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• Ex-Fortnite dev says AI controversy "is mostly for show" as Epic faces backlash for going "AI first"

  13-10-2026 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following Fortnite developer and publisher Epic Games' public announcement that it would be undergoing a "huge pivot" for "maximum AI acceleration," one former producer shares his take on the controversial technology and its role in the development process.Aakash Gupta, who worked at Epic as a producer on Fortnite, explains that Tim Sweeney's push for a new "AI first" approach to game dev and how quickly it's moved – just see the now-delayed Disney extraction shooter – isn't surprisi
  
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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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• Xbox Survey About Exclusives Includes A Nuclear Strategy, But Wait Just A Minute

  14-10-2026 21:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is reportedly surveying a subset of Xbox users about changing its plans for exclusive games going forward--possibly in a big way--and that's no surprise given Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has alluded to changes to the exclusivity strategy in the future.
  At the same time, a survey like this is not necessarily indicative of anything beyond Microsoft conducting research. After all, there is an entire team at Xbox called Xbox Research that ... researches all manner of things, and the results of th
  
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• Fallout co-creator worries RPGs are ditching secrets because "nobody thinks people will find things"

  14-10-2026 21:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout co-creator Timothy Cain has released another fairly depressing video about the state of RPG game development today compared to his heyday in the late '90s to early '00s. According to Cain, RPG developers aren't bothering as much with hidden and optional content because the people with the money aren't as willing to shell out for stuff that most people won't see. Broadly speaking, Cain even argues the industry is trending away from non-linear game design altogether."Things are really goin
  
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• GTA 6 Reviews: When They Could Be Released

  14-10-2026 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 releases on November 19, but when will you be able to read reviews? According to historical precedent and a new report, reviews for the open-world crime game should be available before launch.Insider Gaming reported that reviews for GTA 6 will be posted at some point before November 19, but the exact timing is unknown for now.A scene from GTA 6.What history tells usThe last GTA game, GTA 5, was released on September 17, 2013, and reviews for the game were published
  
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• Paul Bettany says it was "really fun" to tap into a more ruthless version of Vision in VisionQuest

  14-10-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The second episode of VisionQuest introduces viewers to a Vision unlike one we've seen before in the MCU. Gone is the measured, logical synthezoid we know so well, as White Vision meets the Paladin in the Edinburgh pub where he'd been working undercover. Trying to manipulate him to turn himself in to save his supposed son, Tommy Shepherd, Vision warns him that he is not the Avenger he assumes he is. "I'm not The Vision," he ominously tells him in a rare show of power and violence.After more than
  
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• I’m Enjoying Fire Emblem More By Not Playing Fire Emblem More

  14-10-2026 19:44 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has some of the best tactical gameplay in the series to date, but actually digging into the art of seeing units bonk each other on the head in turn-based combat is a massive slog. Between a shift to Persona-like storytelling and a laundry list of chores, the game can feel like the equivalent of the Achilles and the tortoise paradox (via a Jujutsu Kaisen breakdown), because the closer I get to actually moving the story forward, the further I feel I am from actually en
  
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• GTA 6 has a realistic sweat system that makes Jason and Lucia perspire based on how hard they dance

  14-10-2026 19:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jason and Lucia are going to work up a sweat in Grand Theft Auto 6 – literally. Among the many detailed systems Rockstar built for the game is one that sees realistic sweat gather on characters' bodies depending on how much effort they're exerting in physical activities. No wonder GTA 6 has taken so long to make.Earlier today, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier published an extended report on GTA 6's development, confirming that it was once meant to feature a more extensive open world spread acros
  
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• Retro Handhelds Loaded With Unlicensed Games Could Face Government Crackdown

  14-10-2026 19:12 via gamespot.com
  
  The Electronic Software Association (ESA) has a serious bone to pick with retro handhelds that are packaged with tons of unlicensed pre-installed, calling these devices "superfakes" that should face some sort of suppression by the US government.According to an October 6 filing with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)--which monitors marketplaces that are accused of engaging in or enabling piracy and counterfeiting--the ESA is urging the government to clamp down on what it
  
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• The History of Vision in Marvel Video Games

  14-10-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  From classic arcade games to LEGO Marvel and Marvel Snap, Vision has been part of gaming history for decades. We're breaking down his biggest video game appearances ahead of Marvel's VisionQuest.
  
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• The assassination of Bruce Wayne, Absolute Justice, and more reveals from DC's NYCC panels

  14-10-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  New York Comic Con is all wrapped up for another year! The event brought the usual slew of comic announcements and reveals from the major publishers. DC in particular had a really strong showing this year, unveiling the next phases of both its DC Next Level and Absolute Universe lines, and teasing the return of classic characters like Swamp Thing, Static, Jonah Hex and Vixen.If you couldn't make the event, fear not! We've rounded up the biggest highlights from DC's various panels below so you ca
  
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• Xbox just announced its brand-new controller, and it's far from the pro pad we all expected

  14-10-2026 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox just announced its first new controller in what feels like forever, but the pocket-friendly Xbox Nano Controller isn't coming for any pro gamepad's lunch. Instead, this compact set of clackers seems like the latest step in Xbox's quest to own every screen you look at. The portable model sees the Xbox Wireless Controller squished into a horizontal form factor, with two thumbsticks and a giant floating d-pad taking up the majority of its tiny little face. At $49.99 / £44.99 (pre-orders
  
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• Xbox just announced its brand new controller, and it's far from the pro pad we all expected

  14-10-2026 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox just announced its first new controller in what feels like forever, but the pocket-friendly Xbox Nano Controller isn't coming for any pro gamepad's lunch. Instead, this compact set of clackers seems like the latest step in Xbox's quest to own every screen you look at. The portable model sees the Xbox Wireless Controller squished into a horizontal form factor, with two thumbsticks and a giant floating d-pad taking up the majority of its tiny little face. At $49.99 / £44.99 (pre-orders
  
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• WoW: Forever Has A Streamer Problem

  14-10-2026 18:51 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever isn't out yet, but it's already clear it has a major problem. It isn't anything in the game itself. It's not the addition of Skyborne elves that require players to pay $30, or controversial class changes like Warrior's Rage normalization. The WoW Classic community is a passionate bunch, and so there's a huge variety of strong opinions on everything related to the latest version of developer Blizzard's old-school MMORPG. That's all par for the course. Instead, it's a pr
  
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• My Most-Anticipated Game Was Delayed, But Its New Demo Has Proven A Fantastic Consolation

  14-10-2026 18:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Originally slated for this year, At Fate's End has been delayed to 2027. And while I'm bummed that the next game from Spiritfarer studio Thunder Lotus is now months (maybe even a year) away, the new Steam demo that dropped alongside the delay announcement has been an excellent consolation prize. Having finished the one-hour slice of the upcoming action-adventure, I'm more convinced than ever that this game would have been a serious contender for everyone's Best Of lists this year had it managed
  
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• VisionQuest star Paul Bettany once left a complete Avengers: Infinity War script on a plane

  14-10-2026 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest star Paul Bettany says he once left the entire script for Avengers: Infinity War on a plane, which is an offense punishable by Marvel jail."I've never told anybody this, but I once left the entire script for Avengers: Infinity War on a plane," Bettany admitted to Virgin Radio UK. "And I got in my car and I went, 'Oh no... oh no!' I was lucky to have had a greeter that was a genius, and I got the greeter to go in and get it, and I tipped that greeter like 500 bucks."Bettany's co-star
  
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• Jeff Kaplan Was An Industry Icon, Now Peers Ignore His Emails: Ex-Overwatch Director Talks “Humbling” Reality Of Indie Dev

  14-10-2026 18:34 via gamespot.com
  "Have you ever seen Napoleon Dynamite?"I'll admit it: When I sat down with former Blizzard developer Jeff Kaplan to discuss his legacy and what comes next, I hadn't anticipated being asked questions myself--especially ones pertaining to one of the early aughts' most iconic (and absurd) comedy films. Yet it took only 20 minutes until we reached this point--when discussing the tragedy of Uncle Rico felt like a both a natural and important conversation to have.Despite being a self-proclaimed introv
  
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• Jeff Kaplan Says Seperation From Overwatch Was “Clinical”: ” I Never Go Back”

  14-10-2026 18:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Jeff Kaplan, Overwatch's former director, said he's not played the game he was the public face of since April 2021, when he left developer Blizzard after nearly 20 years to go indie. He called his relationship with Blizzard's shooter one of "clinical separation."Kaplan revealed this to GameSpot in an interview that dove into his history with Blizzard and the creation of his new game, The Legend of California. When asked if he had continued to play Overwatch or kept tabs on it in the wake of
  
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• Jeff Kaplan Says Separation From Overwatch Was “Clinical”: ” I Never Go Back”

  14-10-2026 18:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Jeff Kaplan, Overwatch's former director, said he's not played the game he was the public face of since April 2021, when he left developer Blizzard after nearly 20 years to go indie. He called his relationship with Blizzard's shooter one of "clinical separation."Kaplan revealed this to GameSpot in an interview that dove into his history with Blizzard and the creation of his new game, The Legend of California. When asked if he had continued to play Overwatch or kept tabs on it in the wake of
  
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• Henry Cavill brought Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle to a Witcher premiere, but only after he had to prove his identity

  14-10-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's always value in being an originator, even if what comes after proves more prolific. Doug Cockle is the original English-speaking voice of Geralt of Rivia, stepping into the role for the first The Witcher, and he's revealed that Henry Cavill, who brought the character into live-action on Netflix, actually invited him to the premiere, though it took some proof for him to humor the reach out.Cockle spoke about the encounter during an interview with Ginx TV. "[Henry] gave me credit for a gre
  
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• Ex-Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Says He Never Wanted The Spotlight, But The Game Needed A Face 

  14-10-2026 18:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Being the face of a video game is a demanding role, as the people who step into these positions involved in these roles often find themselves on the receiving end of a lot of toxicity. Former Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan knows this all too well, as he promoted the hero shooter for several years and regularly interacted with its fans--albeit at a "personal cost." After leaving Blizzard Entertainment in 2021, Kaplan has been quietly working on The Legend of California, the in-developme
  
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• Minecraft’s Verity Is A Top Trending Halloween Costume For 2026

  14-10-2026 18:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Google has released its list of the "top trending costumes" ahead of Halloween, and Minecraft's Verity has made the cut.The Frightgeist list, as it's called, is based on what's trending on Google. The list is topped by Buddy the Unicorn from director Casper Kelly's horror movie. The character Nikki from Curry Barker's viral horror hit Obsession makes the cut, too.Verity ranks No. 7. For anyone just catching up, Verity is a horror web series from ThatMob, and it takes place inside Minecraft. The
  
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• First big GTA 6 leak was like having someone "wading through your dirty washing," says Rockstar dev

  14-10-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 has suffered its fair share of leaks now, with 25 minutes of new gameplay having gone live last week – and it hasn't been easy for Rockstar Games, to say the least.Artist Aaron Garbut tells Bloomberg as much during a recent interview, describing leaks as a line crossed – a look into something personal, and unprepared for the public. "It feels like somebody's wading through your dirty washing," he says. "It's like they're inside your head."
  That makes sense, honestly… and
  
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• FF7 Revelation’s Opening Invites Deeply Intriguing Questions About The Trilogy’s Conclusion

  14-10-2026 18:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Since the release of the first game of the trilogy in 2020, I have been heavily invested in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga. I've spent over 100 hours between the first two games, Remake and Rebirth, entrenching myself in this remade version of Gaia, re-acquainting myself with Cloud and the gang, and peeling back layer after layer of this reimagined story. Revelation, the upcoming third installment, is a finale 11 years in the making (if you start counting from FF7 Remake's initial E3 2015
  
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• Xbox Nano Controller Announced, And It’s So Small

  14-10-2026 18:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft has announced a new controlled called the Xbox Nano Controller, and it's smaller than the existing Xbox controller, and it costs less.Microsoft says the controller is designed to fit nearly every pocket and budget. "Its compact design offers a great option for younger players, smaller hands, or anyone seeking something portable for play on the go," the company said.The Nano is the smallest controller Xbox has ever released.The Xbox Nano controller is a bit over five inches in length an
  
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• PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium Games For October 2026 Revealed

  14-10-2026 18:04 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation has revealed this month's batch of new arrivals for the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. Most of these games will be available starting October 20.Don’t forget, all PS Plus members can claim three freebies this month–F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2–but you only have until November 2 to do so.Kicking things off in October is Mafia: The Old Country, a prequel to the original trilogy of Mafia games. If you're looking for somethi
  
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