Evening Reading – September 19, 2025
Hello, Shacknews readers! What a week it’s been. It’s finally Friday, so let’s mercifully wrap up the week with another round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is 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** on 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 Sys:** Celes devs talk 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
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**Your weekly reminder:** Check out [Shackmaps](https://shacknews.com/shackmaps), our growing collection of interactive video game maps to help enhance your gameplay experience!
We now have **Hollow Knight: Silksong** available!
Since it’s the weekend, go find yourself something to play!
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### Weekend Console Download Deals for Sept. 19
– Tokyo Pre-Game Show
### Weekend PC Download Deals for Sept. 19
– 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 up now!
– 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 portion will see its world premiere trailer soon.
– Finally, get 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 amazing at. ’Nuff said.
For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con—this time as a hologram that will use AI to have 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. They raised $151,336 for the Malala Fund during last week’s Frame Fatales marathon, which is a record for the event.
On top of that, Games Done Quick 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.
GDQ’s Hotfix shows air every week, and you can catch them all at the [Games Done Quick Twitch account](https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick).
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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!
**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**.
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Have a fantastic weekend, and happy gaming!
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