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• After 44 years, legendary Deus Ex and System Shock developer Warren Spector announces his retirement from game development: "Wouldn't change a thing even if I could"

  18-08-2026 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A titan of the industry is bowing out. Warren Spector, a central creative in several highly influential RPGs and immersive sims, including System Shock, Ultima Underworld, and Deus Ex, has announced he's retiring from game development.He made the announcement on LinkedIn, pinning the choice down to one simple fact: his age. "I'm a month away from my 44th year as a developer," he writes."I've had the chance to work on tabletop roleplaying games and board games. I've worked on more digital games t
  
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• Apparent GTA 6 Footage And Map Leak As Rockstar Issues Takedowns

  18-08-2026 21:45 via gamespot.com
  
  New footage and details about Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 6 appear to have been leaked online. While the full veracity of the intel has yet to be confirmed, Rockstar's DMCA takedown requests suggest that some of it could be legitimate.. And the person or persons behind the leak has issued some biblical demands if the company wants to avoid any additional unauthorized disclosures.The leaker, who goes by Cyberleek, has issued the following "commandments" to Rockstar and other game publishers:
  
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• New GTA 6 leaks show gameplay and the full Leonida map as Rockstar issues DMCA takedowns

  18-08-2026 21:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new round of GTA 6 leaks are here, showcasing what appears to be near-final gameplay alongside the full Leonida map. Social media accounts sharing the footage have been struck by DMCA takedown notices, but at this point, it may be too late for Rockstar to stop the videos from spreading.If you want to see Rockstar's game presented in its shiniest form, you'll have to wait for the GTA 6 extended look on Netflix later this month, and you can take this as a SPOILER WARNING – you might also w
  
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• Surprise Xbox Game To Be Announced At Gamescom, Insider Says

  18-08-2026 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is gearing up to announce a new game at Gamescom this month, it appears, and it could be from an established series.Insider NateTheHate 2 said, "I've heard of a neat Xbox announcement that should be at Gamescom." He said it will be a "new game in a series" as opposed to a new IP. And no, it's not a new Banjo-Kazooie game, he said.He added that, whatever the project is, it's from a franchise that Microsoft owns, but it's not being made by a studio that Microsoft owns. That leaves open a
  
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• Former PlayStation boss says it's "really funny" turn-based JRPGs are so in-demand after he advised Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs not to use the term

  18-08-2026 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Turn-based JRPGs never went anywhere, but with games like Baldur's Gate 3, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 scooping up GOTY awards like XP in a dungeon, their staying power has perhaps never been more clear. That wasn't the case just a few years ago, when former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida advised Sandfall Interactive to avoid describing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, now among the most awarded games of all time, as a turn-based JRPG for fear that it "might lost the inter
  
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• Robert Downey. Jr. prefers playing Doctor Doom over Iron Man because he gets to "really observe" from the villain's perspective: "I guess they're all mad at me or something"

  18-08-2026 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Robert Downey Jr. says he prefers playing Victor Von Doom over Tony Stark because it gives him a totally different perspective."It was really weird being the guy – everyone else is hanging out, they’re the good heroes, and I’m [in] this mask, and this hood," Downey told Good Morning America. "I'm like, 'They're all on one side of the camera, and I guess they're all mad at me or something.' But I'll say this: getting to know [Hayley Atwell] better, all of [mine and Chris Evans&r
  
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• The Krispy Kreme x Pokemon Doughnuts As Reviewed By A Four-Year-Old

  18-08-2026 20:37 via gamespot.com
  
  In addition to being a Mario enthusiast, my four-year-old son is also a devoted Pokemon fan--one whose knowledge of the series is well on the way to surpassing my own. Being a four-year-old, he is also a big fan of anything covered in sugar, making him the perfect person to accompany me on my quest to try all six of Krispy Kreme's limited-edition Pokemon-themed doughnuts.After preordering a box of doughnuts late last week--yes, we somehow live in a timeline where you can preorder doughnuts--we s
  
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• Don’t Boycott GTA 6, Help Win Justice Instead, Fired Devs Say

  18-08-2026 20:28 via gamespot.com
  
  A group of former Grand Theft Auto 6 developers accusing Rockstar Games of union busting and currently engaged in a legal battle with the studio doesn't want players to boycott the game.In a video posted by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, fired members of the union made clear how they would like fans to support them in their ongoing legal dispute with Rockstar."We're going to make this easy for you," the former devs state. "Don't boycott GTA 6. Win justice for the people who hel
  
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• PlayStation Plus Is Removing 10 Games Soon, So Finish Them While You Can

  18-08-2026 20:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Last week saw several new games announced for the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for Extra- and Premium-tier subscribers, and as you'd expect, a few games are also on their way out. In total, 10 more games are leaving soon, although Sony hasn't listed an exact departure date yet. For reference, nine games are leaving the Game Catalog today, so you'll likely have a few weeks left to play the ones listed below.As for what's only going to be around for a little while longer? Say goodbye to a fun Per
  
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• Deus Ex And Immersive Sim Founding Father, Warren Spector, Retires From Game Development

  18-08-2026 20:05 via gamespot.com
  One of the gaming industry's most notable icons, Warren Spector, has decided to retire and will no longer be actively involved in game development.Spector is credited as one of the founders of the immersive sim genre, with Deus Ex and Thief acting as his most recognisable projects while at Ion Storm. Spector went on to develop Epic Mickey and its sequel, eventually landing at Otherside Entertainment to develop a spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld, which he helped produce while at Looking G
  
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• NBA 2K27 Just Rewrote The Sports Game Story Mode

  18-08-2026 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The launch of NBA 2K27 is quickly approaching, and 2K Sports has provided a deep dive into all of the new features and additions coming in this year's game. From gameplay-specific innovations to changes to some of NBA 2K's most iconic game modes, all areas of the game have been revamped for 2K27.
  The headlining features may be what's going on in MyCareer mode, but we're covering the full spectrum of new toys coming to the series in 2K27.
  Below, you can find all the new content and changes that 2
  
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• Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything

  18-08-2026 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  New analysis of 99,206 Steam games illustrates just how extreme the economics can be on Valve's PC gaming emporium, with a full half of paid games earning well under an estimated $4,000 while the upper crust gross anywhere from $15 million to several billion. This research comes from game discovery hub We Love It. Totally Human Media's Ichiro Lambe and Matt Martindale worked with VaporLens' Dr. Tim Ermilov to analyze 99,206 paid games, estimate their earnings, and plot genre data. Lambe notably
  
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• Behold, "the whole history of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything

  18-08-2026 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  New analysis of 99,206 Steam games illustrates just how extreme the economics can be on Valve's PC gaming emporium, with a full half of paid games earning well under an estimated $4,000 while the upper crust gross anywhere from $15 million to several billion. This research comes from game discovery hub We Love It. Totally Human Media's Ichiro Lambe and Matt Martindale worked with VaporLens' Dr. Tim Ermilov to analyze 99,206 paid games, estimate their earnings, and plot genre data. Lambe notably
  
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• Control Resonant Still Comes Out Next Month, Unless You Want It On Disc

  18-08-2026 19:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Remedy Entertainment has announced that Control Resonant "has gone gold." In other words, main development is complete, and the action-RPG is ready to arrive on September 24--but there's an unfortunate catch here. The physical edition of the title has actually been delayed almost a month to October 15. That means people who want the game on disc are going to have to wait a few weeks to play as Dylan Faden in the sequel.The staggered release between digital and physical for Control Resonant was r
  
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• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet "might need to be edited" to avoid "another Last of Us 2 situation," former Naughty Dog dev warns

  18-08-2026 19:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The last thing Naughty Dog released was in 2024, and it was the developer's The Last of Us Part II Remastered. To the former The Last of Us and Uncharted series' designer Benson Russell, that's a problem. Now a game development consultant, Russell recommends his former employer spare its next game from the prolonged development period it's accustomed to. Naughty Dog's upcoming sci-fi adventure Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet has now been in production for six years. While the game doesn't yet
  
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• Pokemon Gamma Emerald solo dev spent 2 years working "12 hours a day" building their remake "from scratch," including 384,000 frames of animation

  18-08-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The solo developer behind a fan-made Pokemon Emerald remake says they've been working 12-hour days for about two years to bring their project to life, during which time they created a whopping 384,000 animation frames and a whole lot more.Pokemon Gamma Emerald launched into early access last week. Its creator, UndreamedPanic, describes it as a free, "built from scratch" remake, with this early build containing around three to six hours of gameplay. The project adds some quality-of-life improveme
  
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• Assassin's Creed 2 was supposed to cover Brotherhood's entire plot, but that was "way too ambitious to deliver properly" in just one game

  18-08-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even after all these years, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is arguably still the peak of the series. After Assassin's Creed 2 sanded off the clunky edges of the original game, Brotherhood offered a natural continuation of Ezio's story and expanded gameplay elements tied to his increasing leadership of the titular assassins. It's no wonder the sequel seemed so natural, since Ubisoft had apparently planned for the events of Brotherhood to be part of the plot in Assassin's Creed 2."When we designed
  
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• After Ubisoft canceled its remake, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time gets an enhanced version from GOG

  18-08-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Months after Ubisoft cancelled the remake of the PS2 classic, GOG has released an enhanced version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. One of the weirdest projects of the decade has been Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Announced in 2020, the project was scheduled to release in January 2021 developed by Ubisoft Mumbai and Ubisoft Pune, but after delays the game was subject to a complete development reboot in 2023 at Ubisoft Montreal, and as recently as last year, Ubisoft was sa
  
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• The Expanse RPG gets even more Mass Effect with choices that “define the character you play,” devs say, but you only have “one chance to stay on everyone’s good side”

  18-08-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Player choice is a time-honored part of sci-fi action-RPGs, going back to the likes of Deus Ex, through the genre-defining Mass Effect trilogy, and now The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is joining those ranks. In the latest post about the upcoming game, developer Owlcat Games chats how what you choose will change the complexion of the narrative.The team points out that people saw one possible fork in the road in the Beta, but what "players have not seen is just how far that decision ripples." Essential
  
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• WoW Classic players gang up to ban infamous PvP slayer on Twitch, immediately regret it after realizing they no longer know where in the MMO he's hiding

  18-08-2026 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft players enjoying Blizzard's Classic edition have been plagued by one very infamous PvP legend for a good couple of years now – but it turns out that banning him on Twitch wasn't the way to go, frustrations be damned.If you've not heard of Redridgeguy, he might just stand as the most notorious PvP player on World of Warcraft Classic in all of Europe. Why, you might ask? Well, he absolutely destroys other folks – we're talking hundreds per day – by reaching hard
  
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• Intel says the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus isn't a flagship processor, but it's an Ultra 9 in all but name and price

  18-08-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  For years now, I've been banging on about how flagship desktop processors are kind of pointless. "Mid-range" options really aren't mid-range anymore, to the point where you can pretty comfortably pair a Ryzen 5 or Intel Core i5 with a powerful 4K graphics card and not really run into tangible bottlenecks. So what are you paying for with a Ryzen 9 or Intel Core i9? Usually, higher temperatures, bigger power draws, and slightly better speeds all in the name of saying you have the best CPU for gami
  
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• The Sinking City 2 Hospital walkthrough

  18-08-2026 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  This Sinking City 2 hospital walkthrough deals with the second area - Akeley Memorial Hospital - and the objective to Find Faye's body. This contains all the puzzles and solutions, as well as the best route to get through it all. This follows on from the Sinking City 2 walkthrough Part 1 that takes you through the opening city area of the game.When you first arrive in this new area, head up the path, checking the left fork for a view and some dialogue before carrying on to Akeley Memorial Hospit
  
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• 15 PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PC deals you don't want to miss in Best Buy's 60th Anniversary sale

  18-08-2026 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Best Buy is celebrating 60 years in business this week, and among the appliances, TVs, and smartwatches, I've found a healthy collection of gaming deals to see the occasion out. That's right, Best Buy is older than the home console and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It's older than the Super Bowl, The Godfather, and the Big Mac. It's older than the moon landing. There are a lot of things Best Buy predates, but enough about ancient history - let's go get some deals. Best Buy's 60th birthd
  
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• Looking To Save Money? Here’s How (And Why) You Should Finally Tackle Your Backlog

  18-08-2026 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.Video games have always been an expensive hobby, but lately it feels like the problem is compounding. We're devoting the full week to finding ways to tighten your belt and get the most out of your gaming piggy bank, so among all of our other suggestions--might we also propose you play some things you already own?Keeping costs down by playing your own gam
  
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• You can play Pokemon Snap in real life with the new Polaroid crossover

  18-08-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Polaroid seems to have said "what if Pokemon Snap, but real," because it's dropping a handful of cameras based on the mega-franchise. Designed to look like Pokemon or items inspired by the series, this Polaroid collaboration includes three models: a Pikachu design, a Sylveon version, and a more classic camera based on the iconic Poke Ball colorscheme. They'll be available to pre-order soon (on August 25) via the Polaroid store or Pokemon Center, and launch alongside a host of accessories like ca
  
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• Nintendo Switch version of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection 2 seemingly removes the PS3 from Snake's plane, suggesting an iconic joke will have to be changed

  18-08-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid fans have noticed a detail in the screenshots of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 that may explain how the PS3 mentions are handled in the new port of Guns of the Patriots. Metal Gear Solid 4 has become something of a cryptid among the Metal Gear fanbase; it's the only game in the franchise to remain an exclusive, and it was long thought to be unportable because it was built specifically for the PS3. This adherence to the PS3 allowed Hideo Kojima and co to do some fou
  
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• Kyle Chandler says Lanterns won't be a "slow burn" after Hal Jordan's episode 1 cliffhanger: "It's an exciting poker game"

  18-08-2026 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first episode of Lanterns ended, fittingly, in blackest night with a dead body. Despite the premiere shocker – as part of a 2026 flash-forward – reframing the whole show already, Hal Jordan actor Kyle Chandler promises what follows isn't going to be a "slow burn" before we get to the grand reveal.Be warned, major spoilers for Lanterns episode 1 within. So, Hal Jordan is dead. How he got there, who killed him, and whether we're actually looking at Hal slumped in the snowy rafters
  
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• Fallout co-creator says turn-based and real-time RPGs both have "loud vocal advocates" who won't play anything else, so devs can't please everyone

  18-08-2026 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has weighed in on the different reasons why devs might opt for turn-based or real-time combat in their games, and while both have their place (and dedicated fans), he reckons that for some RPGs, the choice should be obvious.As spotted by PC Gamer, Cain discusses the matter in depth in a new video on his YouTube channel (below). He acknowledges, of course, that there are pros and cons to both types of combat.Real-time combat, for example, is more fast-paced, and "a lot
  
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• How To Upgrade Cargo Elevators In Arc Raiders

  18-08-2026 17:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Arc Raiders' newest event, Phantom Targets, has quite a few steps for you to complete, with many of them requiring you to dish out substantial damage to ARC foes using some unexpected equipment. Before you get to any of that, though, you'll need to upgrade three cargo elevators.
  If you're feeling a bit stuck on this part of the event because you're not quite certain what counts as a cargo elevator, we've got you covered below. Here's how to upgrade cargo elevators in Arc Raiders.How to upgrade c
  
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• Battlefield 6 Free Trial Overlaps With Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta This Weekend

  18-08-2026 17:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield and Call of Duty are overlapping this weekend, as the latest entries in both franchises have exciting opportunities on tap for fans.Battlefield 6 is free now through August 25 to celebrate the launch of the game's big new update, including the return of the fan-favorite Wake Island map and the debut of the Top Gun crossover. This also includes a brand-new mode, Carrier Strike. Additionally, the free week includes the Tsuru Reef, Cairo Bazaar, and Hagental Base maps, along with Wake I
  
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