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• IOI says the hero in 007 First Light isn't the "classy Bond with the martini" we know and love, but thankfully Q will teach him "why he needs to wear a nice watch and things like that"

  13-06-2025 23:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  007 First Light stars a younger, less refined version of the classic "tuxedo Bond" we've come to know and love from the legendary film series, but thankfully he's still got his trusty Q to show him how to dress, sip martinis, and brood.We sat down with IO Interactive's 007 franchise director Jonathan Lacaille during Summer Game Fest 2025, and he opened up a little about the unique relationship dynamic between this game's James Bond and his Quartermaster, who fans of the film series will remember
  
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• Matthew McConaughey is set to play an iconic private investigator in a new movie from True Detective creator

  13-06-2025 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matthew McConaughey is set to star in a movie based on the Mike Hammer detective novels written by none other than True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto.Per Variety, not much yet is known about the film, and a director has not yet been attached. Mike Hammer is a no-holds-barred detective who first appeared in the 1947 novel I, the Jury. Since then, 22 novels have been released, and there have been five feature-length adaptations. The book series is set to end this year with the novel, Baby It's
  
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• Soulslikes are getting easier, and I'm not complaining: The First Berserker Khazan renames "Easy" to "Normal," adds "Beginner" for good measure, and introduces "Hardcore" for sickos

  13-06-2025 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lies of P is still the best Soulslike ever made, for my money, and The First Berserker: Khazan is one of the best Soulslikes I've played this year, so it raised an eyebrow when both games dove headlong into the genre's evergreen easy mode discourse within days of each other.Lies of P, which previously nerfed a bunch of bosses shortly after launch, straight-up has an easy mode now. And if that wasn't easy enough, developer Neowiz is also already planning to tone down some infamous sections of the
  
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• With over 6,600 hours on PS5 alone, Elden Ring player claims to have more Malenia and Consort Radahn kills than nearly anyone – and has quietly been uploading videos for years

  13-06-2025 22:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  The FromSoftware fandom is a uniquely devoted bunch. From Demon's Souls to Elden Ring, fans of this particular flavor of action RPG have pulled off some absurd self-imposed grinds, challenge runs, and secret hunts.I've learned to respect their dedication, even if I'll never share it despite loving these games myself. But to this day, my response to some alleged FromSoft feats is true disbelief. People do, after all, make things up on the internet. We should all doubt things online a little more.
  
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• Madame Web star Dakota Johnson says Hollywood is "a bit of a mess" because of constant remakes: "When something does well, studios want to keep that going"

  13-06-2025 21:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dakota Johnson says Hollywood is kind of a mess right now due to constant remakes and studio execs who aren't familiar with the landscape."When something does well, studios want to keep that going, so they remake the same things, but humans don’t want that," Johnson said on a new episode of Hot Ones (via The Hollywood Reporter). "They want fresh, they want to feel new things, experience new things, see new things, so I don’t know, I guess it’s all just a bit of a mess right now
  
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• The Witcher 4 is coming together with the same "scrappy energy" CDPR used to get The Witcher 3 over the line: "Get it done. Do it dirty"

  13-06-2025 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although it's been 10 years since The Witcher 3 came out, CD Projekt Red says The Witcher 4 is coming together using some of the same "scrappy" energy as its predecessor.We sat down with CDPR veteran and The Witcher 4 narrative director Philipp Weber to mark The Witcher 3's 10-year anniversary, and he gave us something of a peek behind the curtain at what the vibe's like at the studio. The Witcher 4 has been in full-scale production since November 2024, and although it won't be out until 2027 at
  
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• This Balatro-style roguelike is Localthunk's nightmare, because it swaps Poker for a literal slot machine to really simulate that gambling feel and its Steam Next Fest demo is dangerously addictive

  13-06-2025 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The trials and tribulations that Balatro developer Localthunk went through to get his hit roguelike an appropriate age rating are well-documented. Sometimes, ratings boards don't really look past the idea of gambling to find out if that gambling is actually present. In the case of Balatro, common sense eventually prevailed. But for CloverPit, which seems to have taken plenty of inspiration from Balatro, I don't think it's beating the allegations.CloverPit is comfortably one of the biggest roguel
  
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• REPO devs apologize for teasing cosmetics we'll never get, confirm other cosmetics are actually coming and "old levels will get updated" eventually

  13-06-2025 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are cosmetics on the way for multiplayer spook-'em-up REPO, but not like the one teased. In an update video, developer semiwork apologized for confusion, stating the team simply likes having fun, and anything shown should be taken with a pinch of salt unless otherwise stated.A Semibot with glasses, a beard, and a beanie showed up in a prior upload, causing some excitement for ways to customize the playable robots beyond their base color. Costume options are in the offing for rollout, but s
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign's notorious Bell Bearing Hunter mini-boss is more trouble than some Day 3 bosses, but one player has found a classic cheese: body blocking

  13-06-2025 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring Nightreign has been out for a couple of weeks now, and if you've been exploring all that Limveld has to offer, chances are you've probably stumbled across a particularly tough mini-boss that rivals even some of the big nighttime fights with its absurd strength. Thankfully, though, it appears that one player may have found an effective way to deal with it.The field boss in question is the Bell Bearing Hunter, who, although you can sometimes encounter as a Night 1 boss, you can also occ
  
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• Obsidian explains Grounded 2 was born from technical limitations of the Xbox One: "This is our opportunity to build the world from the ground up"

  13-06-2025 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Avowed was one of this year's best RPGs, and The Outer Worlds 2 is set to be one of Xbox's biggest games later this year (if its focus in the Xbox Games Showcase is anything to go by), Obsidian Entertainment can't seem to stop the grind. During the Summer Game Fest event, it was confirmed that Grounded 2 will be joining the roster of upcoming Obsidian games, and it's coming in just over a month on July 29.Speaking to GamesRadar+, Obsidian co-founder and Grounded 2 director Chris Parker exp
  
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• "I want Hundred Line to be like Shonen Jump – a single game packed with all kinds of stories": Danganronpa creator isn't done with his new tactical RPG, even after 100 endings

  13-06-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Danganronpa mastermind Kazutaka Kodaka isn't done with The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy just yet – in fact, after admitting he wants to add more than the tactical RPG's 100 endings in future DLC, Kodaka reveals he hopes to "raise" the game "like my own child."What does that mean? Basically, Kodaka wants The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy to be downright massive – as if it isn't already. Responding to his own online post regarding his hopes for DLC later down the line, Kodak
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign's worst character is The Guardian, or he might be one of the best depending on who you ask: "Guardian is top 3 you can’t change my mind"

  13-06-2025 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elden Ring Nightreign community is completely divided on how good The Guardian is. Depending on who you ask, he's either the absolute bottom of the barrel or sits comfortably in the top three.The Guardian is the bird-headed tank class in Nightreign. I think the discourse surrounding his usefulness ultimately comes down to how well you can play the role without getting the urge to run in and start whacking things. As one player puts it, "Guardian is the best character when used in the right h
  
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• Hollow Knight: Silksong has its own GTA 6-like release date blast zone – "I hope Silksong will release this year coz we are avoiding them," says boss of lovely JRPG-flavored Metroidvania

  13-06-2025 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  While major publishers flee the impact radius of GTA 6 (and Devolver Digital sprints headlong toward it), a few others are tiptoeing around the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited follow-up to our pick, and many peoples', for the best Metroidvania game of all time.Silksong is due this year, for real this time, so some devs, especially those preparing similar games, are being cautious. That includes Fallen Tear: The Ascension developer Winter Crew Studios, which is holding out ho
  
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• Oblivion Remastered player escapes a special kind of torture, but not without scars: "My Adoring Fan has asexually reproduced and my game is now a waking nightmare"

  13-06-2025 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The only thing worse than one Adoring Fan is two Adoring Fans that can clone themselves like some otherworldly entity. But it's not just the stuff of Creepypasta forums - one Oblivion Remastered player actually had to deal with the self-reproducing creature.In a series of Reddit posts, r/Boring_Corpse shared the tale of how their Adoring Fan "asexually reproduced" and left them with some scars you can't easily get rid of. Essentially, their first Adoring Fan mysteriously vanished, never to retur
  
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• MindsEye dev says new performance hotfix is "the first in a series of patches," but with 40% positive reviews and just over 500 players on Steam, it would take a miracle to turn this train around

  13-06-2025 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  However bad your week has been, at least you're not one of the devs on MindsEye. The new shooter is suffering from a host of issues, some of which are addressed in a hotfix, but the game's hopes are dwindling.Coming from Leslie Benzies, a former producer on the Grand Theft Auto series, and his studio Build a Rocket Boy, MindsEye garnered considerable interest. Throw in Hitman publisher IO Interactive, and this became one to watch.Sadly, what's arrived on store shelves isn't what anyone was hopin
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 is too powerful for asses to handle: 1v1 butt swordfighting game Ketsu Battler is having issues with literal backwards compatibility

  13-06-2025 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch 2 is upgrading some Nintendo Switch games, with the likes of Super Mario Odyssey and Splatoon 3 getting patches to let them run better on the new system. Even if they don't get an official update patch, some games like are seeing improved performance on the console. However, this has also caused some unintended issues, and now, it's been discovered it is having effects on the power of your booty in the 1v1 butt fighting game Ketsu Battler.Ketsu Battler is a game where you hol
  
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• Pokemon makes its funniest in-game event even better with a meme reference hidden in its distribution code: "This is quite possibly the best special event code in the history of ever"

  13-06-2025 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Pokemon Company is officially leaning into one of the Pokemon competitive scene's most popular memes, adding a whole new level of humor after cementing 2016 world champion Wolfe "Wolfey" Glick and his love-hate relationship with Incineroar into history forever.Wolfey, one of the most iconic faces in the Pokemon Video Game Championships (VGC) scene, is known for a few things. The first, it should go without saying, is being a very talented player, but many of his more recent wins have had a f
  
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• This Oblivion Remastered mod lets you keep everything from mudcrabs to trolls as pets, making Bethesda's RPG a little less lonely and a lot more Pokemon-y

  13-06-2025 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over a month has passed since Bethesda Game Studios released its long-awaited remake, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, which means creative players have had plenty of time to come up with fun mods – including Beast Master, one that I'm already obsessed with.Beast Master, as it's aptly dubbed by creator "ColdTyrant" on Nexus Mods, lets players "tame animals into companion pets" and "rename them, feed them, and fight with them" afterward (thanks, RPS). It feels like a mashup of old
  
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• "I would have done things differently": Splitgate 2 director would be "less controversial" if given the opportunity to repeat his Summer Game Fest antics

  13-06-2025 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The creative director of Splitgate 2 and CEO of the development studio 1047 games, Ian Proulx, landed himself and his game in hot water after his Summer Game Fest stage appearance, which he now says "was the result of lots of brainstorming from a number of people with various crazy ideas."Proulx wore a questionable hat, took a dig at Call of Duty, said he wanted to make something new and exciting, and then dropped a trailer for a battle royale mode.Proulx says the whole issue was meant to be a j
  
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• Deltarune fans think they've found the boss fight Toby Fox's family described as a "cry for help," and yep, it's the stuff nightmares are made of

  13-06-2025 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before the release of Deltarune's newest chapters, creator Toby Fox teased he'd been working on a mini-game that his family described as a "cry for help." Players think they've now found the encounter he was talking about because, well, it's kinda horrifying.On social media, Undertale's Toby Fox hinted at the nightmare fuel encounter a few months ago, writing, "I showed my family and friends a minigame I've been working on for DR, and they all described it as 'a cry for help because your game is
  
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• Hollow Knight: Silksong dev simultaneously backtracks and doubles down on possible DLC, thinks "DLC is likely" despite his last apparent teaser being a joke

  13-06-2025 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  It may have been 84 years, but Hollow Knight: Silksong is apparently coming out this year. Even though the long-awaited sequel still doesn’t have a firm release date, a member of Team Cherry caused a tizzy by suggesting there'd be DLC, comments he's since walked back and apologized for.After Silksong popped up at the Xbox Games Showcase, capping off Summer Game Fest 2025, Matthew "Leth" Griffin – marketing lead on the Metroidvania – made an offhand remark about the existence of
  
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• The chaos of Hotline Miami meets the intricate planning of Payday in this hostage-saving Steam Next Fest demo that's absolutely riffing on Die Hard

  13-06-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I lean up against the door, using my scanner to determine who or what might be waiting for me on the other side. I pull out my plan of the building - this is definitely where the hostage is being kept, but I can't tell how many goons might be guarding them. I open the door ajar - just enough to let a silver of light into the room, but not enough to attract any attention - and lob in a flashbang, hoping it'll buy me enough time to save the hostage.All of this happens from a top-down perspective,
  
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• This Steam Next Fest demo mixes Journey with The Last Guardian, having me run through gorgeous fields with my fluffy herd

  13-06-2025 14:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  I downloaded Herdling during Steam Next Fest because, frankly, it looked gorgeous. Which means when the camera pans down to reveal my character sleeping rough in an underpass it's a bit of a reality check. Herdling has plenty of beauty within it, but it's also one where that's contrasted with some of the grimier flavors of the modern day. It all makes Herdling, in its opening hours, really feel like a journey.And Journey is the game that Herdling immediately jumps to mind when I play through thi
  
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• PlayStation boss Hermen Hulst wants to develop Astro Bot into an enduring series, calling it one of the consoles "most exciting recent successes"

  13-06-2025 14:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation boss Hermen Hulst has praised Astro Bot, calling it one of PlayStation's "most exciting recent successes."Astro Bot was a breath of fresh air for Sony's first-party output which has been relegated to cinematic third-person action games for the longest time, and embodied the spirit of Japan Studio (it getting shut down is probably the biggest blunder of Sony's 2020s, if you ask me). Since then the game has become one of the most beloved platformers of all time, winning Game of the Yea
  
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• PlayStation is still "continuing to invest in new live services," and has "reviewed our processes" following Concord's failure

  13-06-2025 14:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony Interactive Entertainment boss Hermen Hulst says the company is "continuing to invest in new live services" despite the massive debacle with Concord.The games industry's biggest punching bag in 2024 was Concord, PlayStation's big new live service title that was pulled offline mere weeks after launching, only for Sony to shutter the studio and keep the game offline for good just over a month later. Yet despite this, PlayStation is still all in on its live service ambitions, with boss Hermen
  
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• Ex-PlayStation boss says Stellar Blade's combat is what's made it so successful, but the 95 "adult" mods on Nexus tell a different story

  13-06-2025 14:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stellar Blade's PC launch has been nothing short of, well, stellar. It's smashed every single-player PlayStation concurrent player record on Steam and has rave reviews to boot. Former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida thinks it's the combat that has people clamoring to play, but all the sexy mods suggest a different motivation.Yoshida says that he believes it's the challenging soulslike combat of Stellar Blade that's caused its success, in an interview with Game Watch (tran
  
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• The Rock had a bizarre request for his Black Adam action figure: "Can you make me more ripped?"

  13-06-2025 14:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson spent almost 15 years bringing DC anti-hero Black Adam to the big screen, so it should come as little surprise he was involved in almost every step along the way.That even extended to his likeness on action figures, with one bizarre request leading to The Rock's plastic doppelganger hitting the gym big time.Speaking to Popverse, Image Comics co-creator and McFarlane Toys founder Todd McFarlane revealed how The Rock's feedback was implemented."Recently, we had to get app
  
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• Dune: Awakening's endgame "unfairly favors large guilds," so the survival MMO's community is asking developer Funcom to "fix the Landsraad" and not leave solo players and small guilds behind

  13-06-2025 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the Dune: Awakening limited access launch on Steam last week and its full release just a couple of days ago, players have been exploring the ins and outs of the survival MMO – and not everyone is happy with its late-game content.Fans are now taking to online threads to rally for Funcom's acknowledgement of late-game issues, including one on Reddit that sees its poster explaining, "Landsraad mechanics punish small guilds and solo players and exclude them from endgame PvE content."
  
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• PlayStation insists Marathon has "strong early engagement," even after a very public art scandal and divisive playtests

  13-06-2025 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie's Marathon reboot is apparently still coming out this year as PlayStation boasts that its extraction shooter has "strong early engagement," which is weird considering all the controversy of recent weeks.In a new business segment presentation focused on gaming, Sony doubled down on its live-service focus with at least four in-house studios all-in on evergreen online games. And in one slide, Sony makes a comparison between Helldivers 2, which has 3.6 million players a month, and Marathon, w
  
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• Reacher star Alan Ritchson confirms the lone hero is heading to New York City in season 4 – and it could be his most dangerous mission yet

  13-06-2025 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  After months of waiting, Prime Video and star Alan Ritchson have finally confirmed where Reacher season 4 will be set, and more importantly, which of Lee Child’s 29 Jack Reacher books it will adapt.On June 11, Prime Video posted a picture of the Reacher season 4 script sitting on orange seats on Instagram, in what looks to be a New York City subway car. There are several of Child’s stories that are set in NYC, including The Picture of the Lonely Diner, The Hard Way, and Running Blind
  
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• Sony isn't worried about the Switch 2 being the fastest-selling piece of Nintendo hardware ever, because you need the PS5 for "a great experience on big screens"

  13-06-2025 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  As you've no doubt noticed, the Nintendo Switch 2 is now available worldwide. The new console's arrival is sending ripples through the industry, but Sony isn't concerned, because the PlayStation 5 hardware is simply on another level.Hideaki Nishino, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, was asked about Nintendo's latest system and whether there were any concerns about what it offers during a recent business segment meeting. He starts by mentioning that competition is good, and com
  
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• Pirates of the Caribbean star says there have "been talks" about reuniting the original cast for another movie: "We'll have to see where it lands"

  13-06-2025 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been eight years since Orlando Bloom last played blacksmith-turned-sea captain Will Turner in Disney's swashbuckling series Pirates of the Caribbean. But there's a real chance he'll reprise in the future, the actor recently revealed -- and he wouldn't be the only one returning...While promoting his new Prime Video movie Deep Cover, Bloom appeared on British talk show This Morning, where he was asked by hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley whether or not we'd ever see himself, Keira Knightley (
  
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• Pixar is bringing back iconic animated blooper reels for new movie Elio, just like in A Bugs Life and Toy Story, and the 90s nostalgia is real

  13-06-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pixar is taking us way back to the late ‘90s by reintroducing its classic blooper reels made famous by the likes of Toy Story and Monsters Inc., and the nostalgia is real.After over two decades of omitting blooper reels at the end of their animated movies, Pixar has created a set of outtakes for the upcoming alien movie Elio. The clip, shared on Twitter by DiscussingFilm, shows aliens Ambassador Questa and Lord Grigon messing up their takes, while Ambassador Helix has a piece of the set fa
  
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• American Psycho reboot has another potential Patrick Bateman: The White Lotus and Gen V star Patrick Schwarzenegger

  13-06-2025 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Luca Guadagnino's American Psycho reboot is reportedly circling another potential Patrick Bateman: Patrick Schwarzenegger.According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Schwarzenegger is very much on the radar of the film’s producers," although some of those involved "fret that he hasn’t yet toplined a major feature." However, as THR points out, neither had Christian Bale when he took on the role in Mary Harron's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' satirical horror novel in 2000.When asked by th
  
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• The "first print" of Star Wars just screened for the first time in decades: "There's so much tinkering that's gone on over the years [...] and then everybody kind of lost track of what it was"

  13-06-2025 12:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first print of the original Star Wars has just screened for the first time since the '90s, and Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy was in attendance to talk about the moment."I'm here to… make sure you don't think this is an illegal screening," Kennedy joked on stage at the event, which took place as part of the BFI Film on Film Festival in London."It's incredible folklore," she added. "I have to say that even when I came into the company, there was endless conversation about where everyt
  
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• Fans worry Xbox Game Pass could be due another price increase after evidence seemingly surfaces on the Xbox website, just a month after the latest console price hike

  13-06-2025 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox fans are convinced there's another Xbox Game Pass price hike on the way after spotting a notification on the xCloud website.Xbox Game Pass received its latest price increase in 2024 alongside the introduction of the Xbox Game Pass Standard tier. And recently, Microsoft announced that it was increasing the price of the console and its first-party releases, with The Outer Worlds 2 stepping up to the $80 plate later this year.This price increase on its games had Xbox players sure Xbox Game Pas
  
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• Sony is "really thoughtful" about bringing PlayStation franchises like God of War and The Last of Us off console, and PS5 games going to PC is a matter of "if", not when

  13-06-2025 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  During Sony's game and network services segment fireside chat – it's going to need to work on that name – Sony Interactive Entertainment studio business group CEO Hermen Hulst says PS5 exclusives coming to PC isn't a matter of when, but if. And he really emphasized the if."We're continuously exploring new ways for players to interact with their franchises," Hulst says during the talk. "It's important to realize that we're really thoughtful about bringing our franchises off console to
  
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• GTA 5, Call of Duty, Genshin Impact, and 5 other games alongside 2 subscription services make up 53% of PlayStation Store revenue, more than the other 12,000+ combined

  13-06-2025 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  After Concord's demise and multiple live-service cancelations, you might be wondering why Sony is still desperate for a never-ending online hit. Well, it might just have something to do with the eight games on the PlayStation Store that out-earn 12,000+ others.In the company's new business segment meeting, Sony revealed some stats behind the PlayStation Store. Most notable is the fact that GTA 5, Genshin Impact, Fortnite, Call of Duty, Roblox, NBA 2K, EA Sports FC, EA Sports College Football, pl
  
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