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• Xbox will "reevaluate" its approach to exclusive games and AI, new CEO and CCO say "our new north star will be daily active players"

  23-04-2026 23:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  As part of Xbox's big shakeup that began with the departure of longtime CEO Phil Spencer and president Sarah Bond in February, new CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty say the gaming brand will reevaluate its approach to exclusive games, AI, and windowed releases.Today, Sharma and Booty published a joint message shared to all employees on Xbox Wire, laying out the company's plans in broad strokes. It's all very vague and open to some degree of interpretation, but it does a good job providing the g
  
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• Quake 2 dev felt "breathless" when he saw how Valve was using id Software's engine, and it led to one of my favorite games of the '00s: "26 years later and I can still say 'Wow'"

  23-04-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer American McGee had to learn he was destined for goth greatness at some point, so why not during Quake 2's development? Somewhere around 30 years ago, he found out he was interested in telling stories through video games in a way his co-workers at id Software didn't care for, and it eventually led him to create my favorite, graveyard smash Alice games. In response to a clip from his 2000 game American McGee's Alice on Twitter, the former Doom developer remembers the moment he discovered
  
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• Cashing in 10 years of irony, Ubisoft taps Skull & Bones studio to lead Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced development

  23-04-2026 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The long-expected reveal of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, a "ground up" remake bringing the pirate adventure up to modern standards in July, brought a surprising and bittersweet reveal with it: Ubisoft Singapore is leading development.You may remember this particular studio – as PC Gamer spotted, one of many working on Resynced – for the long, long development of Skull and Bones, a different Ubisoft pirate game. Pertinently, Ubisoft Singapore was also among the fleet of orig
  
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• Garry's Mod follow-up S&box will launch on Steam with "sustainable" payout for people using it to make games, as devs say with a wink: "We don't have to fire 1000 people to keep it working"

  23-04-2026 22:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The long-awaited Garry's Mod follow-up, S&box, is finally launching on Steam next week, and developer Facepunch Studios is already making some big promises about the game's future. The devs previously announced that they'd partnered with Valve to allow games made in S&box to be sold royalty-free on Steam, and they're taking some well-earned potshots at other platforms driven by user-generated content ahead of launch."We're not guided by commercial milestones, we're not going to do an IPO
  
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• Microsoft goes back to Xbox and ditches Microsoft Gaming as new leaders admit "players are frustrated" with the console and pricing: "We have to be honest about where we are"

  23-04-2026 21:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft Gaming is changing its name back to Xbox as new leadership admits its losing players to languishing console features, rising prices, and a minimal presence on PC.Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty explain in a joint Xbox Wire post also "sent to Team Xbox employees globally," informing them "We Are Xbox." Literally – they are Xbox again, since "'Microsoft Gaming' describes our structure but it does not describe our ambition," Sharma and Booty write. "So, we are going back to
  
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• A new Studio Ghibli short is releasing in July, but there's a major catch if you want to see it

  23-04-2026 21:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Studio Ghibli is releasing a new short film in July, but it'll only be available at Ghibli Park in Japan.Per the official Studio Ghibli website, Night in the Valley of Witches (Majyo no Tani no Yoru) will start screening on July 8 exclusively at the Orion Theater in the Ghibli Park's Grand Warehouse. The film is set in the Valley of Witches area at the theme park and is the first Studio Ghibli animated film created specifically for Ghibli Park.Directed by Goro Miyazaki (Tales from Earthsea, From
  
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• Bloodborne movie producer Jacksepticeye wants to "celebrate a win" for the beloved action RPG after Demon's Souls remake studio Bluepoint shutdown killed hopes for a remaster

  23-04-2026 21:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been rough going these last few years for Bloodborne fans, with hopes for a remake or remaster repeatedly dashed and, with the recent closure of Demon's Souls remake studio Bluepoint Games, buried six feet underground. That said, the recently revealed Bloodborne animated movie is a moment to "celebrate a win," in the words of YouTuber Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin, who's producing the flick.The sting of Bluepoint's closure was made all the more bitter when a report surfaced in Febr
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more (April 24-April 26)

  23-04-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The weekend is almost here, which means a whole bunch of new streaming releases are landing. From original movies making their debut to returning familiar franchises, this week's crop is full of exciting new movies and shows to enjoy. To help you navigate what's fresh, we've created this handy guide breaking down what you can stream on each of the major platforms.Making their way onto our shortlist this week is a new Stranger Things animated show, as well as HBO Max's exciting new drama Half Man
  
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• "Those folks came to Bethesda and said, 'We're gonna have a fun lawsuit'": Fallout New Vegas devs "got in trouble" after forgetting about trademarks for some material, says Obsidian veteran

  23-04-2026 19:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment ran into a spot of legal trouble over some real-world material folded into the parody-heavy RPG, according to studio and RPG veteran Chris Avellone.Speaking with YouTuber TKs-Mantis, Avellone recalls butting heads with Bethesda over trademarked material which Obsidian evidently didn't fully account for at the time. This particular discussion begins with a mention of Wild Wasteland, a trait that introduces a range of content and encounters that
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star fan-casts himself as Aragorn in rumored Lord of the Rings game, would "nudge it away" from being anything like RPG hero Henry

  23-04-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're any kind of actor, getting the call for something related to The Lord of the Rings is likely up there as far as a dream opportunity. As rumors circulate about Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios delving into Middle-earth, the man behind that RPG's protagonist is making it known he'd happily step into the land of Hobbits and Elves.Speaking to Radio Times Gaming at this year's BAFTA Games Awards, Tom McKay, the voice of Henry in the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games, discu
  
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• Hope you saved room after Slay the Spire 2, because the Vampire Survivors deckbuilder is already Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam after 4,000reviews

  23-04-2026 18:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Poncle's new Vampire Survivors deckbuilding spin-off, Vampire Crawlers, is already tearing it up on Steam, and it looks like yet another banger 2026 roguelike to add to the pile.Since releasing two days ago on Steam, Vampire Crawlers (or its Christian name "Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors") has received over 4,000 reviews on its Steam store page, with 98% of them being positive, thus netting the game an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating. And frankly, it seems like perf
  
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• Fans make their own Crimson Desert patch notes after Pearl Abyss forgets to mention improvements to teleporting, enemy drops, focus recharge, and a lot more

  23-04-2026 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest big Crimson Desert patch is upon us, and though Pearl Abyss has already been calling it the "largest update yet," it seems the massive patch notes haven't even done it justice as fans take note of several additional quality-of-life tweaks the devs haven't officially called out. Unfortunately, there are also a fair few unintended bugs that the community is tracking.But first, the good news. According to the community change tracker, you've now got "faster and smoother" interactions wit
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "remains a solo adventure and character-driven experience," says Ubisoft lead: "It is not an RPG"

  23-04-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is real, happening, and launching on July 9, but Ubisoft wants to make it very clear that it's a single-player experience and "not an RPG."We just got our first proper official look at the long-awaited Black Flag remake after literal years of leaks and rumors, and as well as the showcase confirming it'll be "rebuilt from the ground up," it was noted by game director Richard Knight that it'll "deliver a faithful and enriched experience grounded in what players
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced releases in July and has been "rebuilt from the ground up" with a reworked combat system, new quests and storylines, and more

  23-04-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been officially unveiled, and the release date for the long-awaited swashbuckling remake is under two months away. To be exact, Black Flag Resynced launches on July 9, so there's really not long to wait. And, as shown in Ubisoft's big reveal showcase today, this isn't just a simple remaster to make things look a bit prettier – per Edward Kenway actor Matt Ryan, it's been "rebuilt from the ground up with the latest Anvil engine to deliver the most th
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Collector's Edition comes full circle with an Edward Kenway statue that helped leak the game months ago

  23-04-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has finally been unveiled, and while leaks and rumors have meant that the wait has felt much longer than it might have had Ubisoft's marketing gone to plan, the most dedicated Black Flag fans have been rewarded for their patience… with a Collector's Edition starring a statue that helped leak the game months ago. As shown today during Ubisoft's big Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced reveal showcase, the Collector's Edition is full of trinkets and good
  
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• After 6 games in 15 years, dev loses it as over 10,000 Steam players flock to his new co-op game that looks like It Takes Two on the moon

  23-04-2026 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  One indie developer is celebrating the fact that his new co-op adventure, Together: Moon Escape, has far and away surpassed the six other games he's released on Steam over the last 15 years.Carlos Coronado today took to social media to rejoice. "You just broke my Wishlist chart," he tweets alongside a screenshot of Steam's developer backend that shows the Daily Wishlist graph shoot sharply up.YOU just broke my Wishlist chart. Just to put things into perspective: none of my previous six games in
  
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• Nintendo kept finished games in a "vault" while it waited for a "gap in the calendar" to release them, says former marketing lead

  23-04-2026 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo's ex-marketing leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang say the rumor that Nintendo sits on finished games is "totally" true.Speaking on their podcast (spotted by Genki_JPN), Ellis and Yang are asked by guest Lucy James whether its true that Nintendo would hold onto completed games and release them when the company thought the time was right. Yang, former senior manager creator relations and original content at Nintendo of America, of explains, "That totally happened though in the past where a l
  
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• Clayface may be more important to the DCU than we realized as James Gunn confirms it's set before Superman and "very connected" to the wider universe

  23-04-2026 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC Studios boss James Gunn has confirmed Clayface's surprising spot on the DCU timeline.In response to a fan on Threads asking whether the upcoming DC horror takes place before or after Superman, Gunn wrote, "Before. It's the first DCU film out of chronological order."In a separate post, Gunn added that Clayface is "very connected" to the wider DCU story, but that "the standalone story is what's most important."If you're keeping score, Clayface is set before Superman, with Supergirl taking place
  
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• World of Warcraft's new Prop Hunt mode descends into chaos as Blizzard forgets to stop players from finding each other using their minimaps, immediately defeating the whole point

  23-04-2026 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a fun new minigame in World of Warcraft that's essentially hide-and-seek, where you try and evade the seekers by hiding as a random object. The only problem is, Blizzard managed to leave on a mechanic that highlights other players on your map. Whoops.The special mode is Decor Duels, a spin on Prop Hunt from Garry's Mod where the hiders transform themselves into furniture or other innocuous parts of the world, and those seeking them have to track them down using other magic. It's in Silve
  
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• GTA 6 sickos in a frenzy as Rockstar owner Take-Two finally announces delayed financial call, fueling speculation a big reveal will fill the gap

  23-04-2026 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Take-Two Interactive, parent company to GTA 6 dev Rockstar Games as well as companies like Borderlands maker Gearbox, announced today that its fourth quarter financial results will be released on Thursday, May 21. This represents a one-week delay compared to the company's usual fiscal calendar, raising eyebrows among GTA 6 fans who speculate that movement around the most-anticipated game of all time may have affected the company's plans.There's nothing out of the ordinary about Take-Two's announ
  
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• Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced star says "this ship has had more leaks than a worn-out hull" ahead of Ubisoft reveal showcase, but he was part of the problem

  23-04-2026 17:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft will soon satisfy our swashbuckling souls with its Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced reveal showcase later today, April 23 at 12pm EDT / 6pm CEST, though the surprise is slightly spoiled by a refrigerator's worth of leaks. Black Flag voice and motion capture actor Matt Ryan is part of the problem, having told a fan in 2025 "you might have to beat [the game] again," but at least he seems to be in good spirits when he admits it.Ubisoft posted a teaser video on Twitter starring Ryan, wh
  
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• Project Hail Mary author reveals the one cut book scene he wished they'd squeezed into the movie

  23-04-2026 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir says his "only regret" when it comes to the Ryan Gosling-fronted movie adaptation is not managing to squeeze in one particular scene from the 2021 novel.While appearing as a guest on science-based podcast StarTalk, Weir, who produced the flick, recalled how he and the movie's writer, Drew Goddard, "fought" to keep the moment in which the government sets off nukes in Antarctica in an effort to speed up global warming in the face of the dying Sun. "We just didn't
  
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• First ever Lego Shrek sets revealed, and just like ogre, they have layers

  23-04-2026 17:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lego is asking what you're doing in its swamp with the first ever Lego Shrek sets, and honestly, I'm impressed. Two kits have been announced to celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary, and these Lego Shrek sets come in a couple of unique flavors: a full display model with over 1,403 pieces and a smaller, more affordable trio of BrickHeadz figures. While the latter is fun, the for-adults display piece is what really caught my eye. It combines Shrek, Donkey, and Puss in Boots for a surprisingly
  
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• Jacksepticeye says his Bloodborne movie producer role is not about making money, but ensuring the "tone, vibe, and atmosphere" of FromSoftware's classic remains intact

  23-04-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  YouTuber-turned-movie-producer Jacksepticeye has revealed more about his role behind the scenes on the Bloodborne R-rated animated movie."I'm not under any illusions that we should change too many things or mess stuff up. It's my job to keep it in that tone, vibe and atmosphere. That's what it's all about: the atmosphere of those games is second to none," Jacksepticeye, real name Seán William McLoughlin, told IGN, of the adaptation of FromSoftware's Gothic Soulslike classic, which sees a
  
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• Crimson Desert's latest patch steals your dragons, but Pearl Abyss is working to fix it "as quickly as possible"

  23-04-2026 16:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert's latest patch brings with it some massive and welcome additions to the open-world behemoth, but one bug sneaked aboard the update and accidentally deleted many players' legendary mounts. Pearl Abyss promises you won't need to wait too long to ride your dragons again, though.As bought to our attention by Twitch streamer Ramez, one notable bug that snuck into Crimson Desert's 1.04.00 patch causes lots of players' legendary mounts to go entirely missing, "including your dragon if yo
  
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• Mewgenics co-creator says "it's crazy" there are secrets that people still haven't found even after playing the roguelike for months

  23-04-2026 16:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen says there are details about the cat breeding tactical roguelike that nobody has found yet. Over two months since release, Mewgenics is still my choice for the best game of the year so far, and it's going to take something extremely special to unseat it from its cat turd-covered podium. Personally, I've put about 120 hours into the game and still feel like I won't be seeing the end of it for a while yet, but given how popular it's been and how many hours some
  
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• As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 further proves Jennifer English is a GOTY magician, one of her co-stars is "happy to follow" her to whatever she does next

  23-04-2026 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stats don't lie, and it sure seems like if Jennifer English is involved in a game, it's got a better chance of becoming an awards darling. Having contributed to Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, she has a knack for being involved in Best Game winners at the British Academy Video Game Awards, and one of her cohorts is starting to believe in her magic.IGN asked English about her being involved in three of the last four big BAFTA Games winners. "I think I've just been ve
  
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• Hasbro's first Marvel Rivals action figures are now up for pre-order, including that awesome Punisher

  23-04-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Heads up, true-believers, as a couple of Hasbro's first Marvel Rivals action figures are now up for pre-order.After being shown off earlier this month in a reveal-packed livestream, the initial wave of Marvel Rivals action figures (Moon Knight and beefcake Punisher, as I'll lovingly call him) is available to pre-order from Hasbro Pulse and Amazon as we speak. Both come with a host of game-accurate accessories and enough articulation to make them highly posable on your shelf, and they should drop
  
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• New Yoshi game on Switch 2 follows Tomodachi Life down a dark path, gives fans the sort of creative control Nintendo will probably regret

  23-04-2026 15:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The upcoming Switch 2 game Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is giving players the kind of freedom that's usually best left out of Nintendo's most child-friendly franchises. Gestures vaguely at the internet's cursed Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream ships.Previews for the newest platformer featuring everyone's favorite green dino went live earlier this week. Yoshi's watercolor adventure looks expectedly gorgeous and innocent and cuddly, but one thing you might not expect is that players can seemingly
  
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• Steam blocked this Factorio homage's early access release 5 times, so its developer threw caution to the wind with a full release instead - and now he's sold 2 million copies

  23-04-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of today's 1.0 release of Shapez 2, its lead developer acknowledges that his first attempt to launch an answer to Factorio didn't go quite as smoothly as his second. The sequel has already secured thousands of overwhelmingly positive reviews during its 20 months in early access - but for the first Shapez, Springer admits that "everything that you should do" for a successful launch, "I ignored."Unsurprisingly, Springer's journey to creating his own factory sim series started with Factorio.
  
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• Mortal Kombat 2 set to make a killing at the box office with double the opening weekend of the first movie

  23-04-2026 14:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 2 is on track to double the opening weekend of the first movie at the box office when it hits the big screen in two weeks. The sequel is predicted to make between $40 million and $50 million at the US box office when it opens on May 8 (via Deadline).The first movie's opening weekend brought in $23.2 million back in 2021, which is still fairly impressive considering it also had a day-and-date release on HBO Max as part of Warner Bros. COVID release strategy. The movie went on to mak
  
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• Leaked copies of The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender are being so widely viewed that it's currently in Letterboxd's popular this week list

  23-04-2026 14:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems like the scale of The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender leak might be bigger than we realized after the film debuted in Letterboxd's "popular this week list".Full-length copies of the animated sequel have been making the rounds online, and it seems that users have started to log their watch on the community filmlovers' platform.While Letterboxd states that reviews and ratings are not yet available for the film, 52,000 users have said they've watched the upcoming movie. This means it's
  
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• The Boys fans are not happy with season 5's latest 'filler' episode

  23-04-2026 13:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 is continuing full steam ahead as we get closer and closer to that highly anticipated finale. But, fans of the superhero satire are feeling disappointed by the latest installment of season 5, episode 4. "In a final season, we shouldn't have an episode that leads nowhere. It started off strong and with an interesting plot, but being the last thing we'll see from the series, this episode felt like nothing at all…" said one fan on Twitter. "I've enjoyed it, but I've felt li
  
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• Baby Yoda gets eaten in new Mandalorian and Grogu TV spot

  23-04-2026 13:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney and Lucasfilm may have released the final trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu last week, but the studios still have a few more clips up their sleeves. And in a new TV spot, little Grogu finds himself in a rather sticky situation. Literally.The promo, which is doing the rounds on Twitter, shows Grogu venturing around a forest-type area with a group of Anzellans, AKA the tiny aliens that were first introduced in The Rise of Skywalker. But the puny pack soon get themselves into a bit of tr
  
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• Releasing PlayStation games day one on PC isn't "a good strategy" for its AAA titles, former Sony head says, but he hasn't seen proof its abandoning the platform altogether

  23-04-2026 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says he doesn't see any proof Sony is abandoning PC releases, but says day-one PC launches aren't a great idea, anyway. Speaking in an interview at Powerhouse Museum's ALT. Games Festival (via Respawn First) Yoshida says, "When I was working on the game development side, first-party at PlayStation, from a strategy standpoint, we are [sic] not allowed to bring our AAA games to other platforms like PC." The first major first-party PC release was Horizon: Zero
  
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• Fantastic combo! Street Fighter cast tease movie's Easter eggs, as they say there's "like, a hundred" for game fans to spot

  23-04-2026 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Street Fighter fans had better keep their eyes peeled while watching Paramount Pictures' upcoming adaptation, as the cast reckons there are around 100 Easter eggs for them to spot.In a new interview with Fandango, Noah Centineo, who plays Ken Masters in the movie, explained that "a big part of [the] film was trying to infuse as much of the gameplay" as possible. It crams it all in, the actor promised, from catchphrases and signature moves to nods to "hidden levels"."We tried to put so many Easte
  
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• PS6 release date rumors are spiralling, but it looks like things could kick off in 2028

  23-04-2026 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Questions of the impact the current memory crisis will have on the PS6 release date have been swirling since those sticks started creeping up in price. Whether Sony will have enough inventory to see it through the current generation is one thing (and with PS5 price increases it seems they do not), but how these soaring costs fit into the launch of a completely new device is another entirely. Many suggest a holiday 2027 launch window for Sony's new console, while others point to the memory market
  
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• Iron Man director admits he was "wrong" about not wanting Tony Stark to die in Avengers: Endgame: "They did a wonderful job"

  23-04-2026 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  After launching the MCU with his 2008 movie Iron Man, it's understandable that director Jon Favreau would have been sad to see Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark die at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Favreau even went as far as to call up Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo in an attempt to try to change their minds on the matter. However, he now admits that they ultimately made the right decision. "I talked to the Russos, I said, 'I don’t know if people are gonna like… I don’t
  
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• Mass Effect 5 hasn't been shown off more because BioWare is simply "just busy workin'" on the eagerly anticipated RPG, lead says: "Not a lot of time for tease"

  23-04-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been a while since we've had any kind of tease for Mass Effect 5. Last year's N7 Day gave us some concept art, and a job listing in January of this year at least made it clear the game was still in development. When questioned about the lack of updates, a lead on the space RPG simply says the team's too busy right now to do any promotion.Michael Gamble, a project director and executive producer at BioWare, responded to a fan asking why there hasn't been a drop of Mass Effect 5 news since No
  
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• Vampire Survivors developer working on 15 projects, not 15 games, after the hit roguelike reached 27 million players and spawned a whole subgenre

  23-04-2026 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  After reaching over 27 million players with a roguelike that popularized an entire subgenre, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is now working on a whopping 15 projects at the same time."We're working on 15 PROJECTS, not 15 games," the developer clarified in a tweet following a few internet misquotes, "this includes VS, DLCs, free updates, our published games, etc."Poncle went more in-depth about its expansive plans in an interview with The Game Business, where chief strategy officer Matteo Sapi
  
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• Stranger Things: Tales From '85 boss says "more adventures" are on the cards, as he teases What If?-style future for the animated spin-off

  23-04-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  With it being set between Stranger Things seasons 2 and 3, it's hard to imagine Stranger Things: Tales From '85 matching its predecessor's 10-year run. It might have a few more chapters up the sleeve of its Hellfire Club tee, though, says showrunner Eric Robles. "I think it's a little bit of both, you know?" he tells GamesRadar+ when we ask whether they imagine the show will return to plug more gaps in the future, or if they'd want to explore doing more of a What If? thing. "I can't predict how
  
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• Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day finally shows the alien in new teaser, but it's more A.I. than E.T.

  23-04-2026 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day has been keeping schtum about the exact shape or form the interstellar 'threat' is taking in the director's new sci-fi movie.Now, it seems, the latest trailer has given the game away somewhat.In the clip at the 25-second mark, which you can see below, a creature's ultra-thin fingers wrap around the face of a child in sinister fashion.So, if anyone was expecting something a little more cuddly in the vein of E.T. or even the extraterrestrials in Close Encounters o
  
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• Jon Favreau says Martin Scorsese did a "lot of improv" on Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu: "It's a highlight"

  23-04-2026 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Martin Scorsese is heading to a galaxy far, far away in new Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu. He's playing an Ardennian who owns a food truck – and according to director Jon Favreau, he brought a lot of improv to the role. "He did a lot of improv, he was just a lot of fun," Favreau told Fandango. "It's interesting because when the director is on their set, they're running the show, but I find when directors are on other people's sets, they just want to play and have fun, and he ju
  
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• The creator of Alone in the Dark is remaking a DOS game for Sega Genesis with its own paddle controllers, but it has less than a week to become a reality

  23-04-2026 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Let's be honest, indie developers are continually bringing out new romps for the best retro consoles in 2026. That is to say, new games for old systems aren't enough to get me hyped these days, but the creator of the survival horror classic Alone in the Dark, Frédérick Raynal, has gone a step further and remade his very different 1988 DOS Arkanoid clone for Sega Genesis with Atari-style paddle controllers.Okay, let me back up, as the idea of getting custom Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced price leaks ahead of official reveal, and if you were hoping this 2013 title's remake would be cheaper, I've got some bad news

  23-04-2026 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The price of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has seemingly leaked ahead of Ubisoft's official reveal later today, and if you were hoping it would be significantly cheaper because it's a remake, I'm afraid I've got some bad news. Billbil-kun, who has been leaking all sorts of things from PS Plus line-ups to hardware for years now, has posted on their Twitter account revealing new details about the "worst-kept secret" in games. Not only do they echo the rumor that we'll be playing Assassin's
  
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• The new Clayface trailer might have retconned Creature Commandos, and DC fans are very confused – but there's a simple explanation

  23-04-2026 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Clayface has dropped, and while it's horrified fans everywhere – in a good way, we promise – it's also got some people scratching their heads. Clayface focuses on Matt Hagen, an actor who is gruesomely disfigured and develops clay-based powers. In one memorable moment in the trailer, Matt essentially wipes his entire face away. Yuck. The trailer is very edgy and serious, which has fans wondering how Creature Commandos fits with the DCU Chapter One movie. Clayfac
  
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• Seagate has unveiled the FireCuda X Vault, a huge external hard drive with up to 20TB of storage

  23-04-2026 12:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even the best external hard drives are starting to appear at highly escalated prices or are out of stock entirely, thanks to AI data centre demand. It's one of the reasons why I cling to any new storage releases in hopes a new drive will be available at its original MSRP for at least a moment, which is why I was pleased to hear about the Seagate FireCuda X Vault.The FireCuda X Vault is a massive external drive that's available today starting from $279.99 (Seagate). It's available in both 8TB and
  
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• Clayface trailer doesn't address Batman, but there are enough Gotham nods to suggest the Caped Crusader will show up

  23-04-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Clayface was certainly an electric debut for DC's body horror, but that hasn't shaken off one big question that remains unanswered: will Batman show up?You don't have to look very far to see why. Matt Hagen (played here by Tom Rhys Harries) is a prominent Batman villain, with another iteration of Clayface – in Batman: The Animated Series' seminal 'Feat of Clay' – also serving as a heavy influence for DC Studios' horror.But even the trailer itself is filled with
  
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• Jessica Jones almost appeared in Daredevil: Born Again season 1, according to Krysten Ritter

  23-04-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jessica Jones may have made her MCU debut in this week's episode of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, but Krysten Ritter has revealed that there were discussions about her character returning in season 1 instead."There was some talk about me appearing in the first season," Ritter told Entertainment Weekly. "I think it's like two-and-a-half years ago that we first started hearing a whiff about it. So I was so excited. They were bringing back a lot of characters and I was like, I wonder if I could b
  
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• Crimson Desert's "largest update yet" brings countless changes, but it all pales in comparison to cats now being able to stay on your shoulder for longer

  23-04-2026 11:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert's new patch is also the game's biggest update so far, bringing difficulty modes and house layouts into the already mammoth adventure, but the long list of improvements pales in comparison to one bug-turned-feature: Cats can now perch on your shoulder for longer.Developer Pearl Abyss today released Crimson Desert's 1.04.00 patch, one that marketing director Will Powers says is the game's "largest update yet," and it's not hard to see why. The new patch is almost as excessively big
  
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