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• "How does he keep doing it": Fan makes incredible Lego Pokemon out of the most unlikely sets

  23-09-2026 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lego community continues to blow my mind, because someone just made Slowpoke out of a Toy Story model using no extra parts… and it isn't the first time they've built Pokemon from the most unlikely sets.Fan creator Minute_Food_2881 is at it again; after proving that you can turn a Lego pumpkin into the Millennium Falcon, they're back with a version of Slowpoke created from Lego Lotso Huggin' Bear ($39.99 at Lego) from Toy Story 3. This isn't just a "squint and it looks a bit like them"
  
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• Hideo Kojima's Physint isn't costing Xbox $400 million after all, new reports suggest

  28-09-2026 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox apparently isn't paying close to $400 million for Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear spiritual successor Physint after all, despite recent rumors to the contrary. In news I don't think anyone – including Kojima himself – saw coming, Xbox is now publishing Physint instead of PlayStation after Sony decided it wanted to cancel the game entirely. The game's future is now apparently safe, despite ongoing restructuring at Xbox, but the question of why Sony wanted to drop it at all remains. One
  
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• Godzilla Minus One is the first R-rated Godzilla movie for a reason, says director: "Cutting it was just not an option"

  28-09-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Godzilla Minus One has made history as the first-ever Godzilla movie to earn an R-rating. But according to director Takashi Yamazaki, this couldn't be helped, as the movie's violent and bloody scenes are essential to the story. "You want as many people from the general public to be able to see your film. So, an R-rating might seem like a barrier to entry," said Yamazaki to Variety. "In spite of that, though, there were certain scenes that, for me as a director, were so essential to the film. Cen
  
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• Lanterns writer says changing canon is "like handling plutonium" but there's "no fun and creativity" in playing it safe

  28-09-2026 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Comic backstories are usually in a state of flux, with pieces of history picked up and deployed at a writer's whim to suit whatever story they're trying to tell.But there are (usually) hard and fast rules: Superman landed in Kansas, Bruce Wayne watched his parents die in Crime Alley, and Hal Jordan watched his father die in a test flight.While Lanterns keeps the latter intact, it offers up a key tweak that not only reframes the character – but the entirety of Kyle Chandler's excellent perf
  
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• Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer (#75457) review: “Concentrate all spare funds on that Super Star Destroyer!”

  28-09-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer (#75457) isn’t just the latest Ultimate Collector Series set to leave its Billund docking bay; it’s the longest Lego Star Wars set ever produced. This 6,130-piece representation of Darth Vader’s flagship measures an imposing 53.5in (136cm) long – that’s the width of my dining table!It’s not the first time Lego has produced a UCS Executor, though. Back in 2011, the Lego Star Wars Super Star Destroyer (#10221) lau
  
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• As Wardogs sells 3 million copies, lead admits the devs are "overwhelmed," taking forced holidays

  28-09-2026 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are times in life when you may find yourself suffering from success. Bulkhead, the developer of tactical FPS Wardogs, is going through one such period, the company's boss revealing much of the team are on mandatory leave to give them time to breathe amid what's been a hardcore launch period.Joe Brammer, the CEO of Bulkhead, posted about it on Twitter. "We have been a bit overwhelmed with the response, and I mean it literally," he writes. "It feels like we’ve spent our whole time figh
  
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• Xbox is in the midst of a "reverse acquisition," analyst says

  28-09-2026 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  A games industry analyst says that Xbox is being acquired in reverse after the publisher announced that it is placing some of its studios under Bethesda and Activision. Microsoft announced last week that the next wave of redundancies, as part of the planned 3,200 jobs cuts across Xbox throughout FY27, would not only result in the loss of 268 jobs – with the likes of Halo Studios and The Coalition affected – but also mark a major reshuffle for Xbox Game Studios. Notably, Playground Ga
  
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• Is Gears Of War: E-Day On Steam?

  28-09-2026 12:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Anyone looking to play Gears of War: E-Day has several options for which platform they choose to get the game on, and yes, Steam is one of them. While The Coalition's new entry in the Gears universe is exclusive to PC and Xbox Series X|S, PC owners can add Gears of War: E-Day to their Steam library. How does this differ from buying the game from the Xbox PC storefront or on console? Let's break it down.Gears of War: E-Day PC priceUnsurprisingly, the Standard and Premium Editions of the game will
  
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• Godzilla Minus Zero debuts to near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

  28-09-2026 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Godzilla Minus Zero has been screened for critics, and it has debuted to incredibly strong reactions. The film is a direct sequel to Godzilla Minus One, picking up two years after the events of that movie. As revealed by the final trailer, this time around, King Ghidorah has entered the fray, too. After premiering at New York Film Festival, early reviews are in, and they're overwhelmingly positive. The film currently sits at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes from 22 reviews, which, while a near-perfect sco
  
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• WoW: Forever beta gets another population cap increase as Blizzard struggles to fit fans in the MMO

  28-09-2026 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following Blizzard's big reveal of World of Warcraft: Forever at BlizzCon 2026, the MMO's official Beta release went live – and it's almost too popular.So much so, that senior game designer Josh Greenfield said he was witnessing "the craziest numbers I've seen in 17 years working at Blizzard" as the studio's servers kept breaking thanks to the WoW: Forever Beta.
  The developers remedied the issue by, you know, simply increasing the MMO's population cap – something they've just had to
  
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• Here’s How Visually Different The Witcher 3 Remastered Looks

  28-09-2026 12:10 via gamespot.com
  
  With the release of The Witcher 3 Remastered, we wanted to take a look at the visual differences using various settings on PC. We compared the game, known as Version 5.00, to the most recent version of The Witcher 3, Version 4.04. All versions were run on 4k, Ultra settings with everything turned on. In 4.04 we had ray tracing turned on, and in 5.00 we had ray tracing and path tracing examples. Path tracing is a new feature exclusive to The Witcher 3 Remastered, which is why we couldn't have it
  
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• Spider-Man filmmaker will direct first movie of new Star Wars trilogy in the Skywalker Saga

  28-09-2026 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following a years-long break between movies, Star Wars is officially back in its cinematic flow. Following The Mandalorian and Grogu hitting screens this year, and with Shawn Levvy's Star Wars: Starfighter on the way, LucasFilm is moving forward with yet another feature, and it has already found its director. Jon Watts has been tapped to direct the first movie out of a new trilogy that will next chapter of the Skywalker Saga. The mystery trilogy is penned by Simon Kinberg, who has been working o
  
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• An unofficial Super Mario Galaxy PC port is in the works, with devs proudly claiming it's "100% coded by humans"

  28-09-2026 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Wii classic Super Mario Galaxy has been 100% decompiled, with members of the game's community announcing an unofficial PC port is on the way. Game decompilation has been one of the highlights of the 2020's PC gaming scene, as it has allowed developers to create PC ports of games that never came to the platform and letting them be played natively and enhanced, offering greater utility over simply emulating them. It's allowed PC players to finally experience classics like Castlevania: Sym
  
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• The Witcher 3 Remastered – Side by Side Graphics Comparison

  28-09-2026 12:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Let's compare the Witcher 3's previous version, 4.04, to the latest remastered 5.00 patch. We'll also be showing off both Ray Tracing and the brand new Path Tracing, exclusive to the PC version.The Rabbit Haul is available now.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2514330/The_Rabbit_HaulPresented by The Rabbit Haul. The Rabbit Haul is co-published by Fandom, GameSpot's parent company.
  
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• Here’s What’s New In The Witcher 3 Remastered

  28-09-2026 12:00 via gamespot.com
  When you boot up The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered for the first time, you’ll see a few new items on the menu: Combat Training, Mods, Patch Highlights, and–depending on the platform–Console Features.Patch Highlights is exactly that. Judging by the trailer developer CD Projekt Red released last month, there are dozens of new additions and changes, but here are the highlights as listed in the menu:
  Upgraded visuals and performance: Everything from NPCs you'll meet on your journ
  
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• Avengers: Endgame will overtake Avatar as the highest-grossing movie very soon after Encore's bumper box office numbers

  28-09-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame will almost certainly become the highest-grossing movie again – after Encore's re-release proved to be a smash hit at this weekend's box office.As per Variety, Encore grossed $86 million worldwide, bringing Endgame's overall gross to $2.88 billion, some $40 million shy of Avatar's record. If the numbers keep up, Avengers: Endgame will regain its crown (after Avatar and Endgame traded number one slots thanks to a series of prior re-releases) in just a few weeks.All told, t
  
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• "Having a hand in the game etches you in history": How Grand Theft Auto became a musical tastemaker

  28-09-2026 10:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  After years of waiting, we finally got a glimpse of the crime-ridden and hedonistic Vice City and fictional state of Leonida during 2023's hotly anticipated reveal trailer for GTA 6. The trailer soon made a Guinness World Record as the most-viewed video game reveal on YouTube in 24 hours, with over 90 million views.Alongside the chaos and carnage, 'Love Is a Long Road' by Tom Petty played in the background, with the fast-paced tempo of the rock song mirroring the high-octane action in the traile
  
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• 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Valheim

  28-09-2026 09:54 via gamespot.com
  
  After more than five years in early access, Valheim 1.0 is finally here, and can be played from start to finish for the very first time. While Valheim’s gameplay will feel familiar to fans of the survival crafting genre--and has influenced other games released in the years since--the viking-themed game has a few unique mechanics that take some getting used to. If you’re headed to the tenth world for the very first time, here are some important tips that will make your Valheim ex
  
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• It's somehow possible to beat Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave while ignoring the entire point

  27-09-2026 17:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Somehow, it's possible to beat the entirety of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave without recruiting its four central characters, The Flame Lords.Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave doesn't follow the familiar structure laid out in most other games from Nintendo's SRPG series. In this one, players create their own character who exists in an apocalyptic present day and needs to travel back in time to recruit The Flame Lords - each of them has their own full-fat, completely unique route and storyline that can
  
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• Gabe Newell had a "room full of knives and blades and swords," says Counter-Strike co-creator

  27-09-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gabe Newell - billionaire yacht enthusiast, daily Dota 2 player, Valve co-founder. Now, you can also add bladed weapon maestro to his resume, according to Counter Strike co-creator Minh 'Gooseman' Le.The co-developer of the Half-Life mod that spawned the ultra popular Counter-Strike series, Le recently talked to Indie Game Joe about his experience working at Valve and with its president Gabe Newell, a figure who leads quite a colorful, side-quest-filled life when he's not arguing in court about
  
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• Uncharted 2's brilliance isn't just about guns and trains, it's about people

  27-09-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PS3's legacy may very well be the perfection of the tightly focused 10-hour story campaign. If you define it that way, then Uncharted 2: Among Thieves could claim to be the game of that generation; not the best game, but the one that is emblematic of tightly bound adventures built on the thrills of big worlds and bombastic set-pieces. Naughty Dog's matinée revival has moments of technically astounding action; a lead character capable of carrying an almost unheard-of tonal range of ten
  
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• CD Projekt Red worked backwards from Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's brutal final choice

  27-09-2026 14:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077's excellent spy thriller expansion, Phantom Liberty, is three years old now. To mark the anniversary, Cyberpunk 2 associate game director and the expansion's lead quest designer Pawel Sasko looked back on the project with a few new details. First up, it's pretty hard to ignore the stomping elephant in the room of Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch when talking about Phantom Liberty's impressive turnaround. To make sure Phantom Liberty dodged the base game's launch woes, developer
  
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• Minecraft sells over 425 million copies and gets its first new dimension in 14 years

  27-09-2026 11:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Minecraft's reign as the blocky king of the sandbox genre has lasted for well over a decade, but the crafty survival game is still as popular as ever. This year's Minecraft Live event revealed the game's getting its first new dimension in nearly 15 years, after selling a whopping 425 million copies altogether. Lots to mine. That new dimension is called the Sift, a vibrant and otherworldly plane - and you'll be able to check it out in next week's ARPG, Minecraft Dungeons 2, before it eventually c
  
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• Godzilla Minus Zero review: "Easily one of the best films of the year"

  27-09-2026 02:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Godzilla is back. Three years after Godzilla Minus One rampaged onto screens and blew the world away, writer/director Takashi Yamazaki returns with a follow-up that's bigger, bolder, and more ambitious than its predecessor. Minus Zero picks up two years after the events of the first film, in a Tokyo that is now plagued by a new threat: Ghidorah. This monster is even scarier than Godzilla, thanks to its ability to assimilate other creatures' DNA, its sizzling lightning-breath, and – most te
  
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• Minecraft Is Getting Its First New Dimension In Over 15 Years

  26-09-2026 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Announced today during Minecraft Live, Mojang is adding the first new dimension to the blocky sandbox game in more than a decade and a half.The Sift is an ethereal-looking fourth dimension that was first marketed for Minecraft Dungeons 2, and it's now been confirmed that it's coming to the base game in 2027.The Sift is a major new addition for Minecraft, marking the first new dimension since 2011's The End, where players go to fight the Ender Dragon in the end game. Speaking to GameSpot, Minecra
  
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• The Next Minecraft Update Adds Ice Caves, A New Mob, And More

  26-09-2026 19:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Minecraft's next game drop will add a new underground environment to the sandbox game, along with a new hostile mob, and items that bring frosty mechanics to exploration and combat.Announced during Minecraft Live on September 26, the upcoming game drop is expected to follow the usual drop cadence of once per quarter, releasing in December 2026. Its biggest addition is ice caves--a rare underground extension of Minecraft's existing cold biomes.Ice caves are a new underground biome coming to Minec
  
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  Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro has a reputation for being weird and esoteric – not that the giant, moon-faced Emil mask he always wears in public has anything to do with it. The idiosyncratic dev's games have a reputation for dark, twisted narratives that care more for their philosophical underpinnings than offering happy conclusions for their characters.With the first Nier, released in 2010, the game featured two different protagonists, with a gruff older character on Xbox 360 and a bo
  

• Rockstar reportedly reminded GTA 6's voice cast they're still under NDA

  26-09-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar Games has supposedly reminded the GTA 6 voice cast to keep quiet about their involvement in the upcoming open-world epic - shortly after actor Stephen Root let slip that he's in the game.The Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption maker has slowly been revealing bits and pieces about its next crime romp. The developer recently unveiled the GTA 6 soundtrack featuring 34 original songs from popular, real-world artists, as well as a $400 Collector's Edition that doesn't actually include t
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead says the original RPG "is very much enshrined within the story"

  26-09-2026 15:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Asked about whether newcomers should play the original classic before starting its epic trilogy of remakes, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's director says there's no "clear cut" answer. In some ways, knowing what happened in the 1997 RPG is crucial in understanding the Remake trilogy's story, but at the same time, newbies who don't know what a Materia is can still have a great time.Speaking to GamesRadar+, lead developer Naoki Hamaguchi says fans aren't "mistaken at all" for recommending that new pl
  
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• Major League Baseball Is Headed For A Lockout: What Happens To The Video Games?

  26-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) ends on December 1, 2026. A new agreement has to be reached prior to the start of the 2027 season the following spring, and as it stands, there are some very big sticking points in negotiations, particularly around the topic of a salary cap. Should a new agreement not be made prior to the season, we're looking at a lockout, with owners refusing to give players access to their facili
  
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