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• Netflix Anime Creators On What Counts As Anime

  11-07-2018 19:22 via gamespot.com
  
  Over the past few years, Netflix has greatly increased its anime library. This includes slightly older series like Death Note as well as newer ones like One-Punch Man, and many of them were popular before coming to Netflix. But there are also Netflix Original anime, which are licensed by and exclusive to the streaming platform. Recent hits include Aggretsuko and Devilman Crybaby, and the catalog continues to grow.Traditional anime fans are often sticklers when it comes to what can be called "ani
  
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• All The Goth Girlies Who Loved American McGee’s Alice Need To See This Game

  26-08-2026 22:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Now that Gamescom has kicked off, a seemingly endless barrage of new game trailers are hitting social media, and it's easy for smaller projects to get lost in the shuffle. But as a longtime fan of American McGee's Alice (and someone who still hasn't stopped mourning the franchise's undeserved fate), one title from today's Find Your Next Game showcase immediately caught my eye: Cutout, a 2D side-scrolling action game in which you play a paper doll with the power to snip off and steal the limbs of
  
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• Warlock Hands-On: The New D&D Action-RPG Is Not Afraid To Ditch Tradition

  26-08-2026 22:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The Dungeons & Dragons franchise continues to expand into video games with Warlock, the upcoming open world action-RPG from Invoke Studios. Following its gameplay reveal during Gamescom Opening Night Live, GameSpot had the chance to preview a hands-off demo of Warlock, which showcased plenty of dark-fantasy elements in a world filled with player choice.Warlock is a third-person single-player adventure set in one of Ravenloft's Domains of Dread, Darkon--a realm known for its gothic cities and
  
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• GTA 6 Wants You To Reconsider Doing What Everyone Does In Grand Theft Auto

  26-08-2026 22:28 via gamespot.com
  
  A new deep dive has dropped with some fascinating takeaways from Rockstar Games on the most anticipated release of the year, Grand Theft Auto 6. We've learned a lot already, including a feature returning from San Andreas and how switching between the two protagonists works. Now, we're finding out that you might want to reconsider going on those classic GTA rampages when this new GTA hits PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19.In the Autumn 2026 Issue of Dazed magazine, some Rockstar Ga
  
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• Unlike The Big Console Makers, Playdate Is Refunding You Those Tariff Fees

  26-08-2026 21:29 via gamespot.com
  
  As with so many other companies, including video game console makers, Panic increased the price of its Playdate handheld when US President Donald Trump implemented sweeping tariffs. When those tariffs were deemed unlawful and refunds become available to companies, most kept the money for themselves--but Panic has now confirmed it will be passing those refunds on to customers.Word of the refunds was emailed out to impacted customers recently. In the email, Panic explained how it had charged extra
  
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• How Switching Between GTA 6’s Two Protagonists Works

  26-08-2026 21:19 via gamespot.com
  
  Despite the "heartbreaking" leaks plaguing Rockstar Games right now, the team is speaking a bit more about what you can expect when Grand Theft Auto 6 hits PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19. This includes detailing how switching between the dual protagonists, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, works.British youth-culture magazine Dazed released its Autumn 2026 Issue, which features some fascinating quotes from key members of Rockstar Games' development team and some interesting tidbit
  
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• Everything announced at FGS Live From Gamescom 2026

  26-08-2026 21:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  FGS Live From gamescom 2026 is the sister showcase that aired directly after this year’s Future Games Show at gamescom on August 26, featuring more world premieres, developer interviews and exclusive trailers live and direct from the gamescom showfloor. The event was hosted by Nathan Byrne and Jules Gill from the FGS video team, who led viewers through a busy schedule of reveals. If you missed it and want to catch up, we’ve collated all the news below in chronological order. To wishl
  
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• This D&D Game Made A Better First Impression Than Warlock

  26-08-2026 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Most Dungeons & Dragons games over the years have put you in the shoes of an adventurer who sets out to explore a fantasy world, defeat dangerous monsters, and bask in the riches you're rewarded. But what about the people those adventurers interact with during their journey? In Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern, you'll have the chance to experience a very different side of D&D, running an inn full of weary travelers who just want a nap and some beer.
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• GTA 6 Spoilers Are Part Of The Latest Gameplay Leak

  26-08-2026 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  The latest gameplay leak for GTA 6 has arrived, and it contains new story spoilers. As such, if you care about that and spend time on the internet, be prepared to scroll away fast if something that looks like GTA 6 comes across your feed.Read on for more information about the latest leak.For about a week, most of the GTA 6 gameplay leaks focused on the playable character Jason, prompting people to wonder about the other playable character, Lucia. Well, the new leak, reportedly from the game's pr
  
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• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Is Out This October With A Very Special Guest

  26-08-2026 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 is one of the most highly anticipated games in the entire Warhammer franchise, and we'll be able to play it very soon. Even better, it's going to feature a guest appearance by one of the most legendary composers in the history of first-person shooters.
  On October 14, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 will release across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with a Switch 2 release to follow "shortly after" the other versions, according to the official announcement.https://www.youtu
  
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• More People Watch Hockey Thanks To Heated Rivalry, And This New Game Hopes To Benefit

  26-08-2026 21:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Savage Planet series developer Raccoon Logic announced a new game at Gamescom today, and it's not what anyone would expect.Breakaway Hockey League is a new "high-skill" 4v4 ice hockey game with five-minute matches, ranked play, and what the studio called "larger-than-life spectacle."
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  In development for PC, Breakaway Hockey League has players controlling just one member of the team, not the entire lineup like you might find in EA's NHL series.
  
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• GTA 6 brings back a fan-favorite San Andreas feature: you'll get chubby if you eat a lot

  26-08-2026 20:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is bringing back a feature from San Andreas and other Rockstar games that is generally well-remembered despite being one of the worst parts about living as a human being in real-life: if you eat a lot and don't exercise, you'll get a big, old, round tummy, and people will expect you to giggle when they poke it.OK, that last part isn't true, but it has been confirmed that your character in GTA 6 will have a body that changes based on your eating, exercise, and sleep habits. Revealed in an e
  
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• The Biggest Gaming Show In The West Continues To Grow

  26-08-2026 20:58 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the world's biggest gaming shows, Gamescom, is now underway in Cologne, Germany, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend. The organizers sold out the entire 233,000 square meter exhibition floor at the Koelnmesse exhibition center, with more than 1,600 exhibitors signing up to show off their games and products.In short, Gamescom is huge. It might not be the world's largest gaming event, as that title belongs to ChinaJoy, which had more than 438,000 attendees this year.
  
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• GTA 6 Brings Back A Fascinating San Andreas Feature

  26-08-2026 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto 6 is just two months away, and although the game has suffered some "heartbreaking" leaks recently, Rockstar Games is slowly peeling back the curtain on the year's most anticipated release. Now, a new deep dive has revealed that a feature from San Andreas is returning--and it sounds better than ever.In Dazed magazine's Autumn 2026 Issue, some key figures from the Rockstar Games team opened up about what you can expect when GTA 6 hits PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November
  
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• Ubisoft Sold A Game But Forgot To Include The Literal Game Part

  26-08-2026 20:29 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft's recent re-release of the original Heroes of Might and Magic 3 on Steam couldn't have gone much worse, as Ubisoft literally forgot to include the game files.The arrival of the turn-based strategy classic should have been an easy win for the publisher, offering an all-time-great game, bundled alongside its two expansions, for $10 ahead of a full remake slated to arrive next year. The only issue is when players forked over the cash and installed it, they noticed the "game" was only 23.49K
  
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• Tim Curry, star of Rocky Horror Picture Show and It, has died – and we've lost one of the true kings of genre

  26-08-2026 20:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  When David Bowie died, I was distraught. When Lynch died, I was devastated. Tim Curry has passed away at age 80, and it's another one of those losses that feels deeply personal... though that may just be because I can see his face or hear his voice when I think my way back through so many childhood memories. He was the king of genre. He was in everything. There was no role he couldn't take, remix, and turn into something that can only be described as iconic. And that even includes his voiceover
  
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• For GTA 6, Rockstar has more than doubled in size since Red Dead Redemption 2, and has an entire Los Angeles branch dedicated to realistic NPCs

  26-08-2026 20:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6's protracted development has seen Rockstar Games more than double in size since its last major release, Red Dead Redemption 2, according to a new report.Dazed published an early look at an in-depth chat with several Rockstar leaders who examined the making of GTA 6. It notes that Rockstar's global network of offices now includes a Los Angeles, California branch "dedicated almost solely" to pedestrian NPCs in GTA 6. Other specialist GTA 6 staff include professional drivers and street artist
  
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• The Ahsoka season 2 trailer proves this Star Wars story needs Luke and Leia

  26-08-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Ahsoka season 2 trailer brings with it plenty to get excited about, but – for me, anyway – the most exciting part is the return of Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker. Anakin will be back not just in flashbacks to The Clone Wars, but also as a Force ghost watching over his old Padawan Ahsoka Tano. Anakin's ghostly return quickly sparked discussion online, with some Star Wars fans pointing out that he seemed to be neglecting his children, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, in favor
  
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• Xbox boss Asha Sharma won't confirm whether Project Helix has a disc drive: "We have to be thinking about efficiency and affordability"

  26-08-2026 19:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation plans to end production of new game discs in 2028, which almost certainly means that PS6 will have no disc drive. What, then, of Project Helix? Xbox boss Asha Sharma won't say for sure one way or another whether the next-gen console will have a disc drive, but as she emphasizes the need to make the box affordable, it doesn't take much reading between the lines to think we're looking at another all-digital console.Asked by the BBC whether Project Helix would have a disc drive, Sharma
  
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• Konami wants Silent Hill to have "an annual release of new games," and it's already working on "many" unannounced projects

  26-08-2026 19:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Silent Hill franchise is fully awake after years spent frozen in at the back of the fridge, and Konami tells GamesRadar+ its psychological horror series is only going to get healthier. Healthier, like, in its output – but probably not in its content, since there's an officially licensed James Sunderland body pillow now."Our aim is to, hopefully, have an annual release of new games," Silent Hill franchise producer Motoi Okamoto tells GamesRadar+ through an interpreter at Gamescom 2026.
  
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• The Expanse’s Most Iconic Foe Shows Up In Osiris Reborn’s New Trailer

  26-08-2026 19:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Owlcat Games has given players a new look at its upcoming sci-fi RPG based on The Expanse. The latest trailer for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn aired during Gamescom's Find Your Next Game showcase, giving players a better look at Owlcat's take on one of the TV show's most frightening foes: Project Caliban.In The Expanse TV show (and the books upon which it is based), Project Caliban is a top-secret experiment run by a company called Protogen, which hopes to harness the recently discovered Protomole
  
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• Tim Curry Has Died, Leaving Behind Some Unforgettable Video Game Performances

  26-08-2026 19:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Legendary actor Tim Curry has died, aged 80. The star of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the English actor was also celebrated for his work in the recording booth, bringing dozens of animated series and video game characters to life-- including a scene-stealing performance as Premier Anatoly Cherdenko in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.While a cause of death hasn't been revealed, it is worth noting that Curry had been battling various health issues after he had a major stroke in 2012. The
  
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• Warlock escapes Baldur's Gate 3's long shadow with a very different take on D&D that I'm happy to roll my dice on

  26-08-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sitting down for my behind-closed-doors demo, I've little idea of what to expect from Warlock. It's one of those games that's felt shrouded in mystery for the longest time – a third-person action-adventure with ARPG elements, all set against one of the Dungeons & Dragons universe's spookiest settings: Ravenloft's Domain of Dread, Darkon. Only this time – unlike Baldur's Gate 3 – dice, spell slots, turn-based combat, and long rests aren't anywhere to be seen.Except they have
  
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• GTA 6 leaker turns to story spoilers: Cyberleek uploads 4-minute Lucia prologue clip hours after Rockstar says the leaks are "heartbreaking"

  26-08-2026 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest GTA 6 leak is the biggest one yet. Leaker Cyberleek has shared a 4:38 clip of the prologue story for female protagonist Lucia, mere hours after developer Rockstar acknowledged the mounting leaks and called them "heartbreaking." While this clip doesn't spoil the entire opening of GTA 6, it is the largest story spoiler released so far. Cyberleek threatened to release Lucia's prologue earlier this week. In the same post, the person or group behind the leaks called on "at least 10 gamers"
  
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• New Crimson Desert Enhanced update meant to "improve the narrative flow" actually makes it feel "like a different game," fans say

  26-08-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just yesterday, Pearl Abyss rolled out the Crimson Desert Enhanced update. A substantial patch, among the changes are new scenes and added depth to the central narrative, and players are astounded by just how different everything feels now, including Kliff himself.According to the official patch notes, this "enhanced" version of the fantasy playground makes changes across both questlines and the overarching storyline. "Improved the narrative flow of the main story," reads the description. "Added
  
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• New GTA 6 leak takes to the streets of Vice City for a chaotic nighttime police chase, and teases a cutscene featuring Lucia

  26-08-2026 18:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the eve of Netflix's big GTA 6 preview, another leak has sprung up of Rockstar's blockbuster sandbox. This one, the 15th in total, focuses on a bit of namesake automobile theft, followed by a good old-fashioned police chase, demonstrating the mechanics at play.The clip opens with the player character robbing a car by smashing the window and dragging the driver out - a series staple made even more visceral this time around - and then driving off in the vehicle. It's nighttime in a quiet part o
  
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• The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past features a new country and "completely original story" CD Projekt Red came up with years ago, but never used

  26-08-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite it being set to launch 12 years after the original game, The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past was apparently written well in advance of its reveal.Speaking to Eurogamer, co-developer Fool's Theory CEO Jakub Rokosz explains that, "The story was conceived, way back when, in CD Projekt Red by Ola Motyka and Philip Weber." But the writer duo – who worked on the Witcher 3 base game – "had to put it aside for various reasons." Rokosz explains that, "stars had to align" for things to fi
  
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• I really like the Lego Balrog Book Nook set, but there are some major caveats that stop it from being the slam dunk it deserves to be

  26-08-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings is a series packed to the gills with iconic moments and visuals throughout its 682-minute runtime. But if you ask me, the most iconic of all came from the first and best film (an opinion I'm sure nobody would disagree with), Fellowship of the Ring. Lego The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook (#10367) showcases that moment, when Gandalf decides he's going to solo the mighty Balrog while the rest of the squad runs off, and utters those four iconic words that are now forever
  
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• How to beat the How to Fish Pufferfish boss

  26-08-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The How to Fish Pufferfish is a surprisingly tough boss that you need to beat to get to the game's fourth island. It starts small and agile but eventually balloons in size to become horrifyingly large and fatally toxic, capable of killing you very quickly. It's a substantial step up in difficulty from the How to Fish Piranha boss, so I don't blame you for wanting some pointers for defeating this powerful pufferfish.How to Fish Pufferfish boss tips(Image credit: Dazed Games)The best method for ki
  
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• Tides of Annihilation devs took inspiration from Berserk, Final Fantasy, and, uh, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: "We love JoJo"

  26-08-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developers behind the upcoming fantasy adventure game Tides of Annihilation at Eclipse Glow Games have named a number of influences for their upcoming fantasy game, including JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the Fate series, and the original God of War trilogy. However, while Eclipse Glow has taken inspiration from various places, it still wants Tides of Annihilation to be its own thing.In an interview with Game*Spark spotted by Automaton and translated by GamesRadar+, Eclipse Glow explains, "It's
  
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