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• Arc Raiders Home to Roost guide and walkthrough

  09-10-2026 00:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Home To Roost quest in Arc Raiders takes place on Blue Gate and you'll need a Blue Gate Confiscation Room Key to finish it. Like Exploring Pendoloa Pass this is a multi-step quest where no one part of it is hard, there's just a lot of it all stacked up to get through. While you're here you can also try to look for the Ruined Homestead for the Outpost project.How to complete Home To RoostThese are all the tasks you must complete to finish the Home To Roost quest in Arc Raiders:Reach the back
  
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• Gears of War E-Day sold just 62k copies on Xbox versus 1.7 million Game Pass players, analyst says

  09-10-2026 21:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day sales topped 230,000 across Xbox and Steam following an October 1 launch, according to estimates from analyst firm Alinea.Market analysis head Rhys Elliott reports the Xbox player base is larger than it appears, even if premium sales were dominated by Steam. An estimated 62,000 people bought the game outright on Xbox consoles, with 168,000 buyers on Steam. SteamDB ownership estimates, which are always fallible and are especially volatile shortly after launch, support this fig
  
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• Call Of Duty: MW4 Early Access Also Includes DMZ, Here’s How To Get In

  09-10-2026 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's campaign is playable a week early for people who preorder, and now we know the DMZ mode will be as well.Activision has announced that MW4's extraction-based DMZ mode will be playable starting Tuesday, October 20, which is three days before the game launches. Campaign early access, meanwhile, starts on October 16.How to get inTo access DMZ mode before everyone else, you need to preorder any edition of MW4, including the standard or Vault versions. The perk applies
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day–How’s It Selling? Let’s Unpack Things

  09-10-2026 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft's latest console exclusive, Gears of War: E-Day, launched this week, and now we've gotten the first glimpse at how the game is performing commercially. Multiple analysts have weighed in, and there are numerous factors at play beyond pure sales, due to Game Pass and other factors. So let's break things down.Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics released a report that said the game has sold about 230,000 copies so far, with Steam sales accounting for 168,000 and Xbox (across console and PC) m
  
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• US console market hasn't been this bad "since the early 80s," analyst says

  09-10-2026 20:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  It is absolutely no surprise to anyone in the market for a new gaming console that prices have risen rather sharply in the last year-and-change, but fresh insights from a trusted industry analyst put some context into just how bad things have gotten.The ongoing RAM shortages, coupled with tariff-driven increases in hardware prices, have driven each of the three big console manufacturers; Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo; to drive up console prices numerous times in less than two years. If you want
  
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• How long does it take to beat Star Wars Galactic Racer and how many acts are there?

  09-10-2026 19:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  How long it takes to beat Star Wars Galactic Racer varies a lot, but rolling the credit can certainly be done in under 30 hours. The reason for the variation is its runs-based structure, so how long it takes you to beat ultimately depends on your skill and the number of tours you do. With that in mind, I've laid out some estimations for how long it might take you to beat Star Wars Galactic Racer as well as how each Act is structured so you know what lies ahead.How long is Galactic Racer?(Image c
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever – “Your Adventure Begins” Trailer

  09-10-2026 19:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Learn about the new quests, characters, and rewards waiting ahead of your leveling journey through Azeroth.
  
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• Arc Raiders When Everything Falls Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 19:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Arc Raiders is sending you back to Spaceport once again, this time to the Water Towers to track down a stash of weapons. This quest requires you to take a lot of photos, though, so come prepared to show off your photography skills. When you're ready to dive in, here's what you need to know about completing the When Everything Falls quest in Arc Raiders. In This Article Go to the Water TowersPhotograph a security boothPhotograph a reinforced busPhotograph the breach in the wallsPhotograph the Arr
  
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• Arc Raiders Empathetic Prototypes Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 19:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Arc Raiders has plenty of quests with strange or out-of-the-way solutions, but few put you in the position to pull off a Mission Impossible-style feat like Empathetic Prototypes. In this quest, you can use your awesome grappling hook skills to wrap up your task. Here's everything you need to know about completing Empathetic Prototypes in Arc Raiders. In This Article Reach the Trench Towers in the Spaceport TrenchFind the magnetic lock on the crate and manually disable itSearch the cargo crateDel
  
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• Arc Raiders Someone Else’s Shoes Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 19:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Arc Raiders is sending you back to the ever-dangerous Stella Montis for the Someone Else's Shoes quest, tasking you with scanning and searching for androids once more. This time around, you'll also need to reach the Control Room and search for some clues, so let's fill you in on how to do all of that. Here's how to complete Someone Else's Shoes in Arc Raiders. In This Article Scan any android on Stella MontisFind the android in Research Lab 3 in the Medical BayReach the Control Room in the Weste
  
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• D&D Star Wars is giving me Andor vibes with promises to let you "fly daring missions" and fight the Empire as a secret Rebel team

  09-10-2026 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like we could be dogfighting with the Empire in X-Wings and trading blaster-fire with Stormtroopers during 2027's D&D Star Wars, and I'm getting big Andor energy from the newly-announced adventure book.Revealed at New York Comic Con 2026, Tyro Squadron: Adventures will launch next year alongside a D&D Star Wars core book. Developer Wizards of the Coast is still keeping its Sabbac cards close to the chest where the latter is concerned, but the campaign takes place during the Orig
  
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• Will PvE mode split Arc Raiders in two? "It's very possible," says executive producer

  09-10-2026 19:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update is the talk of the town, but an even bigger change could be on the horizon. From October 13 through October 20, developer Embark will test something that some players have wanted from day one: a pure PvE mode. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal tells me this test is an essential step toward answering a question that even the devs have had since launch, even if it ends up splitting the game in two one day.Originally, Arc Raiders was a pure PvE game about
  
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• Leave It To Control Resonant To Make City Buses Scary

  09-10-2026 19:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Consistently haunting me in Control Resonant is an enemy called the Hiss Transporter. Simply put, it’s a demonic-looking bus that hits hard and spawns waves of Hiss Passengers--enemies horrifically fused with bus seats. This recurring miniboss is not only a long slog to fight, but it’s also terrifying. It consists of the front end of a city bus, floating vertically and emanating a threatening red glow. Its hull shakes erratically, as do the Hiss Passengers sticking out of its wi
  
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• Marvel Rivals devs try not to spoil Avengers Doomsday ahead of MCU event

  09-10-2026 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals developer NetEase is taking extra care to make sure it doesn't leak anything about Avengers Doomsday as it plans a crossover with the MCU film.2026 has been a big year for the Marvel Rivals team as the developers have been celebrating the four Avengers MCU themes with new cosmetics and modes throughout the year on the Path to Doomsday. This kicked off in April with an Avengers themed event that had a 6v1 asymmetrical mode in which you team up against a single Loki, while this week
  
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• Ex-PlayStation boss prefers "good 20 to 25-hour games" over 100-hour behemoths

  09-10-2026 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Video games have gotten large, and quite expensive, both to make and buy. Some might argue, myself included, they are generally a bit too big for their own good, and the bloating budgets aren't helpful for the industry. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios CEO Shawn Layden agrees, and he believes if publishers focus on smaller releases, it'll help everyone.He provided his views during an appearance on the Expansion Pass podcast. "I've been involved with plenty of games that ar
  
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• Phantom Blade 0 Has A Really Cool Detail That Hasn’t Been Explained

  09-10-2026 18:30 via gamespot.com
  
  After my six hours of hands-on time with Phantom Blade 0 in LA, I was sold on the game. The boss design is amazing, the soundtrack is killer, and the beautiful wide linear environments have great metroidvania style side distractions. Obviously, the crown jewel of developer S-Game's production is the motion-captured martial arts combat, and it did not disappoint. But as I kept fighting, something unique and unexpected stood out to me and, after having a talk with director and CEO Soulframe Liang,
  
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• Bloodborne PC port with full multiplayer can't get FromSoftware fans to vibe with vibe coding

  09-10-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Bloodborne isn't officially available on PC – and at this point, might never be – a good few fans have worked to port it over themselves… including those behind The Hunter's Dream, a multiplayer emulation that might not be as ambitious as it seems.The PlayStation 5 is seeing various emulation projects take off, finally allowing PC players access to Sony exclusives – but Bloodborne's own The Hunter's Dream might not really be that.
  As per its official website and
  
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• Battlefield 6 Is Adding Something Fans Have Wanted Since Day 1

  09-10-2026 18:21 via gamespot.com
  
  EA and Battlefield Studios have unveiled more details on Battlefield 6's upcoming Season 5, and it includes a new feature that fans have wanted since day one: a proper server browser.Battlefield did indeed launch with a server browser, but--considering how it only supported Portal mode--it wasn't the one fans wanted. One of the game's producers asked why players even want a full server browser. Now, in response to the feedback, Battlefield Studios is adding a proper server browser with the Seaso
  
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• GTA 6 Wanted Levels and Heat system explained

  09-10-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The GTA 6 Wanted Levels have received a significant overhaul, meaning they won't just be conveying how much trouble you're in with the law by the number of stars you've racked up. The stars will also take on different appearances in GTA 6, so you can tell if the local police are simply investigating a crime or have your details and are actively hunting you down. Add in the new Heat system that reveals exactly what information the cops have and there's a lot to take in, so let me explain how that
  
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• Warhammer Tone Pro may sound like it's for experts, but the paint may be even better for beginners

  09-10-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  I feel like we're missing something big with Warhammer Tone Pro.There's a lot of talk about how great this new paint line is for experts (it's been so good fans are literally watching paint dry), and in all fairness, it's right there in the name. But having been hands-on with the range for a couple of weeks now, I think that does Warhammer Tone Pro a disservice – it's also great for beginners.If you're new to the idea, Tone Pro was revealed at the Big Autumn Warhammer Preview 2026 as a rev
  
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• PlayStation creator turned AI CEO Ken Kutaragi predicts AI daydreams will replace video games

  09-10-2026 18:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ken Kutaragi is best known as the father of the PlayStation, having led the development of the PS1, PS2, and PS3 consoles. While he retired from Sony in 2007, he's keeping busy as an AI firm CEO who seems convinced that video games will soon be replaced by AI daydreams. The most incredible part is that he also seems to believe that's a good thing."AI will transform games into entertainment, and change human sensibilities," Kutaragi tells 4Gamer (via Power Up Gaming) at a recent university panel.
  
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• Wardogs Season 2 will pay people to join blue team to fix its "notoriously lower win rate"

  09-10-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wardogs Season 2 sees developer Bulkhead address imbalance in the game's teams, with notorious blue loser Lonestar receiving targeted bonuses to entice players to join up as part of a "social experiment" in game balance. The Season 2 patch notes take a swing at "faction balance," with Bulkhead acknowledging that "Wardogs is a game that isn't supposed to be always perfectly balanced." The running gag with blue team, however, bolstered by legitimate gameplay concerns, has started to materially aff
  
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• GTA 6 shows Jason nude, and fans are wondering if Rockstar will go full Red Dead Redemption 2

  09-10-2026 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are many lingering questions about GTA 6, and a significant amount of them center around Jason's nude body. After it was confirmed we get to see the protagonist in his birthday suit, the collective audience for Rockstar's upcoming crime sandbox have been pondering the finer details of his naked self – and making a few memes.It all stems from a preview by IGN that notes they got to see Jason fully unclothed for a shower scene. The moment was used to demonstrate how you can flip perspe
  
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• Street Fighter Was On Death’s Door, And Its Players Weren’t Getting Any Younger

  09-10-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Street Fighter 5 launched in 2016 in rough shape, and if things hadn't changed, the classic fighting game franchise might have been dead and buried by 2026. That's according to Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto and game director Takayuki Nakayama, who recently spoke about how Capcom's signature fighting game franchise was knocking on death's door at one point, before a turnaround strategy reenergized it for a new generation of digital fisticuffs.Following Capcom veteran Yoshinoro Ono's
  
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• Arc Raiders Ruins And Reverberations Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  After having you try multiple items to fix antennas across three different maps in your previous quest, Arc Raiders sends you back to its newest map, Pendola Pass, for the Ruins and Reverberations quest. Here, you'll need to use a Spotter Relay on an antenna--though things don't initially pan out how you'd prefer. Let's talk about it below. In This Article Connect a Spotter Relay to the antenna on the roof of the Cielo Sereno ObservatoryWeld the wires in the crawlspace under the control room to
  
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• Arc Raiders A Path Not Yours Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 17:41 via gamespot.com
  
  As you make progress in the Frozen Trail update quests in Arc Raiders, you'll eventually come across A Path Not Yours, which tasks you with finding a Nomad trail. Luckily, we've got the exact location of where this trail begins, as well as where it ends. So, let's get right to it. Here's how to complete A Path Not Yours in Arc Raiders. In This Article Find the start of the Nomad trail under the Highway CollapseFollow the trail markers to the Nomad hideoutFind Bilguun's gift at the buried cache u
  
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• Arc Raiders To The Skies Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 17:39 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're working through the quests added in Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update, you'll eventually come across one called To the Skies, which asks you to scan ARC Probes and ARC Couriers. There's more to this quest than initially meets the eye, though, so let's talk about it. Here's how to complete To the Skies in Arc Raiders. In This Article Scan any crashed ARC Probe / Scan any ARC CourierSearch for the gandola prototype
  For more help with quests, check out our full Arc Raiders mission list.Bef
  
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• Arc Raiders Wires Crossed Quest Guide

  09-10-2026 17:38 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've come across the Wires Crossed quest in Arc Raiders, you're probably aware that it's sending you to three different maps for three different antennas. It's a lot of walking for sure, but we'll help you cut down on the tedium by filling you in on exactly where you need to go to finish this one up. Here's how to complete the Wires Crossed quest in Arc Raiders. In This Article Attach a Snitch Scanner to the antenna at Pilgrim's PeakAttach a Surveyor Vault to the antenna on top of the Launc
  
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• The new Ocarina of Time figures are nowhere to be found, but some of the best Zelda amiibo are back at Nintendo UK

  09-10-2026 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The newest Young Link and Zelda amiibo have come and gone at US retailers, but pre-orders still have yet to appear for us UK-based fans. And trust me, I've checked.I've been refreshing the Nintendo UK online storefront every day since the figures were unveiled during the 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct, and yet they're still yet to show their little, plastic uncanny valley faces. Today's check came up empty just as they always do, yet I did at least spot that some of my favorite Legend of Zelda
  
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• The Corsair Skiff 100 Plus's rubber domes bring smooth silence to the membrane market

  09-10-2026 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Membrane gaming keyboards are some of the cheapest available, but they often have a hard time defending themselves against the budget end of the mechanical market. The Corsair Skiff 100 Plus sits at the usual $59.99 / £59.99, but its typing experience, extra macro keys and vibrant RGB lighting combined with a healthy propensity for discounts falling at around $49.99 / £39.99 mean this deck really can give some of those cheaper mechanical clackers something to think about. It's only g
  
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