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• Arc Raiders devs know PvE has been "polarizing"

  20-10-2026 18:24 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Now that Arc Raiders PvE playtest has come to an end, Embark Studios has acknowledged some of the early feedback and knows it hasn't been a win in everyone's eyes. In a post on the Arc Raiders website, Embark noted that the PvE matchmaking toggle test has ended, thanking players who completed over 30 million PvE rounds during the testing period. This post then urged players to join the Arc Raiders Discord and complete a survey coming out soon to make their voices heard on how they felt about the
  
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• Xbox COO and ex-Minecraft boss leaves Microsoft after just 3 months in the role

  24-10-2026 01:32 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Helen Chiang, a Microsoft veteran who was head of Minecraft before transitioning to Xbox Chief Operating Officer (COO), has left the company after 21 years.The Verge (paywalled) obtained a copy of an internal memo sent by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announcing Chiang's departure, and as the publication notes, it's surprisingly brief for such a high-profile change in leadership. "Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft today. I'm grateful for her years of service and wish her well," said Sharma. The memo repo
  
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• The best thing Valve has added to Steam in years just graduated to "full feature"

  24-10-2026 00:48 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Arguably the biggest problem with Steam is that there are so many games being released on the platform every day that it can be difficult to keep track of the new titles that are actually cool and interesting. Last year, Valve introduced a beta for a new feature called Personal Calendars, and it instantly became the coolest tool Steam had for narrowing down the new release list. Now, finally, it's out for real."With today's Steam update, the Personal Calendar feature officially graduates from St
  
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• Sims Competitor InZoi Deletes “Uncomfortable” Post After Fan Pushback

  23-10-2026 23:17 via GameSpot - All Content
  The ambitious life-simulation game InZoi was once heralded as a potential "Sims-killer"--a promising new title that fans of the genre could turn to following EA's relentless pursuit to monetize every aspect of The Sims 4. However, a lackluster early-access period and concerns over the game's liberal use of AI made for a rocky start. Over the past year and a half, developer Krafton has addressed some of the complaints leveled at the game, but now, it finds itself in hot water for a different reas
  
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• Blizzard caves to Diablo 4 players, increases Prime Evil Splinter stack size by 9900%

  23-10-2026 23:17 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  After weeks of outcry, Blizzard has seemingly caved to pressure from the ever-vocal Diablo 4 community and increased stacking on Prime Evil Splinters from 1, which means no stacking, all the way up to 99, a 9900% increase. That's not just a compromise, that's a full-blown reversal seemingly based on feedback from the players."WE GOT A SPLINTER STACK SIZE INCREASE," reads an excited Reddit post featuring a screenshot from the latest Diablo 4 patch notes, which confirm, "The stack size for Prime E
  
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• After Wednesday ends, Jenna Ortega will "probably be off the TV for a while"

  23-10-2026 23:13 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Jenna Ortega says she'll probably retire from TV for a while after Netflix's Wednesday ends.“I actually haven’t had a lot of franchise conversations," Ortega said, via The Hollywood Reporter. The actor starred in both Jane the Virgin and Disney's Stuck in the Middle long before landing Wednesday. "What I’m meant to do will come and find me. I think after Wednesday, I’ll probably be off the TV for a while. You know I had many years doing [TV]. I was bouncing from show to show as a kid and
  
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• After asking "how am I not banned," Arc Raiders streamer gets hardware banned for aimbotting

  23-10-2026 23:09 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Arc Raiders streamer aimkey wondered, in an October 20 Twitter post, "how am I not banned yet" as hea gameplay clip that some viewers interpreted as a sure sign of aimbotting given the unusually fast and accurate reticle work. Today, October 23, he confirmed that he has been hardware banned from Arc Raiders for aimbotting. "I've been falsely banned from ARC Raiders for aimbotting," reads a recent post from aimkey. "I've dedicated my life to this game since release, streaming thousands of hours o
  
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• Phantom Blade Zero – Everything To Know

  23-10-2026 23:00 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  From its wuxia roots to its unique difficulty options, here is everything to know about Phantom Blade Zero.
  
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• Still mad at Valve for Steam's AI disclosures, Epic Games boss criticizes "forcing developers"

  23-10-2026 22:59 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney criticized Valve for continuing to mandate AI disclosures for games sold on Steam, calling the policy "abhorrent" following his company's full-throated endorsement of gen AI in game development. "Forcing developers to write a political statement to be used against them by the hate mob they’re helping organize is abhorrent," says Sweeney. Steam's AI disclosures require devs who use generative AI in their games to spell out how it was used. For example, the disclosure
  
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• Factorio 2.1, the last big update to the icon that got 234,000 glowing Steam reviews, is out

  23-10-2026 22:57 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Factorio effectively created a genre with its lovable blend of base building, management, and survival, and it's been a Steam icon ever since it first hit early access way back in 2016. Even after a 1.0 release, a 2.0 update, and a major DLC expansion the devs have made good on their promise to never put the game on sale, and now we're here at yet another milestone with Factorio 2.1.After months in testing, the 2.1 update has now been officially released, offering "a big collection of quality of
  
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• Fangs For The Memories: The Best Vampires In Video Games

  23-10-2026 22:00 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  For many of us, the weather is finally becoming that cool autumn crisp, the days are getting shorter, and the season for gorging on candy and horror movies is in full-swing. While I may be in the camp that believes there aren’t nearly enough vampire video games, these creatures of the night are well represented in games. So what better time to pay tribute to our favorite bloodsuckers? Show off those pearly white fangs; these are the best vampires in gaming:Astarion - Baldur’s Gate IIIOne of
  
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• Leave It To Double Fine To Make The First Single-Player Friendslop Game

  23-10-2026 21:55 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Friendslop is everywhere these days. Take one glance at the most recent Steam Next Fest and you’ll be inundated with not only mountains of obnoxious AI slop, but countless games where you and a group of friends can get up to wacky hijinks with cartoonish avatars, over the top physics, and hilarious use of proximity chat. If you’re a developer and your take on this genre goes viral, it has a chance of attracting tens of thousands of players and being a massive financial success--it’s no sur
  
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• Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s First DLC Is Out Now, Honors A Real Soldier Who Sustained Gruesome Injuries

  23-10-2026 21:37 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 released today, October 23, and the game's first DLC pack is available now. In keeping with Call of Duty tradition, the day-one DLC is a Call of Duty Endowment (CODE) pack, with proceeds going to Activision's charity that supports military veterans find new jobs after they leave the service.The CODE Valor Pack adds the real-life Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter to the game as a playable character.Carpenter was in Marjah, Afghanistan, when, on November 21, 20
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time designer wanted Navi to be a "cute girl," but it "wasn't possible" on N64

  23-10-2026 20:56 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  I'm more of a Midna stan, but there's no denying Navi from Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the series' most iconic ethereal companion, with her lovably nagging pleas to "hey, listen" still ringing through the Zelda pantheon after all these years. The original vision for the li'l fairy, however, was very different from the glowing orb with wings we know and love today, and it's only because of the technical limitations of the Nintendo 64 that she looks the way she does.Nintendo veteran and Ocarina of T
  
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• Shepard Actor Reacts To Leaked Mass Effect Trailer, Is “Holding Hope” The Game Will Live On

  23-10-2026 20:01 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Prolific and veteran gaming actor Jennifer Hale, who is known for voicing Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series, has reacted to the closure of BioWare and the cancellation of the next game in the series. After footage of the new project, Mass Effect Universe, was released, Hale said, "It's extraordinary."She added: "I’m holding hope for magic to happen. This community and you incredible vevs deserve that and more."A "Save Mass Effect" Change.org petition was launched this week to urge EA
  
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• "For most of development, GTA 3 was in a sorry state": Rockstar veteran reflects ahead of GTA 6

  23-10-2026 19:36 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Ahead of GTA 6, Rockstar veteran Obbe Vermeij marked the 25-year anniversary of Grand Theft Auto 3 with a lengthy retrospective examining its difficult development. GTA 3 was a pioneering open-world game and a landmark release for Rockstar, but in a recent Twitter post, Vermeij says, "For most of development, GTA 3 was in a sorry state."Vermeij says "it crashed frequently, the frame rate was terrible and the map was full of holes. Only in the last six months did everything come together. For the
  
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• The Next Mass Effect Sounded Like John Wick In Space

  23-10-2026 19:31 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  After news broke that EA would be shutting down BioWare, more details on the studio's in-development Mass Effect have begun to trickle out. A trailer for Mass Effect Universe hinted that the next game in the series would have a completely different tone, moving away from the galactic warfare that defined the first three games and toward covert ops, espionage, and the occasional barroom shootout. Gaming content creator and YouTuber Dantics has shed more light on the game, describing it as a Mass
  
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• Dead By Daylight Delistings Continue As Developer Reveals It Must F**k With The Chuck

  23-10-2026 19:30 via GameSpot - All Content
  Dead by Daylight features dozens of characters, including many licensed heroes and villains from beloved horror franchises, but every once in a while, some of them get delisted. Behaviour Interactive has revealed that Chucky will soon suffer such a fate; he's being delisted on November 24 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. Until then, players can grab him and any related cosmetics on sale.Chucky, whose in-game nickname is The Good Guy, debuted in Dead by Daylight in November 2023. Like all characters, he ca
  
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• Best Loadouts In Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Multiplayer

  23-10-2026 19:10 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Modern Warfare 4 has fully released, and there are plenty of new guns and attachments to unlock for this new year of Call of Duty. In this guide, we'll suggest some recommended weapon builds, so you can see exactly which guns and attachments you'll want to focus on unlocking and leveling up early.Call of Duty's Gunsmith feature returns in Modern Warfare 4. This customization system lets you create five-attachment builds for multiplayer. In addition to the standard five attachments, you can also
  
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• Tim Sweeney shares the time he called a beloved studio's death "economically realistic"

  23-10-2026 19:00 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  You can trace the lineage of beloved games like Deus Ex, BioShock, and Dishonored directly back to Looking Glass Studios. This developer is one of the most notable in the history of the game industry, having effectively created the immersive sim genre through classics like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Thief. However, the studio's closure in 2000 wasn't really "sad," at least according to Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. It was simply a matter of economics."This isn't a sad day, it
  
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• CoD: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ – Best Hot Spots And Loot Locations

  23-10-2026 18:40 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Modern Warfare 4 is live with Call of Duty's new DMZ extraction mode, where scavenging guns, equipment, and resources is crucial to survival. In this guide, we'll suggest a wide range of locations where you'll have a good opportunity to loot valuable resources, guns, keys, and even have a chance at one of DMZ's rare weapon manuals.All main POIs on HajinHajin has 13 main points-of-interest, but some POIs are going to offer more valuable looting opportunities, depending on what items you're hoping
  
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• WoW: Forever’s Divisive Layering Will See Major Improvements For Launch, Blizzard Says

  23-10-2026 18:29 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's layering system will receive some significant improvements for launch, according to a statement provided to GameSpot from Blizzard.Layering, for the uninitiated, is a behind-the-scenes system in WoW: Forever that essentially creates and runs new versions (or layers) of the world as needed, all running simultaneously on top of one another. According to Blizzard, players in WoW: Forever are assigned a layer based on various criteria, like familiar players and friends,
  
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• BioWare fans beg Palworld studio to save Mass Effect by buying the IP from EA

  23-10-2026 18:29 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Sadly, we learned this week that BioWare is being shut down by EA. The legendary studio was responsible for many beloved RPGs, including the Mass Effect series, for which a new installment was deep in development. In the aftermath, fans have been scurrying for ways to salvage the project, including courting Palworld developer Pocketpair.No, seriously - and apparently this isn't the first time that's happened, either. "Soon after a game is canceled or a studio shuts down, we get a lot of comments
  
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• Your Mind Is Playing Tricks On You: Why You Hear What You Want To Hear In Control Resonant 

  23-10-2026 18:15 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Control Resonant is delightfully weird: a sequel that isn't afraid to fly its freak flag as it pits you against all manner of supernatural phenomena wreaking havoc on Manhattan. But between bosses that resemble Francis Bacon-inspired nightmare fuel and other spooky occurrences, The Board is undoubtedly the scene-stealer of Control Resonant--and that's without you even seeing them! The Board is louder than ever as it accompanies Dylan Faden in Remedy's new game, seemingly trapped in the powerful
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance is the second-biggest Steam launch of any turn-based RPG from Square Enix

  23-10-2026 18:15 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Final Fantasy Resonance – the first game in the series to be made in Square Enix's HD-2D style – is already the second-biggest Steam launch for any turn-based RPG title from the developer.Square Enix has finally relented to years of suggestions and released a Final Fantasy game in the HD-2D style, with the latest spinoff in the series, Final Fantasy Resonance, dropping this week. Like last year's Octopath Traveler Zero, this HD-2D RPG adapts one of Square's previous mobile games – Final Fa
  
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• Almost 50 years later, Star Wars fans are appreciating one of the saga's best moments

  23-10-2026 18:01 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  It might have been almost 50 years since the original Star Wars movie was released in theaters, but fans are still sharing the love for one of its most iconic scenes. On Reddit, one fan shared their appreciation for the binary sunset scene, in which Luke Skywalker stares into the Tatooine twin-sunset as John Williams's score rises. "This will always be one of my favorite Star Wars scenes," they wrote. The comments are full of more fans admiring the classic moment. "That music is INCREDIBLE," say
  
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• In A (Biddy) Blas Of Glory: How Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s Smallest Racer Made Such A Huge Impact

  23-10-2026 18:00 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Biddy Blas could probably use a booster cushion on his speeder to see more clearly over its handlebars, but he hasn't needed any sort of booster to make a massive impression on the internet. This squat, reptilian nuisance from Star Wars: Galactic Racer has overtaken social media algorithms with a ceaseless flood of fan-made skits, memes, and thirst traps. Blas and his shrill Huttese barks have acted almost as unexpected marketing for the game, seemingly having a greater reach and impact than th
  
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• Rideshare Stimulator’s Biggest Problem Isn’t AI, It’s That The Game Just Isn’t Very Good

  23-10-2026 17:54 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Saber Interactive's driving game Rideshare Stimulator has already made headlines for all the wrong reasons. But while its use of AI and the allegations from a former writer have attracted plenty of attention, Rideshare Stimulator has a far more fundamental problem to overcome: being an enjoyable game to play.You're put in the driver's seat of a rideshare business that you co-own with your buddy, Tim. You'll have to pick up a variety of passengers, navigate traffic (and adhere to the usual rules
  
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• Xbox negotiations with Marvel's Blade developer Arkane reportedly aren't going well

  23-10-2026 17:48 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Conversations are ongoing concerning the fate of Arkane Studios, one of many companies impacted by Xbox's current restructuring. Sadly, reports suggest the team and Microsoft will be parting ways, and what will become of its slate at the moment remains in the air.The information comes from Le Monde, a French publication that spoke to union representatives about Arkane's discussions with Xbox. Given the changes underway in Microsoft's games division, a November 13 deadline looms for the consultat
  
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• Battlefield 6 Reportedly Cancels Mass Effect Collab In Wake Of BioWare Closure

  23-10-2026 17:48 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Battlefield Studios is reportedly cancelling plans for a Mass Effect collaboration in Battlefield 6 in the wake of EA's decision to close BioWare and cancel the next game in the sci-fi series.
  Fans discovered various Mass Effect-themed cosmetics in Battlefield 6's files, with many speculating that they would be released in November, tied to the Mass Effect N7 Day holiday on November 7.
  Those cosmetics, which included Mass Effect-themed weapon charms and patches, have seemingly now been removed f
  
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