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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio Warhorse raises $65,000 to help preserve the real-life medieval castle that's Henry's homebase in the first RPG

  14-05-2026 23:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pirkstein Castle is one of the most recognizable fortresses in Warhorse Studios' beloved historical RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, serving as a homebase for protagonist Henry while the story is anchored in Rattay, but it's also a real-life landmark of Bohemian medieval history. Pirkštejn Castle is a 14th century Gothic castle situated in the Posázaví region of Central Bohemia. It's changed hands a bunch of times in the 675 years since its construction and suffered significa
  
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• Crimson Desert star acted in The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring but says Pearl Abyss' "beautiful" open-world game is "unlike anything I've ever been involved in"

  14-05-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scottish actor Alec Newman has inhabited countless incredible universes both on and off screen, having once played Dune protagonist Paul Atreides in Syfy's Emmy-winning 2000 miniseries before becoming a video game pro with roles in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring, among many other major titles. But none of it compares to playing tough guy Kliff in open-world adventure Crimson Desert, he says. Newman describes his time working with developer Pearl Abyss on Crimson Desert
  
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• Marathon is getting a "PVE-only mode" as Bungie responds to the state of the game

  14-05-2026 23:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marathon game director Joe Ziegler just published the kind of 'state of the game' letter that Destiny 2 players would actually kill for right now. Three months in, the silver bullet has officially been chambered: a PvE-only mode is coming to Marathon, and so is a lot more. Season 2 of Marathon will introduce two more experimental game modes. One, coming at the start of the season, has "a touch of PvP" but focuses on PvE. The other is "a PvE-only mode that's focused on crews being tasked with com
  
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• Rockstar's supposed GTA 6 pre-order evidence is actually years old

  14-05-2026 22:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hopes are rising that GTA 6 pre-orders are imminent, but not all the evidence is created equal. As Best Buy employees are reportedly getting prepped for the pre-order campaign, fans have noted a bit of code on Rockstar's own website that similarly seemed to hint that early purchases are starting soon. Unfortunately, this is one of those many instances where you should be cautious about what you read on the internet.By digging into the source code of Rockstar's GTA 6 website, fans found a line la
  
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• Gen V star was completely unaware of her surprise "cameo" in The Boys season 5 episode 6

  14-05-2026 21:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gen V star Maddie Phillips had no idea she was going to make an "appearance" in The Boys season 5 episode 6, either.In The Boys season 5 episode 6, Annie and Hughie venture into the Democratic Church of America, where they find a wall containing photos of every psychic Supe in the entire world. Among that wall of photos is none other than dangerous psychic Cate Dunlap, who used her powers to aid Homelander in The Boys season 4 (and it's her psychic manipulation of Frenchie that makes Kimiko spea
  
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• Persona 5 Royal lead says the JRPG series' growth might have "contributed to the recent spread of turn-based combat," but for Atlus, it's just "an expression of our game-design philosophy"

  14-05-2026 21:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call it a turn-based resurgence. Call it a "rediscovery of things that had fallen outside our field of view." Call it whatever you want, but one thing's for sure: turn-based games are hot, hot, baby, and they have been for, like, 10 years now. 10 years happens to be roughly the length of time between now and the release of Persona 5, which arguably catapulted the long-running turn-based JRPG series to mainstream status, and Kazuhisa Wada, head of Atlus's Persona team P-Studio, says that may or m
  
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• "FromSoftware is making steady progress" amid push "to develop IP in games" and film, says owner Kadokawa as Elden Ring movie looms

  14-05-2026 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa has just released new financial results revealing the Dark Souls developer is committing to more self-publishing and self-funding while it works on converting video game IP to big deal movies like Elden Ring's. The Elden Ring movie is already in production under A24 and 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland, who is serving as both its scriptwriter and director, and it's due to release on March 3, 2028. But 2028 feels so far away when Kadokawa predicts 2026 profit
  
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• Now that Subnautica 2 is out, Valve's own Deadlock tops Steam's most wishlisted chart

  14-05-2026 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a big day for people who don't suffer from thalassophobia, as Subnautica 2 just launched into early access on Steam. Considering the five million wishlists on the store, it's safe to say players were giddy to dive in, and now that the aquatic survival game is out, Valve's Deadlock can get comfortable back at number one on the wishlist chart.For some time, Subnautica 2 sat on the top spot of Steam's top wishlists, taunting everything else below it. Particularly Deadlock, the mysterious new m
  
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• GTA 6 price listed as $115 via one retailer as pre-order rumors circulate, and fans are praying it's just a "placeholder"

  14-05-2026 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The GTA 6 community is going wild between a supposed pre-order leak on Best Buy and the ever-growing rumors surrounding a Trailer 3 release – and now, they've got a potential $99 price tag to grapple with, too.In case you've not heard the rumors – because, well, they've been circulating for quite some time now – Grand Theft Auto 6 could cost $99 or so. Heavy on the could there, though, as no one from Rockstar Games or Take-Two has confirmed such a price… Folks have just
  
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• Studio behind hit co-op game apologizes after $75,000 AI video contest leads to Steam review bomb: "We hoped AI could be a more accessible tool"

  14-05-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The studio behind Party Animals has found itself in hot water after announcing an AI-generated video contest that promised $75,000 worth of prizes for participants, a plan that prompted heated backlash on Steam and an apology from the developers.As you might remember, Party Animals is the co-op brawler that came out almost three years ago. What began as a physics-based hoot reheating Human Fall Flat's nachos has since turned into a more generally pleasant party game that includes a chill fishing
  
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• Devs behind one of Steam’s most-wishlisted games respond after asking players to change negative reviews and kicking up a stink online

  14-05-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Outbound, a cozy little co-op crafting game that's all about building up a base on wheels and exploring a colorful open world, is under fire from fans upset with developer Square Glade Games' reaction to negative reviews – but the studio now has a response.In case you've missed the drama, Outbound launched on Steam just a few days ago and sits on the storefront with a "Mostly Positive" rating currently. As a mix of both negative and positive reviews started rolling in, folks spotted respon
  
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• Subnautica 2 has already sold 1 million copies and it's been out for literally one hour

  14-05-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unknown Worlds Entertainment has announced that Subnautica 2 has sold over 1 million copies literally one hour after the game launched into early access. After a drawn out legal drama that made us wonder if we'd ever get our hands on it at all, Subnautica 2 is finally out in early access on Steam, Epic Games Store, and Xbox right now, and as it turns out the game is pretty popular. Not only did the game instantly debut to massive numbers on Steam – currently sitting at 463,021 on SteamDB a
  
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• Dragon Quest lead doesn't think the JRPG series "must always feature turn-based combat," which makes me wonder if Dragon Quest 12 could follow in Final Fantasy's footsteps

  14-05-2026 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Dragon Quest lead says that he doesn't think the series necessarily always has to take the form of a turn-based RPG.Speaking to Game Informer, Masato Yagi, director on Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined and Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition explains: "People may feel differently about this, but personally, I don't believe that a Dragon Quest title must always feature turn-based combat." Instead, he says, "What matters is the underlying theme of the game and selectin
  
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• After 1 hour, Subnautica 2 Steam player peak is 9x bigger than the original game and gaining on Slay the Spire 2 for biggest launch of 2026

  14-05-2026 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Subnautica 2 is finally here in early access, and it's immediately blown its predecessor's all-time concurrent player record on Steam out of the water, with a massive peak I can hardly keep up with as I type. At the time of writing, Subnautica 2 launched a little over one hour ago, and in that time, it's already accumulated a whopping 463,021 concurrent players on Steam (thanks, SteamDB). To put it into perspective, the first Subnautica's highest ever concurrent player peak on the platform was 5
  
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• Watch Dogs Legion lead says Ubisoft probably would have looked into AI-powered NPCs if the tech was more advanced – "depending on what the cultural climate was"

  14-05-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  AI's been creeping into game development in recent years through various means. Beyond gen-AI assets appearing in the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, you have the chatbot coming to Dragon Quest 10, and NPCs in MMORPG Where Winds Meet whose dialog is generated using the tech. The latter intrigues Clint Hocking, the co-director on Watch Dogs: Legion, who says possibilities probably would've been explored if they were on the table while developing that game."We were talking about playing as any
  
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• Former Assassin's Creed Hexe lead says Ubisoft probably would have looked into AI-powered NPCs for one of his older games if the tech were more advanced at that time

  14-05-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  AI's been creeping into game development in recent years through various means. Beyond gen-AI assets appearing in the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, you have the chatbot coming to Dragon Quest 10, and NPCs in MMORPG Where Winds Meet, whose dialogue is generated using the tech. The latter intrigues Clint Hocking, the co-director of Watch Dogs: Legion, who says possibilities probably would've been explored if they were on the table while developing that game."We were talking about playing as
  
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• The PC Gaming Show returns on June 7 with a new host

  14-05-2026 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PC Gaming Show is set to return on June 7, with a new face to round out hosting duties for this year's show.Joining returning hosts - game developer Sean 'Day[9]' Plott, esports host Frankie Ward, and actor Mica Burton - is YouTuber Elz, fresh off her own hosting duties at the 2026 gaming BAFTAs. The quartet will be guiding players through announcements for more than 50 PC games, with world premiers, exclusive reveals, developer interviews, and updates from teams like Devolver Digital and To
  
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• Marvel Rivals test players make historic discovery: Devil Dinosaur is too big to fit in the flarkin' maps

  14-05-2026 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals test server players are discovering that Devil Dinosaur is already the silliest character in the game, thanks to his head being too big.Earlier this week, Marvel Rivals confirmed the heroes coming to Season 8 of the multiplayer shooter. While Cyclops's arrival in the game may be the main event for a ton of Marvel fans, it also came with one of the most inspired choices for the game's already massive roster. Sure, there may not be Doctor Doom, Ghost Rider, or Ant-Man yet, but the de
  
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• Forza Horizon 6's Metacritic score sends it speeding past Pokemon Pokopia and Resident Evil Requiem to become 2026's best-rated game of the year

  14-05-2026 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Forza Horizon 6 keeps the series' hot streak alive and speeds to become 2026's best-rated game of the year so far, dethroning Pokemon Pokopia and bumping Resident Evil Requiem down a spot. Reviews for the open-world driving game started chugging along earlier today, and to no one's surprise, they were just as pristine as you'd expect from the Playground Games series. On Metacritic, Forza Horizon 6 averages a score of 92 based on 62 critic reviews and counting - it ties with FH5 and FH4, while FH
  
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• New Spider-Man: Brand New Day featurette gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Marvel movie's explosive opening sequence

  14-05-2026 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and we'd be lying if we said it didn't make us even more excited for Peter Parker's return.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, star Tom Holland says that the upcoming film has some of the best action we've seen in any of the Spider-Man movies so far. We see a montage of clips, including exploding cars, Spidey being thrown backwards into a truck, and riding on top of what appears to be an army tank. We
  
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• GTA 6 pre-orders: everything we know so far as new leaks point to imminent listings

  14-05-2026 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 pre-orders have been on everyone's lips for a few months now, ever since the original release date was pushed back last year. With speculation swirling around $100 price points and Best Buy email leaks pointing to an imminent green light, things seem to be heating up once again. Here's what we know so far. GTA 6 is officially due to release on November 19, 2026, giving us six months before we dive into the world of Leonida, but we were originally supposed to be playing it this month. A May
  
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• As Final Fantasy struggles to stick with younger gamers, FF7 Remake director considers how to bring the JRPG series to new fans after his trilogy is finished

  14-05-2026 15:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Naoki Hamaguchi, the director behind the ongoing Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, has spoken about what comes after his three-part meta saga concludes. He's both open to working on something entirely new and is pretty interested in finding a way to make Final Fantasy appeal to newer generations that are statistically less interested in the long-running series.Asked about whether he wants to stick with Final Fantasy or do something totally unrelated, in an interview Nintenderos, Hamaguchi leaves t
  
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• Garry's Mod successor punishes gen AI use as creator admits "our Steam reviews obviously aren't great"

  14-05-2026 15:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The spiritual successor to Garry's Mod, S&box, became fully available on Steam for the first time just under two weeks ago, and generative AI became rampant almost immediately. Lead developer Garry Newman's now revealed protective measures against projects using such assets, while discussing the toolkit's current reception on Steam.One change is that games featuring AI cover art will be suppressed. "I've been making a lot of changes to our workshop so we can identify and discourage the AI sl
  
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• The year is 2026 and Alienware just launched an RTX 4050 gaming laptop for $1300

  14-05-2026 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The hybrid Alienware 15 has just hit the shelves, aiming for a budget friendly price point for a hybrid work / play device. With all that in mind, though, the only two configurations you'll find on Dell's store today are the RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 models - and the latter will run you up to $2,299.99. So far, so confusing. Dell is also rolling out RTX 4050 (and even RTX 3050, but only in select territories) options for its slimline machine, but even the 40-Series config starts at $1,299.99 for an
  
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• They can never compete with Elden Ring, but FromSoftware owner says Nightreign "performed strongly" and The Duskbloods is still coming in 2026

  14-05-2026 15:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Of all the upcoming Switch 2 games, the strikingly Bloodborne-esque The Duskbloods might be the most hotly anticipated as aFromSoftware title exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 – and thankfully, amid various game delays, it's still coming in 2026.Kadokawa Corporation, parent company of FromSoftware, has just released its quarterly earnings results, and they do confirm that The Duskbloods is set to arrive this year – although they don't provide us with a more specific release date, sa
  
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• YouTuber Curry Barker opens up on the pressures of making his first feature film Obsession: "Before, if something sucked, I just wouldn't post it"

  14-05-2026 15:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  With reviews so rave it's earned 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, nerve-shredding horror Obsession is currently the highest rated movie of the year so far. But director Curry Barker isn't relaxing just yet when it comes to its follow-up projects: Anything But Ghosts and a new Texas Chain Saw Massacre flick."Even now I'm stepping into bigger shoes than I'm used to. Every movie has kind of been like a step for me," the 26 year old, who made a name for himself making horror-comedy shorts on YouTube, tells G
  
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• New Star Wars book features Rey and Ben Solo crumbs – but it will be enough to make Reylos everywhere happy

  14-05-2026 15:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Star Wars book includes some insight into Rey's thinking – and even pays tribute to Ben Solo. The newly released 'Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith: The Chronicles of Emperor' Palpatine is an update to the reference book first published in 2021, and sees Rey speak about the Sith.Shared on X by a reader, it features Rey writing about her connection to Emperor Palpatine, who it was revealed was her grandfather in The Rise of Skywalker. "Palpatine's words may have made the dark side so
  
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• The Mandalorian and Grogu team are "secretly" hoping to make a sequel set deeper in the Outer Rim, says star Sigourney Weaver

  14-05-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sigourney Weaver is making her Star Wars debut as the New Republic's Colonel Ward in The Mandalorian and Grogu – but, if she had her way, she'd come back for more in a sequel. When we met with Weaver in London to discuss her role in the new film, we asked about her hopes for the future, and it turns out she might not be the only one in the Mandalorian and Grogu team hoping for more adventures featuring Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin and his tiny green son. "Well, in an ideal world, I'd love to
  
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• Amiibo support is coming to Star Fox, and these three figures will unlock your exclusive in-game goodies

  14-05-2026 14:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Japan has confirmed that the upcoming Switch 2 Star Fox is compatible with amiibo. According to the official Japanese Star Fox website, tapping any of the existing Fox, Falco, and Wolf NFC accessories on the Switch 2 Joy-Con will allow players to unlock a series of exclusive emblems and banners for multiplayer.
  Originally discovered by Nintendo Life, these cosmetic exclusives will be viewable by friends or strangers that you choose to battle online. You will need the trio of amiibo to u
  
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• The Boys actor Antony Starr responds to fan criticism ahead of the series finale: "Life is messy"

  14-05-2026 14:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Homelander star Antony Starr has responded to a fan about the upcoming season finale of The Boys. The actor replied on a recent Instagram post, noting that not everything might be tied up in the one hour and five minute long final episode of season 5.He shared some behind the scenes images from filming The Boys season 5 episode 7, including one with him in the Oval Office and another with Tomer Capone from Frenchie's death scene.One comment on the post read, "yall got a lot to wrap up next week,
  
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• Gen V star bids farewell to her character, but The Boys showrunner suggests it's not the end for her

  14-05-2026 14:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gen V star Jaz Sinclair has paid a heartfelt farewell to her character Marie Moreau after she made her final (or is it…?) appearance in this week's episode of The Boys season 5."My first audition for Gen V was January of 2021. Normally I do a tape and forget about it forever, but for some reason I dreamt about this one for a month," Sinclair wrote in an Instagram post dedicated to her late co-star, Chance Perdomo. "When I got the call (after 5 more auditions) I screamed and cried and jump
  
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• The Krasivoe Cube Dock can transform your Switch 2 dock into the iconic GameCube, but it'll cost you

  14-05-2026 14:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Indie accessories brand Krasivoe has followed up their PlayStation Switch 2 dock cover with something more attuned for early 00s Nintendo fans, the Cube Dock. It's exactly what you think it is, judging from the name - a dock cover that transforms the Nintendo Switch 2 into the glorious purple console that is the GameCube.Starting from £89 at Etsy, this isn't a replacement dock, but a cover that allows you to slide in your existing accessory to give it a more nostalgic look. According to th
  
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• Fortnite's most embarrassing cause of death has been removed, but Epic Games has managed to balance it shockingly well

  14-05-2026 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a win for clumsy players everywhere, Epic Games is removing death by fall damage from Fortnite, although the alternative isn't exactly a buff either. I'm sure its a universal experience for anyone who has played Fortnite that you'll be playing a match and going on an absolute tear through the battlefield. '10 kills on the board right now, just wiped out Tomato Town' level domination, only for you to make one wrong move, fall off of a cliff and instantly die, ruining everything. While multipla
  
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• The Lord of the Rings MMO might reportedly be dead, but Amazon is still "working closely" with Middle-earth on a new game

  14-05-2026 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon might have reportedly killed its second attempt at a The Lord of the Rings MMO, but the publisher says it's still "working closely" with Middle-earth Enterprises on other games set in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe.Eurogamer reports that The Lord of the Rings MMO is no longer in development at Amazon Game Studios and the developer behind New World, citing sources familiar with the project, as part of an investigation into the publisher's use of generative-AI in games. RPS reported as m
  
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• A major character from The Acolyte may have been "complicit" in the return of the Sith, new Star Wars book reveals

  14-05-2026 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Star Wars book has revealed some fascinating information about the return of the Sith in the High Republic era. In the updated edition of Marc Sumerak's Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi, which now has the subtitle The Chronicles of Luke Skywalker, it turns out Vernestra Rwoh might have helped the Sith make a comeback. The book is "written" by Luke Skywalker in 34 ABY (AKA 34 years after he blew up the Death Star on the Star Wars timeline) and features the legendary Jedi's reflections on
  
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• Forza Horizon 6 isn't even out yet, but players are already modding it on PC with Tokyo Drift references, quality-of-life changes, and more

  14-05-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite not being available officially for another day, players are already modding Forza Horizon 6 on PC. Forza Horizon 6's PC version leaked in full earlier this week, allowing folks to start playing the game over a week before its release on May 19 (and days before its early access launch on May 15). So, outside of those who you would typically expect to be playing the game at the moment – be that reviewers or Microsoft staff – there's a large number of people driving through Japa
  
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• Future Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games could release more quickly as Square Enix makes "steady progress" on a framework for "regular" major game launches

  14-05-2026 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  As you're no doubt aware, it takes a while for us to get new mainline Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games these days. Seven years separate Final Fantasy 15 and 16, and we're nine years waiting for Dragon Quest 12 thus far. Developer and publisher Square Enix is working on ways to speed up development for both these and more entries for the storied franchises in the future.The company says as much in its report for the fiscal year ending March 2026. "Steady progress is also being made in establi
  
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• Bleach studio launches new magical girl show as producer admits it's "tired of battles" in anime

  14-05-2026 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  28 years after its last magical girl show, Bleach and Naruto studio Pierrot is launching a new series as its producer admits they are "tired of battles" in anime.Speaking to Oricon News (via Automaton Media), producer Yuhei Fukui pulled back the curtain on Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly, a series that continues the studio's decades-old tradition of magical girl anime, best characterized by a group of young women transforming into fantastical alter-egos – complete with a "no battles" rule.&ld
  
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• Former Assassin's Creed Hexe lead says no one at Ubisoft lost their job to AI while he was there: "That's just factually untrue"

  14-05-2026 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Hexe's former creative director Clint Hocking, an industry veteran who left publisher Ubisoft just a few short months ago, says workers at the company weren't being replaced by AI during his tenure. Hocking served as a lead on both Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and Far Cry 2, before working at a few non-Ubisoft publishers and eventually circling back as the creative director for both Watch Dogs Legion and the still very mysterious Assassin's Creed Hexe.When asked about the advent
  
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• The Boys fans have spotted an Easter egg from the comics, and it makes the penultimate episode even more heartbreaking

  14-05-2026 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The most recent episode of The Boys season 5 delivered one of the most devastating deaths, arguably of the whole series. However, fans have noticed that Homelander's latest victim's final words were actually pulled from The Boys comic. Warning, the following contains major spoilers for The Boys season 5 episode 7, so turn back now if you haven't caught up yet. The penultimate episode of the last ever season of The Boys ended with Homelander killing a member of the Boys, Frenchie. Just as Frenchi
  
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• M. Night Shyamalan is about to cook as he teases his next thriller is his highest-rated movie with test audiences

  14-05-2026 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The hype is real for M. Night Shyamalan's next movie. His new movie, a romance thriller titled Remain, has reportedly been the highest-rated of all his films during test screenings."Just between us, it’s my highest-testing movie of my career.," Shyamalan said during Warner Bros. Discovery’s upfront presentation this week (via The Hollywood Reporter). "We’re now in post-production, finding every detail. Honestly, my hope is that when you experience Remain, you feel both sides of
  
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• The RTX 5090 is already out of reach for us mere PC gaming mortals, but board prices could make it a mythical beast

  14-05-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm going to level with you: I don't even react to RTX 5090 price increases these days. Yes, it might be the best graphics card out there in terms of sheer power, but that means nothing if the average PC player has a better chance of seeing Nessie than adding the card to their rig. However, things could now get a lot worse for the RTX 5090 thanks to board price increases linked to GDDR7 costs. A Board Channels post highlighted by Videocardz signals that the boards used by the GPU are set to incr
  
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• With just 1 episode left, The Boys season 5 episode 7 is tied for the lowest ranked on IMDb

  14-05-2026 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 finale airs in just one week, but fans aren't very happy with the second-to-last ever episode. Spoilers for season 5 are ahead. The episode, 'The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk,' holds a user rating of just 7.1 on IMDb, which ties it for dead last with season 4, episode 2, 'Life Among the Septics.'The highest rated episode of the show is season 3, episode 6, 'Herogasm,' which holds a rating of 9.6. The latest episode of season 5 saw a major death when H
  
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• GTA 6 pre-orders start in a matter of days according to Best Buy affiliate email that reportedly spills the beans early

  14-05-2026 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 pre-orders may start as early as next week, if the latest rumors are anything to go by, as it's been claimed that Best Buy affiliates are being informed that folks will be able to place their orders on Monday. As summarized on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, streamer Frogboyx1Gaming was mid-stream last night when he apparently received an email informing him of a campaign running from May 18 to May 21 to earn 5% on GTA 6 physical game pre-orders as a Best Buy affiliate. The email ap
  
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• Subnautica 2 is already "bigger and more polished" than anything Unknown Worlds has put into Steam Early Access, lead devs say, and it'll only continue to grow

  14-05-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the Subnautica 2 release – albeit via Early Access on Steam – mere hours away, players are gearing up for the launch… one that's apparently "bigger" than its predecessor's.Or, at least, both Unknown Worlds game design lead Anthony Gallegos and creative media producer Scott MacDonald seem to think so. In an interview with PC Gamer, the two tease that the Subnautica sequel is in better shape than anything the team has previously released into Early Access.
  "The game that we
  
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• The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke says fans are in for a "treat" with the series finale as he test screens it one final time

  14-05-2026 12:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 finale will bring the hugely beloved Prime Video show to a final end – and showrunner Eric Kripke has teased it will be a "treat". The show creator went to a final screening of the episode's theatrical release version and posted about his experience on Instagram. Sharing a picture of himself in the screening room, he wrote: "Testing the @4dxusa screening of @theboystv finale with the @primevideo gang. Holy fuck. A literal ride. Those who scored tickets are in for a treat.
  
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• The Punisher special isn't beating the unfinished allegations as Disney confirms Marvel is "working on a solution" to audio issues

  14-05-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney has confirmed that audio issues for The Punisher: One Last Kill have been identified and are on the way to being fixed.In reply to a (admittedly, very NSFW) rant about sound in The Punisher special, the Disney Plus Help Twitter account wrote, "Thank you for reaching out and letting us know you're experiencing no audio while watching The Punisher: One Last Kill. The good news is that our team knows about this particular issue and is working on a solution as we speak."There have also been o
  
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• As Arc Raiders devs work on "reactivating" the 16 million people who bought the shooter, Embark Studios is early in development on two new games

  14-05-2026 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Friendship-making-slash-ruining sim Arc Raiders is a big deal, that much we knew, but the extraction shooter has now surpassed 16 million copies sold. So Embark Studios is focusing on "reactivating" those raiders like robot-hunting sleeper agents, while the rest of the team makes two new mysterious games.Publisher Nexon announced the sales milestone in its latest earnings report. The hit shooter might have come out and gone massively viral last year, but it's got legs fit for a marathon since Ar
  
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• Devil May Cry and Resident Evil remakes on Switch 2 rumors appear more convincing as Capcom singles out ports as a key to its success

  14-05-2026 11:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has said that porting older games to Nintendo Switch 2 is part of its multiplatform strategy, signaling that more could be on the way. In its latest financial report (spotted by Genki_JPN), Capcom provided an update on its sales figures, noting that Resident Evil Requiem's release led to increased sales of earlier games in the series, and Devil May Cry's Netflix adaptation drove a surge in game purchases. The report also notes, "Moreover, the Company accelerated expansion of its user base
  
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• BenQ's 27-inch monitor is a solid QD-OLED contender, but I wouldn't spend $100 more for 4K over 500Hz

  14-05-2026 11:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ review is now live, and while it's a little tame on features, the gaming monitor's QD-OLED efforts are impressive. You're practically getting the vibrancy that can trade blows with seasoned wielders of the panel, paired with the quality you'd expect from the longstanding display maker, but there's actually a 1440p 500Hz version of its 27-inch screen that feels like a better choice for $100 less.Over at Amazon, the 1440p 500Hz BenQ Mobiuz EX271QZ and its aforementioned 4K
  
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