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• The Future Games Show returns this week - here's how to watch

  11-03-2026 23:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Future Games Show Spring Showcase powered by HyperX takes place very soon, with more than 40 games set to feature - so to make sure you don't miss a single one, here's our guide on how to tune into the show.The Future Games Show Spring Showcase takes place on Thursday, March 12, kicking off at 13:00 PT/ 16:00 ET/ 20:00 GMT, and there are more way to watch than ever before. You can watch the stream acrossTwitch, YouTube, Steam, X, TikTok,GinxTV, ESR Network, bilibili, SOOP, NicoNico, Kuaishou
  
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• Xbox teases "some iconic games from the past" to be re-released in 2026, after its "game preservation team" spent years "working very hard in the background"

  11-03-2026 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Xbox Project Helix aims to make sure Microsoft's gaming division has a future, the brand also has 25 years of history to look back on. For the green machine's silver anniversary, Xbox has big plans on re-releasing some notable, as-yet-unnamed classics this year as part of a larger commitment to game preservation."The game preservation team has been working very hard in the background for a number of years," Xbox's next-gen VP Jason Ronald explains in a Game Developers Conference talk atten
  
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• Steam expert advises devs stick to the "Little League" section of idle games and friendslop before attempting anything like Binding of Isaac or Mewgenics: "Then you can make your dream"

  11-03-2026 23:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  "Friendslop" and its low-stakes companion idle games graciously form the official Steam Little Leagues, says How To Market A Game director Chris Zukowski. So, in an interview with GamesRadar+ during Game Developer Conference 2026, the Steam expert advises developers to start with a couple of practice swings before trying for a home run with something like new indie darling Mewgenics. This is not just a baseball analogy: it's life according to Zukowski, who associates Mewgenics developers Edmund
  
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• Nintendo knew Donkey Kong Bananza wouldn't be nearly as fun if you were destroying basic blocks: "It is more fun to destroy that which is beautiful"

  11-03-2026 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Donkey Kong Bananza is hardly the only game that allows you to destroy the levels you play in – after all, Minecraft and its many imitators all let you tear their worlds apart and rebuild them piece by piece. But merely destroying blocks wasn't quite fun enough, as the devs at Nintendo found when they first started prototyping Donkey Kong's latest adventure. No, for it to be fun, you really need to be destroying something pretty.In a talk at the Game Developers Conference, attended by Game
  
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• Severance star Adam Scott's new horror movie Hokum just got an intensely creepy first trailer, and it already has my skin crawling

  11-03-2026 22:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Severance star Adam Scott is bedeviled by terrifying rabbit creatures, ghastly corpses, and all manner of other creepy imagery in the first full trailer for director Damian McCarthy's upcoming horror movie Hokum, and it looks legitimately terrifying. Here's the trailer:Scott stars as a novelist who travels to his ancestral country of Ireland after his parents' death where he encounters some of the creepiest stuff I've seen in a horror movie trailer this year.Here's the official logline:"When nov
  
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• Dispatch is lying to you about RNG for your own good, just like XCOM: "Those guys are pretty smart, so we thought we'd do the same"

  11-03-2026 22:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just like when kids show off their questionable hand-drawn family portraits where everyone's missing a torso, but their parents tell them it's great and put it on the fridge anyway, Dispatch developer Adhoc has been lying to you about the game's random number generation (RNG) and, essentially, cheating in your favor.For some context, developers have been using weighted die to benefit players for years, with XCOM developer Firaxis being the most well-known example. During a panel at GDC 2026 atte
  
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• Valve pleads "if you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it," as AI and data centers make building Steam Machines a Herculean challenge

  11-03-2026 21:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve is feeling the squeeze of the memory famine amid AI fever as it works to somehow, someway, get Steam Machines assembled and shipped in 2026. This was clear at a GDC talk hosted by Valve's Kaci Aitchison Boyle and Tom Giardino, who reaffirmed that Steam Machine is still targeting this year.Per PC Gamer, writer Hayden Dingman highlighted this quote from the presentation: "If you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it."At this rate, with a pile of RAM tha
  
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• The final Trails game will be announced in 2031 and released in 2032, Falcom president confirms, so you have 6 years to catch up on 1000 hours of JRPGs

  11-03-2026 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The final game in the 22-year-old JRPG series Trails will be announced in 2031 and released the following year, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo has announced.For the latest print issue of Weekly Famitsu (via Gematsu), Kondo reveals some key details about the future of the Trails series, including the fact that its narrative conclusion has already been decided. He also says the theme song for Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, the remake of the second game in the series, is already finished just mon
  
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• Early Xbox Project Helix specs promise "next-generation" AI upscaling and an "order of magnitude leap in ray tracing performance" as Microsoft tries to win the next-gen console war before it even starts

  11-03-2026 19:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft took this year's Game Developers Conference as an opportunity to share some early Xbox Project Helix specs – and I do mean early. The list is light on specifics, but it does detail the types of technologies that'll power the next-gen machine, as Microsoft tries to get a leg up in the next-gen console war."As part of our multi-year partnership with AMD, we are shaping the future of rendering and simulation," Xbox's next-gen VP Jason Ronald says in a new blog. "Project Helix is pow
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem Grace actor might be even more scared playing Capcom's horror game than her character is while living it: "AHHH!"

  11-03-2026 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nothing could have prepared humble tech analyst Grace Ashcroft for the unreasonable amount of infected blood she'd encounter throughout Resident Evil Requiem, but you'd think her voice and motion capture actor Angela Sant'Albano would know what to expect. Well, she does, but it didn't stop her from jumping straight into the atmosphere during a recent gaming session where she and little Emily's actor Emma Rose Creaner both played just 15 minutes of Capcom's latest ordeal."Spooked… and we o
  
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• Valve says loot boxes are just like "Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, and Labubu" as it pushes back against New York lawsuit, claims it's being pressured to "collect more personal data" for "additional age verification"

  11-03-2026 19:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It'll be up to a court to decide whether there's merit to the New York attorney general's lawsuit against Valve, which claims that loot boxes are, essentially, gambling. But Valve is already attempting to win the battle in the court of public opinion. In a new statement addressed to fans of games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 in New York, the company says it has "serious concerns" about the demands expressed by NYAG Letitia James and her office.Valve, naturally, does not bel
  
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• Xbox Project Helix dev kits to roll out in 2027, narrowing possible launch window as Microsoft doubles down on PC integration: "An increasingly important part of the Xbox experience"

  11-03-2026 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft plans to ship out alpha version developer kits of secretive console Project Helix in 2027, suggesting a global launch in the not-too-distant future for the device that plays both console and PC games.
  The publisher shared more information about Project Helix – as well as its general philosophy under new CEO Asha Sharma – at the Xbox Developer Summit Keynote at Game Developer Conference 2026, attended by GamesRadar+. Xbox vice president of "next generation" Jason Ronald summ
  
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• Pocketpair publishing head reacts to Pokemon and Palworld ripoff Pickmon for the first time: "Someone is a fan of the genre, I guess"

  11-03-2026 19:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld's January 2024 launch was met with sweeping comparisons to Pokemon - and eventually a lawsuit from Nintendo - and in something of a dubious full-circle moment for developer Pocketpair, a new game has emerged that looks like Palworld, Pokemon, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild put into a blender.In full transparency and fairness, Palworld's creatures, Pals, share similarities with, but aren't direct copies of, specific Pokemon and the game itself is quite distinct from Pokemon in many ways.
  
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• Xbox lead says the "return to fun" we've seen from games like Peak makes him "hopeful" for the industry, and he "loves seeing the success" of them

  11-03-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Think what you like about 'friendslop' games like Peak and RV There Yet?, but these things are fun. They're gloriously silly, inviting groups to revel in their absurdity while attempting to work toward a shared goal. Peak's success has impressed many, including higher-ups at Xbox, who celebrate such comedy."The biggest trend that I see and I love in games right now, I'm going to call a return to fun," Chris Charla, general manager of portfolio and programs at Xbox, told GamesRadar+ at GDC 2026.
  
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• Garry's Mod creator expected to only "make about $30,000" on the sandbox game – but some 25 million copies later, it's one of Steam's most iconic smash hits

  11-03-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Garry's Mod, the ever-iconic sandbox gem from Facepunch Studios and Valve, is undeniably a genre giant – but its creator, Garry Newman, didn't initially think it would be.Speaking to PC Gamer in a recent interview, Newman recalls that his expectations for GMod at launch were actually quite low – lower than the some 25 million copies it's sold, anyway.
  "When Garry's Mod released," he says, "my expectation was, best case scenario, to make about $30,000. And then [I'd] have to start wor
  
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• Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's son says Star Trek will "get better" under new Paramount leadership: "Not that they were bad, but I think there's a fresh perspective"

  11-03-2026 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. and its changing model has Star Trek fans wondering what will happen to the beloved sci-fi franchise in the future. Thankfully, according to Star Trek producers Trevor Roth and Rod Roddenberry (son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry), Paramount has Star Trek's best interests at heart."Our hope is that the new leadership understands or appreciates what we appreciate about Star Trek: that it is a wonderful piece of entertainment, that it can go beyond ent
  
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• James Wan is set to direct his first movie since the Aquaman sequel, and it's a remake of a hit Korean crime thriller

  11-03-2026 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Insidious and The Conjuring creator James Wan is taking a break from the horror genre as the director is set to remake a hit Korean action movie. Wan will direct a new English-language take on The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil for Paramount under his Blumhouse-owned production company Atomic Monster, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Sylvester Stallone and D. Matt Geller will also be producing the film through Balboa Productions.No plot details of the remake have been released,
  
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• Slay the Spire 2 has delayed Palworld 1.0 "at least a whole day," jokes publishing head: "Pocketpair is dominated by two games – Rimworld and Slay the Spire"

  11-03-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pocketpair Publishing lead John 'Bucky' Buckley jokes Slay the Spire 2's release has definitely pushed back the release of Palworld 1.0 by "at least" a day.Slay the Spire 2 was immediately a huge success, with the game hitting over 570,000 concurrent players during its opening weekend – that's one of Steam's top 20 highest peaks of all time for anyone keeping count – which isn't exactly surprising from the sequel to one of the best deckbuilders of all time. One of those players was t
  
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• Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum casts Kate Winslet as female lead, with Ian McKellen's Gandalf and Elijah Wood's Frodo seemingly confirmed

  11-03-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Hunt for Gollum has gained a new cast member, as Kate Winslet has joined the ranks of the Lord of the Rings movie's cast. Deadline broke the news and says its sources indicate the role is the female lead, though whom exactly that refers to is a mystery for now. Interestingly, the report also says Winslet will star opposite Ian McKellen's Gandalf and Elijah Wood's Frodo Baggins, though neither cast member has been officially confirmed. According to the report, Peter Jackson himself and Andy S
  
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• Nier creator Yoko Taro thinks the indie game dev scene is "too intimidating for me to even think of entering": "It's not something an old man like me should be attempting"

  11-03-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nier mastermind Yoko Taro has created plenty of outstanding games during his career, but that doesn't mean he thinks he'd be able to tackle today's "fiercely competitive" indie market, as he reckons he'd be "instantly wiped out."Speaking in a recent interview with Automaton, Yoko reacts to Homura Hime – a new indie action game from Crimson Dusk that's inspired by the Nier series. As well as sharing plenty of praise for the game itself, he goes on to discuss the indie scene more widely, as
  
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• There's a "TV apocalypse" in video game preservation as CRTs go extinct, expert says, and that's just the tip of the iceberg as work continues to save retro hardware

  11-03-2026 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Retro games and CRT TVs are an inseparable pair. Old-school games are intertwined with old-school display technology, to the point where, if you're not actually playing on cathode ray tube, you're probably investing in some kind of upscaler to play on modern television. But CRTs are slowly failing, with no new replacements in production, and that's just one part of the tech apocalypse that video game preservationists and historians are having to work through.That's one of the topics that came up
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio withdraws legal action against graphic novel that shares the RPG's name, wishing its creators success

  11-03-2026 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a graphic novel author shared that he had received a lawyer's letter on behalf of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio Sandfall Interactive for potential copyright issues, the game's developers shared they were looking into it – and now, an even more positive update.L'Académie Clair-Obscur author Olivier Gay first shed light on the situation on March 6 in a post online (as machine-translated by DeepL, Google, and X), explaining that he had received a letter from Sandfall Interac
  
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• Steam Machine could be partly to blame for PlayStation's reported plans to step back from PC, Bluepoint dev suggests, and it'd be ironic if "Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war"

  11-03-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peter Dalton, the head of technology at Bluepoint Games – which Sony last month announced the closure of – reckons the rise of the Steam Machine could be the reason for PlayStation reportedly backing away from PC games. In February, it was reported that Sony is shutting down Demon's Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games this month after canceling its God of War multiplayer project, and naturally, people weren't happy over what is perceived as a massive fumble by the PlayStation owne
  
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• Peak devs originally borrowed from Zelda Breath of the Wild's climbing, but "everything changed" 1 week into development: "At this point, the game kind of made itself"

  11-03-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret that Peak, the chaotic multiplayer climbing game, was made quickly during a game jam, with the full release coming just five months after ideation. Towards the start of that process, The Legend of Zelda was a big influence, before the central mechanics actually came into view for the team at Aggro Crab and Landfall."Day two, [there are] ones working on this climbing mechanic from like, Breath of the Wild, so we can climb anything, and that's looking really exciting, right?" Nick K
  
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• Rick and Morty takes aim at "AI slop" as it confirms season 9 release date: "Grade A organic slop, made by real humans"

  11-03-2026 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rick and Morty returns for its ninth season – and it looks like it's got AI in its sights this year.As confirmed by Adult Swim, Rick and Morty season 9 premieres on May 24. The synopsis reads, "Rick and Morty is back, baby! Season Nine is all certified bangers. No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans with real human traits like back hair and cysts. Please watch, or we'll have neglected our families for nothing."The first look, which you can see below, features multiple i
  
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• Valve has shared new Steam Machine Verified guidance at GDC, but I've no idea why hitting Steam Deck performance levels is part of the requirements list

  11-03-2026 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve has shared new Steam Machine Verified guidance with developers at GDC 2026, but I've got more questions than answers. I'm specifically puzzled as to why the storefront giant is using the same 1080p 30fps performance bar to the new mini PC that applies to games on the Steam Deck OLED, especially since it also claims that the box will boast "6x Steam Deck" performance.Admittedly, the Steam hardware slides presented at GDC are mostly clear-cut and easy to understand. The presentation runs thr
  
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• Super Mario minifigures are on the way in 2027, but what does it mean for the rest of the range?

  11-03-2026 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Mario minifigures are officially leaping from warp pipes and into our lives next year, which begs the question: what now?Teased as part of the MAR10 Day celebrations (alongside Lego Luigi and his iconic death stare), this marks the first time the series has received true, actual minifigures of the kind seen in the best Lego sets. Since the range began in 2020, these Lego staples have been swapped out for larger, digital figures that interact with the courses around them. So now minifigs ar
  
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• "Parrying was not easy": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 devs had to turn to sound to fix an integral part of the J'RPG's combat

  11-03-2026 16:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  When it comes to game development, small changes can make a big difference, like the parrying sound in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Timing was a bit of a problem earlier on in Sandfall Entertainment's multi-award winning epic RPG, but the sound design team were able to help remedy the situation, as Olivier Penchenier, the technical and sound designer, explained during a talk at GDC 2026 attended by GamesRadar+."We realized that parrying was not easy for the player," he says. "So Guillaume [Broch
  
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• "It can't even be Pokemon Minecraft, you can't even craft": Pokopia leaves co-op fans disappointed, saying GameShare between Switch 2 and its predecessor "might as well not exist"

  11-03-2026 15:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cozy Pokemon spin-off Pokopia is impressing fans with its Animal Crossing: New Horizons vibes and Minecraft mechanics, but players hoping to enjoy the new Nintendo gem in co-op – particularly via GameShare – are expressing disappointment with multiplayer.If there's one thing folks were looking forward to – aside from the whole island-building bit, of course – in Pokopia, it's the four-player multiplayer and GameShare functionality between the Switch 2 and its predecessor
  
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• Intel confirms Core Ultra refresh rumors, announcing "the fastest desktop gaming processors" the brand "has ever built," and I hope this means long-term support for its current motherboard socket

  11-03-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Intel has had it rough in the desktop CPU market for a few years now, but it's just officially announcing a refresh of its most recent Core Ultra processors, and I think things might be starting to look up. A Core Ultra series refresh has been rumored for a little while now, but Intel is officially launching two new CPUs for gaming later this month, and they'll use the same LGA1851 motherboard socket as the original range.Specifically, Intel has announced the new Intel Core Ultra 5 250K/KF Plus
  
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• I feel like I can't escape Xbox drama, as even new retro handheld emulators are causing a stir over app charges

  11-03-2026 14:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  I really figured hiding from Xbox Project Helix drama and trying to run Microsoft's OG system on one of the best retro handhelds would be less chaotic. Yet, my pals at Time Extension have highlighted that while someone has ported Xemu, the popular Windows and Linux emulator, to Android, they've also caused an uproar by slapping an $8 price tag on the app.Before the drama kicked off, enthusiast Retro Game Corps shared a look at the unofficial Xemu port running Xbox games on a Retroid Pocket 5. Du
  
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• New Marathon patch seemingly makes the whole game a touch easier as Bungie nerfs UESC enemies, to fans' relief: "One of the best patch notes I've ever read"

  11-03-2026 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie has released an update for Marathon, and the latest patch appears to make almost everything a bit easier. Over on the Bungie website, the studio shares the details of Marathon Update 1.0.0.4, which is filled with your typical bugfixes and minor tweaks, but the balance changes are where things get interesting. Bungie has increased the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates spawning on Perimeter, as well as increasing starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits, w
  
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• After 16 years in development hell, live-action Tinker Bell is a "high priority" for Disney Plus as the show sets screenwriters

  11-03-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney is finally making moves on its live-action Tinker Bell TV show after over a decade in development hell.The series, titled Tink, is now a "high priority" for Disney Plus, according to Deadline, with Friday Night Lights' Liz Heldens and Bridget Carpenter on board as screenwriters and executive producers. Disney hasn't released a logline or synopsis for the show yet and there's no casting information, either.A live-action project about Peter Pan's fairy friend has been in the works since 201
  
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• New Mandalorian and Grogu TV spot doesn't give much away about the new Star Wars movie, but it does show Baby Yoda sneezing everywhere

  11-03-2026 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're just a few months away from seeing Pedro Pascal's bounty hunter and Baby Yoda making their big screen debut in The Mandalorian and Grogu, but the new teaser suggests the duo may be in a bit more trouble than we first thought. The new TV spot, which has been posted on Twitter, doesn't include a lot of new footage, but it does show Grogu sneezing. So cute. Check out the fresh clip below. The first TV spot for THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU has been released and features new footage from the movie
  
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• Star Wars fans are discussing why two major characters barely interacted, but I think it makes total sense

  11-03-2026 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars fans have noticed that two major characters in the original trilogy barely interact – but it actually makes total sense. "Is it just me, or did Leia and Darth Vader barely interact?" questioned one fan on Reddit, sparking a full blown discussion. In the original trilogy, Vader and Leia share a storyline in A New Hope, which sees Leia taken prisoner aboard the Death Star. Then, they're in the same location of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back, but they don't even see each othe
  
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• Overwatch's Nier Automata collab is here, but with no voice lines and a price higher than the action RPG it's based on, players aren't happy: "Hello Kitty got more than these folks"

  11-03-2026 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Overwatch collab with Nier dropped yesterday, March 10, bringing a range of skins based on the prolific action RPG to the hero shooter. Sadly, winning matches as 2B and 9S isn't enough to assuage many players who're feeling a bit shortchanged by the pack.There are five costumes in total: A2 for Vendetta; 2B for Kiriko; 9S for Wuyang; Commander White for Mercy; and Adam for Lifeweaver. These all come with distinct emotes and victory poses, as you'd expect. What they don't offer are victory po
  
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• Capcom, where the hell are my Resident Evil Requiem amiibo?

  11-03-2026 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem has been out for days now, and yet those amiibo figures are still nowhere to be seen. Amiibos taking a while to appear at US and UK online storefronts isn't new. But in the little over a month since they were originally unveiled during a Partner Showcase held on February 5, 2026, there's still no way of even pre-ordering the Switch 2 accessories, which is pretty peculiar.Resident Evil Requiem, the game from which the Leon and Grace collectibles are from, has been out on the
  
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• Rachel Weisz's new Netflix thriller is one of the streamer's biggest flops of the year so far

  11-03-2026 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix's new erotic thriller Vladimir hasn't exactly set pulses racing on the streamer – according to the early viewing figures, anyway.According to data obtained by What's on Netflix, the Rachel Weisz-starring series has only accrued a little over 4 million views in its first four days. That pales in comparison to the likes of fellow limited series His and Hers (19 million views), Griselda (20 million views), and mega-hit Adolescence (24.3 million). However, it still cracked Netflix's En
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem now inadvertently features an in-game ad for a Half-Life YouTuber thanks to Capcom leaving in a fake website domain without registering it itself

  11-03-2026 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem inadvertently features a Half-Life shoutout as a URL shown in-game has been claimed by a Valve-focused content creator.As spotted by Twitter user RacconSurvivor (reported on by Automaton), the BSAA computers that Leon can use to save his game during the later part of the game feature a ton of code on the screens when viewed through a scope. Among these characters is newdawn-capcom.com, which will now take you to a website adorning a Steam-styled box with the Half-Life logo
  
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• Scream 7's Ghostface star still doesn't know who she kills in the new horror sequel: "I'm going to leave that up to the audience"

  11-03-2026 12:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  It is not uncommon for a Scream movie to never reveal which Ghostface killers committed which murders. However, when it comes ot Scream 7, it feels even more difficult to pinpoint who the culprit was at any given moment, and star Anna Camp seems to think so too. Whilst speaking on the I've Never Said This Before Podcast, Camp, who plays Sidney's best friend Jessica and one of the new Ghostface killers, shared her theories on who she kills. "I definitely think I did the kill for McKenna Grace's c
  
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• After One Piece creator dropped the answer to the anime's biggest mystery 600m underwater, streamer iShowSpeed seems set on finding it: "Looking for 30-50 good men"

  11-03-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  After One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda revealed that the answer to the anime (and manga)'s biggest mystery was now lying at the bottom of the ocean, fans have been mobilizing to try and find it.Streamer iShowSpeed is no different – and he's "looking for 30-50 good men" to help him retrieve it, according to a post on Twitter.The American streamer's international exploits have included a tour of southeast Asia, a visit to the annual cheese rolling competition in England, and becoming the honor
  
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• Brie Larson knows "every detail" of Super Mario Galaxy, so trust her when she says "every frame" of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is "filled with references"

  11-03-2026 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds as though The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a few more surprises up its sleeve as star and self-confessed Mario super-fan Brie Larson teases more Easter eggs. "When I watched the movie, it was almost just like this sensory overload of like everything I've ever loved and played and watched throughout my whole life," said Larson in an interview with Fandango. "I just felt like bombarded by all the references, and every single frame is just filled with references." Larson joins the sequel
  
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• One Piece's Chopper actor thought it was a voice-only role so initially turned it down, but it ended up being "similar to what I've seen Andy Serkis do"

  11-03-2026 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Piece's Chopper actor Mikaela Hoover has revealed she originally rejected the role of the iconic reindeer.“I initially thought it was just a voice audition, so I turned it down," Hoover, who also appeared as Cat Grant in last year's Superman, told The Seattle Times.After being prompted to re-read the script, Hoover discovered she would be physically embodying the cutesy Straw Hats doctor, who can also transform into a more fearsome, towering figure thanks to eating a Devil Fruit."It wa
  
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• Project Hail Mary debuts to near-perfect 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, as critics call it "an early contender for film of the year"

  11-03-2026 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reviews for Project Hail Mary are in, and they're overwhelmingly positive – meaning the sci-fi blockbuster looks to be the first must-see film of the year. The movie stars Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, a schoolteacher turned unlikely astronaut tasked with saving humanity from an alien microbe that is dimming the sun. In the deep reaches of space, he meets a new friend to help him with his mission: Rocky the alien. On Rotten Tomatoes, Project Hail Mary currently holds a stellar 96% critics
  
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• "It's almost as if they're trying to kill off the game": Fortnite faces fan backlash over V-Bucks price increase, while Epic lead argues "paying the bills" helps devs keep "building stuff you love"

  11-03-2026 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fortnite developer and publisher Epic Games has caused waves among fans after revealing plans to raise the price of V-Bucks and leave optional purchases like the Battle Pass with far less value – but the creators stand strong behind their decision to increase the pricing.Andrea Balta, senior director of ecosystem growth at Epic Games, speaks on the matter in a new online post, replying directly to a disappointed player.
  "Seeing comments like 'the Item Shop is the main focus instead of the
  
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• Marvel Rivals devs couldn't help but "panic" at the thought of going into the live-service graveyard that just claimed Highguard: "It's not guaranteed"

  11-03-2026 01:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even with characters from one of the biggest and most beloved IPs of all time, Marvel Rivals maker NetEase was still taking a significant risk releasing a live-service hero shooter in 2024, just months after PlayStation launched and then subsequently killed its own similar game, Concord.Unsurprisingly, that risk was not lost on NetEase, with publishing and marketing lead Yachen Bian telling GamesRadar+ at this year's GDC that the team felt "panic" stepping into the live-service graveyard. But in
  
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• "It's going to be really f***ing hard": Diablo 4 is getting 8 new difficulty tiers in Lord of Hatred because Blizzard wants OP builds to actually have to try

  11-03-2026 00:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion will address the long-running issue of overpowered builds from a new angle. Instead of countering those builds with nerfs, which everyone hates, Blizzard is adding a whopping eight new Torment, or difficulty tiers, in an attempt to give players a better excuse for their stupidly overpowered characters.The news was quietly revealed in a recent interview with YouTuber Wudijo, in which associate game director Zaven Haroutunian explains the reasoning
  
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