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• PowerA has combined a flashy handbag and a Switch 2 case into one accessory, and I'm not mad about it

  17-09-2026 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  When I said that "I suspect this won't be the only collection of accessories in store for Zelda and Switch 2 fans" I knew there'd be more on the horizon besides Hori's newest spread of accessories, and PowerA has proven me right.A new officially licensed Hyrule Crest East-West Bag for the Nintendo Switch 2 from the brand is currently listed for $44.99 at Amazon, with a launch date of September 30 later this month. It hasn't been officially announced, but X (Twitter) user LbabinzUS discovered the
  
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• Resident Evil movie is dividing the fanbase, with debates over the comedy and the ending

  18-09-2026 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie is here, and fans are sharing their thoughts on the film. The movie, which stars Austin Abrams as medical courier Bryan, takes place "on the periphery" of Resident Evil 2 and doesn't include a lot of lore or any of the characters from the games. Over on Reddit, Resident Evil fans are discussing the movie – and it's a pretty even mix of appreciation and criticism, with the ending, the comedy, and the lack of game lore particularly hot topics. The following contains s
  
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• New GTA 5 Source Code Leak Is Uncovering A Ton Of Cut Content

  18-09-2026 11:58 via gamespot.com
  
  A huge batch of previously leaked Rockstar files has resurfaced online, giving players a new look at Grand Theft Auto 5's canceled content, including a surprisingly massive Liberty City expansion and the long-rumored Agent Trevor DLC.The files reportedly total around 192GB, dwarfing the roughly 4GB collection of GTA 5 source code material that surfaced publicly in 2023. GTA modder TJGM has been digging through the newly accessible files and has already highlighted several discoveries, including
  
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• Far Cry series from Alien: Earth creator adds Spider-Noir and Midnight Mass stars

  18-09-2026 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Noah Hawley and Rob Mac's Far Cry series just gained a massive batch of stars to add to its cast list, and they make for a very interesting combination. Variety reports that Mac, who is both writing and taking the lead role alongside Lizzy Caplan and Steve Buscemi, will be joined by Brendan Gleeson (Spider-Noir), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass), Sam Spruell (Alien: Earth), and Jamie Demetriou (The Afterparty) in the first season. No plot details or char
  
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• Resident Evil fans have spotted some deep-cut Leon. S Kennedy Easter eggs in the movie

  18-09-2026 11:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the Resident Evil movie focuses on telling a new story set in the world of the franchise, that doesn't mean it isn't stuffed with some neat Resident Evil Easter eggs. It's been well-documented that the film has typewriters, herbs, and first aid spray cans, but there are also a few nods to one of the most well-loved Resi characters, Leon S. Kennedy.Warning though: we'll be getting into spoilers from the Resident Evil movie below, so make sure you've seen it first. These come later on in the
  
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• Zack Snyder explains what's holding up the director's cut of Sucker Punch

  18-09-2026 11:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  If there's one thing that Zack Snyder loves more than slow-motion, it's director's cuts. Throughout his career, six of his films have been re-released with extra bits tacked on. Sometimes they've been hits (Justice League), and other times they've made tough watches even tougher (Rebel Moon Part I and II). One film he still hasn't revisited is his 2011 film Sucker Punch, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Oscar Isaac, and Jon Hamm. It was the first movie Snyder penned and directed (clearly,
  
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• Mega Staraptor Pokemon Go Raids: Weaknesses, Best Counters, And Best Moveset

  18-09-2026 10:41 via gamespot.com
  
  A formidable new Mega-Evolved Pokemon is swooping into Pokemon Go this weekend. Mega Staraptor will appear in Gyms for a limited time as part of the game's latest Super Mega Raid Day, which takes place on September 19.Like many other Pokemon, Staraptor doesn't just receive a significant stat boost upon Mega Evolving; it also changes types. Whereas its standard form is normal and flying, Mega Staraptor becomes fighting and flying, making it an even more potent force in battle.To help you conquer
  
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• All Active Aniimo Codes For Free Glimmer, Credits, And How To Redeem Them

  18-09-2026 10:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Pawprint Studio's open-world creature-catching RPG has launched with codes that can give you free Glimmer, Credits, and more. Set in the colorful world on Idyll, Aniimo has you exploring a sprawling world, discovering cute creatures, and building a team to take into combat. Along the way there's plenty of customization, resource gathering, quests, and more.
  If you're just starting your adventure, a few free rewards can make it easier to get established. That's where Aniimo codes come in. Here ar
  
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• The Lanterns' subtitles might have just revealed a huge Hal Jordan spoiler

  18-09-2026 10:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lanterns fans might've spotted something in the subtitles of last week's episode that gives away a massive bit of info regarding Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and his status after the attack on Rushville. In episode 5 – 'Lights Out' –John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) returns to an injured Hal buried under rubble, where the replacement finally takes the ring from his mentor. However, what was already an emotional chat between the two might've held some interesting secrets, given that the Spani
  
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• Warcraft 3 Devs On How Its New Expansion Bridges The Gap To WoW

  18-09-2026 03:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We sat down with Ian Hazzikostas and Brad Chan of the Warcraft team to talk about their history with RTSs, why now is the time to expand upon Warcraft III Reforged, and how the new expansion Forsaken Kingdom ties into World of Warcraft.
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever beta struggles to launch as devs say "the number of people hammering at the door of the Beta is... insane"

  17-09-2026 23:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is here in beta form, and the true WoW experience is intact, right down to the infinite queues and disconnects as players start banging on the door to get in. Even the devsseem a bit taken aback by the number of players lining up to participate, but they promise eager fans that everybody will be in soon."Thank you to everyone waiting to get into the WoW: Forever Beta," the official Warcraft account begins. "We're working through some final issues, and we expect the doo
  
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• Steam is shoveling RPGs at people right now, and I think it's the perfect time to get Divinity: Original Sin for 90% off ahead of Larian's post-Baldur's Gate 3 Divinity

  17-09-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Opportunity is not only knocking, it's about to punch down your door – Steam is discounting a whole bunch of RPGs like it always is, and Larian Studios' Divinity: Original Sin is currently available for its lowest price ever, at 90% off. That makes the now-standard Enhanced edition of the hardcore fantasy game $3.99, or two packs of gum, and its coinciding Collector's Edition is $6.99, or three packs of gum… This is making me realize how much inflation has impacted packs of gum, but
  
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• Zack Snyder says that Walking Dead star Jeffrey Dean Morgan wants to play Snake Plissken in Escape from New York reboot: “He’s literally been hitting me up”

  17-09-2026 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zack Snyder says Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been lovingly bugging him about playing Snake Plissken in his upcoming Escape from New York reboot."He's been literally hitting me up," Snyder said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "He's the best. I love him. He's great."It was announced back in June that Snyder would write and direct a new version of John Carpenter's Escape From New York. The remake was announced in 2022 with Radio Silence attached to direct and Leigh Whannell set to write the script.
  
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• Palworld Palfarm is less like Stardew Valley than you might expect, lead says, but it "is more on the cozier side" than Pocketpair's survival game

  17-09-2026 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  When Pocketpair announces a farming game featuring its colorful crew of Pals, it's only reasonable for people to start calling it Palworld Stardew Valley. But that's not quite what Palworld: Palfarm actually is, according to studio publishing and communications lead John "Bucky" Buckley. It is cozier and less violent than the survival game itself, but the farming sim is still going to defy expectations.Pocketpair has only provided a scant few details on what to expect from Palfarm, and Buckley w
  
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• "One of the biggest mistakes game developers make," Valve's Gabe Newell warns in an unearthed clip, is treating "genuinely entertaining" player actions as hacking

  17-09-2026 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  An old university lecture from Valve boss Gabe Newell is making the rounds online, with clip merchant WebKnower racking up millions of views on YouTube sharing snippets of Newell's advice. The talk is still interesting today, and in one especially popular clip, Newell examines "the biggest mistakes game developers make." The video circulating, "Gabe Newell Explains Game Developers [sic] Biggest Mistake," might be a bit of a reach, but Newell's argument is reasonable. You're better off watching t
  
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• GTA 6’s Robberies NEED To Be Unpredictable

  17-09-2026 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto 6 is all about robberies. Here's a breakdown of everything we know about them, and how they could kick the doors open for exciting emergent moments.
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s First Hour Is Wild

  17-09-2026 22:33 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is an epic intertwining story set in an Age of Antiquity that most closely resembles Ancient Greece. But! It is also a guns-blazing shiny metal futuristic sci-fi story, and judging by the social media reactions, a lot of people weren't exactly prepared for how hard it leans into that element right from the start. In the interest of not spoiling the game and abiding by certain embargo restrictions, we had to say mum about the first hour of Fortune's Weave when pr
  
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• Here’s The Great New Tactics Game You Should Be Playing–And I Don’t Mean Fire Emblem Or Zero Company

  17-09-2026 22:20 via gamespot.com
  
  I've been loving Star Wars Zero Company, especially for how it builds on my favorite story arc from The Clone Wars animated series. But whereas I was positive that Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave would be the title to finally pull me away from Zero Company, it's another tactics game that has captured my attention: Ex Sanguis.It's no real surprise why I'm enjoying Lightbulb Crew's Ex Sanguis. While it's not a direct sequel to the studio's debut title, Othercide (one of my favorite games of 2020), Ex
  
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• 007 First Light Just Got Its Biggest Update Yet, And You Can Get It At Its Lowest Price Ever Right Now

  17-09-2026 22:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The history of James Bond games is a little wonky. GoldenEye 007 remains a landmark in gaming history, marking one of the best FPS games of all time almost 30 years ago. Everything or Nothing was a solid classic, but for every good game featuring the MI6 agent, there are some bad ones. Now, I’m not naming names, but I’m specifically looking at 007 Legends and 007 Racing—which, despite the name, isn’t a racing game. Fortunately, IO Interactive’s 007 First Light is fi
  
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• GTA 6 Will Feature The “Next Evolution Of In-Game Radio,” Rockstar Says

  17-09-2026 21:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Tucked away at the bottom of Rockstar's blog post today announcing GTA 6: The Album was a line about other updates to come for the game regarding its sound and music.
  Rockstar said fans should "stay tuned for more details about the music of GTA 6," and specifically the game's "dynamic score." Additionally, Rockstar teased that GTA 6 will feature the "next evolution of in-game radio, and more."This does not tell us a whole lot. However, it was previously rumored that GTA 6 will feature people lik
  
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• Diablo 5 is Blizzard's darkest ARPG yet, and that's the best way to honor the game that changed my life 30 years ago

  17-09-2026 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard made the surprise announcement during BlizzCon 2026 that Diablo 5 is officially in the works, with its 2029 release set for six years after Diablo 4. That may seem like a long way off, but it's a huge reduction in the time between entries; Diablo 3 launched 12 years after Diablo 2, and Diablo 4 followed 11 years after.You might expect that stunted development cycle to result in a sequel that's narrower in scope compared to previous entries. Actually, Diablo 5 sounds like the biggest dep
  
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• Scientists Discovered A New Cat Before Rockstar Could Finish GTA 6

  17-09-2026 20:53 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 has been in development since 2015, and a lot of things have happened since then, including the recent discovery a new species of cat.
  The scientific journal Current Biology disclosed the discovery of Leopardus tilcayo--known as the tilcayo tiger cat--this week. The adorable little creature is smaller than your typical housecat, featuring spots and round ears. According to the discovery, the cat species was found in the Bolivian Yungas forest.
  The tilcayo tiger cat
  
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• Roblox Movie 99 Nights In The Forest Brings On Oscar-Winning Toy Story 4 Director

  17-09-2026 20:22 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming 99 Nights in the Forest movie, based on the super-popular Roblox survival-horror game, has reportedly brought on a very big name.
  According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Studios--which is owned by Disney--has hired Josh Cooley to write the script. Cooley directed the Oscar-winning Pixar movie Toy Story 4. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for Inside Out. Beyond Disney movies, Cooley directed Transformers One.99 Nights in the Forest is coming to the big screen.99 N
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Tones Down The Romance

  17-09-2026 20:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a masterpiece of a Fire Emblem game, but one beloved element that fans of the series have grown attached to is missing in action this time around--or at least, very downplayed.
  Romance has been a staple of the Fire Emblem series for years, especially since Fire Emblem Awakening lets you couple up characters and then access the next generation of their children. Three Houses and Engage continued this tradition to a more limited degree, letting your player-character
  
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• The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, and more (September 18-20)

  17-09-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Well, here we are again. Another week and another bucket load of brilliant movies and television shows to catch up on, which promises to be a great bit of binging. Sure, you can go out and see Resident Evil, or maybe spend some time slicing and dicing bad guys as Wolverine, but sometimes, time must be spent just chilling out on the sofa and taking another trip back to Hawkins, or maybe see an unfiltered Gary Oldman fart like he owns the place.So what have we got for you? Well, firstly there&rsqu
  
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• Street Fighter Movie’s Popcorn Bucket Is Absolutely Perfect. No Notes.

  17-09-2026 19:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Popcorn buckets for movies are all the rage today. Basically every big movie has one. But they aren't all created equally. One popcorn bucket that looks like it could be the best one yet is for this October's Street Fighter movie.
  Revealed today by Cody Rhodes, the Street Fighter popcorn bucket, which will be exclusive to AMC locations, is modeled after his character Guile's epic hair. The popcorn goes in the bucket, and then you can put it on your head and grab the popcorn from up there. Or you
  
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• Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert

  17-09-2026 19:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even as GTA 6 is set to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time and publishers like Activision Blizzard and EA get bought and sold for billions, there are lingering fears that the game industry is heading toward – or perhaps already in the middle of – its biggest crash in decades. But much like the big crash of the '80s, this one seems to be very regional, and Japan is among the game development hubs seeming to make it through intact."Japan is a completely different ballgame"
  
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• 2027 Upcoming Games Release Schedule

  17-09-2026 19:34 via gamespot.com
  
  2027 is shaping up to be another big year for new video games, as the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S continue to get plenty of games despite their massively increased prices, and Nintendo's Switch 2 has been, slowly but surely, getting a great lineup of exclusives. Whether you're waiting for a new soulslike or the big new AAA first-person shooter, 2027 very likely has something you can look forward to playing. To break it all down as we move into 2027, GameSpot has outlined all the upcoming games
  
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• The Last of Us game director says AAA games have gotten "boring," and he's "not excited" looking at God of War Laufey gameplay

  17-09-2026 19:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 game director Bruce Straley has shipped enough AAA blockbusters to know that triple-A gaming is getting tired."I think the verbs and experiences we're delivering in the triple-A space are…" Straley tells Edge magazine for issue 428, as part of a feature that's now been republished in the Knowledge newsletter, "I wanna say boring." The former Naughty Dog lead has had a hand in shaping multiple major franchises since 1999, and he stopped being impressed at som
  
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• Gears Of War: E-Day On PC Won’t Let You Play Without A Ray Tracing-Capable GPU

  17-09-2026 19:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of its release next month, the official PC specs for Gears of War: E-Day have been revealed. The next game in the series has looked good in recent previews, and if you're aiming to reach a high level of fidelity, you're going to need some fairly chunky PC hardware for 4K gibs and perfect reloads. The good news is that no matter which graphics preset you choose, you'll only need 16GB of RAM--welcome news considering just how much memory costs in the current tech climate.One thing worth poin
  
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