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• Marvel's next big comic event kicks off with a special release that includes an exclusive Magic: The Gathering Card tying into its new Marvel Super Heroes set

  01-04-2026 23:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new era of the Avengers on the horizon for Marvel Comics which will coincide with the release of Magic: The Gathering's new Marvel card set. It all starts with Avengers: Armageddon #1, which will include a special edition Magic card that is exclusive to the comic.The card included with Avengers: Armageddon #1 is called 'Warstorm Surge,' and features art by Ryan Stegman that shows Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Iron Man trying to tame the rampaging Red Hulk, seen below along with the text o
  
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• "Any update is a bonus not a right": Peak co-developer Landfall reminds impatient fans it's not a live-service studio

  01-04-2026 23:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peak might have suddenly become one of the biggest games on Steam last year, but co-developers Aggro Crab and Landfall are still small, indie studios that can't crank out infinite updates at the pace of a live-service studio. The friendslop favorite is getting its final biome in 2026, even as some fans continue to demand more – and Landfall is keen to remind them that the studio has no moral obligation to keep updating the game.In a Twitter response to one player lamenting what they call a
  
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• Switch 2 prices will go up, says ex-Nintendo sales lead: "It's inevitable"

  01-04-2026 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite global economic turmoil, the Switch 2 price has remained the same since its launch last June, but one of the company's former sales leads predicts it'll increase eventually.The former Nintendo employee, who identifies himself only by his first name, Sean, tells the Kit & Krysta podcast - itself hosted by ex-Nintendo marketing leads - that a Switch 2 price hike is "inevitable."There are a multitude of fierce economic headwinds making gaming hardware more expensive to make and thus sel
  
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• Nintendo's physical price split is "a pro-consumer move," says ex-sales lead, and the company is just passing profits on cheaper digital games back to you while it swims in "Scrooge McDuck money"

  01-04-2026 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week, Nintendo announced a new pricing strategy for Switch 2 games that will see first-party Switch 2 games launch with a $10 price split separating digital and physical versions. Nintendo is keen to frame this change as a price decrease for digital games rather than a price increase for physical ones, and a former sales lead from the company believes that's probably true. In fact, Nintendo may just be passing its own savings on digital sales back to you.That former Nintendo sales lead appe
  
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• Eli Roth says his upcoming horror movie set around a killer ice cream man is "totally insane": "I want to outdo Hostel and Green Inferno"

  01-04-2026 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director Eli Roth made his name in horror with some of the goriest, most shocking mainstream films of the '00s. But all that may be child's play in comparison to his new thriller Ice Cream Man, which Roth says he intends to outdo even his most bloodthirsty films."I want this to be the craziest film I've ever made," Roth tells Geek Vibes Nation. "I mean, I want to outdo Hostel and Green Inferno and Cabin Fever in terms of bat shit crazy. And we just shot it. I'm in post on it now. No release date
  
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• 110,000 mixed Steam reviews later, Nexon bluntly puts The First Descendant in the "did not work" category: "Strong launch, no staying power"

  01-04-2026 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  When a game misses the mark, publishers often look for a silver lining – good feedback or design strengths, for instance – or gloss over the dud with soft language meant to reassure shareholders the same way a weighted blanket might reassure an anxious dog. Rarely do they literally put that game in a presentation under the category of "What Did Not Work," as Nexon recently did with The First Descendant, a third-person looter shooter that has been treading some amount of water since i
  
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• Resident Evil's Leon and Ada have a son, fans decide, and he's in Love and Deepspace: "Welcome to the Kennedy family, Zayne"

  01-04-2026 22:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's official! Resident Evil's will-they, won't-they sparring partners Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong are in love, and they have a baby. It's a 27-year-old man who should be sued for medical malpractice. His name is Dr. Zayne Li, though he usually just goes by Zayne, and he was one of the main romantic interests in dating RPG Love and Deepspace before he got adopted by fans into the Resident Evil universe this week. So the man has been reborn as Zayne Wong-Kennedy, and though I'll miss being disappoi
  
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• Illumination CEO says the "secret" to the massive success of the Super Mario movies is working directly with Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo

  01-04-2026 21:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri says the massive success of the Super Mario movies is all thanks to Nintendo and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto."The secret is being able to bring Miyamoto and the team into the center of the process," Meledandri said in a red carpet interview, when asked what is the "secret" to the films being enormously successful. "It's not something that we had ever done at Illumination. You know, we had made 10 movies at Illumination. We had made all of them completely ins
  
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• Crimson Desert is "opposite" to most open-world games because the "magic kicks in" later, says Arkane Lyon boss: "Might be why so many find investing time in it rewarding"

  01-04-2026 21:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Crimson Desert has been largely well-received among critics and players alike, most who've played the game are in agreement that it takes a while to get going – but that slower pacing in the early game is key to its success, reckons Arkane Lyon studio director Dinga Bakaba.Bakaba, who obviously knows a thing about crafting immersive experiences, having overseen development on games like Dishonored 2 and Deathloop, recently took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the Crimson Deser
  
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• Karl Urban promises the final season of The Boys will feel closer to seasons 1 and 2: "It really feels like peak Boys this season"

  01-04-2026 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 is rapidly approaching, and with the stakes higher than ever moving into the series finale, William Butcher actor Karl Urban says it's a return to what made the show great in the first place."It really feels like peak Boys this season, having the gang back together in the way that we did in seasons one and two, and every week coming up with a new way to not only take down Homelander, but also taking down other Supes along the way," Urban tells TV Insider. "To me, that's The Boy
  
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• Arc Raiders boss promoted to Nexon chief backs AI push for "redesigning game development" after building a hit "at a fraction of the cost you'd expect for a AAA game"

  01-04-2026 19:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  A newly released capital markets briefing from publisher Nexon features extensive comments from Patrick Söderlund, CEO of Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios and newly appointed Nexon executive chairman. Söderlund discusses a renewed focus on efficiency, applying Embark's production lessons to the Nexon collective where possible, and, in his own words, "a topic you've heard about from every company this year: AI." Beneath a slide titled, "Redesigning Game Development," remarks from S&
  
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• Nintendo's Pokemon battling claim is too "obvious" to stand, US patent office says as it revokes the application, but the door's open for the publisher to fight back

  01-04-2026 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  A patent on summoning creatures to battle, which was granted to Nintendo and The Pokemon Company in 2025, has now been revoked. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has declared that the patent is too obvious to stand, but importantly, this is a non-final decision. Nintendo still has the opportunity to fight back.Notably, this is not one of the patents that Nintendo cited when it took Palworld developer Pocketpair to court back in 2024 – a legal case that is still ongoing. Those pate
  
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• Nearly 2 weeks after Crimson Desert's launch, tons of players are still in the first region: "136 hours in the game so far and STILL haven't left Hernand"

  01-04-2026 18:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite us being almost two weeks out from the Crimson Desert launch, players are still figuring out how massive the game is, with some having not even left the first region. Crimson Desert is doing super well so far with the game selling three million copies in five days and fans raving about it online. But it also seems to be literally, overwhelmingly massive. Pre-release, many were wondering how the developers at Pearl Abyss would pull it off, considering the sheer amount of stuff that seems
  
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• World of Warcraft lead asks how players would feel about playing the MMO on controller with a dedicated UI, but fans "fear that the PC experience will get worse"

  01-04-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Blizzard is testing the waters for World of Warcraft to become playable on controller. One of the longstanding MMORPG's producers is currently doing some research on whether players would enjoy as much, letting users have their say.In a questions-and-answers session with Azeroth-centric outlet Wowhead, Holly Longdale, executive producer and vice president on World of Warcraft, proposes the question to the live Discord chat. "How many players would be interested in experiencing the
  
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• 18-year-old Super Mario Galaxy mystery is finally settled in the movie, since Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo "never came to a conclusion" in the original Wii game

  01-04-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is here, and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says it's finally allowed him to put "some meat" on an idea that he and Super Mario Galaxy game director Yoshiaki Koizumi discussed during the development of the 2007 game, but never actually "came to a conclusion" about.Before we get into it, there are some implied spoilers below for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, but we're not going to go into the full details in case you've not seen it yet. However, you might want to scro
  
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• After gracing Final Fantasy 16 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with his silky voice, actor Ben Starr is ready to tackle dating RPG Love and Deepspace: "I love feral people"

  01-04-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Incredible – and romantic at heart – Final Fantasy 16 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr is ready for the next step in his already stunning career, as a love interest in the RPG that tracks my period, Love and Deepspace.He isn't coy about it. "I want to be in Love and Deepspace," Starr announces to narrative designer Alexa Ray Corriea on a recent episode of the Game Maker's Notebook Podcast. "I never will be. But I love dating sims." I've been playing the gacha / life si
  
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• No, this thumb-sized NES controller isn't an April Fools gag, and I'm staggered by how accurate it feels

  01-04-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've perhaps picked a terrible day to highlight an absurdly tiny NES controller that just arrived on my doorstep. I mean, if I spotted someone claiming that a gamepad that's narrower than a GBA cartridge and exactly the same height was actually really good, I'd label said claims as an April Fools' gag.Yet, the IINE Gamebrick Mini is in fact real, and it's now the smallest gamepad in my collection. I'm known online for owning cursed retro controllers, so I would have picked up this thumbsized pad
  
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• From Arena to Skyrim, Elden Ring streamer beats Bethesda's entire RPG series "first try" with 0 damage – and "if Elder Scrolls 6 comes out in my lifetime," he'll do it all again

  01-04-2026 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the (seemingly) eternal wait for Bethesda Game Studios' hotly anticipated RPG The Elder Scrolls 6 continues, fans are finding creative new ways to challenge themselves in the series' previous entries – including completing all of them while taking no damage whatsoever.GinoMachino, a content creator and streamer known best for his impressive Dark Souls and Elden Ring challenge runs, has gone and boggled all of our minds again by *checks notes* tackling every single mainline Elder Scrolls
  
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• "Players shouldn't feel fully safe" in Arc Raiders even in friendly lobbies, production director says, and after Flashpoint I definitely do not feel safe

  01-04-2026 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders has never been more dangerous. Embark Studios dropped its big Flashpoint update right at the end of March, and it has hit players like four surprise plates added to their squat barbell. Arc Raiders is hard now – or hard again, really, with Flashpoint escalating a game that had teeth in the early days but has long felt solved. In its difficulty and quality-of-life changes, Flashpoint is a major step forward, and it's right in line with Embark's goal of keeping players on their t
  
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• Shigeru Miyamoto thought there would be "significant resistance" at Nintendo to Fox McCloud appearing in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

  01-04-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto expected pushback from Nintendo when Illumination asked to include Star Fox's Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – but he was pleasantly surprised that the idea was positively received.“When I got the proposal from Chris [Meledandri, producer and Illumination CEO] about including Star Fox, in general, from Nintendo's perspective, we tend to avoid mixing IPs, except for the Pikmin cameo," Miyamoto told Forbes, referring to the plant-like critter
  
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• Palworld dating sim "obviously" isn't NSFW, Pocketpair publishing boss clarifies: "We might be goofy but we aren't that goofy"

  01-04-2026 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  No, it wasn't just an April Fool's Day joke, there really is a dating sim coming out based in the Palworld universe. More Than Just Pals, as it's suggestively called, may have started out as a prank, but now it's very real, but don't expect it to be too lewd or crude.Yesterday, March 31, Pocketpair revealed a fresh trailer, making it seem all too real. Rather than running around looking to pick up pals, the trainers are in high school together, Private Palpagos Academy to be precise, and you hav
  
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• Ex-StarCraft and Warcraft veterans' new RTS is losing online features as server partner is sold to an AI company, and devs don't know when or if they'll be restored

  01-04-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Frost Giant Studios has announced that the online functions of its debut RTS game Stormgate will be shutting down for the foreseeable future at the end of this month due to its partner being bought by an AI company.Frost Giant Studios was founded in 2020 by former Blizzard developers Tim Morten and Tim Campbell who were previously leads on expansions for the likes of StarCraft 2 and Warcraft 3 (and my beloved, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, in Campbell's case). So with a pedigree like that, a
  
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• Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream fans dub 70 Mii limit "kinda lame" – and as someone whose 3DS island filled up quickly with babies, I get it

  01-04-2026 17:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has stolen my heart with its recent demo, and judging by other fans' marvelous Mii creations, I'm not alone there – but recent rumors of a potential 70 Mii limit haven't left my mind since I first spotted them.And sadly, it seems they're true. A new public Q&A on the official Nintendo website proves as much, confirming that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will indeed have a 70 Mii limit.
  That's… disappointing, to say the least, especially as the
  
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• Rockstar said GTA 6 marketing wouldn't start until the summer, but the wait for Trailer 3 has been so long that some fans have decided to disagree

  01-04-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  April is here, and with that, we have exactly 232 days to go until GTA 6 finally releases. That also means it's been 1,517 days since Rockstar Games first confirmed that it was in "active development," and that kind of wait has been having exactly the kind of effect you'd expect on fans, many of whom are convinced trailer 3 is coming soon, for real this time.I don't need to tell you that GTA 6 hopium is nothing new, but many fans are becoming increasingly feral over the prospect of a new trailer
  
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• Gabe Newell "stepped back" from making games at Valve after Portal 2 because everyone kept agreeing with him when he wanted "to be part of the team and come up with ideas"

  01-04-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gabe Newell's a true rarity in the game industry, having found massive success both creatively and in business through Valve. But a drawback of such accomplishments is that it's hard for him to find people to honestly collaborate with in developing projects, resulting in his stepping back from actively making games.That's according to Josh Weier, the project lead designer on Portal 2, who told Kiwi Talkz about how Newell realized he was surrounded by yes people. "He always wanted to be part of t
  
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• Invincible fans "can't believe" how gory Mark and Conquest's rematch was in season 4, episode 5: "It's so gross to watch"

  01-04-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite its cartoonish, colorful look, Invincible is very much an animated superhero show for adults – and boy, did it prove why in season 4, episode 5. Warning! This article contains massive spoilers...In the latest installment, titled 'Give Us A Moment', we saw a recently-escaped Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) ambush Mark (Steven Yeun) and co in a Viltrumites cruiser. Naturally, the rematch to end all rematches quickly ensues and, well, things get bloody. Mid-battle, Conquest actually di
  
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• Dbrand wants us to "touch grass" again with these Switch 2 skins, but the joke's on them as I'm a fan

  01-04-2026 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  dbrand is pretty well known for its 'edgy' humour just as much as it is for being behind some of the best Nintendo Switch 2 accessories I tested shortly after the handheld's original launch. This humor gets even edgier once April Fools Day rolls around, and last year dbrand announced it wanted us all to "Touch Grass" with its line of flocked, grassy skins for everything from the newer Ninty handheld to the Steam Deck.Now that the day of fools has rolled around once more, dbrand wants us all to "
  
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• Super Mario Galaxy Movie creators ran every cameo past Miyamoto, saying if it's "not going to work for him, we're not going to do it"

  01-04-2026 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has arrived on our screens, and it features some pretty huge cameos. From the introduction of Fox McCloud to some more niche arrivals, the brains behind the new video game movie have revealed that Mario creator – and the film's producer – Shigeru Miyamoto was their barometer for every one of their choices.Speaking to Rolling Stone, producer Chris Meledandri discussed the arrival of Star Fox in this context, explaining his inclusion came from wanting there
  
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• Glen Powell was cast as Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie after calling Nintendo and Illumination directly: "His dream was to one day be part of a Star Fox movie"

  01-04-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri says Glen Powell was cast as Fox McCloud in TheSuper Mario Galaxy Movie after the actor called up the studio directly."After the first movie was done, there were two phone calls that came from actors expressing incredible conviction and passion about being involved with Nintendo, and one of them was from Glen Powell," Meledandri told Forbes. "He explained that we had to understand how deeply he loved the character of Fox McCloud. His dream was one day to be part
  
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• Maul – Shadow Lord's Inquisitors are "creepier than we've ever seen them," including Ahsoka's mysterious Marrok

  01-04-2026 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Maul – Shadow Lord isn't just bringing Maul back to our screens. The Star Wars show also sees the return of Marrok, the mysterious Inquisitor introduced in Ahsoka.When Marrok first graced our screens, he was a mercenary working for Morgan Elsbeth, and he sparked a frenzy of fan theories. Predictions included the masked figure actually being Ezra Bridger in disguise (this one turned out to be false), Galen Marek's introduction to canon, or Marrok actually being just… Marrok. Shadow L
  
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• Nintendo fans aren't happy that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie "sidelines" Princess Rosalina in favor of Fox McCloud

  01-04-2026 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie features a lot less Princess Rosalina than the title might suggest – and fans aren't super happy about it. Some reviews of the animated sequel pointed out that the mothers of the Lumas doesn't play a big role in the movie, despite the fact that the game hinges on her character, one of several gripes critics had with the film that resulted in a disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score. Indeed, our own three-star The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review criticized "the biz
  
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• Maul – Shadow Lord release schedule: when is episode 1 of the Star Wars show on Disney Plus?

  01-04-2026 15:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Maul – Shadow Lord brings back an iconic Sith lord to our screens with Star Wars animation maestro Dave Filoni at the helm. Set about a year after the Clone Wars, the new series follows Darth Maul as he starts to rebuild his criminal syndicate. Along the way, he finds a new apprentice in Twi'lek Jedi Devon Izara.The new Star Wars TV show will be arriving on Disney Plus very soon as new episodes drop weekly right up until Star Wars Day on May 4. Ahead of its release, we've compiled your ult
  
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• All the Super Mario Galaxy Movie toys available on release day, avoid fakes with official figures

  01-04-2026 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is officially in theatres, and there's a whole roster of toys on the shelves to accompany the sequel. From the hard-to-find Hatchin' Yoshi (hint: it's actually at Walmart right now) to pull back motorcycles, action figures, and Bower's Castle itself Nintendo has gone big with the merch for this one. A lot of these accessories are flying off the shelves right now, though, which means fake listings, inflated prices, and - as always - pallet-loads of unofficial merch. T
  
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• Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era set to finally release into early access later this month, arriving as the latest entry in the beloved 40-year-old RPG franchise

  01-04-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost time – after over 10 years, exciting new strategy gem Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is finally set to release into early access later this month.Publisher Hooded Horse has just unveiled the Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era release date for PC, and it's right around the corner: April 30. Not only will it launch at the tail end of this month, but it'll be available to play via Game Pass day one, too – and no, none of this is an April Fool's joke. With 40 years un
  
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• Xbox Ally handhelds just gained Game Bar display and Auto Super Resolution widgets, but Windows put me through hell fetching the update

  01-04-2026 14:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oh, goodie, the ROG Xbox Ally X just gained a new Game Bar widget that lets you adjust display and future Auto Super Resolution settings on the fly. Hold up, I forgot that Windows 11 likes to troll me any time a new update drops, and rather than letting me check out what should have been an easy-to-access feature in peace, it decided to once again remind me why I try to avoid using the operating system.Upon catching reports by ROG Ally Life that an Xbox Ally Game Bar update that will include Aut
  
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• Where to buy Hatchin' Yoshi, the must-have toy that keeps selling out

  01-04-2026 14:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Menu1. US deals
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  3. FAQThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie has landed with a cosmic amount of merch to go with it, but one toy is shining brighter than all the others - everyone's favorite green dino, complete with an egg to hatch from. So, where can you buy Hatchin' Yoshi? That's the million dollar question. At the time of writing, it's devilishly hard to track down what is fast becoming one of the most popular and best toys of 2026. That's why I'm on the hunt for where to buy Hatchin' Yosh
  
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• This mini elago Game Boy is designed to store your Switch games and not play them, but I fear I'd lose this cute keyring

  01-04-2026 14:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  I love a cute Nintendo-themed gadget.In fact, I'm very fortunate to have my own dedicated room (it's also my home office, so I promise I'm not showing off) full of the best Nintendo Switch 2 accessories and Nintendo-themed goodies I've collected over the years. So you can bet that I'm pretty enamoured by the elago Switch Game Case.This tiny, ickle Game Boy is available for $14.99 at Amazon and lets you store your Switch and Switch 2 games inside. Switch game cases aren't new, but this one includ
  
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• "One stick movement = 10 pushups" - GameSir teases a controller with four back buttons and up to 40kgs of adjustable stick tension for April Fools, but its commitment to the bit is puzzling me

  01-04-2026 14:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  As a gaming hardware journalist, this is always the most dangerous day of the year to check for news in the morning. April 1st always brings us some fun "fake" concepts because of April Fools', but I always think it's interesting to see what various gaming brands think would be funny to throw out at fans for a laugh. GameSir, for example, has chosen to play on some of the features fans have been crying out the loudest for."Introducing GameSir Cyclone 4", said a post on GameSir's social media (We
  
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• Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto is "on a mission" to include Pikmin in every Nintendo product after the critters' surprise appearance in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

  01-04-2026 14:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shigeru Miyamoto has claimed he's on a mission to include Pikmin in everything he can possibly put them into. The name Shigeru Miyamoto carries a lot of weight for Nintendo fans. This is the man known for creating some of the biggest and most iconic games of all time, like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Nintendogs, and Donkey Kong, as well as playing vital roles in the creation of the likes of Pokemon, Metroid Prime, and Kirby. And yet, despite being the father (or uncle, I guess?) of all tho
  
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• Diego Luna thinks Andor and Han Solo would be friends, but that there's one droid Cassian wouldn't get on with

  01-04-2026 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andor star Diego Luna has thoughts on who Cassian might have been friends with if he'd survived past Rogue One. Cassian died helping to send the Death Star plans to the Rebellion during Rogue One, and Luna reprised his role for two seasons of Andor. The second season became the most critically acclaimed live-action Star Wars project ever. "Han Solo. Right?" Luna said at MegaCon 2026 (H/T Popverse), when asked who Cassian might have befriended if he'd lived. "We could be playing on those nights w
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie debuts to a disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score – and fails to beat the original film

  01-04-2026 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has debuted to a disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score – and, so far, it's failed to improve on the score of the first movie.The sequel currently holds a score of 44% (based on 84 reviews) on the review aggregator site. That's a pretty significant drop-off from 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which has a score of 59% (based on 288 reviews). Our own The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review gave the film three stars, with our reviewer writing that it "surpasses the
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Yoshi popcorn bucket is already going for nearly $100 at eBay, but Cinemark just dropped new pre-orders

  01-04-2026 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has hit theatres today, but Cinemark's Yoshi popcorn bucket may well be stealing the show. The adorable snack bowl has quickly become one of the most sought after collectibles since its announcement a couple of weeks ago, dwarfing the rest of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie toys in demand. When Cinemark itself ran out of stock, though, the resellers got to work. I'm seeing listings running all the way up to $90 at eBay, and marketplace sellers at Walmart are hovering at
  
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• Resident Evil director Zach Cregger says he expects fans to "crucify" him if his movie deviates from game lore

  01-04-2026 13:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has offered up another tease as to what to expect from his upcoming adaptation – and admitted he's scared of the fans' reaction to him deviating from the games.In a recent interview with The New York Times, the Weapons helmer doubled down on his take being different to those we've seen before. "I love the idea of being pitted against a world that is hellbent on annihilating you," he went on. "It just feels fun and I haven't seen a movie that offers that
  
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• Capcom finally confirms the theory that Pragmata is a stealth Mega Man game, just don't look at today's date

  01-04-2026 13:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom is celebrating April Fool's Day by jokingly confirming a longstanding fan theory that its upcoming sci-fi shooter Pragmata is secretly a new Mega Man.Later this month, Capcom's upcoming sci-fi shooter Pragmata will finally release, around six years after first being announced, and mark the launch of a brand new IP by the company. Except, about a year ago, the fanbase decided that, no, Pragmata isn't a new IP at all, and will secretly mark the return of Mega Man. This was mainly due to the
  
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• Dave Filoni explains why Darth Sidious only appears in a handful of The Clone Wars episodes, and we might have his cloak to blame

  01-04-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: The Clone Wars remains one of a galaxy far, far away's leading lights – an animated epic that delves into the intimate stories surrounding the rise of the Empire and the fall of the Republic.But that attempt to zero in on iconic heroes and villains mostly doesn't extend to Darth Sidious, the moonlighting Chancellor Palpatine who would soon become Emperor.In advance of one-time ally Darth Maul's return in Maul – Shadow Lord, new Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni breaks down w
  
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• Turns out you can make a PS1 mini that's better than the original out of two consoles

  01-04-2026 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've got more PlayStation 1 consoles in my retro console collection than I'd like to admit. That includes everything from the SCPH-1001 "Audiophile" original to the PSone and Sony's PS1 Mini that nobody liked, and they all actually have specific strengths. So, I wasn't too shocked to see modder Secret Hobbyist share a custom "hybrid" version that fuses various models together to create a tiny PS1 that's better than the original, but I am ridiculously impressed.In a video titled "Introducing Worl
  
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• After Scream 7 broke franchise records, Scream 8 is officially in the works, with Suits writing duo penning the script

  01-04-2026 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ghostface's killing spree is far from over, as Scream 8 is officially happening, and the slasher sequel has already found its writers. Following the success of the seventh film, Spyglass is developing Scream 8 with writing duo Lilla and Nora Zuckerman on board to pen the script, as reported by Deadline. The Zuckerman sisters are best known for working as writers and co-executive producers on many popular series, including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Suits, Fringe, Prodigal Son, and, most recently, s
  
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• Arc Raiders players are getting literally vaporized by Flashpoint's new Arc, but one daredevil has already figured out the best way to kill them: "I think I just peaked"

  01-04-2026 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new robotic enemy floating around in Arc Raiders, thanks to the Flashpoint update, and players are getting literally vaporized. The Vaporizer, a low-hanging drone, is punishing almost anyone who steps up - but methods of attack are starting to emerge.Vaporizers tend to stalk the map in pairs, though one is still plenty dangerous. Since the mechanical menace's arrival, people have been getting melted in the hopes of trying to figure out how to kill it."I got vaporized! The new Arc oblit
  
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• Avatar star says the sci-fi franchise is "unlike Marvel movies" because there are no "outside pressures": "We can take more risks"

  01-04-2026 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar star Sam Worthington says the key difference between his sci-fi franchise and Marvel movies is that James Cameron's Na'vi epics aren't bound by outside pressures, which enables more risk-taking."We’re unlike Marvel movies, in the sense of… it feels like an independent movie when we make it," Worthington, who plays human-turned-Na'vi Jake Sully, said in a new interview with The Independent. "We don’t have outside pressures, or expectations from the press, or the studio,
  
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• Resident Evil director's new AAA studio is "joining forces" with Stellar Blade developer Shift Up "to create a masterpiece of a game" – and no, this isn't an April Fool's joke

  01-04-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nearly a month after announcing that it would be expanding its "self-publishing capabilities" and is "preparing for a new leap forward in the global market," Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has revealed it's "joining forces" with Unbound – and no, it's not an April Fool's prank.For anyone out of the loop, Unbound was founded by Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami in 2022, with a new action RPG reportedly in the works from the young studio. Now, Mikami is teaming up with Stellar Blade develo
  
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