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• "What if we could just drop 30 new heroes into Overwatch?": Marvel Rivals "definitely had an impact" on Blizzard, says Overwatch boss, and a big factor was the response to new heroes

  13-03-2026 23:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  What was happening inside Blizzard when Marvel Rivals rolled up and snatched away a chunk of the Overwatch audience? Game director Aaron Keller fielded the question at a GDC panel attended by GamesRadar+, acknowledging that Marvel Rivals "definitely had an impact on us in a lot of different ways" and pondering how the player response could inform decisions on Overwatch. "One of the biggest ones was seeing the amount of excitement that new players to Rivals had for this big drop of heroes," Kelle
  
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• Overwatch director celebrates no longer being "the lowest-rated game on Steam," but admits he's "not sure what it would take for us to move up to a positive score at this point"

  13-03-2026 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The game formerly known as Overwatch 2 is riding a wave of positive buzz the likes of which we haven't really seen since the first time it was called simply "Overwatch." Exactly how far the good vibes extend remains to be seen, but game director Aaron Keller is pretty excited to no longer be the lowest-rated game on Steam.In a Game Developers Conference panel attended by GamesRadar+, Keller explains that "running a live-service game is like being in a relationship." So the Overwatch team makes e
  
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• "They're not good enough," joke devs behind the "self-feeding" horror giant still in the Steam Top 50 while Friday the 13th, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Evil Dead multiplayers rot

  13-03-2026 22:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  It lives in the first 50 slots of the Steam Top Sellers list, it hit its all-time peak of 120,717 players only 9 months ago, and it manages to tumble along with this healthy momentum despite being a 10-year-old asymmetrical survival horror multiplayer. For other developers, that genre marker might as well be a toe tag. But not for Dead by Daylight.The problem with competitors is "they're not good enough," head of partnership Mathieu Cote jokes to GamesRadar+ at Game Developers Conference 2026. O
  
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• Donkey Kong Bananza devs admit the blatantly OP elephant transformation "probably went too far," but "it's fun" and "that's what matters most"

  13-03-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Donkey Kong Bananza is a masterclass in cathartic game design, and by far the most satisfying moments in the game come following transformations that let you rip through environments and pound enemies to dust even quicker than usual. That said, there's one elephant-sized transformation that even Nintendo admits is a little overpowered."I think we can agree the most destructive transformation is the Elephant Bananza, and honestly speaking, it probably went too far," says programmer Tatsuya Kuriha
  
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• The best narrative designers – from Call of Duty writers to BioWare vets – are being inspired by the "excellent" design of your uncontrollable horniness: "I've been reading a lot of fanfiction"

  13-03-2026 20:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Inspiration is all around you, say narrative designers at Game Developers Conference 2026, at a panel attended by GamesRadar+. It's in the breeze, your empathy, and especially in the crazed yuri you've been urgently writing in your Notes app.Responding to a question of where designers get "quick hits" of narrative inspiration, Gearbox expert writer – and former Call of Duty writer – Alexa Ray Corriea says, "I've been reading a lot of fanfiction," to the liberating sound of applause."
  
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• 3 new to Netflix movies I recommend you watch this weekend (March 14–March 15)

  13-03-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Happy Friday, folks. You've made it through another week and, now, it's time to kick back, grab some snacks, and settle in for a movie night. But what to watch? Well, this list of the three best new movies on Netflix is designed to help you narrow down the latest and greatest the streamer has to offer.Netflix adds new movies every week, and for this list, we've picked out three top films that hit the streamer earlier in the week. You can choose from a new Louis Theroux documentary, a biopic of a
  
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• X-Men '97 season 2 gets a comic book prequel that Marvel promises is "vital" to the next chapter of the animated series

  13-03-2026 19:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  X-Men '97 season 2 premieres this summer, but you'll be able to return to the beloved series a little bit early with a comic book prequel that fills in some of the gaps between season 1 and season 2. The five issue limited series is written by Steve Foxe and drawn by Salvin Espa, the creative team of the first volume of the X-Men '97 comic that accompanied season 1.The comic will directly set up X-Men '97 season 2, introducing some of the biggest plotlines and characters that will feature in the
  
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• The Simpsons showrunner is a maybe on a Hit & Run revival: "If we know people want it, never say never"

  13-03-2026 19:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  "Never say never" to a Simpsons: Hit & Run revival, says the series' showrunner.Talking to People, longtime Simpsons writer and current series showrunner Matt Selman says the love for Hit & Run is clear, even if he's somewhat perplexed by its enduring cult status."Hit & Run is so interesting," says Selman. "I'm a thousand years old, and when I was in my mid to late 20s, I helped write Hit & Run. I had no idea it would become a cult game, a cult success. Of all the games, the thou
  
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• Epic Games defends Fortnite's controversial V-Bucks price hike, insisting it's in "direct correlation to the operating costs" and teasing "amazing things" are coming that'll make you "understand what's been going on"

  13-03-2026 19:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  V-Bucks are getting pricier, as Epic Games announced Fortnite's currency will go up in cost on March 19. This is, according to Epic, in order to "help pay the bills," a fair reason, if for the fact Fortnite is one of the best video games ever and Epic's a massive company. Nonetheless, the company's holding the line, per comments from lead developers."It's pure operating costs of running a business, and that was the main push," Andrea Balta, senior director of ecosystem growth at Epic, told The V
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 sees New York City turn against Kingpin in explosive new TV spot

  13-03-2026 19:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Daredevil: Born Again season 2 TV spot gives us a pretty quick (and impossibly cool) glimpse of what Matt Murdock means when he says he's taking the city back from "Mayor" Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, we see the people of New York City behind police barriers, pushing back against Kingpin's oppressive new New York (which we can only assume is part of his agenda to take out any and all vigilantes). Clearly, this doesn't work, as a very cool shot sees
  
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• Baby Reindeer creator's upcoming show gets new look featuring his drastic physical change

  13-03-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd is broody, brawling, and bulked up in a new look at his upcoming drama Half Man.Released by BBC and HBO, a fresh batch of images see Gadd, who created the show, sporting a severe haircut, tattoos, and a more muscular build than in his previous Netflix hit as he channels fiercely loyal Ruben. Elsewhere, Jamie Bell brings meek, mild-mannered Niall to life, Ruben's "brother", who gets quite the shock when the former turns up to his wedding having not seen him for over 3
  
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• "AI is not a shiny new feature," Xbox AI lead says, and "our games industry has been building AI systems for decades" from cheat detection to pathfinding

  13-03-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  As I'm sure you've learned to expect at this point into Microsoft's AI hobby, Microsoft Gaming representatives at this year's Game Developers Conference – attended by GamesRadar+ – were eager to discuss the topic. Especially because, as general manager for gaming AI at Xbox, Haiyan Zhang, reiterates, it's such an old topic. "There are many strong voices at this GDC and across the industry when it comes to AI," Zhang observes during Microsoft's lecture on Responsible Innovation for Ga
  
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• Arc Raiders dev uses clip of FPS streamer Shroud summing up "game dev in a nutshell" to reinforce how Embark "failed" during development: "We really did - twice"

  13-03-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Making games is hard. It requires ingenuity, dedication, and no small amount of luck to ship anything decent. Ciao Braga, the production director on Arc Raiders, spoke about how failure shaped that game at GDC 2026, and he used a particularly pointed clip from former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiek to illustrate his point."Game dev in a nutshell," says Grzesiek, joking about the esoteric difficulties of the medium in reaction to Embark talking about a "hail mary" p
  
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• Pokemon Pokopia seemingly hints at a tragic fate for a specific NPC from FireRed and LeafGreen: "The sea is really rough today"

  13-03-2026 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Pokopia has seemingly confirmed that a NPC from Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen is dead… or has a sore tummy. Equally bad fates. Possible spoilers for Pokemon Pokopia ahead, and I guess Pokemon gen 1 too?Something isn't right in Pokemon Pokopia. The whole plot (at least in the early hours of the game where I currently reside) revolves around how no one can find the humans at all, and the only remnant of them is one Ditto who remembers what their trainer looked like. But as you explo
  
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• Palworld publishing lead is "more determined than ever" to make things "a little less sh*t" for cool devs struggling to find funding: "The West continues to stumble"

  13-03-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld's publishing and communications lead John 'Bucky' Buckley is already at the head of Pocketpair Publishing, the studio's division focused on funding smaller games from indie creators, but he's now even "more determined" to help out cool developers struggling to find funding in a shaky industry.Buckley said as much looking back at the Game Developers Conference 2026, where he acknowledges that he's perhaps been blind to "many of the problems facing the games industry in the West" since Po
  
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• Invincible season 4 release schedule: what time is episode 1 releasing on Prime Video?

  13-03-2026 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Invincible season 4 is about to fly into view, but what does that mean for your streaming plans?With Prime Video being one of the more inconsistent streamers when it comes to release schedules, you might need a primer as Mark and Oliver fight new foes in the upcoming season. Below, we have the confirmed Invincible season 4, episode 1 release date, a US and UK streaming time, plus news of the superhero show's full release schedule.For more, check out our picks for the best shows on Prime Video, p
  
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• Crimson Desert dev says not to worry about Denuvo, because the impressive PC preview builds they've shown already had the DRM and are "representative of the final consumer's experience"

  13-03-2026 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  As confirmed by a recent update to the game's Steam page, Crimson Desert will feature Denuvo. The controversial anti-piracy tech always keeps PC gamers on edge about performance, but Pearl Abyss says you shouldn't worry too much if you were happy with how the game looked in previews. That early version had already implemented Denuvo DRM."The benchmark videos and performance specs we released were all created with the exact same implementation of denuvo that is in the launch build," a Pearl Abyss
  
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• Starfield composer has "no doubt" Bethesda's RPG will eventually "be legendary," but "people were just not ready" for Todd Howard's vision of space

  13-03-2026 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda Game Studios' first foray into space was a little hit or miss with fans, but Starfield's composer reckons it's only a matter of time before people start to understand what Todd Howard was going for.Asked about what it was like working with Starfield and Skyrim director Todd Howard, in an interview with RPG Site, composer Inon Zur called the famed game dev one of "the most creative and invigorating human beings in the industry" because "he just doesn't stop" and "always has new ideas."Zu
  
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• The Boys prequel show Vought Rising will feature the return of a major Gen V season 2 villain

  13-03-2026 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everyone's favorite evil genius will return for The Boys prequel Vought Rising, which is set to premiere sometime after the flagship series ends.According to Entertainment Weekly, Ethan Slater is set to reprise his role as Thomas Godolkin in the upcoming prequel series. We don't have too much information at the moment, though we do know it makes perfect sense for Godolkin to make an appearance, given the timeline in which Vought Rising takes place and the fact that it explores Vought's shady ori
  
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• Don't panic if you've left Mother's Day gifts to the last minute, these Lego flowers make perfect presents

  13-03-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've left Mother's Day gifts to the last minute or are struggling to think of something suitable, I have two words to save your bacon: Lego flowers. These are an absolute godsend for anyone scrambling for inspiration, and they've come to my rescue more than once.These delightful display pieces are perfect Mother's Day gifts for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they're beautiful when finished and will last a lot longer than usual bouquets on account of being, y'know, plastic - they won't wilt a
  
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• We asked Nintendo point-blank about Donkey Kong Bananza's biggest mystery: They wouldn't tell us who Pauline really is

  13-03-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ever since Donkey Kong Bananza was first revealed, Nintendo nerds like me have had a big question: who is Pauline? I mean, yes, she shares a name with the character who serves as the mayor of New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey, who in turn seems to be the same lady that Mario rescues in the original Donkey Kong, but the ages are all messed up. And the full game, with all its narrative twists and Easter eggs for long-time Nintendo fans, doesn't really provide a final answer.So, when my colleagu
  
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• Pocketpair lead says "apologies to all the professional Palworld haters," but "it's not really our problem" – the studio is going to continue "doing what the players want"

  13-03-2026 16:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pocketpair publishing head John "Bucky" Buckley says Palworld haters aren't making much of a difference when it comes to the development of the game.GamesRadar+ asked Bucky at GDC 2026 how he would define a Pocketpair game, to which he responds, "Apologies to all the professional Pocketpair haters out there, but it's made by the players." He explains, "Over Dungeon, our very first game, what it started out as and what it ended as are very different, because of what the players wanted. Craftopia
  
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• Ex-Blizzard exec commands others to stop taking devs for granted as EA, Ubisoft, and too many more drown the industry in layoffs: "The thing that made the game special in the first place is the people who built it"

  13-03-2026 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Layoffs have been horribly commonplace over the past few years, as publishers and studios of all shapes and sizes grapple with uncertain economic prospects. During his keynote at GDC 2026, Rob Pardo, former Blizzard CCO and co-founder of Bonfire Studios, called for executives to place more value on developers than the games."To those of you who are executives or business leaders, I will leave you with one final thought: If you create a game that truly endures, it's incredibly difficult," he said
  
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• Frieren actor says the response to "wholesome" low angle Frieren meme was "beautiful": "I was just having the best day ever"

  13-03-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  From a certain perspective, the 'low angle Frieren' image that went viral at the end of 2025 is an example of the anime community at its best.When Reddit user SpaceDev1 shared their effort at drawing Frieren from an awkward angle – complete with awkwardly pointy chin – they could never have predicted the attention that would soon follow. Animation aces and novice fans alike replied in their droves with advice, support, and suggestions for the budding artist. It gained wider attention
  
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• Pokemon Pokopia's storage system is more complicated than it needs to be, and players hope it copies Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 in a future update

  13-03-2026 16:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Pokopia is a fantastically crafty life sim with the familiar faces of creatures we all know and love, but there's one particular thorn that's been stuck in pretty much every players' side: the messy storage system.Pokemon Pokopia gives every player a limited amount of space to store items in Ditto's trusty bag, which you can eventually expand using the in-game PC shop. But anything that still doesn't fit will need to be stuffed into storage boxes, craftable inventories that can hold up t
  
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• Project Hail Mary directors think it was important to make sure their end of the world sci-fi drama was funny: "That's part of the human experience"

  13-03-2026 15:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Phil Lord and Christopher Miller haven't been in the director's chair together since 2014's 22 Jump Street. It seems fair to say, then, that's there's been a bit of a leap from the Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum buddy cop comedy to Project Hail Mary, their new sci-fi blockbuster that sees Ryan Gosling attempt to save Earth from our dying sun.Based on The Martian author Andy Weir's novel, there's plenty of hard science and serious business in the movie, but Lord and Miller's comedic roots stop it
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem's unintentional Half-Life YouTuber ad was bought for only $15, but the content creator responsible will give the website "'back' for free" if Capcom wants it

  13-03-2026 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Half-Life YouTuber who registered a hidden domain found in Resident Evil Requiem says he'll give it to Capcom for free if the publisher gets in touch. Earlier this week, Resident Evil fans noticed that one of the BSAA computers that Leon Kennedy can use as a save point in Resident Evil Requiem featured some text on the screen, among which was a webpage, newdawn-capcom.com. However, when people visited the website in real life, they found that Capcom hasn't left it in as a special easter egg.
  
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• Lost Doctor Who episodes, featuring one of the earliest Dalek appearances, have been found after over 60 years - and they're airing very soon

  13-03-2026 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Multiple lost Doctor Who episodes from the '60s have been found in a collection of vintage films, and the BBC is planning to air them for fans to see very soon. As reported by the BBC, two episodes have been found, containing a forgotten storyline featuring the first Doctor, played by William Hartnell, facing the Daleks as they plan to take over the galaxy. The episodes, titled The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet, aired as part of season 3 in November 1965.It is unknown just how the collecto
  
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• Street Fighter game director teases "very smart" movie adaptation in new behind-the-scenes featurette: "This is the Street Fighter I know"

  13-03-2026 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Street Fighter movie trailer might've made the adaptation look kinda goofy, but it sounds like we're in good hands with director Kitao Sakurai and the cast – who all confess to being "big fans" of the video games.In a new behind-the-scenes featurette, the team are seen welcoming Capcom director Takayuki Nakayama on set back during filming last year, where Ryu actor Andrew Koji promises they'll "do [their] best to honor the characters and bring them to life in the best way they've ever
  
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• Bo-Katan actor Katee Sackhoff plays coy about whether or not her Star Wars character is in The Mandalorian and Grogu, but assures fans they haven't seen the last of her

  13-03-2026 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian star Katee Sackhoff is playing coy about whether or not Bo-Katan is in The Mandalorian and Grogu – but she's definitely coming back in some capacity."I cannot confirm nor deny if we're going to see her in the movie, but I can promise you that you haven't seen the last of her," Sackhoff told Temple of Geek on the red carpet at the Saturn Awards.As The Mandalorian season 4 isn't a sure thing, this could be tacit confirmation that Bo-Katan will, in fact, feature in the movie,
  
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• Crimson Desert blocks spoilers by locking down the RPG's physical copies that shipped early, but some players worry it's a "slippery slope" for game preservation

  13-03-2026 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Open-world RPG Crimson Desert is finally on the horizon, launching on March 19 after several delays and trailers that looked almost too good to be true, but the game's getting around pre-release spoilers in a rather controversial way.As is common with pretty much any major release nowadays, physical copies of Crimson Desert have been delivered to some players a full week before the game officially breaks containment. But unlike other such cases, Crimson Desert's disc is literally unplayable unti
  
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• Dwayne Johnson's Doom was so bad that one of his co-stars is surprised it didn't end their own career: "Probably one of the worst films ever made"

  13-03-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rosamund Pike says all-time video game movie disaster Doom was so bad it could have "ended her career."Speaking on the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast (H/T The Independent), Pike recalled filming Pride and Prejudice when she got the call to appear alongside Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Sam Grimm in the 2005 video game adaptation of id Software's classic boomer shooter series.'Yeah, I can do anything. I can jump on this hay bale in my crinoline, so I can certainly go and kill some zombies on Mars
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 remains on course to match Baldur's Gate 3's GOTY record as it secures GDC win and 12 BAFTA nominations

  13-03-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is still on to match a Game of the Year feat that has only been achieved once before, by Baldur's Gate 3.The 'Big Five' game awards include our very own Golden Joystick Awards, The Game Awards, last month's DICE Awards, and the Game Developers Choice Awards, which took place last night. The final ceremony is the gaming BAFTAs, which come in a little later than the rest of the pack, representing the final hurdle of the 2025 awards season. Clair Obscur is already the mo
  
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• Ghost of Yotei isn't bigger than Ghost of Tsushima, but "it feels larger" because Sucker Punch tricked you into thinking so

  13-03-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  You'd be forgiven for believing last year's Ghost of Yotei was materially larger than its predecessor Ghost of Tsushima. Multiple regions within the map and such a vivid recreation of Ezo contribute to Sucker Punch's sequel seeming considerably bigger, but it's all tricks of perception, as explained by art director Joanna Wang."Instead of asking how big it is, we started thinking about how big it should feel," she reveals during a talk at GDC 2026 attended by GamesRadar+. "We're not making a one
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer says it's "crazy" to see Final Fantasy legends who are "essentially our heroes" praising Sandfall's game after the JRPG series was such a "huge influence"

  13-03-2026 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen says it's been wild to see Final Fantasy legends praising the award winning J'RPG. Speaking to GamesRadar+ at GDC 2026, Svedberg-Yen is asked about the journey so far almost a year after the game's launch. She explains, "I keep saying the same thing, but it's true. It still feels quite surreal. I still kind of feel like, is this real life? Or am I going to wake up tomorrow and this is all a dream?" She continues, "Every time I can act
  
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• VisionQuest star Paul Bettany says the upcoming MCU show realizes that "Marvel gets rewarded when it takes really big swings"

  13-03-2026 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Much like its predecessor WandaVision, VisionQuest will be a "big swing" for Marvel, says its star Paul Bettany."I think that Terry [Matalas, showrunner] realized, and agreed with me, that I feel like Marvel gets rewarded when it takes really big swings," Bettany told ScreenRant. "And I think that he just understood in his bones who Vision is. And Vision is for the kid that I was when I was a kid – the kid that felt like an outsider and felt like they had no community that they fit into. A
  
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• Lego PlayStation 1 leak suggests a 1,900-piece mega build and December release date

  13-03-2026 12:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  We could be getting a Lego PlayStation 1 for Christmas, if leaks wind up being true.Arcade machines and consoles already make up some of the best Lego sets for retro fans, but it looks as though we're finally moving into the disc era according to rumors. Instagram leaker lego_minecraft_goat suggests that a "Lego PlayStation 1" model with the console and controller is due to launch in December for $159.99, and it'll be a for-adults display model. Blasts from the past(Image credit: Future)If the L
  
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• Anime legends Hayao Miyazaki and Hideaki Anno reunite, though it doesn't sound like the Studio Ghibli founder is working on a new movie anytime soon

  13-03-2026 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The kings of anime, Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki and Evangelion's Hideaki Anno, have reunited, and the pictures are most definitely the sweetest thing you'll see today. Anno's animation studio Khara shared the images on Twitter of Anno and Miyazaki. The post includes a comment from Anno, which explains that a few days ago he visited Miyazaki for the first time in over a year, adding, "Hayao Miyazaki was still energetically drawing his beloved 'pictures' freely as he pleased. What an amazing pe
  
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• Nier Automata's Yoko Taro thinks his generation of directors has "a lot of weirdos", himself included, because "games weren't mainstream like they are now"

  13-03-2026 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Drakengard and Nier director Yoko Taro reckons his generation of game leads is full of "oddballs" and "selfish people" – his words, not mine – qualities he says could make for better leaders.The Nier: Automata lead was asked about how important likeability is for a game director in a three-way conversation between himself, Astral Chain director and Nier: Automata senior game designer Takahisa Taura, and the indie developers behind a brand-new anime action game called Homura Hive, hos
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is on track for the biggest opening weekend of the year, but it might not 1-UP the 2023 original

  13-03-2026 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is going to comfortably obtain the biggest opening weekend of the year.According to Deadline's early figures, the starry sequel to the Super Mario Bros. Movie could open (across five days, admittedly) at an exceptional $160 million domestically in the US. The trade even suggests that number is "conservative." That's the power of Donald Glover's Yoshi, clearly.That would technically beat The Super Mario Bros. Movie's $146.3 million opening weekend, though the Galaxy s
  
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• Diablo 4's endgame is about to look a lot more like Diablo 2's with low-level loot that can become legendary

  13-03-2026 01:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's endgame and loot system is about to look a lot more Diablo 2-like, with the upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion set to bring back low-level loot to higher levels with one massive change: those items will soon have the chance to drop with greater affixes, something currently only possible in legendary loot.Currently, at some point toward Diablo 4's endgame, basic loot like common, magic, and rare items all but stop dropping to make way for higher level, more powerful gear, which is ident
  
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• Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year

  13-03-2026 00:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft has announced that its Gaming Copilot AI assistant, which has been available in beta on PC, mobile, and the ROG Xbox Ally since last year, will be coming to current-gen consoles in 2026."I'm excited to announce that later this year, we will bring Gaming Copilot to the current-generation consoles, and we will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing," Sonali Yadav, Xbox's gaming AI partner group product manager, revealed at a Game Developers Conference panel attend
  
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