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• Halloween’s First DLC Reveals Even The Bad Sequels Will Get Some Love

  05-10-2026 23:15 via gamespot.com
  Halloween's first paid DLC is coming on October 27 in the form of a new skin for the game's killer, Michael Myers, and it's pulling from a source you might not expect: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. A free update on the same day will also add a fifth map, The Tower Farm, inspired by a location in the same film. It may seem odd to jump to the fifth movie for the game's first DLC, but it's not the only piece of new content coming that day. There's also a second skin coming for Big
  
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• Arc Raiders Exploring Pendola Pass guide and walkthrough

  08-10-2026 23:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  This walkthrough will help you complete the Exploring Pendola Pass quest in Arc Raiders step by step. It's a collection a few basic tasks that can quickly become overwhelming as you freeze your butt off outside and get absolutely decimated by the new Bully enemy. Save yourself the pain and use what I've learned to clear it all quick and easy. The Arc Raiders Sizing Things Up quest also takes place here, so there's some scope for multitasking. How to complete Exploring Pendola Pass in Arc Raiders
  
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• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 confirms Venom, and a new release date

  08-10-2026 23:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're still feeling starved for Spidey-related action after the record-breaking Spider-Man: Brand New Day, worry not. NYCC has confirmed when to expect season 2 of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and who he'll face. As the brand-new poster below reveals, Spidey will be back in action on Disney Plus on January 13, 2027. He'll also be going another round with the symbiotes and get a fancy, fresh suit for his troubles. Of course, it won't stay on him for long, since it's a living parasite
  
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• Marvel Zombies is returning for three specials about the Winter Soldier, Moon Knight, and a Guardian of the Galaxy

  08-10-2026 23:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Marvel Television panel at NYCC today is drawing a lot of moaning and groaning, but in the best way possible. Shuffling back onto screens in animated form for a second season is Marvel Zombies, but it's been revealed it won't be a follow-up to the original What If...? spin-off. Instead, we're getting not one, not two, but three downright rotten specials set in the undead universe,just scheduled for the next three years. Kicking off in Halloween 2027, we'll be seeing how Bucky Barnes handles
  
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• Rare Clair Obscur Expedition 33 crossover sees the RPG's best characters come to Astral Ascent

  08-10-2026 23:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Astral Ascent, the highly acclaimed indie action roguelite from 2023, has received the rare blessing that is a crossover with Sandfall Interactive's 2025 GOTY sweep, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Of course, by rare I mean singular, as there's yet to be any actual game content featuring characters or world elements from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 until now.Announced in a Steam blog, Astral Ascent's Expedition 33: For Those Who Come After update is live now and free for all players, with the only
  
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• Arc Raiders Clean hands quest guide and walkthough

  08-10-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clean Hands is one of the first new Arc Raider quests in the Frozen Trail update. It requires you to climb a tower at Pendola Pass, the new map, and deliver a sundial. This map is treacherous, with frigid winds that will eat away at your health, making quests like this difficult to complete. Luckily, I'm here to help, so here’s how you can complete the Clean Hands quest in Arc Raiders.Where to find the Nomad Camp underneath the Railyard(Image credit: Embark Studios)Your first step to compl
  
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• Marvel Zodiac show officially confirmed at New York Comic-Con: "It's a spy thriller"

  08-10-2026 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel might be cutting shows left and right, but it's now been confirmed that a brand new one is on the horizon, and it's the long-rumored spy series, Zodiac. As predicted, the show was announced at the NYCC Marvel Television panel today, and executive producer Brad Winderbaum had little to say, naturally keeping what's in store top secret. "It's a spy thriller. We start shooting in London this spring," he revealed. Naturally, no matter how covert this new show might be operating, Winderbaum is
  
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• Arc Raiders hasn't had player counts like this in months: Steam flies past 125,000

  08-10-2026 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update wasn't exactly a make-or-break moment for a game that's already a massive commercial success, but it was a big bet by developer Embark Studios, which committed to releasing larger updates after long periods of relative inactivity. Based on early numbers following Frozen Trail's launch, that gamble is paying off.As we so often have to, we're working off of Steam numbers for a multiplatform game, so we can only approximate trends here. But SteamDB shows a pretty cl
  
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• GTA 6 – How Criminal Profiles Could Change Grand Theft Auto

  08-10-2026 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto VI has new mechanic called Criminal Profiles. This system will track what kind of criminal you're playing as, and could have some interesting ramifications.
  
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• Crimson Desert reviews were lower than user score due to "reviewing period" limitation, suggests CEO

  08-10-2026 22:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert's critic reviews may have been harsher than its user reviews because normal players not working on a deadline had more time to venture off the golden path and enjoy the game's rich world and systems, according to Lybee Park, CEO of developer Pearl Abyss' Europe branch.Park spoke to The Game Business about Crimson Desert's reception, focusing on the launch period back when it was a different, meaningfully worse game that has since received approximately eight bazillion updates. Int
  
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• Ben Affleck Has Some Strong Opinions About Fortnite Skins And How Hard The Game Is For Him

  08-10-2026 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Have you ever wondered what two-time Oscar-winner Ben Affleck thinks about Fortnite skins, and the game generally? You can now rest easy, as the man himself has weighed in with some strong takes.Appearing on the New Heights podcast with brothers Jason and Travis Kelce, Affleck said he's a big gamer, and is particularly fond of first-person shooter games, so when he tried Fortnite, he thought he'd hold his own. That wasn't the case, though. He said not only did he get wiped out immediately, but t
  
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• Live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie in development with CD Projekt Red co-producing

  08-10-2026 21:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie is now in development, and CD Projekt Red is co-producing it.The film is in development at Paramount Pictures, with the video game studio co-producing alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, according to a new report from Deadline. di Bonaventura is best known for producing the live-action Transformers and GI Joe films. No additional details about the film or its plot have been reported.CD Projekt Red also co-produced the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series, which wa
  
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• Ubisoft Shutting Down Rainbow Six Mobile After Less Than A Year

  08-10-2026 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Mobile is shutting down, and it didn't have a very long life. The game soft-launched in 2023, but properly rolled out for everyone back in February 2026. It will shut down on January 16, 2027, so it will have been online for less than a year in its full state for everyone."'We are proud of the passion, creativity, and dedication our team has put into the game," Ubisoft said. "One of the greatest parts of this adventure has been getting to experience it alon
  
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• Naughty Dog crunch could be "grueling" but The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 artist defends the studio

  08-10-2026 21:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  A number of high-profile game studios are closely associated with crunch culture, and The Last of Us maker Naughty Dog is undoubtedly one of them. I feel confident saying that not only because the studio's reputation for crunch has been well-established through many years of trustworthy reporting, but because Naughty Dog representatives have confirmed as much explicitly. As recently as December 2025, reports circulated claiming Naughty Dog employees had been forced into mandatory overtime to com
  
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• Marvel NYCC 2026 Live coverage – news and announcements from the Marvel TV and animation panel as it happens

  08-10-2026 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Marvel TV and animation panel at New York Comic Con 2026 is almost upon us. While both the Marvel panels at SDCC 2026 and D23 focused primarily on Marvel's future movies, New York Comic Con has become the traditional home for Marvel TV announcements, and this year is no different.VisionQuest is bound to be a major fixture given it debuts in less than a week, but we're also expecting/hoping for news on Daredevil: Born Again season 3, X-Men '97 season 3, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man s
  
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• Marvel NYCC 2026 Live Coverage – Everything announced at the Marvel panel

  08-10-2026 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Marvel TV and animation panel at New York Comic Con 2026 is almost upon us. While both the Marvel panels at SDCC 2026 and D23 focused primarily on Marvel's future movies, New York Comic Con has become the traditional home for Marvel TV announcements, and this year is no different.VisionQuest is bound to be a major fixture given it debuts in less than a week, but we're also expecting/hoping for news on Daredevil: Born Again season 3, X-Men '97 season 3, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man s
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 Is Getting A Movie Adaptation At Call Of Duty Film Studio, Transformers Producer On Board

  08-10-2026 20:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Movie studio Paramount has announced that it's making a Cyberpunk 2077 movie, becoming just the latest upcoming game adaptation. The studio is also behind the Call of Duty movie that's set for release in 2028.Deadline reported that Lorenzo di Bonaventura, known for his work on the super-popular Transformers movie series, is attached to produce.Developing...
  
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• The 5 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV and more (October 9-11)

  08-10-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that spooky season is officially upon us, there's never been a better time to kick back and watch some new streaming hits. Horror maestro Mike Flanagan is starting things off nicely too with a new adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie for Prime Video. Set in the modern day, this reimagines the horror heroine as a teenager struggling in a world of social media. Nothing scarier, right?Elsewhere, we've got several new TV shows to sink our teeth into as well, including The Last Airbender sequel Av
  
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• Arc Raiders Celeste’s Teenage Rebellion Quest Guide

  08-10-2026 19:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Arc Raiders' new Frozen Trail update has brought with it a brand-new map to explore, but some of its quests still send you to previous maps to do a bit of busywork. For instance, for Celeste's Teenage Rebellion, you'll need to make your way back to Riven Tides. Here's what you need to know about completing this task for Celeste. In This Article Reach the lookout tower on Mulatierra HillTransmit the location from the top of the towerReach the old Raider Camp near the hotel, overlooking the beachS
  
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• GTA 6 Merch Revealed, Including T-Shirt With Alligator Wearing Sunglasses And Drinking A Cocktail

  08-10-2026 19:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of GTA 6's release in November, Rockstar Games has announced an official merch collection for the game, and it includes some snazzy stuff like a t-shirt featuring an alligator wearing sunglasses and drinking a cocktail.The alligator's name is Macca the Gator, and he's the star of a fictional in-universe TV show of the same name. Presumably we will learn more about this at some point, but I am certainly intrigued.All the GTA 6 merch you can buy right now.Available in the Rockstar Store, the
  
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• Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival – Launch Trailer

  08-10-2026 19:33 via gamespot.com
  
  The anticipation has served its purpose.
  Now comes the experience.
  No more teasing… It’s time to play.You have found the Configuration. With it, you have opened a door that was never meant to be opened. Beyond this door lies Hell. Not the Hell of your imagination, but a place of exquisite suffering, where every desire has a price.Your beloved lies beyond its threshold. To get her back, you must descend into the darkness and wield the cursed power of the Genesis Configuration. But un
  
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• Strange Scaffold Saved This New Tactics Game From Cancellation

  08-10-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the more interesting game reveals from today's Triple-i Initiative showcase was Gods With Badges, a narrative-driven tactics game about a disgraced police officer returning to the line of duty. What makes Gods With Badges even more fascinating is that it was canceled by its original developer and saved by El Paso, Elsewhere developer Strange Scaffold.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXdR706AKPQ
  The press release announcing Gods With Badges explained that the project began at Artificer, th
  
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• Arc Raiders Tracks Of The Beast Quest Guide

  08-10-2026 18:55 via gamespot.com
  
  You've probably already spent some time running around in the snow on Arc Raiders' new Pendola Pass map, but it's time to head back there once again for the Tracks of the Beast quest. This time, you need to visit a few locations and ping a few baddies, and we're here to fill you in on how to make it all happen. In This Article On Pendola Pass, head to the Northern TracksFind the destroyed station at the end of the tracksPing a Bully / Ping a Skulker
  On Pendola Pass, head to the Northern TracksTh
  
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• Arc Raiders Frozen Trail patch notes are full of sentences that players have dreamed of for years

  08-10-2026 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The big Arc Raiders Frozen Trail update is finally here, dropping a truckload of wintry content on players and, importantly, unloading the biggest patch notes since the start of the game. We're all going to be busy with the new map, skills, guns, gadgets, and Arc for a good while, but the 2.0 Frozen Trail update is full of tiny yet exciting changes, many of which have been requested by players for nearly a full year. You can read the full patch notes here. I want to focus on some easily missed l
  
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• Arc Raiders Frozen Trail patch notes are full of sentences that players have dreamed of for a year

  08-10-2026 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The big Arc Raiders Frozen Trail update is finally here, dropping a truckload of wintry content on players and, importantly, unloading the biggest patch notes since the start of the game. We're all going to be busy with the new map, skills, guns, gadgets, and Arc for a good while, but the 2.0 Frozen Trail update is full of tiny yet exciting changes, many of which have been requested by players for nearly a full year. You can read the full patch notes here. I want to focus on some easily missed l
  
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• Arc Raiders’ Big Update Has It Surging To Numbers It Hasn’t Seen In Months

  08-10-2026 18:46 via gamespot.com
  
  When Embark said it would take several months to deliver the major Arc Raiders update it envisioned, days like today were probably the goal. The extraction shooter is once again high up in Steam's charts for both best-selling and most-played games. Among best sellers, Arc Raiders currently ranks fifth, behind this week's other big releases, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Gears of War: E-Day, but those came out earlier this week, and it's still early, so we may see it leap over those before t
  
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• Triple-I Initiative October 2026: Everything Announced At The Showcase

  08-10-2026 18:45 via gamespot.com
  
  We normally get only one Triple-I Initiative showcase per year, but 2026 is proving to be the exception. The second broadcast of the year from organizers Evil Empire, the Triple-I Initiative was a focused blast of curated trailers and game updates, all rolling out across an almost-hour-long livestream. If you don't have time, fret not, because we've recapped everything below for you to check out. Most of these games also have demos that are now live on Steam, so if you like what you see, you can
  
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• Xbox puts former Reddit and Facebook exec in charge of Minecraft studio Mojang

  08-10-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  A lot of change is going on in the annals of Xbox right now. The games division of Microsoft is in the midst of 3,200 layoffs and a complete restructuring, and that includes in senior management. Mojang, the company overseeing Minecraft, now has a new boss, but their background isn't strictly in game development.Asha Sharma, CEO of Xbox, has announced that Maria Angelidou-Smith is taking on the role of Mojang CEO, replacing Kayleen Walters, who's now president of XP. That's apparently another wi
  
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• WoW: Forever is "simplifying" Blizzard's usual PvP but also adding a controversial weekly grind

  08-10-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever won't be emulating the retail or Classic versions of Blizzard's beloved MMO when it comes to PvP – it's got its own way of approaching it.The studio outlines as much in a new post about how PvP works in WoW: Forever over on its official website, and it's somehow easier than it was back in the early 2000s but also… a tad grindy?
  Blizzard first describes it bringing "a refreshed sense of purpose to every match-up" with an approach that "gives players more re
  
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• Where to find Celeste's childhood drawings in Arc Raiders

  08-10-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Finding Celeste's childhood drawings in Arc Raiders will take you to three locations in Riven Tides, which is no mean feat given how dangerous the area is. Especially when you don't have a clear idea where you're going or what you're looking for. I've found all the drawing locations already though, so I can point you in the right direction and minimize the wandering about to make it all a lot easier. Find young Celeste's room in Hotel Panorama Azzuro(Image credit: Embark Studios)The whole object
  
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