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• Apocalypse Earlier

  29-10-2018 23:20
  Fallout 76 just had its first beta and will be getting its next fairly soon, and then the full release is just days after that. The game is a dramatic step in Bethesda's journey to lighten the tone of their nuclear apocalypse series, so with that comes marketing that enjoys the contrast between those horrors and the mirth and merriment of exploring the wasteland.In this case, that comes in the form of a live-action trailer for the upcoming game.The trailer tells you how you'll be spending your t
  
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• OG Pokemon devs struggled to fit their iconic RPG onto a Game Boy cartridge: "It was a fight against capacity, a fight against what we could fit onto the cartridge"

  05-03-2026 02:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  The original Pokemon games, originally Pocket Monsters Red and Green in Japan, are some of the most formative RPGs of all time, but if the original Game Boy's game cartridges had just a little bit less memory, they may have never existed.Playing the recently released Switch and Switch 2 versions of the Pokemon LeafGreen and FireRed remakes, I'm genuinely astounded that Game Freak managed to pack so much RPG into a literal Game Boy game, and according to the game's original programmer, Junichi Ma
  
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• Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto saw games in the '80s becoming like "pornography": "I think the world of 'hidden secrets' in games has almost reached that same grotesque level"

  04-03-2026 23:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shigeru Miyamoto has always had a reputation for thinking outside the box, pushing back on prevalent game design trends, particularly in Nintendo's very experimental Wii and DS eras. But his frustration with an industry chasing its own tail goes back decades. In fact, he saw the proliferation of samey games doubling down on the same concepts with increasing complexity as pretty "grotesque," and not far off from pornography.Yes, Miyamoto once compared popular games to porn. In a 1989 interview fo
  
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• This $8 indie game blowing up on Steam is like Mario Golf mixed with Super Smash Bros., and it's already sold 500,000 copies with 95% positive reviews: "Less like friendslop and more like friendsoufflé"

  04-03-2026 23:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  What happens when you chuck Mario Golf and Super Smash Bros. into a blender with some good old fashioned explosives? Apparently, an extremely popular multiplayer game called Super Battle Golf, which has quietly become one of Steam's best-selling games this year at 500,000 copies sold.The premise for Super Battle Golf is simple and brilliant. It's an online golfing game where eight players try to knock their balls into the hole all at the same time. While it would normally be seen as pretty rude
  
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• 26 years ago today, the PS2 arrived and changed console gaming forever, and I'm gifting Sony's legendary system modern gadgets for its birthday

  04-03-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PS2 just turned 26 years old, as the system many would call Sony's best retro console debuted in Japan on March 4, 2000. I'm not exaggerating when I say the legendary Sony PlayStation sequel completely flipped the gaming scene on its head when it arrived with its then cutting-edge Emotion Engine CPU, Online support, and DVD playback capabilities, and it still feels modern if you gift it the right gadgets.No, I'm not saying PS2 graphics have aged particularly well over 26 years. I'd go as far
  
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• After being unceremoniously pulled from the release schedule, M3GAN spin-off SOULM8TE sparks back to life with an R-rating by the MPAA

  04-03-2026 23:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  SOULM8TE, the previously announced M3GAN spin-off movie, still doesn't have a release date... but it does have an official MPAA rating.According to BloodyDisgusting, the MPAA has given SOULM8TE an R rating for strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language. This is pretty interesting given that both M3GAN movies were rated PG-13... and the fact that we're still not sure if the film will still even be released at all (or at least any time soon).It was announced back in Decemb
  
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• Game Freak can't add hundreds of new Pokemon and more Types every generation or else new games would take too long to make, director says: "If you added like 300 or so new monsters, that'd just be too many"

  04-03-2026 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are well over 1,000 Pokemon now, steadily added in batches of about 100 new creatures every generation. It's easy to wonder if developer Game Freak is going to run out of ideas, but that doesn't seem to be a major concern at the studio. In fact, the devs have so many ideas for new Pokemon that the real challenge is narrowing them down.As veteran Pokemon art director Ken Sugimori explains as part of a 30th anniversary interview, "The reason why there are about 100 Pokemon added per game is
  
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• "Overwhelming evidence of organized espionage": MindsEye CEO blames flop launch on "corporate sabotage" and commits to "prosecution" amid more layoffs

  04-03-2026 22:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy has announced another round of layoffs following approximately 300 redundancies in 2025 as new CEO Mark Gerhard continues to blame the action game's underwhelming launch on criminal activity.Gerhard discusses apparent "overwhelming evidence" proving this in a statement posted on the Build a Rocket Boy LinkedIn page, with a caption acknowledging, "Today is a very difficult day for our studio." Build a Rocket Boy is beginning "a further number of redundancies," a
  
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• New Invincible season 4 trailer teases the debut of ultimate Viltrumite villain Thragg

  04-03-2026 22:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new clip from Invincible season 4 puts the spotlight on Grand Regent Thragg, the leader of the Viltrumite empire who is the season's big villain, with massive implications for everything to come in the Prime Video streaming series.Here's the clip, which promises "In two weeks, you'll start to understand why some refer to Conquest as 'light work'":Thragg, voiced by Lee Pace, is as fanatical - and powerful - as Viltrumites come, with a goal of expanding the Viltrumite empire across the entire un
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem's Leon actor doesn't care about who the hero is married to, would rather see the guy "open an ice cream parlor": "Settle down for once"

  04-03-2026 22:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  You'll never convince Leon Kennedy actor Nick Apostolides to tell you who he hopes ends up with the very special agent. Please. Apostolides just wants Leon to be away from prying eyes, and the undoubtedly intrusive mold spores he's spent a lifetime snorting.It's true that Resident Evil Requiem has revealed the shocking truth that, in addition to being an unkillable man of steel, Leon is married. And this is exactly the kind of milestone Apostolides wants for the character, who he's voiced since
  
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• Crimson Desert was announced "too early," devs admit, and now has to prove it's not "too good to be true" without "over-promising"

  04-03-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert has been building up in peoples' minds for well over half a decade now, and has spent a fair bit of that time looking too good to be true. Developer Pearl Abyss knows that kind of hype can easily backfire, and is now doing its best to ensure players have the proper expectations, especially as the game has changed shape over the years."In a sense, we're kind of victims of ourselves – we announced the game too early, and, honestly, that's just inarguable [to dispute]," marketi
  
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• Scream 7 takes franchise over $1 billion, joining the likes of The Conjuring, Alien, and Resident Evil

  04-03-2026 21:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite (still) being the lowest-rated film in the franchise, Scream 7 managed to pull in enough box office revenue to push the series over the $1 billion mark... making it only one of six horror franchises to do so.After Scream 7 pulled in around $100 million in its first weekend, against a budget of just $45 million, the franchise has officially entered the billion-dollar horror club (via BloodyDisgusting). The full list includes Alien, Resident Evil, It, Saw, and The Conjuring Universe &ndash
  
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• Ex-Diablo 2 lead designer says his "whole career" has been "chasing Diablo 2," but his team of Blizzard veterans have "a great shot again for a big success" with new ARPG Darkhaven

  04-03-2026 21:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The team of former Diablo 2 leads at Moon Beast Productions are in the unenviable position of developing a competitor to the iconic Blizzard ARPG they helped create with Darkhaven, but one of the indie project's leads has already accepted there will probably never be another Diablo 2."That's kind of been my whole career in a way, you know, always chasing Diablo 2. I gave up for a while, you know, with the space games. I said, 'I'm just going to make small games that reach a small audience,'" sai
  
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• The first trailer for DC's Lanterns is here and it has a surprising lack of Green Lantern in it

  04-03-2026 20:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for DC's Lanterns HBO streaming show has now been officially released after leaking early online, and it's more notable for what it doesn't show than what it does. Specifically, there's a serious lack of Green Lantern action in the trailer, with just a few small glimpses that hint at the superhero mythology of the GL Corps.The trailer focuses on Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) as he attempts to train John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) as his successor while they investigate a strange myste
  
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• Overwatch Season 1 is the "beginning of a comeback," Blizzard says as the hero shooter claws back fans: "You dream of these type of things"

  04-03-2026 18:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resetting a huge live-service game like Overwatch 2 is a risky move, but one that's paid off for Blizzard already. Retitling the FPS to Overwatch, adding several new heroes, and providing a narrative reset have reinvigorated the shooter's community, providing the exact kind of second wind the devs were hoping for.Alec Dawson, associate game director on Overwatch, tells PCGamesN about the team's current blend of nervousness and excitement. "You dream of these types of things. It's the beginning o
  
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• "Let us cook": Crimson Desert devs aren't "hiding anything," will show console versions of the RPG "ahead of launch," says PR lead

  04-03-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The release of Crimson Desert, the new action-RPG from Pearl Abyss is drawing near, and previews are starting to filter out, including from GamesRadar+. As footage and opinions arrive, conspiracy theories about not seeing the game running on consoles are bubbling up, prompting some frustration from PR."We're not hiding anything, and I'm sick of having to repeat myself," Will Powers, the PR and marketing director at Pearl Abyss, says on Twitter. "I've repeated [hundreds] of times that we'll revea
  
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• Castlevania: Belmont's Curse "is not a roguelike or roguelite game" despite the developer's Dead Cells heritage, it's bringing us right back to the classics

  04-03-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Konami has confirmed that – despite its developer's pedigree – Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will not be a roguelike or roguelite.The PlayStation State of Play last month confirmed that Konami's third return is underway. After bringing back Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania is now awakening from its 100-year slumber with a new 2D side-scroller (with "numerous new projects" in the works alongside it). Perhaps the most exciting part of this announcement is that it would be d
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem out of bounds sleuths uncover a horrifying truth about Grace Ashcroft: she uses Reddit

  04-03-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Requiem players have discovered a horrifying truth about Grace Ashcroft: she's a Reddit user.Going out of bounds in games can reveal interesting details. There's stuff like the random Goomba-like enemy Kug that might have electrocuted you in Super Mario Sunshine, or the developer team photograph hidden in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine. Sometimes these are left in as interesting bits of lore, like Bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake intentionally keeping what looks to be a body in the ba
  
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• "EA is basically reheating Bethesda's nachos": The Sims 4 Marketplace sparks angry fan reactions and comparisons to paid Fallout and Skyrim mods

  04-03-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just yesterday, EA unveiled that The Sims 4 was getting a new feature – the "Marketplace," as it's so aptly dubbed – to sell what are essentially paid mods and custom content.As the studio described in its announcement, The Sims 4 Marketplace "is an intentional evolution of a multi-year strategy to support custom content creators" and is accompanied by the arrival of a new real-money currency: Moola.
  I, as a long-time Simmer myself, was a bit shocked to hear the news – after sp
  
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• Marathon is asking a lot of my reflexes, so I'm hunting down the best high refresh rate gaming monitors for the new extraction shooter

  04-03-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marathon is finally here, and if you've been waiting for a good extraction shooter to upgrade to one of the best gaming monitors, you've... well... been waiting a long time. We've held through the delays, though, and now it's time to drink in the neon vibes and cheeseburgers.The good news is there are three high refresh rate gaming monitors that we hold above all else, and considering Marathon sometimes feels like a one-hit-kill experience competitive players are holding onto every frame they ca
  
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• Pokemon Pokopia's Animal Crossing comparisons get even stronger as devs reveal "special limited-time in-game events" starting with a Gen 2 picnic collection

  04-03-2026 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Pokopia is just hours away at this point, and the devs are already detailing post-launch events to keep you coming back in the weeks and months to come. The first of these events will introduce the Hoppip evolutionary line to the game and offer an array of picnic-themed items to add to your world.The event, called "More Spores for Hoppip," begins on Monday, March 9 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm GMT, and ends on Tuesday, March 24, at those same times. During the event, as long as you've comple
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows to enter "final phase of support," Unity gets 60fps patch tomorrow, and PvP multiplayer game Invictus is "progressing steadily"

  04-03-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft has a whole bunch of Assassin's Creed news to share, with Shadows winding down into its "final phase of support," Unity finally getting a current-gen 60fps update, and some vague development updates on Invictus and Jade.As Assassin's Creed Shadows approaches its first anniversary, a Ubisoft blog post from new head of content Jean Guesdon confirms "we're winding things down with smaller, less frequent updates…but still a few surprises!" Although he doesn't give any indication of wh
  
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• Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced finally out in the open as Ubisoft acknowledges its worst-kept secret: "Keep your spyglass on the horizon"

  04-03-2026 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The long-rumored Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake has finally been acknowledged by Ubisoft, with a cryptic message included among a suite of updates about other titles.In an update on the franchise, newly-appointed head of content Jean Guesdon discussed rumors around Assassin's Creed Hexe and standalone multiplayer project Invictus. He hinted that "speculation around Assassin's Creed is not new," suggesting players remember that not everything they read online is necessarily true.However, Gue
  
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• Assassin’s Creed Hexe will be a "darker" installment "set during a pivotal moment in history," but Ubisoft says it's "taking the time to deliver"

  04-03-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new head of content for the Assassin's Creed brand has delivered an update on all things AC, including the currently codenamed Assassin's Creed Hexe, which he is now the creative director of.In a new blog post, Jean Guesdon acknowledges that Ubisoft hasn't said much about the project yet, but assures it's being "built with great care by our veteran team here at Ubisoft Montreal.""Expect a unique, darker, narrative-driven Assassin's Creed experience, set during a pivotal moment in history," h
  
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• Yoda would have covered up Jedi deaths in The Acolyte, and its showrunner has brought the Clone Wars receipts to prove it

  04-03-2026 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yoda: Jedi, leader… liar? According to The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland, Yoda would have been complicit in covering up the death of a fellow Force user after the first season – and brought the Clone Wars receipts to prove it.Spoilers for The Acolyte season 1 ending follow.To help avoid a scandal that would have rocked The High Republic to its core, Vernestra (Rebecca Henderson) burned the slain body of Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae's Jedi was actually killed by Osha).Instead of bri
  
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• The Bride's violence was "pulled back" after test screenings, but director Maggie Gyllenhaal stands by what was kept in: "This isn't the Stormtrooper version of killing people"

  04-03-2026 17:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sold as a Bonnie and Clyde-esque take on a Universal Monsters movie, it stands to reason that new horror-romance The Bride is... pretty violent. Its '30s setting makes way for gun-toting gangsters while Christian Bale's "Frank" and his newly resurrected lover have intolerant punks and the police to worry about.Given all that and the fact it's a big-budget flick, writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal says they "tested and tested it" with audiences before finalizing the finished product – and th
  
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• Christian Bale says it's a "bold choice" to remake American Psycho: "Whoever wants to give it a shot, give it a pop!"

  04-03-2026 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christian Bale has nothing but kind words for Luca Guadagnino's American Psycho, and thinks it's a pretty brave move to even remake it in the first place."Whoever wants to give it a shot, give a pop," Bale told The Hollywood Reporter, when asked who he'd want to see play Patrick Bateman next. "I loved making it with Mary Harron so many years back. So many fantastic memories of it all. Bold choice of anyone to [...] I don't know if they're doing a remake... I don't know anything about it, but all
  
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• Directive 8020 devs Supermassive Games drops a multiplayer tease ahead of its appearance in the Future Games Show Spring Showcase

  04-03-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Supermassive Games is returning to the Future Games Show with its next title, Directive 8020 - and the team is teasing what you can expect to see if you tune in.Speaking with the team ahead of the Future Games Show Spring Showcase next week, Supermassive told us that it was a no-brainer to take part in the show once again with their new game; "we have partnered with FGS before and know how successful the event has been, so we didn't need too much time to think about being in this latest showcase
  
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• PowerA is rolling out a Mario Kart World Switch 2 controller in time for Mario Day, and I wheely like it

  04-03-2026 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  PowerA has unveiled a new version of its PowerA Advantage Wireless controller, and even though it's just a re-skin of a pad we've seen time and time again, I'm really digging its new Mario Kart World look.Available to pre-order for $64.99 (Amazon), the contender for one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 controllers as far as its design goes, is set to launch on March 8 later this month. The timing couldn't be more perfect, as Mario Day (March 10) is right around the corner, and you can lay your eyes
  
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• Games like Highguard are just "gambling by investors" who "know ahead of time a flop is likely," says indie legend: "Sucks for the developers who get caught in the churn"

  04-03-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It would've taken a miracle to save Highguard, as the FPS struggled to find an audience after an initial spike at launch, but none came, leading to the game's now imminent shutdown. The implosion is sending shockwaves through the industry, with a prominent indie developer explaining that this is all just high-end craps for investors."Every game like Highguard / Concord etc is essentially gambling by investors," Tyler Glaiel, a developer on The End is Nigh, The Basement Collection, Mewgenics and
  
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