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• Everything in the Helldivers 2 Ironclad Democracy Warbond

  15-09-2026 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Helldivers 2 Ironclad Democracy Warbond looks to be a spiritual sequel to Democratic Detonation, with even more explosive and incendiary power (and if you saw the trailer go live early, no you didn't). If you choose to spend your hard-earned Super Credits on this Warbond, you'll be able to unlock five weapons for your loadout, including a pump-action grenade launcher and an assault rifle with an underslung shotgun – lots of Helldivers 2 firsts. It all sounds pretty fun, so here's a bre
  
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• When is Resident Evil on streaming? Speculation on when it could hit Netflix

  16-09-2026 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie will be shuffling its way into theaters this week, all bloodied and bitey, but you might already be wondering when it's going to land on streaming services. It's here that we advise you to take a breath, reserve your ammo, and wait a while, because there’s no streaming date in sight just yet. Having said that, with the hype well and truly at breaking point and the initial reactions to Zach Cregger's trip into Raccoon City being incredibly positive, we're going to we
  
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• Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai warns "an industry that loses its originality will simply die a slow death" as he retires his Game Designers Award after 16 years

  16-09-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai announced that his Game Designers Award will be discontinued due to his inability to find a successor. Since 2010, Sakurai has presented the award at the Japan Game Awards, and at 2026's event – where Pokemon Pokopia took home the grand prize (its version of game of the year) – the prize went to Word Game by Team9. The award is presented by Sakurai, who is also the head judge and responsible for inviting other judges, with the crit
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever takes page out of retail's book as Blizzard confirms access to add-ons will be restricted in the throwback MMO

  16-09-2026 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever was unveiled this past weekend at BlizzCon 2026, giving us our first-ever look at Blizzard's official take on Classic+ (or, at least, the closest thing we'll get to it) – and much like the retail MMO, it won't be too supportive of add-ons, apparently.Blizzard made waves in the World of Warcraft community after deciding to remove combat mods from the retail release, stating that it hoped to "level the playing field" with less outside help in raids and the like.
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• Lady Dimitrescu might not be in the new Resident Evil movie, but Zach Cregger knows who he'd cast

  16-09-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu might not be a character in the new movie from Zach Cregger, but he still has an idea of whom he'd cast as the iconic villain. Lady Dimitrescu debuted back in the 2021 game that revolves around Ethan Winters, and she quickly took the world by storm. When asked by Pedestrian TV whom he'd cast, Cregger responded with an excellent pick: Mad Men star Christina Hendricks. "That feels about right to me," he said. The interviewer's choice, meanwhile, was Joan Cus
  
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• Best Aniimo Starter To Choose: Helion Or Lunara

  16-09-2026 12:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Aniimo has been released as a new free-to-play creature-catching game similar to Palworld and Pokemon. Early in the storyline, the game asks you to make a major decision in choosing from one of two "starter" Aniimo as a guardian. In this guide, we'll discuss the differences between these two Aniimo, so you can make the best choice for your playthrough.Who are Helion and Lunara?Helion and Lunara evolutionsYou'll encounter two talking Aniimo called Helion and Lunara, who appear to be essential to
  
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• New PS5 Update Is Out Now, And Sony Actually Added Some New Features

  16-09-2026 12:11 via gamespot.com
  
  A new PS5 firmware update has arrived, and it's upgrading the console with more than just extra stability. Firmware update version 26.06-14.00.00 offers a new tweak for the PS5 Pro console, voice chat improvements, and tweaks to longstanding features. Here's a breakdown of everything.For PS5 Pro owners, the update will now see the option for enhanced PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) turned on by default. When this is active, it will allow games to run with sharper, smo
  
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• As GTA 6: An Extended Look sends hype into overdrive, PS5 Pro prices surge as high as €1,400 in Europe as stock issues persist

  16-09-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news if you live in Europe and you're still without a PS5 Pro ahead of the release of GTA 6 – stock issues have sent prices skyrocketing, as it appears everyone has had the same idea of grabbing the console before the launch of Rockstar's blockbuster this November.As reported by Heise Online, asking prices for the PS5 Pro have increased significantly over the last few weeks, coinciding with the GTA 6 Extended Look. A price tracking chart on the site shows a major upward trend in prices
  
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• Superman star David Corenswet had the perfect first reaction to seeing Nicholas Hoult's warsuit in Man of Tomorrow

  16-09-2026 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Corenswet might have proven himself worthy as the Man of Steel in Superman, but even he was reluctant to have another scrap with Lex Luthor, who will now be suited and booted in the upcoming Man of Tomorrow.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Corenswet shared a few details about the upcoming chapter of the DCU that will see a reluctant alliance formed between Superman and Hoult’s Lex Luthor. As revealed in a behind-the-scenes image from Gunn, the head of LuthorCorp will wear a
  
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• Zack Snyder says now is the perfect time for a Dark Knight Returns adaptation as audiences are "exhausted by comic book movies"

  16-09-2026 10:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  He hasn't tussled with the Caped Crusader since the DC Universe changed hands, but Zack Snyder believes there’s no better time for him to return to the Batcave and give his adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. Following the premiere of his new film The Last Photograph (which critics eviscerated at TIFF) the director, who has a long and fraught history with the DCU, explained why Frank Miller's graphic novel is the only story he'd want to go back to. "The reason why it's The Dark Knight R
  
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• First reactions to new Resident Evil movie say it "feels like you're playing a very good video game" and taps into the "relentless tension" of the franchise

  16-09-2026 10:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reactions to Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie are in, and they're pretty glowing. The new take on the iconic game franchise tells the story of Bryan (Austin Abrams), a hospital courier charged with making a delivery to Racoon City General Hospital. However, on his way he gets caught up in a horrifying outbreak, leaving him fighting for his life.Rather than focussing on game characters, the new take on the IP is set instead on the periphery of Resident Evil 2. According to Cregger, it
  
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• Reacher season 5 release date speculation, cast, which book it's adapting, and everything else we know about the Prime Video show's return

  16-09-2026 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After besting the bad guys once again, our favourite swole savior has exited our screens as Reacher season 4 has come to an end. But not to worry, Reacher season 5 is already on the way and has started filming in Canada. That's right, Alan Ritchson is strutting around a new small town and throwing punches as we speak. Reacher season 4 saw the ex-soldier face his most violent villains yet in the tense wild goose chase after a mystery hard drive. The fourth outing was packed full of action, one-li
  
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• Yoasobi Reveal Favorite Overwatch Character | Blizzcon 2026 Interview

  16-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  J-Pop duo Yoasobi chat with us about its collaboration with Overwatch, its favorite OW characters, and what it's like to make a song for the game.
  
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• Wo Long 2: Wings Of Ember Made Me Rethink My Relationship With Soulslikes

  16-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  I went into my hands-on session with Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember expecting to hate it. That probably isn't the sort of sentence Team Ninja wants associated with its upcoming action-RPG, but it's an important one. I've never been great at souls-likes. The combination of punishing enemies, precise timing, complicated combat systems, and the possibility that something resembling an eldritch horror might annihilate me in three hits is not my idea of a fun time. Wo Long 2 initially looked like it was g
  
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• Wo Long 2 Made Me Rethink My Relationship With Souls-Likes – Preview

  16-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Wo Long 2 initially looked like it was going to be another game determined to make me suffer. Instead, I had a surprisingly great time and walked away from my Gamescom preview eager to play more.
  
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• Diablo 4 season 15 is officially live following server issues and delay

  16-09-2026 01:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's 15th season, Season of Hell's Legacy, is officially live following a brief delay apparently caused by server issues.Blizzard fully lifted the lid on Season of Hell's Legacy during BlizzCon 2026, showing off a nostalgic seasonal questline celebrating the entire history of the Diablo series coinciding with its 30th birthday—and confirming a September 15 release date. It's definitely one of the meatiest seasons so far for Diablo 4, so it's not a huge surprise that players had been
  
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• After 24 years, one of GameCube's most beloved cult classics shows signs of life with a tease from an excellent remaster studio

  16-09-2026 00:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the ranks of the best GameCube games are dominated by the family-friendly titles Nintendo is best known for, Nintendo's purple square was also quietly a killer horror machine. Sure, that's mostly down to the mostly exclusive Resident Evil games Capcom was pumping out for the system, but there's one other horror titan on the system, and it was published by Nintendo itself. That is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.But unlike those classic Resident Evil games, Eternal Darkness never got a s
  
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• Bungie's mantra was "I love playing Destiny. I hate that it’s not better" in the MMO's early years, says former lead

  15-09-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny's Taken King expansion is officially 11 years old, and former Bungie studio vice president Mark Noseworthy marked the occasion by saying what many Destiny players have thought a million times: this game is so good, but it could be so much better. In a post on Twitter, Noseworthy, who left Bungie in 2024 along with some other senior staff amidst layoffs, describes The Taken King as his personal pinnacle."Of all the parts of Destiny I’ve worked on, this remains my personal favorite a
  
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• Exodus lets you do polyamory, but the Mass Effect-like RPG's companions won't all be happy about it

  15-09-2026 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upcoming Mass Effect-like RPG Exodus takes romance seriously, which means you'll need to get comfortable with the idea that serious romance requires sacrifice, and, sometimes, a pig pen of mess. You'll be able to date around, but not without consequence. Exodus narrative director – and Mass Effect's lead writer – Drew Karpyshyn tells Game Informer that romance was mandatory for the sci-fi drama because "it would feel almost hollow" without it. "Romance is a huge part of the real worl
  
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• Devs Explain Why Diablo 5 Needed to be a New Game Instead Of An Expansion For 4

  15-09-2026 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We sat down with Diablo 5's Production Director, Tiffany Wat, and EP, Matt Zitterman, to talk about the game, why it was announced now, and how its scope was too grand to be a simple expansion to Diablo 4.
  
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• "I expect people to crunch," says Wardogs boss, so his studio will "check people's socials" to see if they criticize crunch online before hiring them

  15-09-2026 22:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crunch culture is one of the most controversial and maligned aspects of video game development, right up there with generative AI and mass layoffs. Forcing employees to work well beyond their normal hours to ensure a game ships on time is generally viewed as not a good thing, but Wardogs studio Bulkhead very much embraces crunch as an inevitability and sees embrace of crunch as part of a strong work ethic."A lot of people who may have an issue with crunch—rightly so, I understand that issu
  
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• Open-world D&D game Warlock doesn't have AAA-standard waypoints because the devs want players to feel that "when they found things, it was based on their actions"

  15-09-2026 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons ditches the quest and objective waypoints seen in many large games, and even lets you disable its small compass, to prioritize organic exploration. It's music to my ears. General manager Dominic Guay of Warlock developer Invoke Studios spoke to IGN about the game's approach. "We wanted them to engage with the world, to figure things out and feel that when they found things, it was based on their actions and not just blindly trusting a waypoint,” he says. Gua
  
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• The Last of Us season 3 might be the final season, according to HBO boss

  15-09-2026 22:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  After plenty of speculation, HBO boss Casey Bloys may have just confirmed that The Last of Us will end after season 3."I think [showrunner] Craig [Mazin] has planned it as the final season," Bloys told Deadline, when asked to confirm whether or not it would be the final season.Last year, composer Jake Staley told the The Last of Us: Savage Starlight podcastthat "there’ll be at least two more seasons, no question" after HBO announced season 3. Keep in mind that season 1 told the story of Th
  
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• Xbox Game Pass is "extremely poorly managed" and Doom should never have been part of it, says former producer

  15-09-2026 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems to me that no one is ever convinced that Game Pass deserves an oxygen tank while it's dying, not even Xbox executives. Having experienced what it's like to actually have your game on the sickly subscription service, Doom veteran Andrew Willis – who was impacted by the enormous job cuts at id Software in July – suggests a simple reason for all the confusion.The former producer candidly tells Kiwi Talkz in a new interview that Game Pass is "poorly managed. Extremely poorly man
  
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• Microsoft Reacts To Xbox Game Pass Rumor That Could Change The Service In A Big Way

  15-09-2026 21:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has released a statement in response to a new rumor that claims the company is considering a massive shakeup to Xbox Game Pass in 2027 that would include numerous significant changes.
  ResetEra user Slayven, who has accurately reported on unannounced Xbox news before, said the changes could include the bifurcation of Game Pass into two tiers: one with ads and one without. The tier with ads would be $13/month, while Game Pass without ads would cost $20/month, according to the report.Xbox
  
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• Laying off the people making The Elder Scrolls 6 while desperately trying to get The Elder Scrolls 6 finished "doesn't make any sense," says former Bethesda dev

  15-09-2026 21:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kurt Kuhlmann became a central figure for The Elder Scrolls in the two decades and change he spent as lore expert and world builder at the studio, and, from where he's standing now, Bethesda owner Xbox's decision to cut veteran devs from the team working on The Elder Scrolls 6 doesn't make a lick of sense. Kuhlmann discusses his experience at Bethesda with FRVR, noting that layoffs didn't happen until after Microsoft acquired the company and Zenimax. He echoes criticism from the Bethesda union,
  
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• Overwatch – 10 Years Of Overwatch | Blizzcon 2026 Interview

  15-09-2026 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We chat with Overwatch's game director Aaron Keller and associate game director Alec Dawson about the game's 10 year anniversary, its latest hero Doctrine, and we learn that Tracer used to have laser eyes?
  
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• James Pond Legacy Situation Is More Than Meets The AI

  15-09-2026 20:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Last month, System 3 Software released a trailer for James Pond Legacy, a four-game collection for Nintendo Switch 2. But the gameplay footage was largely overshadowed by accusations its developer used generative AI to create the game's promotional artwork and cover. System 3 followed this trailer up with a blog post asserting that generative AI was not used in the development process for James Pond Legacy, but some wires were evidently crossed. 
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• The Last Of Us Season 3 Is Probably The Final Season, HBO Says Yet Again

  15-09-2026 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  HBO boss Casey Bloys has once again said that the upcoming third season of The Last of Us is expected to be its last.He told Deadline that Season 3 is coming in 2027, though did not confirm when in the year. Asked if he still think it's the final season, Bloys said he believes showrunner Craig Mazin "has planned it as the final season."In January this year, Bloys was asked if Season 3 is going to be the last, and he said, "It certainly seems that way." However, at the time, Bloys admitted that a
  
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• GTA 6 Soundtrack – All Confirmed Songs So Far

  15-09-2026 19:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Following the GTA 6 Extended Look, songs from the GTA 6 soundtrack have started to be compiled into playlists thanks to the mammoth 25-minute trailer's heap of new confirmed tracks. There are a host of great tracks that I can't stop humming, so what better way to enjoy them than a curated playlist that you can stick on repeat to learn every word ahead of the game's release?There are electronica-laden retro hits that suit the Vice City vibes of Leonida through to modern rock tracks that'll have y
  
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