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• American who 'regretted' joining IS gets 20 year sentence

  27-10-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  A 27-year-old American who joined the Islamic State group in Syria and later claimed he escaped and fled into the hands of Kurdish troops after a "bad decision" was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.Mohamad Jamal Khweis left his job driving a bus for disabled people in northern Virginia in December 2015 to travel to IS's stronghold of Raqa."The evidence at trial demonstrated that Mohamad Khweis is an unpredictable and dangerous person who was radicalized towards violent jihad," said Dana Bo
  
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• Solo dev plans to "beat the real GTA 6 to launch" with their own, AI-fueled version of Rockstar's upcoming game

  16-06-2026 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  If the game you want to play is taking years to come out, why not make your own version? An entrepreneurial developer is doing just that for GTA 6, and if that doesn't sound wild enough, he's hoping to outdo Rockstar to market as well. May we all have such confidence.The creative spirit in question is known as Ziwen, and he's started posting about the progress on his Grand Theft Auto 6-like on Twitter. "Day one of building GTA 6. Still feels fake typing that out," he writes in a post, with some
  
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• Even more games on Steam are using AI: there are over 8,600 demos in this week's Next Fest event, and nearly 1,700 use AI

  16-06-2026 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steam Next Fest 2026 keeps getting bigger, with 8,600 demos arriving as part of the event, including almost 1,700 that use AI. Oh no.The second Steam Next Fest of 2026 is now underway until June 22, and it's time to once again ruin your Steam wishlist and free time by playing a ton of demos throughout the next week or so. But as Steam Next Fest grows in popularity, it naturally gets bigger. And this month's version of the beloved Steam staple is huge. Steam Next Fest June 2026 has 8,682 demos in
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 player figures out where the water in the game's most famous fountain comes from, and it's actually part of a "nightmare" for Warhorse

  16-06-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are a lot of incredible minor details in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. The game's recreation of the Kingdom of Bohemia in the early 1400s is remarkably accurate to the period, prompting an investigation by one player into a specific part of Kuttenberg – how does the town's main fountain work?This is actually suggested in the game by Henry. "A fountain? Where does the water come from? Here in the middle of the city," he asks when you walk up to the aquatic installation. YouTuber Any Au
  
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• Persona 4 Revival fans hope Atlus is teasing a male romance option thought to have been cut from the original JRPG, and as Persona 6 approaches I think it's about time

  16-06-2026 18:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Atlus shows off Persona 4 Revival's fully voiced Social Links, some fans are convinced that the devs are also teasing the addition of a male romance option thought to have been cut from the original JRPG. The character in question is Yosuke Hanamura – protagonist Yu's first friend and party member, and one half of a non-canon pairing that's been popular for the best part of two decades now. In Persona 4 and its Golden re-release, Yosuke and Yu become very close over the course of the st
  
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• Alien RPG gets harrowing new campaign following a hapless team of Colonial Marines

  16-06-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks as though it's gonna be "game over, man" for a whole new crew of Colonial Marines, because the Alien RPG is getting an all-new campaign that's shoving them through the meatgrinder. I'm sure they'll be fine, and their mission will go exactly to plan with no issues whatsoever.Following the launch of its new version earlier this year (Alien RPG Evolved Edition, which we gave four and a half stars in our review), Operation Leading Edge is a standalone adventure designed for three to five pl
  
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• You can swap around the position of the front IO on Cooler Master's updated Q300L case, and its price is hard to argue with during a RAMpocalypse

  16-06-2026 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cooler Master showed off the updated version of one of its most popular and accessible PC cases at Computex, and lo and behold, it's now hit the shelves. The updated Q300L V3 holds onto the line's previous mATX form factor, but it brings some quality-of-life updates and more modularity into the mix for your next gaming PC build.Straight from the off, I'll say that perhaps the most impressive thing about this case is that it's still got a super affordable price tag, which tracks from the V2 and V
  
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• Microsoft nearly killed former Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us director's new game, but he managed to save it after the first trailer, fellow Naughty Dog vet says: "It was game over"

  16-06-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The games industry can be ruthless. Even when you have massive hits under your belt, there are no guarantees. Bruce Straley, a longtime Naughty Dog developer who co-directed several of the studio's biggest releases, found that out the hard way when his new studio apparently lost funding midway through a project.The timeline was recounted by Quentin Cobb, a designer who worked at Naughty Dog on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, in an interview with Kiwi Talkz. "He was funded by Microsoft," Cobb rec
  
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• Arc Raiders gives players what they asked for as "quieter period" leaves some bored: "no free loadout" in night raids or Close Scrutiny

  16-06-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders has seemingly entered the "it's so over" chapter of the inescapable live service cycle, with a non-trivial chunk of players recently put off by perhaps the most egregious wave of cheated items in the game's history, even as the game maintains a daily user base most games would kill for. Coupled with slowing patches amid developer Embark Studios' pivot to major updates released six months apart, the game's been a bit quiet and the community a bit cranky. Facing this, Embark has promis
  
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• One of the best VR games is finally getting a non-VR port with Moss: The Forgotten Relic, and it's some of the most fun I've had this Steam Next Fest

  16-06-2026 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  I like playing VR games more in theory than do I in practice, which is exactly why I'm so pleased to see that Moss: The Forgotten Relic is part of the Steam Next Fest line-up this year, and has a free demo you can play right now (check out our Steam Next Fest guide for more)! I've always had a soft spot for developer Polyarc's tiny mouse hero, Quill, and this re-release that collects together the first two Moss games in a non-VR package makes it much easier to recommend for those who haven't she
  
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• Oops, someone just uploaded Steam Machine Geekbench results early, so I'd be surprised if Valve's box doesn't arrive next week

  16-06-2026 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Whether deliberately uploaded or not, Steam Machine benchmark scores are now live at Geekbench. Listed under its former "Valve Fremont" moniker, the information marries up with previous postings in terms of specs, but the new entry specifically mentions SteamOS as an operating system, and it smells to me like someone is testing for review.First highlighted by Olrak29_ on X, the Steam Machine Geekbench scores don't give much away in terms of performance. The scores themselves are still in line wi
  
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• New Nintendo Switch update makes the eShop run better, only took 9 years

  16-06-2026 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nine years after launch, Nintendo has finally updated the eShop on the original Switch, making it a less all-around terrible experience. Nintendo released new firmware for the Switch and Switch 2 earlier today, and while the Switch 2 portion of the patch notes is a bit boring compared to the excellent Handheld Boost Mode update released earlier this year, the Switch 1 is the real winner. As noted on the Nintendo website, Switch firmware update ver 22.5.0 is headlined with the news that "the Nint
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day feels like a "detective movie" and is the "best Spider-Man movie that we’ve ever made," says Tom Holland

  16-06-2026 16:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day's second trailer is right around the corner, but in a new interview, star Tom Holland has pulled back the curtain on the "mystery" leanings of the secret-shrouded Spider-Man movie."This movie is a real mystery and for a large portion of the film, even Spider-Man is a little bit at odds and lost and is like, 'What is going on?'" Holland told Esquire back in April. "We’re just trying to find ways to make this movie feel like a detective movie."That's certainly inter
  
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• Spidey Tracker is a meta ARG featuring Ned Leeds, officially launches alongside second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer tomorrow

  16-06-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day's second trailer is set to swing online tomorrow, but ahead of our latest glimpse at Tom Holland's wall-crawler, a new ARG experience has been revealed, bringing Ned Leeds' search for Spider-Man into the real world.Over at SpideyTracker.net, you'll find the 'fan-powered' tracker – a recreation of Ned's own custom website from Brand New Day, which Peter Parker's memory-wiped bff uses to monitor Spidey sightings around New York in the hope of tracking him down. The
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance lead says games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are leading a turn-based resurgence because "creators who grew up playing JRPGs" are now making them themselves

  16-06-2026 15:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The director of Final Fantasy Resonance says that turn-based RPGs are hitting the mainstream once more because that's the sort of combat the people making games these days grew up with, and you only need to look as far as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for proof.Following Final Fantasy Resonance's big reveal at last week's Nintendo Direct, some of the game's developers are doing the media rounds to keep the excitement coming. Naturally, as the JRPG is quite the throwback, some of the conversations
  
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• Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival reveals October release date in age-restricted new trailer full of latex and more flayed skin than I thought possible

  16-06-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is launching October 8 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, developer Saber Interactive just announced alongside a new trailer. Considering the quickly closing wall of death for video game releases in September – Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Control Resonant are only some of the major titles out that month – it feels like Saber is giving us a surprising, but much needed, break with its October plans. At the same time, I expect that Hel
  
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• No, Commodore's next project isn't an Amiga remake, it's a flip phone with 2000s vibes that's already prepped to deal with the under-16s UK social media ban

  16-06-2026 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the success of its wonderful Commodore 64 Ultimate microcomputer remake, you'd perhaps expect the revived tech giant to make a fancy new FPGA Amiga. However, two weeks ago, CEO Christian Simpson (AKA YouTuber Peri Fractic) declared that the company can't "survive solely on nostalgia," which has somehow led today to the announcement of a flip phone that reeks of the 2000s.That's right, the next big Commodore International release is the Callback 8020. As I've already spoiled, it's a fli
  
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• Helldivers 2 overhauls Major Orders with Galactic Campaigns, adds a new biome, buffs Exo Suits, and much more in a massive patch

  16-06-2026 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  An enormous Helldivers 2 patch is here, overhauling the Major Order experience, adding a new biome, buffing Exo Suits, and much more. Helldivers 2 Machinery of Oppression 6.3.0 is out now, and it finally adds some of those long-awaited "core" improvements that Arrowhead teased back in May. Specifically, Galactic Campaigns are here – Arrowhead previously described these as "the next evolution of Major Orders," which will each last one to three weeks and make current progress and potential o
  
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• These sci-fi water guns make it feel like I'm playing a real-life FPS

  16-06-2026 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The best water guns make our old Super Soakers look stupid. And I don't mean from a vibes standpoint. No; even the most basic water pistols are head and shoulders above what we used to muck about with in the backyard. Dunk-fill, auto-fill, electronic firing modes… phew. Then Spyra enters the picture, and oh lordy. If you've not encountered the water guns brand before, I'll put it this way: imagine a Super Soaker by way of Star Trek. These things are sci-fi marvels; rather than firing pidd
  
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• Shang-Chi director gives promising update on the delayed sequel, but says releasing the first movie during the pandemic is what halted the process

  16-06-2026 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite being announced over five years ago, Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton confirms the sequel is still in the works and has given a reason for the delay. "We are developing a second one," said Cretton on Deadline's Crew Call Podcast, when asked what is going on with the upcoming movie. "What's going on is what went on with the entire industry." However, the filmmaker says that releasing the first film during the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame for the sequel taking so long to make. "Wh
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 from the OG devs didn't happen despite years of trying because the money people thought "It's a single-player RPG, it's not going to do that big in numbers"

  16-06-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hindsight is always 20/20, and it's hard to believe now, but once upon a time, funding Baldur's Gate 3 was a big ask. A team led by one of the developers on the first one tried to secure funding for the threequel but couldn't land a pitch, which led Larian Studios to eventually get the gig.See, the first two Baldur's Gate games were made by BioWare, of Mass Effect fame. For a long time, the series was a duology with expansion packs. After Trent Oster, a co-founder of BioWare, left and started a
  
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• Arc Raiders devs promise "strict measures" are being taken against item duplication users and more Denuvo as Embark fights to get cheaters under control

  16-06-2026 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Embark says "our commitment to anti-cheat initiatives remains a top priority" for Arc Raiders, and it's pleased with how things are going so far when it comes to stomping out cheaters and item duplication.In a new blog post, the team says that Denuvo Anti-Cheat is being expanded to more players and that devs are "pleased with the progress so far" and expect "further improvement as we scale up."When it comes to one of the community's biggest bugbears, item duplication, Embark says that "strict me
  
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• Kiki's Delivery Service is getting the live-action treatment, but it's doing things differently to Studio Ghibli's anime classic

  16-06-2026 12:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  How's this for magical news? Kiki's Delivery Service is being turned into a live-action TV show from the BBC.BBC Studios Kids & Family, fellow UK production company Wheels in Motion, and Japan's Kadakowa will join forces for a live-action adaptation of Eiko Kadono's novel, which Studio Ghibli also drew from for its 1989 anime classic (via Variety).While Kadono went on to write several more acclaimed books in the Kiki's series, the live-action show is planned to consist of 10 episodes based o
  
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• James Gunn says he pitched the Jimmy Olsen and Gorilla Grodd show to Warner Bros. before he "even started at DC"

  16-06-2026 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Jimmy Olsen TV show is on the way as part of the DCU – but it turns out it existed before the DCU was even a thing. On Instagram, Gunn wrote in response to a fan asking if it was true that the Jimmy show had been turned into a Gorilla Grodd show: "It didn't become anything. It is what it's always been, including pitching it as part of the package before I even started at DC." In a separate post on Threads, Gunn confirmed the show would combine both characters: "It's both a Jimmy Olsen AN
  
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• House of the Dragon season 3 matches Rotten Tomatoes score of some of the best Game of Thrones seasons

  16-06-2026 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon season 3 has earned an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score, putting it on par with some of the best Game of Thrones seasons. The HBO show is currently sitting at an impressive 97% on the review aggregation website, which matches the two highest-rated seasons of Game of Thrones, season 2 and season 4. If you'll recall, some of the best episodes in the whole run of the fantasy series happened in these two seasons. This includes 'Blackwater', which is arguably one of the best battl
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day director urges fans to see the new movie as if it's "the last Spider-Man," and now we're worried for Tom Holland's Peter Parker

  16-06-2026 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although Sony has yet to confirm whether or not Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be Tom Holland's final solo Spidey movie, a comment made by director Destin Daniel Cretton has fans worried it may be the end of the line for the MCU's web-slingerWhen asked if he thinks this will be the last Spider-Man movie by Deadline, Cretton answered, "Is there ever a last Spider-Man?" before adding, "Everybody should go see this movie as if it's the last Spider-Man." Now, Cretton isn't saying that Brand New Day
  
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• The Russos seriously considered killing Iron Man in Avengers: Infinity War despite Robert Downey Jr. pleading they not kill him

  16-06-2026 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Iron Man had a heroic send-off in Avengers: Endgame, but it turns out the Russo Brothers almost killed him off earlier. In conversation with CBR.com, when asked about a rumor that Iron Man almost died in Avengers: Infinity War, Joe Russo revealed that Tony Stark biting the dust was a possibility, even though Robert Downey Jr. was seemingly rooting for his character to live. "This happens a lot in these rooms, right? We try to... I'm feeling the heat now," Joe Russo said. "We try to investigate.
  
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• After 7 years, Devil May Cry 5 just had its most successful year yet following a divisive Netflix series and some deep discounts

  16-06-2026 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Devil May Cry 5 had its best sales year ever in the last year, following deep discounts and the release of the Netflix series. Despite a seven-year silence, Capcom says it wants to build Devil May Cry into a "core IP" like Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, and over the last year, it's certainly looked like one, with the latest game in the series passing the 10 million sales mark. With a Nintendo Switch 2 version on the way later this month, that popularity is set to continue for the latest game
  
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• Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter are still going strong because their direction is no longer "tied to the ideas of a single creator," Capcom exec says

  16-06-2026 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom is on a bit of a roll at the moment. Resident Evil Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3, and Pragmata have all landed with solid success, and we're not even done with the year yet. Part of the secret, according to Capcom itself, has been shifting away from auteur-driven development and trusting in the wisdom of a wider team."In the game industry, when a title becomes a series, it often ends up depending heavily on a particular developer, becoming what you'd call an individual-driven title,"
  
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• GTA 6 really is releasing in November, Take-Two boss insists while giving out free business advice: "Everything worth doing is hard and takes a long time"

  16-06-2026 12:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is really, truly on track for its November release date, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reiterates, in words we can only hope don't end up aging poorly (again). Zelnick was approached for an interview out on the street by TikTok account The School of Hard Knocks, who jumps straight to the point by asking the Take-Two CEO how he got rich. The Rockstar Games owner is initially confused how anyone could tell just by looking: "I look like everyone else on the street, I'm just wearing a blue suit
  
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