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• Capcom teases that Pragmata might have a future as a franchise, after at least 6 years in development hell pays off with 1 million sales in 2 days

  30-04-2026 23:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pragmata was never going to rival the sales successes of established Capcom franchises like Monster Hunter and Resident Evil, but 1 million sales in two days? That's nothing to sneeze at, especially for a brand-new IP. It seems Capcom itself is pretty happy with the game's performance, to the point where it's starting to see franchise potential.That's according to Rob Dyer, chief operating officer of Capcom USA, speaking at the iicon conference in Las Vegas this week. As quoted by Game File, Dye
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio insists AI used in "early stages of production" only, dodges questions about translator allegedly replaced by AI but says "we do not see AI as a substitute for human work"

  30-04-2026 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you thought a Reddit AMA from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios would result in the devs getting buried in smarmy questions about replacing humans with AI, given that a KCD2 translator just said he was fired by the studio and replaced by AI, you'd be correct. The devs also saw this coming, but "decided to go in head first" anyway, says creative director Prokop Jirsa.A now-verified post from translator Max Hejtmanek accused Warhorse of terminating his position to "'save fi
  
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• Elder Scrolls Online vet hates when people call the MMO a "WoW clone" since "you're not going to have fun at all" if you play it like Blizzard's game

  30-04-2026 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  ZeniMax Online Studios founder and former The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor left the company after parent studio Microsoft canceled his MMO Project Blackbird in 2025, but even a year later, he takes it personally when people compare ESO to World of Warcraft. It "still gets under my skin," Firor tells MinnMax host Ben Hanson in a new interview, when anyone refers to ESO as "a WoW clone" – partly because he flat-out disagrees, and partly because approaching Elder Scrolls Online th
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced grants my wish and cuts PS3-era online nonsense, but now it's been replaced with the modern online nonsense of Shadows

  30-04-2026 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like many games released in the late PS3 and Xbox 360 era, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag had an array of online features that are now either half-broken or completely dead. Thankfully, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is doing what every modern remaster for a game from this era should do by cutting off the online requirements from those features – but unfortunately, it's also adding Assassin's Creed Shadows-style online nonsense of its own.We've already known that Assassin's Creed Bla
  
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• Andy Serkis says playing Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens was "a massive challenge" because the humanoid was "evolving as we were going along"

  30-04-2026 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andy Serkis says Gollum was a piece of cake compared to Supreme Leader Snoke, whose backstory is still a perplexing mystery to most fans."Snoke is the one character that was a massive challenge, because he was evolving, in terms of writing, as we were going along," Serkis said on the Happy Sad Confused Podcast. "It was still unclear where he was at, what he actually represented in [The Force Awakens].”Snoke was introduced in The Force Awakens as a Supreme Leader on the dark side of the For
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs won't confirm or deny making a Lord of the Rings game, but are definitely making an "immersive RPG rich with details" that's "hopefully not so buggy"

  30-04-2026 22:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this year, it was reported that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio Warhorse had been tapped to develop a new RPG in the Lord of the Rings franchise. So, when several members of Warhorse held a Reddit AMA today, fans had questions.Asked about the studio's future plans by one Reddit user, content director Ondřej Bittner replies, "We are hard at work on ... something. Obviously we cannot disclose any details but I can share that it is a huge immersive RPG." Another user directly asked
  
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• Subnautica 2 devs won't touch generative AI despite "AI first" pivot at owner Krafton: "It's interesting technology, but it's not something we're using"

  30-04-2026 21:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer Unknown Worlds didn't use generative AI for one ounce of Subnautica 2, which is now set to launch in early access on May 14, despite it technically coming from self-described "AI first" company Krafton, who's still on as co-publisher despite vanishing from the publisher slot on Steam and other store pages. Speaking with Eurogamer, Subnautica 2 creative media producer Scott MacDonald stressed that gen AI hasn't been used "at all" by Unknown Worlds, joining many devs eager to head off ac
  
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• Facing Chinese censorship, sci-fi RPG shows 50 million users its most depraved content through stick figure drawings

  30-04-2026 20:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Man's sweat has spilled over his brow and into his eyes as he's labored over stone, then metal, and the Windows PC for three million years just for romantic fantasy RPG Love and Deepspace to prove that what humanity needs is not complicated. It has already been written on cave walls. It's stick figures having sex.Shanghai-based developer Infold Games' promotional material for Love and Deepspace's new Lingering Lust event, out April 30, doesn't "reinvent the wheel" – it embraces it. And by
  
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• Elder Scrolls Online director says his cancelled MMO was a "missed opportunity" for Bethesda and Xbox, but "a giant successful video game" isn't enough for Microsoft's higher-ups

  30-04-2026 19:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor has made no secret of the reason he left Zenimax Online Studios, the developer he founded way back in 2007: he wasn't going to stick around if he couldn't keep making his dream MMO, Project Blackbird. He's convinced it could've been a hit, but he understands Microsoft's reasons for cancelling it."I think it's a missed opportunity for me, for [Zenimax Online Studios], for Bethesda, for Xbox. I think it would have been a fantastic game," Firor says in an in
  
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• Attack on Titan creator says he was "immature and foolish" when writing the ending for one particular character

  30-04-2026 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama says he has some regrets about how protagonist Eren Yeager turned out.“Eren became a protagonist who committed mass slaughter on a scale rarely seen in other works of fiction," Isayama said (via Dexterto). "As for why I conceived such a story from the beginning, part of it was my desire to create a narrative with a major twist ... where the victim becomes the perpetrator.""But a large factor was also my own immaturity and foolishness at the time, when
  
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• Windrose devs show off their favorite Steam reviews as the hit pirate survival game crosses 1.5 million copies sold: "I got touched by a big crab"

  30-04-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  You may have noticed Windrose is having a moment. The pirate-themed open-world multiplayer game garnered over 200,000 concurrent players its first week, and it's remained consistent since. In light of this, there are a lot of Steam reviews, and now there's a trailer highlighting some of the best."I punched a dodo in the face," is one that immediately jumps out. The reviews are shown in an animated slideshow, framed on the wooden pieces of a docked pirate ship. I wouldn't be surprised if some of
  
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• Kingston has just launched a massive 30.72TB Gen 5 SSD, and it's not for us storage-starved gamers

  30-04-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingston has unveiled a 30.72TB solid-state drive, but as you can probably guess, it's not for us puny gamers and our storage-starved rigs. Unlike the best SSDs for gaming, the Kingston DC3000ME PCIe 5.0 NVMe U.2 SSD is instead a high-speed PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD that utilizes 3D eTLC NAND and is designed for a "wide range of server applications such as AI, HPC, OLTP, databases, cloud infrastructure and edge computing," aka, data centers.The enterprise-level SSD on its own isn't technically new. But
  
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• First official Justice League tabletop RPG in almost 20 years is on the way, co-written by comics legend Mark Waid

  30-04-2026 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  For the first time in nearly two decades, an official Justice League tabletop RPG set in the DC universe is swooping to the rescue – and it's being worked on by non other than comic book legend Mark Waid.Announced ahead of its crowdfunding campaign launch in July 2026, the Justice League Unlimited Roleplaying Game allows players to either "create a unique hero or assume the identity of established characters." While you'll find a few superhero systems amongst the best tabletop RPGs (includ
  
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• Windrose patch fights connectivity woes with setting that sacrifices ping to make sure you can join a friend's game, along with crash fixes, added music, and more

  30-04-2026 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update ahoy: Windrose's latest patch addresses those annoying connectivity problems by adding another option for players to try if they're suffering any lag. A litany of minor fixes have been made in tow, as well as numerous small additions to make gameplay a little better.The topmost feature here is the new setting, called Force Relay Connection. Essentially, this pushes the connection through using one of the game's relay servers, if you're having trouble getting into a friend's game. It's not
  
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• James Gunn confirms Lanterns HBO release date, hours after the teaser was mysteriously pulled from YouTube

  30-04-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has confirmed Lanterns is set to premiere on August 16 on HBO Max. The show is the next in DC Studios heads' Gunn and Peter Safran's DCU Chapter One and arrives just after Supergirl's cinematic release in June.The release date had already been rumored after a new trailer was released yesterday on DC's YouTube channel. In it the August date was confirmed but it was quickly pulled offline. It seems someone might have jumped the gun on the announcement as it's now back up, complete with
  
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• Capcom uses Pragmata star Diana to make fun of Resident Evil heartthrobs Leon Kennedy and Chis Redfield

  30-04-2026 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom is using Pragmata star Diana to hack a number of its games' accounts, and has used it to clown on the Resident Evil series, and the fans' need to know Leon Kennedy's marriage status.Earlier this week, the Pragmata account on Twitter posted (posing as the game's star Diana), "After I hacked into those strange objects, I got access to a whole bunch of new data," with an image showing trinkets from Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, and Onimusha, with Diana alerting that she'll be showing up on
  
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• Rumored Star Fox game for Switch 2 that Nintendo hasn't confirmed is nowhere to be seen and fans are all asking the same thing: What gives, Nintendo?

  30-04-2026 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Fox fans are all asking the same question: Where's that rumored Switch 2 game at?A few short weeks ago, prominent and normally reliable leaker NateTheHate claimed that a new Star Fox game is due to come out this year alongside a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The rumor made sense considering protagonist Fox McCloud was gearing up to have a surprisingly beefy role in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and VGC later backed up all the chatter about it being a Switch 2 release.But N
  
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• Star Wars: Galactic Racer goes hard on the Episode 1 nostalgia as release date trailer confirms returning podracers, Phantom Menace skins, and a $160 Collector's Edition

  30-04-2026 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Galactic Racer already had nostalgia on its side thanks to its spiritual connections to the beloved 1999 release of Episode 1: Racer. A new trailer has finally revealed Galactic Racer's October release date, and the devs are going heavy on their appeal to your prequel nostalgia in the trailer announcing the news, showcasing some Phantom Menace skins for the Deluxe Edition on top of a teaser for a returning racer.On October 6, 2026, Star Wars: Galactic Racer will be released across PS5
  
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• Resident Evil might not have its own Aunt Gladys, but Zach Cregger teases "unique adversaries" that "people haven't seen before"

  30-04-2026 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nobody could have quite predicted the cultural impact of Weapons' red-haired antagonist Aunt Gladys, which culminated in an Oscar win for actor Amy Madigan – least of all Zach Cregger. With a new horror movie on the way, this time an adaptation of the Resident Evil video games, does the director think lightning could strike twice?"That was kind of an amazing moment with Amy and I think we were all surprised at how much it resonated with people," Cregger says in an interview attended by Gam
  
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• Pokemon TCG kicks off a dark new chapter with Pitch Black expansion

  30-04-2026 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next expansion set for the Pokemon TCG, Pitch Black, has been revealed. As the name would suggest, things are taking a darker turn here… quite literally.Due to launch on July 17, 2026, Pokemon TCG Pitch Black revolves around Mega Evolutions from Pokemon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC. It features Mega Darkrai ex as its headliner and adds over 115 cards in total to one of the best card games, six of which are Mega Evolution Pokemon ex.Pre-orders(Image credit: The Pokemon Company)Whi
  
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• Subnautica 2 launches May 14 in early access on Steam, Epic, and Xbox – with Krafton not listed as publisher after all that legal drama

  30-04-2026 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Subnautica 2 is out May 14 in early access on Steam, Epic Games Store, and Xbox (included in Game Pass), developer Unknown Worlds announced. "Driven from your home by ongoing conflict, Alterra offers you the chance at a new life," reads the early access trailer description. "But as the colony ship CICADA shepherds you and your fellow Pioneers to your new home, something goes awry. The ship’s AI insists that your mission should continue. Stranded and faced with near-insurmountable odds, you
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced lead says Ubisoft could "never replace the GOAT" with the remake: "You only hope to do it justice"

  30-04-2026 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's lead producer says Ubisoft isn't trying to replace its 2013 piracy classic with its built-from-the-ground-up remake. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has officially been announced and will be released in July after well over a year of being the "worst-kept secret" in games. But even if the name somewhat sounds like it, Black Flag Resynced isn't a remaster, it's been "rebuilt from the ground up" as a full remake of one of the best Assassin's Cr
  
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• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet brings "a different side of Naughty Dog," lead actor says, which sounds great after 100 years of The Last of Us

  30-04-2026 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us and Uncharted studio Naughty Dog's next big game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, is apparently going to show us "a different side" to the studio, according to its lead actor, and after what's felt like an eternity of The Last of Us, it sounds like it could be the breath of fresh air fans need.Speaking in a new interview with IGN (below), Tati Gabrielle, who plays the role of protagonist and bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, is asked if she's s
  
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• Supernatural fans agree that the long-awaited reunion was upstaged by all those surprise actor cameos in The Boys season 5 episode 5

  30-04-2026 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  That long-awaited Supernatural reunion finally happened in The Boys season 5 episode 5, but so did a Super Bad and This is the End reunion.Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Boys season 5 episode 5!In the new episode, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, and Misha Collins all appeared together on screen for the first time since Supernatural ended six years ago. Padalecki played ex-Seven member Mister Marathon, who was once the fastest man in the world, with Collins as Malchemical, who po
  
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• Deleted leak of next Tales remaster does Bandai Namco's job for it, unexpectedly bringing a 26-year-old JRPG back from the dead

  30-04-2026 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bandai Namco's been on a mission to remaster as many Tales of [Something] games as possible in recent years, but its next revival effort may have just been leaked by an accidental age rating.PEGI (or the Pan European Game Information board) quietly rated Tales of Eternia Remastered, a game that has not yet been officially announced, in a listing published on April 16 that's now surfaced on social media. The PEGI rating has subsequently been scrubbed from the site itself, but not before the inter
  
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• Brutal difficulty? Crushing bosses? Don't let them scare you off Saros, pleads PlayStation studios lead: "If this video game looks cool to you then IT IS FOR YOU"

  30-04-2026 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Saros is about to come out for everyone, there's some discussion going around about the overall difficulty, especially compared to its predecessor, Returnal. A higher-up at PlayStation is here to quell any concerns, maintaining that the sci-fi roguelike remains approachable despite its tricky parts.On Twitter, a user posted about how hard Saros is, pointing out that once you get past the game's second boss, you unlock bonuses you can toggle on and off to tailor the experience more to yo
  
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• The new Resident Evil movie may be set "parallel" to Resident Evil 2, but Zach Cregger confirms the Nemesis won't feature

  30-04-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zach Cregger may have revealed that his new Resident Evil movie takes place "on the periphery" of Resident Evil 2, but don't expect a familiar big bad to show up."My favorite [creature in the movie] is kind of the big baddie that sort of evolves and changes and follows [Austin Abrams' Bryan] over the course of the movie," Cregger says in an interview attended by GamesRadar+. "And I don't want to say too much about it, but it's not a Nemesis. So I know people are going to read this and be like, '
  
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• "A single-player MMO is almost like cheating": Crimson Desert is "awesome," former Elder Scrolls Online director says, even if "I don't know what the hell I'm doing"

  30-04-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Elder Scrolls Online game director and ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor says Crimson Desert is "awesome," and that "being able to make a single-player MMO is almost like cheating to me."Speaking in a new interview with MinnMax (below), Firor – who left ZeniMax Online Studios after more than 18 years in 2025 following the cancellation of his dream MMO, Project Blackbird – is asked for his thoughts on Pearl Abyss's massive new open-world game. After all, before Crimson
  
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• King of TV recommendations Hideo Kojima reviews your next Netflix binge watch – and it's a horror show with a killer premise

  30-04-2026 15:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima is back with another new TV recommendation – and this time it's a Netflix show that's already out on streaming. The Death Stranding creator took to Twitter to share his thoughts on Korean horror drama If Wishes Could Kill."I finished all eight episodes of 'If Wishes Could Kill (GIRIGO),'" Kojima wrote. "It was really good. Like many recent series, it did have a 'flashback' episode (important for the story), but episodes 7–8 never lost momentum. It builds steadily toward
  
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• Weapons star has the night from hell in first trailer for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie

  30-04-2026 15:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  After debuting behind closed doors at CinemaCon, the first trailer for the new Resident Evil movie is finally available to watch online. Directed by Weapons helmer Zach Cregger, the film serves as a reboot to the beloved survival horror franchise, bringing an original story and characters to Raccoon City.The trailer opens with a man walking through the snow up to a quiet house. He knocks on the door to no answer, and walks inside. "Hello?" he calls out. "I had a little bit of a problem on the ro
  
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• Behold, the perfect game for isekai anime and manga fans, The Simpsons: Hit & Run believers, and anybody fantasizing about "being anywhere" but Earth right now

  30-04-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sometimes the name of a game tells you exactly what it's about. Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World, the latest from El Paso: Elsewhere and I Am Your Beast studio Strange Scaffold, does half the work for you. It's an open riff on the isekai boom that's consumed anime and manga for years, but it's also a straight-faced interrogation of the trend rather than pure parody, and it's all wrapped up inside a Final Fantasy 4 approach to Crazy Taxi. It's coming to PC later this year. First, a c
  
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• Marvel star's desert epic with a 25% Rotten Tomatoes score on track to be one of the biggest box office flops ever

  30-04-2026 14:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Desert Warrior, an action film starring Marvel's Anthony Mackie, is shaping up to be not just one of the worst box office flops of the year, but of all time. The film, set in 7th century Arabia, follows Mackie's bandit on a mission to help a princess resist a villainous emperor. Desert Warrior boasts a reported $150 million budget and was produced in Saudi Arabia. Rupert Wyatt directs (according to a report from Deadline, which has a deep dive on apparent behind the scenes issues, Wyatt exited t
  
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• Yoshi and the Mysterious Book pre-orders come with cracking bonus gifts, but only for UK fans

  30-04-2026 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quick links(Image credit: Nintendo)Quick pre-orders:US: $69.99 at AmazonUK: £58.99 at Nintendo (with bonus gifts)Everyone's favorite little green, egg-laying dino is back for another adorable adventure in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, which launches on May 21, 2026. This is Yoshi's first solo Nintendo Switch 2 outing and his first game since Yoshi and the Crafted World, so it's a pretty big deal.As egg-citing as it is, the game is not ready to hatch quite yet, but pre-orders are available
  
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• After Slay the Spire 2 update led to negative Steam review spike, Mewgenics lead jokes releasing balance patches for popular games is "the scariest thing a human can experience"

  30-04-2026 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mewgenics co-creator Tyler Glaiel has spoken about the stress attached to releasing balance patches for popular games. Over on Twitter, Glaiel says: "People be like 'The scariest thing a human can experience is drowning'. They clearly have never had to release a balance patch for a popular game on Steam." This is in reference to the latest Mewgenics patch released onto the game's beta branch on Steam. The patch has been pretty well received for elements like the Mage buffs, but a nerf to the Mut
  
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• Xbox studio accidentally gave away the RPG that led to OG Fallout for free, so now it's giving everyone a way to play it legitimately

  30-04-2026 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Xbox developer made a big whoopsie and accidentally gave players a free (but broken) version of the game that led to OG Fallout, but rather than snatching the lucky (but, again, botched) freebie away from gamers, the studio is simply giving people a way to play it properly."A couple weeks ago an error made Wasteland Remastered free on the Microsoft/Xbox Store, but what people snagged before we fixed the glitch can't actually be played," developer inXile Entertainment writes on social media. "
  
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• The C64 and ZX Spectrum are back as 3DS-style handhelds

  30-04-2026 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  I can't say I had the C64 and ZX Spectrum making grand returns as clamshell retro handhelds on my bingo card, but that's exactly what Blaze and Retro Games Ltd are planning. The minds behind the Evercade and the makers of systems like the Atari 400 Mini are turning the microcomputers into something that effectively looks like a 3DS, and I'm obviously here for it.Dubbed "THE64 Handheld" and "The Spectrum Handheld", Blaze and Retro Games Ltd's collaboration takes the existing plug-and-play systems
  
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• Robert Kirkman has ranked all four seasons of Invincible, and you might be surprised by his #1

  30-04-2026 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Invincible season 4 has come to an end, Invincible creator Robert Kirkman has ranked every season of the Prime Video show from best to worst.Whilst on The Escape Pod, creator of the Invincible comics and the animated show, Kirkman revealed that his favorite season so far is Invincible season 4. Check out the ranking below. 1. Season 42. Season 33. Season 14. Season 2"I would go 4, 3, 1, 2," said Kirkman. "I will say that season 2 was a deliberately quiet season. We try to make sure that
  
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• New Xbox head Asha Sharma says "we know we have work to do" as quarterly hardware sales sink another 33%

  30-04-2026 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft's quarterly financial update for the third quarter of the current fiscal year is in, and console numbers are still declining. According to the stats provided, revenue from Xbox hardware continues to drop, as do associated first-party sales.In the earnings report for the last three months, it's stated that "Xbox hardware revenue declined 33%." That's a substantial dip on its own, but when taken in context of the last two quarters, you get a pretty grim picture of how many consoles Micro
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced lets you turn off the HUD as Ubisoft baked all the information you need into its animations, like enemies who lose their hats when their defense is broken

  30-04-2026 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cluttered menus and HUDs are an increasingly common source of headache in games. Thankfully, Ubisoft is avoiding the problem entirely by letting players hide every single part of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's HUD, and you might not miss it as much as you'd expect since enemies themselves will basically tell you when they're ready for your hidden blades.Ubisoft recently elaborated on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's reworked combat, one that has a more familiar staggering system. E
  
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• Amazon announces Prime Day 2026 is coming sooner than you think

  30-04-2026 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon Prime Day will return in 2026, that much was always pretty much a given - but this year Bezos is moving the party forwards. The retailer has announced, via a blog post yesterday, that this year's sale will take place in June - a month earlier than its usual timeline would suggest. We don't know exact dates yet, but that means Prime Day gaming deals could be heading our way in just over a month's time. Last time Amazon moved its event forward, it took place across June 21 - 22 back in 2021
  
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• Valve boss Gabe Newell set up Hideo Kojima with a SpaceX tour after Death Stranding showcase because "he was talking about how much he wants to go into space"

  30-04-2026 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima wants to go to space. He's made this very known, and frankly, I'm not sure the world would be ready for whatever game he'd come up with after escaping the planet for a while. But Valve boss Gabe Newell was clearly eager to help the Metal Gear mastermind make the right connections, as emails have now been released showing Newell asking Elon Musk to give Kojima a SpaceX tour. As spotted by PC Gamer, the newly revealed emails have appeared as part of the Musk v Altman lawsuit, listed i
  
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• Dbrand has launched a Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con holder that's "more comfortable than a Pro controller" but far cheaper

  30-04-2026 12:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  It feels unfair to throw shade at the official Joy-Con grip compared to the best Nintendo Switch 2 accessories out there, as it comes free with the handheld. But the small controller add-on feels super uncomfortable and limiting. It locks your Switch 2 Joy-Cons to one angle and requires you to take off any grips every time you use it.The edgy accessories maker Dbrand has decided to combat Nintendo's first-party accessory misgivings by releasing its own Joy-Lock Controller Holder. Available for $
  
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• James Gunn plans to rewatch The Suicide Squad and Blue Beetle to decide what is DCU canon

  30-04-2026 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The DCU has been in full swing for two years now, but it sounds like James Gunn still needs to make some decisions about what exactly is canon from The Suicide Squad and Blue Beetle. The DCU officially began with Creature Commandos in late 2024, though elements of The Suicide Squad and Blue Beetle – which are both part of the old DCEU – are still considered canon. Gunn has previously said The Suicide Squad is like an "imperfect memory" and Blue Beetle is the first canon character of
  
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• Sony finally clarifies PlayStation DRM situation that set alarm bells ringing after users noticed new PS5 and PS4 digital games come with 30-day lockout timers

  30-04-2026 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has released a statement clarifying the ongoing DRM situation finally explaining what's going on after days of conflicting information.In a statement issued to Game File, a Sony rep explains, "Players can continue to access and play their purchased games as usual. However, "A one-time online check is required after purchase to confirm the game’s license, after which no further check-ins are needed." Effectively, your console will need to check once that you have access to the game's l
  
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• Pokemon card resellers get their comeuppance with a cunning yet simple trick

  30-04-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unscrupulous Pokemon card resellers are finally getting their just desserts, and it's all thanks to a simple yet surprisingly effective workaround.Folks scooping up the best card games to flog at an absurd markup have caused trouble for years, and it's been tough to tackle beyond limiting availability – until now. A clever technique in a Japanese store stops resellers dead in their tracks, largely because you have to be an actual fan to buy Pokemon cards. Basically, you must answer mandato
  
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• Eric Kripke says Gen V fans won't stop messaging him about the cancelation: "I was fighting to keep the show"

  30-04-2026 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following Amazon's decision to scrap The Boys spin-off Gen V this April, creator Eric Kripke wants it to be known that he did not cancel the show, and he tried to do everything to save the college-set Superhero satire. "I did not cancel the show," said Kripke to Entertainment Weekly. "One, I don't have the power to do that. Two, I was fighting to keep the show, almost more than anybody else on Earth. So I'm as bummed as everybody else out there." However, since the news broke, disgruntled fans h
  
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• Atomfall TV show to bring Rebellion's British post-apocalypse to the screen

  30-04-2026 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cricket bats at the ready: a TV adaptation of Rebellion's postapocalyptic survival-action video game Atomfall is in development from the duo behind Jamie Dornan thriller The Tourist.The latest video game to get the live-action adaptation treatment (news of a Battlefield movie landed only last week), 2025's Atomfall hailed from British studio Rebellion, and put a distinctly British spin on the post-apocalypse. Inspired by 1957's Windscale disaster, Atomfall is set in a Lake District Quarantine Zo
  
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• Atomfall TV show announced which will "expand" the game's mythology

  30-04-2026 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cricket bats at the ready: a TV adaptation of Rebellion's postapocalyptic survival-action video game Atomfall is in development from the duo behind Jamie Dornan thriller The Tourist.The latest video game to get the live-action adaptation treatment (news of a Battlefield movie landed only last week), 2025's Atomfall hailed from British studio Rebellion, and put a distinctly British spin on the post-apocalypse. Inspired by 1957's Windscale disaster, Atomfall is set in a Lake District Quarantine Zo
  
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• The Steam Controller is all the rage, but I've been distracted by a modern Dreamcast controller that's more like Valve's original pad

  30-04-2026 11:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve finally lifted the lid on its Steam Controller this week, and early reviews on the $99 / £85 gadget scheduled for May are sparking debates. I've yet to try out the accessory, but having just spent the week testing the Retro Fighters StrikerDC, a wireless Sega Dreamcast gamepad that uses the 2000s retro console button layout, I've got a newfound appreciation for Valve's original gamepad vision.Let me get one thing straight: the Retro Fighters StrikerDC is nothing like the new Steam Co
  
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• Ubisoft further distances Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced from Shadows and Valhalla's RPG combat as it confirms no levels and no gear stats

  30-04-2026 11:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft is once again hammering home the point that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is really, really, definitely not an RPG in the vein of Assassin's Creed Shadows and Valhalla.After Ubisoft finally let the leaks loose and formally announced the remade pirate game, one of the first things game director Richard Knight noted about the project was that Black Flag Resynced "is not an RPG." Considering how divisive the more stat-driven entries in the series can be with long-time fans, the immed
  
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