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• Fortnite Could Have A Significant, Lasting, Impact On Gaming Industry Overall, EA Says

  09-05-2018 22:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Battle royale games like Fortnite and PUBGcould have a major, lasting impact on the gaming industry overall, according to publisher Electronic Arts. During a Q&A with investors today following the company's latest earnings report, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said EA welcomes innovation because it helps bring new players to gaming, which in turn helps EA."We welcome innovation in the industry," Jorgensen said. "That's what makes this business so exciting and fun to operate in. If you look back ove
  
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• Star Wars animator says "the most important" scene for Jon Favreau in The Mandalorian and Grogu was a surprising Rotta moment

  02-09-2026 22:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel says that impossibly sweet scene in The Mandalorian and Grogu where Rotta and Grogu play together on the beach meant a lot to director Jon Favreau (and me, personally)."That was maybe the most important scene to Jon. It's the heart of the whole movie for him," Hickel told StarWars.com.The scene is a moment of stillness in the movie, and it comes shortly after Rotta the Hutt (voiced by Jeremy Allen White) is rescued by Mando from almost
  
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• The Witcher 4 devs aren't announcing every milestone because they're "very technical," but they're focused on "the actual making of the game till its release date"

  02-09-2026 21:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 4 is in production – or, more specifically, "full-scale production," as developer CD Projekt Red put it back in 2024. The studio has offered the public only a few small, tantalizing glimpses at the upcoming RPG, but it's passing new internal development milestones all the time. Those kinds of things are just too technical to announce to the public.With The Witcher 4 officially targeting a 2028 release, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski was asked about where the team is at in reg
  
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• CD Projekt Red Is Still Raking In The Cash As We Wait For The Witcher 4

  02-09-2026 21:56 via gamespot.com
  
  CD Projekt Red has released its latest earnings report for the first half of 2026, and in short, it was a banger of a period for the company, and things are only expected to improve with many big-name releases on the horizon.For the January-July period, CD Projekt Red generated 435 million PLN ($116.4 million USD) in revenue, which was up 23% year-over-year. Additionally, the company posted a net profit of 249 million PLN ($66.6 million USD), which was up 37% year-over-year. Total net profitabil
  
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• Long-Delayed Prison Architect 2 Gets Exciting Update After Two Years Of Mostly Silence

  02-09-2026 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Prison Architect 2--a very highly anticipated sequel--was originally scheduled to launch way back in 2024. The game was delayed to September of that year before later being delayed indefinitely, but after more than two years of waiting, we finally have a sign that it could be approaching a new release date: another beta test.
  Following a beta back in April--which was the first official update from Paradox on the game since it was delayed in 2024--Prison Architect 2 will hold another closed beta
  
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• A Real-Life Romance (And The Love Of Fans) Fueled A Classic NES Remake

  02-09-2026 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  With headlines dominated by stories of buyouts, layoffs, employee mistreatment, and crunch, it's easy to think that game development is a constant parade of misery and strife. But the vast majority of developers still make games out of genuine love for the medium--and feel deeply connected to their teammates. The surprise announcement of a Steam remake of NES cult classic Battle of Olympus showcases the joyful side of game development: a project born of an idea that blossomed into a real-life ro
  
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• Mario Kart 8's surprise Switch 2 update makes everyone faster "by the equivalent of one coin," decimating world records everywhere

  02-09-2026 20:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo's surprise update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 2 turned out to be a wrecking ball for the game's existing world records, implementing a sweeping speed increase that makes everyone – regardless of kart and racer – faster by a substantial measure.As highlighted in a viral video being shared across social media in the wake of the update, Mario Kart 8 race, player speed has been increased across the board "by the equivalent of one coin," according to the official patch note
  
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• Resident Evil Director Says There’s “No Chance” He’d Survive His Own Movie

  02-09-2026 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Resident Evil games over the years have slowly added more fantastical elements to their tale of bioweapons running amok, but for the new live-action movie, director Zach Cregger is dialing back those ideas to a more "grounded" level. Even so, he doesn't think he'd fare very well if he were dropped in that world."I feel like some of the Resident Evil games get a little magical," Cregger said during a Reddit Ask Me Anything session (via YouTuber Troy Hill Talks Movies).
  "[Resident Evil]
  
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• This Horror Game Is Having A Dino Crisis Of A Different Sort

  02-09-2026 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Athanasia, the indie horror game that traps you in a mysterious facility full of dinosaurs, is launching in the ideal horror-game window: just before Halloween. GameSpot can exclusively reveal Athanasia's release date; it comes to PC on October 19 via Steam Early Access.In Athanasia, players find themselves trapped in a South American research facility swarmed by dinosaurs that have somehow traveled through time to the present day in the game's story. Though the art style recalls something quite
  
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• Athanasia – Release Date Trailer

  02-09-2026 19:15 via gamespot.com
  
  It's your wits versus dinosaurs in this indie horror game coming this Halloween.
  
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• How The Resident Evil Movie Borrows From RE4 And RE7

  02-09-2026 19:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of the release of Resident Evil later this month, director Zach Cregger sat down for an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit he answered questions about the movie. While trailers for Resident Evil have teased a few Easter eggs that players of the game will recognize, Cregger also spoke about another game-inspired influence on his horror movie: Resident Evil's third-person viewpoint."I feel like the biggest inspiration for this was the games, and I mean cinematically," Cregger said during
  
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• The Resident Evil movie popcorn bucket is gross, but surprisingly functional

  02-09-2026 19:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The themed popcorn trend continues, but this time around it's a bit more practical. Regal and has unveiled a special popcorn bucket to celebrate the release of Resident Evil... and you can put your organs, or, uh, water bottle, in it.The upcoming movie follows a medical courier named Bryan who is in the process of making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital when an outbreak forces him to fight for his life. The bucket, which you can see below, is indeed a medical courier bag that also loo
  
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• How 40 Years of Metroid Have Impacted The Biggest Metroidvania Developers

  02-09-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Metroid’s impact on the industry is widespread enough to have a whole genre named after it. It’s a privilege it splits with Castlevania, but it’s an honor all the same: a rarity shared by the likes of Rogue and Demon’s Souls. This seminal 1986 NES title helped spawn an entire style of game and influenced many creators across the industry.GameSpot spoke to various developers behind a number of modern metroidvanias to get their input on the Metroid series and how it has imp
  
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• Afterworld will be strategy royalty Paradox's "most approachable" game, and after raising cannibal fish-mutants to conquer America I'm hooked

  02-09-2026 18:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  If I can do justice to the hour I spent playing Afterworld, you'll see why it's the most exciting reveal of Gamescom 2026. Even if you don't like grand strategy games, which this is, Afterworld may be the first one you fall for. It's designed to be the "most approachable" game from developer Paradox Interactive (Crusader Kings, Stellaris), says game director Dan Lind, and although I've struggled to make sense of many of the developer's previous titles, I jumped into this one and intuitively had
  
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• 8BitDo and SteelSeries have combined forces to create a whimsical Cozy Collection of Xbox accessories

  02-09-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you aren't much of a fan of limited-edition tech that leans hard into nostalgia, then the new Designed for XBOX Cozy Collection might be more your style. Landing on the back of the Xbox 25th Anniversary Collection, this new accessory set trades the transparent green tech for earth tones and images of adorable pixelated woodland creatures. As revealed via Xbox Wire today, it's made of existing 8BitDo and SteelSeries accessories, like the SteelSeries Arctis Game Buds, and coats them in creamy a
  
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• Nexus Mods, "the biggest modding platform in the world," has just acquired SteamDB: "We don't take the responsibility of becoming its next steward lightly"

  02-09-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  From hosting the best Skyrim mods to some of the wildest fan overhauls for The Witcher 3, Nexus Mods is well known as the go-to spot for modding any and every PC game – and, now, it's also the parent company of SteamDB.In case you're not familiar with the latter, SteamDB came to life back in 2013 as a fan project led by Pavel "xPaw" Djundik and Marlamin. The two were interested in Valve's ever-growing catalogue of computer games, hoping to track them and their updates.
  Since then, it's gro
  
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• StarCraft 3 rumors resurface as new report claims Nexon and IP owner Blizzard are nearly ready to finalize a deal

  02-09-2026 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  StarCraft sequel rumors are blazing after a report claims that South Korean-Japanese publisher Nexon is close to acquiring development rights for the sci-fi onslaught from IP holder Blizzard.South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reports (according to machine translation) that, as of September 2, Nexon and Blizzard are on the knife's edge of finalizing their deal, which would allow Nexon to make that StarCraft sequel people have been fretting over since 2025. At that time, it seemed that Nexon w
  
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• Banjo-Kazooie composer says "like 3 companies" have pitched a new entry in the series, but "Rare just typically say no to everything"

  02-09-2026 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope says he'd still love to work on the series, but pitches for its return have been turned down over the years. Banjo-Kazooie is probably the game series with the biggest being dead to huge fanbase ratio (that or Mother). It's coming up on two decades since Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, which divided fans for not being a platformer despite being a great game in its own right. So, for most, it's been closer to 25 years since the last Banjo-Kazooie game, and des
  
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• My family loves board games and kaiju, so King of Tokyo: Godzilla was a day one purchase for me

  02-09-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2011, Iello and Richard Garfield released King of Tokyo, a kaiju-centric game in which players wrestled for control of Tokyo. The heart of the game used a Yahtzee-like mechanic, in which players repeatedly rolled a set of six dice. Different symbols translated to different results, ranging from gaining resources, dealing damage to other monsters, or gaining victory points. While the game has seen several variant versions over the years, it always wore its largest inspiration on its sleeve &nd
  
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• The Mandalorian and Grogu features a hidden Han Solo Easter egg in a Rotta the Hutt scene

  02-09-2026 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Han Solo doesn't appear in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a sneaky, unintentional Easter egg referencing him does – and it involves Rotta the Hutt. In the original trilogy, Han was in a lot of trouble with Rotta's dad, Jabba the Hutt. In one scene in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars: A New Hope, Jabba even comes to speak with Han by the Millennium Falcon while it's docked in Mos Eisely. During this chat, Han walks over Jabba's tail, which Jabba doesn't seem too pleased about. In The
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday director Joe Russo says going into production without a script allowed for "magic"

  02-09-2026 17:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Co-director of Avengers: Doomsday, Joe Russo, has addressed going into production on the Marvel Phase 6 film without a finished script. The movie was originally set to be Avengers: The Kang Dynasty; however Marvel pivoted away after Jonathan Majors was convicted of assault. The Russos took over, and shooting began without a finished script.However, according to Joe Russo, that's not necessarily a drawback. "We always view the script as a living organism," Joe told AP News. "We're improvisation-b
  
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• GamesRadar+ Fall Preview 2026: Your next favorite games make up our hefty Most Wanted list

  02-09-2026 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The GamesRadar+ Fall Preview is here to be your companion as sunny days fade away and the colder and darker months tempt us back inside to revel in some cozy gaming while staying warm. While one game is set to dominate – GTA 6 when it releases on November 19 – we're eschewing the titan for now to focus on some alternative new releases that equally deserve a spot on your radar.In fact, because of GTA 6's release date, we've noticed that many games seem to be landing either side of it
  
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• Harry Potter goes to Hogwarts and faces the Sorting Hat in new trailer for the HBO show, and it all feels very familiar

  02-09-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for HBO's Harry Potter TV show has landed, and it's seriously reminding us of the movies.In the footage, which you can watch above, Harry, Ron, and Hermione take the Hogwarts Express to their first year at Hogwarts. Harry faces the Sorting Hat, whispering "not Slytherin, not Slytherin," and we get teases of Quidditch, feasts in the Great Hall, the ogre fight in the bathroom, and the Philosopher's Stone itself. In short, it all looks very familiar if you've seen the original movies,
  
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• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Just Got A Surprise Free Update With 8-Player Split-Screen

  02-09-2026 17:15 via gamespot.com
  
  Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been Nintendo's golden goose for several years, as it's the company's best-selling Switch game of all time and has received various updates over the years, becoming a feature-packed experience. Even with Mario Kart World aiming to usurp its position, Nintendo isn't done dropping new content into Mario Kart 8 yet, as the game just received a new eight-player split-screen mode out of nowhere on Switch 2. It's free to download, allows for up to eight players to share th
  
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• One Of 2026’s Biggest RPGs Is Hiding Inside Fanatical’s New $7 Mystery Bundle

  02-09-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  I don’t want to stake my excitement before the game’s launch, but The Blood of Dawnwalker is looking like it could be one of my favorite RPGs in recent years. As a sucker for bloodsuckers, Rebel Wolves’ debut project looks similar to The Witcher 3–which is high praise, of course–and it’s no surprise, considering the development team was founded by key developers from CD Projekt Red. With launch almost here, I’m keen to give it a try–but some lucky
  
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• Genshin Impact devs' new action game Nodusfall feels like Elden Ring Nightreign at home, but don't write it off yet

  02-09-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nodusfall does not look like your typical Hoyoverse game. Distinctly lacking in bright colors and bubbly anime-style characters, it's hard to believe that this gloomy, intense PvE action game comes from the same studio behind Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. But after a brief hands-on session with the game, I'm already eager to dive back in for more. It might not look like a Hoyoverse game, but there's one thing Nodusfall certainly does look like. Namely Elden Ring, and by extension, its co
  
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• Resident Evil director says the giant baby monster from Resident Evil: Village gave him a "full-blown panic attack," and we can relate

  02-09-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil director Zach Cregger says the giant fetus in Resident Evil: Village gave him a panic attack, and I totally understand."So I played [Resident Evil: Village] in VR, and as an adult I've never really noped out of anything," Cregger explained at a special Q&A event where the first 30 minutes of the new film were aired. "But playing Resident Evil 8 in VR...you go into that doll's house in the basement, and you've got that mannequin person on the operating table, and then you're goi
  
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• You Can Watch A Cow Play Eve Online Right Now

  02-09-2026 16:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Earlier this summer, Fenris Creations (formerly CCP Games) released an update to its popular online spacefaring MMO called Cradle of War, which the community immediately abbreviated to "CoW." This shorthand apparently sparked a few ideas inside Fenris, and now an actual cow is livestreaming an Eve Online session from Iceland.
  The cow, whose name is Valva and username is FC CapitalCowPilot, is manning a mining ship on a deep space mining operation. The team at Fenris Creations fitted its pen with
  
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• How to watch the PlayStation State of Play for September 2026 and what to expect including Final Fantasy 7 Revelation

  02-09-2026 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new PlayStation State of Play is happening this week. In fact, Sony is airing two shows, with State of Play Japan to follow the main showcase. Here's how to watch the show and what we're expecting to see.In typical Sony fashion, we only know about one game ahead of the showcase, with a new look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation confirmed to be closing out the first show. We just saw Square Enix's next major release at Gamescom last week, but it was a bit of a short look, so hopefully we get someth
  
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• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets An Update, But Not The One You Want

  02-09-2026 16:42 via gamespot.com
  
  In what feels like a monkey's paw situation, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate unexpectedly received a new patch--but unlike recent updates for other major Nintendo games, this Smash update doesn't include any Switch 2-specific features.
  The Ver. 13.0.5 patch for Ultimate fixes "behavior that occurs when invalid data is sent or received in online battles," according to the Nintendo Support website. It isn't clear from the patch notes (or note, rather) what "invalid data" refers to, but some users on Re
  
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