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 about Wolf’s redesign and evolving the game.
– **Tim Cook:** States iPhone price increase has nothing to do with tariffs.
– **Elden Ring Nightreign:** Next update to fix Deep of Night wins not increasing Depth rank.
– **Under Night In-Birth 2 Sys: Celes:** Developers discuss Izumi DLC & music.
– **Microsoft:** Raises Xbox console prices in the United States yet again.
– **Musk’s xAI:** Reportedly raising $10 billion in funding at a $200 billion valuation.
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### Your Weekly Reminder
Check out **Shackmaps**, our growing collection of video game maps designed to enhance your gameplay experience!
Introducing Shackmaps—free interactive video game maps available now! We’re excited to announce we now have **Hollow Knight: Silksong** included.
And because it’s the weekend, go find yourself something great to play!
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### Weekend Download Deals for Sept. 19
– **Console Deals:** Tokyo Pre-Game Show
– **PC Deals:** Steam TGS sales
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### Around the Gaming Horn
Here’s some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week:
– The **SpeedRunners 2 Open Playtest** is live now—jump in and play!
– The next character pack is available for **Dragon Ball: SPARKING! Zero**.
– Check out a developer overview for **Baby Steps**—it won’t take long to realize it’s a Devolver Digital joint.
– Take 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 mode will have a world premiere trailer.
– Lastly, 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 is absolutely amazing at. ‘Nuff said.
For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at age 95, he will once again be present at L.A. Comic Con—this time as a hologram using AI to have conversations with fans.
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> *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 Frame Fatales marathon—a new event high!
On top of that, **Games Done Quick** (GDQ) has surpassed **1,000,000 total donations** over its entire lifetime. Keep doing amazing work, everyone. Keep reaching for the stars and raising funds for important causes.
GDQ’s Hotfix shows air every week, and you can catch them all on the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
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### This Week in Shaqnews
What? The segment’s 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**, bringing you a rare mix from **Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze** to enjoy tonight.
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Thanks for reading, and have a fantastic weekend!
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