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• Best Free Prismana To Choose In Aniimo

  16-09-2026 14:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Early in your time with the new creature-catching game Aniimo, you'll be given the choice to pick one free Prismana, which is a more powerful version of Aniimo. The decision can feel overwhelming with all the different options, so this guide will help you make the best choice for your playthrough.If you're just getting started, we also have a guide for choosing your starter Aniimo as well.Prismana Aniimo choicesWhat are Prismana Aniimo?You learn about Prismana Aniimo early in the game, even thou
  
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• 007 First Light Just Got Its Biggest Update Yet, And You Can Get It At Its Lowest Price Ever Right Now

  17-09-2026 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The history of James Bond games is a little wonky. GoldenEye 007 remains a landmark in gaming history, marking one of the best FPS games of all time almost 30 years ago. Everything or Nothing was a solid classic, but for every good game featuring the MI6 agent, there are some bad ones. Now, I’m not naming names, but I’m specifically looking at 007 Legends and 007 Racing—which, despite the name, isn’t a racing game. Fortunately, IO Interactive’s 007 First Light is fi
  
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• GTA 6 Will Feature The “Next Evolution Of In-Game Radio,” Rockstar Says

  17-09-2026 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Tucked away at the bottom of Rockstar's blog post today announcing GTA 6: The Album was a line about other updates to come for the game regarding its sound and music.
  Rockstar said fans should "stay tuned for more details about the music of GTA 6," and specifically the game's "dynamic score." Additionally, Rockstar teased that GTA 6 will feature the "next evolution of in-game radio, and more."This does not tell us a whole lot. However, it was previously rumored that GTA 6 will feature people lik
  
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• Diablo 5 is Blizzard's darkest ARPG yet, and that's the best way to honor the game that changed my life 30 years ago

  17-09-2026 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard made the surprise announcement during BlizzCon 2026 that Diablo 5 is officially in the works, with its 2029 release set for six years after Diablo 4. That may seem like a long way off, but it's a huge reduction in the time between entries; Diablo 3 launched 12 years after Diablo 2, and Diablo 4 followed 11 years after.You might expect that stunted development cycle to result in a sequel that's narrower in scope compared to previous entries. Actually, Diablo 5 sounds like the biggest dep
  
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• Scientists Discovered A New Cat Before Rockstar Could Finish GTA 6

  17-09-2026 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 has been in development since 2015, and a lot of things have happened since then, including the recent discovery a new species of cat.
  The scientific journal Current Biology disclosed the discovery of Leopardus tilcayo--known as the tilcayo tiger cat--this week. The adorable little creature is smaller than your typical housecat, featuring spots and round ears. According to the discovery, the cat species was found in the Bolivian Yungas forest.
  The tilcayo tiger cat
  
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• Roblox Movie 99 Nights In The Forest Brings On Oscar-Winning Toy Story 4 Director

  17-09-2026 20:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming 99 Nights in the Forest movie, based on the super-popular Roblox survival-horror game, has reportedly brought on a very big name.
  According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Studios--which is owned by Disney--has hired Josh Cooley to write the script. Cooley directed the Oscar-winning Pixar movie Toy Story 4. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for Inside Out. Beyond Disney movies, Cooley directed Transformers One.99 Nights in the Forest is coming to the big screen.99 N
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Tones Down The Romance

  17-09-2026 20:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a masterpiece of a Fire Emblem game, but one beloved element that fans of the series have grown attached to is missing in action this time around--or at least, very downplayed.
  Romance has been a staple of the Fire Emblem series for years, especially since Fire Emblem Awakening lets you couple up characters and then access the next generation of their children. Three Houses and Engage continued this tradition to a more limited degree, letting your player-character
  
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• The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, and more (September 18-20)

  17-09-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Well, here we are again. Another week and another bucket load of brilliant movies and television shows to catch up on, which promises to be a great bit of binging. Sure, you can go out and see Resident Evil, or maybe spend some time slicing and dicing bad guys as Wolverine, but sometimes, time must be spent just chilling out on the sofa and taking another trip back to Hawkins, or maybe see an unfiltered Gary Oldman fart like he owns the place.So what have we got for you? Well, firstly there&rsqu
  
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• Street Fighter Movie’s Popcorn Bucket Is Absolutely Perfect. No Notes.

  17-09-2026 19:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Popcorn buckets for movies are all the rage today. Basically every big movie has one. But they aren't all created equally. One popcorn bucket that looks like it could be the best one yet is for this October's Street Fighter movie.
  Revealed today by Cody Rhodes, the Street Fighter popcorn bucket, which will be exclusive to AMC locations, is modeled after his character Guile's epic hair. The popcorn goes in the bucket, and then you can put it on your head and grab the popcorn from up there. Or you
  
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• Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert

  17-09-2026 19:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even as GTA 6 is set to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time and publishers like Activision Blizzard and EA get bought and sold for billions, there are lingering fears that the game industry is heading toward – or perhaps already in the middle of – its biggest crash in decades. But much like the big crash of the '80s, this one seems to be very regional, and Japan is among the game development hubs seeming to make it through intact."Japan is a completely different ballgame"
  
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• 2027 Upcoming Games Release Schedule

  17-09-2026 19:34 via gamespot.com
  
  2027 is shaping up to be another big year for new video games, as the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S continue to get plenty of games despite their massively increased prices, and Nintendo's Switch 2 has been, slowly but surely, getting a great lineup of exclusives. Whether you're waiting for a new soulslike or the big new AAA first-person shooter, 2027 very likely has something you can look forward to playing. To break it all down as we move into 2027, GameSpot has outlined all the upcoming games
  
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• The Last of Us game director says AAA games have gotten "boring," and he's "not excited" looking at God of War Laufey gameplay

  17-09-2026 19:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 game director Bruce Straley has shipped enough AAA blockbusters to know that triple-A gaming is getting tired."I think the verbs and experiences we're delivering in the triple-A space are…" Straley tells Edge magazine for issue 428, as part of a feature that's now been republished in the Knowledge newsletter, "I wanna say boring." The former Naughty Dog lead has had a hand in shaping multiple major franchises since 1999, and he stopped being impressed at som
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day On PC Won’t Let You Play Without A Ray Tracing-Capable GPU

  17-09-2026 19:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of its release next month, the official PC specs for Gears of War: E-Day have been revealed. The next game in the series has looked good in recent previews, and if you're aiming to reach a high level of fidelity, you're going to need some fairly chunky PC hardware for 4K gibs and perfect reloads. The good news is that no matter which graphics preset you choose, you'll only need 16GB of RAM--welcome news considering just how much memory costs in the current tech climate.One thing worth poin
  
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• Capcom is finally removing scummy character customization vouchers from Monster Hunter Wilds, players immediately dance on their grave

  17-09-2026 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, Capcom has announced the removal of the game's widely hated character edit vouchers, which force players to spend real money in order to re-edit their character's appearance. "With the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance in 2027, all players will be able to re-edit the appearance of their hunter and Palico as many times as they like, free of charge and without the need for a Character Edit Voucher, which will be removed from the game," a post fro
  
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• Wardogs error codes and possible fixes

  17-09-2026 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wardogs error codes are popping up for a lot of players as a result of server issues while players cram in, legitimate errors, or just random bugs. Those that played in the beta might already be aware of some of these and that many of them don't necessarily have definitive fixes, but there are still plenty of things you can try that might help. If error codes are preventing you from playing Wardogs, I've laid out some potential fixes you can try below.Possible fixes for Wardogs error codes(Image
  
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• The Nintendo Switch would have "completely eliminated" the Japanese console market if it became "another flop like the Wii U," expert says

  17-09-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  You probably don't need to be reminded that the Nintendo Switch was a remarkable success. The hybrid console is the second-best-selling system ever, behind the almighty PlayStation 2, and one analyst believes that if it hadn't taken off, the Japanese side of the industry would've taken a serious hit.Nintendo wasn't in the strongest position leading into the Switch. The Wii U failed to meet anyone's expectations, especially after the Wii, and the makers of The Legend of Zelda and Kirby needed a w
  
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• It's The Witcher 3 all over again: The Blood of Dawnwalker New Game Plus is "coming," director says as fans beg for more

  17-09-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although The Blood of Dawnwalker only launched this month, fans are already waiting to see what the former CD Projekt Red masterminds behind the vampire RPG have in store – and it looks like it'll be New Game Plus.Now that we know The Blood of Dawnwalker will have sequels of some flavor in the future, fans have been wondering whether the current game itself will perhaps get a New Game Plus – and yes, yes it will... much like The Witcher 3 did after its own launch.Director Konrad Toma
  
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• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is such a perfect JRPG remake, it has me wishing for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake I could've had

  17-09-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Only last year, around the launch of the fantastic Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, did I say I was drowning in gaming remakes. Now, as Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter releases – also a sublime remake that manages to add extra detail beyond its predecessor – we're more inundated than ever. Even so, developers and players alike can't seem to agree on what they most want from remakes: vast reimaginings, or dedicated faithfulness? Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter offers the best approach by ba
  
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• Upcoming soulslike Valor Mortis costs $40 as it's up against GTA 6 and the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake: "We want this to be a game that you can pick up alongside these other great games"

  17-09-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Ghostrunner developer's upcoming first-person soulslike Valor Mortis is launching for $40 because the release schedule is simply too busy.September going into October 2026 is one of the busiest release windows in recent memory. GTA 6 – which publishers don't want to launch against – being in mid-November meant that before Onimusha: Way of the Sword pushed its release to earlier in September, it would've been launching alongside Control Resonant, Valor Mortis, Harvest Moon: Echoes
  
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• Aniimo codes (September 2026) for Glimmer, Credits, and more

  17-09-2026 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Aniimo codes can be used to get the best start in this open-world RPG, as you explore the continent of Idyll, rounding up creatures to add to your collection. As you encounter and capture unique Aniimo you can utilize their abilities to travel further and reach new areas, as well as battling against others in exciting completions. To find out more, here are all of the gift codes for Aniimo and how to claim them.Note that while Aniimo is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X, it doesn't lau
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – Which Flame Lord Should You Pick First?

  17-09-2026 18:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a sprawling tale composed of four different interconnected heroes, each with their own story campaign. These can be played in any order, and the choice might seem daunting. Which hero is the best to start your journey with? The simple answer is that you can begin with any hero you choose, but if you want to make an informed choice about which one might work best for your tastes, we can help.After a brief prologue, you're taken to the Obelisk Chamber, where you'll
  
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• The X-Men assemble in place of the Avengers in Maximum X-Men #1 preview

  17-09-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The X-Men have their work cut out for them in the wake of Avengers: Armageddon. As announced by Marvel Comics back at SDCC 2026, writer Christopher Yost and artist Tony S. Daniel will be getting the team back together, so to speak, while the Avengers pick up the pieces in Maximum X-Men this December – and we've got an exclusive preview of the interior art as well as some answers from Yost about what to expect from the new ongoing series."In the wake of the events of AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON, E
  
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• I Played WoW: Forever On A Controller, And That’s Big News

  17-09-2026 17:59 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever, Blizzard's next evolution of WoW Classic that will see significant changes and content additions, is fully playable on controller.I got to experience WoW: Forever's new Skyborne elf starting zone with the control scheme during a hands-on demo at BlizzCon 2026. A prompt outlining the controls noted controller support was in an "alpha" state, but despite supposedly still being in early development, it worked surprisingly well.That's a first for Blizzard's MMORPG. Though
  
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• Wardogs boss clarifies the FPS had 4 weeks of "optional" crunch that devs could opt out of, but admits "social pressure" might have made some feel "less than great"

  17-09-2026 17:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bulkhead, the studio behind current FPS hotness Wardogs found itself at the centre of controversy this week, since CEO Joe Brammer made some inadvisable comments around crunch at the company. Essentially, he said it's part of the development there, prompting pushback, and now clarification from him on what he really meant.For context, this started when he discussed Bulkhead's culture with The Game Business. "A lot of people who may have an issue with crunch," he said."Rightly so, I understand th
  
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• GTA 6 Multiplayer Could Launch In 2027, Twitch CEO Says

  17-09-2026 17:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar has described GTA 6 as a "single-player experience," but everyone expects the game to eventually include a multiplayer element given the enormous success of the existing GTA Online. But when could GTA 6's online multiplayer release? According to Twitch CEO Dan Clancy, fans can expect it sometime in 2027.He said this in an interview with Bloomberg (via IGN), saying Twitch spent "a lot of time talking with Rockstar about their plans." He said Twitch stands to benefit from GTA 6's release,
  
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• Mini War codes (September 2026) for Gems and more

  17-09-2026 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  I guarantee you'll want to redeem these Mini War codes since they award players with Gems, a valuable currency you can only spend at the in-game Black Market on exclusive units and buildings.You can't always access the Black Market in this Roblox city-builder and management sim, in fact it only appears for 20 minutes every hour, so you need to ensure you have enough Gems saved up to spend when it does open. So, redeem these Mini War codes while you have the chance, and keep an eye out for the sp
  
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• Mike Flanagan says his remake of The Mist "isn't a retread":"The differences start page 1"

  17-09-2026 17:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  We don't want to presume, but Mike Flanagan has had such a horrifyingly massive to-do list lately that we're wondering if he's resorted to supernatural methods to get through it all. With his Carrie series on Prime Video just around the corner and the filmmaker currently in production on new Exorcist movie, he's also mapping out his version of The Mist, which was previously brought to life by Frank Darabont in 2007. What's perhaps even more impressive is that he promises it won't be anything lik
  
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• GTA 6 Boss Says PC Is Becoming “More And More Important”

  17-09-2026 17:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 launches in November for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but is it also going to release on PC? It won't at launch, but history suggests it will come to PC further down the track. Now, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has commented on the company's approach to PC releases generally.At the company's virtual shareholder meeting today, as reported by GamesRadar, Zelnick said Take-Two's general approach is that the company will put out games "for any platforms for which
  
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• With GTA 6 about to launch, Take-Two boss unloads on investor criticizing "years of delays, missed expectations, and continued dependence on a small number of major franchises"

  17-09-2026 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick had a quibble to pick during the company's annual virtual shareholder meeting GamesRadar+ attended on September 17. Sounding like bajillions of GTA 6 fans around the globe, an investor expressed frustration with Take-Two’s growing history of delays – but Zelnick squashes the suggestions that Take-Two is incompetent.Zelnick reads the following offending question out loud during the shareholder meeting: "Many shareholders have tolerated years of delays, mi
  
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• You can't get a physical copy of GTA 6, but you can get the soundtrack on CD or a $125 deluxe vinyl collection

  17-09-2026 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar has finally announced discs for GTA 6 – just not the kind you were probably hoping for. A soundtrack release called Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album will drop on November 20, just after the game itself, on CD and vinyl. The album features "34 original tracks" from a wide array of artists, including everyone from Travis Scott and Rauw Alejandro to Keith Richards and Morgan Wallen.Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album is currently available to pre-order straight from the official site in an ar
  
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