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• Analogue Pocket SNES emulator dev says AI-powered slop code "has no place in my world"

  06-10-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the best parts of the Analogue Pocket is openFPGA – a fancy name for supporting an array of open-source, homebrew emulators. But as with seemingly every corner of the retro dev scene, the makers of these FPGA emulator cores are having to contend with low-effort, vibe-coded slop from would-be contributors. You can pencil in the dev behind the SNES emulator for Analogue Pocket as one of the many annoyed by having to deal with all this AI-generated code.Yesterday, a contributor going b
  
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• If you want cheap Nerf guns, take aim at these excellent blasters with massive discounts

  07-10-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Summer may be the preserve of Super Soakers, but Fall is all about Nerf guns. The best Nerf blasters come into their own when weather forces play inside, and cool new designs (like the video game-inspired Rebel Ops range that just hit shelves) drop every year to shake things up. Events like Prime Day ensure we don't have to pay through the nose for them, and Amazon has slashed the price for many top toys today. That makes it so much easier to build up an arsenal for less.Actually, there are almo
  
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• New stealth RPG takes The Blood of Dawnwalker's controversial time limit and goes full Majora's Mask

  07-10-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Blood of Dawnwalker managed to stir up quite a controversy with its time restrictions, but that's not scaring indie developers away from instilling some good ol' FOMO in players – in fact, some are leaning well into it.If you're old enough to remember Majora's Mask, one of the best Zelda games of all time, then you're also (un)lucky enough to have grappled with its three-day cycle. It's stressful, sure, but it's what makes the game as fun and unique as it is – if you ask me, anyw
  
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• GTA 6 boss says "we have made money matter more in this story" than previous Grand Theft Auto games

  07-10-2026 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't mean to alarm you, but GTA 6 is set to launch next month. There's obviously going to be a lot for fans to discover come release day, but one potential learning curve might come in the form of earning enough in-game cash to keep the narrative flowing.Or that's what it sounds like, according to Rockstar North co-studio boss Rob Nelson. Chatting with IGN in an interview from earlier this year that's now been posted in full, the lead discusses the importance of money in GTA 6, and how you wo
  
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• Capcom enlists Ron Perlman for Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, hopefully pays him more than he got for Fallout 1

  07-10-2026 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout and Hellboy star Ron Perlman is teaming up with Capcom again to introduce you to Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen.Despite being best known for his myriad film and TV roles, Perlman is a pretty prolific voice actor, especially in games. His most famous contribution is to the Fallout series, where he serves as the narrator in multiple games, as well as the TV anchor that announces the bombs dropping in Fallout 4. Notably, he had no clue the series would be a success, saying that he was caught
  
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• The HyperX Cloud III is a superb wired headset, and a no-brainer purchase when discounts are inbound

  07-10-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  You've likely seen the HyperX Cloud III before. It's a common sight to behold if you've ever spent time hunting through the best gaming headsets on Amazon, which is what led me to finally test it out for myself. I wanted to ensure anyone who didn't take the time to scroll through the second page of Amazon's search results was still getting their money's worth. Just because a headset turns up on page one doesn't necessarily mean it's worth your time and attention, but that does happen to be the c
  
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• Xbox Game Pass Gets Gears Of War: E-Day And These 11 Games In October

  07-10-2026 18:07 via gamespot.com
  
  It's the start of a new month, and like clockwork, the next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles has been announced for the subscription service. Gears of War: E-Day leads the new arrivals this month, and it'll be joined by a few more big games, Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis.Here's a closer look at everything you can grab in the first half of the month through Xbox Game Pass:Xbox Game Pass October Wave 1 GamesNow available
  Gears of War: E-DayMinecraft Dungeons 2
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  Echo WeaverForever
  
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• Sony's digital future is good due to "convenience" and games like GTA 6 being "too big," dev says

  07-10-2026 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Sony's decision to end all physical disc production for new games on PlayStation consoles in 2028 has proven quite controversial, to say the least, not everyone thinks that a digital-only world would be all bad.One such person is Hiroshi Matsuyama, CEO fo CyberConnect 2 – a studio best known for its manga and anime-based fighting games (think Naruto: Ultimate Ninja and the like) as well as its .hack series made in collaboration with the ever-beloved Bandai Namco.
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• New Details Revealed For GTA 6’s Jason And Lucia, Including “Physical Intimacy”

  07-10-2026 18:02 via gamespot.com
  
  New information has come to light about GTA 6, and specifically the partnership of its main characters, Jason and Lucia. In GTA 6, they are both partners in crime and lovers, and physical intimacy will be part of the experience, it seems.Rockstar North's Rob Nelson said in an interview with IGN that physical intimacy is a "huge part" of a relationship, and that applies to GTA 6. Exactly how this may operate in GTA 6, however, remains a mystery. "It has to be done right," Nelson said.
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• Forza Horizon 6 For PS5 Apparently Delayed To 2027, And It’s Getting A Disc Release

  07-10-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Just a month after Microsoft said Forza Horizon 6 for PlayStation 5 remained on track to release in 2026, a new report says the game has in fact been delayed to 2027.Reputable leaker billbil-kun said Forza Horizon 6 for PS5 is set for release on January 26, 2027. The report said there will be a physical disc edition at retail, and the game will also be sold digitally.In September, Microsoft said in a blog post that the PS5 edition of the popular racing game was due for release in 2026, but plans
  
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• The Next Gears Of War Game Probably Won’t Need 7 Years To Cook

  07-10-2026 17:58 via gamespot.com
  
  After a lengthy hiatus, Gears of War returned this week to Xbox Series X|S and PC with a new adventure set during the cataclysmic events of Emergence Day. For fans of the series, it has been a long wait, as the previous entry in the series, Gears 5, was released all the way back in 2019. Will there be another seven-year stretch between new Gears games? Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition doesn't think so, as the new game lays the groundwork for a quicker turnaround for new potential chap
  
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• Clayface director says "you feel the shadow of Batman inherently" in the Gotham-set DC movie

  07-10-2026 17:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clayface director James Watkins has opened up about creating the oppressive atmosphere of Gotham for the upcoming DCU movie – and how that makes it feel like a certain Dark Knight is breathing down your neck at every turn."We looked at a lot of 1980s and 1990s street photography," Watkins told SFX magazine. "There was a documentary called Everybody Street, and I looked at a lot of the work of the photographers in it. It captures the bawdy glamor of New York, slightly edgy, slightly eccentr
  
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• These Star Wars helmets are so good it's like they were stolen from a movie set, and they just got a massive price cut

  07-10-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  If someone asks me about the best Star Wars collectibles, I always point them toward Hasbro's Black Series range. No matter whether it's absurdly detailed action figures, or lightsaber replicas, I've got no problem with singing their praises. However, I think the Black Series helmets are some of the best merch from a galaxy far, far away - period.Besides looking like the spitting image of their on-screen counterpart, these props are incredibly well made. Actually, they look as though they've bee
  
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• Hideo Kojima wrote Higgs just for Troy Baker, and it's "one of the kindest things" he's ever done

  07-10-2026 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  At this point, it'd almost be easier to name the blockbuster game franchise Troy Baker hasn't been a part of. The Last of Us, BioShock: Infinite, Final Fantasy 13, Mass Effect 3; he gets around. He's so prolific that creators have specifically sought him out for certain roles, like Hideo Kojima, who created a part in Death Stranding for the performer.In a PartyChat interview going through his career, Baker touches on his performance as Higgs in the Death Stranding games, a villain who wants to k
  
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• Star Wars Galactic Racer introduces "the best Glup Shitto ever," fans say

  07-10-2026 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The hierarchy of power in the Glup Shittoverse is about to change as Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Biddy Blas is proving to be an incredibly obnoxious fan favorite. Even as someone who saw The Rise of Skywalker and had my interest in anything Star Wars immediately leave my body due to how bad it was… I still love all of the little freaks found in the world. The Salacious B Crumb, Sy Snootles, Klaud. And thanks to the joys of podracing, Star Wars: Galactic Racer is prime Glup Shitto territor
  
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• With sex in GTA 6, studio boss suggests Rockstar doesn't want another Hot Coffee moment

  07-10-2026 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is about to put us in the shoes of power couple Jason and Lucia, but while different age ratings suggest a more explicit game than GTA 5 with sex scenes and more, Rockstar North co-studio boss Rob Nelson also says that the devs wanted to get intimacy "right."Speaking to IGN earlier this year in an interview that's now been published in full, Nelson specifically addresses GTA 6's handling of "physical intimacy" after IGN points out how bad many other games have traditionally been at doing s
  
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• Arc Raiders’ Huge Update Introduces Its Best Gadget Ever

  07-10-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Arc Raiders was an incredible game when it launched almost exactly one year ago. It joined Sea of Thieves and Left 4 Dead as one of my favorite co-op games ever. Many others loved it too, and it quickly surged to become one of 2025's best sellers and biggest stories. But in the months that followed, a large portion of players fell off the game's live-service carousel--or maybe "jumped off" is a better way to put it. Embark Studios announced in May that it was moving to semi-annual major upd
  
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• Former Halo art director claps back at founding Xbox member for implying 343 Industries had a "laziness" problem

  07-10-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Laura Fryer, one of the first developers to join Microsoft Game Studios back in 1995, says she "watched the birth" of Halo Studios – formerly 343 Industries – while working on Gears of War 2, dubbing it "a ghost town."According to Fryer, who now regularly uploads videos about the video game industry on her YouTube channel, the Halo team was "next door" to her own – and after witnessing how it supposedly came to be, she says she's "not surprised" by Halo Studios' recent layoffs.
  
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• Google Playground Wants Everyone To Make AI Games, And Maybe Everyone Shouldn’t

  07-10-2026 16:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Stadia might be dead, but Google isn't giving up on gaming. The company has rolled out Playground, a platform built around AI that "lets you create, play, and share custom games." It's browser-based and labeled as an "experiment" to start. There's also Unity Spark support, which will offer more development options for people who catch the creator bug. Google's pitch claims that this new platform makes game creation more democratic by ending gatekeeping to development. The company states tha
  
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• Set up the perfect Halloween party with these discounted horror board games

  07-10-2026 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're hoping to set up a horror board game night, Amazon just did you a solid and slashed the price on some Halloween must-haves. I'm a huge fan of spooky season so am always on the prowl for creepy new games I can add to my collection, and I was impressed to see that a few of my favorites (including some horror board games I've been desperate to try) have been slashed in price with a brutal efficiency that'd make Halloween icon Michael Myers nod with silent approval. An entry from our list
  
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• GTA 6 Won’t Make You “All-Powerful” Like GTA 5 Did

  07-10-2026 16:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar boss Rob Nelson has stated that GTA 6 won't make players "all-powerful" like they were in GTA 5 and the games that came before it. For GTA 6, this means NPCs in the world will have impulses of their own, and could come after you.Speaking to IGN, Nelson said, "The world will act upon you as well as you acting upon the world." In previous GTA games, except for the police, the player was the only one with an "invisible arsenal hidden away," and everyone in the world would run away in terro
  
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• 30 Prime Day Lego deals under $30

  07-10-2026 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  As any Lego collector knows, the bricks aren't cheap, and with new sets constantly pushing into the $400s, $500s, $600s, and beyond, it takes a certain Prime Day to remind us that you can pick up kits for pretty cheap too. To reinforce the point, I've found 30 sets that now cost under $30, all of which have been reduced for Prime Day (until, at least for many of them, the end of today). I've got Star Wars, Harry Potter, Minecraft, Friends, Speed Champions, Botanicals, Creator 3 in 1 — a lo
  
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• Silent Hill Townfall's real hero is hiding in plain sight

  07-10-2026 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Notably absent yet absolutely vital, Silent Hill Townfall's women are everywhere and nowhere. That's how it felt for me at first, creeping through the misty streets of St. Amelia. A woman's soft voice speaks to me through time and space – or rather, through protagonist Simon's handheld CRTV – but she's not a tangible presence here.Townfall feels significantly Gothic in that regard, and not just because of all this fog. Women in Gothic horror typically fall under one of three things:
  
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• Final Fantasy 7's beloved soundtrack is mostly "boring," Nobuo Uematsu says, but that was on purpose

  07-10-2026 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Final Fantasy series has always had incredible music, and if you were to ask my top three soundtracks from the franchise, Final Fantasy 7 and 10 would probably compete for the number one position. Nobuo Uematsu, the longtime composer of Square Enix's centre-piece property, disagrees emphatically with the quality of the former, believing it to be a downgrade from his work in prior entries.In the book Nobuo Uematsu: On The Record by James Mielke, as shared on Twitter by FF7 Music, the storied
  
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• Scuf Omega vs Razer Raiju V3 Pro - which PS5 controller should you go for?

  07-10-2026 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the last year, Scuf and Razer have done the seemingly impossible. Despite previous generations stipulating that a brand could only release one officially licensed controller per PlayStation generation, both of them have launched their second PS5 controller. They're both extremely feature-dense too. The Razer Raiju V3 Pro and the Scuf Omega both have six extra buttons alongside their standard PlayStation gamepad offering. Both are wireless, both have PC apps that let you dial down to their nit
  
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• Black Myth: Wukong Has Dropped To Its Lowest Price Yet, So Here’s Your Chance To Bonk Some Demons

  07-10-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  To many's surprise, Black Myth: Wukong turned out to be a great action-RPG when it launched in 2024. Drenched in a beautiful interpretation of Chinese mythology and an ambitious debut from Game Science, the stars aligned for it in a way that every developer entering the crowded space could hope for. If you haven't tried this excellent adventure with the Destined One, now's your chance, as it's cheaper than ever.Inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, you play as the Destined O
  
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• State Of Decay 3 Was Announced Early To Keep Undead Labs On Microsoft’s Radar

  07-10-2026 15:54 via gamespot.com
  
  After leaving the Xbox Game Studios portfolio, State of Decay 3 developer Undead Labs is now an independent, employee-owned studio. The developer had previously announced State of Decay 3 all the way back in 2020--partly to keep the project and the studio on Microsoft's radar--as the company embarked on an acquisition spree. Now one of several departures from Microsoft's gaming division following the bloody "Xbox reset" that has seen scores of jobs slashed throughout 2026, Undead Labs also had t
  
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• Overwatch devs know removing Sombra's Hack ability will "upset" players

  07-10-2026 15:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  As notorious Overwatch hero Sombra makes her support class debut in Season 5: A Grim Doctrine, Blizzard is well aware that the former DPS losing her Hack ability is going to leave some players "upset," but insists the change is "better for the game."Sombra's big support rework was announced last month, and basically comes in an attempt to make her less annoying for both her foes and allies. As you'd imagine, the rework means big changes to her abilities and perks. She's now got a new ability cal
  
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• Neon Genesis Evangelion is getting a new story – exclusive to bullet trains in Japan

  07-10-2026 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Notoriously mind-melting anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is getting even harder to follow thanks to this bullet train-exclusive story.Those lucky enough to ride on the Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan will be treated to 'Kansai Travel Plan', a story seemingly set during the events of the OG anime that features Misato and Ritsuko mapping out a field trip for Shinji, Rei, and Asuka (H/T Dexerto).The story rolls out for passengers from October 18 through to January 31, 2027.It's just the latest in a serie
  
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• Pokemon RSE Switch ports feel all but confirmed, fans believe thanks to Pokemon Home update

  07-10-2026 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Switch port truthers believe they have gotten an extra bit of ammo thanks to a Pokemon Home update released today. Last month, fans noticed that some Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire footage posted by an official Japanese Pokemon Twitter account was somewhat suspicious. Namely the footage was surprisingly crisp for a 2002 Game Boy Advance game and it lasted exactly 30 seconds – which is how long video clips saved onto a Switch console last. Given that these loo
  
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