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• A Call Of Duty Studio Could Work On Halo, Report Says

  17-08-2026 17:57 via gamespot.com
  
  After Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard, one of the first things people theorized was that the company would have one of Activision's numerous Call of Duty studios work on Halo. That already happened, according to a new report, and though it hasn't led to anything yet, that could change down the road.According to Rebs Gaming, who has accurately reported on unannounced Halo news before, Microsoft enlisted Sledgehammer Games to help develop a Halo multiplayer game.
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  Diablo creator David Brevik is honest with himself. He truly loves the 1991 Dungeons and Dragons-lite, Dungeon Master cousin Eye of the Beholder, but he seems certain the landmark PC game has the worst ending. Ever. Brevik recounts his time playing the game to PC Gamer in a new interview, saying, "I had mapped out all the levels on graph paper. I was really into it. And then at the end, I killed the final boss, and a little dialogue box pops up and says 'Congratulations, you win!' or whatever. T
  

• An Exclusive Castlevania Game Is Shutting Down

  17-08-2026 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  The Apple Arcade-exclusive Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls won't be playable for much longer, developer Konami has announced.In a post on social media and the game's official website, Konami confirmed Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls will be removed from Apple's gaming subscription service on August 20. Despite Konami stating the game has "continued to be supported by many players," it will also shut down permanently and no longer be playable on September 3. "We would like to express our grati
  
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• "Rockstar literally just spent over a billion dollars": Ori studio founder wants you to stop demanding 60 FPS on Xbox Series S just because GTA 6 can run on it

  17-08-2026 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar has long been able to pull off some incredible feats when it comes to bringing massive, technically demanding games to lower-powered consoles like Xbox Series S and Nintendo Switch, and while it's more fun to chalk it up to witchcraft, a lot of it likely has to do with the unparalleled resources available to a company funded by some of the most profitable intellectual properties of all time. Most people wouldn't take issue with that, but if you're the founder of a much smaller studio fa
  
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• It: Welcome to Derry season 2 has finally been officially announced by HBO after months of radio silence

  17-08-2026 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been nearly 10 months since It: Welcome to Derry premiered, and HBO Max has finally given it the green light for season 2.HBO released a brief teaser, which you can watch below, that takes us all the way back to 1935... as season 1 took place in 1962 and It returns to Derry every 27 years (though keep in mind that this timeline is adjusted from the Stephen King novel in order for It to die in a more modern 2016, rather than 1985). Andy Muschietti has plans for two more seasons of the hit pr
  
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• "Many people" tried securing a Palworld collab and failed, lead says, but Pocketpair isn't unique: "Almost every popular game is getting collab offers"

  17-08-2026 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld gets tons of collaboration pitches that are destined to fail, but Pocketpair's publishing lead John "Bucky" Buckley says the creature catcher isn't the only game surrounded by suitors. Apparently, this is simply the way life goes for games as mega-popular as Palworld, whose recent 1.0 launch helped it earn $700 million in total revenue since 2024. Buckley explained his view on collaborations in a set of messages in the official Pocketpair Discord server on August 14, reacting to his une
  
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• The Best Games Under $10

  17-08-2026 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Gaming has never been more expensive. We're here to investigate why, and help you play more while spending less. Welcome to GameSpot Cheap Week.In today's age, it's important to make the most of your money. In gaming especially, the transition to more expensive titles and console price increases are pricing many out of enjoying the medium entirely.
  Thankfully, there are a bunch of excellent games that you can grab for pennies, and you don't need to wait for a sale to roll around to do so. In fac
  
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• Remembering The Lord Of The Rings Game That Ripped Off Final Fantasy 10

  17-08-2026 21:44 via gamespot.com
  
  With a surprise remaster of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North dropping earlier this month and Andy Serkis’ film, Hunt for Gollum, now in production, I’ve had a real desire to jump back into Middle-earth recently. It was a formative fictional world for millions, whether you read J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic novels or fell deeply in love with the fantasy universe through Peter Jackson’s masterful film trilogy. If you have a beating heart, chances are you love LOTR. 
  
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• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Trailer Shows Off Franchise’s Most Ambitious Map Yet

  17-08-2026 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  Activision has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 first beta weekend, and it looks pretty great. The trailer shows off some of the content in the beta, and that includes, for the first time in the franchise's history, a slice of the game's single-player campaign.The first beta runs April 21-25, and it's available for those who preorder the game on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The beta allows players to try the campaign mission, Entrenched, along with the m
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 4 Lets You Play As The Final Fantasy Universe’s Most Powerful Black Mage

  17-08-2026 21:07 via gamespot.com
  
  For good reason, developers often don't let playable characters in video games get too overpowered, lest they make a game too easy to plow through. But Kingdom Hearts 4 seems to be straying from that principle, as Donald Duck was revealed to be a fully playable character in last weekend's extended D23 trailer.In a segment of Kingdom Hearts 4 taking place in the Underworld from Hercules, players will take control of Sora's perennial sidekicks, Donald and Goofy, in platforming and battle sequences
  
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• You'll be "quite easy to kill" in Blood of Dawnwalker during the day because Rebel Wolves didn't want "an overpowered protagonist"

  17-08-2026 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz recently teased the legendary abilities players will need to possess if they want to kill the final boss right after the prologue, and now we have a little more context around why that's going to be such a humbling stretch goal. According to Tomaszkiewicz, you'll be "quite easy to kill" for about half of the time you're playing the game.Talking toEdge Magazine for issue #427, Tomaszkiewicz says protagonist Coen's nature as a human-vampire hyb
  
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• Someone Finally Made Another Game For People Who Miss Peggle

  17-08-2026 19:55 via gamespot.com
  
  We're closing in on the 20th anniversary of Peggle, and since then, nothing has come quite as close to matching the pure, joyous sensory overload of Popcap's little peg-clearing masterpiece. Can Hyperdrop fill that gap for juggling skill and luck to clear stages? Maybe!Coming soon to PC, Hyperdrop is the debut game from developer Dark Dark Goose and publisher Devolver Digital is billed as a pachinko roguelite. The setup is deviously simple, as you're tasked with turning an empty pegboa
  
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• God of War Laufey star Deborah Ann Woll destroyed The Last of Us 2's infamous golf club prop during her "very first day on set"

  17-08-2026 19:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Perhaps no single object in all of video games is quite so haunted by infamy as the golf club in The Last of Us Part 2. The prop used to represent that golf has apparently remained in PlayStation's motion capture studio for all these years – until, it seems, the day Deborah Ann Woll walked on set for God of War Laufey.First, if you haven't yet played The Last of Us Part 2 and have somehow avoided learning about its first act twist for all these years, here's a SPOILER WARNING for the rest
  
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• Mistfall Hunter Players Are Begging For This One Addition, And The Devs Just Won’t Do It

  17-08-2026 19:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Mistfall Hunter has been out for almost three weeks now, with the extraction brawler launching on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on July 29. Dating back to even its open beta, the community has been begging developer Bellring Games for one addition: a dedicated mode for teams of two.All over the game's official subreddit are posts from players asking that the developer include a duos mode.
  "I need duos," Redditor broman510 titled an August 11 post. "In this, duos vs trios seems so hard a
  
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• The Philips Evnia 32M2N8900 is a testament to 4K QD-OLED monitor tech, but I can see room for improvement

  17-08-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  QD-OLED monitors are really starting to swarm the gaming monitor battlefield, and if this were a Lord of the Rings battle, the 32-inch Philips Evnia 32M2N8900 would be a traditional orc. It smashes its traditional WOLED competition with superior contrast, color accuracy, and peak brightness, but having tested the screen as part of a “nightmare scenario” for the screen tech, it’s easy to see why it now has an enhanced successor that’s effectively an Uruk-hai.Alright, I&rsq
  
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• Kratos actor Christopher Judge clarifies he doesn't want to join the God of War TV show because he's "old as balls," but wants game devs to "get the love and respect they deserve"

  17-08-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Judge, one of the most recognisable and iconic voices in video games, has clarified some recent comments he made on the God of War TV show. Although Ryan Hurst has had to abdicate the lead role, the voice of Kratos wasn't throwing in his hat to take Hurst's place, despite initial impressions.While attending FanExpo Boston, Judge commented on what he believes is a common problem across video game adaptations. "You have this pre-existing, successful property, and the first thing you do
  
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• Fable deserves a "chance to shine" – which is why Xbox should delay it one final time

  17-08-2026 18:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quick Resume is a regular column dedicated to all things Xbox from GamesRadar+'s Editor-in-Chief. This week, Josh is (regretfully) arguing for Fable to be delayed once again. If Xbox is serious about wanting to return to growth in 2027, then chief content officer Matt Booty should make one more difficult decision before year's end – he should delay Fable one final time.When I spoke with Booty following the Xbox Games Showcase, the CCO told me that part of his job "is making sure that every
  
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• Two new Discworld board games are on the way, and one of them adapts fan-favorite Blue Moon City

  17-08-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two new Discworld board games are inbound, and one of them gives a fan-favorite a Terry Pratchett-inspired makeover.Revealed by developer Modiphius Entertainment (which is also responsible for the Discworld TTRPG), 'Kill Sam Vimes' and 'Readers Digested' allow players to mess with some of the setting's most beloved characters. While the first sees you attempting to outscore your rivals and murder the eponymous City Watch Commander, the second reimagines award-nominee Blue Moon City by legendary
  
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• GTA 6 Does Look A Bit Different In New PS5 Promo

  17-08-2026 18:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony is flexing its video game muscle with a new "It Happens On PS5" ad campaign, and the one-minute video features arguably the most anticipated title ever: Grand Theft Auto VI. Now, to be clear, there are only snippets of old footage for the open-world experience. But you should know by now that won't stop the internet from poring over every single little detail.For example, the X account DriftRespawn notes that letterboxing has been removed in the new PS5 promo from a clip where Jason Duval i
  
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• "This win was purely out of spite" – Fighting game icon SonicFox says winning Marvel Tokon's first major tournament was fuelled by catching flak for criticizing it

  17-08-2026 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  After catching flak for their opinions on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, fighting game icon SonicFox has commented on their win in the game's first major tournament.Marvel Tokon has been available for just over a week, and it has already had its first major tournament appearance at CEO 2026 over the weekend. The tournament had 1,057 entrants – the second-highest at the tourney behind Street Fighter 6's 1,110 – including the likes of Marvel vs Capcom legend Justin Wong, Leffen, and Son
  
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• Anime Origins codes (August 2026) for Rerolls, Gems, Prisms, and more

  17-08-2026 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Anime Origins codes can give you a boost when fighting off waves of enemies, as they'll help you gain more powerful units to summon. As well as unlocking fresh units, they'll also allow you upgrade and evolve them more quickly so you can form the strongest defense force possible.The promos available will provide you with a generous number of free trait rerolls to secure better stats through RNG, as well as increasing your balance of gems and other resources that are crucial for this Roblox exper
  
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• The new Avengers: Doomsday trailer has fans convinced there's a huge Doctor Doom twist hiding in plain sight, and Cillian Murphy is a key part of the theory

  17-08-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday just dropped a "special look" at D23 over the weekend, and a major new theory has caught on like wildfire among fans, suggesting that Robert Downey Jr. might not be the movie's true Doctor Doom after all.For two years now, we've known that Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU, not as Tony Stark, but as Victor von Doom. However, in the latest "special look," a close-up of a masked Doom opening his eyes has people questioning whether RDJ is the movie's only Doom. RDJ, you s
  
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• If you need a break from Pokopia, Woot's Summer of Gaming Switch game deals could hold your next big obsession

  17-08-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Woot's Summer of Gaming Sale has arrived at the perfect moment. I'm now over 100 hours deep in Pokemon Pokpia's new DLC, and I need a bit of a cheap Switch game palette cleanser. There's nothing wrong with the adorable Pokemon game, I've just already completed the story, and I think my eyes need a rest from witnessing my break thousands upon thousands of blocks under the sea.If you're in a similar boat, Woot has discounted a range of Switch 2 and older Switch titles that you can play instead. St
  
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• The PS6 doesn't have a release date yet, Sony CEO says, largely because getting parts is still a nightmare thanks to AI

  17-08-2026 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're coming up to the time where Sony would typically reveal the next generation of the PlayStation. But if you're eagerly anticipating the PS6, I would make sure to breathe, because the corporation doesn't have any kind of launch window for the hardware yet.Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Hiroki Totoki, the CEO of Sony, said there's no release date for the follow-up to the PlayStation 5. Generally speaking, consoles tend to have about seven years before another full iteration comes along.
  
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• Ex PlayStation boss told Clair Obscur Expedition 33 devs not to call it a turn-based RPG: "That alone might cause players to overlook it"

  17-08-2026 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like a detail from an alternate universe now, but former Sony Interactive president Shuhei Yoshida was convinced turn-based JRPGs were too unpopular while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was in development. So he advised its publisher, Kepler Interactive, to describe the 2025 game as something different from what it actually was, and the studio listened.Yoshida spoke about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the guidance he'd given other indie publishers during his tenure as PlayStation's indi
  
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• Ex PlayStation boss told Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs not to call it a turn-based RPG: "That alone might cause players to overlook it"

  17-08-2026 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like a detail from an alternate universe now, but former Sony Interactive president Shuhei Yoshida was convinced turn-based JRPGs were too unpopular while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was in development. So he advised its publisher, Kepler Interactive, to describe the 2025 game as something different from what it actually was, and the studio listened.Yoshida spoke about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the guidance he'd given other indie publishers during his tenure as PlayStation's indi
  
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• Star Wars Zero Company – Official Final Trailer

  17-08-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  “I’m asking you to join me in going after Fathom with everything we got.”Command an elite squad through a gritty and authentic story in Star Wars Zero Company, a single-player turn-based tactics game launching on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on August 27, 2026.Each tactical decision you make on the battlefield could be the difference between life and death for Zero Company Operators in this cinematic original story set in the twilight of the Clone Wars Era.Lead the Cl
  
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• Why Are Video Game Consoles So Expensive These Days (And Games Historically Cheap)?

  17-08-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Gaming has never been more expensive. We're here to investigate why, and help you play more while spending less. Welcome to GameSpot Cheap Week.Like seemingly everything else in life these days--from gas and groceries to coffee and ground beef--video games and the systems they're played on are getting more expensive. There are numerous reasons for this, and the overall picture for the near future is a bleak one. "A few separate pressures all landed at once, and it's the pile-up, not any sin
  
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• Welcome To GameSpot Cheap Week

  17-08-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  Gaming is expensive. That's always been true, even if other hobbies could be worse in that regard, but recent years have seen the situation only become more extreme. Enter GameSpot Cheap Week.All this week, we'll be publishing assorted features looking at how we got here--why are consoles so expensive, what goes into game pricing--and ways in which you can play more while spending less, be it through mods, libraries, or games that just don't cost an arm and a leg.
  Check back with this page as we
  
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• Paying $200+ for a PS5 pro controller is crazy, so pay $87 for this Razer one instead

  17-08-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  I think we can all agree that most technology is getting way too expensive, but if there's one absurd thing to me, it's the price tags of some of the best PS5 controllers. Sure, I love a controller with extra buttons, enhanced designs, and the ability to customize with swappable parts, but $200 is needlessly, inexplicably pricey when PC controllers that don't have to go through licensing for Sony's console cost way less. Clearly, someone at Woot agrees with me, because one of the most expensive,
  
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