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• All the Funko Fair announcements so far - from Godzilla vs Kong to WandaVision

  28-01-2021 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Funko Fair 2021 brings a wave of new figures from Disney, DC, Marvel, and more
  
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• After begging people to "not let" Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win Game of the Year, Arc Raiders advocate and ex-FPS pro Shroud finally plans to play the RPG after its Game Awards sweep

  12-12-2025 12:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is officially The Game Awards 2025's big Game of the Year winner, and as well as being an enormous win for RPGs and smaller studios as a whole, it also means something rather amusing – former FPS pro Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiez will finally play it himself after previously rallying against it in favor of Arc Raiders.Back in November, before The Game Awards 2025's nominees were announced, Shroud declared that "we gotta make sure" Arc Raiders "wins game of the year,
  
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• The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann jokes about HBO's new "streaming overlord" at the Game Awards: "Do we need to thank Netflix or Paramount?"

  12-12-2025 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the news that Netflix is now in the process of buying Warner Bros., The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann found the funny side of the situation at the 2025 Game Awards, and it sounds like he is just as confused as we are.After winning the award for best game adaptation for HBO series The Last of Us, Druckmann took to the stage to make his speech. In the clip, now posted on Twitter, the Naughty Dog Studio Head thanked the relevant studios before adding, "Do we need to thank Netflix or P
  
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• Titanfall 3 hopefuls are spiralling after The Game Awards 2025 namedrops the beloved FPS twice: "Do you know the definition of insanity?"

  12-12-2025 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Game Awards 2025 has come and gone with nary a whisper of news about the future of Titanfall, but fans hoping for a third game in the big-mech-versus-little-parkouring-human series are in somewhat of a frenzy after the FPS was namedropped twice.Event host Geoff Keighley ended his marketing spree with the announcement of a free-to-play shooter called Highguard, launching in two months. But what set fans of Respawn's once promising series on alert was the way Keighley introduced Highguard, exp
  
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• DC fans are split on the Supergirl trailer, but everyone can agree that it has "heavy Guardians vibes": "Kinda funny this looks and feels more like a James Gunn movie than Superman did"

  12-12-2025 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Supergirl trailer has generated mixed reactions from DC fans, but everyone can agree on one thing: it looks like the movie has major Guardians of the Galaxy vibes.Now, this might not come as a huge surprise, considering Guardians helmer James Gunn is now running DC Studios. But, unlike this summer's Superman, Craig Gillespie is in the director's chair to bring Kara Zor-El to the big screen instead."Kinda funny this looks and feels more like a James Gunn movie than Superman did and he did
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 director congratulates Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs after they win more at The Game Awards than Larian's RPG did in 2023: "What a sweep!"

  12-12-2025 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a thoroughly expected turn of events, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took over The Game Awards in definitive fashion. Widely nominated, the JRPG-inspired game took all but two categories it was up for, even winning Game of the Year. 2023's big winner Larian has been cheering on the fellow RPG creatives during their moment in the limelight.Swen Vincke, the founder of Larian Studios and director of Baldur's Gate 3, shares a tweet about Clair Obscur's incredible achievement. "Congratulations," he w
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs say "we have officially been robbed" as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beats the historical RPG to multiple awards

  12-12-2025 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's the morning after The Game Awards, with fans and developers alike reacting to the new games revealed, big wins, and more – but not all in the industry are taking it well, it seems, with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 team Warhorse Studios' posts proving as much.With nine wins under its belt, including the coveted Game of the Year award, it's safe to say that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stands as one of the most impressive titles to grace the event to date – but its wins haven't exa
  
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• Fallout's Aaron Moten and Todd Howard reveal their favorite set details and may have just confirmed aliens will appear in season 2

  12-12-2025 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout's first season certainly wowed with its incredible set design, right down to creating real, working Pip-Boys for its cast to use.If you believe Bethesda director Todd Howard's comments, the ante is being upped even further in its second season, even if one of its stars may have just said a little too much about an out of this world Easter egg."For me, it's the store in Freeside," Howard says when asked by GamesRadar+ about his favorite set detail, referring to the busy settlement many a
  
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• Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic trailer "echoes" Knights of the Old Republic "nearly 2 decades later," Mass Effect lead says, and that beloved RPG "is the reason I came to BioWare"

  12-12-2025 11:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  BioWare executive producer Michael Gamble has expressed his excitement at seeing former Mass Effect lead Casey Hudson leading up a new Star Wars RPG.It's been over two decades since Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and its sequel were released, and we're finally getting our third entry… sort of. Being revealed during The Game Awards 2025, director of the original KOTOR – and later, the Mass Effect trilogy – Hudson is returning to the series to direct Star Wars: Fate of t
  
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• 29 years of RPGs later, Larian CEO declares "this is the Divinity we've always wanted to make and you're going to have loads of fun with it"

  12-12-2025 11:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christmas has come early this year with The Game Awards, arguably standing as one of the most impressive gaming events of 2025, with its big reveals – one of which was Divinity, a stunning new RPG underway from Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios.It turns out that The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley's cryptic teaser wasn't a sign of any Half-Life 3 news, Diablo 4 DLC, a new God of War game, or trailer for The Elder Scrolls 6. The strange structure he had posted was the Hellstone, and
  
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• Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is not "a direct sequel or continuation" of the KOTOR games, but it is a "spiritual successor": "This new project is about honoring that legacy"

  12-12-2025 11:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  We got the usual flurry of announcements during this year's The Game Awards, among them being Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a brand new action RPG set a long, long time ago. Though it's set in the same period, and made by several devs who forged the Knights of the Old Republic games, this isn't a follow-up to those releases, nor should you expect any explicit connection."Throughout my two decades of working on Star Wars games, including Star Wars: The Old Republic, I have been fortunate t
  
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• Amid The Game Awards hubbub, Xbox quietly announces a January Developer Direct featuring the Fable and Forza Horizon 6 studio

  12-12-2025 10:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  While The Game Awards 2025 soaked up all the attention in the gaming world, Xbox quietly announced that its annual Developer Direct showcase is returning next month, with Playground Games set to appear.Speaking to Variety, head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty was tight-lipped about what exactly to expect from the usually quite pleasant showcase – except for the fact that the UK-based studio behind Fable's reboot and Forza Horizon 6 is going to be there."I can't share exactly what's there,
  
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• Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi shouts out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after its director said the JRPG icon "inspired me to become a game dev"

  12-12-2025 10:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just enjoyed a record-breaking night at The Game Awards 2025 by sweeping nine trophies out from Geoff Keighley's closet, and the game's director, Guillaume Broche, took the opportunity to thank the man who inspired him to become a game dev in the first place and influenced the entire genre that led up to Clair Obscur."I want to extend a thank you to the unsung hero of this industry: the people who make tutorials on YouTube on how to make a game, because we had no idea
  
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• Fallout season 2 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Prime Video?

  12-12-2025 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a S.P.E.C.I.A.L time of year. No, not Christmas. Fallout season 2 is just around the corner. As viewers get ready to witness the next chapter in Lucy, The Ghoul and Maximus' journeys, you may be wondering when exactly new episodes are dropping on Prime Video.Don't worry, you've maxed out your Luck stat with us. Below, you'll find everything you need to know about Fallout season 2's streaming plans, including the premiere's release date, time, and an episodic schedule that stretches out well
  
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• Titanfall and Apex Legends devs have a new shooter out in less than 2 months: Highguard launches in January 2026 "with hopes of pushing the shooter genre forward"

  12-12-2025 05:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Game Awards 2025 host Geoff Keighley closed out tonight's jam-packed show with the debut of a brand new multiplayer free-to-play FPS from 61 members of the Respawn team that made Apex Legends. It's called Highguard, and with it, new independent studio WildLight Entertainment is hoping to "push to shooter genre forward." Highguard launches on Steam, PS5, and Xbox on January 26.In the game's announcement trailer, which you can check out below, we see various extremely attractive heroes duke it
  
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• Capcom announces the first new mainline Mega Man game in 7 years – Mega Man: Dual Override

  12-12-2025 05:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gaming's favorite blue bomber is finally back. Not in some kind of spinoff or remake, but in a true-blue, full-fledged title. Mega Man is, at last, back, in the first installment in the series since 2018 with Mega Man: Dual Override.Announced at The Game Awards 2025, Dual Override is, in typical fashion, a 2D sidescrolling action game featuring the classic design of Mega Man. While the glimpse we got at its gameplay was short, and missing any potential sneak peaks at future power-ups and bosses,
  
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• The next Diablo 4 expansion is Lord of Hatred, an April 2026 release adding Paladin and a mystery class, plenty of Diablo 2 nostalgia, and a long-requested region

  12-12-2025 05:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard Entertainment revealed the Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred expansion at The Game Awards 2025, and it's set to bring about some massive fundamental changes to the action-RPG. For starters, the studio is calling this the "culmination" of the Age of Hatred saga which kicked off in 2023 – spanning Diablo 4 and 2024's Vessel of Hatred expansion.Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred drives toward a final stand against Mephisto, whose influence has spread even more widely across Sanctuary following the even
  
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• With potential to be the next Black Myth: Wukong breakout, Phantom Blade Zero gets September 2026 release date

  12-12-2025 05:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Phantom Blade Zero now has a release date, announced at The Game Awards 2025. The hardcore Wuxia game – a stunning Chinese fantasy like 2024 breakout hit Black Myth: Wukong – will launch September 9, 2026.Its release date trailer is also one of its most darkly beautiful, showing off rainy mountainsides and bloody samurai in four minutes of moody adventure. Welcome to what a PlayStation listing of the trailer describes as a "kungfupunk world shaped by conspiracy, intrigue, and cinemat
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets free update to ring in record-breaking The Game Awards GOTY win: "New weapons, new quest, new boss"

  12-12-2025 05:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive made out like a bandit at The Game Awards 2025, collecting more trophies than any previous nominee and claiming the ultimate Game of the Year award in the end. To mark the occasion, as director Guillaume Broche announced in his speech, the French JRPG has a free content update rolling out tonight."If you remember, we promised some content a few months ago," Broche said. "I'm very happy to say that it's releasing now and you can just go h
  
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• Surprise, Diablo 4's new Paladin class is available to play right now

  12-12-2025 04:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Well, what do you know, Diablo 4 is getting the long, long-awaited Paladin class, which in and of itself isn't the most surprising news. What is genuinely unexpected, however, is that the Paladin class is playable in Diablo 4 tonight, a few months ahead of the game's next big expansion, the very Diablo-y named Lord of Hatred, launching April 28.Blizzard announced Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion ahead of The Game Awards 2025, and then fully revealed the details in a press release. The expansi
  
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• Total War: Warhammer 40,000 revealed at The Game Awards, and it looks spectacular even before you factor in superfan David Harbour

  12-12-2025 04:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a trilogy's worth of takes on classic fantasy Warhammer, the Total War series is heading to the grimdark future for a brand-new entry. Total War: Warhammer 40,000 was announced at The Game Awards 2025. We even got an introduction from Stranger Things star David Harbour, a noted Warhammer superfan who is, himself, involved in the new game.The trailer is mostly cinematic, but the tiny bit of gameplay footage at the end looks spectacularly chaotic. The Steam page offers a few more gameplay de
  
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• Star Wars Galactic Racer announced for 2026, promising pure racing "the way it was before the Empire shut it down" – but I don't see any podracers

  12-12-2025 04:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Move over Fate of the Old Republic, a real Star Wars game just entered the conversation. Yes, The Game Awards 2025 didn't grace us with one but two games in a galaxy far far away.
  The trailer establishes quickly that this game has the looks but it isn't just a pretty face. The team behind Star Wars Galactic Racer, Fuse Games, is made up of devs whose previous credits include racing masterpieces such as Burnout Paradise and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. For the Star Wars setting Fuse has traded ou
  
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• Star Wars Galactic Racer announced for 2026, promising pure racing "the way it was before the Empire shut it down" – but I don't see any pod racers

  12-12-2025 04:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Move over Fate of the Old Republic, a real Star Wars game just entered the conversation. Yes, The Game Awards 2025 didn't grace us with one but two games in a galaxy far far away.
  The second is Star Wars Galactic Racer, which will let you speed across gorgeous landscapes and planets you know and love. The trailer is melodramatic in a way that is intensely endearing with lines like "the galaxy needs racing." You are so right, and so do I.Star Wars Galactic Racer is coming in 2026 according to the
  
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• Lords of the Fallen 2 looks exactly like the bigger, bloodier Soulslike that fans of the series have come to expect

  12-12-2025 04:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The upcoming sequel to Lords of the Fallen (no, not that one) just had its gameplay premiere at The Game Awards. If you're a fan of the series' heavier take on Soulslike gameplay, oodles of blood, and overwhelmingly gothic vibes, Lords of the Fallen 2 seems to have all of that in spades for players.The gameplay trailer provides glimpses at a few of the game's bosses, co-op action, and at least one gnarly-looking execution.In keeping with Lords of the Fallen's gothic fantasy trappings, the traile
  
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• Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is coming in 2026, some 7 years (and 7 million sales) after Ace Combat 7 redefined arcade flight action games

  12-12-2025 04:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bandai Namco was at The Game Awards 2025 to reveal Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. This is set to be the first new video game in the long-running series since Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown took flight – the 2019 release still stands as a revolutionary instalment, shifting a franchise-record seven million sales.What of the sequel, then? Bandai went all out for the Ace Combat 8 reveal, presenting an in-game trailer demonstrating its commitment to single-player storytelling for the upcoming arcad
  
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• A story-rich open-world FPS with Max Payne and Cyberpunk 2077 vibes? All right, you have my attention, No Law

  12-12-2025 04:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Neon Giant, the developer behind pretty OK sci-fi RPG The Ascent, has just revealed its next grungy adventure at The Game Awards 2025: No Law.Its new game, which does not yet have a release date, looks like an FPS hellscape topped with a little Cyberpunk 2077 slime and a dash of Max Payne, neo-noir crunch. Its Steam page promises "a first-person, story rich, cyber-noire shooter set in a decadent port city built on neon sleaze instead of regulations. Explore its rich history and meet the veiled h
  
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• Saros gets a new trailer confirming April release date, and I think PlayStation is hoping you don't realize that's a delay

  12-12-2025 04:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Game Awards 2025 brought us a new trailer for Saros, developer Housemarque's spiritual successor to the excellent Returnal, giving a taste of the story and action in the upcoming roguelike. You might not have noticed, however, that the release date at the end of the trailer is new, and a month delayed from the game's previously announced launch day.Saros is now set to launch April 30, 2026, and while the trailer doesn't acknowledge the delay, that's just over a month after the previously ann
  
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• First Street Fighter movie trailer is so campy, I'm starting to think it might actually work

  12-12-2025 03:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Game Awards 2025 brings with it an array of video game announcements, but as always, it also offers a taste of Hollywood. The first teaser trailer for the new Street Fighter movie dropped as part of the show, and despite my own feelings of skepticism after what seemed like a pile of stunt casting announcements, this thing looks campy enough that it might just work.The 45-second teaser essentially shows off a quick glimpse at every major character, who all look like they stepped right out of
  
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• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a reimagining of Tomb Raider 1 coming next year and it looks like everything I've ever wanted, even from one trailer

  12-12-2025 03:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon Game Studios has revealed not one, but two new Tomb Raider games at the Game Awards this evening, and my Lara Croft-loving heart is full. Alongside Tomb Raider: Catalyst in 2027, next year we're getting Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - a reimagining of the original Tomb Raider game in Unreal Engine 5.In development as a partnership between Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog, it's being called a reimagining because it's not just another remake or remaster. This will be built to honor th
  
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• Tomb Raider: Catalyst is the new Lara Croft game and it kicks off a fresh chapter of Tomb Raider in 2027

  12-12-2025 03:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lara's back, baby! As revealed at the Game Awards 2025, Tomb Raider: Catalyst is the new Lara Croft game from Crystal Dynamics.Coming in 2027 for Xbox Series X, PS5, and PC, it's being called a "bold direction" for the series as Lara ventures to Northern India in the wake of a mythical cataclysm that just so happens to be unleashing ancient secrets on the world.However, Lara's not alone, as rival treasure hunters from around the globe are also heading to the same place, so it's going to be a rac
  
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