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• 2019 Mercedes-AMG C63 Sedan, Coupe, and Cabriolet

  27-03-2018 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Behind the toothy new grille lies a snappier gearbox, a retuned suspension, and a host of trick new tech.
  
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• The Xbox X25 console might be gone for good, but I'm holding out hope for more controller stock

  01-09-2026 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week heralded in a set of Xbox X25 pre-orders that promptly sold out in a matter of minutes. The special edition translucent green console and controller, despite their hefty markups, were gone in the blink of an eye when pre-orders dropped on Thursday. While hopes of a stock refresh on the main event might be a little optimistic, though, I'm not quite finished with that controller yet. The Xbox Series X25 console is an $899.99 (or $999 if you bought via GameStop) showpiece that costs more
  
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• Star Wars Zero Company studio furloughed staff right before the strategy game launched due to reportedly running low on money

  01-09-2026 16:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Things reportedly aren't going well at Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor. Apparently, most of the team that worked on the tactics game were quietly furloughed right before it came out, and the company claims it intends to bring them back if sales prove good enough.This comes from Game File, which reports that a large number of Bit Reactor's devs were furloughed mere weeks before Zero Company's release. Exact numbers are unknown, but one source says 80% of the staff, while another mention
  
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• I played Total War: Warhammer 40K and saw a generational strategy game in the making

  01-09-2026 16:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  I was not ready for Total War: Warhammer 40K. Starting at the tutorial, I'm given 35 space marines to fight more than 1000 orcs – odds I would never take in another Total War game. Spoiler: it is one-sided. With my squads positioned across hillside vantages and behind cover, the orcs charge into a slaughter. Space marines unload bolter fire into their ranks, some throwing frag grenades before drawing chainswords and carving the survivors up in vicious melee combat. The orcs are routed, and
  
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• How many cycles are there in Star Wars Zero Company?

  01-09-2026 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cycles in Star Wars Zero Company are the game's unit of time, each one representing a day, and a single completed mission. As they begin to tick down, you might begin to wonder how many cycles are in Zero Company from beginning to end, and if there's a built-in timer for the whole game, similar to the ticking clock built in to pay the debt in Star Wars Zero Company in the game's early acts. If you want to know more, I'll explain the details below and how Cycles in the game work, in a guide that'
  
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• 30 years later, I finally got to play Quake on the PS1, but that's before I found a better version that doesn't rely on "substantial AI assistance"

  01-09-2026 15:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upon stumbling across a new PS1 homebrew with a Quake demo included, I thought I'd finally found a solid way to play the shooter on Sony's console. Unlike DOOM, the iconic MS-DOS romp didn't get an invite to the PlayStation party back in the '90s, but my dreams of playing it AFK were shattered by one caveat: it's made using AI.Yes, this is another impressive retro console project that has AI lurking beneath the surface. It's a pity too, as the PSxOxide demo bundles Quake in with a wonderfully od
  
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• I Am Begging One Cool Billionaire To Take Up Double Fine’s Offer To Fund Brutal Legend 2

  01-09-2026 15:41 via gamespot.com
  
  What's next for Double Fine following its split from Microsoft and Xbox? A whole lot, as the Psychonauts developer has multiple projects that it wants fans to vote on--including Brutal Legend 2, if you have a spare $100 million lying around.The studio is currently seeking a more modest $400,000 on Kickstarter to fund its next project--with only a single stretch goal of $100 million--and at the time of writing, has secured $288,000 in pledges. Double Fine will be hosting its own two-wee
  
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• GTA 6 Cut This Feature Because It Was Too Real, But One Lifelike Detail Is Staying

  01-09-2026 15:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar Games has confirmed more details about GTA 6, including how the developer cut a feature because it was deemed too realistic. Another feature that borrows from real life is staying, however.
  Rockstar's Rob Nelson told Famitsu, as translated by GamesRadar, that Jason and Lucia were initially able to buy groceries and restock their fridge. However, Nelson said Rockstar decided to cut this feature because it didn't align with the studio's ideas for balancing "realism and ease of play."
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• The Witcher 3 Remastered won't scrap saves or achievements from the OG RPG as CD Projekt Red confirms it'll all carry over

  01-09-2026 15:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week's Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 showcase saw the reveal of The Witcher 3 Remastered, a reworked take on CD Projekt Red's original 2015 RPG – and excited fans don't need to worry about losing their decade-old progress, apparently.Developers reveal as much in a new post over on X, explaining that all of our saves from The Witcher 3 will, in fact, carry over to the remaster coming later this month.
  "We've seen your questions about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered," it
  
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• Nvidia DLSS 5 is launching on September 3: Here's everything I learned about it from a private Gamescom demo

  01-09-2026 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  After its controversial reveal earlier in the year, DLSS 5 is launching later this week, on September 3rd. At Gamescom last week, I got invited to a behind-closed-doors look at the latest Nvidia upscaler. During the session, Nvidia lifted the lid on various aspects of it, revealing how its developer tools work, how it'll impact indie games with different art styles, and allowing me to ask my own questions about it. Before it arrives on your gaming PCs at the end of this week, I've tried to round
  
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• Paradox’s New Grand Strategy Game Is More Survival-RPG Than You’d Expect

  01-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  There's no denying that Afterworld is a traditional grand strategy game in many ways--big foggy maps, territorial clashes, macro and micro decision-making--but its end-of-the-world scenario presents an opportunity for Paradox Studios to elevate the genre further still. Even in the brief glimpse we had during a hands-on play session at Gamescom, a number of differences are already showing. For a start, Afterworld has a very clear focus on lore-building, which is something the more historical
  
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• DLSS 5’s Leak Has Led To Horrific Results, But Our Demo Showed A Different Reality

  01-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been a frustrating few days as someone who saw Nvidia's DLSS 5 demonstration at Gamescom last week. Since a recent mod leaked that showed DLSS 5 adjusting some characters in a pretty confusing manner, I've been under embargo and unable to discuss the true functionality, or intent, of the AI-powered filter.First teased back in March 2026, the feature received a largely negative reception due to the stark differences in character models, with some claiming they were "unrecognizable." To addre
  
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• Ananta Developers Are Counting On You Getting Attached To Its Characters

  01-09-2026 14:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Ananta's developers are hoping that players will become emotionally invested enough in the game's characters to want to part with their cash.
  The upcoming free-to-play open-world action game introduces stories as the story progresses, and when we went hands-on with the game at Gamescom last week, the story missions were its strongest point. Helping two cute little anime characters to stealthily flee a mansion was engaging, I did care about their welfare, and I wanted to help them to stay safe--b
  
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• SanDisk finally launched a 1 TB microSD Express Card, but it'll cost you almost as much as the Switch 2 to get one

  01-09-2026 14:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  SanDisk finally has a 1TB microSD Express Card among its storage ranks. While the brand was one of the first (alongside Samsung) to provide officially licensed storage options for the Nintendo Switch 2, it had yet to launch a 1000 GB capacity card for both the handheld (and other compatible devices) until now.The new card was shown off at Gamescom last week, as originally reported by NotebookCheck, adding to the brand's 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB microSDXC lineup. While that's great for those of us
  
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• A beloved Warhammer 40K model is back, and it's "top tier sh*tposting" according to fans

  01-09-2026 14:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  I think the cursed monkey paw just curled a finger, because a beloved Warhammer 40K model – the Space Marine Thunderhawk – has returned in plastic… but not as you might expect.I'd say that the community is very 'broken up' about this, but it's really the Warhammer 40K ship that's in pieces. Literally: the Thunderhawk is back with a brand-new plastic model, but it's a ruined pile of slag. The "Thunderhawk Impact Site" is a terrain kit that splits the Space Marine transport into
  
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• The Witcher 4 Probably Won’t Be On A Disc, But Dev Teases Physical “Feelies” Of Some Type

  01-09-2026 14:47 via gamespot.com
  
  CD Projekt Red recently confirmed that the long-awaited RPG The Witcher 4 is targeting a release in 2028, and that timing has led many to wonder if the Polish developer will offer the game on a disc. After all, Sony is ending support for physical PlayStation discs in 2028 and Microsoft is expected to ditch discs, too.CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski told The Game Business that the studio has "no influence" on what companies like Sony and Microsoft choose to do with
  
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• Pokemon: Wild Card releases first teaser trailer, featuring a mysterious trading card game player and Mimikyu

  01-09-2026 14:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Calling all Pokemon fans, the franchise's newest movie has released its first cryptic teaser, introducing us to the feature's mysterious frontrunner. The new teaser for Pokemon: Wild Card opens with a glistening and seemingly rare Pokemon card. But when it flips, it reveals the shadow of a shapeshifting monster that happens to be none other than Mimikyu, who we later see masquerading as Pikachu. The next frame introduces us to the movie's trading card game player with glowing yellow eyes. Watch
  
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• Marvel Snap’s New Season Flips Heroes And Villains, Making One Card Obscenely Overpowered

  01-09-2026 14:05 via gamespot.com
  
  The start of a new season in Marvel Snap is almost here, and in September, everything you know about your favorite superheroes is being thrown out of the window. This month, developer Second Dinner is drawing inspiration from the 2014 crossover series, Axis: Inversion. This storyline saw the Avengers, X-Men, and several supervillains team up to take down the Red Skull, who had recently powered up by stealing the brain of the deceased Charles Xavier, eventually evolving into Red Onslaught--d
  
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• Zach Cregger's Resident Evil is tracking to open far bigger than any previous Resident Evil movie

  01-09-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie has been (unfairly) divisive for its creative deviations from Resident Evil canon, and for telling a Resident Evil story without fan-favorite characters like Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Nevertheless, it's set to open huge later this month, and could potentially double the opening weekend box office takings of the biggest Resident Evil movie to date.Early tracking (h/t IGN) has put Resident Evil's opening weekend figure at some $40-50 million in the US.
  
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• Star Wars fans say if you love The Clone Wars and Bad Batch, you should play Zero Company

  01-09-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars fans think Zero Company is the perfect game for lovers of The Clone Wars and Bad Batch. The new strategy game is set in the Clone Wars-era of the Star Wars timeline, and you play as Hawks, leader of the titular Zero Company. "If you love Clone Wars / The Bad Batch, do yourself a favor and play Zero Company," says one fan on Reddit. "For the story and worldbuilding alone, this game is amazing. Even if you don't usually like tactical games (I personally had no experience with them) this
  
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• Fans are using Xbox's disc-to-digital feature to save long-delisted titles like the Deadpool game, Rock Band 4, and Transformers: Devastation

  01-09-2026 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox users have discovered that the new disc-to-digital feature allows players to access games that have been delisted from digital stores, but not all of them. Microsoft announced its rumored disc-to-digital initiative last week, which will allow you to turn your physical game collections into digital licenses, which Xbox describes as part of its "commitment to game preservation." This has naturally been seen as a good win for Xbox off the back of PS5's total focus on abandoning preservation by
  
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• Blue Beetle star wasn't sure he'd return to DC until James Gunn called: "There's never a guarantee with anything"

  01-09-2026 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blue Beetle star Xolo Maridueña didn't think he'd return to DC, until James Gunn called him out of the blue. Maridueña first played his character Jaime Reyes in 2023's Blue Beetle, but, since that was part of the old DCEU, there was some doubt whether he'd return – even though Gunn said Blue Beetle was the first DCU character. "There's never a guarantee with anything, bro," Maridueña told Variety. "I mean, you know this, stuff flips on a dime, and I know that it's not
  
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• This New Roguelike Wants To Make Its Difficulty More Welcoming

  01-09-2026 13:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Murals might look like a stylish take on the Hades roguelike formula at first glance, but Disney Illusion Island developer Dlala Studios isn't aiming to copy Supermassive's homework. Instead, the studio is looking to put its own spin on the genre, as it fuses dark fairy tales and hews closer to the action-first approach of modern-day Doom and Diablo. One other big difference in Murals is that it'll offer a customizable approach to difficulty, as Dlala Studios says it wants to prioritize pla
  
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• This New Not-Roguelike Wants To Make Its Difficulty More Welcoming

  01-09-2026 13:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Murals might look like a stylish take on the Hades roguelike formula at first glance, but Disney Illusion Island developer Dlala Studios isn't aiming to copy Supermassive's homework, nor make a roguelike. Instead, the studio is looking to put its own spin on the genre, as it fuses dark fairy tales and hews closer to the action-first approach of modern-day Doom and Diablo. One other big difference in Murals is that it'll offer a customizable approach to difficulty, as Dlala Studios says it w
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day Blu-ray pre-orders are live, but details are still scant

  01-09-2026 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day pre-orders are alive and kicking at Amazon, but we're still missing that critical release date. Both the 4K Steelbook and standard Blu-Ray edition of the summer blockbuster are live on the shelves, with a $44.99 / $27.75 pre-order price respectively, but at the time of writing the site doesn't state its expected shipping date. That's because right now we only have one source for Spidey's launch, Blu-ray.com. While Sony hasn't officially announced its release date, Blu-r
  
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• Despite saying he'd love to return, Eternals star Kit Harington says he doesn't think Marvel has "any plan" to bring him back

  01-09-2026 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Eternals star Kit Harington loved the setup for his character's future in the MCU, but he doesn't think it will ever happen. The actor played Dane Whitman in the 2021 movie, and in the post-credits scene he was seen opening a box containing the Ebony Blade. Mahershala Ali's Blade then asked him if he was "ready", setting him up for his transformation into Marvel comic book character Black Knight.However, we've yet to see his character return, and Marvel's Blade movie has also since fallen throug
  
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• Sony CEO says selling more PS5s isn't as important as monetizing the 125 million monthly PS Plus users now the console is 6 years old

  01-09-2026 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki says selling PS5 consoles isn't as important at this point in its life; instead, monetizing the existing user base is the priority. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Totoki explains that the ongoing global RAM shortages, driven by AI companies, aren't Sony's biggest problem right now. While it has caused the company to increase prices of PS5 consoles by £90 across the board, Totoki explains, "we are in the latter half of the lifetime cycle of a PS console. That me
  
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• Horror fan spots that "one of the most terrifying shots" in 28 Days Later is missing from the 4K release

  01-09-2026 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD SteelBook version of one of the most notoriously hard-to-get-hold-of movies has hit shelves, but one 28 Days Later fan has found that the release is missing one iconic scene. "Bizarrely, the new 28 Days Later 4K release is missing one of the most terrifying shots of the movie - the infected hitting the back of the taxi during the tunnel chase and the close-up of the eyes. Instead, it’s a quick cut to the next shot," said the fan on Twitter, posting a clip of t
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation includes more spin-off characters, Naoki Hamaguchi says, and devs "thought really hard" about including more compilation references for the trilogy's finale

  01-09-2026 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  A real joy of both Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth was seeing all the references to the universe as a whole. This tradition will continue in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, according to director Naoki Hamaguchi, but he refuses to spoil any characters from across the original game's spin-offs that we might see."If I was to just come out now and say this character is in it, this character is in it would be a big surprise to people. So I can’t say that," he tells IGN. Boo! What he will say, th
  
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• The Nintendo Switch 2's new price has arrived, but fortunately these handy dandy accessories are cheaper than usual

  01-09-2026 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch 2 just got its first-ever price increase, which is not a great way to start the autumnal season. Yet while the console has gone up in price, a huge swath of my favorite Nintendo Switch 2 accessories have gone the opposite route.For starters, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 Wireless is down to just $59.99 at Woot, which is more than reasonable for this incredible pair of cups. The accessory remains the best Nintendo Switch headset I've tested to date as it condenses the brand's
  
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