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. Commentary lines mentioning Zinedine Zidane have been found in the eFootball 2025 database. His name is called out by Peter Drury and in Spanish commentary, including goal celebrations.Oh yes, time for another legend to hit the game! After the recent leaks of 52 new legends reportedly arriving in eFootball 2025, fans have now discovered new signs pointing to another possible legend, Zinedine Zidane. Zidane’s player card has not been added yet to eFootball 2025 From the leaks shared on X, while Zidane’s card is not in the database yet, there seems to be new commentary lines that mention his name. These include goal calls and play-by-play lines from eFootball series’ official commentator, Peter Drury, as well as Spanish lines calling out Zidane’s moments on the pitch.This is a big hint that Zidane could be added to the game soon. In the past, commentary leaks like these have led to real in-game releases. For example, Pele was found through commentary and audio files weeks before he officially arrived in the game last week. Similar leaks have also happened with Puskás, who also arrived with the same 30th Anniversary Campaign as Pele. Even though Zidane doesn’t have a player card yet, the addition of these voice lines suggests that KONAMI may be preparing for his future release. https://gamingonphone.com/guides/efootball-2025-30th-anniversary-elites-july-2025-nominating-contract-review/

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Grand Theft Auto IV with the iCEnhancer 4.0 mod is the remaster that Rockstar Games still doesn't seem interested in releasing, introducing plenty of improvements that enhance the game's visuals considerably. The release of the new version of a classic mod for the fourth entry in the series, which has been in the works for quite some time, has been announced with a new trailer which highlights the improvements it brings, including new physically-based lighting, new shaders that bring better fog rendering and water and more. As of now, the mod only works with version 1.0.3.0 and 1.0.4.0 of the game, as they are the ones that work best with ENB, so make sure to have either version installed before downloading the mod from its official website.Grand Theft Auto IV has originally been released back in 2008, and it is the only 3D entry in the series that is not natively playable on current-generation systems, although Xbox Series X and S owners can play the original Xbox 360 release via backward compatibility. An official remaster has been rumored to be in the works for a while, but it has never materialized, nor has any straightforward port, although one is rumored to have been in the works for a year and may be released before the end of the year. With Grand Theft Auto VI slipping to May 2026, the port releasing before the end of 2025 would make a lot of sense, so hopefully, the rumors are true, and the fourth entry in the series will indeed make its return to current generation systems to make the wait for the next entry in the series much more bearable. https://wccftech.com/grand-theft-auto-iv-remaster-icehancer-4-0/

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A fuel shortage threatens to shut down life-saving services at Nasser hospital Doctors have warned of an imminent disaster at Gaza's largest functioning hospital because of critical shortage of fuel and a widening Israeli ground offensive in the southern city of Khan Younis. Nasser Medical Complex was forced to stop admitting patients on Thursday, when witnesses said Israeli troops and tanks advanced into a cemetery 200m (660ft) away and fired towards nearby camps for displaced families. The forces reportedly withdrew on Friday after digging up several areas. Medical staff and dozens of patients in intensive care remain inside the hospital, where the fuel shortage threatens to shut down life-saving services. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.However, it said on Friday morning that an armoured brigade was operating in Khan Younis to dismantle "terrorist infrastructure sites" and confiscate weapons. It has previously issued evacuation orders for the areas around the hospital.A witness told the BBC that Israeli tanks accompanied by excavators and bulldozers advanced from the south of the cemetery near Nasser hospital on Thursday. The tanks fired shells and bullets as they moved into an area, which was previously farmland, and several tents belonging to displaced families were set on fire, the witness said. Video footage shared online showed a plume of dark smoke rising from the area. The witness added that Israeli quadcopter drones also fired towards tents in the Namsawi Towers and al-Mawasi areas to force residents to evacuate. Another video showed dozens of people running for cover amid as gunfire rang out. Medical staff inside Nasser hospital meanwhile sent messages to local journalists expressing their fear. "We are still working in the hospital. The tanks are just metres away. We are closer to death than to life," they wrote. Civilians standing near the hospital's gates were reportedly injured by stray bullets.Dr Saber al-Asmar, an emergency physician at Nasser hospital, told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme on Friday that the medical staff had received no call from the Israeli military giving them advance notice of the operation or saying whether they needed to evacuate the facility. "We didn't get any warning... [There was] shooting all around. We had casualties from the hospital yard," he said. "[Israeli forces] invaded the area, and then through the microphone, they asked the people to leave immediately, without even to take any of their stuff around the hospital, and people started to run away under the gunshots and shelling." On Friday morning, the Israeli tanks and troops pulled out of the cemetery and other areas close to the hospital. Pictures shared online later in the day appeared to show deep trenches dug into the sandy ground, flattened buildings, burnt tents, and crushed vehicles piled on top of each other.. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx5zeywgrgo

Resident Evil Survival Unit is in the works from Aniplex, JOYCITY, and Capcom. The new title was announced at the ongoing Anime Expo 2025. The game is now open for pre-registration on both Android and iOS platforms.new mobile game jointly developed by Aniplex, JOYCITY, and CAPCOM, is now available for pre-registration on Android and iOS. Based on the iconic Resident Evil franchise, the game will be a survival horror experience mixed with strategy, scheduled to launch this year. Resident Evil Survival Unit aims to offer a thrilling experience designed for mobile players Unlike the classic survival horror gameplay of the main Resident Evil series, Survival Unit introduces a mobile-first, strategy-focused experience set in a parallel universe. The story begins in a mysterious hospital where the protagonist, a test subject of the Umbrella Corporation, attempts to escape and survive. You will build and manage a detailed mansion base, prepare for real-time defense missions, and engage in tactical battles using characters like Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield, and Jill Valentine. Each of these characters has unique skills.So, you will need to craft plans, purchase items from the iconic Weapons Merchant, and prepare for real-time defense missions against deadly creatures. Adding to the artistic flair of the game, legendary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano has designed an original creature named Mortem. The game was first announced at the Anime Expo 2025. Resident Evil is not new to mobile devices, although the majority of the fun was with the iOS users, as they received Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 remake, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7, and Resident Evil Village on the handheld screens. Pre-registration campaign for Resident Evil Survival Unit is now underway A Pre-registration Milestone Event is now live, offering rewards to all players as pre-registration numbers climb. Starting from 100K, it will unlock items like Advanced Flare Guns, Speedups, Gems, and even a 7-day Base Skin. At 1 million, you will receive the Special Flare Gun.As for the launch, the game is confirmed to release globally in 2025, covering Japan, Korea, North America, Europe, and other regions across Asia. Make sure to keep an eye on this space and the official website for more details, as we can have a lot of details coming alongside new tests and more. https://gamingonphone.com/news/resident-evil-survival-unit-is-bringing-a-strategic-horror-experience-to-mobile/

AMD has big plans for the future of the consumer GPU segment, and they aren't ordinary ones, since based on rumors and new patents, the firm is expected to adopt multi-chiplet GPUs soon. AMD's Latest Multi-Chiplet GPU Patent Might Have Solved The Latency Problem, Through a "Smart Switch" The concept of MCM (Multi-Chiplet Module) isn't entirely new for the graphics segment, but with the limitations of monolithic designs, the inclination towards MCMs in the industry is surely growing. AMD looks to be one of the firms that are well-experienced with multi-chiplet designs, since their lineup of Instinct MI200 AI accelerators was the first to feature an MCM design with multiple chiplets stacked on a single package, such as the GPCs (Graphics Processing Cores), HBM stack, and the I/O die. With the Instinct MI350 lineup, AMD took a rather new approach, which could be the foundation of chiplet-based consumer GPUs, according to coreteks.Now, the biggest limitation with adopting a chiplet design with gaming GPUs is higher latency, as frames are intolerant to long‑distance data hops, and to sort this issue out, AMD has to come up with a solution that bridges the gap between data and computation as closely as possible. Based on a new patent filing disclosed in the video, it is revealed that AMD might have cracked the code for "multi-chiplet" gaming GPUs. Interestingly, the patent has disclosed details about CPUs instead of GPUs, but the text and mechanism indicate that it is targeted towards a graphics use case.So, how exactly will AMD use a multi-chiplet design with GPUs? Well, the main driver in the patent is said to be a "data‑fabric circuit with a smart switch" that bridges communication between the compute chiplets and memory controllers. It's basically AMD's Infinity Fabric, but scaled down for consumer GPUs, since Team Red cannot employ the HBM memory dies. The switch is designed to optimize memory access by first comparing whether the request for a graphics task requires task migration or data replication, with nanosecond-scale decision latency.Now that the problem with data accessing is solved, the patent proposes to have GCDs with L1 and L2 caches, similar to what is happening with AI accelerators. However, an extra shared L3 (or stacked SRAM) can be accessed through the switch, which will connect all the GCDs. This will reduce the need to access global memory, and more importantly, act as a shared staging zone between chiplets, similar to what AMD does with their 3D V-Cache, except that it is mainly for processors. Then, there's also stacked DRAM involved, which is essentially the foundation for an MCM designWhat makes the emergence of multi-chiplet patents this time is that AMD is essentially ecosystem-ready. The company could use TSMC’s InFO‑RDL bridges and a specific version of Infinity Fabric between dies for packaging. And what makes this implementation even more compelling is that it is a scaled-down version of AI accelerators, and if you remember, AMD plans to merge their gaming and AI architectures under a single unit, the UDNA architecture. Team Red has also converged the software ecosystem here, and AMD can amortize driver and compiler work.With limitations of monolithic designs, the industry needs a change, and AMD might have one of the best opportunities to take the lead over competitors here. However, there are complications with chiplet designs, one of which AMD has experienced with RDNA 3, which was driven by the latency introduced by the chiplet interconnect. However, with the innovative switch approach, combined with the extra shared L3, Team Red hopes to cater to latency issues; however, this is a big architectural leap. As an enthusiast, I would love the innovation to hit the markets, but we will potentially have to wait and watch with UDNA 5. https://wccftech.com/amd-chiplet-based-gaming-gpus-are-much-closer-than-you-think/

Spotted by Insider-Gaming, a datamined leak points to EA hosting an open beta for its next entry in the Battlefield series, which we only know as Battlefield 6 for now, since its official title has yet to be revealed. While datamining Battlefield Labs, the program through which EA is testing new features for the next Battlefield game and consistently playtesting the new entry, the datamining group 1BF Telegram Group found "Battlefield 6 Open Beta" added in the most recent update, though no further details came with the phrase.It's not the biggest shock that EA would plan an open beta for its next major shooter, since that's the common pattern for how multiplayer-focused games are launched. The beta not only gives the developers a chance to stress-test the servers, it gives players a chance to get a feel for the game ahead of its proper launch. We've seen a number of leaks for Battlefield 6, including videos of the game's Rush Mode, and footage of its campaign, and EA has even officially shared clips from the Battlefield Labs playtests to show how development is progressing. A full, proper reveal for the game is all we're missing at this point, which, according to EA, is due to arrive sometime this summer. It could be that alongside the full reveal, EA will announce the open beta and the dates it'll be live, but for now, we'll have to wait and see.When the reveal does happen, hopefully, it goes well, as EA reportedly has extremely high expectations for this new shooter. A recent report pointed to EA executives setting a target of 100 million players. It also claimed that the budget for this new game has hit an eye-watering $400 million, which at least partly explains why EA executives are hoping the game can reach such high player numbers. https://wccftech.com/datamine-leak-ea-battlefield-6-open-beta/

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Six crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen's Houthis and sank in the Red Sea, a European naval mission says. The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C was carrying 25 crew when it sustained significant damage and lost all propulsion after being hit by rocket-propelled grenades fired from small boats on Monday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency. The attack continued on Tuesday and search rescue operations commenced overnight. The Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the Eternity C because it was heading to Israel, and that they took an unspecified number of crew to a "safe location".The US embassy in Yemen said the Houthis had "kidnapped many surviving crew members" and called for their immediate release. Authorities in the Philippines said 21 of the crew were citizens. Another of them is a Russian national who was severely wounded in the attack and lost a leg. It is the second vessel the Houthis have sunk in a week, after the group on Sunday launched missiles and drones at another Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ship, Magic Seas, which they claimed "belong[ed] to a company that violated the entry ban to the ports of occupied Palestine". Video footage released by the Houthis on Tuesday showed armed men boarding the vessel and setting off a series of explosions which caused it to sink. All 22 crew of Magic Seas were safely rescued by a passing merchant vessel. Since November 2023, the Houthis have targeted around 70 merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.They have now sunk four ships, seized a fifth, and killed at least seven crew members. The group has said it is acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and have claimed - often falsely - that they are targeting ships only linked to Israel, the US or the UK, which have carried out air strikes on Yemen in response.On Wednesday the EU's naval mission in the Red Sea, Operation Aspides, said it was participating in the international response to the attack on the Eternity C and that "currently six castaway crew members have been recovered from the sea". An Aspides official told AFP news agency that five were Filipinos and one was Indian, and that 19 others were still missing. The Greece-based maritime security firm Diaplous released a video on Wednesday that showed the rescue of at least five seafarers who it said had spent more then 24 hours in the water, according to Reuters news agency. "We will continue to search for the remaining crew until the last light," Diaplous said. Reuters also cited maritime security firms as saying that the death toll was four. The US state department condemned the attacks on the Magic Seas and Eternity C, which it said "demonstrate the ongoing threat that Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose to freedom of navigation and to regional economic and maritime security". "The United States has been clear: we will continue to take necessary action to protect freedom of navigation and commercial shipping from Houthi terrorist attacks, which must be condemned by all members of the international community." In May, the Houthis agreed a ceasefire deal with the US following seven weeks of intensified US strikes on Yemen in response to the attacks on international shipping. However, they said the agreement did not include an end to attacks on Israel, which has conducted multiple rounds of retaliatory strikes on Yemen. The secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) called for intensified diplomatic efforts following the new wave of attacks. "After several months of calm, the resumption of deplorable attacks in the Red Sea constitutes a renewed violation of international law and freedom of navigation," Arsenio Dominguez said. "Innocent seafarers and local po[CENSORED]tions are the main victims of these attacks and the pollution they cause," he warned. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3071vp2d8yo

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BlazBlue Entropy Effect is a spin-off that blends the series’ flashy combat with side-scrolling action adventure in a new story. The game offer full gamepad support, customizable touchscreen controls, LAN co-op, 14 unique characters, dozens of move variations per fighter, well-tuned difficulty options, and more. You can choose one free original character, while others can be unlocked using Analyzers with no gacha involved.91Act has announced that their side-scrolling roguelike action title, BlazBlue Entropy Effect, is scheduled to launch on both Android and iOS on July 22. This game was first released as a premium title on PC, later arriving on mobile in China, where it surpassed six million downloads. Dive into fast-paced action with your favorite fighters in BlazBlue Entropy Effect BlazBlue Entropy Effect is a spin-off of the BlazBlue fighting series, blending the flashy combat of the original series with a side-scrolling action adventure in an original storyline. In this game, there are no gacha-style mechanics, so you can instantly unlock and play as your favorite charactersYou can choose from 14 unique characters, each with their fighting styles. Here, battles let you constantly evolve and enhance your combo builds. And I love the fact that you can continuously alter combat mechanics mid-fights by mixing and matching their abilities. What’s better, each character comes with dozens of move variations to master. Plus, if you’re a fan of the main series, you can look forward to familiar faces like Ragna the Bloodedge, Noel Vermillion, Hazama, and the new playable character Bullet, who specializes in strike-and-throw attacks.Experience a solid roster with special mobile-oriented features In this version, you’ll get to pick one original character for free from Es, Mai, or Hibiki. You can unlock the rest by IAP called Analyzer, with most requiring 1 or 2 to unlock. That said, I’m also eager to unlock the free crossover character ICEY, though you need to unlock a certain number of characters first. Overall, the game surely looks very promising, holding a Very Positive 94% rating from over 25,000 Steam reviews, and offers a variety of characters, full gamepad support, customizable full touchscreen controls, local co-op multiplayer via LAN support, and more. https://gamingonphone.com/news/91acts-blazblue-entropy-effect-launches-this-july-based-on-the-po[CENSORED]r-franchise/

Krafton, the parent company of Subnautica and Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds, has reportedly delayed the highly anticipated Subnautica 2 from its original 2025 release window into 2026, seemingly in an attempt to avoid paying Unknown Worlds a significant $250 million bonus. A report from Bloomberg claims that the development team at Unknown Worlds was due to get a $250 million bonus if the studio hit certain revenue targets before the end of 2025, a goal that would be accomplished more easily with Subnautica 2's release by the end of the year. Now that the game has allegedly been delayed, developers at Unknown Worlds believe they will miss those revenue targets, and miss out on the bonus.This follows the seemingly sudden departure of Unknown World's studio leadership last week, with Unknown Worlds founders Charlie Cleveland, Ted Gill, and Max McGuire, all being replaced by former Striking Distance Studios studio head, Steve Papoutsis. Krafton announced the departures, and while it did not provide a reason for the three founders leaving, in a press release it said, "There is nothing more important than the gamer experience. Given the anticipation around Subnautica 2, we owe our players nothing less than the best possible game, as soon as possible." According to Bloomberg's report, delaying Subnautica 2 into next year was not what Cleveland, Gill, or McGuire wanted. Cleveland even took to the Subnautica Reddit page to publish a farewell, saying that, "the events of this week have been quite a shock. We know that the game is ready for early access release and we know you're ready to play it. And while we thought this was going to be our decision to make, at least for now, that decision is in Krafton's hands. And after all these years, tostarted stings." Bloomberg's report also describes a town hall meeting with the development team at Unknown Worlds, in which the new studio head, Steve Papoutsis, explained to the team that it was Krafton's belief that Subnautica 2 was not ready for an early access release, and that delaying it into 2026 was necessary to add more content to the game. Papoutsis was then asked if Subnautica 2 was being delayed so Krafton could avoid paying the $250 million bonus, to which Papoutsis reportedly said, "It's a good question, and I would appreciate patience on this particular topic," and continued to say that he was not familiar with the specifics of Krafton's contract with Unknown Worlds and its acquisition. He said they were "beyond my current understanding at the moment." https://wccftech.com/krafton-delayed-subnautica-2-2026-reportedly-to-avoid-250-million-bonus-pay/

The torrential rain that brought destruction to a children’s summer camp and other holiday spots in rural Texas came with devastating speed. Water came crashing through the stone cabins of Camp Mystic in the early hours of Friday with little warning as the girls and staff slept. The Guadalupe River had burst its banks after months of rain fell in just a few hours, a freak weather event described by officials as a “100-year catastrophe”. More than 90 people are confirmed dead across the state, at least 27 of them from the Christian summer camp. Water tore through the green-roofed cabins, leaving a trail of debris behind and taking lives as young as eight years old. The kind of power behind this destruction is conveyed in this footage, captured over just 27 minutes, which shows how rapidly the water rose in one area.As the search continues for those still missing, questions are being asked whether more could have been done to prevent such huge loss of life. Experts say there was a number of factors that contributed to the tragedy including the extreme weather, the location of the holiday homes and timing. There was a large supply of moisture in the atmosphere from a tropical storm that had caused flooding in Mexico and then tracked north as it died out. Kerr County, where the camp was located and where 75 lives have been lost, is a hillier part of Texas than surrounding counties. This meant that the moisture-laden air was forced upwards, building huge storm clouds.These storm clouds were so large they effectively become their own weather system, producing huge amounts of rain over a large area. This system was slow-moving, adding to the rain totals, and creating further thunderstorms along the area containing the Guadalupe River, which surged with unprecedented speed.The National Weather Service reported a swathe of around 5-10in (125-250mm) of rainfall in just three to six hours across south-central Kerr County. Between Thursday and Monday there were nearly 21 inches of rain in some parts. Average July rainfall over the last 25 years for the Kerrville area is just over two inches, which means around four months of rain fell in a matter of hours. The timing also contributed to the loss of life - many Texans had gone to bed on the Thursday night unaware such a catastrophic storm would wake them in terror in just a few hours. A flood watch had been issued on Thursday afternoon and after midnight local time it was upgraded to a flood warning, advising people to find higher ground. In the next two hours it became a flash flood warning and some people have reported getting text alerts on their phones during the night. At 3.30am, Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said he went for a jog near the river and it was only lightly raining. Half an hour later, an emergency flash flood warning was issued for Kerr County, an alert from the NWS that this was a “particularly dangerous situation” alert, when major floods had already taken hold. Camp Mystic was in a spot with some of the highest rainfall levels during those calamitous few hours.Kerr County is in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, a po[CENSORED]r holiday destination due to its scenic rolling hills, countless rivers and lakes, as well as an abundance of wineries. But there is a menace too - due to the recurring threat that has devastated local communities over the years, the region is also known as “Flash Flood Alley”. In those early hours of Friday, the downpours were directed off the hills and straight into the surrounding rivers causing them to swell at a rapid rate. A torrent of water surged downstream, sweeping the low-lying area next to the river exceptionally quickly. Some of the girls killed or still missing from the camp were in low-lying cabins less than 500ft (152m) from the river bank, reports the New York Times. .https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-3e86df88-5679-4f65-914f-97014d8a188f

Blood Strike x TACZERO brings a pixel-style makeover, teleport mechanics, and a new UMP45 weapon to the game. Blockfield map, new Strike Pass, and limited-time Ultra skins add fresh content. Free rewards, gold bars, and new events make July 2025 a packed and rewarding update for all players.With the arrival of the “Block Strike x TACZERO” crossover event, the July 2025 update for Blood Strike looks to be a blockbuster. We are going to have a “blocky” theme bringing similar graphics, a new weapon, a brand new map, and a lot of new content.New SMG: UMP45 and Laser Attachment The UMP45 is the newest SMG added to the game. It comes with a special Laser attachment that lets you shoot while moving quickly in a tactical stance. You can unlock and try this gun by leveling up your Strike Pass, and it’s great for fast-paced gunfights.Blood Strike Block Strike theme (Image via NetEase Games) Pixel Art Makeover and new Visuals The entire game has received a full pixel art makeover. Characters, weapons, items, and even the menus now have a blocky retro look. Despite the visual change, the core gameplay of high-intensity battles, short match times, and fast respawns stays the same. This is also changing the game’s look to a retro block style. This also brought in Crystal Ore, which gives you Crystals, Warp Grenades, and random weapons when mined. Crystals give you special powers, while Warp Grenades let you teleport short distances. https://gamingonphone.com/news/blood-strike-block-strike-x-taczero-july-2025-update-brings-new-weapon-map-features/

During the Anime Expo in Los Angeles, California, CD PROJEKT RED and studio TRIGGER announced that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is officially in development. This is a major turnaround from the statement released in October 2022. Edgerunners 2 will be a standalone anime series of 10 episodes set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. Hugo Award-winning writer Bartosz Sztybor, showrunner, story writer, and producer on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, said in a statement:David’s story might be over, but there’s plenty more to discover in Night City. And to again have the legendary animation studio TRIGGER along for the ride makes us at CD PROJEKT RED so excited to introduce a raw, real chronicle of redemption and revenge, something unlike what we’ve done before. Sztybor will be joined by lead character designer Kanno Ichigo (Promare, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) and Masahiko Otsuka (Gurren Lagann, Promare), who will be responsible for the screenplay adaptation. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 will air on Netflix at an unspecified date. As you might recall, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners launched in September 2022 to rave reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it enjoys an enviable 100% fresh rating. More importantly, it was the first real spark to reignite interest in CD PROJEKT RED's Cyberpunk 2077. The studio wisely timed Patch 1.6 to launch alongside the Netflix anime series, which added the Wardrobe feature, cross-progression between different platforms, three new side missions (Gigs), five new melee weapons, and six new firearms, in addition to some light Edgerunners-related content and tons of fixes. Cyberpunk 2077 player numbers spiked, and the sentiment around the game started turning around.It is presently unclear whether CD PROJEKT RED will go to the trouble of making more Cyberpunk 2077 content to go with this series. It seems unlikely, though, as they are now deep into the production of The Witcher 4. https://wccftech.com/cyberpunk-edgerunners-2-confirmed/

Test stars get 2 weeks BBL window post-Ashes, boosting the league but availability remains uncertainCricket Australia has made a significant move to bridge the gap between international commitments and domestic T20 cricket by granting Test players a two-week window to participate in the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) season. Scheduled from December 14, 2025, to January 25, 2026, the BBL will see some of Australia’s biggest Test names feature in the latter stages of the tournament, a rarity in recent years due to overlapping schedules.The decision is a strategic one. With the Ashes series concluding on January 8, 2026, Test players, particularly batters, could be available for the final ten days of the BBL regular season and the playoffs. This opens the door for stars like Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, and Marnus, who have had limited BBL involvement in recent years due to Test commitments. Alistair Dobson, Head of the BBL leagues, said, "We earmarked this season from a while back. Anything we do around international summer is huge. But then to have a good, clear run of nights available from mid December through to the end of January, where we can play the BBL every night, is one that adds up to a pretty strong season for us."By allowing a short but meaningful participation window, Cricket Australia aims to boost the BBL’s appeal by injecting star power into crucial matches, help players adapt to T20 cricket, especially with the T20 World Cup in February 2026, and manage workloads to prevent burnout, limiting Test players to a condensed stint. However, availability isn’t guaranteed. Dobson noted, "It’ll ultimately come down to an individual case by case basis with players of how they’ve gone through the summer and what their recovery is like." Fast bowlers, for instance, may be rested after a taxing Ashes series. BBL’s Unique Appeal The BBL is Australia’s premier T20 league, known for its fast-paced matches. Innovations like the Power Surge (a two-over batting boost) and the X-Factor Player (strategic substitutions) keep the format dynamic. Unlike Test cricket’s five-day grind, BBL games wrap up in three hours, making it accessible to casual fans. What’s Next? While the two-week window is a step forward, the BBL chose not to extend the season further to accommodate more overseas players, like England’s Sam Curran, who might be tied up with other leagues. Dobson explained, "Our season has found a nice spot where it is for now... we think with the players that we picked up in the draft from around the world, shows that there’s still lots of interest and excitement about coming and playing in the BBL." https://www.si.com/onsi/cricket/news-feed-page/australia-s-test-stars-get-a-rare-chance-to-light-up-the-bbl-01jz8qhznhmg

I received an ADHD and autism diagnosis at the end of 2024 after a period of stress and depression. I thought that my profession was to blame (I work, however unfittingly, in finance) but have come to appreciate that I am sensitive to many kinds of environmental stressors. It has been difficult to navigate the world since the diagnosis. At first I was ecstatic, finding many of my life’s complexities could be easily answered by a natural neurodivergence, but have since found the world to be even more confusing, especially where relationship dynamics are concerned. Some people I have told about my diagnosis have started to baby me slightly. Whereas before the diagnosis I might have struggled along in certain social situations, feeling myself a little bit slow off the mark, or bored, now I am starting to notice a pronounced sense of my “otherness”, which is quite scary. Do you have any advice on how to keep things in proportion after receiving news that can force you to look at life through a completely different lens?Eleanor says: What do we learn when we get a diagnosis? You say to a doctor I have experiences A through F. They say, ah, it sounds like you have condition X. And you say interesting, what’s condition X? And they say well one important hallmark of condition X is where you have experiences A through F. It can be so helpful and so emancipatory, but it doesn’t necessarily leave us knowing what causes or explains our experiences. In lots of mental health diagnoses, we still don’t know those things. Nor do we learn that we experience the world a particular way – we already knew that. Much of the force of the discovery is that it isn’t the experience of many others, but medicine has needed to categorise those experiences so they can be helped, explained, accommodated, and so on. Many of us feel the duality you describe after a diagnosis: understood, since we can finally name the patterns, but isolated, since we learn those names at the cost of learning they’re unusual. There’s relief if it all makes sense; but also dread that it’ll always be like this. You mentioned the pronounced sense of otherness. Like being on the outside of a fishbowl looking in. One response is to resist that: othered from whom? Lots of people learn as adults that they’re autistic, or have ADHD, or both; lots of people find new ways of understanding their mental experiences. As a result, there’s a lot more understanding of these things than maybe ever before. That’s not to say you have to take up residence in communities of the literally like-minded. It’s just to say that as you meet new people, you may find their experiences are only slightly different to yours. We never know what’s happening in other people’s minds; if it’s otherness we’re worried about we may be in the company of more others than we realise.Another response, though, is to allow that feeling of otherness. Similarity is helpful for connection, it’s true. To that extent, it’s frightening to learn that we’re not so similar to others. That will make some things harder. But similarity isn’t the only way to connect. You can feel reverence, awe, cherishment, for things that aren’t much like you at all. Indeed, being in front of things unlike you can make you more aware of and reverent toward the contrasts in yourself. We feel this all the time with the natural world: lots of people feel deep love for, feel most themselves around, the ocean, the night sky, an animal. It’s not because they seem the same as us. All that is to say: it can be precisely by standing in contrast, and not similarity, that you can simultaneously appreciate what is true of others and what is true of you. There’s a kind of connection available here based on a true vision of each other, not just on being similar. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/04/after-an-adhd-and-autism-diagnosis-i-now-find-the-world-more-confusing-how-do-i-make-sense-of-this

Footage from Vladivostok showed mourners laying flowers at a makeshift memorial to Major General Mikhail Gudkov The deputy head of the Russian Navy has been killed near the Ukrainian border, the Russian military has confirmed. Major General Mikhail Gudkov, appointed by President Vladimir Putin to the senior naval post in March, was killed during what Russia's defence ministry described as "combat work" in the western Kursk region, which borders Ukraine's Sumy region. The ministry gave no further details about the operation. Last summer Ukraine launched a surprise offensive in Kursk. While its troops have mostly been driven out, in June Kyiv said it was still holding onto small areas of the region. Gudkov's death is one of the most high-profile losses for Moscow since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of the Primorsky region in Russia's Far East, ten others were also killed in the incident.Kozhemyako made the announcement on Telegram, where he described Gudkov as a loyal officer who died "carrying out his duty". Unconfirmed reports from Russian and Ukrainian military-linked Telegram channels suggest the deaths were the result of a Ukrainian missile strike on a Russian command post near the town of Korenevo, around 30km (19 miles) from the border. Ukraine has not officially commented on the attack - consistent with its usual policy of not confirming targeted strikes on Russian territory. Gudkov had previously commanded the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, a unit involved in heavy fighting across eastern Ukraine and later in the Kursk region itself. Footage from the far eastern city of Vladivostok, home to Russia's Pacific Fleet, showed mourners laying flowers at a makeshift memorial to Gudkov, who received the Gold Star medal of Hero of Russia in late 2023. He was seen receiving the honour from President Putin at a Kremlin ceremony in February. Ukraine has not acknowledged involvement in Gudkov's death. However sources within Ukrainian security services have previously told the media, including the BBC, that they were behind similar targeted strikes, such as the killing of Gen Igor Kirillov in December 2024. Earlier this year, General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow - an incident the Kremlin also blamed on Kyiv. At the time Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of "continuing its involvement in terrorist activities inside our country". Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, there have been several high-level assassination plots on both sides. Last year the Ukrainian security service (SBU) said it foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-ranking Ukrainian officials. At the start of the war, the Ukrainian leader said he was Russia's "number one target". Meanwhile, officials in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa said two people were killed and six injured in a missile strike on the port on Thursday. Earlier, strikes on the central city of Poltava targeting an army recruitment centre killed two people and wounded nearly 50 others, authorities said. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7l1zd8e8ro