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: Aug 13, 2026 11:45am UTC
Nintendo has begun displaying in-store warnings of its impending Switch 2 price increase.
As announced earlier this year, the Switch 2 will rise in cost on September 1 in the U.S., U.K., and mainland Europe. In Nintendo's homeland of Japan, this price rise has already taken effect.
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world and in some places is ill-equipped to deal with hot weather.
More than 135 million people across Europe, mostly in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, face temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) as the continent’s latest heatwave builds.
"We need a good rest"
I’ve spent something like seven hours in funny-thinky cooperative puzzler Big Walk, and the concept of more Big Walk is something that confounds and, just a little bit, frightens me. What, you spent an entire evening stubbing toes in the dark and overconfidently barking incorrect solutions at friends, only for the opening of the map room to reveal the humbling significance of your progress thus far, and you want more? Friend, if I play this until my forties, I might make it halfway through.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - AUGUST 27: A view of a Boston Red Sox logo on a bag on the field before the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 27, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)
It’s currently running a poll for the new vehicle’s name.
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic has been developing its "Delta class" of spaceships for a while now. It even stopped offering trips to suborbital space in 2024 after seven successful commercial flights to focus on its next-gen vehicle. The company had been preparing for the new spaceship's debut later this year and was originally planning to put it through a series of tests over the next few months leading up to its first commercial flight in the fourth quarter of 2026. But Virgin Galactic apparently faced several issues with the vehicle's assembly, and it has now announced that the new ship's debut commercial flight will take place in February 2027 at the earliest.
Bruno Guimaraes made his first appearance and Myles Lewis-Skelly scored amid speculation about his future as Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by Como before winning 4-3 on penalties.
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are actively looking for more new signings in the transfer market but admits there is only a small pool of available players who can take them to the next level.
The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...
Arsenal have held further talks over a deal for Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa but remain short of Villa's valuation for the England defender - Daily Mail
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Published Aug 12, 2026, 7:51 PM EDT
A tabletop-inspired tactical RPG from former Blizzard devs is free to play for a few days
Image: Secret DoorPlaying a tabletop RPG sounds great right up until you have to actually schedule one. You need a group of willing players, someone prepared to run the thing, a working knowledge of a small library’s worth of rules, and, most daunting of all, a night when everyone is free.