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• Magic The Gathering’s Jace Has Turned Into A Flock Camera In This New Card

  11-09-2026 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Spoiler season has officially begun for Reality Fracture, Magic: The Gathering's upcoming multiversal set that serves as the culmination of the TCG's three-year story arc. Set in an alternate universe (referred to as the Echoverse) in which Planeswalker Jace Beleren has oh-so-generously taken it upon himself to "fix" everything he finds wrong with the world, Reality Fracture depicts his hostile, perfectly curated world and the other Planeswalkers of Lorwyn's efforts to demolish it.Ahead of the s
  
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• Why Blizzard Stopped Protecting The Overwatch Formula To Save The Game

  16-09-2026 15:16 via gamespot.com
  
  After a successful rebrand earlier this year, the mood around Overwatch has been far more positive recently. Speaking to GameSpot at BlizzCon, associate game director Alec Dawson attributed the recent success to ditching the fear of changing core systems--such as the introduction of a Perk system that fundamentally alters hero capabilities--embarking on a year-long narrative, and actively working to break player expectations."Being able to continue to surprise people is really important," D
  
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• The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer teases the darkest story yet for the franchise

  16-09-2026 15:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The odds are in favor of Hunger Games fans today, as an all-new trailer for the prequel movie, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, has arrived online. The movie chronicles the 50th Annual Hunger Games, which introduced Panem to legendary District 12 Tribute Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada), who would one day become a valuable ally to Katniss Everdeen and Peta Mellark. He'd also end up looking a lot like Woody Harrelson.Once again evoking vibes somewhere between Midsommar and Thor: Ragnarok
  
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• Zero Parades: Director’s Cut Revealed And PS5 Edition Release Date Announced

  16-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Following the release of Zero Parades in May, developer ZA/UM Studio has announced a Director's Cut version, and it's coming soon as a free update for everyone, while the game's console edition is launching in November.The Director's Cut will release on October 1, while the PS4 version will release on November 3. The game has not been confirmed for Xbox or Switch, however.Coming soon.Representing the end of post-launch support on PC, the Director's Cut is free for all existing owners of Zero Par
  
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• ZERO PARADES: Director’s Cut – Official Reveal Trailer

  16-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Director’s Cut is not a reinvention of the game, but the culmination of the updates we’ve made since launch - bringing ZERO PARADES into what we consider its definitive form and the best version of the game to date.The headline additions include:a new Dramatic Encountera new Backstage modefull (and in important parts reworked) voice-overnew outfitsadditional features and quality-of-life improvements, including inventory sorting, Tram and Tarot Cards, and new death screens
  
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• PlayStation is doubling down on planar drivers as it announces a new duo of Pulse wireless PS5 headsets

  16-09-2026 14:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  My PS5 has been collecting more dust these days after Sony's decision to back out of the physical game market, but the newly announced PlayStation Pulse wireless and Pulse Edge wireless headsets could be the trick to drive me back.The new era of PS5 headsets was announced yesterday on the official PlayStation Blog, by Joe Bentley, the Vice President of Engineering at Sony Interactive Entertainment. There, he revealed that they have been equipped with larger planar audio drivers than the previous
  
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• Best Free Prismana To Choose In Aniimo

  16-09-2026 14:23 via gamespot.com
  
  Early in your time with the new creature-catching game Aniimo, you'll be given the choice to pick one free Prismana, which is a more powerful version of Aniimo. The decision can feel overwhelming with all the different options, so this guide will help you make the best choice for your playthrough.If you're just getting started, we also have a guide for choosing your starter Aniimo as well.Prismana Aniimo choicesWhat are Prismana Aniimo?You learn about Prismana Aniimo early in the game, even thou
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review: "Deep tactical battles and a compelling narrative make this an ambitious epic where every route matters"

  16-09-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fire Emblem is no stranger to epic narratives with diverging paths that span generations, whether that's with one or multiple protagonists. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave isn't just Intelligent System's most ambitious iteration of these ideas, but one that ties together its disparate threads into one coherent unifying saga that had been lacking from, say, Fire Emblem: Three Houses' four different parallel routes, or Fire Emblem Fates where you had to pay for the privilege of unlocking its true pat
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Is The Series’ New Peak

  16-09-2026 14:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Even for a series known for its sprawling scope, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is ambitious. Nintendo and developer Intelligent Systems clearly approached this latest entry in the series having learned from its success in Three Houses, its missteps in Engage, and even some of the series' historical oddities. Fortune's Weave rewards those craving both deep interconnected stories and intricate, interlocking RPG systems in equal measure, creating a new high-water mark for the series.The structure of
  
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• HBO boss confirms when A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will return, and we don't have long to wait

  16-09-2026 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news for Westeros fans: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 will be hitting our screens very soon. That's according to HBO boss Casey Bloys, who confirmed at the Emmys that we'll be seeing season 2 in the next eligibility window, which ends on May 31, 2027."For next year, we've got a new season of The Pitt, new season of The Gilded Age, White Lotus, new season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, new season of I Love L.A., new season of Rooster," he told Deadline. "We've got a lot of pret
  
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• Marvel's Wolverine star calls his role "the honor of a lifetime," and couldn't be more grateful to Insomniac: "You've given this nerdy kid more than he ever dreamed of"

  16-09-2026 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Wolverine lead actor Liam McIntyre has thanked Insomniac Games and the Wolverine fanbase as his performance finally reaches the world. Sharing a post on Twitter from Insomniac community and marketing director James Stevenson of the team celebrating the launch of Marvel's Wolverine with the actor, McIntyre congratulated the team on the release, adding, "Insomniac, you've given this nerdy kid more than he ever dreamed of. No amount of thanks will ever express my gratitude." Just. Thanks.
  
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• This Is How Blizzard Is Reducing Toxicity In Overwatch

  16-09-2026 13:22 via gamespot.com
  
  For years, Overwatch had an infamous player toxicity problem. A few years after its successful 2016 debut, the problem became especially bad whenever a new hero was added to the game, and that was an issue Blizzard wanted to solve. How did it do that? By simultaneously dropping five heroes into the game earlier this year, as part of Overwatch 2's rebuild.
  Alongside the game's first year-long story arc, The Reign of Talon, this gamble paid off when Blizzard discovered that toxicity within th
  
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• Zack Snyder says he had some "catharsis" over the Snyder Cut after a Warner Bros. executive told him "you were right"

  16-09-2026 13:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zack Snyder has been opening up about the circumstances around his exit from DC once again. The director was the original helmer of Justice League before he left the production and it was completed by Joss Whedon, featuring several reshoots and cuts to the original version.It took Snyder a long time and a lot of campaigning to release his version, nicknamed the Snyder Cut, but it eventually hit HBO Max in 2021. While Snyder has revealed it was a difficult time and he's still never seen Whedon's
  
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• The Witcher 3 "is not a monument" says lead writer ahead of Songs of the Past, which means "adding a new expansion is not such a huge deal"

  16-09-2026 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  No video game is perfect, regardless of how popular or enduring they are. The Witcher 3 is no exception, and on the back of the upcoming remaster, one lead developer makes it clear he'd revisit quite a bit of the massive RPG."For me, The Witcher 3 is not a monument and is not untouchable. It is still vivid in my memory, and it is still something that is not maybe a point of reference, but something that still may be improved," Marcin Blacha, lead writer on The Witcher 3 and now vice president of
  
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• When is Resident Evil on streaming? Speculation on when it could hit Netflix

  16-09-2026 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie will be shuffling its way into theaters this week, all bloodied and bitey, but you might already be wondering when it's going to land on streaming services. It's here that we advise you to take a breath, reserve your ammo, and wait a while, because there’s no streaming date in sight just yet. Having said that, with the hype well and truly at breaking point and the initial reactions to Zach Cregger's trip into Raccoon City being incredibly positive, we're going to we
  
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• Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai warns "an industry that loses its originality will simply die a slow death" as he retires his Game Designers Award after 16 years

  16-09-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai announced that his Game Designers Award will be discontinued due to his inability to find a successor. Since 2010, Sakurai has presented the award at the Japan Game Awards, and at 2026's event – where Pokemon Pokopia took home the grand prize (its version of game of the year) – the prize went to Word Game by Team9. The award is presented by Sakurai, who is also the head judge and responsible for inviting other judges, with the crit
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever takes page out of retail's book as Blizzard confirms access to add-ons will be restricted in the throwback MMO

  16-09-2026 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever was unveiled this past weekend at BlizzCon 2026, giving us our first-ever look at Blizzard's official take on Classic+ (or, at least, the closest thing we'll get to it) – and much like the retail MMO, it won't be too supportive of add-ons, apparently.Blizzard made waves in the World of Warcraft community after deciding to remove combat mods from the retail release, stating that it hoped to "level the playing field" with less outside help in raids and the like.
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• Lady Dimitrescu might not be in the new Resident Evil movie, but Zach Cregger knows who he'd cast

  16-09-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu might not be a character in the new movie from Zach Cregger, but he still has an idea of whom he'd cast as the iconic villain. Lady Dimitrescu debuted back in the 2021 game that revolves around Ethan Winters, and she quickly took the world by storm. When asked by Pedestrian TV whom he'd cast, Cregger responded with an excellent pick: Mad Men star Christina Hendricks. "That feels about right to me," he said. The interviewer's choice, meanwhile, was Joan Cus
  
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• Best Aniimo Starter To Choose: Helion Or Lunara

  16-09-2026 12:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Aniimo has been released as a new free-to-play creature-catching game similar to Palworld and Pokemon. Early in the storyline, the game asks you to make a major decision in choosing from one of two "starter" Aniimo as a guardian. In this guide, we'll discuss the differences between these two Aniimo, so you can make the best choice for your playthrough.Who are Helion and Lunara?Helion and Lunara evolutionsYou'll encounter two talking Aniimo called Helion and Lunara, who appear to be essential to
  
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• New PS5 Update Is Out Now, And Sony Actually Added Some New Features

  16-09-2026 12:11 via gamespot.com
  
  A new PS5 firmware update has arrived, and it's upgrading the console with more than just extra stability. Firmware update version 26.06-14.00.00 offers a new tweak for the PS5 Pro console, voice chat improvements, and tweaks to longstanding features. Here's a breakdown of everything.For PS5 Pro owners, the update will now see the option for enhanced PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) turned on by default. When this is active, it will allow games to run with sharper, smo
  
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• As GTA 6: An Extended Look sends hype into overdrive, PS5 Pro prices surge as high as €1,400 in Europe as stock issues persist

  16-09-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news if you live in Europe and you're still without a PS5 Pro ahead of the release of GTA 6 – stock issues have sent prices skyrocketing, as it appears everyone has had the same idea of grabbing the console before the launch of Rockstar's blockbuster this November.As reported by Heise Online, asking prices for the PS5 Pro have increased significantly over the last few weeks, coinciding with the GTA 6 Extended Look. A price tracking chart on the site shows a major upward trend in prices
  
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• Superman star David Corenswet had the perfect first reaction to seeing Nicholas Hoult's warsuit in Man of Tomorrow

  16-09-2026 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Corenswet might have proven himself worthy as the Man of Steel in Superman, but even he was reluctant to have another scrap with Lex Luthor, who will now be suited and booted in the upcoming Man of Tomorrow.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Corenswet shared a few details about the upcoming chapter of the DCU that will see a reluctant alliance formed between Superman and Hoult’s Lex Luthor. As revealed in a behind-the-scenes image from Gunn, the head of LuthorCorp will wear a
  
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• Zack Snyder says now is the perfect time for a Dark Knight Returns adaptation as audiences are "exhausted by comic book movies"

  16-09-2026 10:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  He hasn't tussled with the Caped Crusader since the DC Universe changed hands, but Zack Snyder believes there’s no better time for him to return to the Batcave and give his adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. Following the premiere of his new film The Last Photograph (which critics eviscerated at TIFF) the director, who has a long and fraught history with the DCU, explained why Frank Miller's graphic novel is the only story he'd want to go back to. "The reason why it's The Dark Knight R
  
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• First reactions to new Resident Evil movie say it "feels like you're playing a very good video game" and taps into the "relentless tension" of the franchise

  16-09-2026 10:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reactions to Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie are in, and they're pretty glowing. The new take on the iconic game franchise tells the story of Bryan (Austin Abrams), a hospital courier charged with making a delivery to Racoon City General Hospital. However, on his way he gets caught up in a horrifying outbreak, leaving him fighting for his life.Rather than focussing on game characters, the new take on the IP is set instead on the periphery of Resident Evil 2. According to Cregger, it
  
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• Reacher season 5 release date speculation, cast, which book it's adapting, and everything else we know about the Prime Video show's return

  16-09-2026 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After besting the bad guys once again, our favourite swole savior has exited our screens as Reacher season 4 has come to an end. But not to worry, Reacher season 5 is already on the way and has started filming in Canada. That's right, Alan Ritchson is strutting around a new small town and throwing punches as we speak. Reacher season 4 saw the ex-soldier face his most violent villains yet in the tense wild goose chase after a mystery hard drive. The fourth outing was packed full of action, one-li
  
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• Yoasobi Reveal Favorite Overwatch Character | Blizzcon 2026 Interview

  16-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  J-Pop duo Yoasobi chat with us about its collaboration with Overwatch, its favorite OW characters, and what it's like to make a song for the game.
  
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• Wo Long 2: Wings Of Ember Made Me Rethink My Relationship With Soulslikes

  16-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  I went into my hands-on session with Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember expecting to hate it. That probably isn't the sort of sentence Team Ninja wants associated with its upcoming action-RPG, but it's an important one. I've never been great at souls-likes. The combination of punishing enemies, precise timing, complicated combat systems, and the possibility that something resembling an eldritch horror might annihilate me in three hits is not my idea of a fun time. Wo Long 2 initially looked like it was g
  
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• Wo Long 2 Made Me Rethink My Relationship With Souls-Likes – Preview

  16-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Wo Long 2 initially looked like it was going to be another game determined to make me suffer. Instead, I had a surprisingly great time and walked away from my Gamescom preview eager to play more.
  
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• Diablo 4 season 15 is officially live following server issues and delay

  16-09-2026 01:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's 15th season, Season of Hell's Legacy, is officially live following a brief delay apparently caused by server issues.Blizzard fully lifted the lid on Season of Hell's Legacy during BlizzCon 2026, showing off a nostalgic seasonal questline celebrating the entire history of the Diablo series coinciding with its 30th birthday—and confirming a September 15 release date. It's definitely one of the meatiest seasons so far for Diablo 4, so it's not a huge surprise that players had been
  
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• After 24 years, one of GameCube's most beloved cult classics shows signs of life with a tease from an excellent remaster studio

  16-09-2026 00:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the ranks of the best GameCube games are dominated by the family-friendly titles Nintendo is best known for, Nintendo's purple square was also quietly a killer horror machine. Sure, that's mostly down to the mostly exclusive Resident Evil games Capcom was pumping out for the system, but there's one other horror titan on the system, and it was published by Nintendo itself. That is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.But unlike those classic Resident Evil games, Eternal Darkness never got a s
  
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