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• Bethesda was so indie when the Elder Scrolls launched that the devs packaged and shipped the RPG themselves: "We were in the loading dock and we learned how to assemble boxes, inserts and use the heat gun"

  09-04-2026 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today, Bethesda is one of the biggest game studios in the world, responsible for some of the most notable franchises in the industry, but things were much different back in the '90s. Then, Bethesda was a much smaller studio not far off from today's indie outfits, but unlike modern indie devs, they didn't have the benefit of digital distribution. No, the folks who made The Elder Scrolls: Arena had to go straight from making the game to packaging and shipping the thing themselves."We had a great t
  
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• New Mortal Kombat 2 trailer goes full side-scroller with actual levels from the game and confirms Sub-Zero's transformation into Noob Saibot

  09-04-2026 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Mortal Kombat 2 trailer has arrived to mark tickets for the video game adaptation movie officially going on sale. It's chock-full of just about everything a Mortal Kombat fan could want, from side-scrolling levels taken straight from the game, to ninja fights, fatalities, and even a cameo from MK co-creator Ed Boon as a bartender.Check it out:As you undoubtedly noticed, Sub-Zero, who died in 2021's Mortal Kombat, has returned as the shadow warrior Noob Saibot, a plot point taken straight f
  
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• The First Berserker Khazan dev restructure "not related to workforce reduction or team dissolution," Nexon says: "We're proud of the game's creative direction and the positive response"

  09-04-2026 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Commenting on reports of The First Berserker: Khazan developer Neople being broken up and reassigned over weak sales, parent company Nexon says the move was "not related to workforce reduction or team dissolution" but rather a "planned reallocation" of staff. On April 8, Korean outlet Yonhap News reported that the Neople team behind The First Berserker: Khazan had been reassigned as a consequence of the game's poor sales, just days after Nexon CEO Junghun Lee praised the game in a company financ
  
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• Buckshot Roulette dev's next unhinged multiplayer game is Mario Party, but instead of getting thwomped you get shot in the face

  09-04-2026 22:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mike Klubnika, creator of the 2023 multiplayer mega-hit Buckshot Roulette, is establishing himself as a (mostly) solo developer with a very specific niche focus: party games with lethally high stakes. His next game is called Machine Party, and the premise in the simplest terms is horror Mario Party.Per the official Steam description: "Machine Party is a collection of violent party games where failure is lethal. Gather your friends and endure high stakes situations to prove your life is worth mor
  
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• Pokemon-like MMO Temtem channels Palworld with new open-world survival crafting game Temtem: Pioneers

  09-04-2026 22:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Satisfied with 6 years of being a standout Pokemon-like, MMO Temtem will soon give being Palworld-like a try with upcoming survival game Temtem: Pioneers.Developer Crema revealed the project at the Triple-i Showcase on April 9. Its world premiere trailer shows off the lush Downbelow region, where new Temtem, like the dairy cow with a flower in its fuzz Bellora, or the big-eared bat lumpy with crystals Dracub, expect you to smooth out their resplendent landscape."Forget everything you know about
  
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• Metal Gear Solid movie finally makes progress after 12 years with Final Destination: Bloodlines directors signed on

  09-04-2026 21:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures, and it's looking like their first order of business will be to breathe some life into the studio's long gestating Metal Gear Solid movie.The announcement (via THR) indicates that the Metal Gear Solid film is finally making solid progress 12 years after the movie was announced back in 2014. The last major update on the film came in 2024 when producer Avi Arad, one of the origi
  
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• After spending $60,000 on an "unheard of" first-party Nintendo prototype, anonymous collector pulls the ultimate good guy move and releases the ROM for preservationists to study for free

  09-04-2026 21:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Every time a rare piece of video game history goes up for sale, the preservation community holds its collective breath. Will that item be made available for historians to study, or will it rot in a collector's horde forever? That was the fear when an extremely unique prototype of Nintendo classic Punch-Out was auctioned off for more than $60,000 earlier this year. Luckily, the anonymous collector who paid out for the likely one-of-a-kind cartridge has made the good guy move."An early NES prototy
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 features an accent goof from Charlie Cox that you can't unhear

  09-04-2026 21:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 3 features a tiny accent flub from Charlie Cox... and fans are going a bit wild for it.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Matt Murdock sits up in bed, looks at Karen, and asks, "What are you doing?" Cox says this in his natural British accent, and it's blatant enough to make you rewind."I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who heard that I was going insane," one fan wrote."Bro was too relaxed to remember he’s supposed to be American," said ano
  
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• One Piece fans, you need to see this new Lego set

  09-04-2026 20:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lego One Piece is finally back, and new sets based on season 2 of the Netflix show are up for pre-order now - but one has shot ahead of the rest for me.Although they're trailing a little way behind the show's second season debut in March, these new Lego One Piece sets are the first we've had since the initial drop of kits way back at the beginning of last summer. That includes major moments from the latest episodes (including the Giants of Little Garden), and they'll be joining the best Lego set
  
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• New Don't Starve game announced: Klei Entertainment brings its survival crafting juggernaut back with magic and a jump button in Don't Starve Elsewhere

  09-04-2026 20:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Klei Entertainment has announced Don't Starve Elsewhere, the next game in its (now) co-op survival series, and there's one key addition to the dark, whimsical, but ultimately uncompromising survival template established by the first two games: a jump button.Don't Starve is one of the most beloved indie survival games ever made, and Don't Starve Together brilliantly and seamlessly implemented co-op gameplay, but for a game whose reputation is defined by how incredibly challenging (but fair) it is
  
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• Marvel TV head says the original version of Daredevil: Born Again played "too fast and loose" with Netflix continuity before it was retooled

  09-04-2026 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Head of Marvel TV Brad Winderbaum says that the original concept for Daredevil: Born Again didn't hew very closely to the continuity of the three seasons of the previous Netflix show. However, they were able to step back and realize the importance of the Netflix show and refocus Born Again to be more in line with what came before."When the project of Born Again was originally conceived, it was playing a little too fast and loose with continuity. I was kinda like, are we sneaking by? Are we gonna
  
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• Rust 2, alleged free-to-play sequel to one of the biggest survival games of all time, appears in odd Steam teaser suspected to be from developer Facepunch: "You saw nothing"

  09-04-2026 19:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Steam listing making the rounds online suggests Rust 2 is a real and free-to-play sequel to Rust, but the whole thing reeks of a Reddit troll campaign that could easily be a big ol' farce."RUST 2 IS REAL?!" reads an excited post from Reddit user Freeqncy, who, as rightfully paranoid Rust fans spotted, made their Reddit account today. The post includes a screenshot for the unlisted Steam page for Rust 2, which you can view for yourself here. The only meaningful detail on the incomplete page is
  
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• The Punisher: One Last Kill trailer is a bloody first look at the MCU's most murderous project yet

  09-04-2026 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for The Punisher: One Last Kill has arrived... and it looks like a bloody good time.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Frank Castle is going through it. He appears to relive some past trauma, get set on fire, and we montage through what appears to be a violent (and most likely revenge-focused) rampage.Reinaldo Marcus Green directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Bernthal.While we still don't know too much about the upcoming special, the logline is as follows: "Fra
  
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• Open-world pirate survival game with over 1.5 million Steam wishlists, Windrose, finally has a release date, and it's sailing into early access next week

  09-04-2026 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The high seas will be getting sailed quite soon indeed, as pirate-themed survival Windrose finally has a release date. The announcement arrived as part of the Triple-i conference, and the full project will be playable mere days from now.Windrose will enter early access on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Stove on April 14 - yes, that's less than a week from the time of writing. There'll be three biomes within the co-op adventure to start, offering plenty of quests to complete and enemies to defe
  
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• New A24 horror Backrooms unveils creepy commercial, and you can ring the number for levelled-up scares

  09-04-2026 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A24 has unveiled a creepy new teaser for upcoming horror movie Backrooms, and it'll make you never want to watch TV again. Well, to be fair, the ad itself isn't all that scary; as it sees Chiwetel Ejiofor's character Clark dress up as a pirate to promote a store called Cap'n Clark's Ottoman Empire. What's eerie, though, is that if you ring '(408)-357-2875', the phone number featured in the spot, you'll find yourself listening to a bunch of static noises and a weird voice telling you that the rec
  
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• Gearbox provided "creative guidance" on the new Borderlands game, which isn't actually Borderlands Mobile but is out now in a "limited-time test"

  09-04-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: A statement sent to GamesRadar+ by the Zynga communications team sheds some light on the nature of this apparent Borderlands Mobile shadow drop. The short version is that Gearbox was lightly involved in its development, this isn't a full release, and it's actually not even called Borderlands Mobile. Here's the company's statement in full:"We are always exploring ways to introduce Borderlands to new audiences. Zynga’s NaturalMotion studio is currently conducting a limited-time test
  
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• A new Borderlands game just launched out of nowhere, seemingly without Gearbox involved: Borderlands Mobile is set around Borderlands 3 and has raid bosses and faction wars

  09-04-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Borderlands game aptly titled Borderlands Mobile surprise-launched on iOS today, bringing what looks like a reimagined Borderlands 3 to phones. The App Store listing says Borderlands Mobile is the work of Zynga, the mobile game titan that Take-Two Interactive, parent company of series creator Gearbox, absorbed years ago. Gearbox's role in the game is unclear; the studio hasn't said anything about the game online, but really, neither has anyone else. It seems probable Gearbox contributed in
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.5 teasers have fans hoping the MMO's next big expansion will "resolve" a fan-favorite plotline Square Enix hasn't touched in nearly 3 years

  09-04-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new special website for Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.5, also known as Trail to the Heavens, has gone live – and all of the exciting content teasers for the Dawntrail update have fans hoping that 8.0, the MMO's next expansion, sees a return to the familiar.If you haven't seen it yet, the official patch 7.5 site is up, and boy, is it packing. From a bit of a deeper dive into the hotly anticipated Beastmaster job (rise up, my fellow D&D druid and Pokemon stans) to sneak peeks at new dungeon
  
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• Xbox co-creator says "it's just not true" gaming is on the decline despite layoff apocalypse

  09-04-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  It might be hard convincing thousands of laid-off developers, industry leaders who had their studios suddenly shut down, and the dedicated staff behind abandoned projects that the video game industry is a flourishing rainforest. But Ed Fries, who led the original Xbox team and Microsoft's gaming division as vice president until 2004, is going to try.Speaking to The Expansion Pass podcast channel host Luke Lohr in an April 8 interview, Fries dismisses the idea that gaming is falling apart due to
  
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• Some of the best writers making games today decided to form a publisher "an hour" after a call: Slay the Princess and 1000xResist devs team up for new sci-fi adventure

  09-04-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Slay the Princess developer Black Tabby Games has announced the formation of Black Tabby Publishing. Alongside the developer's own upcoming games, the new outfit has signed two games so far, with the first being Prove You're Human. This sci-fi narrative adventure is the next project from Sunset Visitor, developer of the much-celebrated 1000xResist, which I called "one of gaming's best-written and best-paced narratives"."Slay the Princess made a lot of money. It's funded our next two projects alr
  
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• I need every 8Bitdo N64 controller owner to know there's now classic colorful buttons for under $4

  09-04-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Heads up, 8Bitdo just dropped colorful replacement buttons for its N64 controller. Better still, they'll only set you back $4, so unless you care about the shell also being grey like Ninty's OG gamepad, you can now mod your existing Bluetooth pad yourself and dress it up like it's 1996. 8Bitdo's N64 controllerBluetooth |$39.99 at Amazon
  2.4Ghz Grey | $39.99 at Amazon
  Button set | $3.99 at 8BitdoHaving already tried and failed to upgrade the black 8Bitdo N64 controller with buttons from an origin
  
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• Decades ago, Gabe Newell revealed that Super Mario 64 influenced Half-Life, and it seems future Steam god GabeN was a lot better at Nintendo's platformer than Valve's FPS classic

  09-04-2026 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Once upon a time, Gabe Newell was just a former Microsoft employee who had founded a small game studio and was helping build a new sci-fi FPS. That game, Half-Life, would soon become an industry-shaking success story and launch the true legacy of Steam god GabeN, but it didn't pop up out of nowhere. No, Half-Life had a notable list of influences that Newell revealed back in 1998, including the one and only Super Mario 64."The three games that had the biggest impact on Half-Life were Ultima Under
  
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• This survival RPG with Stardew Valley-like visuals, published by Minecraft and Valheim veterans, was a Steam Next Fest hit, and it's finally releasing next month

  09-04-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Romestead – a survival RPG townbuilder set in a fallen Rome – is releasing into early access next month.During the Triple-i showcase, it was announced that Romestead will launch into Steam Early Access on May 26. The title from developer Beartwigs and published by Three Friends (a publisher formed by Minecraft and Valheim developers) was one of the biggest Steam Next Fest games during the February 2026 event, with over 250K wishlists and a number 10 most–played spot. The game t
  
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• Star Wars fans are so blown away by the animation in Maul – Shadow Lord, they think the franchise should ditch live-action altogether: "Damn near photo realistic"

  09-04-2026 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Disney Plus continues to roll out new episodes of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, fans of the franchise can't stop gushing about how far Lucasfilm Animation's style has come over the last 20 years. Following the small-screen spin-off's double-bill premiere, a viewer shared a comparison shot of Ahsoka Tano in an early season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Shadow Lord's Devon Izara on Reddit – and commended the studio's artists for doing such an "incredible job" on the latest tale'
  
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• World of Warcraft's current storyline is "like a Saturday morning cartoon," former Blizzard quest designer says: "Where are the stakes?"

  09-04-2026 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Worldsoul Saga in World of Warcraft just had its second act in Midnight. One person who definitely isn't a fan is Eric Covington, a former associate quest designer on Blizzard's mammoth MMO.In an impassioned tweet, he tore down the conclusion of Midnight, snidely comparing the whole thing to an animated show for kids. "Is this what happens without certain voices on the team constantly fighting for plot and pacing?" he starts."Where are the stakes?" he adds. "Sunwell and elven unity wrapped u
  
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• GTA 6 delays would only make it "cooler," GTA 5 Lester actor says, but he still wouldn't give Rockstar $100 for the game

  09-04-2026 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is slowly crawling to its release date of November 2026 after two gruelling delays, but a GTA 5 actor reckons the long-awaited sequel could be pushed back even further and it wouldn't really matter. In fact, the game's just going to get better the longer Rockstar Games cooks.That's according to Jay Klaitz, the actor who voiced GTA 5's main heist planner and information scout Lester Crest, also frequently appearing in several GTA Online storylines.Speaking to El Dorado about the upcoming se
  
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• Ex-Nintendo marketing lead believes Illumination used Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as an "IP landgrab" after letting Zelda slip through its fingers

  09-04-2026 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Nintendo of America marketing lead has a "cynical theory" about why Fox McCloud appears in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.Kit Ellis, Nintendo of America's former director of social media marketing and original content, appeared on a Mario movie sequel spoilercast with Krysta Yang, Nintendo of America's former senior manager of creator relations and original content.In an excerpt, which you can see below, Ellis reckons that Illumination may have pitched the idea of the Star Fox hero showin
  
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• Before you download the free Hello Yoshi app for your kids, please grab a Switch 2 screen protector

  09-04-2026 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Hello, Yoshi app is available to download for free from the Nintendo Switch eShop. The adorable game lets your kids (or you, I'm not judging) play around with Yoshi's face a la' Super Mario 64 style, manipulating his cute, green dinosaur features and springing them around the screen.It's sickeningly cute. But before you go ahead and download it to your Nintendo Switch 2, I beg that you grab one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 accessories first, that being a handy dandy screen protector. The ap
  
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• "SteamGPT" mentions in Valve's code flagged by online sleuth, sparking fears of an AI Steam chatbot that will screw up your support requests and hallucinate anti-cheat

  09-04-2026 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve sleuth GabeFollower spotted and shared strings of mined Steam backend code that repeatedly mention "SteamGPT," and the very idea of a Steam riff on ChatGPT has been enough to ignite fears of AI's worst tendencies infecting the biggest store and platform in PC gaming. With no word from Valve, it does feel like this idea has quickly been exaggerated by an AI-wary internet. SteamGPT appears in several lines of code shared by GabeFollower (who, it's worth pointing out, is not known for simply
  
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• "Fantasy-style GTA" open-world game reportedly canceled after 2 years of work at Nexon

  09-04-2026 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nexon, the South Korean-Japanese video game developer and publishing studio behind titles like The First Descendant, has reportedly halted its work on a GTA-style open-world fantasy game codenamed Project EL.The news (as machine-translated via DeepL and Google) comes from the Korean media outlet MTN, emerging mere months after Patrick Söderlund, CEO of Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios, was appointed as Nexon's executive chairman.
  According to the report, Nexon has decided to stop develo
  
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• PUBG boss was "sad" to see Concord and Highguard get shut down, but hopes to learn from their mistakes

  09-04-2026 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  If there's one thing to take away from the last few years in the games industry, it's that making multiplayer games is really difficult, and PUBG's IP franchise director, Taeseok Jang, says that he feels sad when other multiplayer games don't succeed.Speaking to GamesRadar+ during an exclusive Krafton press tour, the PUBG boss says he has friends that worked on Concord and Highguard. Concord launched in August 2024 and lasted just two weeks before Sony pulled the plug, while Highguard managed to
  
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• I'm not sure anyone needs a 5K OLED ultrawide gaming monitor right now, but LG has you covered

  09-04-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  LG just unleashed two best gaming monitor contenders, and one of them is a "world's first" 39-inch 5K curved ultrawide OLED monster. You don't have to be a display nerd to acknowledge that the new UltraGear screen is a beauty, but the PC scene at large perhaps isn't screaming out for a $1,800 panel. The 39-inch LG UltraGear Evo GX9 OLED, to give the monitor its full illustrious title, is specifically available for $1,799.99 direct from the electronics giant. No, the price tag isn't surprisingly
  
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• I'm not sure anyone needs a 5K OLED gaming monitor right now, but LG has you covered

  09-04-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  LG just unleashed two best gaming monitor contenders, and one of them is a "world's first" 39-inch 5K curved ultrawide OLED monster. You don't have to be a display nerd to acknowledge that the new UltraGear screen is a beauty, but the PC scene at large perhaps isn't screaming out for a $1,800 panel. The 39-inch LG UltraGear Evo GX9 OLED, to give the monitor its full illustrious title, is specifically available for $1,799.99 direct from the electronics giant. No, the price tag isn't surprisingly
  
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• 6 years after it was announced, Marvel fans are convinced this forgotten project won't ever be released

  09-04-2026 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  There have been plenty of Marvel shows and movies that have been announced before quietly disappearing over the years. Now, fans of the MCU think the same may be happening to Armor Wars, the Don Cheadle-led project that was due to focus around Rhodey dealing with the fallout of Stark tech ending up in the wrong hands.First announced back in December 2020 as a Disney Plus series, Marvel Studios confirmed it would be based on the comic book storyline of the same name. Cheadle was due to return for
  
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• Alien: Earth creator set to remake cult hit Argentinian supernatural horror movie about violent, supernatural occurrences that plague a small neighborhood

  09-04-2026 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Alien: Earth and Fargo creator Noah Hawley is set to direct an English-language remake of the 2017 supernatural horror film Terrified.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Hawley is developing the pic with Demián Rugna, the writer-director of the original Spanish-language film. Terrified (Aterrados) follows a multi-linear narrative that concerns residents, paranormal researchers, and police in a small town that is suddenly plagued with violent, supernatural occurrences. The original film is pretty
  
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• Rhythm Heaven Groove, my most anticipated game of the year, is finally launching in July, over a decade since I spent countless hours in Nintendo's last incredible instalment

  09-04-2026 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has confirmed after over a year of silence that Rhythm Heaven Groove will finally be released on July 2, 2026.Back at the March 2025 Nintendo Direct – which aired a week before the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal Direct – Nintendo finally announced that two long-suffering fandoms would finally be getting sequels. First was Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, which since then has had an appearance in the September Nintendo Direct, its own dedicated Direct, a demo, and a release da
  
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• This game has been free on Steam for over a year, but the devs say they have to charge $4 now because "keeping the servers active indefinitely requires covering costs"

  09-04-2026 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Maintaining a live-service game is costly, and it's especially tricky for developers on the independent side. Hence, the devs behind free multiplayer platformer eWorlds have decided they need to add a price tag to keep the release operational.Since fully coming out in October 2024, eWorlds has been the low, low cost of free. Sadly, such a model isn't keeping the lights on as easily, and developer GGTech Studios is now transitioning to making it a premium product, where copies will cost $3.99. "S
  
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• Star Wars fans can't get enough of Maul – Shadow Lord's "delightfully evil" droid

  09-04-2026 16:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Only two episodes of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord have aired so far, but the show has already introduced a new fan-favorite character: Spybot.Maul's loyal droid companion has been quick to worm his way into the hearts of viewers. "Only two episodes of Maul and I already love this cute little psychopath so much," one fan wrote on Reddit."He's delightfully evil! Also, that scene when he flew over to Maul for some scritches, too much!" said another."I think my favorite thing about the design
  
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• Incredibles director's sci-fi spin on classic detective movies gets a first look, as Marvel stars Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell join the cast

  09-04-2026 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has released the first look at new animated sci-fi Ray Gunn, as well as confirming its A-list voice cast. Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson will be voicing the lead characters in the upcoming film from Academy Award-winner Brad Bird. Described by The Incredibles and Ratatouille director Bird as being 30 years in the making, Ray Gunn tells the story of private eye Raymond Gunn (Rockwell) in a sci-fi city called Metropia. Playing into its retro-futuristic setting, it follows Gunn as he's
  
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• Portal 2 devs went through "nasty crunch" to get Valve's all-time classic out the door, partly because they kept "adding stuff" despite deadlines: "My wife was getting really tired"

  09-04-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Portal 2 is pretty handily an all-time classic and among the best co-op games, puzzle games, comedy games, or simply just one of the best games ever made. But that doesn't mean Valve had a smooth journey in getting the brain-bursting sequel to that point. As we've just been reminded, Portal 2 developers apparently went through some "nasty crunch" in the days leading up to the game's launch.That reminder comes from a recently resurfaced interview between Kiwi Talkz and the game's lead designer, J
  
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• Evercade Nexus pre-orders are live, but I'm sad to say the fancy N64 edition is long gone

  09-04-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Look, I'm not exactly surprised that Evercade Nexus pre-orders for the N64 edition were instantly snapped up. Not only is the upcoming best retro handheld contender limited to just 2,000 units, but the colorful '90s console-inspired buttons mean it's the first option most fans of Ninty's classic hardware are going to go for. The good news is that the ordinary black version with the Banjo-Kazooie collection is still available, and GameStop is even throwing in a slip case for good measure.Ahead of
  
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• Steven Spielberg developed Interstellar for a year, but says the sci-fi classic was a "much better movie" in Christopher Nolan's hands

  09-04-2026 15:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Long before it became a modern sci-fi classic, Interstellar was once in the hands of Steven Spielberg.While little was previously known about the legendary director's take on Interstellar (other than the fact Jonathan Nolan had started penning a script, based on a treatment from author and astrophysicist Kip S. Thorne), Spielberg has decided to open up on the project that never was, his initial research, and Christopher Nolan taking over the project in a new interview with Empire."I was involved
  
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• Elden Ring's Switch 2 port still has no release date, but Amazon pre-orders are live, and oh no, that's an $80 game-key card

  09-04-2026 15:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Amazon listing has been spotted for the delayed Elden Ring Nintendo Switch 2 port, and we're looking at an $80 Game-Key CardAs spotted by Wario64, the Amazon listing for Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Nintendo Switch 2 is live on the site, and while the delayed FromSoftware hit doesn't have an official release date yet (instead, it currently lists a December 31, 2026 placeholder), Amazon has released a price for it. The Tarnished Edition for Switch 2 will seemingly be $79.99 in the US, and
  
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• Elden Ring's Switch 2 port still has no release date, but Amazon pre-orders are live, and oh no, that's a $80 game-key card

  09-04-2026 15:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Amazon listing has been spotted for the delayed Elden Ring Nintendo Switch 2 port, and we're looking at an $80 Game-Key CardAs spotted by Wario64, the Amazon listing for Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition on Nintendo Switch 2 is live on the site, and while the delayed FromSoftware hit doesn't have an official release date yet (instead, it currently lists a December 31, 2026 placeholder), Amazon has released a price for it. The Tarnished Edition for Switch 2 will seemingly be $79.99 in the US, and
  
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• Microsoft forgot to include batteries with its Xbox controllers for over four months

  09-04-2026 15:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Have you bought an Xbox Series X controller in the last four months? You could be owed thousands... of hours of gameplay. Microsoft yesterday took to Twitter to announce a mistake with its shipping of Xbox controllers - it seems that "a limited number" of gamepads have been sent out without their accompanying Duracell batteries since December last year. As originally spotted by Pure Xbox, the brand is offering free rechargeable battery packs to those affected - just head to the dedicated support
  
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• Brendan Fraser and Radio Silence have already started to promote the new Mummy sequel in the best way

  09-04-2026 14:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since the upcoming Mummy sequel was announced earlier this year, Brendan Fraser and the Radio Silence team have kicked off the franchise reboot in the most wholesome way – by riding The Mummy rollercoaster at Universal Studios Hollywood.Universal Studios posted a picture of the outing on Instagram, showing Fraser and directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett on the rollercoaster, captioned, "Getting back into character! Brendan Fraser had a blast braving Revenge of the Mummy: The R
  
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• Almost 2 years later, No Man's Sky boss finally responds to fan asking for Pokemon-style update: "We did it"

  09-04-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been nearly 10 years now since Hello Games first launched No Man's Sky into the wild – and although it suffered a shaky release, the studio is always hard at work with patches like the new Xeno Arena update to help improve the now-beloved space gem.Seriously, it's basically become a meme now that Hello Games will never be finished with its work on No Man's Sky, as every year seems to boast a plethora of new updates – but Xeno Arena itself, a patch that packs Palworld and Pokemon
  
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• Wednesday star Jenna Ortega says she nearly quit acting before landing her breakout role in Netflix thriller You

  09-04-2026 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jenna Ortega might now be one of the biggest stars of the big and small screen, but she almost walked away from acting entirely. "I didn't know what else I was going to do," Ortega said on the Big Bro with Kid Cudi podcast. "I've never really considered anything else – more-so recently, just out of sake of curiosity and wanting another life experience. But, when I was a teenager, I'd gotten off a children's show, and I didn't know what I was going to do. I had to prove myself and meet all
  
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• As Just Cause lead's new action game stumbles to mixed reviews, director promise fixes for "unacceptable" bugs and performance woes: "Samson is here to stay"

  09-04-2026 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avalanche Studios co-founder and Just Cause co-creator Christofer Sundberg is back with Samson, the open-world-ish crime fest from his new studio that's borrowing from the ingredients that make up GTA. But Sundberg's latest is suffering from a less than ideal launch, so the studio boss is promising quick fixes for the son of Sam's "unacceptable" problems.Samson is a pretty creatively structured as far as crime-ridden action-adventure games go. It plops the titular character into open-world city
  
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• Palworld and No Man's Sky crossover seems more likely than ever as Pocketpair lead shoots his shot for a "fun collab idea" moments before Hello Games' Pokemon-style update is unveiled

  09-04-2026 13:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld company Pocketpair has thrown its hat in for a potential collaboration with No Man's Sky. It's unknown if anything will become of the attempt, but it's clear one side is ready to talk, and the latest update to Hello Games' survival hit would certainly make it appropriate.Over the last few days, Hello Games boss Sean Murray's been posting stadium symbols in various amounts on Twitter. There was no context at first, but we now know he was teasing a Pokemon-style update for No Man's Sky. S
  
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