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• New poster for The Boys season 5 finale is an homage to one of the most important scenes in the comics, and fans think this means Butcher will finally kill Homelander

  15-05-2026 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new poster for the final episode of The Boys has arrived... and it's got fans (me) thinking a bit more positively about what's to come in the series finale.The poster sees Butcher walking up to the White House, while Homelander and dozens of Supes are flying overhead. This is a recreation of a panel from The Boys issue #65 titled, 'Over The Hill With The Swords Of A Thousand Men.' In the panel, Butcher is walking up to the White House, with Supes (sans Homelander) flying overhead, and saying,
  
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• Subnautica 2 dev knows "pirates are gonna do their thing," but would rather people play for an hour "and return it than go play it illicitly"

  15-05-2026 22:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Subnautica 2 creative development lead Anthony Gallegos knows some people are pirating the underwater survival game sequel, which developer Unknown Worlds trudged through mucky legal swamps for a year to finally release in early access May 14, and it pains him. He'd feel better if they just bought it and returned it.Gallegos writes in a launch day message to the Subnautica Discord, that soon also spread throughout the game's subreddit, that he knows "pirates are gonna do their thing," but "I wou
  
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• "What is even happening": Dev reels as over 1,000 Steam reviews sitting at 96% positive flood his "card game unlike any other"

  15-05-2026 22:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Something bloody, damp, and decidedly retro has been darkening the doorsteps of card game sickos for a few weeks now. Forbidden Solitaire, a "card-slashing horror game" anchored to "the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM" launched on Steam (and GOG and Itch) on April 30, and has had such a profound effect on humanity's collective consciousness that it's already crossed 1,100 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews, much to the surprise of Jake Birkett, owner of co-developer Grey Alien Games. Forbid
  
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• "It's a pure skill issue": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 head says the RPG's notorious volleyball minigame is "easy," then proves it on stage

  15-05-2026 21:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amid all of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's many well-deserved accolades, there's one thing even the game's most ardent fans are willing to complain about: the minigames. They're awkward to control, and players have been griping about their difficulty from the very start. Director Guillaume Broche has heard your complaints, and has some feedback of his own. You just need to get good, kid.Broche was on hand earlier this month for the charity speedrun showcase Speedons in Lyon – sort of a Fren
  
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• Luke Cage creator says there's one "problem" with The Punisher: One Last Kill, and I agree

  15-05-2026 19:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cheo Hodari Coker, creator of Netflix's Luke Cage TV show, says The Punisher: One Last Kill suffers from its short runtime. "The problem with One Last Kill is it's too short," Coker wrote on Twitter. "That's who Frank Castle is. No mercy. Very much like the comics. It needed more space to breathe. But Bernthal is the best Punisher by far and RMG did a great job directing. About to watch it again."The Punisher: One Last Kill, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and co-written by Jon Bernthal, follo
  
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• Sony is testing a tiny PS5 version of Steam charts, and I can't wait to see the GTA 6 numbers

  15-05-2026 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new PS5 Welcome Hub widget currently in beta testing reveals top and trending games by region, bringing a new layer of Steam-like player analytics to the notoriously opaque console space. YouTuber Mystic flagged the PS5 widget in a recent video, showing several examples of details shared with beta program participants (per Radec). Two settings are available: one shows the top 10 most popular PS5 games of the week, and the other shows games that are "trending now," selected based on "which game
  
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• Star Wars: The Old Republic lead told BioWare bosses "I hate massive multiplayer games" before agreeing to run the MMO and becoming a "highly paid, completely useless person"

  15-05-2026 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of your biggest breaks could come from the most unexpected of places. As is the case of a tenured developer at BioWare, who found himself leading the development of successful MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic despite disliking the genre wholesale.For a number years, James Ohlen was a prominent designer at BioWare, working on the likes of Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect, and the first Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Then, he had a fateful meeting with studio co-founders
  
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• "It has been an honor": World of Warcraft fans gather in popular private server Turtle WoW to say goodbye as it ends 8-year run following Blizzard lawsuit

  15-05-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a sad day for the World of Warcraft community, as players say goodbye to a longstanding fan server, Turtle WoW. Following a legal battle against Blizzard itself, the lights are being totally switched off on the custom homestead, prompting players to host their own special goodbye as they await the end.If you're unaware, Turtle WoW is a collection of custom servers for World of Warcraft that host an old-school version of the beloved MMORPG. The idea is, or was, to provide a way for people to
  
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• Forza Horizon 6 won't let you destroy cherry blossom trees because they're too important to Japanese culture

  15-05-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Forza Horizon 6 will launch in full May 19 after enjoying its currently ongoing early access period, and then everyone will be able to crash through its idyllic Japan setting like Godzilla in a Ferrari. The racing game lets you crumble nearly everything under your tires, but no matter how hard you hit the gas, the fluffy cherry blossoms will remain pristine. Developer Playground Games decided they were too important to destroy. As design director Torben Ellert tells The Japan Times in a new inte
  
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• Skyrim becomes playable in Fallout 4 thanks to one genius modder who "beat" Todd Howard to it by sticking the whole RPG on a Pip-Boy

  15-05-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the wait for new games from Bethesda Game Studios like The Elder Scrolls 6 continues, talented fans of older RPGs like Fallout 4 are figuring out ways to, erm, make Skyrim run in them…? Yeah, you know what, that checks out.In case you missed it – because there's a pretty big chance you have, as it's incredibly random – a Fallout 4 player known as "RPGKING" on YouTube has managed to play Skyrim in the 2015 post-apocalyptic gem after somehow getting it to run… albeit a
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director won't confirm or deny fan theories because that would ruin the fun

  15-05-2026 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Is the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy actually an alt-universe sequel series? Where/when the hell is Zack Fairs? What are those shadowy Whispers doing? Will Cloud end up with Barret after all? The trilogy's director, Naoki Hamaguchi, doesn't intend to answer fans' biggest theories because that would only spoil the fun, he says.Final Fantasy 7 Remake and its sequel, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, are pretty liberal reimaginings of the original game. They loosely follow the contours of 1997's classic, b
  
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• Subnautica 2 devs promise sprint, voice chat, and player trading in early access roadmap, and the "next chapter of the story" is on the way

  15-05-2026 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unknown Worlds has released a roadmap for Subnautica 2 now that the game is officially out in early access.In a post to its website, the developer shares a Subnautica 2 roadmap detailing what's going to be coming to the game – getting into specifics for the first two updates and then a general list of things for the great beyond. The next update for the game, labelled EA 1.1, is set to focus on quality-of-life improvements for the game, with changes set to come to the likes of biomods, bli
  
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• Valve reportedly giving away free Steam games to Steam Controller buyers who had delivery botched: "Average Valve W"

  15-05-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve is once again in the limelight thanks to its generosity – a generosity I know very well as a Steam sale frequenter myself– after apparently granting a fan any free "standard-edition" game of their choice due to a misdelivery.It's been a pretty positive week for Valve, judging by the reception its new Steam update has received and big launches on its storefront like the long-awaited Subnautica 2 release – and it's also seemingly been a good week for users, too… even
  
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• City of Ash is one of my favorite Warhammer box sets in years, and it's finally back in stock

  15-05-2026 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm lucky enough to spend a lot of my time testing, writing about, and reviewing Warhammer, but it isn't often that I fall completely head over heels for a product. Yet that's exactly what happened with City of Ash, a beginner box set for the fantasy-based Age of Sigmar wargame. The trouble was, everyone else seemed to appreciate how great it was too; it sold out almost instantly, and hasn't been available since. Well, until now...This isn't a drill; City of Ash is back in stock for $220 at Amaz
  
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• Fortnite's Overwatch collab "vastly outshines" Blizzard's "lackluster" 10th Anniversary event, envious players say: "Epic just made Blizz look absolutely pathetic"

  15-05-2026 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch fans are lamenting that Fortnite is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the hero shooter better than Blizzard itself is. Earlier this week, the Overwatch 10th Anniversary Event kicked off in-game, and very quickly, fans discovered that it kinda stinks. Most of the new cosmetics are the Decennium Skins, which are purple and white recolors for the original cast. But at the same time, the Fortnite x Overwatch collab also kicked off this week, which brought Tracer, Genji, Mercy, and D.VA t
  
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• Blizzard tried to fix a Diablo 4 bug and only made things worse, to the joy of Warlock sickos now one-shotting its hardest foes

  15-05-2026 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Uh oh – it appears, in making some changes to Warlocks in Diablo 4, Blizzard's managed to break the class to a pretty drastic extent. A particular combination of equipment will make you practically unstoppable, by way of enabling you to one-shot much of what comes your way, even in a high-ranking dungeon.There are four aspects to this intersection of pain. You have Command Fallen and Command Ae'grom, then the Paingorger's Gauntlets, Oikos-Hewer of Mutilation, and the Evisceration Fragment.
  
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• The Steam Controller doesn't just scream for its life, it will also sing its little haptic heart out

  15-05-2026 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  By now, you've likely seen a million videos of the Steam Controller screaming classic movie-style as it drops from a height. It's exactly the kind of fun easter egg that makes Valve's gamepad so special, especially since it uses haptics rather than a speaker. However, rather than making it cry out as it plummets, you can instead use an app to make it chirp a bunch of MIDI tracks.First highlighted by Beebreadtech on TikTok, you can effectively make the Steam Controller sing using an app. Creative
  
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• The Vought Rising setup in The Boys season 5 isn't "craven commercialism", insists Eric Kripke: "It's a full universe, and we have these pieces"

  15-05-2026 16:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Six weeks in, and The Boys season 5 has been met with its fair share of criticism. Just a few days out from the Prime Video show's final-ever episode and fans have been complaining about Kimiko's dialogue, the lack of big deaths and... well, the chapter's focus on Soldier Boy. That combined with all the talk surrounding Aya Cash's deceased Supe Stormfront, an onscreen introduction to Vought Rising character Bombsight (Mason Dye), and mentions of Torpedo (Will Hochman) and Private Angel (Elizabet
  
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• Tracer butt investigation follows Overwatch into Fortnite 10 years later, even after Jeff Kaplan said Blizzard "actually didn't nerf Tracer's butt"

  15-05-2026 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that a few Overwatch characters have stepped into multi-brand-verse Fortnite, it's time for a decade-old myth around Tracer's butt to flop in with them. Fortnite welcomed a handful of Overwatch heroes this week - Tracer, D.Va, Mercy, and Genji included - as well as some iconic series weapons, but one particular asset is getting all the attention online."NO SHOT THEY UN-NERFED TRACERS BUTT," one viral social media post says alongside a screenshot of Tracer's model in the evergreen battle roya
  
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• Sega's cancelled Neptune console is finally a thing thanks to FPGA, and it's now running 32X games

  15-05-2026 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Sega Neptune is the all-in-one Genesis and 32X retro console that never was. It was supposed to serve as a stopgap for players before investing in the Saturn and its wild new 3D capabilities, but it was inevitably cancelled. However, in an age where it's possible to recreate even the obscurest systems using FPGA tech, it should come as no surprise that it's finally getting a release, and it's almost ready for take-off. A new video shows the "GF1 Neptune" running Knuckles' Chaotix for the Seg
  
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• BitSummit Punch 2026 returns this month, and we're bringing you a special Mixtape celebrating amazing indie games from Japan and around the world

  15-05-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  BitSummit Punch, the longest-running indie game festival in Japan, is back for its 14th year, running between May 22-26. But this year, we're helping bring the amazing games featured at the event to you, dear readers. The special BitSummit Punch 2026 round-up show, aka the BitSummit Punch Mixtape Presented by GamesRadar+, will air at 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 5PM BST / 6PM CET on May 26, which equates to 1AM JST on May 27. You can watch it live here on the GamesRadar+ website, our YouTube channel and o
  
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• Ahsoka is "the centerpiece" of Dave Filoni's "work as a storyteller," and he's "giving a lot of thought to how Ahsoka fits into the overall, overarching" Star Wars "continuity," says Jon Favreau

  15-05-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Ahsoka season 2 might not be coming until 2027, there's still plenty to get excited about. The show will pick up the story of Anakin Skywalker's former Padawan in the aftermath of season 1's cliffhanger, which saw Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren stranded on Peridea, while Grand Admiral Thrawn and Ezra Bridger escaped home. The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau has previously revealed he has seen all of Ahsoka season 2, after the original plan for The Mandalorian season 4 was to help s
  
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• New Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream update cures permanent Mii sadness, corrupted saves, and residents being so angry they'd fall out of love with their crushes

  15-05-2026 15:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream only officially dropped last month, Nintendo is working to iron out the cozy sim's bugs – and today's new update offers no exception.In case you missed it, a new Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream update landed a few hours ago, and it's equally as hilarious as it is useful. As per the official announcement and patch details over on Nintendo's support website, version 1.0.2 targets everything from progression halts to, erm, sugar gliders.The first not
  
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• Lanterns will be the first story on the DCU timeline thanks to a flashback storyline in 2016

  15-05-2026 14:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lanterns will have two timelines, one of which is set 10 years in the past – which means the TV show will be the first story on the new DCU timeline. The 2016 timeline looks to be the main story. It involves a shooting in Nebraska, which Hal Jordan is investigating with new recruit John Stewart. This is the plot line teased in the show's trailers and promotional material,but it looks like the action will also cut to 10 years later "to something else" happening in 2026."That becomes a secon
  
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• After 5 years in early access, one of Steam's best-rated shooters goes on sale one last time before a price increase: "Don't say we didn't warn you!"

  15-05-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beloved retro FPS Ultrakill is soon going up in price to match everything that's been added to the brutal shooter over the last few years in Steam Early Access, but not before one last sale. The Ultrakill social media account gave everyone a friendly warning just yesterday. "This weekend we'll be putting ULTRAKILL on sale, which will be the last sale before we raise the base price to account for the new content that came in the LAYER 8: FRAUD update," the dev writes. "Giving y'all a heads up in
  
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• Forza Horizon 6 immediately beats its predecessor's all-time Steam record with 130,000 concurrent players – and that's only counting people willing to pay $120 for early access

  15-05-2026 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Forza Horizon 6 has already far surpassed the peak player count of its predecessor on Steam, and that's just from people who paid $120 to play early.Microsoft's premiere racing franchise is always a bit of a low-key heavy hitter. Forza Horizon 6 has already beaten Pokemon Pokopia, Mewgenics, and Resident Evil Requiem to become 2026's best-rated game of the year, but the series rarely gets the recognition it rightfully deserves when it comes to awards. But, clearly its stock is rising somewhat wi
  
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• Vision actor denies rumor he'll play Voldemort in the Harry Potter TV show: "I've heard nothing about that"

  15-05-2026 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel star Paul Bettany has denied rumors that he'll be playing Voldemort in the upcoming Harry Potter TV show. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Bettany said: "I've heard nothing about that through any official channels at all. No, that's just a rumor." Another actor linked to the role, Cillian Murphy, also recently denied he'd be playing the villain: "I'm categorically not," he said. "Can you make that the headline?" The Harry Potter TV show is a completely new adaptation of the fan
  
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• Two unannounced Xbox controllers just leaked, and one is a Wi-Fi pad that ditches Microsoft's OG DNA

  15-05-2026 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft has stuck with virtually the same Xbox controller design for over a decade, but leaks suggest a completely new design. Not one, but two unannounced gamepads have leaked, and while the line-up does include an Elite Series 3 that still feels like part of the OG controller lineage, it's accompanied by a tiny sibling that's geared towards cloud gaming.Shared by Technoblog, the new Xbox controller leak shows off both gamepads and provides some key specs. The latter compact pad, or "Microsof
  
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• Windrose hits 2 million sales in 1 month as devs prepare to dive into "full production on the next major update" for the open-world pirate game

  15-05-2026 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The seven seas are busy in Windrose, the multiplayer pirate adventure from Kraken Express. The devs have revealed that the game's already crossed a huge milestone, giving them even more incentive to get the first expansive update out the door.In a news post on Steam, Kraken Express states that Windrose has now sold over two million copies. That's a lot of wannabe Captain Blackbeards, who're trying to find the treasure of their dreams."When we first set sail, we could only hope that our game woul
  
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• Subnautica 2 makes a splash with 2 million copies sold in 12 hours, 18,000 positive Steam reviews, and 651,000 concurrent players across PC and Xbox

  15-05-2026 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Subnautica 2's Early Access is proving to be a Leviathan of the survival game genre, having sold over two million copies in half a day with impressive Steam reviews to back it all up.Developer Unknown Worlds announced the game's stellar sales numbers earlier today, revealing it had sold two million copies in only 12 hours, up from the one million figure it had put up within an hour of descending into the ocean's depths.Even now, Subnautica 2 is firmly holding on atop Steam's Top Sellers chart ab
  
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• Marvel is so secretive, Paul Bettany didn't even know he died in Avengers: Infinity War until the day it happened

  15-05-2026 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel star Paul Bettany, who plays Vision in the MCU, has revealed he didn't know he was dying in Avengers: Infinity War until the day it happened. In the movie, Vision is at first emotionally killed by Scarlet Witch, sacrificing himself to destroy the Mind Stone lodged in his head. But, Thanos manipulates time to bring him back, then kills him all over again. Brutal. When asked on the Happy Sad Confused podcast if he would be in Avengers: Secret Wars, Bettany responded: "I think so… As
  
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• "I hope you rethink your life choices": Subnautica 2 dev responds to pirate asking for tech support on leaked build

  15-05-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  After Subnautica 2 leaked early, one developer has responded to those who decided to pirate the game. Earlier this week, Unknown Worlds confirmed that the builds that had leaked online were legitimate, but noted that they were "incomplete development versions," so anyone who got a hold of them would not be experiencing the game as it was intended. But, of course, piracy is bound to happen no matter the game, whether it leaked out early or not. While some developers have previously been happy to
  
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• Marvel fans convinced Avengers: Secret Wars is getting delayed amid new filming date reports

  15-05-2026 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday may still be a few months away but it seems like news on Avengers: Secret Wars is already trickling out. Originally it was suggested that filming on the MCU movie would begin this summer ahead of its current release date of December 17, 2027. However, new reports suggest that production may be kicking off in late summer instead. In an interview with Fantastic Four star Ebon Moss-Bachrach, he was asked by Dog Day Afternoon's social media team why he was doing the Broadway show,
  
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• The search for the next James Bond officially kicks off with Game of Thrones casting director at the helm

  15-05-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're one step closer to finding out who the next James Bond is.The casting process has officially kicked off to find Daniel Craig's replacement, with Amazon MGM Studios auditioning actors over the past few weeks."The search for the next James Bond is underway," the studio said in a statement (via Variety). "While we don’t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we’re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right."Casting director Nina
  
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• As wait for Palworld 1.0 has fans in frenzy, lead says don't expect any "sudden announcement on Discord" as "it's a bit too big of a moment"

  15-05-2026 12:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld is shaping up to have quite the full release out of early access, with Pocketpair still working on readying 1.0 for its big launch sometime this year – and, unsurprisingly, fans are as hungry as ever to learn more about it.In case you're out of the loop, last year, Pocketpair announced that Palworld 1.0 was coming in 2026, dropping little teasers here and there about the long-awaited full launch – but not enough to sate the community, of course. Folks have been sharing their
  
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• Crimson Desert patch tackles endgame emptiness further with 5 more boss rematches, extra mounts, and new skills

  15-05-2026 11:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pearl Abyss has pumped out yet another update for Crimson Desert – for the second time this week – this time focusing on the open-world game's new boss rematch feature.Earlier this month, the developer heard fan complaints about endgame emptiness loud and clear. The further players got in the mammoth fantasy romp, the more sparse and less dangerous its world got, which is kind of the opposite experience you want to have as you turn your characters into monster-killing machines.To tac
  
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• The Mandalorian and Grogu gets divisive first reactions as Star Wars movie called both a "ton of fun" and "totally inessential"

  15-05-2026 10:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars is making its triumphant return to the big screen as The Mandalorian and Grogu marks the first theatrical release in the franchise in seven years. However, it seems that the jury is still out on whether or not director Jon Favreau pulls it off as the movie has landed some very mixed first reactions.The film follows Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu as they trek across the galaxy on a new adventure. In the wake of the fall of the Galactic Empire, they're brought in by the New Re
  
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• Blizzard was working on Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred before the base RPG even launched, and that's why some of its biggest features were "deployed early"

  15-05-2026 01:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's new Lord of Hatred expansion is such a foundational shakeup to the ARPG's core systems - not to mention a massive content drop - that you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a whole new game. And as it turns out, it was in development even before the base game launched back in May 2023, a testament to the amount of development resources Blizzard threw at this thing.It's wild to think that Diablo 4 itself, more than a dozen seasons worth of new content, the Vessel of Hatred DLC, and countl
  
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