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• 007 First Light On Switch 2 Includes Something No Other Platform Gets, And It’s Ridiculous

  15-10-2026 17:57 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  IO Interactive has announced the release date for 007 First Light's long-delayed Switch 2 version--March 18, 2027--and that's not all. People who preorder the game for Switch 2 are getting something no other platform has: a ridiculously oversized tie.Not just any ridiculously oversized tie, however. People who preorder First Light for Switch 2 get the GoldenEye Suit, and it includes the suit and tie that Pierce Brosnan wore in the famous 1995 movie, including the oversized tie.Brosnan wore a lot
  
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• My entire PC was shorting after I swapped my motherboard, and you'll never believe why this simple USB hub fixed everything

  03-11-2026 14:22 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Back at the beginning of summer, I rebuilt my PC for the umpteenth time. Since it had started its life in a small form factor ITX case, it was still using a tiny ITX motherboard that, although wasn't giving me any performance problems, was stuck with Raptor Lake processors. As a CPU reviewer, I needed to move on. But there was a problem with the new board I picked. I thought something had gone wrong when I rebuilt everything because when I had all of my USB devices plugged in, the entire gaming
  
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• Borderlands Franchise Hits 100 Million Sales As Gearbox Hints At What’s Next

  03-11-2026 14:17 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  The Borderlands franchise has reached a new sales milestone, as developer Gearbox Software announced that Borderlands 4 had pushed the series over the 100 million units sold mark. Celebrating the achievement, the studio also took time to reveal what's next for Borderlands 4 as it enters its second year, as well as plans it's busy cooking up for the IP."We just wrapped our Year 1 roadmap, and the team is cooking hard on more Borderlands 4 content for next year," Gearbox wrote in a blog post, addi
  
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• GOG Wants To Bring Back Physical PC Games, But There’s A Catch

  03-11-2026 14:14 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  While PlayStation 5 console owners are preparing for a discless future, PC gamers have been living in all-digital world for decades now. The advent of Steam and cheaper broadband internet helped end physical PC game sales in the early 2000s, but GOG is dreaming up a future where these games can thrive once again--if it can get past a few obstacles that stand in its way.Speaking to GamesRadar, Marcin Paczynski, GOG's senior business development and partnerships manager, laid out a dream scenario
  
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• Fan spends 40 hours turning the Catan board game into an incredible Halloween costume

  03-11-2026 14:07 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Catan is one of those board games that's so popular it casts a long shadow over the industry, and now it's infiltrated the spookiest time of year as an incredible, hand-made Halloween costume.Rather than opting for more conventional options, one fan decided to turn Catan into an elaborate outfit that they then posted on reddit – and the result is genuinely impressive. This was a real labor of love; poster atallel writes that the tabletop-inspired Halloween costume took more than 40 hours acros
  
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• Sunrise on the Reaping star fought to have her character resemble Maysilee from beloved 2011 Hunger Games fan film

  03-11-2026 14:05 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping star Mckenna Grace has proven once again that she is the perfect person to play Haymitch's right-hand woman, Maysilee Donner, in the upcoming prequel movie, as the star has revealed that she was insistent on honouring the beloved 2011 fan-made short film right from the start of the process. Despite Suzanne Collins novel Sunrise on the Reaping detailing the 50th Hunger Games only hitting shelves in 2025, the upcoming movie adaptation won't be the first fil
  
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• As Steam struggles with clones, Itch.io wipes out "a couple terabytes of AI slop"

  03-11-2026 13:59 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  As Steam is overwhelmed by AI-generated games and Epic Games attempts to outdo Valve's platform by vibe-coding the Epic Games Launcher, indie game marketplace Itch.io has secured itself a free PR win by taking stricter action against "AI slop" on its storefront. "Slop" is the word of choice for Itch.io, which proudly proclaims on Twitter: "Just deleted a couple terabytes of AI slop." Exactly what has been deleted isn't clear, but a follow-up post indicates that whatever it was fell into the spam
  
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• DC fans think that the recent Batman 2 leak is a red herring, and the proof is in the first movie

  03-11-2026 13:49 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Some DC fans think the new Batman 2 leak that might have revealed some major villain details isn't all that it seems. The leak comes courtesy of a behind-the-scenes look at Heidi Klum's Halloween costume, and it seemingly reveals that Sebastian Stan is actually playing Victor Zsasz, and Brian Tyree Henry is playing Two-Face. "I think they want to throw us off," speculates one fan on Twitter. "Whether Reeves is behind it or not, I think this is like what happened with Zoe Kravitz and Barry Keogha
  
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• Xbox "money tap" was "unsustainable," says dev who admits he wouldn't have funded his own game

  03-11-2026 13:27 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The state of affairs at Xbox right now is pretty grim. Microsoft's games division is letting go of a total of 3,200 jobs after years of declining financial returns. In discussing this, a lead developer for one of the brand's exclusives last year mentions that he probably wouldn't have funded his own game given where things were at.Chatting to MinnMax, David Sears, the co-director of South of Midnight, went into where his reluctance would come from. "I literally told people, I was like, 'Yeah, wo
  
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• Stranger Things stars Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin are shooting something together, and fans have theories

  03-11-2026 13:12 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Over eleven months after Stranger Things season 5 came to an end, fans are still holding out hope for more, as stars Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin have been spotted shooting a mystery project together. A video of the pair on set in Chicago, which has been doing the rounds online and has since been posted on Twitter by Stranger Things Updates, shows the two walking down the street when all of a sudden they stop dead in their tracks and look at something straight ahead. What is the thing they
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake devs were aiming for "puppet-show-like" visuals, producer confirms

  03-11-2026 13:08 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Developers behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake have confirmed speculation that the game's new art direction was inspired by puppet shows. Nintendo dropped the first gameplay footage of the remake back in September as part of The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct, which is where we got our first look at the game's divisive art style. Series producer Eiji Aonuma asserted "we didn't just aim for realistic graphics," but it was safe to say that it was certainly a shock,
  
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• Ahsoka star says "other well-beloved characters" will appear in live-action in season 2

  03-11-2026 13:06 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Ahsoka star Eman Esfandi suggests more animated characters could make the leap to live-action in season 2Esfandi, who plays Ezra Bridger, also confirmed we're getting a "lot of Chopper" in Ahsoka season 2 during an appearance alongside co-stars Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo at L.A. Comic Con, with the fan favorite Clone Wars droid seemingly paving the way for "a lot of other well-beloved characters that we get to spend more time with in live-action."Esfandi continued, "I think everyone
  
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• The best Rezi 12 builds in MW4

  03-11-2026 13:04 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The best Rezi 12 builds in MW4 are all about doubling down on the classic strengths of a shotgun: namely the ability to end a foe with a single close-range blast, not bothering too much with accuracy and instead running around cutting through opponents. The Rezi 12 is currently the best shotgun in Modern Warfare 4, and if you make the right sort of build, you can turn it into an absolute killing machine.For more info on deadly loadouts, check out our list of the best MW4 guns!Rezi 12 Apex build(
  
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• How to defeat Bai Chilian in Phantom Blade Zero

  03-11-2026 13:01 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Beating the Phantom Blade Zero Bai Chilian boss fight isn't easy as this serpentine woman moves erratically and quickly, and can deliver some devastating blows. However, as always with these boss fights, knowledge is power, and so is blocking, parrying, and dodging. Learn Bai Chilian's attack patterns and take in the tactics I've laid out below, and the fight will become much easier to manage – just be aware that there's a second phase that mixes things up a bit!Phantom Blade Zero Bai Chilian
  
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• Godzilla Minus Zero is so loud that it gave one viewer a health warning

  03-11-2026 12:45 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Godzilla Minus Zero is so loud that one viewer received repeated "loud environment" warnings from their smartwatch throughout a screening of the super-sized sequel.Posting on X, content creator @imPatrickT shared an image of the 90 decibel warning, along with a simple statement: "Godzilla Minus Zero is the loudest movie I’ve ever heard in my entire life. This will be a reference title for testing theater setups. Unbelievable film, and the definition of FILMED FOR IMAX."For reference, 90dB is r
  
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• "Go play GTA 6, we need to detox": Wardogs studio Bulkhead is taking a month-long break

  03-11-2026 12:19 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Wardogs team is planning to take a long break to celebrate the success of its early access release, and CEO Joe Brammer knows that it'll probably be fine because players will have plenty to occupy them – in the form of GTA 6.Speaking to Edge Magazine, Brammer explains that the team has worked hard to earn the right to play hard. "Everyone has done something that's not in their job description. Everyone wears multiple hats, because they can see the path to success with the product."With the
  
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• New Avengers: Doomsday artwork has surfaced, revealing an interesting detail about where Magneto's loyalties lie

  03-11-2026 12:16 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Just over a month before the new MCU movie lands in cinemas, new Avengers: Doomsday artwork has found its way online, but a closer look at the X-Men reveals an interesting detail about Ian McKellen's Magneto. The images were shared on Twitter by French fansite HexFacility, which has been known to share legit Marvel leaks in the past. Although we cannot confirm that the images have come from Marvel Studios, it looks like the artwork has been taken from Hasbro's Marvel Legends Avengers: Doomsday S
  
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• Matt Reeves teased the Two-Face actor's true identity in The Batman 2 months ago, and nobody noticed

  03-11-2026 12:15 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Batman 2 director Matt Reeves might have already given away that another actor was playing Two-Face – and nobody noticed. Thanks to a behind-the-scenes look at Heidi Klum's latest Halloween costume, it was seemingly revealed that Sebastian Stan will not be playing Two-Face in the upcoming DC sequel. Instead, Brian Tyree Henry looks to be the actor bringing the iconic villain to life, and Stan is instead playing Victor Zsasz. When Reeves confirmed Henry's casting on Twitter, he captioned th
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation might be the trilogy's biggest, but Remake was hardest to make, lead says

  03-11-2026 12:12 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy lead Naoki Hamaguchi may be working towards what's shaping up to be the biggest and boldest installment yet, the grand finale of Revelation, but it turns out that, of the three, the first game was the hardest to make. In an interview with French content creator mistermv, translated by Genki on Twitter (and verified by GamesRadar+), Hamaguchi is asked what the biggest development challenge of the trilogy has been, and he immediately points back to where it all began
  
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• The Rings of Power showrunners explain season 3's unusual multi-episode release strategy

  03-11-2026 11:58 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Rings of Power season 3 brings audiences back to Middle-earth this November as war rages between Sauron and the Elves. Jumping ahead five years from the previous outing, the story this time all leads to a pivotal moment in the Lord of the Rings universe: the forging of the One Ring. Unlike previous seasons, the Prime Video show is approaching the telling of this story in a different way. The first four episodes are dropping all at once before double-episode premieres each subsequent week. Sp
  
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• Stardew Valley update 1.7 may be "largest" yet, ConcernedApe says – and come "sometime next year"

  03-11-2026 11:58 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has been hard at work on the 1.7 update for some time now, teasing fans about what to expect – and it sounds like it'll bring much more than just two new marriage candidates to the table.We already know we'll be able to romance Clint and Sandy come 1.7, and that we'll get a new farm type with the update. It sounds big enough as is, considering just those elements and the other social features ConcernedApe has teased – but it's not just big, y
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 canon ending was kept vague in Edgerunners 2, but may be revealed in "comic books"

  03-11-2026 11:55 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 may have hinted towards female V being canon, but showrunner Bartosz Sztybor has said that's still open for interpretation – and there is currently no canon ending to Cyberpunk 2077."It's left for interpretation," Sztybor told IGN of the second season moment that caught fans' attention. There, Roman and D. chanced upon an Arasaka shortlist of viable candidates for the Capricorn program, including David Martinez and what appeared to be a female V. He continued, "
  
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• Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K TV show has a "very cool and unexpected" premise, according to Mike Flanagan

  03-11-2026 10:40 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Mike Flanagan has shared some new details for the upcoming Warhammer 40K series being developed by Amazon Studios. The horror maestro is working on the show alongside Henry Cavill, who has been developing the IP for years. Speaking in a new interview, Flanagan teased how much he's enjoying the project since being brought on earlier in 2026. "Henry Cavill would be furious if I divulged anything about what we're working on," he told Deadline. "All I can say is that Warhammer is a fascinating world
  
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• Epic Just Saved Fortnite–For Now, Anyway

  03-11-2026 01:22 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  It's been a rough year for Fortnite, but Epic took a big swing with its new One Piece-themed Treasure Hunters season and, thankfully, it's paying off. Player counts are way up, with Fortnite's main Battle Royale mode averaging four times as many players on Sunday for the season launch than it had been the past few months. The numbers then got even larger on Monday, somehow. Fortnite BR now looks on track to have its best month since the original Fortnite OG mini-season in 2023. With GTA VI on th
  
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• WoW: Forever Excavation Site: Wetlands Dungeon Guide – Quests, Bosses, and Loot

  03-11-2026 01:09 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Of all of World of Warcraft: Forever’s new dungeons, Excavation Site: Wetlands could very well be the shortest. It’s also one of the sweetest for lore-heads, owing to its links to the Dragonmaw Clan, Titans, and more. This self-contained safari won’t take particularly long to clear, but whether you’re Alliance or Horde it’s well worth venturing through.Our Excavation Site: Wetlands guide will give you all the info you’ll ever need to navigate its danger-filled paths -- believe us, yo
  
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• WoW: Forever Ruins of Lordaeron Dungeon Guide – Quests, Bosses, and Loot

  03-11-2026 01:05 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Where the great city of Lordaeron once proudly stood, only desolate ruins remain. The good news is that this makes it the perfect location for some good ol’ fashioned plundering, and a cromulent quantity of Scourge-slaying. In World of Warcraft: Forever, the Ruins of Lordaeron serves as a low-level instance that sits just above the Undercity in Trisfal Glades. While this may intrinsically mark the Ruins of Lordaeron as a Horde-exclusive dungeon, there’s plenty of joy to be found if you take
  
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• WoW: Forever City of Dalaran Dungeon Guide – Quests, Bosses, and Loot

  03-11-2026 01:04 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  All we got to see of the gleaming city of Dalaran back in the day was a giant purple dome. This eventually changed with Wrath of the Lich King, but we never got to see its full splendor in Alterac Valley. In World of Warcraft: Forever, the magocratic municipality is fully open to visitors… provided they’re Alliance.Nonetheless, the City of Daloran dungeon can be cleared by either faction, and it’s a doozy. Starting you off down in the sewers, you’ll make your way up onto its hallowed str
  
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• Best WoW: Forever Addons To Download In 2026

  03-11-2026 01:02 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever and addons go together like Alterac Swiss and the finest bottle of Dalaran Noir. There are a ton of them out there, from major overhauls that completely shake up your UI, to roleplay-bolstering mods that track your journey across Azeroth. Quest helpers, bag managers, and even fishing enhancers, you can switch up almost any aspect of the game. In This Article Ellesmere UIBlizzMoveCinematicImmersionNode SightSlangSightWhat's Training?AuctionatorBagnonLoot TriageOpenMapQu
  
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• Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs ignored "lots" of recommendations from the series' former boss

  03-11-2026 00:56 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Dragon Age: The Veilguard is one of the more polarizing releases in the beloved RPG series' history despite largely positive reviews, with the writing and story in particular being the most contentious talking point among fans. If former series boss Mark Darrah could point to a reason, and if he carried himself with literally zero humility, he'd probably say it's because he left developer BioWare in 2021 and only served as a freelance consultant on Dragon Age: The Veilguard in the final stretch
  
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• After 29 years, a lost Easter egg in Bethesda's forgotten Elder Scrolls spin-off has been uncovered

  02-11-2026 23:57 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Elder Scrolls only started to find mainstream success between the releases of Morrowind and Oblivion, but Bethesda was keen on expanding the series into a franchise well before that point. The 1997 release of An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire is rarely discussed these days, but it's been hiding a secret for over 29 years. Today, The Strong National Museum of Play has lifted the veil on a mysterious Easter egg that's been lost for decades.If you're not familiar with Battlespire, it's essen
  
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