Summer Games Done Quick 2025 is now live—kicking off a full week of speedruns and goofs to raise money for Doctors Without Borders

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2025 has officially fired the starting gun, meaning dozens of speedruns, goofs, and charity drives are coming down the highway to a VoD near you. In case you’re unfamiliar, GDQ is a charity speedrunning event where streamers get together in a convention centre—this time, in Minneapolis—to livestream days upon days…

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I hit one of Australia’s biggest retro fares and PC gaming was nowhere to be seen, though collectors told me that’s down to one of its major retro strengths

This weekend I spent some time at one of the weirder shrines to capitalism I’ve ever attended. Held in the same halls where geeks gather for PAX Australia, Collect Fest recently brought its Ebay-backed swathes of stalls to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. With booths from hobbyists of all stripes from sneakers to film…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 actor Samantha Béart says people don’t realise how awful Karlach was before the events of the game: ‘I think she was a piece of work in hell’

Were I to guess, I’d say the position of most beloved Baldur’s Gate 3 party member is probably a hard tie between Astarion and Karlach. Which is wrong, because it should actually be Lae’zel, but never mind; people love the hoity-toity vampire boy and the large, red, armed puppy-dog, and I’d never take that away…

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Rematch players are still crashing out over ‘self-absorbed’ ball hogs, and while I do get it, I can’t help but wonder if some zen is in order

I seriously doubt you’re going to be shocked by this information but, almost a full month later, Rematch players are still bent out of shape over passes. Or, rather, they’re crashing out about players not passing. Dip into the game’s subreddit, and you’ll see ‘pass, damnit!’ posts cropping up so often, you could set your…

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Grow a Garden has added new pets, mutations, and a seed even better than the Candy Blossom as part of its newest update

Grow a Garden, Roblox’s most popular farming experience, rolled out its Prehistoric Update on July 5, adding new events, pets, and plants to get stuck into. Alongside its new additions, a number of quality of life changes have been made, such as the ability to shovel sprinklers and expand your pets inventory size. Unfortunately though,…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Monday, July 7

Congrats, the first win of your Wordle week is right here and ready to go. Maybe that looks like a quick read of our general tips and strategies, designed to help in any and all circumstances. Or perhaps it’s something more targeted, like the July 7 (1479) hint waiting below. You could also reveal the…

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‘The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is unlawful’: Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI app from their stores

ChatGPT rival DeepSeek may be in deep trouble in the European Union after the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection demanded Google and Apple remove the AI app from their stores. On June 27, Meike Kamp, Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, announced in a press release that her office is calling on…

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Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was ‘no mention’ of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

As reported by TheJournal.ie (via VGC), Doom designer John Romero and Wizardry 8 developer Brenda Romero’s studio, Romero Games, has fully closed following the withdrawal of publisher funding for its in-development FPS. Former employees have stated that the publisher in question was Microsoft, making Romero Games another casualty of the tech giant’s most recent round…

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‘There are no plans to drop support for SteamOS’: The Finals devs commit to Steam Deck and Linux players despite new kernel-level anti-cheat

The Finals is getting kernel-level anti-cheat, but the developers at Embark Studios aren’t using that as an excuse to abandon players on Steam Deck and Linux. Embark Studios shared an announcement on Steam last week for Update 7.3 for The Finals, which included a major security change: “As mentioned in the 7.0 patch notes, a…

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