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6:45 p.m. ET The Game Awards 2026 nominees will be announced Nov. 17 4:44 p.m. ET Pokémon GO Wild Area brings Gigantamax Duraludon to Max Battles this weekend 3:44 p.m. ET AltChar reviews Moomin Midsummer Madness as a warm but uneven adventure 2:45 p.m. ET Sony expands PS5 QSSR support to Spider-Man 2 and five other games 12:45 p.m. ET Falcons and MOUZ reach BLAST Rivals Fall semifinals in Hong Kong 11:45 a.m. ET Steam review delays force indie developers to postpone launches 10:45 a.m. ET Apex Neural Rendering beta targets DLSS frame generation on older GPUs 9:45 a.m. ET Gen.G and Bilibili Gaming meet in the Worlds 2026 final Saturday 6:45 p.m. ET The Game Awards 2026 nominees will be announced Nov. 17 4:44 p.m. ET Pokémon GO Wild Area brings Gigantamax Duraludon to Max Battles this weekend 3:44 p.m. ET AltChar reviews Moomin Midsummer Madness as a warm but uneven adventure 2:45 p.m. ET Sony expands PS5 QSSR support to Spider-Man 2 and five other games 12:45 p.m. ET Falcons and MOUZ reach BLAST Rivals Fall semifinals in Hong Kong 11:45 a.m. ET Steam review delays force indie developers to postpone launches 10:45 a.m. ET Apex Neural Rendering beta targets DLSS frame generation on older GPUs 9:45 a.m. ET Gen.G and Bilibili Gaming meet in the Worlds 2026 final Saturday