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• WWE Summerslam: Live Updates And Results For The 2019 PPV

  11-08-2019 22:45 via gamespot.com
  
  Today is the day. It's the biggest event of the summer for WWE. Summerslam is kicking off at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario as we speak. Over the course of the evening, WWE's biggest superstars will face each other in the ring in what should be a fantastic evening of wrestling.There are a couple ways to watch this event. You can order the PPV through your local cable or satellite provider. Or you can head over to the WWE Network, and if you're a new subscriber, you can get one month f
  
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• Stellar Blade and Lies of P "really made developers in Korea take up the challenge for console games," says Shift Up technical director

  31-08-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stellar Blade and Lies of P impacted the Korean games industry in much the same way that Black Myth: Wukong hit China, reckons Shift Up technical director Dong-ki Lee.Speaking with GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2026, Lee, hot on the heels of the Stellar Blade: Blood Rain reveal, examines the impact of Stellar Blade and its success. "Games like ours, and also Lies of P, those kinds of games came out in Korea and that really made developers in Korea go take up the challenge for console games more," Lee
  
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• Buying COD: MW4 On Xbox Comes With A Special Perk Not Available On Other Console Platforms

  31-08-2026 14:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Microsoft is encouraging people to buy the Xbox edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 by offering a special perk that players can't get on other console systems.
  People who preorder any edition of MW4 on a Microsoft Store--including Xbox or PC--will get a $5 digital credit back. Customers on PC will get a pop-up notification from the Xbox app within 35 days of MW4's launch on October 23 with their Xbox gift card; a similar pop-up notification will appear on Xbox as well.
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• PlayStation announces State of Play for this week featuring "an extended look" at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation

  31-08-2026 14:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new PlayStation State of Play is airing this week, it's been confirmed, and there's some great news for fans eager to see more of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, because that's exactly what you're getting. In a PlayStation Blog post shared today, it's revealed that State of Play will return this Thursday, September 3, at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST. From this, we can expect "updates and announcements from PlayStation Studios and our third-party partners, concluding with an extended look at the vast
  
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• For Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, Callina Liang Had To Get Her Thighs In Fighting Shape

  31-08-2026 14:32 via gamespot.com
  
  There are certain non-negotiable constants in the world of Street Fighter, from Ryu throwing Hadoukens to Dhalsim being referred to as "Stretchy-Arm Guy" by new players, and when it comes to Chun Li, the Interpol agent always has a set of thighs strong enough to crack a titanium-plated watermelon in half. October's Street Fighter movie looks like a faithful adaptation of the classic fighting games, and Chun-Li actress Callina Liang worked hard to get her body--especially her legs--into fighting
  
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• Back-To-Back PlayStation State Of Plays Are Coming This Week

  31-08-2026 14:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has announced that there will be not one, but two, PlayStation State of Play events this week. The back-to-back broadcasts will feature "updates from studios around the world," Sony said in its announcement.The first event, kicking off at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET on September 3, will feature updates from Sony's own development teams and third-party partners. The event will conclude with an "extended look" at Final Fantasy VII: Revelation.
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• Metro 2039 devs say "it never feels good" to see gameplay leaks, but promise the FPS will have been worth the 7-year wait

  31-08-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 isn't the only upcoming video game that has suffered from extreme leakage in 2026. While the spotlight is undoubtedly on Rockstar Games right now – the publisher has thus far been unable to stop a hacker from revealing aspects of an old build to the public without authorization – it's worth remembering that 4A Games went through something similar earlier this year.Shortly before Metro 2039 was revealed to the world, a bold return to the Moscow Metro system, a playable build of
  
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• Resident Evil Could Have Its Biggest Opening Weekend Ever With Its New Movie

  31-08-2026 13:56 via gamespot.com
  
  Weapons director Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie hits theaters on September 17, and analysts predict it will set a record for the franchise. While the majority of the live-action movies turned a decent profit off of a relatively small budget, Cregger's take on the IP is currently projected to have the best opening weekend by a comfortable margin.That's according to the official publication of the National Association of Theater Owners, Box Office Pro. The survival-horror movie is predicted to
  
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• Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest creators' Xbox 360 RPG Blue Dragon is finally playable on PC thanks to fans

  31-08-2026 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blue Dragon – Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's first RPG after leaving Square Enix – is finally free from the Xbox 360 thanks to a fanmade PC port. Last year, we saw a fanmade PC port of Sonic Unleashed, and while it finally gave us a definitive edition of one of the blue blur's most underrated games, it was perhaps more exciting thanks to the floodgates being opened for PC versions of Xbox 360 games. And while my mind went straight to WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 (which shock
  
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• Dune: Awakening's players might be 80% PvE, but devs are considering ways to spice PvP up in the future with "faction versus faction" and more

  31-08-2026 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Joel Bylos, CCO at Funcom has revealed that while Dune: Awakening's community is mostly interested in PvE, the devs are looking into ways to make the PvP more engaging. Speaking to GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2026, Bylos was asked about PvP in Dune: Awakening being somewhat optional, and whether that works too much in favor of PvE-focused players at the expense of those who are interested in the PvP. Bylos admits, " I think that probably was the issue with the game at launch was that we were trying
  
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• Metal Gear Solid 4's DLC might only be saved thanks to the uncelebrated work of fan preservationists

  31-08-2026 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid 4's new re-release in Master Collection Vol 2 features a reference to a fan-made Metal Gear Online project.Back in the days of the Xbox 360 and PS3, it felt like every game had a multiplayer mode added on, even if it didn't need it. This resulted in some shockingly great multiplayer experiences like Naughty Dog's Uncharted and The Last of Us online modes, Capcom's forgotten Bionic Commando reboot, and Bioshock 2. Metal Gear Online actually debuted with Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsist
  
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• Mayday directors on turning Kenneth Branagh into the Russian John Wick: "He was super hands-on"

  31-08-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apple TV action-comedy Mayday stars Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh as a mismatched American and Russian odd couple, but you might be surprised by which one of them lets their fists do the talking. Despite Reynolds semi-regularly suiting up as the dual-katana-wielding Deadpool, it's Branagh's former KGB agent who's the far more adept fighter in Mayday. And according to the movie's directors, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the 65-year-old Branagh wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty
  
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• ConcernedApe says sorry Haunted Chocolatier is taking so long: "I won’t compromise on the quality of the game by rushing it or releasing it too early"

  31-08-2026 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has released an update on his upcoming chocolatier simulation game Haunted Chocolatier as we approach the fifth anniversary of its announcement. Now that Hollow Knight: Silksong and Mewgenics are out, the gaming community needs a new indie game that's taking ages to come out to rally around. While for me that's Little Devil Inside (which was originally announced for the Wii U, to tell you how long that's been), I imagine there's a whole lot of people who have been desp
  
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• The best new Lego sets in September 2026, from Spongebob to Batman

  31-08-2026 11:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lego produces enough kits each month that its release schedule is eclectic at the best of times, but the best new Lego sets in September 2026 are enough to give me whiplash. A pineapple house under the sea sits alongside a magical model that laughs in the face of physics, followed by a one of cinema's most iconic cars... which isn't what it seems. Captain Kirk, Gremlins, and Doctor Doom follow close behind, because of course they do. (It's like the start of a really bad "...walked into a bar" jo
  
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• Lanterns' dark new origin story for John Stewart changes DC Comics canon in a big way

  31-08-2026 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Immediately killing a beloved hero of almost seven decades instantly established that nothing is sacred in HBO's Lanterns. Anyone can die, and the DC comics this show is based on are a mere guideline at best. Yet even so, John Stewart's decidedly dark origin story – explored in episode three – comes as a big surprise to anyone familiar with his start in the source material.Powerhouse comic book duo Denny O’Neil and artist Neal Adams introduced John as the fourth Green Lantern i
  
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• Guardians of the Universe explained: the comic book history of the oldest living beings in the DC universe

  31-08-2026 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even superheroes have bosses; at least they do in HBO’s Lanterns. As much as Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) acts like a charming rogue who follows his own rules and doesn’t care about authority, he does answer to a higher power that can technically fire him at any time. That power is the Guardians of the Universe, a race of aliens who are seemingly no friends of Hal Jordan, and are so bad at their job that they have given the universe as many supervillains as they have heroes. As the nam
  
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• GTA 6 became too realistic for even Rockstar so the devs had to cut a system for restocking Jason and Lucia's fridge to "find the right balance between realism and ease of play"

  30-08-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 had even more daily-life role-playing features, like buying groceries to restock your fridge, reveals Rockstar North co-studio head and head of development Rob Nelson, but the team decided to scrap the idea so as not to overcomplicate the game's mechanics.In an interview with Famitsu that's been translated by GamesRadar+, Nelson discusses a feature the team planned but eventually cut: dual protagonists Jason and Lucia could buy groceries at the supermarket and then restock their fridge."At
  
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• Massive Valve leak unearths 12TB of unreleased builds for games like Portal 2, alongside a whiff of Half-Life 2: Episode 3

  30-08-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  A massive archive of games and unreleased builds uploaded to Steam from 2003 to 2013 has leaked online, and it includes never-before-seen versions of Portal 2 and many other games, alongside materials that could be related to the Half-Life 2: Episode Three that never saw the light of day. The 12TB leak was spotted by GabeFollower earlier this week, who says it features "internal builds and game assets" that stretch over the course of a decade. The materials include in-development builds of class
  
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• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Songs of the Past – Exploration, Environments and Combat Showcase

  30-08-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Watch some Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Songs of the Past gameplay from gamescom 2026 showcasing exploration, environments, and combat.
  
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• Pokemon with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's combat sounds like a bonkers idea, but one fan's now given us a taste test

  30-08-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  What would Pokemon look like if the series borrowed from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's combat system? The question is so unlikely that it wouldn't usually be worth dwelling on, but it is today, because one fan has created a gorgeous proof of concept video.Earlier this week, BelmontesArt posted a clip to their YouTube channel with a self-explanatory title: "What if Pokémon had the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 battle system?" What follows is a minute-long, fan-made animation showing Deciduey
  
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• What made the OG Fallout so great is "overlooked" these days, says co-creator Tim Cain

  30-08-2026 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  What made the original Fallout RPG so great wasn't just its dark humor or apocalyptic setting or branching choices, according to co-creator Tim Cain. What made Fallout great was actually how it was made. Part of the team responsible for the original Fallout - and now part of Obsidian Entertainment, a studio working on an all-new Fallout game - Tim Cain recently spoke about an aspect of the series' creation that often goes "overlooked" by many developers and fans alike nowadays.In a new vlog post
  
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• Minecraft Mobs Arrive As Cookie Treats At Crumbl For Limited Time

  30-08-2026 15:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Chicken cookies! Crumbl has revealed a Minecraft collaboration that introduces six different desserts based on the sandbox game to the menu starting today. Yes, they're all square shaped, and no, there isn't a chicken jockey. Available tomorrow, August 31, through September 5, the four-sided treats include a cookie butter cookie with a chicken topper, a Creeper Key lime sandwich, and a lemon poppyseed cookie topped with a boxy bee. Those three treats are joined by an Enderman cookies-and-cr
  
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• I'm excited for Stage Tour, but Rock Band 4 will take a lot to beat

  30-08-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Seeing a Mass Effect: Andromeda recruit jamming on a bass guitar shaped like the Normandy, with a gas-masked Fallout 4 vault dweller on drums, is a time capsule from a very specific moment in video game history. As, indeed, is their stage of choice. Rock Band 4 is the last survivor from a bygone era of plastic-instrument games, their peripherals now mostly consigned to landfills and charity shops, and a gentle introduction to what would become standard live-service practices across the rest of t
  
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• Gears of War: E-Day devs want to be known for "all the things that made Gears resonate in the first place," without "looking outside at other franchises"

  30-08-2026 14:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  After more than a decade steering the blood-soaked franchise, Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition wants to be recognized creatively for all of the things that made Gears become the cover shooter poster child two generations ago: really tight action, hefty weapons, and being best-in-class at "tearing monsters apart."It's been almost 20 years since Gears of War first chainsaw-gunned its way to the surface and over 10 years since The Coalition took over the franchise from Epic Games. But th
  
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• GTA 6 "will be released on time," Rockstar North co-lead says, who hopes the extended look will stop fans from being "worried about the quality"

  29-08-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  People were concerned about the quality of GTA 6's gameplay before the Netflix extended look, given the limited footage previously released. Now that those fears have been quashed, head of development and co-lead of Rockstar North Rob Nelson wants the next biggest concern, another release date delay, to be squashed as well.In an interview with Famitsu that's been translated by GamesRadar+, the interviewer discusses how they no longer have concerns about the game's quality after watching the GTA
  
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  The Metro series has traditionally deployed a pretty interesting system to help determine which ending scenes you ultimately receive. In Metro 2033, Last Light, and Exodus, Artyom would be awarded 'Karma Points' for actively and passively undertaking different actions – this is largely hidden away from the player, operating quietly in the background to help encourage you to better understand the Metro, its people, and the strange phenomenon hanging over it.Metro 2039 is bringing players ba
  

• Persona 4 Revival replaced the original RPG's English voice cast after Atlus struggled to get everyone back: "Let's start over"

  29-08-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Persona 4 Revival is sticking to the original game pretty closely, developer Atlus has decided to make one fairly big change to the classic by replacing its entire English voice cast. Why? Series producer Kazuhisa Wada tells us it was kind of an all-or-nothing situation. "The original game was originally recorded for the English cast, specifically, a long, long time ago," Wada tells GamesRadar+ in an interview from Gamescom 2026, per a translator. A decade-plus gap means some of the OG act
  
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• 91.8% of Metal Gear Solid 4 players immediately got the achievement for ripping a statue's privates clean off

  29-08-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid 4 players on PC have earned one specific achievement right away, and all I can say is that poor statue. Metal Gear Solid is an incredibly silly game series. The series features some of the greatest stories in gaming, with the best Metal Gear games still hitting like nothing else, even after multiple replays. But yeah, those games can get dumb as hell. There's a recurring character whose characterization revolves around his chronic IBS, which turns out to be a family trait, as hi
  
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• Xbox Kept At Least One Big Promise In Its Most Tumultuous Year Ever

  29-08-2026 16:00 via gamespot.com
  
  When it drastically increased the price of Game Pass Ultimate on October 1, 2025, Xbox made a promise in a now-deleted Xbox Wire post: “Ultimate subscribers now get access to over 75 day-one releases a year.” In the year since, a lot has changed at Xbox. It has hired a new CEO, laid off thousands of developers, spun off several studios, and scaled back its multiplatform plans. This past year has been one of pivots and changes in strategy for Xbox, so I wondered if that day-one r
  
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• People don't understand Steam player numbers, Palworld lead says: "Poor Marathon and stuff are getting dragged through the mud ... I'm sure our day's coming"

  29-08-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Growing infatuation with Steam player numbers as a means to gauge a game's success or popularity has ultimately misled a lot of people, worries Palworld liaison and Pocketpair publishing lead John Buckley. Because Steam is both the dominant platform for PC gaming and the only major platform that shares live, granular player data, Steam player counts, particularly concurrent users, are regularly used as a measuring stick, or just as often, a bludgeon. It could be Arc Raiders, Palworld, Peak, How
  
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