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• WoW: Forever Shamans Are Protesting Class Changes After Being “Completely Ignored”

  03-11-2026 20:54 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever just received a massive batch of class-balance updates ahead of launch that have boosted power across the board, but one group of players isn't happy with the changes: Shamans.Developer Blizzard recently released Forever's launch patch notes based on feedback and data accumulated during the beta, resulting in a power spike for all classes and major reworks for classes like Paladin and Rogue. Shamans, too, received some significant changes, most notably the removal of a
  
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• Avengers: Endgame Encore hits Disney Plus on Friday with those Doomsday-teasing post-credits scenes

  11-11-2026 23:15 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Avengers: Endgame Encore is set to hit Disney Plus on November 13, and you'll be able to rewatch those wild post-credits scenes as many times you want.The film was re-released in September in honor of the film's seven-year anniversary, but also to get Marvel fans hyped for Avengers: Doomsday. The Encore version of the film is more or less the same except for four bonus scenes added to the end credits. The scenes in question are: Loki goes back to the past to visit Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter;
  
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• The Witcher 4 lead feels a "great responsibility" after winning Golden Joystick for Most Wanted game

  11-11-2026 23:14 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  As if following up on one of the most acclaimed RPGs of all time wasn't already enough pressure, CD Projekt Red just won Most Wanted Game for The Witcher 4 at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, and the burden of that "great responsibility" is weighing heavy on the developer.Taking the stage just before the end of the show when Resident Evil Requiem was announced as the night's big winner, CDPR production director Małgorzata Mitręga appeared slightly stage-frightened as she accepted the award for
  
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• Ahead of Persona 6 and his own new JRPG, series veteran takes us back to "how Persona came about"

  11-11-2026 22:57 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Foundational Persona and Shin Megami Tensei designer and director Kouji Okada has a new RPG called Villion:Code coming to PS4, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and Steam on January 26, 2027. In a video interview with GamesRadar+, Okada reflects on his origins in RPG development, how Persona got started, and how it's all led him to Villion:Code."First, I'd like to explain how Persona came about," he begins. "Before that, I had worked on several RPGs in which an ordinary protagonist suddenly becomes caught
  
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• Dragon Age star says BioWare "broke the mold" for RPGs and pays tribute at Golden Joysticks

  11-11-2026 22:55 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Alix Wilton Regan is taking on her biggest video game role yet as Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Tomb Raider: Catalyst, but her history in the industry dates back to 2009 with a variety of minor roles in Dragon Age: Origins. Her career was intertwined with BioWare, and she took the opportunity to pay tribute to the studio at the Golden Joystick awards."We need to acknowledge how tough things are across our industry," Regan says. "Behind every game are talented, pa
  
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• Anthony Mackie says it wasn't Robert Downey Jr. in Doom costume on set of Avengers: Doomsday

  11-11-2026 22:21 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Anthony Mackie has jokingly implied that Robert Downey Jr. doesn't do his own stunts in Avengers: Doomsday, saying that Downey wasn't in the Doctor Doom suit on set."Well, no, because, like, it wasn’t him," Mackie responded when asked by Entertainment Tonight what it was like to go toe-to-toe with Downey. "Robert don’t fight! No! Hell no!" Downey does do quite a bit of his own stunts, though not as many as longtime gymnast and dancer Tom Holland. Mackie also isn't helping the rumors that som
  
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• CD Projekt Red worked with an AI company on Geralt's Polish voice in The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past

  11-11-2026 22:07 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past, a surprise new expansion for the storied RPG, features AI-retouched recordings of original Polish Geralt voice actor Jacek Rozenek, who gave CD Projekt Red his approval to have Ukrainian company Respeecher train a model with his voice. GameFile (partially paywalled link) spoke to CDPR and Respeecher about the process. CDPR turned to this application of AI – not for the first time, as Respeecher previously helped with a Cyberpunk 2077 character whose actor died
  
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• Grand Theft Auto Has Broken So Much Ground, What Else Can GTA 6 Do?

  11-11-2026 22:00 via GameSpot - All Content
  GTA has built a reputation over the years as not just AAA gaming at its peak, but a new revolution for the medium upon each game's launch.So it struck me how after watching the Extended Look at GTA 6 back in August, there was considerable chatter in my social circles claiming it looked like an Xbox 360 game.I don't think these comments should be taken literally, given that the footage we've seen shows such tremendous graphical fidelity and detail that it would have been impossible on hardware fr
  
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• Why wasn't GTA 6 at the Golden Joystick Awards?

  11-11-2026 21:18 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Golden Joystick Awards 2026 have drawn to an end, but one of this year's biggest games was entirely absent: GTA 6.If you were watching the ceremony wondering where Rockstar might have been, the short answer is that GTA 6 was not eligible for entry at this year's show. To be nominated in one of the main categories, a title had to release between November 1, 2025 and September 25, 2026. For the main prize of Ultimate Game of the Year, that window was extended to October 25, and for jury-voted
  
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• The Witcher 3 already had the most Golden Joysticks and it just won another

  11-11-2026 21:18 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Witcher 3 may now be 11 years old, but it just keeps on winning – in fact, it's now even further cemented itself as the proud owner of the most Golden Joystick Awards, and it might not even be done yet. Of course, it helps that the beloved RPG just got a remaster this year – one that was so well received it took home the award for Best Remake/Remaster at The Golden Joystick Awards 2026. It faced stiff competition from Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, Star Fox, Metal Gear Solid: Master Coll
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem ties with Meccha Chameleon as the biggest winner at the Golden Joystick Awards

  11-11-2026 21:18 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Two very different games have walked away as the big winners at the Golden Joystick Awards. In one corner, the latest entry in a legendary series from a studio that's been on a generational run, and is backing up its gaming success with box office acclaim. In the other, a viral friendslop sensation cobbled together by a team of just two developers.The first game is Resident Evil Requiem, which won Best Game Trailer for its 'Evil Always Has a Name' promo, Best Lead Performer for Grace Ashcroft ac
  
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• The Witcher 4 and The Witcher 3 Remastered secure wins for CD Projekt Red at the Golden Joystick Awards

  11-11-2026 21:17 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  CD Projekt Red was one of the bigger winners at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, as both The Witcher 3 and The Witcher 4 claimed prizes.The 2015 RPG classic took home the prize for the Best Remake/Remaster, thanks to its acclaimed re-release from earlier this year. That extends The Witcher 3's run as the most-awarded game in Golden Joysticks history, having previously won 11 titles between 2013 and 2016, including Studio of the Year prizes for CDPR and a Best Performance award for Geralt actor D
  
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• All the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 winners revealed

  11-11-2026 21:16 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The dust has settled in the wake of the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, which means a new batch of winners to celebrate. Votes have been tallied and counted across 25 categories, and those all-important trophies have been handed out, so read on to find out which of your favorites were victorious, and who's going home empty-handed.While there were a couple of games that claimed a decent haul, this year differs from last year's Golden Joystick Awards, in which Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 romped home
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem wins Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026

  11-11-2026 21:15 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Resident Evil Requiem has walked away with the biggest prize of the night at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, claiming the title of Ultimate Game of the Year.Competition was fierce for this year's main award, with Resident Evil Requiem coming out at the top of the pile of 12 of this year's biggest games. Those included the massive launches of Crimson Desert and Phantom Blade Zero, blockbuster 007: First Light, surprise hits like Control Resonant and Pragmata, and late additions in the form of St
  
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• Laid off Id Software devs form their own studio and don't hold back in their announcement

  11-11-2026 20:50 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Nothing zaps the joy right out of launch day celebrations like getting laid off alongside half of your team, but that's exactly what happened to dozens of Id Software developers during Microsoft's July 2026 bloodbath (not to be confused with its September 2026 bloodbath) alongside the release of the Revelations DLC for Doom: The Dark Ages. Amid reports that the studio was gutted down to support studio size, the total confirmed number of laid off employees, per Game Developer, was 136 as of this
  
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• Quote of the day by former GTA 6 and Red Dead Redemption 2 artist: Sony and Microsoft can’t compete with Rockstar because “they do not care about making game products”

  11-11-2026 19:00 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Rockstar's ability to create world-beating titles like GTA 6 stems from a core practice - not succumbing to the 'fire and rehire' cycle that has ravaged publishers like Microsoft and Sony.That's according to David O'Reilly, a 12-year veteran of Rockstar whose credits as an environment artist cover GTA 6, Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA 5. He claims that "Rockstar doesn't do the whole thing that the games industry has been madly scrambling to do" over the past few years - namely, laying off vast swath
  
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• Bethesda celebrates Skyrim’s 15th anniversary with new artwork from a "legendary artist"

  11-11-2026 18:37 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Time marches onward, unyielding and unflinching. Somehow, Skyrim, the latest of the Elder Scrolls games, is now 15 years old. Yes, if it was a child, it'd be going through a moody phase right now, making questionable fashion choices and listening to music that seems expressly designed to annoy you.On November 11, 2011, The Elder Scrolls 5 came out to a rabid audience of fantasy and RPG fans. Bethesda marked the fact it's somehow been a decade-and-a-half since then with some new artwork. I know,
  
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• Dumping "up to $2,000" a month into Pokemon fan game, vibe coder says Claude is "starting to refuse"

  11-11-2026 18:36 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Anthropic recently changed Claude to "prevent IP infringement," altering the LLM's rules so it won't help copy existing games. One proudly pro-AI dev at work on a Pokemon fan game is starting to feel the heat, but vows to continue working on a vibe coded project that's already cost hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars."Anthropic has cracked down and Claude models are starting to refuse work on Pokemon fan projects," Big Kid Nation, the developer behind Pokemon Arena 2D, says on Twitter (vi
  
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• How to complete the Triple Threat quest in Phantom Blade Zero

  11-11-2026 18:33 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Phantom Blade Zero Triple Threat quest is one of the earliest side quests you can pick up, but you won't complete it until almost the end of the game. Starting with a pretty tough boss, followed by many hours of nothing, this quest suddenly picks up once you reach the Mirage Estate. There's a lot to do, it's a bit complicated, and it doesn't help that if you've not got a particular weapon, you can't get all the quest rewards either, so here's how you complete the full Triple Threat quest in
  
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• In a world full of $200 controllers, this $35 Xbox pad manages to afford anti-drift sticks

  11-11-2026 18:27 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Over the last few years, I have found myself gravitating further and further towards PC gaming, but after spending 8 hours at a desk all day at work, I don’t want to spend my downtime sat in front of a mouse and keyboard - I want to be firmly planted on my sofa with a controller in hand. The only downside to this is that the best Xbox Series X controllers that dominate the PC gamepad market can be expensive, so I needed something that offered as many features as possible without the price tag
  
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• The Rings of Power's Dark Wizard reveal was one of the first things the showrunners wanted to do

  11-11-2026 18:25 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The Rings of Power showrunners say their fascination with revealing who the Dark Wizard is stemmed from some of their very first conversations about the show."The idea of Blue Wizards who went east is such a tantalizing piece of the lore," Patrick McKay told Radio Times. "It was one of the first things we talked about wanting to explore in the show – reaching that moment and figuring out who they were, what they were about, what happened to them, and his eventual fate."After a brief interactio
  
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• I've wanted to play this anime-inspired farming RPG for years, and I might finally get my chance

  11-11-2026 18:18 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  It sounds like Fields of Mistria, a gorgeous indie farming sim and RPG oozing with '90s anime vibes, is finally coming to consoles, as its devs confirm they've been exploring "other platforms" since its 1.0 launch earlier this year and that "porting work is actively happening." Even as someone who plays games exclusively on consoles, I rarely find myself unable to play something I really want to, or, at the very least, not for long. However, Fields of Mistria has been an exception. Ever since it
  
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• Ex-Tekken boss says developing for Xbox Series S is doing "extra work for a slightly weaker child"

  11-11-2026 18:16 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  For players, the Xbox Series S is a great idea. A cheaper version of the console that sacrifices some power to reduce cost. On the development side, however, it's a different story, and longtime Tekken developer Katsuhiro Harada could do without it, and he has no problem saying so.During a group discussion with other industry heavyweights at the SKY31 event in Seoul, South Korea, Harada quite literally used the opportunity to get his thoughts off his chest. "There's something I really want to sa
  
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• Steam’s Growing Review Backlog Has Cost Another Game Its Launch Date

  11-11-2026 18:09 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Steam's growing backlog for approving game builds appears to be getting worse, as yet another studio's game is stuck in the purgatory of the platform's review program. Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business, a post-apocalyptic game about keeping a cargo railway running after society has collapsed, was originally scheduled to launch on November 10, but it's stuck waiting for Steam's mandatory QA review before it can be published."Unfortunately, we're stuck waiting for Steam t
  
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• World of Stands codes (November 2026) and how to redeem them for Arrows and more

  11-11-2026 18:06 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  World of Stands codes can give you a decent boost in this action RPG based on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, as you fight against enemy Stand users and tough bosses that stand in your way. After development went on hiatus around a year ago, the game is now back with regular updates promised and, of course, those all important promos.The main rewards from recent codes have been various types of Arrows used in summoning, along with Locacaca Fruits and Gold currency to top up your balances in this battl
  
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• The best controllers for GTA 6: The gamepads I'd recommend for PS5 and Xbox players jumping into Vice City

  11-11-2026 18:04 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  The long wait is almost over; GTA 6 might already be downloaded and waiting for you to play, so it's time you start thinking about what you'll be playing it with. Whether you need a replacement, a spare, you want to invest in something a bit special to mark the occasion, or you're curious about what's out there, I've pulled together all the best controllers for GTA 6. I've used my expertise from reviewing the best PS5 controllers and the best Xbox Series X controllers for over six years to give
  
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• GTA 6 censorship worries bubble up in Japan: the install size is different and the age rating drops sex and drugs

  11-11-2026 17:24 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Japanese gamers are reportedly concerned that the country will be getting a censored version of GTA 6 when it releases next week.It's no shocker that GTA 6 will get a high age rating from nearly every ratings board on the planet. The game deals with violence, drugs, sex, and all manner of debauchery, with the European ratings board reporting the game will feature "detailed decapitation and dismemberment," as well as cocaine that "can be carried around by the player and snorted directly from thei
  
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• Honkai Star Rail’s First Playable Aeon Isn’t A Damage God, And That’s A Good Thing

  11-11-2026 17:21 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  The Aeons of Honkai Star Rail have always been far beyond ordinary mortals. They are conceptual deities whose actions have the potential to reshape entire galaxies--so putting one into a player's four-person team was always going to be a huge design challenge for the HoYoverse team. Ahead of the game's Version 4.7 update, we spoke to lead game designer Chengan An about why Aha, The Aeon of Elation, was chosen as the game's first playable Aeon. According to Chengan, the decision to bring Aha int
  
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• Best Loadouts In Call Of Duty: Warzone For MW4 Season 1

  11-11-2026 17:14 via GameSpot - All Content
  
  Modern Warfare 4 has integrated with Warzone for Season 1, adding MW4’s full weapon pool, attachments, and other new gear into battle royale. This means you'll want to update your loadouts for this new season. Our guide will recommend some of the best weapon builds for Warzone in Season 1 of Modern Warfare 4, as well as discuss some of the major changes to weapon customization this year.For best perks, make sure to check out our MW4 Warzone Season 1 perk guide. Weapon customization changes in
  
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• The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy's entire story so far will get you FF7 Revelation-ready

  11-11-2026 17:10 via Latest from GamesRadar+
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is the third and final instalment of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy that reimagines the 1997 PS1 JRPG classic while incorporating the wider universe known as The Compilation of Final Fantasy 7 (which includes spin-offs like PSP's Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, and even movies like Advent Children).While there's still time to catch up on the first two parts ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's impending April 8, 2027 release, which will conclude the saga, you've com
  
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