5 Console Exclusive PRISON OF HUSKS Looks Like a Soulslike with PS2 Presentation
It's even in 4:3
I’m a bit weary of Soulslikes personally, but I unironically love the look of this. Presented in 4:3, with Vaseline smeared visuals that would make Fumito Ueda proud, PRISON OF HUSKS is an upcoming PS5 console exclusive that looks like it’s stepped straight out of the PS2 era. Originally created as a solo project, a...
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News Star Wars Zero Company Success Allows Dev to Bring Back Staff
Furloughed workers back at studio
Star Wars Zero Company team Bit Reactor has confirmed it's been able to start returning to work the staff it was forced to furlough in the lead-up to the strategy game's launch. A new social media post from the developer shared that it's brought "more of our team back to work at Bit Reactor" as it looks to continue...
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News Gundam Rogue Orbit Drops Its Enthusiastically Narrated PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Gun, damn
I’ve always been keen on trying a Gundam game, but the various ones Rob has reviewed for the site always looked a bit too scrappy or technical for my tastes. Enter the upcoming Gundam Rogue Orbit, then, which is launching on the PS5 from 5th March. This one looks like a much more premium effort, with a flashy combat system that...
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News Nerfs to Silent Hill: Townfall's Worst Enemy Are Substantial, Hard Puzzle Also Tweaked
The Weight gets hit hard
Screen Burn promised it would be addressing the worst enemy encounter in Silent Hill: Townfall, and boy has it in a new PS5 patch available now. The Weight, a monster that stalks you in a few sections and has an instant one-hit kill attack, has been heavily nerfed in the update. As per the developer, these are the changes...
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News Hell Is Us Massively Expands Its Roster of Freaky Enemies to Celebrate 2 Million Players
Free update out now
Publisher Nacon and developer Rogue Factor have announced that Hell Is Us, the sci-fi action game that refuses to hold the player's hand, has now surpassed the 2 million players milestone. To celebrate this news, the game has received a pretty major update on all platforms, and it's available to download and install now. What...
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News Cyberpunk 2077 Is the Next Game Set for a Live-Action Film
But the producer attached will give you pause
As every noteworthy video game under the sun gets a movie or TV series adaptation, it was only a matter of time before Cyberpunk 2077 found itself attached to a producer and a big-screen debut. Now, it's reported by Deadline that Paramount Pictures will make a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 film. CD...
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News Doctor Doom, Invisible Woman Join Marvel Cosmic Invasion in DLC Pack Next Month
Just what the doctor ordered
Publisher Dotemu has revealed more details about the upcoming second DLC pack for its superhero beat-'em-up, Marvel Cosmic Invasion. The add-on, titled The Siege of Castle Doom, is scheduled for launch on 10th November 2026, and you can see some gameplay featuring the DLC's two new characters in the trailer below:...
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News I Love K-Pop, But This New PS5 Game Ain't It
Stage fright
Earlier this year, I had a fair amount of fun with the tycoon-style visual novel K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut – even if it wasn’t exactly what I expected. However, I really don’t expect much from this new Microids effort, K-Pop Rising: Dream to Shine. Developed by French studio Old Skull Games, it’s clearly targeting a...
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News Embark Showcases the Shiny New Features Coming in 'The Finals' Season 12
Steam Hype Its Showtime
The Finals has been gearing up for the massive Season 12 update for as long as I can remember, with developer Embark calling it the biggest update yet – and recent footage has backed up these lofty claims. In three new YouTube videos titled "DYNAMISM UPGRADE", "MAPS", and "NEW LIGHT PLAYSTYLE", Gameplay Programmer Roman Smirnov,...
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Wednesday7th Oct 2026
News Sony Seemingly Ends VR Ambitions by Selling Patents to Meta
End of an era
Sony seems to be done with its virtual reality ambitions, as it sells hundreds of patents related to the technology to rival Meta. First spotted by ZDNet Korea, via Road to VR, the company intends to transfer a total of 419 global patents to its competitor, with 43 US-specific properties changing hands between June and September this...
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News Free Mafia 3 PS4 Game Seemingly Revoked, Prices Restored to Normal
You can no longer get Call of Duty: WWII and Mafia 3 for free
Mafia 3 and all of its associated DLC is currently available for free on the PS Store in several countries, with no PS Plus required. You can get it
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News Mounting Evidence Says Sony Really Is 'Accepting Game Pitches' on Fan Fave Franchises
Killzone! Ape Escape! Sly Cooper!
A recognised leaker who previously outed the existence of Metroidvania spin-off God of War: Sons of Sparta says Sony is “accepting multiple game pitches” for projects inspired by fan favourite franchises. Recently there’s been an uptick in rumours related to
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Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in the PS Store Player's Choice Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
PS Store's latest offer is the Player's Choice sale, running from now through to 21st October 2026. As always, there are thousands of PS5 and PS4 games going cheap, and that's an awful lot of potential purchases to scroll through. To try and help out, we've compiled a smaller list of great games that we...
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Rumour More Sources Mount for Ape Escape Revival from Ex-Sonic Mania Devs
The makers of Penny's Big Breakaway
Word on the street is that Sony is taking pitches on its dormant, fan-favourite franchises, and among those is the supposed revival of a proper old school classic: Ape Escape. Well, the rumour mill has continued turning over, and there's now a thin, but very plausible, fan theory about which team is bringing back...
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Review Order of the Sinking Star (PS5) - Jon Blow's Huge Sokoban Design Mixtape Made Me Weary
Block it out
Order of the Sinking Star is a very tricky game to review. The latest effort from Jonathan Blow and his team at Thekla, it's an absolute beast with nearly a thousand puzzles to solve and multiple endings to discover. It's impressive on paper, but to be completely honest, I grew quite weary of the whole thing as I delved deeper into...
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News Phoenix Cyclops Fires Up Marvel Tokon on 2nd November, PS Plus Trial Out Now
Classic costume available as DLC
It’s been a few months since the sublime Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls released, and while it’s had its issues on PC, I’ve personally loved playing it. (What a game!) Earlier in the year, dev Arc System Works announced Phoenix Cyclops as the first of four Year 1 Pass combatants – and we’l
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News Wolverine PS5's Controversial Fart Trails Can Now Be Toggled in Story Sequences
"Based on community feedback"
I personally think the fall out over the scent trails in Marvel’s Wolverine may be one of the biggest overreactions in recent gaming memory, but fair play to Insomniac for responding to the (often robust) feedback. It’s already included options to disable the feature for collectibles, and reduced the opacity of...
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News PS5 Fans Think They May Have Found Evidence of an Enhanced PS Portal
OLED screen incoming?
The PS Portal handheld has been a surprise hit for Sony, and there has been talk of an OLED upgrade launching at some point in 2026. Now evidence of a revised unit appears to have been uncovered by
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Time Extension Design Room presents an oral history on a true uniquity
The team behind the curious, ethereal, and one-of-a-kind PlayStation release Vib-Ribbon have spoken of the story behind the game's creation; the uphill battle to get such an abstract project greenlit, produced, and released; and the enduring legacy of not only the game itself, but the impact on...
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News What if Resident Evil Had Debuted on SNES? Dead of Darkness 2 Has the Answer on PS5
Sprite-based scares
I didn’t play the original Dead of Darkness, but its successor – in development for PS5 and PS4 – has caught my eye. This game looks a lot like Resident Evil if it had been scaled back for the Super Nintendo, and while dev Retrofiction Games is clearly doing things here that wouldn’t be possible on 16-bit machines, I...
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News Confusion as Erroneous Reports Claim Xbox Has Exclusive GTA 6 Cloud Streaming Rights
It doesn't
I think we’re all fairly familiar with the cycle of Xbox news these days: Asha Sharma sends out an internal memo or hosts a staff townhall, and the information “inexplicably” makes its way into the hands of journalists within the hour. In the latest example of corporate bluster, reported by The Verge, the new CEO has boasted about...
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