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• Skyrim's lead designer hopes The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel finally fixes the series' ladder problem

  07-11-2026 16:37 via GamesRadar+
  
  Skyrim's lead designer has shared what he hopes to see in The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel - top of the list: better mounts and, erm, ladders!Bruce Nesmith was one of the lead developers on arguably Bethesda Game Studios' most enduring hit, the high fantasy open world of Skyrim, but his hopes and dreams for Sentinel are a little more modest than you might expect. While some fans are running wild with lore theories and hopes for ambitious new mechanics like sailing, Nesmith just wants to be able to
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever brought back a record number of lapsed players

  07-11-2026 15:30 via GamesRadar+
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever's launch seems to have been a big hit for Blizzard Entertainment. The third arm of the fantasy MMO brought back a record number of lapsed players and made series' history at launch, according to the company.World of Warcraft: Forever released properly on November 4th, after an equally impressive beta period that saw swarms of Horde and Alliance jump back into Azeroth. Blizzard is now celebrating the historic launch. "Congratulations everyone, you made history," the com
  
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• PS6 doesn't need more power, ex-PlayStation boss says

  07-11-2026 14:33 via GamesRadar+
  
  Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden doesn't think the inevitable PS6 needs to be more powerful to be a success. While new console generations offer less drastic technical improvements each time, Layden reckons "true innovation" would come from making the next-gen machine affordable. Speaking to The Trophy Room podcast, Layden recalls how past generations offered "something mind-blowing" every time a new console came out. "The jump from PS1 to PS2 was incredible," he says, "and the jump from com
  
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• Three Zelda: Ocarina of Times later, Eiji Aonuma is finally happy with the infamous Water Temple

  07-11-2026 13:51 via GamesRadar+
  
  One of the most infamous dungeons in The Legend of Zelda's history is undoubtedly Ocarina of Time's Water Temple. But after three Ocarina of Times and two full remakes, series producer Eiji Aonuma is finally happy with how the dungeon turned out in the new Switch 2 version.Asked if he's finally content with the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's Switch 2 remake, while speaking to Game Informer, the series lead simply said "certainly." Aonuma acknowledged that the original N64
  
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• The Rings of Power season 3 star Robert Aramayo opens up about playing another iconic Lord of the Rings character

  07-11-2026 13:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Rings of Power season 3 sees Elrond star Robert Aramayo play a second role, his Elven character's twin brother Elros. In a flashback sequence in the new season, we finally meet the iconic Lord of the Rings character who was a pivotal part of Middle-earth's history.In J.R.R. Tolkien's works, the twin brothers were given the same choice by the Valar due to their half-Elven heritage: to decide whether they would want to be Elves or Men. Elrond chooses the immortal path, whereas his brother deci
  
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• Sony has "a good chance of winning" with a PS6 handheld, former PlayStation boss says

  07-11-2026 02:11 via GamesRadar+
  
  Rumors have been swirling for almost a year now that the next generation of Sony hardware will include both a standard PS6 home console and some sort of handheld device, but according to someone with a whole lot of knowledge and insight into PlayStation hardware launches, that's a recipe for failure.Shawn Layden, former chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios, recently appeared on the Trophy Room: A PlayStation Show podcast, and he cautioned his former employer against releasing both a handheld and ho
  
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• Dragon Age writer is "collaborating" on Mass Effect-like RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

  07-11-2026 00:25 via GamesRadar+
  
  David Gaider is one of BioWare's most notable writers. After cutting his teeth on Baldur's Gate 2, he wrote some of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic's most memorable characters, and would go on to lead the narrative for Dragon Age: Origins, setting the tone for BioWare's original fantasy franchise. Gaider notably never worked on Mass Effect, but he's getting the chance to channel its spirit as part of the writing team for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn."Alongside my work at Summerfall, I've al
  
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