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You can get the ebook of King Sorrow for $17, and the audiobook currently costs $22 (down from $25). However, the best value is to try Audible Premium Plus. New members can get the first three months for just $0.99 a month and receive a credit each month to buy any audiobook, including King Sorrow. Even if you don’t want a subscription long-term, you can get the King Sorrow audiobook for $15 by signing up for just one month of Premium Plus.

I first got into chess when I was a little kid, around six years old, and I quickly fell in love with the game. I remember hearing about this incredible player, Daniel Naroditsky, who was a total chess whiz from a really young age. He was winning tournaments like the Northern California K-12 Championship when he was just eleven! And then, unbelievably, he became the World Youth Champion for under-12s. Seriously impressive stuff – he was clearly destined for greatness.

In Hades 2, you play as Melinoe, a young witch who offers a fresh perspective on life in the Underworld. Unlike her brother, Zagreus, Melinoe didn’t grow up in the palace. She lives in a makeshift camp on the edge of Hades’ realm, feeling distant from her family. Her only link to them is a single cherished drawing in her simple room. The game begins with Melinoe, determined and strong, embarking on a quest to save her family from the Titan Kronos and bridge the gap that has always kept them apart.

As reported by Xbox Wire, this event broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest video game display ever flown with a helicopter. During the gameplay, with Rodriguez controlling the character Yakumo, Lee performed songs from his album, “Flammable.”

The game will become completely unplayable at 1:59 PM UTC. Since there’s no way to play offline, once that time arrives, it will be gone permanently.

A Twitch streamer famous for his inventive Pokémon challenges built a machine to automate a really tedious part of the game: battling 1,000 trainers for Mable’s Research. Rather than spending days doing it by hand, ProfessorRex used a modified controller—held inside a padded box to repeatedly press the A button—along with a 3D printer that automatically pressed the ZL button to keep his Pokémon focused on opponents.

In an interview with JASRAC Magazine, Nobuo Uematsu suggested that AI might be useful for smoothing transitions between sounds in game music. However, he isn’t interested in using AI to *create* entirely new music for games.

According to MP1st, Capcom is working on a remake of the 2002 prequel, internally known as project “Chamber.” The name likely honors the game’s hero, Rebecca Chambers. Development has been underway for several years, and motion capture began sometime in 2024.

To win and get the golden crown, you’ll need to make it through a bunch of unpredictable mini-games. Success depends on a little luck, some skill, and being a bit clever – sorry to anyone I’ve accidentally eliminated along the way!

On August 29, 2025, the Pan-STARRS observatory in Hawaii discovered a near-Earth object, officially designated 2025 PN7, that behaves like a temporary moon for Earth.