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• Neverness to Everness gives out S-class character selector after devs get "an incredible amount of feedback and suggestions" from launch players

  29-04-2026 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  New gacha RPG Neverness to Everness is upping its launch rewards following a wave of feedback from early players, handing out free currency and characters to tide players over until fixes arrive. In a Twitter post, the official NTE account sends "a heartfelt thank you for being with us through launch day" to the game's global audience. The game's Chinese branch previously announced a similar compensation plan for launch players, so this brings global up to speed. "Since the servers went live, we
  
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• Diablo 4 streamer pulverizes new Lord of Hatred expansion's difficulty tier in 17 hours, complains about lack of "aspirational content"

  29-04-2026 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 streamer Mekuna just beat the new Lord of Hatred campaign's nasty new Torment 12 difficulty tier in 17 hours – and the fact that he was able to complete such a hardcore feat seems to worry him. Not because playing 17 hours straight of Diablo 4 likely does something funny to your organs, but because he thinks T12 is too achievable. Mekuna writes in the description for his summary video on YouTube discussing what he calls the "Diablo 4 LoH Endgame Issue," "it just didn't take that l
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 players mourn the cute otter backpacks they were briefly given in error, but Square Enix hopes they'll grab it again "when it is released through the intended method"

  29-04-2026 22:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tragedy follows joy in the Final Fantasy 14 community after Square Enix accidentally gave out a pile of completely free and utterly adorable otter backpacks to players. Unfortunately, the impromptu giveaway was a bug, and the devs will soon be snatching those little accessories away – but hey, you will at least have the chance to acquire them again in the future.With the release of patch 7.5 earlier this week, many players suddenly found the Senor Otter Pack among their fashion accessories
  
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• Meet the Assassin's Creed dev who left Ubisoft to make the weirdest city-builder you need to play, which is quietly funding his whole career

  29-04-2026 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Designer Darenn Keller was thrilled to land a position at Ubisoft and work on multiple entries in the Assassin's Creed series as well as Ghost Recon. But around the time COVID hit and his work became more isolated, new creative endeavors began to creep into his mind. Ready for more creative control, he ended up leaving the studio and gave solo development a try, learning new skills and wearing every hat himself. After a lot of prototyping, he landed on the idea for Dawnfolk, a hard-to-describe m
  
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• Peter Parker has "no more Stark money or gadgets" in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but he does have a "3D printer on steroids"

  29-04-2026 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Thanks to Doctor Strange's spell at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker is without more than his bestie Ned and girlfriend MJ in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Yep, he's without Tony Stark's financial backing in the upcoming Marvel movie, too...With his buddy-slash-unofficial sponsor having died in Avengers: Endgame, Tom Holland's titular hero will find himself having to make his own tech this time around. How? Well, with "a 3D printer on steroids", according to script pages recently sh
  
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• Elder Scrolls Online director still secretly plays the MMO, even after he left the studio when Microsoft killed his dream game: "I'm in guilds, and they don't know who I am"

  29-04-2026 20:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zenimax Online founder and Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor left the studio in 2025, confirming months later that his departure was a direct result of Microsoft's cancelling his dream MMO, Project Blackbird. You might think that colors his feelings about ESO, but no – it's apparently still one of his favorite games, and he's continuing to play it to this day, even as his guildmates have no idea who he is."I did take two or three months off just to get away mentally, but I started p
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day gives Peter Parker a new Spidey suit inspired by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield

  29-04-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first pages of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day script have been revealed, and they feature a link to Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire. The script, revealed by Entertainment Weekly, features some fun annotations from the cast and crew, including director Destin Daniel Cretton. At the end of the pages, as Peter Parker swings away, the VFX supervisor leaves a note to say "let's make sure the suit has wrinkles," which Cretton enthusiastically agrees with: "YES!!! New suit made by Peter, inspired
  
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• "Whatever, Michael Crichton": One of EA's best games only exists in part because the Jurassic Park creator told ex-Doom dev American McGee to make it

  29-04-2026 19:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  One led to a movie where Jeff Goldblum gets beat up by a tyrannosaurus while the other inspired centuries of strange little girls like me hosting tea parties for their eyeless teddy bears – but Jurassic Park and Alice in Wonderland have an important connection through the former's creator, Michael Crichton. Without him, ex-Doom developer American McGee may have never made the Alice action game in 2000 that, 26 years later, still represents one of publisher EA's most beloved series. "I can'
  
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• "Live service is tricky as hell": Helldivers 2 boss says updates are "not an exact science" because the "community changes" constantly

  29-04-2026 19:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  I do not envy any developers working on a live-service game. Between planned updates and fixes based on feedback, the pressure is constant, and one need only look at the last two years for Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead Game Studios for a prime example, the head of which recently spoke about the foibles of keeping such a release moving."Sometimes we're more on target with an update, sometimes less. It's not an exact science," Shams Jorjani, Arrowhead CEO, said on the Helldivers 2 Discord followin
  
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• DC Studios co-CEO disagrees superhero fatigue was ever a thing, instead calls it "mediocre movie fatigue"

  29-04-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the past few years have seen something of a decline of interest in superhero movies and shows, DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran disagrees it has anything to do with the genre itself. "I never felt that there was superhero fatigue. I felt it was mediocre movie fatigue," Safran told The Associated Press. "You gotta try something new. You have to change the game a little bit. The essential story on which Supergirl is based is something cool and original and we haven't seen before."While some su
  
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• I'm not seeing any Crimson Desert-branded controllers yet, but two years later, GameSir has randomly launched a special edition of its best gamepad dedicated to a completely different fantasy RPG with less than 3,000 concurrent players

  29-04-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're getting stuck into hundreds of hours' worth of Crimson Desert at the moment, you may be keeping one eye on its limited merch pool. Annoyingly, no officially licensed controllers have arrived with a Crimson Desert tie-in yet, so collectors and super fans won't be able to commemorate their playthrough with a PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X controller that sports artwork from the franchise.But a random two years on, fantasy RPG fans can get their hands on a limited edition controller for a comp
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss sympathizes with "struggle for survival" of GTA-inspired crime game from Just Cause lead, says it "could easily have happened" to Warhorse's RPG

  29-04-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sadly, Samson, the new action-thriller game from one of the co-directors of the original Just Cause, had a rough launch earlier this month. Under-promoted and buggy, it's not looking great for the debut from Liquid Swords Games, and one of the central devs behind the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games can sympathize with the struggle.On Twitter, Daniel Vávra, director of both Kingdom Come: Deliverance installments, shared his intrigue toward Samson. Not only was the Just Cause connection eno
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced art changes raise concerns as fans question why a cutscene following a massive storm is now "bright and sunny for no reason"

  29-04-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's big reveal last week generally went down a storm, but ironically, it's the absence of a storm in one particular part of the remake's footage that has some fans concerned about how certain scenes might be handled.As highlighted by YouTube creator JorRaptor, new footage shows a revamped version of the scene where protagonist Edward Kenway first introduces himself to Adéwalé after stealing the Jackdaw and sailing out of a massive storm. However,
  
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• Sony's "lack of marketing push" on Marathon "speaks to the lack of faith from the platform holder," says former Square Enix exec

  29-04-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Square Enix exec reckons Sony's lack of marketing for Marathon suggests a lack of faith in Bungie's latest game from PlayStation.On Twitter, Jacob Navok (former director of business at Square Enix Holdings) commented on Marathon's Steam player count, calling it "brutal." And while the numbers on PS5 and Xbox aren't available, Navok reckons Sony's marketing push behind the game isn't doing the job. "Sony owns a ton of digital real estate on the PlayStation dashboards to push Marathon," h
  
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• Amazon has seemingly included a huge spoiler for The Boys season 5 on its homepage

  29-04-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 is in full swing with just a few more episodes to go until we see how it all ends for the Supes. Although exact details of what happens have mostly been kept under wraps, it seems some spoilers have slipped through the cracks.If you want to avoid a major plot point in the final episodes, we suggest stopping here as we're about to get into potential spoilers. If you're not bothered, fans have spotted a detail from the latest trailer for the Prime Video satire.A new TV spot featu
  
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• Arc Raiders players complain Riven Tides update took a hammer to weapon durability and their beloved anti-Arc cloak, giving me Helldivers 2 flashbacks

  29-04-2026 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  A huge balance patch just hit with Arc Raiders Riven Tides, and you know what that means: a flurry of angry posts on the game's dedicated Reddit, Steam discussion, and Discord communities. Huge reductions in weapon durability and a sledgehammer to the ankles of the anti-Arc photoelectric cloak have ticked some raiders right off. Between the Sweden-based devs cracking down on meta picks in a live service shooter, and the smell of petitions in the air, I can't help but think of the early days of H
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem devs cut an entire chapter from the game like they did with Resident Evil 7

  29-04-2026 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi has revealed that the developers cut a chapter from the game before release.In an interview with Denfaminico Gamer (translated by TheGamer) Nakanishi recalled a cut chapter from Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, saying, "Up to now, I’ve talked in interviews about how Resident Evil 7 had a 'phantom Chapter 2' that got cut during development. It was supposed to be the section where you move from the guest house to the main house." He then segued to the
  
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• As Garry's Mod successor quickly becomes overrun with gen-AI after launching on Steam, Garry himself commits to "taking action to promote human creativity"

  29-04-2026 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The follow-up to Garry's Mod, S&box, has been out on Steam for only a day, and there's already some discourse going on. As with anything that involves user-generated creativity these days, AI projects are starting to appear, prompting the devs to make it clear that nothing they've done involves the technology.Garry Newman, creator of Garry's Mod and founder of S&box developer Facepunch Studios, addressed the issue in a statement to Rock Paper Shotgun. "Low quality, obvious AI-created slo
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 Avengers Tower Easter egg might be a Fantastic Four reference

  29-04-2026 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Easter egg tucked into the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 has fans wondering if the Fantastic Four are hiding in plain sight. At one point in the episode, we see Avengers Tower against the skyline – but there's a mysterious shape just behind it. Check it out below. Notice the spire in the back 👀 https://t.co/dWejUY31oMApril 29, 2026It's impossible to tell what that shape actually is, but some fans are wondering if it's the Fantastic Four ship. During the Thund
  
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• Diablo 4 hotfixes squash bugs blocking Lord of Hatred quest progression and stop Necromancers from using broken skills to tear through Sanctuary

  29-04-2026 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's new Lord of Hatred DLC might have had a shaky start thanks to long initial login queues and bugs, but Blizzard has been on the case with hotfix aimed at ironing out a progression blocker and fixing the missing Talisman tab.The first hotfix – which arrived yesterday – takes aim at two slightly broken quests. The first is related to the aforementioned missing Talisman tab – a problem some players reported encountering at launch. Community manager Rich 'filthierich' Ban
  
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• Logitech jumps on the TMR keyboard trend, but does so in the smartest way I've seen yet

  29-04-2026 14:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  I never thought Logitech would be behind one of my favorite gaming keyboards of the year. I'll be the first to admit I've previously found these decks a little lacklustre. While Asus, Razer, and Corsair often have something unique to shout about, Logi's keyboards have generally felt a little too safe for me to truly get excited about. The Logitech G512 X launched yesterday, and having spent some time with the mechanical (but also TMR magnetic - more on that in a bit) deck it has to be one of the
  
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• Stranger Things: Tales From '85 showrunner compares it to Star Wars: Clone Wars, as he teases season 2: "These [are] their own unique adventures"

  29-04-2026 14:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  With its mixed reviews and #7 debut in Netflix's Top 10, Stranger Things: Tales From '85 may not be the runaway hit its creators had anticipated, but showrunner Eric Robles is hopeful that the animated spin-off will find its audience in season 2. Much like how Star Wars: The Clone Wars grew in popularity in the early 2010s.As news of its return landed online, Robles teased what to expect from Tales From '85's next chapter and revealed that, while he has "a number in [his] head" as to how long th
  
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• The Boys season 5 just made a perfect dig at Spider-Man and the MCU in its latest episode

  29-04-2026 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 episode 5 is out now and introduces a new Supe to the Prime Video series. Mister Marathon, played by Jared Padalecki, is a former member of the Seven who turned to acting after being replaced by A-Train. In the latest episode (beware spoilers below), Stan Edgar sends Homelander and Soldier Boy to speak to him in their search for V-One. They end up at his house in Los Angeles, which is full of his old movie posters, including some thinly veiled Spider-Man parodies.Among them is
  
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• Take-Two CEO eases GTA 6 delay fears, says "a lot of people will be calling in sick on November 19"

  29-04-2026 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says there will be a lot of people calling in sick on November 19, 2026, which is definitely good news for anyone fearing another GTA 6 delay. Speaking at the Interactive Innovation Conference, where Zelnick spoke about the approach to pricing GTA 6 and that Rockstar will spin up marketing "soon," he said, "What we think about is making the most spectacular piece of entertainment on Earth, in history – and it’s a pretty daunting challenge. If we do that,
  
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• The Boys season 5 episode 5 is a Supernatural reunion, but who are the new Supes played by Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins?

  29-04-2026 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Finally, the moment we have all been waiting for in The Boys season 5 has arrived. The Supernatural reunion has finally played out on screen, bringing stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, and Misha Collins back together. We already knew that Padalecki and Collins would be joining the superhero satire show's final season alongside Ackles, who first suited up as Soldier Boy back in season 3. But who are the newcomers playing? Let's get into it. Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Th
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day is about "relearning how to connect with people," and now I'm worried about Peter Parker

  29-04-2026 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton has shared a tease about the Marvel Phase 6 movie, and it has me very worried for Peter Parker. "I can't say what happens, but I'm very, very excited about the movie," Cretton shared at a Deadline Contenders TV panel for Wonder Man. "I'm really excited with the small test screenings and how it's connecting with an audience. Of course, it's a big blockbuster, it's super fun, it's got all the heart and humor that you want from a Spider-Man m
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director has "no intention" of altering the OG JRPG writer's "overarching story," but small adjustments are needed for your "emotional engagement"

  29-04-2026 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead Naoki Hamaguchi says tweaking the OG JRPG's beloved story is "one of the aspects of development we were most sensitive about," and that writer Kazushige Nojima has his trust.With the demo for the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X ports now available ahead of launch, Hamaguchi has been doing the press rounds to talk about the series. As part of that, Hamaguchi is asked about any personal tweaks or updates he's made to the overarching story and cast."When it comes to
  
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• EA CEO says 85% of the Battlefield 6 and The Sims publisher's QA work uses AI, but it's not taking jobs, it's making them: "We hire more QA people than we ever have"

  29-04-2026 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  In an attempt to counter the notion that EA is replacing human labor with AI, CEO Andrew Wilson says the tech has somehow created more jobs within the publisher. As much appears to be what's happening in the QA department, at least.He addressed concerns during Iicon, a games conference in Las Vegas organized by the Entertainment Software Association, the same outfit behind the now-defunct E3. "I saw some data recently, I think, now almost all – like 85% – of our quality assurance [wo
  
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• New 12GB RTX 5070 gaming laptops should start shipping this summer, fortifying mid-range QHD performance

  29-04-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  While many are expecting gaming laptops to cut back on their DRAM in 2026, Nvidia has snuck a VRAM upgrade for us in its latest patch notes. A new 12GB RTX 5070 variant will begin shipping alongside regular 8GB RTX 5070 gaming laptops this year.The boosted GPU was first leaked last month, when Lenovo published listings with the 12GB version specced out. While lighter games aren't going to appreciate the extra headroom too much, the best gaming laptops running the 12GB card will feel the benefits
  
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• Lego HERBIE is here with coffee and general bemusement that speaks to my soul

  29-04-2026 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite the movie coming out last year, you can't keep a good robot down; Lego has revealed a new HERBIE model based on the Fantastic Four's MCU debut.This kit is 9 inches of adorable retro futurism, and like many of the best Lego sets (not to mention newcomers such as the first ever Lego Shrek), it's a larger 'figure' with fully posable features rather than a small model. In other words, Lego HERBIE should be a good fit for play or display. Pre-orderLEGO®The Fantastic Four H.e.r.b.i.e.At 74
  
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• Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool "works best on scarcity and surprise," so he's not planning on playing the Marvel character again any time soon

  29-04-2026 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deadpool and Wolverine made over a billion dollars in 2024 and proved that people always want to see the Merc with the Mouth – but Ryan Reynolds is more restrained about the character's future. "I've talked to Marvel off and on, always," Reynolds told Collider. "We have a really great relationship, you know? It's always a conversation. I'm always just looking to be additive and help on anything, even if it's not a movie I'm in. And I'm always writing. I mean, it's how I kind of get it out
  
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• The GTA 6 price remains in the air, but Take-Two's CEO assures "our job is to charge way way way less of the value" as fans worry about a $100 fee

  29-04-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has spoken about the price ofGTA 6, and despite not confirming anything, seems to shut down the idea that it'll launch at a higher price than normal. Speaking at the Interactive Innovation Conference, Zelnick commented, "Consumers pay for the value that you bring to them, and our job is to charge way, way, way less of the value delivery," adding that "How you feel about something you buy is the intersection of the thing itself and what you pay for." Zelnick says that
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again star says his character death almost didn't happen

  29-04-2026 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again season 2's shock character deaths didn't stop with the murder of Vanessa Fisk. Episode 7 saw another person from Fisk's inner circle meet an untimely end – so now's the time for our obligatory spoiler warning. Click away now if you haven't seen Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 7 and don't want to know what happens!If you're still here, you'll know that Daniel Blake, played by Michael Gandolfini, was killed by Buck Cashman at the end of the episode. Wilson Fisk's
  
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• Five episodes in, The Boys season 5 finally delivers another major death, but fans are questioning if the Supe could survive

  29-04-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new episode of The Boys season 5 has landed, and after a rather quiet few installments, this one contains a major death that we have all been waiting for, but fans have mixed feelings on the final blow. Warning: this article contains major spoilers for The Boys season 5 episode 5, so turn back now if you haven't seen the new episode. The most recent episode of The Boys takes a break from Homelander and Butcher's ongoing war for a second and focuses on other characters in their own little 10-mi
  
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• As the wait for GTA 6 trailer 3 approaches 1 year, Take-Two boss reassures that Rockstar will spin up marketing "soon"

  29-04-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The wait for GTA 6 trailer 3 might be sending fans feral, but the CEO of Rockstar Games owner Take-Two Interactive, Strauss Zelnick, has offered some much-needed reassurance that we should be seeing marketing for the game "soon."One week from today will mark a year since the release of GTA 6 trailer 2, and for fans of the series, that wait has been agonizing. Since then, the game was further delayed, but news remained light on the ground – a surefire recipe for fan frenzy as the silence fr
  
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