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• Mueller: Flynn not ready to be sentenced yet in Russia probe

  29-06-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn is not ready to be sentenced yet, special counsel Robert Mueller said Friday in a one-page filing that suggests the former White House official is still cooperating with prosecutors.
  
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• After ditching discs, PlayStation continues replicating Xbox's very bad 2013 by going all in on TV

  31-08-2026 23:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  For gamers who've been following industry news long enough, Sony's recent announcement of plans to end physical PlayStation discs echoed Microsoft's plans for always-online DRM back on the Xbox One. Now, Sony is spiritually following another dead-end path first embraced by Xbox One: live TV.A PS5 update today adds a "Live TV on PS5" app to the media tab on US consoles. The results look like any other faux-cable streaming service, with a big list of channels to tune into. The service promises an
  
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• "The Half-Life 2 of AI" will change people's minds about AI, Saber exec says after CEO claims he'd happily replace a writer with AI

  31-08-2026 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Saber Interactive C-suite still has generative AI on the brain after CEO Matt Karch quipped earlier this month that he wished he had replaced a fired Rideshare "Stimulator" writer with AI – and then apologized. That whole situation was embarrassing, but there's more to be had as Saber chief creative officer Tim Willits describes the developer's ongoing AI experiments. "We're going to try to figure out if it works or if it doesn't work," Willits tells Eurogamer. The executive designates
  
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• This is your last chance to buy a Switch 2 before Nintendo raises prices to $500

  31-08-2026 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Switch 2 prices will permanently increase on Tuesday, September 1, so today is your last chance to grab the console at its launch MSRP.In the US, the baseline Nintendo Switch 2 price will increase from $449.99 to $499.99. Currently, a Switch 2 bundle with a game will generally run you about $500, which helps put this price hike into perspective.In Europe, prices will jump €30 to €499.99. In the UK, a Switch 2 will now cost £419.99, an increase of £24. Nintendo reve
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday star Chris Evans says he returned as Steve Rogers because he feels "very at home with the role"

  31-08-2026 22:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chris Evans says it was a no-brainer to return as Steve Rogers in Avengers: Doomsday, given that he cares deeply about the role."I feel very at home with the role," Evans said during a panel at Fan Expo Boston. "I feel very not just comfortable, but precious. I care about the arc of all these characters, and we wouldn’t be doing it unless there was going to be a really interesting situation to put him in."The actor is set to appear in both Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, the latter of
  
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• The Witcher 3 director's new RPG Blood of Dawnwalker is a hit with most critics, and just behind The Witcher 1 and 2 on Metacritic

  31-08-2026 22:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Blood of Dawnwalker, the new vampiric RPG from The Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz and the team at Rebel Wolves, is finally releasing this week, and early reviews paint a bloody, but overall very positive, picture.I've been following Blood of Dawnwalker very closely since its announcement and, having spoken with the devs myself and read countless encouraging hands-on previews, I'm not surprised to see it's a hit with critics now that the full review embargo has lifted. As of now, it
  
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• James Wan's live-action TV show based on the '90s cult classic cartoon Gargoyles no longer moving ahead at Disney Plus

  31-08-2026 22:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Huge bummer for '90s kids: the previously announced live-action TV series based on the animated urban sci-fi fantasy show Gargoyles is no longer moving ahead at Disney Plus."Well, I know the live-action side of it is, uh, the Atomic Monster had the license to develop a live-action Gargoyles for Disney Plus, and that's dead," creator Greg Weisman told Comics Online. "I have no idea about animation, but there are no current plans for live-action."The kid-friendly cartoon aired on ABC from 1994-199
  
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• Godzilla Remaster Devs Explain Why They Aren’t Worried About Releasing Near GTA 6

  31-08-2026 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  Most upcoming games have looked to steer clear of the behemoth that is Grand Theft Auto 6 and avoid the month of November entirely. The upcoming remaster of 2002's Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee is a notable exception, and as it turns out, the developers didn't think about GTA 6 at all when choosing its release date.In an interview with IGN, senior designer at developer Pipeworks Simon Strange revealed GTA's looming release of November 16 wasn't a factor when choosing Godzilla Destroy All M
  
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• “Trust Us–We’re Remedy:” Control Resonant Will Have Plenty Of Lore, The Devs Just Can’t Reveal Any Of It

  31-08-2026 22:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Fear not, Control fans: Control Resonant will be packed with lore despite the combat-heavy trailers we've seen so far, according to developer Remedy. The lack of focus on story in promotional footage, says Remedy senior communications manager Miika Huttunen, is no reflection of the game's content, but instead a deliberate decision by the team to have the narrative side of the game on lockdown until release. In short: You'll get your fill, you just have to wait.The sneak peeks we've had of the ga
  
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• Fable is "15-20 hours" long, Xbox confirms, but you can "literally play it forever" if you treat it more like a life sim than an RPG

  31-08-2026 22:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox has confirmed that Fable's main story will be around 15 to 20 hours long, exactly in keeping with the first three entries in the venerable RPG series. You can double that playtime with sidequests and exploration, and the real devotees can play "forever" if they want to treat the game as a life sim."We have around 15-20 hours of mainline quest gameplay, we have around 15-20 of side and open-world exploration content gameplay," associate game director Will Kennedy says at a Gamescom Q&A s
  
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• A September 10 Nintendo Direct Is Looking Likely Thanks To Just Dance

  31-08-2026 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Fans eager to see what Nintendo is cooking up for the 2026 holiday season might not have to wait long, as new evidence is making a September 10 Nintendo Direct look likely. That evidence in question is Just Dance: Decades of Hits. A recent leak saw gameplay from the upcoming Ubisoft title circulate online, leading to an official statement from the game's official X account. Far from simply acknowledging the leak, Ubisoft actually told players when they can expect a proper, official look at
  
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• Xbox CEO Says Making Halo Popular Again Is A Priority, But Franchise Co-Creator Questions If It’s Possible

  31-08-2026 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  The Halo franchise remains synonymous with the Xbox brand, but many might agree that it has seen better days. Xbox's new CEO, Asha Sharma, has now commented on Halo's future, saying in an interview that Halo remains a "very key franchise" for Xbox and that Microsoft is taking a long-term view about reviving it."The thing that I am learning about great games is that they have a long history and heritage and we can take a long-term view. I am confident that Halo is a very important part of our por
  
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• Naughty Dog says Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is finished filming "ambitious" cinematic shoot: "Cannot wait to show you"

  31-08-2026 20:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  For everyone that feels like it's been decades since we got an new, original Naughty Dog game, I come bearing great news: the studio's upcoming sci-fi adventure game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, has officially wrapped filming, marking a major development milestone.The Uncharted and Last of Us studio shared the news in a Bluesky post featuring Tati Gabrielle, the actor behind Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet's main protagonist, Jordan A. Mun. "'See you, space cowboy...'", reads the capt
  
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• GTA 6 Fans Are Bracing For One Massive Download

  31-08-2026 20:24 via gamespot.com
  
  We're only a few months away from the November launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, and following the recent preview of the game on Netflix, fans have even more questions about Rockstar's highly anticipated game--namely, just how big is the download going to be? We already know that you can preload the game a week before launch, but is that because you'll need multiple days to download all the files?GTA 6 fans are currently speculating just how big the install is going to be, with the majority of peopl
  
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• US Senators Say Discord And Roblox Should Have Their Day In Court

  31-08-2026 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Three US Democratic senators condemned both Discord and Roblox, saying that the voice-chat and game-creation platforms "deserve their day in court" instead of hiding behind private arbitration methods as it relates to child safety.According to an August 31 Bloomberg report, Democratic senators Dick Durbin (Illinois), Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), and Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) have filed an amicus brief on August 28 urging the courts to keep the myriad lawsuits Discord and Roblox are faci
  
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• Ridley Scott says he "made the best Alien by far" and I'm inclined to agree

  31-08-2026 19:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ridley Scott says he made the best Alien movie... and we have to hand it to him."I did the best [Alien] by far. Full stop. End of the fucking story," Scott told Brut. "Then they let it die. After the fourth they killed it. So I sat there thinking: 'I'm gonna bring it back.' So I sat down with very good writers and we've caught fire… and wrote Prometheus."Alien hit theaters in 1979 and became one of the most critically and culturally important sci-fi movies of all time, and would go on to
  
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• Dune: Awakening lead says "100 hours isn't bad" to get out of the survival MMO, but its new single-player mode gives you "full control over the experience" and time you spend

  31-08-2026 19:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The spice must flow, including in updates for Dune: Awakening. The Arrakis-set MMO is getting a single-player mode soon, and it'll provide more options for how much you want to get out of the experience compared to the more live-service way of playing.At Camescom 2026, Joel Bylos, the chief creative office of developer Funcom, explained the logic to GamesRadar+. "The good thing about single-player is with the way that you can play the story and get into the story, you don't have to spend that 10
  
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• Capcom delivers its fourth hit of the year with early Onimusha: Way of the Sword reviews beating Pragmata

  31-08-2026 19:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our Onimusha: Way of the Sword review is here, and so is everyone else's. So far, Onimusha's revival is on track to beat Pragmata, match Monster Hunter Stories 3, and barely trail Resident Evil Requiem in a particularly strong year for Capcom. PS5 reviews frequently provide the biggest critical base on Metacritic, and that's true across Capcom's latest games. Shortly after the review embargo, Onimusha: Way of the Sword is sitting at a score of 86 on Metacritic for PS5 with 66 reviews. (This is u
  
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• Sony lawyers argue that nobody is stupid enough to believe they actually own digital games, because then only one person could buy GTA 6

  31-08-2026 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the end of physical PlayStation games looming, the need for clear digital ownership rights is more pressing than ever. For its part, Sony believes your rights are very clear: you do not own your digital games, and it's unlikely you're stupid enough to believe otherwise. At least, that's roughly the argument the company's lawyers are presenting in response to a proposed class-action lawsuit.Sony argues that its current customer-facing disclosures ensure that "reasonable consumers would not b
  
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• "People stopped making games like this": Former Path of Exile boss sticks up for one of the most underrated RPGs on Steam and Switch

  31-08-2026 19:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's always nice to see devs revisit classic games to make spiritual successors for them, especially if the baseline mechanics and ideas have fallen out of vogue. Just recently, we saw a team doing this for Morrowind, and 14 years ago, Legend of Grimrock did this for Dungeon Master. The result is something that Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson is still raving about.He made a YouTube video providing his thoughts, because Dungeon Master was a landmark release in his enjoyment of the medium. "
  
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• Welcome To GameSpot Metroidvania Week

  31-08-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Metroidvanias. What was once a relatively niche genre has slowly become one of the most prolific across the industry. Through a combination of indie developers paying homage to their favorite classics and major publishers injecting search-action DNA into their top franchises, the genre centered around discovery and exploration has never been more thriving.The original Metroid was released in Japan on August 6, 1984.
  The original Castlevania was released in Japan on September 26, 1984.Metroid cre
  
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• The Metroidvania Genre Owes Credit To Much More Than Castlevania And Metroid

  31-08-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The original Metroid and Castlevania both turn 40 years old this fall. As the two series most responsible for creating the "metroidvania," we're taking this occasion to take a comprehensive view of the popular genre. This is Metroidvania Week.Since their inception 40 years ago, fate has intertwined the extraterrestrial exploits of Samus Aran and the Belmont family’s fiend-fighting over multiple generations. Both the Metroid and Castlevania series would become synonymous with one of gaming&
  
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• Metroid Created The Formula, But Now It Faces The Same Uphill Battle As Everyone Else

  31-08-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The original Metroid and Castlevania both turn 40 years old this fall. As the two series most responsible for creating the "metroidvania," we're taking this occasion to take a comprehensive view of the popular genre. This is Metroidvania Week.Samus steps into a room she has seen before. She has just regained the Morph Ball ability, opening a path that was previously out of reach, and turns around to retrace her steps. Then the door slams shut and a massive humanoid drone corners her. The familia
  
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• GTA 6 won’t let you switch between Lucia and Jason whenever you want because it would be "unnatural" for story progression

  31-08-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar North's co-studio head and head of development, Rob Nelson, has explained how and when players can switch between dual protagonists Jason and Lucia in GTA 6. He says there are some missions where you are forced to use a certain character, some where you are made to switch, and some where you can choose who to play as and change at will.In an interview with Famitsu that's been translated by GamesRadar+, Nelson describes the team's design philosophy as it pertains to character switching a
  
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• After parting with DC and Netflix, Zack Snyder sets world premiere for his 20-year passion project The Last Photograph

  31-08-2026 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last Photograph, Zack Snyder's passion project of over 20 years, is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.Per Deadline, The Last Photograph is set to make its world debut at TIFF on September 16. The movie stars Rebel Moon actor Stuart Martin as an ex-DEA operative who must search the South American mountains for his missing niece and nephew after their parents are murdered. He enlists the help of a war photographer (Fra Fee), who witnessed the slayings, and the two emba
  
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• PS5 Adds Free Live And On-Demand Movie And TV Channels, In Exchange For Watching Ads

  31-08-2026 18:31 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of nowhere, Sony has announced that free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) is now on PlayStation 5, allowing people to watch movies and TV shows for free, in exchange for watching ads.
  FAST programming is growing in popularity, and some of the current market leaders include Roku, Tubi, and Pluto, among others. FAST content was already on PS5 through dedicated apps for some of those services, but now Sony is launching its own FAST channel. For its part, Microsoft offers some FAST channels apps
  
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• I've been staring at this GTA 6 iguana for an hour, and it's clear Rockstar's obsession with uber-detailed animals did not end with Red Dead Redemption 2's horses

  31-08-2026 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar has just released a massive pile of new GTA 6 screenshots, and even after seeing nearly 30 minutes of 4K gameplay last week, there are a few new details to pick apart in these stills. Sure, there are displays of cars, weapons, locations, and sick outfits for Jason and Lucia, but I keep coming back to this one picture of an iguana.Seriously, if the image above does not fully communicate why I'm looking at this iguana so intensely, go check out the 4K original on Rockstar's official websi
  
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• The Biggest New Game Releases Of September 2026

  31-08-2026 18:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Here it comes! We're no strangers to September being the kick-off month for a busy period on the gaming calendar, but this year, it looks like everyone is attempting to avoid being caught in GTA 6's blast radius. That means that you're going to be spoiled for choice this month, as the next couple of weeks are overloaded with big AAA releases, new games hitting early access on PC, and smaller experiences sandwiched between all the latest releases. Maybe Green Day should avoid its scheduled month
  
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• GTA 6 is so big, Rockstar doesn't "know that there's anybody on the team that knows all of it"

  31-08-2026 18:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  You probably don't need to be told that GTA 6 is big. Rockstar sandboxes are known for their size and depth, and this one seems like it'll be the biggest of the bunch by a wide margin. So much so, the studio doesn't think a single member of the team has seen every corner of Leonida.Chatting about the blockbuster release with IGN, Rob Nelson, the head of development and co-studio head at Rockstar, spoke about the philosophy underpinning the map and all the various things you can do. "I think the
  
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• Marvel Snap’s Hit New Draft Mode Will Return In September With Changes

  31-08-2026 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  You still have about a week to play the first edition of Marvel Snap's long-awaited Draft Mode, which debuted this month. But if you missed out or just can't wait to get drafting again, Second Dinner has also announced when you can expect its return.Draft will come back on September 28 as another LTGM. This time, though, scoring will work a little differently, as this second edition of Draft will use Sanctum scoring. That means it will borrow the scoring method from Sanctum Showdown, in which ea
  
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