First-Party Nintendo Games and New Switch 2 Editions Are Getting Big Price Cuts in Amazon's October Prime Day Sale

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: Oct 6, 2026 5:25pm UTC

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Day sale, which is essentially just an October version of Prime Day, is now live. I’m happy to report there are plenty of Nintendo deals in the bunch. Well, sort of.

After Months of Silence and Being Called Out by the Forza Horizon 6 Community, Developer Playground Games Finally Responds

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: Oct 6, 2026 5:38pm UTC

Forza Horizon 6 developer Playground Games has finally addressed its player community after months of constructive feedback about the game has been met with nothing but radio silence from the renowned British studio.

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Escape From Tarkov promo codes are used in the classic extraction shooter for all sorts of rewards. From in-game gear and weapons to currency, cosmetics, and more, redeeming as many of these Tarkov codes as you can will set you up for your next raid. Especially since these goodies don't actually require a successful extraction to obtain them.

The 2027 Kia EV3 Is like an EV9 That's Shape-Shifted into a Subcompact EV SUV

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Indie Game Crack Is Apparently a Heart-Pounding Mission to Smash Open a Mysterious Living Giant Egg

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: Oct 6, 2026 5:04pm UTC

Is cracking a giant egg open the new Call of Duty? No, but Crack is further proof new Steam indie games are currently operating on a creative plane the rest of us can only hope to understand. It's a co-op game featuring an enormous egg in a laboratory. Nobody knows where it came from. Nobody knows what’s inside it. You've got a pickaxe and instructions to smash it open.

Anduril and the US Navy are investing billions in a new shipyard

Anduril and the US Navy are planning a $6.6 billion shipyard to produce critical submarine parts

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Indian Streamer JioHotstar Enters Middle East and North Africa Through Starzplay Partnership

India’s largest streamer, JioHotstar, has moved into the Middle East and North Africa, teaming with Abu Dhabi-based Starzplay to reach a region the company considers key for South Asian viewers.

Michael Douglas Memoir’s 7 Wildest Revelations: Secret Co-Star Affairs to Coke Binges

Michael Douglas does not hold back in his new memoir — and if he did, one can only imagine the details he left out.

In his aptly titled new book, One Helluva Ride, the Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction star details secret affairs with co-stars, drug binges and surprising backstage awards show encounters.

Weight-loss drugs show signs of slowing biological aging, say drugmakers

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly found the popular medicines reduce molecular markers of age.

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Plug-In-Hybrid Mercedes-Benz VLE Spied Looking Just As Good As The EV - Jalopnik

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One of the best cars I've driven this year — actually, probably the best — is the Mercedes-Benz VLE, the fabulous replacement for the luxurious V-Class van. After decades of missing out on fancy vans in the U.S., Mercedes is actually bringing the VLE to our shores, along with as-yet-unveiled VLS and Maybach VLS models that will be even fancier. Mercedes initially launched the VLE with purely electric powertrains, but we've known gas-powered hybrid models would be coming, and now our spy photographers have gotten the first shots of a hybrid VLE.