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• Star Wars Zero Company studio is "returning" furloughed developers after "incredible response"

  07-10-2026 19:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor is actively "returning more of our team back to work" after furloughing staff right before launch due to apparent budget issues. In a post on Bluesky, Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch confirms the great de-furloughing began this week, which it calls "an important step in our continued support for Zero Company."The statement confirms much of what was reported around the launch. "Having to ask team members to step away after we navigated unexpected busines
  
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• Joe Russo explains why Doctor Doom is "very difficult to beat" in Avengers: Doomsday

  08-10-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday sees MCU's best and brightest uniting to try to defeat Doctor Doom, but from everything that's been teased so far, it seems it will be their greatest challenge yet. We haven't seen much of the character, aside from a few post-credits nods, so as an audience, it's tricky to work out why he is such a formidable foe. Now director Joe Russo has shed some light on that in a new interview. "Doom’s magic is ancient," he told Fandango. "He is a very powerful character, as you ca
  
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• To make WoW: Forever's controversial Skyborne less "jarring," Blizzard is going back to 2004

  08-10-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since Blizzard first unveiled World of Warcraft: Forever at BlizzCon 2026 last month, one thing has been weighing particularly heavily on fans' minds about the revamped MMO: the Skyborne race.It's hard to deny the controversy surrounding the new Skyborne race, from its $30 price tag to its lore implications, but Blizzard doesn't seem to necessarily agree with fans critical of the blue-skinned elves.
  In fact, senior game designer Josh Greenfield said the team always "knew we wanted to add some so
  
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• Best retro gifts 2026: Handpicked gadgets for '80s and '90s revivalists

  08-10-2026 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  2026 has been throwing it back to times gone past, with the resurgence of physical media and the return to retro driving more than just your social media trends. With subscription prices on the up, digital ownership under threat, and a cultural yearning for the simplicity of yore many are hunting down the best retro gifts on the market. Why you should trust GamesRadar+✅ We review retro gear each month
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• Scrapped Green Lantern show creator reveals concept art – and it's far more cosmic than Lanterns

  08-10-2026 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Way before Lanterns hit screens, there was another Green Lantern show in the works at HBO Max titled Emerald Knights. Now, the creator of the scrapped series has shared concept art, including a new look at the show's Guy Gardner. Co-creator of the 2012 DC show Arrow, Marc Guggenheim, shared multiple concept pieces on his Substack. The first shows a team of Green Lanterns, including Guy Gardner, Kilowog, Sinestro, and more, fighting against an alien species in space. Guggenheim added that this wa
  
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• Samuel L. Jackson says he's in Avengers: Secret Wars but Marvel hasn't told him anything else

  08-10-2026 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a few years in the wilderness, Samuel L. Jackson has confirmed he'll be back as Nick Fury in Avengers: Secret Wars.When speaking to The Direct, Jackson let slip he would appear in the "movie after" Avengers: Doomsday.However, Jackson, who has portrayed the one-time SHIELD director for almost two decades, has "no idea" what the story will be about."[Marvel] hasn't told me anything, other than, 'You're not gonna be in this movie. You'll be in the next,'" Jackson said.As Nick Fury, Jackson re
  
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• With GTA 6 missions, Rockstar has "made a very conscious effort to open things up"

  08-10-2026 12:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  In GTA 6, Rockstar Games has made a "very conscious effort to open things up where possible" in its missions, giving players multiple routes and ways to tackle the tasks laid out in front of them "without compromising the quality of the experience."That's according to Rockstar North co-studio lead Rob Nelson, who spoke to IGN earlier this year about the "balance between freedom and storytelling" in an interview that's now been published in full. "It is a challenge and sometimes when you are tryi
  
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• The best PS5 gifts in 2026, from top tech to stocking stuffer favorites

  08-10-2026 11:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  2026 has been a big year for the PS5, and we're yet to see the biggest release on the system. While price increases have marred the console-buying experience, though, anyone with a PlayStation gamer in their lives will be hunting down the accessories that will make their experience just that little bit better this holiday season. Lucky for us, we're on the hunt for the gadgets that do just that all year round. From new 2026 releases that have made it to the very top of our recommendation lists t
  
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• Clayface star says his DCU villain is "so overpowered comparative to Batman" and could definitely take him out

  08-10-2026 10:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clayface actor Tom Rhys Harries has teased how powerful his new DCU villain really is. The new movie details the origin story of Matt Hagen, an actor who resorts to extreme measures after he's become disfigured to return to his former glory. However, his treatment sparks an extreme transformation, turning him into a shapeshifting clay monster. In the DC comics, he's a Batman villain, and Harries thinks he would have a very good shot at taking down the Caped Crusder. "Yeah I could take Batman out
  
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• A new Ultima RPG is on the table now that the series' creator is getting back the rights from EA

  08-10-2026 01:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ultima is a foundational RPG series that's long been left in the past by rights holder EA, but according to series creator Richard Garriott, that could all be changing as early as next year.Garriott sold Origin Systems, the studio he co-founded with his brother and father, to EA back in 1992 along with the rights to the Ultima IP. He would continue working there for years to come, directing several Ultima RPGs and serving as producer on the seminal MMORPG, Ultima Online. In 1999, EA canceled all
  
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• Should You Play Dragon’s Dogma 2 On Switch 2?

  08-10-2026 00:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen comes to the Nintendo Switch 2 this month. Here's how Capcom's fantasy adventure holds on the handheld.
  
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• Carrie stars Matthew Lillard and Amber Midthunder say the fate of their characters makes sense

  08-10-2026 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unlike other actors in past Carrie adaptations, Matthew Lillard and Amber Midthunder aren't too pressed about the fate of their characters in Mike Flanagan's new version of the 1974 Stephen King story.Warning: spoilers for Carrie episode 8 ahead!"First and foremost, in Mike Flanagan, we trust," Lillard tells GamesRadar+. "Like, if you ask him, he will have a reason. But I do think that it lends to the tragedy. [Carrie] is so overwhelmed. If you would think she could make choices, we probably wou
  
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• Hideo Kojima shares native PC port of P.T., leaving the modder who made it "speechless"

  07-10-2026 23:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  P.T., the "playable teaser" meant to introduce the world to Hideo Kojima's Silent Hills, has been effectively inaccessible since Konami delisted it in 2015. Modder LoreanXavier has created a native PC port of the game that aims to make it playable for modern gamers, and even Hideo Kojima is taking notice.An article from GameRant covered this PC port of PT a few days ago, which was soon retweeted by Kojima himself – on both his English and Japanese Twitter accounts, even. Kojima constantly
  
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• Arc Raiders lead says Steam player count discourse doesn't feel great, but Embark "accepted" it

  07-10-2026 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update, a veritable relaunch following several quiet months, developer Embark Studios anticipated a decline in concurrent and daily players and chose to go all-in anyway, even if it meant weathering a few months of Steam CCU discourse. Speaking with GamesRadar+, Arc Raiders executive producer Aleksander Grøndal examines the conversations around the game's player count, which has unsurprisingly declined after a huge launch. This year, Arc Raiders joined t
  
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• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis devs are cutting back on modern hand holding

  07-10-2026 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The original Tomb Raider is often obtuse and obscure, challenging you to climb your way through intricate levels inch by inch. Later games in the series would gradually become more friendly, offering clearly marked pathways and handholds to prevent players from ever getting lost. For Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, the developers want to make sure those stretches of isolation and exploration are front and center once again."We celebrate those moments to say, 'Hey, let's not hold your hand. Let'
  
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• Controversial Horror Series Ropes Me Back In With Silent Hill’s Original Composer And Lady Dimitrescu

  07-10-2026 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The Remothered games are true cult classics in the way that players find them either insufferable or inspired. As a lover of developer Stormind Games' antique perversions, but also a hater of its convoluted storytelling, I regretfully exist somewhere in between. But I know I won't be able to resist the new Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy when it launches later this month, since the horror game legends who helped make the Italian gothic game are way too good. Red Nun’s Legacy will feature lege
  
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• After accidentally killing players and deleting billions, Old School RuneScape devs rush out a fix

  07-10-2026 22:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  It has been zero days since an Old School RuneScape update gave players a heart attack. Following the rollout of a new training arena led by the NPC Pete Kayer, ironically meant to help players practice their PvP skills and survive, OSRS fans quickly noticed a bug that was interfering with the MMO's death mechanics and causing incredibly valuable gear to vanish. "DIED WITHOUT DYING AND THEN DOUBLE DEATH," exclaimed understandably panicked Reddit user Rsnks earlier today. As they hastily explaine
  
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• Three Years Later, The Outlast Trials Just Smashed Its Concurrent-Player Record 

  07-10-2026 22:00 via gamespot.com
  The Outlast Trials, Red Barrels' co-op horror game set in its wider Outlast universe, just broke its concurrent-player record, eclipsing 120,000 players. The previous high came when the game launched in Steam Early Access in 2023 and the player count climbed to 36,000. Today's new record means the indie horror game reset the bar with a total more than four times higher than its previous best.Red Barrels credited a few big factors for the record. For one, The Outlast Trials is enjoying a hug
  
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• Arc Raiders lead encourages players to "take a break and play some other games" if out of content

  07-10-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders is entering a new, hopefully healthier era, both for players and developer Embark Studios. Instead of constantly laying on the gas trying to keep up with player demands, Embark has pumped the brakes a bit to prepare one big update – Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail, out tomorrow, October 8 – and go back to the processes that it used to make this hit extraction shooter in the first place. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal says the dev team is feeling better today, mont
  
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• Resident Evil Movie Will Become Zach Cregger’s Biggest Ever, Surpassing Weapons

  07-10-2026 21:14 via gamespot.com
  
  Zach Cregger has another hit on his hands with Resident Evil, and it's set to become his biggest movie ever by revenue at the box office.According to Deadline, Resident Evil is expected to surpass his current biggest movie, Weapons ($270 million worldwide), by the end of this week or sooner. It currently stands at $247.6 million worldwide.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c
  What's propelling Resident Evil higher was its release in China this week--it debuted there on October 5, and it's
  
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• Troy Baker says The Last of Us 2's devastating final scene was originally at the start of the game

  07-10-2026 21:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us 2 has the perfect video game ending for my money. Without spoiling anything in case you've yet to experience this masterpiece of a game, it's bitterly unsatisfying but somehow, thematically and narratively, the only way to wrap up the story in a way that does justice to the characters, who they are, and what they've all been through.OK, now I will get into spoilers, so again, if somehow The Last of Us 2 has eluded you in the six years it's been out, go play that darned game and co
  
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• What’s Next For Halo Under Activision? Probably Not The Endless

  07-10-2026 20:54 via gamespot.com
  
  What likely would have been the big new enemy faction of the Halo universe, the Endless, have been fully revealed, though it's unclear what role, if any, they will play going forward.As announced last month by Xbox's Matt Booty, Halo is under new management, with the responsibility of the next game in the series going to a completely new team under Activision. Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, will remain as a small team to oversee already-released titles like the recent Halo: Campaign Evol
  
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• 007 First Light Players Unlock A Very Good Boy

  07-10-2026 20:25 via gamespot.com
  
  007 First Light is already out, but it's still accumulating wishlists on Steam, and now that it's passed 7 million wishlists, a very good boy has been added to the game.With 7 million wishlists, IO Interactive has added Jack the bulldog to the game via its TacSim lobby for everyone. Jack, as a statue model, made his James Bond debut in the 2012 movie Skyfall, sitting on M's desk. The statue survived when the office exploded, though its face got cracked and Union Jack flag was charred. Jack went
  
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• Carrie's Mike Flanagan explains why he chose to exclude one infamous scene

  07-10-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mike Flanagan says he opted to skip the infamous pig slaughtering scene in his adaptation of Carrie."Yeah, I didn't have much of a stomach to watch the pig get slaughtered," Flanagan tells GamesRadar+. "There's so much cruelty in the show, but it was also seeing the lack of horror on Chris's face that became more horrific to me. And seeing how far down that road she'd gone and her kind of fascination with that. Yeah, that was how we decided to approach it. I just felt like we've endured so much
  
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• 14 Horror Games It Would Be Terrifying Not To Wishlist

  07-10-2026 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Horror Game Awards ceremony kicks off in November, but the team's latest showcase event has arrived, highlighting 100+ horror games. The latest showing, Harvest of Terror, is the brand's first event since June's Midsummer Night's Scream showcase. As I did for that summer show, I watched every trailer featured in today's event and pulled out a handful of those I'm particularly excited about. I purposely didn't call out games already featured in my summer horror showcase recap or my Octob
  
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• Star Wars Zero Company Developer Sees Portion Of Furloughed Workers Return

  07-10-2026 19:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Star Wars Zero Company released in late August to great reviews, but its launch was bittersweet, as a large chunk of developer Bit Reactor's staff was furloughed, unsure if they would be returning to work. For at least a portion of them, however, that uncertainty is over, as they're back at the studio.
  Speaking to Game File, Bit Reactor CEO Greg Foertsch said the studio had "started the process of returning more of our team back to work" but stopped short of giving specific percentages or figure
  
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• Cities: Skylines Announced For Switch 2 While Sequel’s Console Ports Are Still MIA

  07-10-2026 19:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Paradox Interactive has announced Cities: Skylines - Expanded Edition, a Nintendo Switch 2 port of Colossal Order's hit 2015 city-builder. While it's great to see Cities: Skylines make its way to a new platform, this announcement also serves as a reminder that we have no idea when the long-awaited console ports of Cities: Skylines 2 will come out.
  Cities: Skylines - Expanded Edition was developed by Tantalus Media, the team behind The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Switch port. It'll cost $49,
  
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• WoW: Forever Players Love It When Things Look Old

  07-10-2026 19:42 via gamespot.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever players have made their feelings about the game's visual style crystal clear: They love it when things look old.It's a recurring theme in the Forever beta, where players have continually pushed back against updated high-definition character models and character portraits. While Forever is in many ways a new version of Blizzard's MMORPG, it's built with the spirit and foundation of WoW Classic in mind, even as it includes updated visuals and quality-of-life updates take
  
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• Grab these essential beginner board games if you want to avoid playing Monopoly with your family this year

  07-10-2026 19:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Are you dreading family get-togethers this year because your folks insist on breaking out dusty old board games like Monopoly? Can't face another dinner table meltdown because a sibling got screwed out of Bond Street? It's a special kind of torture, but it's not one you need to suffer.There's a whole world of amazing alternatives out there, especially in 2026. As you can probably tell from the explosion of tabletop content on social media or the glut of board game cafes worldwide, it's got a lot
  
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• MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Phoenix Cyclops Gameplay Reveal Trailer

  07-10-2026 19:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Cyclops is ready to unleash his Optic Blasts and the cosmic flames of the Phoenix on the battlefield!Build Solar Shards to harness the power of the Phoenix, and balance extraordinary strength against the path to destruction.
  Embrace the power of the Phoenix when Cyclops joins MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls on November 2!MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is available now on PS5 and PC!
  
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