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IKEA is partnering up with Skyrim in an unexpected collaboration that has fans making the same joke about The Elder Scrolls 6. On September 2, the official IKEA accounts for Ireland and the United Kingdom posted a promotional video on Instagram, showing a mountain of familiar Skyrim memorabilia haphazardly tossed onto a snowy mountainside… alongside some comparatively modern-looking pieces. For instance, a rune-inscribed Allen wrench is stuffed amongst the frozen Nord helmets, pots, swords, books, and wheels of cheese, while a white Kallax 4x2 shelf sits on top of the pile. A date is then shown: September 9, 2026, along with the message, “Coming to the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” The post’s caption says much the same thing: “A Creation coming to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” Thus far, it’s unclear exactly what this collaboration entails. Does this mean that the Kallax shelf will be available for players to decorate their homes with? Will they be able to use the magic Allen wrench as a we...

A 77-year-old volunteer teacher was arrested after reportedly striking a young student in a dispute over Pokémon cards. A statement posted to the Dothan Police Department website by Chief William E. Benny describes the shocking incident, which took place on August 31, 2026. That day, Dothan Police school resource officers responded to reports of an altercation between a student under the age of 10 and a volunteer teacher at the Jerry Lee Faine Elementary School in Dothan, Alabama. The teacher, 77-year-old Oscar Truitt Jr., reportedly got into a feud with the student over Pokémon cards. Video footage taken from surveillance cameras on site showed Truitt “striking the child several times.” The volunteer teacher was charged with Harassment and booked into the Dothan City Jail after the incident. “The safety of students is the top priority of the Dothan Police Department’s role in Dothan City Schools,” the statement reads. At the time of writing, no other information about the altercation...

Grand Theft Auto 6's morality meter can reportedly "shatter" and lead to you becoming essentially irredeemable for an entire playthrough of the game. YouTuber TGG got to see GTA 6 behind closed doors during a recent preview and has provided a ton of details on the game. There has been a lot of chatter about the game's "criminal profile" system , which acts similarly to the morality system in the Red Dead Redemption games. In a new video, TGG broke down the different levels of the game's criminal profile system, noting that there are four states: Professional (the highest and most honorable part of the meter), Aggressive, Violent, and the lowest option, Psycho. There's also an additional unnamed state which will begin to crack and eventually shatter if you are going too far off the rails. Rockstar suggested to TGG that achieving this state is very difficult, and it's partially there for players who clearly demonstrate that they don't care abo...

Key Preview Takeaways: Multiplayer is split into several mission types. Co-op Warfare is the mode that most interested me during my demo. The 100-player lobbies are meant to be like friendly air force bases that players can roam and socialize in. It’s hot in Germany. Most buildings don’t have air conditioning. Gamescom does, but it’s still hot and noisy, even in the business area that’s not as crowded. I’m here to talk about Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve’s multiplayer with Ace Combat Series Brand Director Kazutoki Kono and Ace Combat 8 Producer Manabu Shimomoto. I don’t get to play it myself, but I do get to see what they’re working on. And it looks impressive. Wings of Theve’s multiplayer is built around three things: co-op and versus missions, customizing your aircraft, and the online lobby, which can accommodate up to 100 players at once. Ace Combat 8 is clearly aiming high. Shimomoto told me there were two reasons: “First, while many customers enjoyed Ace Combat 7 and became fans, w...

Infinity Ward has addressed the state of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's time to kill and tweaked a handful of weapons in a new beta update. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta is coming to a close, but Infinity Ward is still updating the hell out of it. The latest update was pushed this morning before the beta officially winds down tomorrow. Per the patch notes , a bunch of weapons have been tuned following feedback from fans, including the ISO Nightshade SMG, which got a slight buff with damage improvements. The PPSH, Krait P68, Han 86, and Hyeon Burst all got various buffs as well, with the latter's headshot damage multiplier increasing from 1 to 1.1. A handful of weapons got nerfed, but the most notable hit was taken by the M4 Hurricane variant, which had its damage decreased. Infinity Ward also used the update as an opportunity to address the game's time to kill, which was divisive in the first beta weekend for being far too fast. Following some adjustments, MW...

Dean Hall, creator of zombie survival game DayZ and founder of RocketWerkz, seems to have a complicated relationship with his biggest hit, which was first released as a mod for Arma 2 in 2012. "When DayZ happened, it was like dying," Hall told PC Gamer . "It ended my old life. My relationship with everyone who I knew up to that point changed completely." "It was obviously an amazing thing that happened to me," he added. "I loved making the mod, and I loved that feeling, and I've been chasing it ever since." The game started life as a mod for Arma 2 and its expansion pack Operation Arrowhead and was so popular with gamers that just a few months later Hall announced that Arma 2 developer Bohemia Interactive was creating a standalone version of the game , with Hall as project lead. "People think I'm a game developer who came up from [being] a modder, and I would say I'm a modder who makes games during the day," Hall added. ...