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• Open-world D&D game Warlock doesn't have AAA-standard waypoints because the devs want players to feel that "when they found things, it was based on their actions"

  15-09-2026 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons ditches the quest and objective waypoints seen in many large games, and even lets you disable its small compass, to prioritize organic exploration. It's music to my ears. General manager Dominic Guay of Warlock developer Invoke Studios spoke to IGN about the game's approach. "We wanted them to engage with the world, to figure things out and feel that when they found things, it was based on their actions and not just blindly trusting a waypoint,” he says. Gua
  
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• The Witcher 4 abandons CD Projekt Red's in-house tech for Unreal Engine 5, but studio lead says it's not because of issues with Cyberpunk 2077

  18-09-2026 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The launch of Cyberpunk 2077 was a trying time for CD Projekt Red. After years of anticipation, the RPG arrived glitchy and broken, leading to a number of post-launch patches and updates to make it more playable. It was the last major release from the studio to use REDEngine, its in-house engine, before switching to Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4, but one of the company's leaders contends this is more of a coincidence.Michał Nowakowski, the joint CEO of CD Projekt Red, appeared on the De
  
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• WoW: Forever doesn't allow GDKP, Blizzard says the new MMO's economy is "something we're taking very seriously"

  18-09-2026 17:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever has been on many a fan's mind since Blizzard's big reveal during BlizzCon 2026, especially as it's essentially a take on the long-requested Classic+. But how exactly will it differ from the other branches of WoW?Well, according to senior game designer Josh Greenfield, there's one glaring difference: GDKP will not be a part of Forever.
  In case you're out of the loop, GDKP stands for Gold Dragon Kill Points – an auction-based loot distribution system that sees a ra
  
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• Portal could've had "a bunch of gore and dead bodies" if one dev had his way, says Valve veteran, but Gabe Newell considered it "the stupidest question ever"

  18-09-2026 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Portal writer and Valve veteran Chet Faliszek says that one of the developers behind the 2007 puzzle game gem wanted it to be a tad more gory – something that the rest of the team, and Gabe Newell himself, didn't want to consider.Faliszek reveals as much in a new video on YouTube (below), recalling how "someone had suggested we add gore to Portal – the original Portal." They weren't a small dev, either, although the former Valve writer doesn't clarify who it was. He does, however, ma
  
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• Marvel fans think the new VisionQuest posters are hiding an Easter egg that means more character reveals are coming

  18-09-2026 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Next month sees the return of Paul Bettany's hard-wired hero Vision in his own MCU television show, VisionQuest. To keep the hype going, three new posters have been released highlighting the hero, his old nemesis, Ultron (James Spader), and his estranged son, Tommy (Ruaridh Mollica), whom he'll have to reconnect with, or save from drowning, by the looks of things.They're certainly a lovely set that shows the tone the new series will be going for, but naturally Marvel fans are trying desperately
  
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• The worst experience I've had with a game all year: How catastrophic bugs in Mortal Shell 2 nearly killed it for me

  18-09-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mortal Shell 2 is a good game that's fascinatingly bad at specific things. The open world's egregious lack of checkpoints, for example, was hastily fixed in a patch after everyone told the devs that this feels like a prank. The lighting is so dark that I, with mild cornea problems, had to crank up the brightness and gamma to see anything, yet key items are still hidden in a black smear half of the time. And the final boss, even with the secret MacGuffin designed to counter it, is among the worst
  
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• The Evercade Dual Thumbstick Wireless Controller readies the cartridge-based retro console for early 3D gaming, even if it's not my outright favorite retro gamepad

  18-09-2026 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some may accuse the Evercade Dual Thumbstick Wireless Controller of being late. I’d argue it has arrived exactly when it means to, as the evolving cartridge-wielding ecosystem has only just found a need for 3D controls. Yes, the retro console maker first started venturing into three dimensions with glover in 2024, but now that it’s firmly in its fifth-generation territory, you’ve a reason to want to sticks if you own a VS or Alpha.I’m going to say this up front: the Everc
  
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• Sony Says Free TV On PS5 Is “One Plus One Equaling A Lot More Than Two”

  18-09-2026 16:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony recently launched "Live TV on PS5," an offering that gives all PlayStation 5 owners access to 100+ channels of free ad-supported TV and movies. Keith Le Goy, the chairman of Sony Pictures TV, recently discussed the reasoning behind launching the service and why he believes it represents "one plus one equaling a lot more than two."Speaking to Variety, Le Goy said PS5 already has 40-50 million people who are "incredibly engaged" with gaming, but also love movies and TV shows. Therefore, he sa
  
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• Stranger Things: Tales from '85 season 2 has debuted to a franchise-low Rotten Tomatoes score

  18-09-2026 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Things have gone upside down for Netflix's flagship franchise after the second season of the animated spin-off, Stranger Things: Tales from '85, earned the property's lowest Rotten Tomatoes score so far. At the time of writing, the new chapter, which tells another untold story wedged between seasons 2 and 3 of the live-action series, has earned a disappointing 43% on the review aggregator, with the consensus that it's all style and no substance. The new season once again sees El and pals, along
  
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• How To Use The Aniimo Nurturing Feature

  18-09-2026 16:40 via gamespot.com
  
  Aniimo is a complex creature-catching game, and one of the big features of the world revolves around nurturing. This allows you to raise the Prismana Flow in the area, increase your chances of encountering special Aniimo, and more. You want to be utilizing the nurture feature early on in your playthrough, so you can progress faster and encounter more Aniimo types. In this guide, we'll explain what nurturing means and how you can quickly level up this feature.Nurturing system and blooms explained
  
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• How To Unlock All Vampirism Abilities In The Blood Of Dawnwalker – Blood Phial Locations Guide

  18-09-2026 16:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Do you want to unlock all Vampirism abilities in The Blood of Dawnwalker? As someone who turns into a creature of the night, you have several ways to reach your full capabilities. However, you must feast not only on hapless foes, but also on the vrakhiri lords themselves. Our guide has all the details that you need, but be forewarned that there will be spoilers, too.Vampirism abilities - Unlocking via corruption, quests, blood phials, and bossesThe Blood of Dawnwalker Vampirism abilities are qui
  
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• The Pimax Dream Air costs double the Steam Frame, and while its visuals are worth every penny, its performance demands and inconsistencies make it hard to recommend

  18-09-2026 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  PC VR gaming is still alive and well, but it's getting harder and harder to find headsets that give you its original appeal. Most new headsets today focus on the convenience of streaming and wireless connections when it comes to gaming, and in their standalone modes, they just don't have the power to match up against a desktop PC. So, if you want that crystal-clear visual fidelity and lossless connection from your PC's graphics card, there are fewer and fewer places to turn these days. That's wh
  
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• Roguelike FPS Dednet exists to spread "the gospel of PUBG," says creative director, which means it has "infinite" gameplay opportunities

  18-09-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In PUBG: Dednet, death is only the beginning, or at least that's the one-liner plastered over its marketing campaign. The new instalment from the creators of the phenomenon that popularized the battle royale genre, Dednet has learned a lot from its predecessors, taking and shaking up lessons from what came before to apply the same chaotic thrill to a multiplayer FPS by leveraging roguelike elements.Set in the gritty '90s Pacific Northwest-inspired region of Cascadia, one design throughline is cl
  
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• Blacksmiths Discover Control Resonant’s Massive Hammer Is Simply Too Much Hammer

  18-09-2026 15:58 via gamespot.com
  
  The best tool you can own in life is a hammer, and in Control Resonant, fixing Manhattan requires a VERY big one to perform some percussive maintenance. The Aberrant is the melee weapon that you'll wield in battle, and while it can take a variety of forms, it looks especially satisfying to morph it into a gigantic hammer that wouldn't look out of place in a Looney Tunes cartoon if Rob Zombie were directing it. But what would that version of the Aberrant look like in real life? Pretty intimidatin
  
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• Best early Black Friday gaming laptop deals 2026, the biggest discounts ahead of the holiday sales

  18-09-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Menu(Image credit: Future)1. Retailers to know2. Today's best dealsIn a year that saw the best gaming laptops plagued with price increase after price increase, where even the previous year's releases weren't immune to inflated rates, and configurations with more than 16GB RAM suddenly shot up to a premium, you'd be forgiven for losing Black Friday optimism. 2026 has seen component scarcity on another level, with RAM shortages and SSDs shooting up the price scale leaving manufacturers, retailers,
  
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• The Big Bang Theory spin-off wanted a Green Lantern for its surprise DC crossover episode, but the HBO show prevented it

  18-09-2026 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The trend of mad-capped cameos and character reveals in The Big Bang Theory spin-off Stuart Fails to Save the Universe continued this week when the gang found themselves in the DC Universe and were saved from Mr. Freeze by Jay Garrick, aka The Flash. It's a wonderfully world-breaking moment, but one that could've been considerably different with an added Green Lantern glow, if only they'd got the go-ahead.Speaking to Deadline about their latest episode aptly titled 'We Couldn't Get The Green Lan
  
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• The Resident Evil Movie Is Already Breaking Records

  18-09-2026 15:55 via gamespot.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie from Weapons and Barbarian director Zach Cregger officially releases today, September 18, but like many big movies, it actually debuted the night prior. The movie made $9 million or more in the US for its Thursday previews, according to Deadline, and that's a record for the series.Experts predict the movie will make between $40 million and $50 million for its first weekend in the US, and now it could go higher, the report said.
  Austin Abrams in Resident Evil.The previous
  
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• The first look at Ian McKellen back as Gandalf in The Hunt for Gollum has been revealed

  18-09-2026 15:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  We haven’t even seen Ian McKellen don his shiny red Magneto helmet in Avengers: Doomsday yet, and already he’s being prepped to reprise his other iconic role as Gandalf the Grey in the Lord of the Rings prequel that doesn't have "The Hobbit" in the title: The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. The actor who has appeared in all six live-action Middle-Earth movies so far is back again, this time in the chapter that will follow the desperate search for the former owner of The One R
  
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• I've watched all the Resident Evil movies, so you don't have to, and here's my ranking from worst to best

  18-09-2026 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  With a new movie now out in the wild I've decided that it is time to rank all the best Resident Evil movies. That's right, from Milla Jovovich's outing as Alice in Paul W. S. Anderson's movies to all the reboots set in Raccoon City (including Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil flick), you'll find all eight T-Virus-inflicted films ordered from worst to most entertaining right here. But before you dive into this ranking, first a disclaimer: even as a massive fan of these flicks and of the Resident E
  
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• This is your reminder that Over the Garden Wall is back on Blu-ray, and a must-have fall edition to your physical media collection

  18-09-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first sight of crispy orange leaves always leaves me with one desire: "It's time for an Over the Garden Wall rewatch." Yet until recently, this was a pretty arduous task. And I really mean recent, as the latest Blu-ray print of the perfectly autumnal 10-episode animated series launched on April 7 earlier this very year.Before the $17.95 / £14.99 (via Amazon) Blu-ray dropped, the existing release was stuck on random streaming sites and DVD. Even if you did manage to catch a physical cop
  
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• Control Resonant’s Best Aspect Left Me Utterly Speechless – Review

  18-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  Remedy's signature weirdness elevates the best gameplay experience it's ever made.
  
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• Control Resonant’s Best Aspect Left Me Utterly Speechless

  18-09-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Remedy Entertainment's signature style has often made gameplay feel secondary to story. Games like Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and Control had fun gameplay hooks, but the depth mostly lived in their narrative puzzle-boxes, where the answer to each strange mystery created three more questions. Control Resonant breaks from tradition magnificently, revealing a whole new side to Remedy. Armed with deep, engaging combat mechanics in a stunning version of Manhattan that is unforgettable, Control Resonan
  
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• Control Resonant review: "Deeply weird with wondrous supernatural vistas but bafflingly dull combat"

  18-09-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Control Resonant is a weird game, and for once with a Remedy Entertainment joint it's not all for reasons I like. Playing through Dylan Faden's open adventure across a Manhattan warped by paranatural forces, bonking angry creatures with an equally paranatural big stick, I'm often left scratching my head. Sure, this isn't a numbered sequel, but it is Control's successor – so why is this a much longer, more spread-out, open world (ahem, open-ended world) adventure? Why has the snappy shootin
  
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• How To Complete The Aniimo Mysterious Presence Quest

  18-09-2026 14:51 via gamespot.com
  
  One of Aniimo's questlines will take you on a hunt for mysterious cubes around Astra's Northside. This quest is rewarding, but it's a bit tricky because it doesn't fully guide you with quest markers. In this guide, we'll show you how to unlock the Mysterious Presence quest and how to collect all Voxel Cubes to complete it.How to unlock the Mysterious Presence questYou've likely spent most of your time hunting Aniimo and doing main story quests in Idyll, but you'll want to visit the city of Astra
  
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• Build a Boat for Treasure codes (September 2026) for Gold

  18-09-2026 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Build a Boat for Treasure codes are a great way to help you complete the classic experience's quest for the Roblox the Hunt 20 event. Once again, you'll need to build a boat, but the treasure this time is some special celebratory birthday cake. Get across the lake and bring it back to claim your exclusive event reward - and using these promos can help you get there.While you're claiming all the Roblox the Hunt 20 items you can, there are also plenty ofgeneral rewards that can be used across all
  
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• Fable lead says "every single member of the team is first and foremost" a fan of the original RPG trilogy

  18-09-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fable game director Ralph Fulton says the team behind the reboot of the classic RPG series was built with fans of the original games. Rebooting a franchise that has been pretty much dead since 2010 is going to be a daunting challenge for anyone. But for Playground Games, not only are the developers rebooting Fable, a franchise that it did not originally develop, but on top of that, it's the studio's first foray outside of racing games, and it's a game that's garnered over six years of anticipati
  
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• Loki star Tom Hiddleston has a lot of love for Star Wars: "It's a very early introduction to moral clarity and the balance of goodness and love in the universe"

  18-09-2026 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Hiddleston is just about one of the most charming talents in Hollywood, even when it comes to being thrown a curveball on the red carpet that quickly caught him off guard. In a recent interview, the man who has given us Loki for over a decade was asked how the other mega sci-fi franchise, Star Wars, has inspired who he is today. Pausing for thought, the newly appointed God of Stories gave a brilliant answer that sums up precisely what the franchise from far, far away is all about. "I love th
  
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• Tommy Shepherd star won't confirm whether his Marvel character has powers in VisionQuest

  18-09-2026 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ruaridh Mollica, who will make his MCU debut as Tommy Shepherd in VisionQuest, is playing coy about whether his character will have his superpowers or not. Tommy first appeared in WandaVision as a child, but an older version of the character is set to appear in the Vision-centric show. But when ScreenRant asked Mollica if his superspeed powers would factor into VisionQuest, Mollica kept his cards close to his chest and answered: "This is a mystery that I am not comfortable answering." VisionQues
  
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• VisionQuest showrunner confirms no generative AI was used in the Marvel show, but it does feature a nod to its failings

  18-09-2026 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas has confirmed that the Marvel show hasn't used any generative AI in the making of it. This is in spite of the fact that the series, which features the human versions of several AI characters who exist in Vision's head, would have had a pretty perfect excuse. "No, not at all," Matalas confirmed to ScreenRant about not using it. "There hasn't really been a need. All the designs nod to how our current form of AI processes things... That felt like a fun way for u
  
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• The game may be a code in a box, but GTA 6's soundtrack is now available on vinyl for physical media fans

  18-09-2026 13:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album feels like a lovely consolation prize. As a collector of all things gaming, my hopes were crushed when it was first unveiled that the game would be nothing more than a code in a box. Yet while my game shelf will be worse off, at least my record collection doesn't have to be, as the GTA 6soundtrack is releasing physically on vinyl this November.Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album is available to pre-order for $49.99 at Best Buy and is a 34-track, 2 LP gatefold set featur
  
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