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• Before Skyrim, Todd Howard said a "brute force" Fallout 3 system shaped the RPG's iconic open world

  13-10-2026 15:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The radiant quest system that made Skyrim's open-world so responsive to its protagonist only came about because of Bethesda's "brute force" approach to the idea in Fallout 3.In an interview with OPM first published in 2011, Todd Howard explained the origins of Bethesda's novel approach to an open-world RPG. "In Fallout 3 there are these random encounters," he explains. "A guy being hunted by a Deathclaw, [or] this group of people fighting over a refrigerator. And we wrote this giant script for F
  
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• Something Utterly Chaotic Is Happening In The VTuber World

  15-10-2026 14:12 via gamespot.com
  
  If you've ever wondered what would happen if you put an AI VTuber, her evil twin, their creator, a cow, an imp, and a monkey in a car in a post-apocalyptic desert and told them to drive thousands of kilometers, congratulations. You've got the same brain as Vedal987, the creator of Neuro-Sama and her twin, Evil.
  The girls, along with Vedal, KokoNuts, Camila, and Crelly, kicked off a marathon of The Long Drive on October 12, with the ambitious goal of making it through a game that demands a lot mo
  
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• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners creator received "dozens" of DMs a day about bringing David back but "you don't really want that"

  15-10-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyberpunk: Edgerunners creator and showrunner Bartosz Sztybor admits there is plenty of external pressure on bringing David back for season 2,but says he is happy that the animated Netflix series is having a clean break from the previous gang's collection of netrunners and cyberpsychos."Receiving dozens of DMs every day [asking] to bring David back can put pressure on you. From the very start, I knew that – no – [season two] needs to be something different to stay true to the IP. Eve
  
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• Where to buy MTG Darkhold Destiny

  15-10-2026 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're anything like me and have been won over by Marvel's supernatural new set, you'll be wondering where to buy MTG Darkhold Destiny. Have resellers gotten to it? Is it even up for pre-order yet? Because there's already a lot of buzz surrounding this expansion, I'm rounding up every offer I can find for you. As of right now, that's easier said than done; the set isn't as widely available as you might think, with only Amazon and TCGPlayer allowing you to buy MTG Darkhold Destiny. While I'm s
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake features a new mechanic that should hopefully make Navi less annoying

  15-10-2026 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has revealed a new mechanic in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake that will feature secrets for Navi to find, and hopefully make the companion less annoying.The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake looks to be a pretty faithful recreation of the N64 classic. While there are some major changes – like full voice-acted cutscenes for everyone except Link, a new boss rematch mode, and the addition of a jump button and a dash to Link's movement kit – the core of the ad
  
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• All Build an Ant Empire codes (October 2026) and how to redeem them for Cash and more

  15-10-2026 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the latest Build an Ant Empire codes, you can capitalize on events and boost your cash income considerably, allowing you to expand your ant nest and obtain faster, more hard-working ants faster than ever.In this adorable Roblox experience, your aim is to grow your colony with rare ants who carry food back to your nest for you to sell for cash. That cash in turn can be spent on more ants, upgrading your nest, and improving your luck. With better ants, not only do you earn cash quicker, but y
  
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• This Chance To Get A Steam Frame For $1 Is One You Can’t Miss

  15-10-2026 13:30 via gamespot.com
  
  I’ve owned all three iterations of the Meta Quest (formerly the Oculus Quest, my precious), the PSVR, and the Oculus Rift S, and I’ve spent years writing stories and reviews about VR games. I’m somewhat of a VR expert, I say in my best Willem Dafoe voice. The Steam Frame is arguably one of the most exciting VR headsets on the market, and with a chance to win one for just $1, well, it’s a no-brainer.While the Meta Quest 3 wins as a budget-friendly option (if $500 can be co
  
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• Cyberpunk 2 Is Evolving Beyond Its Director’s Original Vision

  15-10-2026 13:24 via gamespot.com
  
  As development on Cyberpunk 2 continues, game director Gabe Amatangelo has shared more thoughts on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and how his plans have evolved as CD Projekt Red has started to assign more people to its creation. In a new blog post, Amatangelo spoke about what the theme of cyberpunk means to him, remarking that he wanted to explore ideas of dehumanization. With more people now working on Cyberpunk 2, Amatangelo explained that the project is becoming a "reflection" of the people worki
  
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• Marvel's Wolverine star Debra Wilson isn't sure why Insomniac used her likeness for Callisto

  15-10-2026 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 and Star Wars Jedi star Debra Wilson says she prefers playing characters who aren't modeled after her, and questioned why Marvel's Wolverine developer, Insomniac, made Callisto use her likeness. Despite a film and TV career dating back to 1992, Debra Wilson has become one of the most prolific video game actors of all time in the last decade. While she did have roles in the likes of Metal Gear Solid 4 and Halo 3, Wilson has been in a huge number of games as of late – 10 in 2019 al
  
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• Diablo 4 update fixes problem preventing players from completing the Season 15 questline properly

  15-10-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  As it turns out, there was a bug in Diablo 4 Season 15 that prevented players from finishing the main questline. Mercifully, the issue has been rectified in the latest patch, though there are other problems players hope Blizzard will look into.The topline change in the update focuses on players getting access to a Splinter of Prime Evil before they're supposed to. Doing so stops you from finishing the central quest, because the Prime Evil powers are meant to be part of your reward.The glitch has
  
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• DCU animated show Mister Miracle casts its 2 leads, and DC Studios boss teases it's "dynamite"

  15-10-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The animated Mister Miracle show has found its lead actors, and DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran has teased it's something special. In an interview with IGN, Peter Safran confirmed that Scott Free, AKA Mister Miracle himself, would be voiced by Josh Hutcherson, with Mackenzie Davis as Big Barda. "Somewhere in early stages," Safran told the publication of DC's animated projects announced at Annecy. "Absolute Batman, [Scott Snyder's] just working on the scripts right now. Mister Miracle, I think tha
  
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• Should You Play The Resident Evil Remakes On Switch 2?

  15-10-2026 13:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Capcom has ported Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 remakes over to the Nintendo Switch 2. We know these game are worth playing, but do the Switch 2 ports do these games justice?
  
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• This year's Pokemon Center Christmas decorations already have me feeling festive

  15-10-2026 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  I appreciate that it's not even Halloween yet, but the Pokemon Center Christmas decorations just dropped – and they're threatening some major festive cheer up in here.I'm the sort of guy who normally prefers to get spooky season out of the way before thinking about tinsel and jingle bells, but even my willpower is being sorely tested by this collection. Ornaments, cozy clothing, pins, and knick-knacks of all sorts have just dropped, and they're so Christmassy it's got me practically hummin
  
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• Riot calls time on League of Legends Classic after almost 3 months

  15-10-2026 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Not even three months have passed since Riot Games launched League of Legends Classic, but the developers are already planning to end support for the MOBA spin-off.League of Legends Classic launched as an alternative to Riot's 17-year-old game – a version that allows players to "relive the early days of the 5v5 MOBA that defined the genre," as per its official website for the title.
  It boasted all the original champions, items, and systems that longtime fans once knew and loved, but it see
  
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• How to beat the Arc Raiders Bullies

  15-10-2026 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bullies in Arc Raiders were added as part of the Frozen Trail update, and quickly became one of the most perniciously persistent foes that players can expect to go up against. The Bully is somewhere between the Bombardier and the Leaper, a fast-moving enemy that rapidly sprints in the player's direction, keeping up a constant barrage of shotgun blasts and grenade attacks that give little chance for retaliation or recovery. Defeating one isn't easy, even if you're well-equipped for it, but below
  
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• Quick! Legend of Zelda Switch 2 stock just returned to the shelves

  15-10-2026 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda Nintendo Switch 2 has just magically reappeared on the shelves, with Smyths Toys dropping fresh stock this morning. This is one of the biggest console releases of the year so far, with its original pre-order run lasting mere moments before being swept off the shelves. Needless to say, if you're still hunting the shelves for last minute special editions this is where you need to be right now. The special edition handheld will run you £429.99 at Smyths Toys right now, &po
  
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• Xbox is reportedly asking fans how they feel about greater console exclusivity

  15-10-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Xbox survey is asking players how they would feel about future titles being console-exclusive to Xbox, with Fallout, Hideo Kojima's Physint, and Minecraft name-dropped. Since its massive spending spree on the likes of Activision Blizzard and Bethesda, Xbox has been a bit all over the place when it comes to exclusives. Aside from honoring exclusive deals with the likes of Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo, Microsoft went all-in on being a third-party publisher for a bit there, bringing almost
  
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• Vision star Paul Bettany says Robert Downey Jr. should have won an Oscar for playing Iron Man

  15-10-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest actor Paul Bettany thinks "snobbery" stopped fellow MCU star Robert Downey Jr. from winning an Oscar for Iron Man."Robert Downey, in my opinion, should have won an Oscar for that role [in Avengers: Endgame]," Bettany said in an interview with Buzzfeed Australia."It's extraordinarily hard to do. It's only some sort of snobbery regarding superhero movies that I think stopped that from happening. Because anybody who has ever had anything to do with making a movie knows that it looks har
  
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• Valve beats Epic to the punch, updates Steam launcher 1 day before its rival claims to be "faster"

  15-10-2026 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Epic Games has just overhauled its launcher using generative AI, unveiling a new "vibe coded" version meant to be faster than Valve's Steam – but, spoiler alert… it's seemingly not so quick, after all.Although Epic publicly called out Steam, claiming its launcher is now "faster than the other guy" (with Valve's launcher being the other guy here, if that's not obvious), fans are proving the company wrong – and, hey, why not?
  After all, Epic Games did also instruct us to "test i
  
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• DC Studios boss says Lanterns season 2 will happen if they find "a worthy successor to a beloved and great first season"

  15-10-2026 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran has addressed the future of Lanterns. Season 1 of the DCU detective show recently wrapped up on HBO, and while it works well as a standalone season of TV, it also leaves the door open for future instalments. "This was one great season of television based on a property that had been somewhat irradiated since 2011, right?" Safran told Collider, when asked his takeaway from season 1's reception. "The thing that's most gratifying about this show and this season on HBO
  
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• Marvel TV head still hopes that Wonder Man season 2 might happen by "some miracle"

  15-10-2026 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum has opened up about Wonder Man's cancelation, calling the situation "complicated". Speaking in a new interview, he said that he still hopes something could happen in the future with the show. "I fought for it, I don't know what to say. It's complicated," he replied when asked about it on The Brandon Davis Show. "Sometimes you feel like you're invincible and can make whatever you want, sometimes, you don't have leverage, it's subject to market forces that I like bar
  
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• Everything New In Wardogs Season 2

  15-10-2026 11:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Wardogs is about to get shaken up with the arrival of Season 2. The tactical shooter will get a fresh arsenal, new vehicles, a round of balance changes, and more ways to fortify the battlefield.The update will be available at 9:30 AM UTC on October 15, with the community already discussing its potential impact. Some players have been enthusiastic about the scale of the changes, although the new economy and logistics adjustments have seen concerns from players who rely more heavily on those syste
  
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• Marvel TV boss says "save Daredevil" is great but so is "watch Daredevil"

  15-10-2026 10:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again season 3 will be the final season of the Marvel TV show, and according to Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum that was always the plan. However, in a new interview, he did also make some interesting comments about TV show cancelations, making reference to Daredevil: Born Again.Speaking about Wonder Man's axing earlier this year, presenter Brandon Davis suggested that the series could make a return down the line, akin to Daredevil's resurgence. However, Winderbaum had a pretty in
  
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• After avoiding GTA 5 for 13 years, Trevor actor says he's excited for GTA 6 and might even stream it

  15-10-2026 02:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steven Ogg, the actor best known for playing Trevor in GTA 5, spent many years pretending the game didn't exist, but 13 years later, he's fully embracing his role in making it so special. For a few weeks now, Ogg has been participating in a series of GTA 5 livestreams hosted by his co-star, Michael actor Ned Luke, and in the latest episode, Ogg not only acknowledges GTA 6's existence – he expresses vague excitement for the sequel and even floats the idea of streaming it alongside Luke. Pro
  
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• Wardogs is getting loadouts, CEO confirms, but the devs want you to "keep trying" new builds

  14-10-2026 23:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wardogs players, your wishes have been answered: you're getting your precious loadouts, even if the developers really don't like what you're probably going to do with them.In a detailed reply to a Reddit user imploring developer Bulkhead to add custom loadouts to Wardogs, the company's CEO, Joe Brammer, confirms that the feature is coming and explains why it's taking so long. The TLDR is that the developers specifically opted out of loadouts to force players to experiment with their kits, which
  
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• A Sentient Snowman Is (Surprisingly) My Favorite Part Of This RPG Remake

  14-10-2026 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  At this year's New York Comic Con, I met with Square Enix to check out two of its upcoming RPG projects. One was Final Fantasy VII Revelation, a game firmly planted in the modern era of video games with top-of-the-line visuals and all the trimmings of a AAA, big-budget game. The other was Romancing Saga 3: Destinies United, a remake of a classic turn-based RPG from the mid-1990s. At first glance, the remake's updated visuals and faster gameplay are easily apparent draws for newer players, b
  
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• Pokemon lead is making an "original" RPG where you wash your outfits and let them dry in real time

  14-10-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shigeru Ohmori has been working on Pokemon games since the original Ruby and Sapphire in 2002, and has been directing the series since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire over a decade later. Now, still at Game Freak, he's working on something all-new in the form of a magical girl RPG that relies on real-life weather.Ohmori wants to build "forms of expression that can only be achieved in a completely original game," as he tells Famitsu (translated by Automaton). The result is Ame Nochi Hare Onna, a fr
  
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• After Valve was criticized, devs back Steam's refund policy by creating 2-hour game Refund This Game

  14-10-2026 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over the summer, a bubble of discourse centered around one developer – Mateo Covic of Paddle Paddle Paddle fame – and his frustrations with Steam's two-hour refund window saw countless players and developers interrogate Valve's policy. Lots of people, including Covic himself, said they remain "100% pro refund" despite some potential for exploits. In a delayed response to that whole incident, two developers have made and released Refund This Game, a first-person platformer designed to
  
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• Arc Raiders devs had the same debates as players over PvE, but "dad gamers" pushed them to try it

  14-10-2026 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders is finally trying out a PvE-only mode, and it's gone exactly as you'd expect. After the limited-time release of a PvE toggle, fierce opinions have hit the game's community faster than Bastion bullets to my temple after I misclick my photoelectric cloak, and the test has only just begun. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal tells me that, inside developer Embark Studios, similar debates about a PvE mode raged, but the team decided the "dad gamers" deserve a fair shot. At the r
  
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• Epic Is Overhauling Its Anti-Cheat So That Fortnite Can Finally Come To A New Platform

  14-10-2026 21:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Thanks to devices such as the Steam Deck and Steam Machine, as well as the ongoing issues with Windows, gaming on Linux looks a lot more attractive over the last few years. Its biggest hurdle is still multiplayer games and their anti-cheat systems, but Epic Games is committed to bringing one of the biggest around to the operating system soon.Epic Games has announced that it is working on a Linux version for Fortnite. It's going to act as a test for Epic's overhaul of EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat), its s
  
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