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• One of the summer's most talked-about Lego sets just got its first major discount

  06-10-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you were as bowled away by the interactive Lego Donkey Kong Arcade set as I was when it finally got revealed after weeks of leaks, I have news of great import: that gosh-darn son of a gun has hit a record low price. You can blame Amazon's Big Deal Days sale for that. Just a month after it hit shelves, Lego Donkey Kong Arcade has already tumbled down to £119.99 at Amazon rather than the usual £150 with a speed that'd impress the ape himself. (Just use the extra voucher tick box und
  
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• Prime Day Pokémon deals on gift-shaped items

  07-10-2026 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The world of Pokémon merch is far bigger than the actual world of the franchise. That can be a problem in times like now, Prime Day, because finding good gifts and discounts can be quite a challenge. With today being the last day of Amazon's sales, the pressure is mounting.But let's banish the pressure, because I've found an array of Pokémon gifts which are worth picking up. All but one of these cost under $50 at their reduced price (the other is still worth knowing about, given it
  
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• All Anime Breaker codes (October 2026) and how to redeem them for Potions and Emeralds

  07-10-2026 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  With these Anime Breaker codes, you'll have plenty of opportunity to boost your luck, damage, and even enemy drops as some of them award players with loads of powerful potions. Others, meanwhile, grant a boost to your Emerald total, allowing you to shop from the F2P Exclusive Shop.Whichever items you're after in this Anime-inspired Roblox game, you're sure to get them from these Anime Breaker codes. They have been coming in regularly since the game's launch, so there are loads to redeem if you h
  
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• Best Favors in Star Wars Galactic Racer and how to unlock them all

  07-10-2026 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Choosing the right Star Wars Galactic Racer Favors at the start of a tour can make a big difference in how far your get, with each one offering a useful perk to help you on your way to the top. What's more is that each Favor can also be upgraded by completing planets while equipped, so good perks can become great perks later.But the real issue is unlocking many of the Favors in the first place as you need to interact with specific characters and those opportunities can be rare and often rely on
  
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• Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals live: the best game and accessory deals still kicking

  07-10-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  (Image credit: Future/Rosalie Newcombe)1. Quick links2. Best deals3. Live updatesThe chance to grab the best Nintendo Switch Prime Day deals is coming to an end. October 7 is here, which means it's officially day two of this week's savings, and the clock is ticking before the deals are gone for good - literally. Anything part of this month's deals now features a red banner which shows the remaining hours and minutes until Prime Day is up for good.With time ticking away, it's best I get right to
  
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• New Sony patent proposes using AI to alter boss fights in real time

  07-10-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  A newly published Sony patent could theoretically see future PlayStation games adapting boss fights in real time based on how you deal with their moves, and I sincerely hope FromSoftware isn't listening.As highlighted by Patentlyze (thanks, Wccftech), the patent for an "AI-adapted non-player character for video game system," AKA US-20260295429-A1, was first filed in the US last March, but was more recently published on October 1. The patent opens by stating that "as video games increase in compl
  
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• Mike Flanagan's Exorcist sequel gets its first teaser as horror legend calls it "unsafely dark"

  07-10-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the wake of writing Clayface and creating a new version of Carrie for the small screen, Mike Flanagan has unveiled the first look at his new Exorcist movie. The upcoming seventh movie in the franchise, The Exorcist: Martyrs, stars Scarlett Johansson and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Flanagan has teased just how dark it gets.Speaking to FilmSpeak, he confirmed that the movie is the darkest thing he's ever written. "It's viciously dark," Flanagan said. "It's unsafely dark at times, and we went places i
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says using AI to replace devs is a "fundamentally flawed idea"

  07-10-2026 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a certain routine setting in for AI in video games right now, wherein a studio or publisher uses it to some extent, only to get pushback and replace the generative assets with more human work. The approach is fundamentally wrong-headed, believes Martin Klima, the CEO of Warhorse Studios, the studio behind the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games, because the tech is a tool, not a replacement for the creative process."AI is not a get out of jail free card," he tells PC Gamer. He dispels the no
  
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• Clayface star worked through his "anxiety" during screen testing by playing Elden Ring

  07-10-2026 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clayface star Tom Rhys Harries has revealed his surprising gaming habits during screen testing for the DCU role of Matt Hagen."I played Elden Ring to switch my brain off during the three months I was screen testing for Clayface," Rhys Harries told Elden Ring movie lead (and new Cyclops actor) Kit Connor for Interview Magazine. "It probably talks to my level of anxiety throughout that period."Connor himself also offered some small insight into the upcoming Elden Ring movie, indicating he bulked u
  
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• 3 months after release, The Odyssey is returning to IMAX screens after Digger bombs at the box office

  07-10-2026 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just as the box office cools off from a hot summer, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is returning to the big screen. The fantasy epic is coming back to IMAX and IMAX 70MM cinemas from October 7, as announced by the official Odyssey Twitter page. The Odyssey hasn't actually finished its theatrical run yet, after releasing on July 17. The movie stayed on premium large format screens up to September 30, after being extended due to high demand. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is returning to IM
  
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• GTA 6 won't be playable on PC via Xbox Cloud Gaming, exec clarifies

  07-10-2026 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball has commented on GTA 6 streaming rumors, saying the game won't be streaming on PC, nor exclusively on Xbox. Earlier this week, The Verge reported that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees during an all-hands meeting that the company has something planned for GTA 6 that "no other platform holder is doing," which sources identified as Xbox landing exclusive streaming rights for GTA 6. This would've meant that to stream the game, you would need Xbox Cloud Gam
  
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• GTA 6 PC Release Date Estimate, Rumors, And News

  07-10-2026 12:36 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto 6 is almost here. Well, almost here for console players, anyway. Rockstar's hugely anticipated open-world crime game is officially scheduled to launch on November 19, 2026, for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, but PC players will have to wait a little longer before they can dive in.GTA 6 PC release date estimateOur best guess for the GTA 6 PC release date is Q1 2028, putting the PC version roughly 15-18 months after the console launch. That's not based on a leak or any insider claim; in
  
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• Xbox CEO says Battle.net isn't becoming Steam after The Witcher 3: "We will do it the right way"

  07-10-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Blizzard continues to flesh its PC storefront Battle.net out with the likes of The Witcher 3, Xbox CEO and executive vice president Asha Sharma doubles down on what the World of Warcraft studio has said before – it's not trying to create another Steam.Yes, Blizzard partnered with CD Projekt Red to see The Witcher 3 make its way onto its own storefront – but that doesn't mean Battle.net will continue to accept just any game willy-nilly, or that it's a one-to-one Steam competitor.
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• Prime Day PS5 deals end today: the best console, game, and accessory savings I've found in the sale

  07-10-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Menu(Image credit: Future)1. Quick links2. Best deals3. Live updatesPrime Day PS5 deals are rolling on, and with a fresh day of savings come some casualties. I've seen a number of prices jumping back up the ladder this morning, including one of our top picks from earlier in the sale, Pragmata. That means things are certainly moving in Sony's world, if you see a price you like it's worth getting in there. These offers officially close out at midnight tonight, but that's just the end of Prime Day
  
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• After the Warner Bros. purchase, Skydance confirms the DCU still has a "long-term" vision across film, TV, and gaming

  07-10-2026 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Skydance, the new company formed by Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, has laid out their plans for the DCU. There was some concern that the newly formed DC Studios under James Gunn and Peter Safran may be axed in the turmoil. Currently, however, it seems that the new company is committed to the future of the DCU. On the Skydance website, a special section is dedicated to DC Studios under the list of brands. In the bio, it states: "DC Studios is committed to building a long-term creative ar
  
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• Prime Day retro deals live: consoles, handhelds, and accessories I'd grab before Big Deal Days ends

  07-10-2026 11:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Menu(Image credit: Phil Hayton)1. Quick links
  2. Today's best deals
  3. Live updatesPrime Day retro deals have been a mixed bag this year, but now that Big Deal Days is in its final stretch, we could see new discounts emerge. There's no guarantee that Amazon will price cut additional consoles, handhelds, controllers, and acessories today, but that is its pitch for this year's sale, and if it is giving us more to enhance our classic gaming setups with, it will be before midnight tonight.I've actua
  
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• Death Stranding movie director is location scouting and it already looks perfect

  07-10-2026 11:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding movie director Michael Sarnoski has revealed he has started location scouting for the upcoming A24 adaptation.On Instagram, Sarnoski – draped in a Death Stranding t-shirt – posted a selfie of his current setting: the rocky landscape of Iceland.A post shared by Michael Sarnoski (@michael_sarnoski)A photo posted by In another video, saved for posterity and posted on Twitter, you can see how perfect the location is – perfectly resembling the harsh terrain and stunn
  
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• GTA 6 Will Not Stream To PC Through Xbox, Despite Earlier Report

  07-10-2026 11:03 via gamespot.com
  
  PC players hoping to find a way to play GTA 6 when it launches on consoles next month must be feeling pretty disappointed, as Microsoft has clarified that Grand Theft Auto 6 will not be available to stream to PC via Xbox Cloud Gaming. The news comes after an earlier report claimed Xbox had secured exclusive streaming rights to Rockstar's highly anticipated game.The clarification came from Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball, who addressed The Verge's report. Ball said the excitement surroun
  
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• Hulk star Mark Ruffalo says Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a "teaser for what's to come" for Peter Parker and Bruce Banner in the MCU

  07-10-2026 11:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now out on digital release, which comes with a whole bunch of extra featurettes. In one, called 'Friends and Foes', Mark Ruffalo and Tom Holland open up about working together on the movie, and tease what it might mean for their future in the MCU."The idea of Hulk and Spider-Man finally meeting up," Ruffalo says in the clip. "It's iconic and legendary in the comics. And I think the way we do it is really a teaser for what's to come with these two characters."It's an
  
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• Ex-PlayStation boss recalls Nintendo employee's reaction to the PSP reveal: "You bastards"

  07-10-2026 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the phrase "console war" tends to conjure up images of, you know, consoles, don't think the battle between handhelds was any less contentious back in the day. The mid-'00s battle between Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo's DS seems pretty one-sided in retrospect, but it certainly didn't seem that way at the time. Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden certainly remembers how threatening his company's entry into the handheld market felt."I remember when we showed the first PSP back in
  
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• Long before GTA 6, Rockstar turned a Clair Obscur Expedition 33-sized budget into $600 million

  06-10-2026 23:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mountains emerged. Rivers carved canyons. And a whole bunch of other stuff happened between the release of GTA 5 and the impending launch of GTA 6. In that time, developer Rockstar Games, in step with the broader games industry, ballooned in size and racked up expenses to match. But long before the days of production budgets estimated to be comfortably north of $1 billion, a new Grand Theft Auto could be built in a cave with a box of scraps – which is to say, developed in a few years by un
  
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• Analogue Pocket SNES emulator dev says AI-powered slop code "has no place in my world"

  06-10-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the best parts of the Analogue Pocket is openFPGA – a fancy name for supporting an array of open-source, homebrew emulators. But as with seemingly every corner of the retro dev scene, the makers of these FPGA emulator cores are having to contend with low-effort, vibe-coded slop from would-be contributors. You can pencil in the dev behind the SNES emulator for Analogue Pocket as one of the many annoyed by having to deal with all this AI-generated code.Yesterday, a contributor going b
  
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• Xbox Helix is seemingly pulling a Steam Deck, CEO discusses devices for players "on the go"

  06-10-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reiterated plans for Xbox Project Helix to encompass a "family of devices" at a recent company town hall meeting, describing a new generation with a console at its center but also with options for players "on the go," seemingly in the vein of portable systems like Valve's Steam Deck or Nintendo's Switch 2. In a meeting transcript shared with Windows Central, Sharma says, "We are moving to a family of devices for Gen-10," the hardware generation which will cover the PS6 a
  
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• D&D and Magic The Gathering developers unionize, demand protection from "LLMs and generative AI"

  06-10-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The makers of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have unionized. Today, the developers of the massive tabletop games have announced that they're joining United Wizards of the Coast - CWA, and are calling on their company to voluntarily recognize the union. Among their demands is protection from what they call an increasing push for AI use from Wizards of the Coast management.United Wizards of the Coast announced its existence in April. Back then, it consisted only of the developers
  
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• A Scary-Looking New Conjuring Game Just Got Announced, And It’s Out Next Week On Netflix

  06-10-2026 21:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of nowhere, Netflix and Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games announced a new The Conjuring game, and it's out next week.The Conjuring: Unspoken releases on October 13 through Netflix, so you don't need any dedicated hardware or controller to play it.
  The game is an "interactive paranormal investigation" experience where players decide how the story progresses based on the dialogue options they choose. Players use their phone to walk through the fictional Red Lion Inn to search for clues a
  
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• Xbox Was At An “All Time Low,” But Is Now Growing Again CEO Says Without Providing Any Real Evidence

  06-10-2026 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  During a town hall meeting today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spoke to staff to help reassure them following mass layoffs and studio closures related to the "reset" of the business.Windows Central reports that Sharma told staff that Xbox is "making the right decisions" and that "after an all time low, we've started to return to growth," though she did not share any specifics. She added that Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and World of Warcraft: Forever had "strong" starts, though she did not
  
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• Xbox Was At An “All Time Low,” But Is Now Growing Again After Huge Cuts, CEO Says

  06-10-2026 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  During a town hall meeting today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma spoke to staff to help reassure them following mass layoffs and studio closures related to the "reset" of the business.Windows Central reports that Sharma told staff that Xbox is "making the right decisions" and that "after an all time low, we've started to return to growth." She added that Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and World of Warcraft: Forever had "strong" starts.Sharma also told staff that Xbox's "Gen-10" platform--AKA P
  
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• There’s Never Been A Better Time To Play Fire Emblem: Awakening

  06-10-2026 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  The world is a complicated place, but, regardless of political leanings, I think we can all agree that in 2016 I was much younger than I am in 2026. The younger me was a much more patient person, especially when it came to playing video games. I relished the opportunity to go on whatever ride designers and developers had spent years meticulously crafting. These days, however, I find myself frantically looking for the shortest and quickest path to satisfaction. Time is a commodity and I am not ri
  
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• You’re Likely Playing Star Wars: Galactic Racer All Wrong, Like I Did For My First 16 Hours

  06-10-2026 20:30 via gamespot.com
  
  I've been loving Star Wars: Galactic Racer--I still cannot believe that a silly racing roguelite is one of my favorite games this year. But as it happens, I could have been enjoying it way more this entire time, because for the first 16 hours or so I've played, I've been playing all wrong: in third-person perspective.I'm still not sure how I didn't know that Galactic Racer allows you to race from the perspective of your pilot, Shade. Like, obviously, it would. It's not an uncommon practice for a
  
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• What is The One Piece? The new anime reboot explained

  06-10-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It is time to grab some Devil Fruit and set sail because The One Piece is only a few months away. That's right: the new anime from Netflix is almost here, and it will tell a fresh version of Monkey D. Luffy's quest to become King of the Pirates. However, if you are a longtime fan of the rubber-limbed captain, you may be wondering what The One Piece really is and how it affects the other One Piece series (aka one of the best anime of all time) as well. After all, the first One Piece anime has bee
  
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