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• Fortnite Dev Reportedly Delays New Marvel/Star Wars Shooter Amid “AI Acceleration” Push

  13-10-2026 16:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Unreal Engine and Fortnite maker Epic Games reportedly delayed an unannounced shooter featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters, and it's said that Epic is pushing its developers to utilize AI tools like Claude to complete production on the game.Per Bloomberg, the collaboration with Disney was originally slated for a March 2027 release and is now without a date. According to Bloomberg, developers were directed to incorporate an "AI first" production model. An internal memo obtained by the outlet
  
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• Tango Into The Dance Of Death With Phantom Blade Zero At A Pre-Order Discount

  14-10-2026 18:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Since Phantom Blade Zero’s reveal back in… 2023?! Really? Wow, it’s been that long. Since its reveal, the action RPG has been stuck in my brain like a dream I can’t quite escape. Its fast-paced combat, which delicately combines offense and defense, looks like a dance of death, as gripping as it is dangerous. I’m ready to dive into the Phantom World, and if you are, too, you may as well save some money with a pre-order discount.My excitement has only grown with the
  
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• Over the Hill review: "The single most stressful game I’ve played in years and I think it hates me"

  14-10-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The trailer for Over the Hill makes it look like you’ll be taking an off-road vehicle out into the wilderness and having a wonderful, relaxing time in warm sunshine, listening to acoustic guitar music as you trundle around paradise looking at the wildlife. Balderdash. It’s the single most stressful game I’ve played in years and I think it hates me.It’s a bold move for a game to focus on the actual worst bits of open world driving games like Forza Horizon or even GTA. You
  
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• Metro 2039 pre-orders are live, but that Collector's Edition is moving fast

  14-10-2026 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metro 2039 pre-orders are live and already flying off the shelves. You're in luck if you're simply securing a Standard Edition, but that bumper pack Collector's Edition is mostly out of stock today. I say mostly because, depending on where you are you might get lucky here. Very in the UK, for example, still has these merch bundles up for grabs. Things are still moving fast here, though, so if you spot stock live it's worth jumping on sooner rather than later. Metro 2039 pre-orders also have a mi
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has new boss rematches with built-in speedrun tracking

  14-10-2026 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  By all appearances, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 seems to be a one-to-one remake of the original N64 classic, faithful down to the details of every dungeon puzzle. But there are at least a few all-new features in here beyond the quality of life tweaks, including a special hall where you can marvel at defeated enemies and battle bosses all over again."Somewhere in this world lies the Hall of Fallen Foes," the game's new overview trailer explains. "Statues of defeated
  
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• Epic's bulletproof plan to outdo Steam: "We vibe coded the Epic Games Launcher"

  14-10-2026 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Epic Games has retooled the Epic Games Store to feel less like molasses in an igloo, and the company says it's now "46% faster than Steam" thanks to the power of partially AI-generated code. "We vibe coded the Epic Games Launcher to be faster than the other guy," Epic says in a recent Twitter post. Attached is a graph claiming that the EGS launcher now has a "cold start to store" time of 5.47 seconds, which is about 4.6 seconds faster than the 10.07 seconds recorded for Steam. It's unclear in wh
  
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• Kojima sympathizes with Digger flopping – people also wrote off Death Stranding without playing it

  14-10-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Besides masterminding games like the Metal Gear Solid series and Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima has long been a fervent movie fan. He recently sat down with noted filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, whose film Digger is currently in cinemas, to discuss similarities between that picture and his games over the years.The conversation was put together by Gizmodo Japan, and during the chat, per machine translation from two different sources, they first touched on their shared preoccup
  
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• Rockstar still won't reveal cost of GTA 6 development, but it's definitely not previously rumored $1.5 billion

  14-10-2026 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar Games still won't reveal just how much GTA 6 has cost to develop, but one person involved has shot down the idea that the game has a $1.5 billion budget.Given the 13-year wait for GTA 6, it's probably safe to assume that Rockstar and Take-Two have spent a lot of money on the project. The game has been worked on in one way or another since at least the mid 2010s, with Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson confirming the studio was working on a version of the game dubbed "Project Ameri
  
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• Mario Kart 8 patch stops Switch 2 players from being bombarded with more obstacles than on Switch 1

  14-10-2026 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Nintendo's upgraded take for Switch on its beloved 2014 Wii U game, just got another new update – sorry, Mario Kart World stans.The update boosts Mario Kart 8 Deluxe up to version 4.0.1, bringing with it a good few fixes that fans of the 2017 banger have been eagerly awaiting.
  As per Nintendo's official patch notes, these start with developers addressing the "issue where the number of obstacles or Item Boxes would increase during Online Play and Wireless Play" on the S
  
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• Ubisoft’s Latest Restructuring Plan Puts Trials Developer RedLynx On The Chopping Block

  14-10-2026 17:02 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has announced that it plans to shut down Trials developer RedLynx as part of its ongoing restructuring efforts, as well as reduce the workforce of its Skull and Bones studio, Ubisoft Singapore, by laying off 72 people. The closure of the Finland-based RedLynx is in a proposal stage, and Ubisoft says that because the studio isn't currently working on a new project, it makes more economic sense to close it down and retrench its 52 employees instead.Under Finnish law (via Kot
  
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• Rockstar wins without doing anything as GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek retreats after meme coin crashes

  14-10-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek has once again called it quits after their meme coin not only failed to meet the $30 million market cap goal meant to trigger the release of a purportedly playable build of the game, but flamed out entirely. In a series of posts to their website later shared online, Cyberleek insists that the coin crash wasn't their fault. Rather, somebody else dumped their coin stock, "everyone else sold, and CL was blamed for the crowd's dump." "The token was always a donation, never an
  
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• GTA 6 Leaks Are Still Coming, Rockstar Labels The 2022 Hack “Weirdly Invasive”

  14-10-2026 16:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar Games has reacted to the mass GTA 6 leaks, which began in 2022, with a top developer at the studio saying it "feels like somebody's wading through your dirty washing." Bloomberg published these comments from Rockstar developers on the same day that GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek posted yet another gameplay leak, saying it could be the last."It feels like somebody’s wading through your dirty washing,” Rockstar North's Aaron Garbut said. “It’s like they’re inside you
  
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• 5 biggest announcements from New York Comic Con

  14-10-2026 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another New York Comic Con is in the books – specifically, the 20th anniversary of the annual pop culture convention – and it was a packed weekend of fan culture, jaw-dropping cosplay, and of course, big announcements from the worlds of movies, TV, comics, video games, and more.In fact, there are so many things going on at the same time that even if you were at the convention, you likely missed out on a good chunk of it… While official attendance numbers haven't been revealed
  
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• Kukirin Life codes (October 2026) and how to redeem them for free Crates and Cash

  14-10-2026 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kukirin Life codes will help speed up your progress in this open world e-scooter game, as you race around the city performing wheelies and escaping from the cops in exciting chases. There's deep customization available to give your scooter the exact look you want, as well as options to modify it or upgrade to a better model.The promos included so far will unlock some crates to give you rewards based on random spins, as well as cash that you can use to buy more crates or put toward the purchase o
  
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• Razer has decapitated Kuromi for its new earbuds, but it's the perfect amount of gaming tech absurdity

  14-10-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  When a brand like Razer launches a new "edition" of its existing tech, I always prefer the design to go big or go home. Transforming my favorite goth-bunny girl's head into a pair of Kuromi Edition Razer Hammerhead V3 X HyperSpeed earbuds is definitely a go-big moment.The $119.99 earphones don't just re-color the charging case pastel purple and slap on some existing Sanrio artwork and call it a day. Instead, the entirety of the existing gaming earbuds case has been swapped out with Kuromi's head
  
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• Arc Raiders PvE mode called "bland" and "hollow" by players who say it's ruined the tension

  14-10-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  A PvE playtest is currently happening in Arc Raiders, and some first impressions aren't strong for the mode. A contingent of players isn't happy with how the dynamic feels compared to the standard experience, even expressing regret that they wished this had been added in the first place.Embark Studios kicked off a week-long public beta for PVE in Arc Raiders just yesterday, October 13. The idea is that player-on-player damage is removed, forcing everyone to tackle the Arc in front of them and ge
  
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• GTA 6 Could Have Been Even Bigger And Released Years Sooner, But Then These Things Happened

  14-10-2026 16:02 via gamespot.com
  
  A big new report revealed more details about Rockstar's long-awaited GTA 6, including how the game's scope was originally much bigger and that the game could have released years sooner.Bloomberg reported that when a small team from Rockstar traveled to Miami in 2015 to begin planning GTA 6, they envisioned the game spanning "big swaths of land across both North and South America." It was in development under the codename Project Americas at this time.
  The report went on to say that Rockstar woul
  
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• What Marvel's Television and Animation NYCC panel means for the future of the MCU

  14-10-2026 15:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  "Our goal is to make TV shows that have an annual cadence, that feel like longer-form character studies, like truly great television shows," Brad Winderbaum, the head of Marvel Television, told me on the eve of Daredevil: Born Again season 2's release. I thought he was referring to The Man Without Fear's show – the third season was filming at the time – but I was very, very wrong.At Marvel's New York Comic Con panel, Daredevil himself, Charlie Cox, backed by Krysten Ritter (Jessica J
  
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• Arc Raiders Ruins and Reverberations guide and walkthrough

  14-10-2026 15:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Arc Raiders Ruins and Reverberations quest follows up on all the messing around with antennas from the previous Wires Crossed mission, as now you have to go to Pendola Pass Observatory and set up a Spotter Relay on one last antenna. In actual fact that there's a few steps that evolve out from that point once you've started, and finding the Spotter Relay isn't the easiest thing in the world either, but I'll lay out everything you need to do for the Ruins and Reverberations quest in this full
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake’s Dedicated Jump Button Is Good, Actually

  14-10-2026 15:41 via gamespot.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake looks to be a mostly faithful modernization of the classic game, with a few quality-of-life tweaks and updated visuals to make it play like a modern game. One of the more controversial of these is the addition of a jump button, which the original game famously lacked. But now having gotten hands-on with the remake, I can say that the addition of a jump is a good change, and Ocarina is better for it. Ocarina was designed without a jump button, and
  
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• Hyrule Field Sure Feels Empty In Ocarina Of Time These Days

  14-10-2026 15:41 via gamespot.com
  
  The young adventurer Link has been entrusted with an epic quest that will take him to every corner of the globe. He is fated to do incredible things, to become the Hero of Time, but for now he is just a boy. He says farewell to his dearest friend, Saria, and, with his trusty sword and his fairy Navi in tow, he steps out of his tiny community of forest children and finds himself in awe of the wider world. As he gazes out, he realizes this vast untamed wilderness is … maybe the size of a co
  
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• 6 Biggest Takeaways From Hands-On With Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake 

  14-10-2026 15:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is primed to be the crown jewel of this year's Nintendo lineup--after all, this is a lovely-looking reimagining of a beloved and classic entry in one of the most revered video game franchises in the company's catalogue. Ocarina has received the remake treatment before for the 3DS handheld, but that left many of the core systems and the graphical art direction of the original Nintendo 64 game largely intact, albeit cleaner. This Switch 2 remake,
  
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• VisionQuest's E.D.I.T.H. star brought elements of Tony Stark into her role: "Tony's legacy is in there"

  14-10-2026 15:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest introduces the human avatars of several of Tony Stark's A.I.s who occupy Vision's interior world with him. Among them is E.D.I.T.H., or Even Dead I'm The Hero, who was first introduced in Spider-Man: Far From Home through a pair of Stark-created glasses.VisionQuest builds out her story a lot more as she's played in human form by Schitt's Creek star Emily Hampshire as a chaotic, fun, weapons expert. Speaking to GamesRadar+, Hampshire says she really wanted to acknowledge her character
  
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• Hideo Kojima Reviews 2026’s Most Divisive Movie, Digger

  14-10-2026 15:08 via gamespot.com
  
  After publishing his review of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie, Hideo Kojima-who says his body is 70% made of movies--has posted his review of one of the most divisive mainstream films of the year. Yes, we're talking about Alejandro Iñárritu's satirical black comedy Digger, which stars Tom Cruise.Kojima said Digger is a "film that all of us living in today's world should see."He added: "It is a work that remains with the audience, provoking reflection and sounding alarms."Kojima
  
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• Avatar: Seven Havens books three and four have been in the works "for a bit"

  14-10-2026 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: Seven Havens is only three episodes into season one, but in a remarkable display of confidence, it was confirmed during the show's recent New York Comic Con panel that the Last Airbender sequel series will return for seasons three and four.This, however, wasn't news to Seven Havens co-creator Michael DiMartino, or writer and co-executive producer Sehaj Sethi, who revealed during a conversation with GamesRadar+ that, like The Last Airbender before it, the Seven Havens team have been worki
  
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• Paul Bettany says Wanda Maximoff is like a "ghost" that Vision is "haunted by" in VisionQuest

  14-10-2026 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest may be the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy, but this is not Wanda Maximoff's story. Instead, it's Vision, specifically White Vision, who takes the limelight, and according to showrunner Terry Matalas, it was always planned that way. "She died in that big movie," he tells GamesRadar+ when asked how Wanda's absence impacted the story, referencing her death in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. "It's Vision's moment now. WandaVision gave almost just a blank canvas with t
  
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• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake hands-on preview

  14-10-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remaking a game means breaking it apart. The salvage is polished, sharp edges sifted out, and all is reassembled in a new engine. In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 remake, this process has been followed with watchmaker precision. Walking through Kokiri Forest, Link's familiar stomping grounds, I'm reminded of optical illusions that show two different pictures at once. Everything – yet remarkably little – has changed. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of
  
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• The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Has Figured Out How To Balance Old With New | Preview

  14-10-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  I was skeptical that Ocarina needed another remake, but gorgeous visuals, modernized controls, and quality-of-life features help this classic shine brightly again.
  
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• My Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Skepticism Vanished After Playing It

  14-10-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Did The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time need another remake? Ocarina is an all-time classic, but it's rooted in a particular time and place in gaming history. How would the new Ocarina of Time balance respect for its original design with modernization? Would it feel like old angular game geometry with an updated paintjob, or would it stray so far from its original design that it no longer feels like Ocarina at all? All of this was on my mind as I sat to play a lengthy portion at a demo event.I'
  
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• After 2 hours, Ocarina of Time's remake feels like a homecoming, and a true Zelda celebration

  14-10-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remaking a game means breaking it apart. The salvage is polished, sharp edges sifted out, and all is reassembled in a new engine. In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 remake, this process has been followed with watchmaker precision. Walking through Kokiri Forest, Link's familiar stomping grounds, I'm reminded of optical illusions that show two different pictures at once. Everything – yet remarkably little – has changed. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of
  
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