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• The inevitable has happened as a Labubu movie is reportedly in the works

  14-11-2025 23:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's hardly a surprise when a popular toy or collectible is suddenly elevated into a big screen prospect with the development of a feature film (IE the massively successful Barbie movie). But it's even less of a surprise when the collectible in question is part of the hottest fad, like Labubu, the latest in a string of toy based franchises now apparently in the works as a movie from Sony (via THR).If, like me, you are not exactly tapped into the Labubu craze, here's what you need to know: Labubu
  
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• Ubisoft turned a new Splinter Cell game into the failed live-service shooter xDefiant in an effort to chase live service hits and Call of Duty, former devs say

  14-11-2025 23:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developers behind narrative superhero adventure Dispatch have certainly proven that there's still a big audience for story-driven single-player games these days – it's just too bad they couldn't convince their bosses at Ubisoft of that fact a few years ago. Some of the founding members of developer AdHoc Studio were working on a new Splinter Cell game before higher-ups tried to push it down the live service route.After working on Tales from the Borderlands, Telltale veterans Nick Herma
  
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• Now You See Me: Now You Don't director says hearing the audience gasp at the threequel's big twist made him feel like a real magician: "The movie as a whole works as a magic trick"

  14-11-2025 23:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now You See Me: Now You Don't director Ruben Fleischer says the film's big twist ending is the greatest magic trick of all.Warning: Mild spoilers for Now You See Me: Now You Don't below!"It definitely was not in the original script, but it was always an idea that was really important to me, that the movie as a whole works as a magic trick, not just featuring tricks throughout," Fleischer tells GamesRadar+."But that the entire movie functions as a magic trick and the reveal, like any good magic t
  
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• After 17 years, Bethesda finally seems to be making good on Fallout 3's disappointing collector's edition with a "fully functional" $300 Pip-Boy replica

  14-11-2025 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout – with its infinite deserts, homicidal bandits, and irradiated drinking water – is pretty low on the list of video game worlds I fantasize about living in. But its retro-chic technology does have a magnetic appeal, and Bethesda has spent years trying to offer the magic of a fully functional Pip-Boy to collectors. Now it seems the thing you'd actually want is here, albeit with a very steep price tag."The first ever fully functional, supremely accurate, wearable 1:1 replica of
  
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• Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directors will helm a new Star Trek film that reportedly features an all-new setting and characters unrelated to previous movies or shows

  14-11-2025 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Star Trek film in the works, this time reportedly focusing on an all-new setting and crew (per Deadline). John Frances Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, best known for writing Spider-Man: Homecoming and directing Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, are set to write, direct, and produce the film.Despite the duo having worked with Chris Pine, who played Captain James T. Kirk in JJ Abrams' film reboot of the Star Trek franchise, on the D&D film, Deadline states that the new fil
  
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• After 400 hours, Pokemon master beats "the hardest" Nuzlocke challenge run on his first try: "You can't tell me to do another one because it'll just be easier"

  14-11-2025 22:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The speedrunner SmallAnt has tackled the mother of all Pokemon challenge runs and lived to tell the tale. Even more impressively, he managed the feat on his first attempt.Pokemon Nuzlocke runs are perhaps some of the most common challenges in the world of video games. The rules vary between different games and mods to a degree, but the premise is largely the same: you must play a Pokemon game to completion under the stipulation that you can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in any area,
  
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• "We really don't see any force that could stop GTA 6": Not even multiple delays and angry employees can prevent Rockstar from making GTA 6 the "gaming event of the decade," experts say

  14-11-2025 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't think there's enough rebar on the planet to keep GTA 6 from blowing your house down. GamesRadar+ checked with experts, and they all agree developer Rockstar is unstoppable with its sequel, due November 19, 2026.We asked them explicitly: Is there any force that could stop GTA 6 from being one of the biggest launches of all time? Circana analyst Mat Piscatella answers with a resolute, "No. (And if there were some force that could do that I'm not sure I'd want to consider what it could be.)
  
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• Avatar: Fire and Ash director James Cameron says villain Quaritch is "undergoing an identity crisis" in the film, and teases a possible redemption: "Jake would rather have this guy on his side"

  14-11-2025 21:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steven Lang's Colonel Miles Quaritch is one of the most complicated characters of James Cameron's Avatar franchise, with shifting loyalties that are only exacerbated by his fate in Avatar: The Way of Water, in which Quaritch changed from a normal human into a "recombinant" Na'vi in a totally new body. According to Cameron himself, Quaritch's conflicted nature will be an important part of the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash."Quaritch is undergoing an identity crisis. His interest in the biological
  
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• Monster Hunter's iconic weapons and creatures are officially making the leap to Magic: The Gathering as part of the next Secret Lair drop, and yes, that does include Nergigante

  14-11-2025 21:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wizards of the Coast have announced the next Secret Lair drop coming to Magic: The Gathering will tie-in the world of Capcom's hit franchise Monster Hunter. Between its frequent in-universe expansions, the growing number of Universe Beyond sets like Final Fantasy and Avatar: The Last Airbender, as well as numerous time-limited Secret Lair sets, Magic: The Gathering absolutely refuses to stop growing.The Monster Hunter Superdrop will be available to buy beginning December 1, and it's running thro
  
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• After 26 years, modders give PS1 racing game classic Gran Turismo 2 the overhaul it deserves, replacing all the race cars with minivans and used car dealerships

  14-11-2025 19:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've ever wondered what one of the best racing games ever made would look like with nothing but minivans and whatever terrible compact your grandma used to drive, you're in luck, because Gran Turismo 2: Beige Edition is on the way. This mod strips out all the race cars from the original PS1 classic and replaces them with far more mundane alternatives.A teaser trailer for Gran Turismo 2: Beige Edition dropped last month, and the creators clearly know exactly what they're doing. The video rec
  
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• "Embark, please fix": Arc Raiders player discovers glaring flaw after collecting over 600 rubber ducks in the extraction shooter, only to find they can only show off 9

  14-11-2025 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Listen up, Embark Studios: yes, you have a milieu of hotfixes and patches to sort out for Arc Raiders, but we have a problem that requires your immediate attention. Please let large collections of rubber ducks be put on display. There’s someone who's collected hundreds, and their efforts should be rewarded.The player, known as BigBootyTom on Reddit, posted about their accomplishment in the multiplayer shooter’s subreddit. "I've collected over 600 rubber ducks, but only nine of them a
  
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• The cozy Don’t Starve-like survival game where you get to play as the cutest little mouse imaginable is already Very Positive on Steam

  14-11-2025 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Winter Burrow is the latest game to bear the cozy genre moniker, which makes sense at first glance. However, the adorable title, which casts players as a mouse straight out of a children's book, is, not so secretly, a survival game in the vein of Don't Starve."Unexpectedly heartwrenching," we call it in our Winter Burrow Indie Spotlight. As such, Winter Burrow tasks players with many of the same goals found in the grueling survival title Don't Starve, such as foraging for resources like wood and
  
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• Co-op horror game REPO gets a new arachnophobia setting as devs say "sorry" to the spider haters, plus plenty of new bug fixes and balance changes

  14-11-2025 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  REPO has just released its v0.3.1 patch, with the highlight being the addition of arachnophobia settings, in which the team writes a cute "sorry!" for not including them sooner. However, there aren't just new additions for the spider-averse, as a number of new bug fixes and balance challenges have also been included.A change all players will benefit from is that the grab control is now toggleable, meaning that you won't automatically drop items as soon as you open the menu. Some enemies have als
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign's The Forsaken Hollows DLC teases a boss fight against 7 enemies, and the community is living in fear: "This fight is either gonna be one of the best, or one of the worst"

  14-11-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring Nightreign players are already frightened of its new DLC thanks to one fight that looks like the worst part of every Soulslike game.The big finish for Sony's first big State of Play Japan show was Nightreign DLC, with FromSoftware introducing a new area, two new classes, and two new bosses to the co-op action RPG. The base game was somewhat of a FromSoftware greatest hits collection, with returning boss fights from previous Soulslikes, and The Forsaken Hollows DLC is set to bring one
  
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• Move over Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop is getting her own horror movie – and its first look is disgustingly bloody

  14-11-2025 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following Mickey Mouse, Bambi, and Peter Pan's horror movie debuts in recent years, Betty Boop is the latest cartoon character to be turned into a bloodthirsty killer.The upcoming horror movie, titled Boop, is an indie film described as "a re-imagining of 1930s cartoon icon Betty Boop, told through a genre lens," according to Variety. Alongside the news, the film has shared its blood-soaked first look, which you can see above, showing Betty with a big cartoonish head, sniffing intestines. The mo
  
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• "Going against GTA 6 for such games would be suicide": GTA 6 delay is bad for everyone except Rockstar, as analysts predict major devs will avoid a 2026 winter release like it's rancid

  14-11-2025 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like rain or a birthday party, you can't avoid the inevitability of GTA 6. For fans, anticipating one of the biggest video game launches in history is exciting. But other developers should treat it more like a stick of dynamite and avoid its delayed release window at all costs, analysts say.Even after several delays rendering it immaterial until November 19, 2026, Rockstar's long anticipated GTA 5 sequel will undoubtedly be "the gaming event of the decade," Circana industry analyst Mat Piscatell
  
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• Arc Raiders players are divided after Embark Studios nerfed a perk that everyone was gunning for, but don't worry, the devs are thinking about "adding a skill reset mechanic"

  14-11-2025 17:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  After Arc Raiders' 1.2.0 update dropped yesterday and nerfed one of the best Arc Raiders skills, developer Embark Studios has said that it's mulling over the possibility of letting players reset their skill tree progress.Yesterday's update sent some players into a frenzy as the OP Security Breach perk got a decent nerf. For those not in the know, Security Breach let players unlock Security Lockers, the loot boxes that spawn in high-danger areas and dish out lots of goodies. The developer said it
  
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• Paralives devs say the life sim "isn't up to the standard we wanted it to meet" for Early Access, so it's delayed 6 months into the new GTA 6 void

  14-11-2025 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  No game has yet come along to truly dethrone The Sims as the king of the life sim genre, but when Paralives was announced way back in 2019, it seemed poised to finally offer a bit of competition to Maxis' venerable series. Paralives was finally set to launch into Early Access in just under a month's time, but after the latest playtests, the devs have decided we need to wait a little bit longer – until the space recently left by GTA 6, in fact.Paralives is now scheduled to launch into Early
  
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• Dan Trachtenberg worried "a little" about making Bud too cute in Predator: Badlands, but Marvel's Rocket and Groot convinced him she could be both "adorable and super badass"

  14-11-2025 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Predator: Badlands is as much about misfits finding their chosen family as it is about blood-spilling butt-kicking, so it's no real surprise that director Dan Trachtenberg found inspiration in Guardians of the Galaxy. The Marvel movie didn't just inspire its themes and tones, though, it influenced the design of the sci-fi sequel's cutest character, Bud."The movie is very much about characters that appear to be one way, but then are actually quite different," Trachtenberg told Variety. "I thought
  
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• 8 years after Horizon Zero Dawn, developer Guerrilla Games reveals it "always thought about it as a multiplayer game" following Horizon MMORPG announcement

  14-11-2025 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's an MMORPG set in the Horizon universe on the way, titled Steel Frontiers. Though it may seem odd to branch a single-player series off into something multiplayer-focused, apparently, this was all part of the original idea from Guerrilla Games for Aloy and the mechanical dinosaurs."From the first moment we imagined Horizon, we always thought about it as a multiplayer game," Jan-Bart van Beek, studio director of Guerrilla Games, tweeted following the announcement. "Lego Horizon Adventures w
  
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• Streamer's GTA 5 mod takes you to court when you hit a pedestrian, and the paperwork asks some suspicious questions

  14-11-2025 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto is the most popular series on the planet, and as the most recent entry is 12 years old, there is a mod for pretty much anything you can imagine. One mod that recently caught our eye was created by Twitch streamer Blurbs – it makes people frequently jump in front of your car, and then immediately take you to court.As if that wasn't enough, the mod then faces you with paperwork with questions written by Blurbs' chat, so as you might expect, plenty of them are completely unhi
  
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• Nintendo, seemingly unfazed by how the same approach failed during the Wii U era, delivers a truly bizarre advertisement for its next big Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders

  14-11-2025 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has released a new ad for Kirby Air Riders that features a rap song that stands with some of the company's weirdest ad choices.It's no secret that video game ads are not what they used to be, back in the '80s and '90s we got super unique, sometimes wild ads for games. The guy in a mascot suit Crash Bandicoot ads, Segata Sanshiro, and the N64 Smash Bros commercial are all still fondly remembered to this day and iconic in their own right. Even the ones that didn't work so well like the Ze
  
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• Helldivers 2 CEO is just as surprised as you that hit game is on Xbox, but stresses that the move made sense: "It turns out if you give the players what they want, they'll be happy"

  14-11-2025 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shams Jorjani, CEO at Arrowhead Studios, didn't expect to bring Helldivers 2 over to Xbox, confessing recently that he and the studio were pretty surprised at having gotten the "green light" from PlayStation, the game's publisher, to appear on the rival platform.Appearing on Christopher Dring's podcast The Game Business Show, Jorjani admits, "I'm super happy PlayStation wanted to do it. Ultimately it was their strategy, we're just along for the ride, but we're so excited to be a part of it. And
  
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• The Witcher 3's love triangle was added "pretty late" into the RPG's development, but CDPR's CEO calls it "a great decision"

  14-11-2025 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 3's a generational game - that part's pretty uncontroversial. But the one aspect of the RPG that makes gamers everywhere butt heads and become keyboard warriors is its love triangle. Triss or Yennefer? That's why it shocked me to learn that such a pivotal decision was actually introduced late into development.The news comes courtesy of CD Projekt Red co-CEO Adam Badowski, who tells PC Gamer that the love triangle wasn't part of The Witcher 3's romance options at first. "But at some p
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 gets "Mixed" Steam reviews as players share disbelief over the new FPS' ludicrous campaign, performance issues, and more: "This s*** is literally a playable Skibidi Toilet video"

  14-11-2025 15:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release time has come, naturally, lots of players around the world are diving straight in. Going by early reactions, they're increasingly bemused by what they've found, encountering technical issues and bizarre design choices, including the outlandish, but nonetheless entertaining, campaign.One need only consult the Steam reviews, where Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is currently sitting at a Mixed rating, for insight as to the problems. "You can't even pause th
  
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• "We make touchpad controllers as well" - After Valve reveals the new Steam Controller, GameSir is teasing a new trackpad gamepad of its own

  14-11-2025 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week, Valve revealed the new Steam Controller, a rather chunky pro controller for any Steam device that has two trackpads just like the brand's Steam Deck. Even though it's been a hot minute since Valve launched a new gamepad, it seems to have already sent ripples out through the rest of the best PC controller market.GameSir, one of the most prolific controller brands out there, has reacted to the reveal of the Steam Controller by hinting that it might also come out with a product that util
  
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• "We make touchpad controllers as well" - After Valve reveals the new Steam Controller, GameSir is teasing a new trackpad controller of its own

  14-11-2025 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week, Valve revealed the new Steam Controller, a rather chunky pro controller for any Steam device that has two trackpads just like the brand's Steam Deck. Even though it's been a hot minute since Valve launched a new gamepad, it seems to have already sent ripples out through the rest of the best PC controller market.GameSir, one of the most prolific controller brands out there, has reacted to the reveal of the Steam Controller by hinting that it might also come out with a product that util
  
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• Indie dev behind single-player MMO that sold 30,000 in its first month quit his job to make the game because he "would have forever regretted not trying" otherwise

  14-11-2025 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Single-player MMORPG (an oxymoron if there ever was one) Erenshor was a surprisingly massive hit when it first entered early access, prompting its solo developer to quit his full-time job and pursue the unstable path of an indie dev because he "would have forever regretted not trying" otherwise.During a recent Reddit AMA, developer Burgee Media (Brian) broke down what his life looked like before pursuing Erenshor, the MMO with simulated players that try to act like real people. A Truman Show twi
  
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• GTA 6 studio Rockstar Games' firing of "at least 30 employees" reaches the UK Parliament as MP questions "what steps can be taken" to support the former devs

  14-11-2025 14:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  It has been a tumultuous few days for Rockstar Games recently, between yet another delay to Grand Theft Auto 6 and its "ruthless" firing of over 30 employees – a controversial, to say the least, wave of layoffs that has now managed to reach the UK Parliament.Although Rockstar claimed the firings came after internal leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to join a union" – specifically accusing former devs of "distributing and discussing conf
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 modders unveil "ambitious recreation of the Mexican territory from RDR1" that "stays true to the canon" of Rockstar's sequel – and it's basically "a full-fledged DLC"

  14-11-2025 14:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Red Dead Redemption 2 modder "Rixus" has released a trailer for their upcoming mod Nuevo Paraíso, and it's "coming soon." The mod is a recreation of the fictional area of Mexico with the same name that was featured in the original Red Dead Redemption.Data and some of the map for Nuevo Paraíso is included in Red Dead Redemption 2, but it's clear that the developers didn't expect you to go there. While you can easily see it from the shoreline, setting foot in the region is a differen
  
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• New Capcom sci-fi gem Pragmata gets official rating alongside one of 2026's other most exciting games, leading to release date speculation: "The Game Awards date announcements?"

  14-11-2025 14:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The South Korean ratings board has just posted ratings for Capcom's Pragmata and Grasshopper Manufacture's Romeo is a Dead Man, meaning release dates for two of the most exciting games of 2026 could be arriving soon.Guys, I get that GTA 6 and Marvel's Wolverine are exciting and all, but what I'm most looking forward to is seeing Capcom – which has already been in the midst of a generational run for almost an entire decade now – have a legendary 2026. Resident Evil Requiem this Februa
  
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• Insidious 6 has wrapped filming, with franchise creator James Wan congratulating the horror sequel's director: "You’re now part of the family!"

  14-11-2025 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just two years after the fifth Insidious movie was released, the next installment has wrapped filming and is eyeing a summer 2026 release.The news was announced on Twitter, with the caption "That’s a wrap on the next chapter of Insidious. See you in August." From that, we can expect the horror sequel to hit screens sometime in August 2026. Check out the post below.That’s a wrap on the next chapter of INSIDIOUS. See you in August. pic.twitter.com/J0ZHUPHDRqNovember 13, 2025The sequel'
  
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• "The real money isn’t in the box" - Analysts are torn on Steam Machine pricing, but I'm hopeful it won't be $1,000

  14-11-2025 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  As you'd absolutely expect, Steam Machine price predications are making the rounds following Valve's announcement. As an editor who's been on the ground for many major hardware launches, I have my own theories on how much the storefront giant will want for its wee console rival. However, some experts are fearful that it could cost up to $1,000, largely thanks to the current economic climate.The $1,000 Steam Machine guesstimation comes from Michael Futter, founder of video game consultancy firm F
  
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• Stranger Things and Barbarian stars battle a deadly zombie virus with the help of Liam Neeson in bloody, gloopy new trailer for horror sci-fi Cold Storage

  14-11-2025 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The full-length trailer for Cold Storage has landed, and it's a bloody, gloopy ride through a zombie-infested nightmare.In the clip, which you can watch above, we see two regular workers – played by Stranger Things' Joe Keery and Barbarian's Georgina Campbell – who are suddenly faced with a weird outbreak originating from beneath their workplace.Liam Neeson's bioterror expert arrives on the scene, and it turns out that this strange infection is caused by a fungus, which results in so
  
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• Lucasfilm reportedly "much more involved" in upcoming animated series The Ninth Jedi than the Star Wars: Visions shorts: "It was such a big endeavor"

  14-11-2025 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Across three volumes, Star Wars: Visions has brought to the screen some incredible and visually stunning stories set in the sci-fi franchise, but it was The Ninth Jedi that caught Lucasfilm's attention. Now, the short film and its sequel The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope (included in the recently released Volume 3) are being adapted into its own limited series at Disney Plus.According to Polygon, Lucasfilm is taking a bigger role in the production of the new show than it was in the creation of the t
  
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• Helldivers 2 boss says GTA 6 is "going to blot out the sun in a way that is unimaginable for everyone else," and its latest delay means "6 more months of uninterrupted work" without Rockstar's game "looming over us"

  14-11-2025 12:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this month, Rockstar's GTA 6 was delayed for the second time, with the latest release date set for November 19. CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games Studio, Shams Jorjani, is the latest industry exec to speak out about how the GTA 6's release will affect the studio.In an interview on The Game Business (below), Jorjani discusses just how much impact the best-selling crime simulator has on the industry, saying that the next entry's release "is going to blot out the sun in a way un
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Metacritic score narrowly beats Battlefield 6 based on early reviews, earns second-highest rating of the Black Ops series so far

  14-11-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reviews are dripping in for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and it's looking like a series highlight. Early scores have the seventh installment as the second best in the Black Ops strain, and clean above the franchise's bottom-rated games besides.At the time of writing, the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Metacritic is sitting at 84, just scraping over Battlefield 6's 83, and only three points below the original Black Ops, which stands tall at 87. Almost every other entry from this subset of Call of Duty i
  
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• Despite fans' initial cries to "drop the price," Switch 2 "hardware was appropriately priced," actually, thinks former Nintendo icon Reggie Fils-Aimé

  14-11-2025 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé believes the Nintendo Switch 2 price point was just right, but the real challenge is going to be keeping players engaged.When the Switch 2 was announced, the big talking point was to do with pricing. While the console itself did get some raised eyebrows due to its price, the big kicker was the cost of games, with Mario Kart World making waves due its whopping $80 price tag. Nintendo did ease this price point somewhat by bundling the ga
  
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• Helldivers 2 CEO says Arrowhead chooses to "stick to our design guns" like Elden Ring developer FromSoftware: "They don't compromise, they go for the connoisseurs"

  14-11-2025 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arrowhead Game Studios, maker of last year's gargantuan shooter Helldivers 2, takes inspiration from fellow heavyweight developer FromSoftware in one crucial way: they don't mind turning some players off.That's according to Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani, who tells the Game Business Podcast that the company's unofficial slogan is "'a game for everyone is a game for no one.'"What does that mean in terms of production? "We try to stick to our design guns and design what we think makes sense for us ra
  
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• Five Nights at Freddy's 2 reveals new synopsis and character descriptions, and it sounds like Freddy Fazbear is now a celebrity

  14-11-2025 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just weeks before Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is due to hit screens, an updated synopsis has come to light, giving us a better idea of what role the animatronics might play.The updated synopsis, shared by Colldier, reads, "Set one year after the supernatural events of the first film, Five Nights at Freddy's 2 finds the survivors struggling to move on. In their small town, the story of Freddy's has already warped into a campfire tale, inspiring the first-ever "Fazfest" – a kitschy local celeb
  
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• Former Xbox exec Major Nelson praises Valve's Steam Machine as "choice is always good," but doesn't think it should be dragged into a console war: "Not everything needs a winner or loser"

  14-11-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Microsoft executive of over 20 years has given his two cents on Valve's Steam Machine.For two decades, Larry Hryb (more famously known as Major Nelson) was Xbox's most visible frontman, and was director of programming for Xbox Live for a large portion of that time, so he knows a thing or two about the dreaded console wars that have fandoms pit plastic boxes and billion dollar corporations against each other.And it's an online 'war' that the recently-revealed Steam Machine's also been pu
  
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• Game of Thrones star Rory McCann was cast as a major Andor season 1 character, then replaced with face scanning due to an injury

  14-11-2025 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Game of Thrones star Rory McCann is set to join the Star Wars galaxy in Ahsoka season 2 – but he almost had a role much earlier.As it turns out, McCann, who played the fearsome Hound in Game of Thrones, was cast as Brasso in Andor. Brasso is Cassian's friend on Ferrix, and he was eventually played by Joplin Sibtain.Sibtain was originally called to play a different, smaller role in Andor, when a twist of fate put him in the running for Brasso instead after McCann injured himself."He just ha
  
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• Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts fans' disappointment at Octopath Traveler 0's reveal as "Square Enix's beloved series" doesn't get the JRPG's producer down: "I'm not hurt"

  14-11-2025 11:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  During PlayStation's recent State of Play Japan, some people were disappointed when a game that was introduced as a part of "Square Enix's beloved series" turned out to be Octopath Traveler 0.Some of those who were expecting something from a long-established series like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, or Mana, took to social media to express their disappointment after the show.This feedback reached the eyes of Octopath Traveler 0's producer Hirohito Suzuki, who said he was honored the game was in
  
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• Rick Flag Sr. is a "big part" of Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, according to star Frank Grillo

  14-11-2025 11:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The upcoming Superman: Man of Tomorrow is already taking shape, with Brainiac all but confirmed as the villain and Frank Grillo recently revealing that he will have a bigger role in the sequel as Rick Flag Sr.Reprising his role from the first Superman and Peacemaker season 2, Grillo confirmed in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that fans can expect to see him a bit more on the big screen next time around. "My character, Rick Flag Sr., is a big part of the sequel’s story, so I
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief says the Steam Machine isn't super high-spec because there's "genuinely no point" when people who want demanding PC performance on TV "know how to turn any PC into a Steam Machine"

  14-11-2025 02:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director Michael Douse says Valve is positioned for a Steam Deck-level success with the new Steam Machine, precisely because it isn't very high-spec.Valve hasn't revealed pricing details for the new Steam Machine, but hardware and performance wise, it's been roughly likened to a middle point between the Xbox Series S and a base PS5 or Xbox Series X. That's a little surprising given the fact that those consoles came out five years ago and are themselves upstaged by the
  
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• Silent Hill f's lead actor can't catch a break: As Konami announces new "casual mode," fans are naming it after Hinako's VO after she went viral for streaming the game in terror

  14-11-2025 01:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  I felt guilty enough laughing my ass off watching Silent Hill f's lead Japanese actor squirming in terror while streaming her own game, but now I'm full-on regretting piling on poor Konatsu Kato.For some context, late last month, like a total jerk, I wrote a story about Kato, who plays player character Hinako in the Japanese version of Silent Hill f, streaming the game and making all sorts of uncomfortable facial expressions and gestures in reaction to the freaky stuff in the game. Frankly, ther
  
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• Christopher Nolan says he shot almost 400 miles of film for The Odyssey, including "four months" on the open sea

  14-11-2025 00:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Nolan's monumental adaptation of Homer's enduring classic tale The Odyssey recently wrapped filming after just over three months of production, with the auteur director telling Empirethat he shot over two million feet of film - nearly 400 miles worth - including filming on the open ocean.To accomplish this feat, Nolan says he personally spent "four months" at sea, calling the experience "pretty primal.""We shot over two million feet of film," Nolan explains. "We got the cast who play
  
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• Battlefield 6 devs say map size is "under review," and for now it looks like they're already cutting player counts on some of the biggest meat grinders

  14-11-2025 00:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Battlefield 6 devs say they're keeping a close eye on the community's response to the size of the maps and the pace of the action, as some fans feel that the game's become a bit of a meat grinder. While they haven't publicly announced any specific changes, it seems that a handful of maps have quietly had a pretty notable reduction in player count.In the latest community update blog, the devs list "map design size" as one of the top topics that's currently "under review." They say "Battlefiel
  
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