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• VisionQuest episodes 5 and 6 Easter eggs: All the Marvel references explained

  28-10-2026 04:00 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The latest brace of VisionQuest episodes have dropped on Disney Plus, and they take us back to a controversial MCU location. Episodes 5 and 6 also see the return of the very first MCU villain, as the danger escalates for Vision's makeshift family.If you've been following along, you'll know that VisionQuest is a show packed with fun MCU references and callbacks. If you think about it, Vision is like a living hard drive, so it makes sense that his mind space would be loaded with nods to the MCU's
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 lead wanted 2.5 update to be "more meaningful" than CDPR's last Edgerunners patch

  28-10-2026 12:54 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Cyberpunk 2077 just saw the release of update 2.5, a patch that accompanied the Edgerunners 2 debut on Netflix – and one that CD Projekt Red hoped would be very special.Paweł Sasko, who is now working as Cyberpunk 2 associate director, reveals as much in an entry on the studio's official blog, explaining that the developers wanted the connection between all of Cyberpunk's media to feel "consistent" – which, yes, means Edgerunners and Cyberpunk 2077, as it "has always worked best when you ca
  
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• Marvel's Ghost Rider movie adds rising Heated Rivalry star, and fans think they've already worked out who he's playing

  28-10-2026 12:40 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Three months after announcing the project at Marvel's SDCC 2026 panel, the studio is making moves on casting the movie, tapping Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie to star. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Storrie is in talks to star in Ghost Rider alongside Ryan Gosling. Although Gosling's role has yet to be officially confirmed, it is presumed he is playing the flaming skull-headed stunt motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze, who transforms into the supernatural anti-hero after making a deal with t
  
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• EA morale hits a new low amid AI push and BioWare closure

  28-10-2026 12:24 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Amid layoffs at EA, with the closure of Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio BioWare announced only last week, it's far from surprising to hear that morale at the publisher is reportedly "terrible."That's according to anonymous sources speaking to Vertical Slice, who say the layoff process at the publisher is "wildly disruptive" and emotionally "weird" due to an apparent "secrecy" around it that sometimes leaves employees unaware who's been affected until after their co-workers' public LinkedIn pos
  
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• Valve acknowledges Steam's AI problem as Next Fest exposes thousands of "low-quality games"

  28-10-2026 12:21 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Valve's latest Steam Next Fest has been plagued by games using AI, drawing the attention of former developers like Chet Faliszek, who says the storefront is now "overwhelmed by slop" – but what do current folks at the company think?Well, they're unsurprisingly aware of the AI-fueled issue, at least, as Tom Giardino and Marc Wilkinson from Valve's Steam Business Team reveal during the Steam Indie Connect event in South Korea (as per Inven Global).
  Giardino first explains that Valve doesn't want
  
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• Sleeping Dogs director says "adding layers" to the game story is "not an easy task"

  28-10-2026 12:17 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  After almost two years since it was announced, Sleeping Dogs director Timo Tjahjanto has explained why the Simu Liu-led game adaptation is still bubbling away under the surface."Trust me when I say Simu & I are doing our best to slowly make this come into fruition," Tjahjanto began on Twitter. "Trying to stay as loyal to WeiShen’s tale while adding layers to make the narrative more fitting into a feature film is not an easy task. We’re taking our time to make the best version of [Sleepin
  
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• James Gunn explains why some DCU movies like Clayface are standalone and some are "part of a larger narrative structure"

  28-10-2026 12:11 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  James Gunn has addressed the DCU's 10 year plan – and why some projects are more standalone than others. While some of the DCU's projects, like Superman and Supergirl, are very clearly connected to each other, others, like Clayface, are far more standalone. On Threads, responding to a now-deleted post, Gunn wrote: "No. You can look at my quotes from January '23 when we started and I said we were going to do exactly what we're doing. I said some stories would be standalone like the Guardians mo
  
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• The Rings of Power season 3 first reactions say it's "better than ever"

  28-10-2026 11:13 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The first reactions to The Rings of Power season 3 are here, and they're praising the return to Middle-earth, as well as putting the spotlight on Charlie Vickers' performance as Sauron.GamesRadar+'s Fay Watson wrote: "The first episode of #TheRingsofPower season 3 is epic in every sense of the word. Charlie Vickers steals the show as Sauron, almost at the height of his powers, relishing in every villainous smirk. The scale and stakes already have me thinking this could be the best season yet."Cr
  
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• VisionQuest has returned to a major MCU location for the first time in 5 years

  28-10-2026 04:00 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  After being teased for weeks, VisionQuest episode 6 finally sees the MCU return to a major comics location, and one that previously popped up in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Madripoor.But what is Madripoor? And why is it such a big deal to the Marvel-verse? For that, we need to turn to the comics, as Madripoor's on-screen counterpart hasn't exactly lived up to the legend so far.Below, you'll find all you need to know about Madripoor, including how it fits into VisionQuest and the MCU at la
  
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• Valheim released into Early Access because the solo dev "couldn't afford to keep working on it"

  28-10-2026 01:05 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The whole Early Access release model has a lot of pros and cons to consider, and some argue that the system is prone to abuse by developers and publishers for all sorts of reasons, but at least for Valheim developer Iron Gate, it was essential.Talking to GamesIndustry, Iron Gate CEO Richard Svensson says Valheim wouldn't have been nearly as successful as it has been without Steam Early Access. "Even if we had an enormous budget and worked on the game in secret for five years up until the launch,
  
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• You Can Unlock Lots Of Free Stuff In Pokemon Go’s Halloween 2026 Event

  27-10-2026 23:07 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Halloween is almost here, and Pokemon Go is getting into the spooky spirit with its annual Halloween celebration. This year's event takes place across two parts that run into early November, each of which will offer new Pokemon, Research tasks, and other bonuses.To help you prepare, here's everything you need to know about Pokemon Go's Halloween 2026 event. In This Article Halloween Part IEvent ScheduleFeatured PokemonTimed And Field ResearchChandelure Super Mega Raid DayBonusesHalloween Part II
  
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• Remember That Time BioWare Made A Sonic The Hedgehog RPG?

  27-10-2026 22:31 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Over the three decades of its existence, BioWare rightfully earned the reputation of a legendary role-playing game studio. The news of its closing understandably has fans in mourning, and we’re left reminiscing about game franchises like Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. But every studio has at least one oddity within its gameography, and the clear outlier for BioWare has to be Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.The 2008 Nintendo DS game is BioWare’s first--and on
  
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• Avatar: Seven Havens fans think plan to release 26 episodes at once "would’ve killed the show"

  27-10-2026 22:07 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Avatar: Seven Havens fans are happy that the show went with a slower, three-episodes-a-week drop, rather than the previously announced plan of dropping all 26 at once.It was originally announced, more or less due to some confusing press release language, that the 26 episode-season would drop on Paramount Plus in a binge-watch format. Keep in mind that each episode is exactly 30 minutes.Thankfully, a new trailer that dropped in September revealed that the series would be split into two books. The
  
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• The day GTA 6 pre-loading starts, unionizing Rockstar developers will vote on the studio's future

  27-10-2026 21:28 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  GTA 6 developers at Rockstar Games will begin the vote on the studio's proposed union right as the new Grand Theft Auto lets players start pre-loading the game on PS5 and Xbox Series X.News of the impending Rockstar union vote comes from Aftermath, which shared a statement from the Independent Workers' union of Great Britain (IWGB), a labor union with widespread reach including a significant presence in games. IWGB has helped Rockstar developers organize their own studio union to bargain for ben
  
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• CD Projekt Red can't stop updating Cyberpunk 2077: "Keeps giving us reasons to return to it"

  27-10-2026 21:16 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  It's been almost six years since the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077, and in that time developer CD Projekt Red has been tirelessly updating the game initially with a flurry of bug fixes and performance patches, and then later with substantial content additions culminating in the Phantom Liberty expansion from 2023. And yet, even as the game's legacy has firmly been cemented as a generational RPG far removed from its half-baked launch state, it has another huge update, 2.5, which just came o
  
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• You Can Make Your WoW: Forever Character Now And Be Ready For Launch

  27-10-2026 21:00 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's character creation and name reservations are now live, letting you save some time on launch day by making your characters now rather than on launch day.To access name reservations, you'll need to have Forever preinstalled on Battle.net and have purchased at least the $30 Skyborne Heroic Pack, which grants access to the game's new optional playable race, the Skyborne elves. Once you've done that, you can simply log into the game, select the ruleset you want to play on
  
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• From Cryptids To Carinderias, Here Are 8 Games To Celebrate Filipino American History Month

  27-10-2026 20:53 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  The Philippines is far from the first country you think of when it comes to the video game industry, but it’s quietly evolved into a budding hub for game development. The island nation initially had a tenuous relationship with the medium, as for a brief period of time in the 1980s, video games were banned in the country. Now, the Philippines has a reputation for its thriving esports scene, and the output of quality Filipino-made games is gradually rising.To observe Filipino American History Mo
  
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• GTA 6 Developers Are About To Do Something Historic

  27-10-2026 20:43 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Workers at GTA 6 developer Rockstar will soon get to vote on recognizing a union.The union, IWGB Union at Rockstar, is for Rockstar's UK-based developers. Rockstar North, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, is one of Rockstar's biggest outfits in the UK, and the lead developer on GTA 6.The negotiating process between the union and Rockstar management took months, and the union, if recognized, would give workers a stronger seat at the table for key issues like pay and bonuses, overtime, generative AI p
  
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• This Company Is Paying You To Play GTA 6, But It’s A Long Shot

  27-10-2026 20:03 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  A company, Virgin Media, has announced a promotional campaign where one lucky person will get paid to play GTA 6.
  The promotion, which is limited to Ireland, requires people to explain in 100-200 words on this contest site why they deserve to get paid to play GTA 6. Virgin Media will then select a winner, and if that's you, Virgin Media will get you a copy of the game and your only requirement is to play it for eight hours and post a review on Instagram or TikTok, tagging Virgin Media and disclo
  
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• Official WoW: Forever AMV Will Get You Super Hyped

  27-10-2026 20:01 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is almost here, and in case players weren't already excited to return to classic Azeroth, a new animated music video highlighting the war between the Horde and the Alliance is sure to get your inner player vs. player hyped up to spill some blood for your faction. Called "Warpath," the animated trailer made in collaboration between developer Blizzard and Brunch Studio features a banger of a track performed by YouTuber turned musician Poppy, Amy Lee of Evanescence fame,
  
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• The leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer is being re-released by a veteran BioWare composer

  27-10-2026 19:36 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Like rubbing salt into the wound, the abrupt closure of beloved RPG studio BioWare means we now know more about Mass Effect 5 than we probably would've otherwise, which stings even harder knowing the game's now canceled. Based on a leaked trailer, it's likely the game was to be titled Mass Effect: Universe, and it seems it would've paired up returning party member Liara T'Soni with a new human hero in place of longtime protagonist Shepard. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of all is that the tr
  
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• GTA 6 is a 210GB download, says PlayStation Store sleuth

  27-10-2026 18:59 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  GTA 6 download size clocks in at 210GB on PS5, according to PlayStation Store sleuth PlayStation Game Size. In a brief Twitter post, the PGS account, known for reasonably reliably sharing details on upcoming PlayStation games, notes the reported GTA 6 GB size.Unsurprisingly, this would make GTA 6 significantly larger than GTA 5, which comes in at 105GB on PC. In fairness, GTA 5 did come out several empires ago; a more recent comparison would be Red Dead Redemption 2, which is 150GB on PC. There'
  
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• GTA 6 File Size Revealed, And It’s Massive

  27-10-2026 18:48 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Ahead of the game's release in November, GTA 6's file size has been revealed, and it is massive. PlayStation Game Size reports that the $80 standard edition will take up 210GB of storage capacity.Size details for the $100 Ultimate Edition--which includes a ton of content not in the regular version--were not made available. We also don't know the Xbox Series X|S file size, but it's likely around the same.As announced previously, preloading for GTA 6 begins on November 12, which is good news consi
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever – “WARPATH” AMV Launch Trailer

  27-10-2026 18:33 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Alliance. Horde. War. Rally your party and brave the wilds of World of Warcraft: Forever on Nov 4 with a WoW Subscription or game time.Made in partnership with Brunch Studio.
  “End of You”
  Performed by Poppy, Amy Lee, Courtney LaPlante
  Courtesy of Sumerian Records
  Under license from Virgin Music Group
  
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• What time does Phantom Blade Zero launch?

  27-10-2026 18:32 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Phantom Blade Zero release date of October 29 is rapidly approaching, but since the game is getting a global simultaneous release, you need to be aware of when it'll be available in your region. Time zone differences mean that the game will actually release late on October 28 in the US, for example, so it gets a bit confusing. To clear things up for you, I've explained everything you need to know about the launch dates and times for Phantom Blade Zero below, as well as some pre-loading detai
  
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• Nintendo might be suing them, but Palworld CEO would still "love" to bring the survival game to Switch 2

  27-10-2026 18:32 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Palworld developer Pocketpair may be in the midst of a legal battle with Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, but that's apparently not putting it off from the idea of bringing its hit survival game to Switch 2. Pokemon and Nintendo filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair over two years ago now, but even last year, prior to the Switch 2's launch, Pocketpair communications lead and publishing manager John "Bucky" Buckley said that porting Palworld to the platform was "100% worth consi
  
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• "Women love video games," Dressmaker dev says, there just aren't enough games for them

  27-10-2026 18:30 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Aptly named dressmaking sim Dressmaker was an unexpectedly massive success for developer Cozy Lives, led by married duo Sabrina Becker and Jonathan Hau-Yoon. With 17,530 user reviews averaging 98% positive a month after release, and over 15,000 average concurrent players still keeping it in Steam's top 100 even as a small single-player game, Dressmaker is a hit by every metric. On top of the game being extremely absorbing and satisfying, Becker reckons this was partly down to appealing to an und
  
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• Elden Ring Movie Might Be Extremely Long, And It Could Have Twitch Integration Eventually

  27-10-2026 18:25 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  New details have come to light about A24's Elden Ring movie, including how Amazon could be involved and its beefy runtime.According to Deadline, Amazon MGM is buying up the Elden Ring movie's Pay-1 streaming rights for numerous international markets in a deal potentially worth "tens of millions of dollars." The site reported that there could be "interesting activations" on Amazon's Twitch platform as part of the deal. A Pay-1 rights deal means the company gets exclusive rights to broadcast a mov
  
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• Hasbro games and Wizards of the Coast's new president is a former Halo studio head

  27-10-2026 18:17 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Hasbro has named Dan Ayoub as new president of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games, leading Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and future games like Exodus and Warlock. In a press release, Hasbro confirms that Ayoub was "selected after a rigorous search that evaluated dozens of internal and external candidates." Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks says, "He understands what our games mean to the people who play them and what it takes to build great teams and experiences." Previous presid
  
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• Man of Tomorrow star Matthew Lillard confirms he isn't playing a DC comic book character

  27-10-2026 17:55 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Matthew Lillard says he isn't playing a traditional DC comic book character in Man of Tomorrow, or even one at all."It's a very James Gunn moment. So, I wouldn't worry too much about finding him in the comics," Lillard told The Direct, when asked whether or not he'd be playing a DC comic book character.Funny enough, Lillard's character in Daredevil: Born Again, the mysterious Mr. Charles, was also absent from Marvel Comics and was indeed created specifically for Lillard by showrunner Dario Scard
  
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