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• The Best Deals On The Xbox One Store This Week

  29-08-2018 22:29 via gamespot.com
  
  A new sale on Xbox One and Xbox 360 games has appeared on the Microsoft Store. It's the regular weekly sale, which resets every Monday night, but this week has some particularly good deals--just note that you'll need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to access some of the discounts. Without further ado, let's take a look at some of the sale's best deals you can get between now and September 3.The Xbox 360 game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 just became backwards compatible on Xbox One this week, an
  
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• Turn-Based-Tactics Fans Are Suddenly Eating Very Well

  28-08-2026 19:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The XCOM series has been effectively on hiatus for many years now, and AAA turn-based-tactics games have been pretty hard to come by recently. That's changing, however, starting with this week's launch of Star Wars Zero Company. It's effectively a marriage of classic XCOM gameplay and Clone Wars-era Star Wars storytelling, and within a few minutes of starting it, I got that same rush of excitement I got the first time I played an XCOM game. Typically, I try to savor turn-based tactical expe
  
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• Marvel's Wolverine pays direct tribute to X-Men: The Animated Series' most enduring meme

  28-08-2026 19:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just as with Insomniac's previous Spider-Man games, Marvel's Wolverine promises plenty of callbacks to its titular character's long history in comics, movies, and TV. But I got quite a laugh out of one detail in the game's latest trailer – a direct reference to an infamous meme originating in the beloved '90s X-Men cartoon.The new game features trailer shows us a brief flash of what appears to be a level select screen, where you can replay previous missions. In the foreground, a text menu
  
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• Metro 2039 brings back a feature Metro Exodus sorely missed – military-grade ammunition once again functions as currency

  28-08-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the Metro universe, pre-war military-grade (MGR) 5.45x39mm rounds are used as a primary currency for trading amongst the survivors living beneath the irradiated ruins of Moscow. It's always been a fascinating system. It not only fuels Metro's exceptional sense of place and immersion, but always forces players to make a difficult decision:MGR ammunition is a powerful alternative to the standard rounds most weapons take, but every round ejected from a Kalash in combat is akin to literally shoot
  
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• GTA 6’s Long Wait Has People Realizing Their Own Mortality

  28-08-2026 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  You might expect people to talk about the visuals, lighting, action sequences, or gunplay after Grand Theft Auto VI's brand-new extended-look trailer showed off over 25 minutes of new footage. But the top comments on Rockstar's YouTube upload of the video deal more with the human condition than expected. In fact, there's quite a bit of talk about death and remembrance.The top comment (at the time of publication) states: "a moment of silence for people that didn't make it here." Meanwhile, anothe
  
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• GTA 6 already confirmed the first GTA Online character to return, and their glow up for Rockstar's sequel is mind-blowing

  28-08-2026 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  We may not know much about Rockstar's plans for GTA Online in the wake of GTA 6, but the two worlds are already crossing over. The first character to make the jump from the crime MMO to the latest mainline installment is Valentina, revealed during the GTA 6 extended look showcase.If you don't immediately recognize her, that might be because she was only a minor GTA Online character introduced to its universe in 2025, as part of the game's Money Fronts DLC.In GTA Online, you only see Valentina in
  
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• After avoiding game-key cards with Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red says The Witcher 3 Remastered's Switch 2 physical edition details will come "when the time is right"

  28-08-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  As part of CD Projekt Red's Gamescom 2026 offerings, we got a look at the upcoming The Witcher 3 Remastered, and especially the port for the Switch 2. After giving us plenty of insight on how the RPG will run on Nintendo's system, we got a little update on that coveted physical release - though it's not very exciting, I'm afraid.CD Projekt tucked the little titbit into the back half of a dedicated presentation during the third day of the event. "The news will come when the time is right," the pa
  
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• How to steal cars in GTA 6

  28-08-2026 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Knowing how to steal cars in GTA 6 is going to be a key part of your progress around Leonida, because it's not like you're going to catch the bus across Vice City! While previous entries in the series have relied on vehicles being conveniently unlocked or sticking your fist straight through the glass, the GTA 6 process is going to be considerably more nuanced. With that in mind, here's what we know so far about stealing cars in GTA 6.Find out what rides you'll be swiping with our round up of the
  
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• A GTA 6 scene that leaked in 2022 appears in the big extended look reveal, and the difference is massive

  28-08-2026 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the scenes featured in last night's GTA 6: An Extended Look premiere might be very familiar to anyone who caught the massive leaks from four years ago.Cast your mind back to 2022. Very early GTA 6 leaks are flooding the internet. An unnamed couple breaks into a diner called Hank's Waffles, holds up hostages, and steals what they can before the police have them surrounded. Sure, it looks like another Grand Theft Auto romp, only this time with lighting that makes little real-world sense and
  
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• GTA 6 Lets You Throw Dog Poop At People

  28-08-2026 18:16 via gamespot.com
  
  A very important piece of news has come to light about GTA 6: You can pick up dog poop and throw it at people in the upcoming open-world crime game.YouTuber TGG visited Rockstar North's offices and spoke with the team, and one of the things he learned was how dog poop can be a weapon.
  "If someone is out on the street and they're walking their dog, and the dog takes a dump, you can wait for the person to pick up the dog sh** with a doggie bag, and then you can hit that person, making them drop th
  
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• Game of the Week – Star Wars Zero Company has stolen my strategy-loving heart

  28-08-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Zero Company is perfect for two types of people: those craving a turn-based strategy challenge, and those looking for a cinematic new Star Wars story.Personally, I fall into both categories, making Star Wars Zero Company a very easy recommendation. As for what to expect, think along the lines of XCOM or Fire Emblem. Keeping afloat in the Republic Era of Star Wars history requires keeping your mouthy mercs alive on the battlefield; while handling their facilities, resources, and relatio
  
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• All Elden Ring Torrent skins and where to find them

  28-08-2026 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are Torrent skins in Elden Ring thanks to the Tarnished Edition. Three new looks for your spectral steed: Tree Sentinel, Carian Silver and Funereal Night. However, knowing where to find them is the challenge as, like with the new Elder Ring Weapons and armor, it's all just out in the world waiting for you to stumble on it. Or you can read this guide where I've already got all the info and can point you in the right direction. So let's get started and make our cow horse the pretty princess
  
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• GTA 6 at 60fps is "unlikely" on console and will be "genuinely challenging" on PC, tech analysts say

  28-08-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  We haven't gotten official word from Rockstar yet on GTA 6's frame rate, but if you're holding out for a 60fps mode, the prognosis is not looking good. A new tech analysis suggests that it would be uniquely challenging for even high-end PCs to run GTA 6 at 60fps – never mind current-gen consoles.That's according to Digital Foundry, which has gone over the footage from GTA 6 extended look with its usual fine-tooth comb. They found that the game appears to be running at a native 1440p on bas
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director not wowed by GTA 6 – "Two uninteresting sociopaths chaotically committing mass murders"

  28-08-2026 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everything revealed from the GTA 6 extended look has stoked a mix of largely positive reactions online. To the group of unimpressed onlookers, we can safely add Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director and Warhorse Studios honcho Daniel Vávra.Discussing GTA 6 on Twitter, Vávra lays out what he and "everyone who has ever written a good story" sees as the ingredients for, you guessed it, "a good story." The list goes: "Internal and external conflict, complex characters with interesting m
  
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• GTA 6: All The Biggest Takeaways From The Big New Trailer That You Need To Know

  28-08-2026 17:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar finally lifted the veil on GTA 6 during a high-profile Netflix event on August 27. The nearly 30-minute video revealed a lot. We saw main characters Jason and Lucia in action in snippets of multiple different missions, while there were cutscenes and character interactions on display as well.
  The broadcast also featured a new look at some of the updated gameplay systems, like how NPCs will notice if you're carrying a weapon in public, how stealing cars works, and that the game has a Red
  
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• GTA 6 soundtrack with all of the songs featured so far

  28-08-2026 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The GTA 6 soundtrack is already finding its way into fans Spotify playlists, with a lot of great songs dropping throughout the GTA 6 extended look. From classic '80s tunes that channel the Vice City vibes of Leonida, to more recent tracks from Miami artists, I've already been listening to so many of them on repeat since the gameplay deep dive dropped. So, if you find yourself trying to find a particular song that was featured in the latest look at GTA 6, then I'm here to help.Below, you'll find
  
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• GTA 6 is "Rockstar's magnum opus" according to "proud" devs excited about the Netflix extended look after two weeks of "heartbreaking" leaks

  28-08-2026 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  I cannot imagine what it feels like to know that GTA 6 is actually about to drop for the developers making it. It's 13 years of work and anticipation, finally coming to fruition, and on the back of the Netflix preview, a number of Rockstar devs have expressed their emotions."What a day -everything looks incredible. Massive well done to everyone involved," Joe David, a senior mission designer at Rockstar, said on Twitter. His sentiment is widely shared across his colleagues."So proud to have been
  
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• The Nintendo ports of Metal Gear Solid 4 replace the iconic PS3 and PSP in-game consoles with generic variants

  28-08-2026 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the release of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 2, it's been confirmed that Nintendo editions of Metal Gear Solid 4 have removed PlayStation references from the game. Metal Gear Solid 4 was famously a PS3 exclusive until this week, and the game itself made that clear. Throughout the game you could see a PS3 console on Snake and Otacon's plane, Sunny could be seen playing the PSP, and Snake used a Dualshock 3 controller to control the Metal Gear Mk. 2. On top of that, there's the famou
  
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• Fable’s Loot Is Meant To Be Meaningful, So Don’t Expect A Bunch Of Minor Upgrades

  28-08-2026 17:20 via gamespot.com
  At the heart of many great action-RPGs is a satisfying grind for better loot. Whether it's random chests or quest rewards, it's important to feel like you're getting appropriate payoffs for overcoming challenges. Playground Games, the studio behind the upcoming Fable reboot, told GameSpot it's aiming to make sure that its loot and equipment feels meaningful, with big swings in power level.Creative directors Will Kennedy and Craig Littler told us in an interview at Gamescom that there's lots of v
  
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• Is How to Fish on PS5 and Xbox?

  28-08-2026 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  A How to Fish console release for PS5 and Xbox Series X is on the cards as the developer duo seem to be working on a port. But that's unfortunately all there is to say for now on the topic. However, the surprise success of the game means the developers have said there's more fishing action to come. Here's what we know about a console release for How to Fish and what the future holds for the game.How to Fish console release(Image credit: Dazed Games)The two developers at Dazed Games are planning
  
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• State of Decay 3’s Gameplay Shows Off Combat, Team Work and More

  28-08-2026 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  We finally got hands on time with State of Decay 3 at gamescom 2026 to try out the combat, what team work looks like, exploration and more. We played the Alpha version of the game, so gameplay is subject to change.
  
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• I'm locked out of Lae'zel's best ending in my Baldur's Gate 3 no weapons run, and I totally regret everything

  28-08-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's the fourth and final meeting of the RPG Club for the month of August, and it's all about to go down in my no weapons playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. To trust The Emperor, or not to trust him? That is the question most people agonize over in the RPG's twilight hours. But for me, there is no other choice.(Image credit: Future)Join the GamesRadar+ RPG Club: Every month we pick a new RPG to play together. In August we are diving back into Baldur's Gate 3. So gather your party, stock up on suppl
  
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• Alien Deathstorm Is A Fun Shooter That (So Far) Needs More Deathstorm

  28-08-2026 16:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Alien Deathstorm is a brand-new action-horror-shooter game from Rebellion. Following the gameplay trailer's reveal at Gamescom, GameSpot was able to go hands-on, and it definitely has a retro feel with interesting-looking mechanics tied to the titular deathstorm that I wish we saw more of in the demo.Alien Deathstorm puts players in the boots of a combat engineer, who becomes stranded on an devastated off-world colony. The planet is being ravaged by a cataclysmic "deathstorm," and it's also over
  
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• All of the GTA 6 side activities confirmed so far

  28-08-2026 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are already plenty of confirmed GTA 6 side activities to look forward to, despite launch still being a few months away, and they cover a wide range of possibilities. To help you keep track of it all, we've rounded everything up here in this handy guide so you can check them all out.That's right, thanks to the recent GTA 6 Extended Look, which showed off a bunch of gameplay, as well as some interviews breaking down exciting new features, the new game will have a ton of stuff to do alongside
  
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• A second Iron Man game has leaked this week, this time with EA Motive's take on the Marvel hero surfacing after 4 years

  28-08-2026 16:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A blatantly unfinished trailer for EA Motive's Iron Man game has seemingly popped up online, days after footage from Avalanche's canceled Iron Man game also leaked. Tony Stark's got pretty bad cybersecurity for a billionaire genius, I guess.EA Motive (the studio behind the Dead Space remake) first announced its collaboration with Marvel Games in 2022. Not much was known at the time aside from the fact that EA's Iron Man would be a third-person, single-player action-adventure game and tell an ori
  
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• 13 years after famous Microsoft dunk, ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Xbox disc-to-digital feature is "a great move"

  28-08-2026 16:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has praised the new Xbox disc-to-digital initiative, with many pointing out the irony of his classic PS4 game sharing video following Sony's decision to drop physical games. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that physical Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S discs will soon be able to be transferred to digital games. This comes around a month after Sony confirmed it will stop producing physical games in 2028 for the PS5 and any future PlayStation console. That
  
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• Saber Boss Reacts To The Death Of Physical Games And Rising Console Prices

  28-08-2026 16:32 via gamespot.com
  
  2026 has been full of big storylines in gaming, including Sony's announcement that it will end support for physical PlayStation game discs in 2028 and the trend of consoles getting increasingly expensive. Tim Willits, the chief creative officer at Saber Interactive, caught up with GameSpot at Gamescom this week to discuss these topics and offer up a bizarre-sounding possibility for an "AI box" for games.He said he was "surprised how upset people were" about Sony ending support for physical game
  
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• GTA 6 might be single-player but the coupled-up life changes everything

  28-08-2026 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jason and Lucia are facing their toughest mission in GTA 6 so far: dinner with an older couple, Brian and Lori, at a rooftop restaurant with the unappetizing name of Effluvia. A job has come up that requires just one of them to step away, leaving the other to keep the conversation flowing between bowls of stuffed olives.Jason turns to his partner. "I don't mind," he says. "If you wanted to…" But Lucia ignores his signals: "I'm gonna go." As she steps up to leave, Jason tilts toward her, h
  
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• Brands keep promising sim racing ecosystems, but Nacon is one of the few starting to follow through

  28-08-2026 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Can we ban brands from using the word “ecosystem” when they announce new sim racing gear, please? At least until they can be trusted to use it responsibly. I’ve played with a fair few of the best racing wheels for PC, and it feels as though every time new gear comes along it’s with the promise of an expanding range of extras and add-ons “in the future”. “Start with the basics and expand over time as your racing habits evolve and your wallet recovers,&rdq
  
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• New The Batman 2 set leaks see the Batmobile crash into Gotham City PD squad cars – and it's the coolest thing you’ll see today

  28-08-2026 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  New set leak videos from The Batman 2 have arrived... and the hype for the upcoming sequel just tripled in size (for me, anyway).The videos, which can be viewed below, show three different angles of the Gotham City PD chasing the Batmobile via swarm of squad cars. They manage to box him in, but Batman escapes by accelerating and ramming into one of the cars before speeding off. The coolest angle is definitely the one from above, which really gives a heightened sense of realism and, to quote the
  
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