Hello, Shacknews readers! What a week it’s been. It’s actually Friday, so let’s mercifully wrap up the week with another round of news, memes, and entertainment. Welcome to the Friday edition of Evening Reading.
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### In Case You Missed It at Shacknews:
– **Cladun X3 Review:** Dungeons, dungeons & more dungeons
– **New Virtua Fighter Project Producer** talks Wolf’s redesign & evolving the game
– **Tim Cook says iPhone price increase** has nothing to do with tariffs
– **Elden Ring Nightreign’s next update** to fix Deep of Night wins not increasing Depth rank
– **Under Night In-Birth 2 System: Celes** devs discuss Izumi DLC & music
– **Microsoft raises Xbox console prices** in the United States yet again
– **Musk’s xAI** is reportedly raising $10 billion in funding at a $200 billion valuation
Your weekly reminder to check out Shackmaps, our growing collection of video game maps designed to enhance your gameplay experience!
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### Introducing Shackmaps
Free interactive video game maps are now available, including the newest addition—*Hollow Knight: Silksong*!
And since it’s the weekend, go find yourself something great to play!
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### Weekend Deals: September 19
**Console Download Deals:** Tokyo Pre-Game Show
**PC Download Deals:** Steam TGS sales
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### Around the Gaming Horn
Here’s some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week:
– Join the **SpeedRunners 2 Open Playtest**—it’s live now!
– The next character pack is available for **Dragon Ball: SPARKING! Zero**.
– Check out a developer overview for **Baby Steps**, which quickly reveals it’s a Devolver Digital title.
– Get a look at the voice cast for the Zombies portion of **Call of Duty: Black Ops 7**. Remember, the beta begins next week, and the Zombies campaign will be introduced with a world premiere trailer.
– Finally, an overview of **Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade:** it’s coming to Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S in January!
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### Other Stuff From The Internet!!!
**Today in Bubbletron:** Be sure to play Bubbletron today!
**2XKO’d:** Gee whiz, another fighting game that SonicFox dominates. ‘Nuff said.
For decades, **Stan Lee** was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his passing at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con—this time as a hologram that uses AI to hold conversations with fans.
> *The Hollywood Reporter (@thr.com) September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM*
Two things can be true about this. First, it’s gross. Like, really gross. Second, I have no doubts that if Stan Lee were still alive today, he’d have been fully on board with this, which is also gross.
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### Nothing but the Hotfix
The incomparable and incredible women of **Frame Fatales** have set a new record, raising $151,336 for the Malala Fund during last week’s marathon. This marks a new high for the event.
On top of that, **Games Done Quick (GDQ)** has reached 1,000,000 total donations over its entire lifetime!
Don’t stop what you’re doing, everyone. Keep reaching for the stars and raising money for these important causes.
You can catch GDQ’s Hotfix shows every week on the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
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### This Week in Shaqnews
What? The segment is called “This Week in Shaqnews.” It doesn’t always have to be about Shaquille O’Neal.
*IT’S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!*
Also, AEW All Out kicks off from Toronto tomorrow afternoon.
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### Tonight in Video Game Music
Once again, we turn to **OC ReMiX** to bring you a rare mix from *Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze*. Enjoy!
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Have a fantastic weekend, and as always, stay safe and happy gaming!
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