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• A permanent Arc Raiders PvE mode would be easy to do, says Embark CEO, “maybe people can choose"

  06-11-2026 23:08 via GamesRadar+
  
  Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has yet to come out and say that a permanent PvE mode is coming to the game, but we're certainly hearing more and more rumblings in that direction.In a new interview with The Game Business, Embark CEO turned Nexon games chief Patrick Söderlund joined Arc Raiders executive producer Aleksander Grøndal to discuss, among other things, the reception to the game's recent PvE mode test. For a limited time, players could opt into PvE-only rounds of Arc Raiders to e
  
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• Canadian politician tears into EA and calls for federal support of BioWare

  06-11-2026 22:48 via GamesRadar+
  
  Suddenly, the vibe around the #SaveMassEffect movement has shifted. At first, it seemed like little more than a grabby hashtag allowing Mass Effect fans to have their voices heard after EA's shocking closure of BioWare and cancelation of Mass Effect 5 last month. But since then, the Change.org petition has racked up more than 300,000 signatures, and now the Canadian government is being forced to acknowledge the situation.That's because a separate petition asking the Government of Canada for fede
  
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• A bunch of Grand Theft Auto games will be cheap on Steam until GTA 6 comes out, and only one sucks

  06-11-2026 21:53 via GamesRadar+
  
  In the run-up to GTA 6's November 19 launch, Rockstar has multiple classic Grand Theft Auto games on sale on Steam – and, nearest I can tell, only on Steam. The Nintendo Switch eShop actually has a competing deal for the Grand Theft Auto Definitive Edition Trilogy, which is down 67% to $19.79, but that sale ends in 11 hours from the time of writing. On Steam, several GTA games are discounted until November 19 for an obviously timed special promotion.On Steam, you'll find four games on sale via
  
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• Many Blizzard devs were "skeptical" about WoW Forever until they saw the new Northshire Abbey

  06-11-2026 20:43 via GamesRadar+
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever is one of the rare big-budget online game launches that seems to have mostly gone down without a hitch. Not only has the MMO been well-received critically and by players, it's also been an exceptionally smooth release from a performance standpoint as well, with the MMO community dubbing it "the smoothest WoW launch ever." And yet, in the early days of the dev team's pitching process, it took some convincing to get Blizzard leadership on-board with yet another WoW branc
  
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• Disney's Muppet Christmas Carol range is amazing, but already selling out

  06-11-2026 20:27 via GamesRadar+
  
  Never mind no cheeses for us meeces, there may not be many Muppets Christmas Carol goodies at the Disney Store by the time the holiday season arrives; a few of the more popular items are already out of stock.We've already talked about being fans of the range when it went on early access a little while back, so I'm not massively surprised that some of the Muppets Christmas Carol merch is beginning to sell out. It's full of fan service and feels considerately designed, with options across a wide r
  
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• Future Zelda games shouldn’t just reuse ideas, says Breath of the Wild director

  06-11-2026 18:44 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake producer Hidemaro Fujibayashi says future games in the series shouldn't rely on reheating Breath of the Wild or Ocarina of Time's ideas. Speaking to Polygon, Fujibayashi – who served as director of Capcom's Oracle games and The Minish Cap, before joining Nintendo where he would go on to develop Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom – explained why Zelda games are often reinventing the series. "These are all ideas or nuggets of
  
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• Fans salute Square Enix translation veteran who died of cancer but kept translating during treatment

  06-11-2026 18:34 via GamesRadar+
  
  The world of game localization has lost a legend. Neil Broadley, the localization director on the SaGa series, recently passed away, and tributes from the series' community have been pouring in for him.His death was announced through his own Twitter account, where a post prepared by Broadley appeared on November 6, published by one of his colleagues. In it, he explains that he'd been suffering for some years with stage four colon cancer, and is now survived by his long-time partner and their dog
  
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• Skyrim lead can't wait to play The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel because he didn't work on it

  06-11-2026 18:16 via GamesRadar+
  
  Now that Bethesda has finally given us more word on The Elder Scrolls 6 with the reveal of its official title, Sentinel, the RPG is back in the limelight and fans' minds – including former developers' own, too.Former Skyrim lead designer and studio veteran Bruce Nesmith is one such dev, speaking in a new interview with The Examined Game over on YouTube about how he thinks his experience with the sixth Elder Scrolls entry will be – seeing as, you know, this'll be the first in years he's not w
  
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• Rockstar could release GTA 6 on PC sooner to head off AI ports, former series lead suggests

  06-11-2026 18:08 via GamesRadar+
  
  Former Rockstar Games technical director Obbe Vermeij reckons the studio could release the PC version of GTA 6 sooner than everyone expects. With GTA 6, it's no surprise that Rockstar is doing what Rockstar usually does. Console release first, followed by a PC release a year or so later – or a decade and change later in Red Dead Redemption's case. A GTA 6 PC port is obviously going to happen, even if Rockstar hasn't said so yet, but most had accepted that we'd be waiting until November 2027 at
  
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• Bloodborne 2 hasn't happened as "getting everyone to sign off" is hard, ex-PlayStation lead suggests

  06-11-2026 17:58 via GamesRadar+
  
  My kingdom for Sony and FromSoftware to do anything with Bloodborne. There's been no remaster, no PC port, and also no sequel. We do have an excuse for that last one, because apparently bureaucracy is constantly getting in the way.At least, that's what Shawn Layden, ex-president, CEO and chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment, suggests on The Trophy Room podcastwhen asked about why it's been all quiet on the Yharnam front. "Bringing back old games has a certain challenge to it," he starts."C
  
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• Nintendo exec says "new games and remakes both have a place" following Zelda: Ocarina of Time launch

  06-11-2026 17:08 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is finally out in the wild a good 28 years after Nintendo's original gem dropped back in 1998, and is already proving to be the highest-rated game of 2026 thus far.Sure, it's a remake, but it slots in nicely between all the other new games – and it's still just as valuable, too, as Nintendo senior vice president of product development and publishing Nate Bihldorff explains to Polygon.
  "I do think that new games and remakes both have a place in the Ni
  
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• The Rings of Power season 3 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Prime Video?

  06-11-2026 17:04 via GamesRadar+
  
  After a multi-year break, The Rings of Power season 3 brings us back to Middle-earth. With Sauron still scheming in Mordor after a five-year time skip, you probably want to watch the premiere as soon as it drops on Prime Video.Well, you're in luck. Below, we'll clue you in on The Rings of Power season 3, episode 1 release date, as well as its (slightly baffling) release schedule plans throughout November. This is one guide to rule them all, after all.For more on Middle-earth, we have our intervi
  
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• New PS Plus "perks" include free trials for YouTube Premium, users say they just want discs

  06-11-2026 16:23 via GamesRadar+
  
  Sometimes giving Malibu Stacy a new hat works, sometimes it doesn't. Sony is learning that offering discounts and other initiatives for PlayStation users isn't enough to make people forget about the corporation stopping physical discs come 2028.In a social media post, Sony highlights the various perks to being a subscriber to PlayStation Plus. These include a free trial for meditation app Calm, reductions on Audible, and discounts across various other products in Sony's expensive range.Most lucr
  
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• Nier account says sorry for making Nier Automata 600% bigger on Steam, try not installing the DLC

  06-11-2026 16:20 via GamesRadar+
  
  A minor Nier: Automata update inexplicably increased the game's Steam install size from 50GB to a stonking 366GB, and the official Nier series account has now confirmed that something's gone horribly, hilariously wrong. "We have identified an issue following the latest update for NieR:Automata on Steam, released on November 6, 2026 (JST), where installation requires significantly more storage space than intended," a recent Twitter post from the account reads. "We are currently investigating the
  
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• Netflix surprise-drops first trailer for new Stranger Things spin-off prequel Other Worlds

  06-11-2026 16:18 via GamesRadar+
  
  Happy Stranger Things Day! Netflix surprise-dropped a teaser-trailer for Other Worlds, a new prequel taking place in 1950s Nevada.In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we see the sky split open above what appears to be a testing site somewhere in Marion, Nevada circa 1955. At the end of the clip, we see the full title, Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, and a release window of 2028.Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) is set to direct the first three episodes, with Shawn L
  
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• Iman Vellani wants everyone to know why X-Men: The Last Stand "failed"

  06-11-2026 15:56 via GamesRadar+
  
  Ms. Marvel actor Iman Vellani has explained why the notorious comic book flop X-Men: The Last Stand "failed" and should have been a trilogy.Speaking on the Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday Official Podcast that highlighted Fox's X-Men films – a key text on the road to Doomsday – Vellani first took aim at The Last Stand disposing of James Marsden's Scott Summers, before moving on to the treatment of Jean Grey and the adaptation of the Phoenix Saga storyline as a whole."He's integral to Jean's
  
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• Physint lead Bill Skarsgård is the latest Hollywood actor to be "enamored" with Hideo Kojima

  06-11-2026 15:38 via GamesRadar+
  
  Physint star Bill Skarsgård was "very enamored" by Hideo Kojima growing up, and at this point he's far from the only Hollywood actor to feel that way.In an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, host Josh Horowitz asks Skarsgård about his recently announced collab with Kojima, after he was announced as the lead of his upcoming Metal Gear Solid spiritual successor Physint back in September. Skarsgård says "that's a big deal for me," and when asked if he's a gamer, he notes, "specificall
  
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• Sony's MDR-3R headphones are taking us right back to the Upside Down this Stranger Things Day

  06-11-2026 14:41 via GamesRadar+
  
  Welcome back to Conformity Gate. With Stranger Things Day sending us all back to the Upside Down today, Sony has the headphones to pair with that world-saving Walkman. The brand has just announced a Stranger Things edition of the new MDR-3R wired headphones, now available with bold red cushions (and a black set included in the box). The $79 / £59 Stranger Things variant bumps up the price of the new release a little (the standard model starts at $59 / £49) but maintains a style fit for Hawkins
  
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• Long-suffering Warhammer 40K Blood Angels fans get thrown one single, solitary bone

  06-11-2026 14:15 via GamesRadar+
  
  It's become a long-running joke that Warhammer 40K Blood Angels fans keep getting ignored or neglected, but that could be due to change early next year. In a surprise announcement on Warhammer Community, the team revealed that Codex: Blood Angels would be arriving as of spring 2027 alongside an undisclosed number of new Warhammer 40K models. Yes, this could end up being yet another snub with a character or two like before. But specific wording in the announcement makes me hope it'll be a bigger
  
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• Stranger Things fans think a game show and the weather channel are teasing something big for Stranger Things Day 2026

  06-11-2026 14:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  Stranger Things Day 2026 has awoken Conformity Gate as fans are convinced that something big is coming over 10 months after the sci-fi series came to an end. Stranger Things Day is celebrated every year on November 6, marking the day that Will Byers went missing in Hawkins in the very first episode. However, with this being the first Stranger Things Day since the series ended for good, fans are convinced that the extra episode they hoped for back in January is finally on the way, and are spottin
  
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• The Acolyte creator is directing a "twisted mother-daughter story" body horror movie starring Rosamund Pike

  06-11-2026 13:28 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland is directing a new body horror movie starring Rosamund Pike.Per Deadline, the film, titled Feed, is described as a "twisted mother-daughter story about parental ambition, the illusion of protection, and the fine line between predator and prey." Pike plays Erin, a mother who, after finding a collagen supplement that turns her daughter into a famous influencer, undergoes a "monstrous transformation," according to the logline. Pike will star and produce, with Dan
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday marketing keeps spoiling the film as Latveria gets revealed in a Jeep commercial

  06-11-2026 13:16 via GamesRadar+
  
  The first look at Latveria in Avengers: Doomsday is here over a month early – as part of a Jeep commercial.As spotlighted by New Rockstars' Erik Voss on Twitter, the latest round of Doomsday marketing features Captain America, Johnny Storm, and The Thing each taking a Jeep through a portal in a handful of familiar locations – including Avengers Tower and Wakanda.The Avengers Doomsday tie-in commercials keep showing us interesting world details from the film.Here's our first-ever look at LATV
  
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• There is still no secret ninth episode, but Netflix has shared a season 5 blooper reel in celebration of Stranger Things Day

  06-11-2026 13:07 via GamesRadar+
  
  In celebration of Stranger Things Day 2026, Netflix has released the season 5 blooper reel over 10 months after the show ended, but fans were expecting more. The new clip, posted on Twitter by the official Stranger Things account, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Maya Hawke, and more messing up their lines and riffing off one another while filming the final season. It is especially fun to see Vecna star Jamie Ca
  
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• After Steam and Epic Launcher upgrade their startup times, Xbox PC app becomes "up to 60% faster"

  06-11-2026 12:53 via GamesRadar+
  
  Amid the ongoing changes and restructuring at Xbox, the PC app is getting optimized. The tool is now going to be considerably faster, making it a greater competitor to the likes of Steam and the Epic Games Store.Xbox CEO Asha Sharma revealed the updates on Twitter herself. "We're making Xbox on Windows faster and more responsive," she writes. "Starting today, we're rolling out updates that make our app up to 60% faster."Accompanying her post is a short video demonstrating what's been improved. T
  
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• Fan shows just how huge Lego Godzilla is by putting it next to the enormous Minas Tirth set

  06-11-2026 12:34 via GamesRadar+
  
  It's easy to miss just how massive a set like Lego Godzilla is out of context; hearing that it's 27.5 inches tall doesn't always mean much without context. That's why Lego influencers are doing us all a great service by dropping the king kaiju beside other enormous kits like Minas Tirith… and it dwarfs them all.Content creator Tiago Catarino started creating waves on reddit by putting Lego Godzilla – due from the Lego Store this November 27 – alongside other monstrously big kits, and it do
  
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• Nintendo boss teases more Zelda is on the way next year – but I wouldn't expect new games

  06-11-2026 12:32 via GamesRadar+
  
  Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has said there's more to come from The Legend of Zelda series' 40th anniversary celebrations next year. In the company's latest financial results, Furukawa highlights that this year marks the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, which Nintendo has been celebrating with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and the recent 40th anniversary Switch 2 collection, including the Switch 2 console that nobody can get and the Pro Controller tha
  
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• Saudi Arabia reportedly eyeing Unity buyout after controversial $55 billion EA acquisition

  06-11-2026 12:22 via GamesRadar+
  
  Now that the $55 billion deal seeing EA go private under Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners is done and dusted, the former two are reportedly looking to purchase another big name in gaming: Unity.The EA buyout hasn't been a simple process, to say the least, with the studio facing backlash following the closure of BioWare and cancellation of Mass Effect 5, but it's settled – legally, anyway – nonetheless.
  As for Unity, news of its own pot
  
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• Keanu Reeves will return as John Wick in an animated prequel about his impossible task

  06-11-2026 12:21 via GamesRadar+
  
  Keanu Reeves will officially return as John Wick in an animated prequel film about his infamous Impossible Task. In the films, it's revealed that Wick pulled off this impossible task in order to win his freedom from the High Table and retire for love. Of course, his wife, Helen, then dies from an illness, leaving behind a gift of a puppy… and you know the rest. Per Variety, Reeves has closed a deal to return in the film, which will see him on a mission to kill all of his rivals in a single nig
  
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• Matt Damon says not sleeping for days on The Odyssey worked in his favour: "[Odysseus] probably didn’t sleep last night"

  06-11-2026 12:04 via GamesRadar+
  
  It turns out that it wasn't all makeup and that Matt Damon really was just that exhausted in The Odyssey, as the star reveals he was awake for almost two days straight while filming the movie's most intense scene. "I had it happen two or three times on this movie where I just didn’t sleep," explains Damon in an interview with GQ. "I was tired and I went to bed, and I’m sure everyone’s had that feeling where you’ve got to get up the next day and you have something that you have to do and
  
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• After rumors of a delay, Disney confirms Avengers: Secret Wars release date

  06-11-2026 12:04 via GamesRadar+
  
  Despite some well-meaning discussion around whether Avengers: Secret Wars would make its release date, it appears Disney and Marvel Studios have no intention of a delay.As documented by Hablemos de Cine, the Argentinian Disney 2027 Upfront event featured confirmation that – for now, at least – Secret Wars remains set for December 17, 2027. The 2028 movies, X-Men, Ghost Rider, and Black Panther 3, are also still locked in.A direct sequel to Avengers: Doomsday, Secret Wars is set to bring the
  
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• The Rings of Power showrunners tease "tragic consequences" for characters in season 3

  06-11-2026 11:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Rings of Power season 3 begins at the darkest moment yet for Middle-earth. Sauron is in possession of the Nine Rings for men and is plotting his path to forge the One Ring, all the while sending his Orcs out to conquer new locales.As a result, the stakes are pretty high for each of the show's beloved characters, and the showrunners reveal that there will be "tragic consequences". "The elves are clinging on to being able to hold Sauron at bay, but only by the power of their three rings," co-s
  
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• God of War Ragnarok is PlayStation's most successful game this generation, says market analyst

  06-11-2026 01:43 via GamesRadar+
  
  God of War Ragnarok attracted accolades like magnets in 2022 even though it lost the main Game of the Year title to Elden Ring, and now here we are four years later handing the game yet another achievement. According to a prominent industry market analyst, God of War Ragnarok is the top-grossing first-party PlayStation game of this console generation.Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, took to Twitter to share some new data about God of War Ragnarok's lifetime sales. Accor
  
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• Deus Ex's Warren Spector mourns BioWare and wonders why overpaid executives never lose their jobs

  06-11-2026 00:29 via GamesRadar+
  
  Warren Spector is best known for leading the development of the original Deus Ex, and as one of the key minds behind the likes of Ultima Underworld and System Shock, he's often considered something of a father to the entire immersive sim genre. He's also a veteran of Origin, a studio which was bought and subsequently shut down by EA decades ago, and he has some strong feelings about how the publisher has handled BioWare."So 400 people at BioWare are gone. Out in the cold with so many others," Sp
  
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