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• At GDC 2017 you'll hear how Final Fantasy XV's interactive music was made

  04-11-2016 18:27
  
  At GDC 2017 Square Enix's Sho Iwamoto will break down how Final Fantasy XV's interactive music was made using the team's proprietary "MAGI" music system and toolset. Don't miss it! ...
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation devs were "able to remain true" to the original 1997 JRPG, lead says, even if the story order "might be shifted up a bit"

  12-06-2026 15:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the biggest highlights of this year's Summer Game Fest was none other than the reveal of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the third part of the JRPG remake from Square Enix – a part that'll apparently stay as true "as possible" to its 1997 predecessor.Or, at least, it sounds that way. Director Naoki Hamaguchi tells tells VGC as much in a recent interview, confirming that Square Enix is pressing on with its philosophy to live up to the PlayStation original's memory – even if the dev
  
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• Jessie is the heart of Toy Story 5 because "she had a deep well to draw from" and Woody "needed a break," Andrew Stanton says

  12-06-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new sheriff in town. Back in 2019, Woody the cowboy handed over his gold star badge to Jessie the cowgirl, a literal and symbolic passing of the torch. Seven years later, Jessie is taking center stage in the fifth installment of the beloved Pixar film series. As leader of Bonnie's room, Jessie goes head to head with the sinister Lilypad, a new technology that hypnotizes the kid from day one. During her struggles against this new threat, Jessie also comes face to face with her past &nda
  
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• It won't be revolutionary for most people, but the Turtle Beach Stealth Pro 2's charging dock button deserves an award

  12-06-2026 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II headset includes a charging dock that's designed to charge a battery pack while you use the other. Much like the best gaming headsets, it's a feature to eliminate the annoyance of hunting down a charging cable, but I love it more for its large RGB-lit button. Pressing this down releases a mechanism that pops out the battery in a matter of seconds. It's a simple inclusion that many might gloss over, but as someone who finds charging the batteries of SteelSeries' si
  
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• Cryptic Game of Thrones book post has fans thinking Winds of Winter news is on the way

  12-06-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After being in the works for 15 years, fans think George R.R. Martin's highly anticipated Game of Thrones book, Winds of Winter, may be on the way thanks to a new cryptic post. On Thursday, June 11, Folio Society released another look at the limited edition leatherbound version of Martin's first Game of Thrones book on Instagram, set to release on July 14 in celebration of the novel's 30th anniversary. However, the post's mysterious caption has fans wondering if a bigger announcement is on the w
  
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• The Mandalorian and Grogu star defends the Star Wars movie's box office and hints at Dave Filoni's grander plan

  12-06-2026 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian and Grogu star Brendan Wayne has defended the movie's box office performance – and also hinted at Lucasfilm co-president Dave Filoni's grander plan. Wayne is one of the Din Djarin suit performers and has played Mando since season 1 of the Disney Plus show. Speaking to Brandon Davis, Wayne was asked what makes Filoni the right man for the top Lucasfilm job. As part of his answer, Wayne explained: "Dave's understanding of like, 'Hey, we're going to tell a story, and we're goi
  
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• Ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Tifa and Cloud are as popular as ever in Japan, with new survey placing them above Link, Pikachu, and more

  12-06-2026 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new nationwide survey in Japanese magazine Famitsu shows that Final Fantasy 7 is still as popular as ever almost 30 years later. Famitsu – one of Japan's biggest gaming publications – published the results of a poll of the nation's favorite video game characters (via Genki_JPN on Twitter). From the responses of 5,400 participants, unsurprisingly topping the poll is Mario, gaming's number one guy, and second place goes to Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7, which also isn't hugely su
  
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• Overwatch gives new hero Shion a motorcycle, which you can throw at people when you're not Akira sliding all over the place

  12-06-2026 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  For the first time in its decade-long run, Overwatch is finally giving its newest hero a proper rideable vehicle in the form of a kickass motorcycle that can Akira bike slide all over maps and also doubles as a huge, comical throwable.Overwatch has never really included any drivable vehicles for the last 10 years, unless you count the flying nest that Jetpack Cat lounges on or things like skateboards that show up in a few emotes. That's all changing come June 16 when Overwatch Season 3: Into the
  
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• Crimson Desert leans further into its true calling as a pet sim game with new patch, while Pearl Abyss also rolls out pinball improvements and more

  12-06-2026 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert's latest patch has arrived and, in what's no longer a surprise, it has a focus on the game's pet system.Despite Mina the Hollower being the highest-rated game of 2026 and Resident Evil Requiem tearing up the sales charts, Crimson Desert certainly feels like the biggest of all the new games of 2026. Pearl Abyss' open-world game has been a massive hit with players online, with the game offering up so much to do that a large percentage of players haven't even seen the game's ending.
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance devs know "random encounters can feel like a hassle at times," but they're in the upcoming JRPG because "they also allow you to make memories"

  12-06-2026 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  This year's big Final Fantasy release comes in the form of Final Fantasy Resonance, a complete, HD-2D reimagining of the 2019 mobile game Brave Exvius. Where the original had you select your battles through menus and dailies, for what's known as symbol fights, Resonance goes back to random encounters with more exploration, because the devs believe this is in line with the property's roots."Symbol encounters allow players to engage in battle whenever they want," Keisuke Nakashima, producer on Fin
  
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• Supergirl writer says the upcoming DCU movie is "completely different" from her DCEU Supergirl script: "Nothing carried over"

  12-06-2026 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even though Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira also penned the script for the cancelled DCEU Supergirl movie starring Sasha Calle, the screenwriter says she started completely from scratch when approaching the DCU project. "Completely different," said Nogueira to CBR when asked if she used any of the DCEU Supergirl script for the upcoming movie. "No, honestly. Nothing carried over. Isn't that crazy? It was really brand new. I think the only thing that was helpful was because of all that I knew so muc
  
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• The ROG Xbox Ally might not be the handheld we want, but it's the portable we need in terms of price

  12-06-2026 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  I haven't been very nice to the white ROG Xbox Ally. On many occasions, I've mocked it for its lower-spec AMD Ryzen Z2 chipset, compared it to the best gaming handheld contenders from a few years ago, and, perhaps justifiably, been a little mean. It's finally time for the Windows gizmo to stick it to me, though, as it's now the affordable portable PC to watch.Unlike most of its handheld gaming PC counterparts, the base Xbox Ally has managed to weather RAMageddon. Even the once heralded Steam Dec
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day tickets go on sale very soon – here's when you can buy them

  12-06-2026 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Holland's Spidey is swinging back onto our screens very soon, and you'll be able to buy tickets for Spider-Man: Brand New Day even sooner. Tickets for the upcoming Marvel movie are set to go on sale this June 17 at 9am ET/6am PT/2pm BST (per British cinema chain Odeon, which says tickets go on sale 2pm BST on June 17). That means there's only a few days left until you can secure your tickets for what is near-guaranteed to be one of the most exciting of this year's summer blockbusters. The fi
  
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• Destiny 2 and Bungie as a whole were "very close" to closing before Sony buyout, according to ex-community lead: "It was an emergency acquisition"

  12-06-2026 12:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Major updates for Destiny 2 are now officially over, but the game and Bungie in its entirety were allegedly close to shutting down for good years earlier. According to a former community lead who used to work at the storied Destiny developer, Sony's $3.6 billion buyout was the corporate equivalent of deploying a parachute seconds before hitting the ground."Bungie was below the red line before the Sony acquisition," ex-community manager, Liana Ruppert, claims on social media. "If it wasn't acquir
  
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• The Last of Us season 3 is adding The Batman star as another show-original Seraphite character

  12-06-2026 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Abby has yet another enemy to face in The Last of Us season 3, as the HBO show has added another significant Seraphite. Peter Sarsgaard, who played ill-fated DA Gil Colson in The Batman, among many other roles, has been cast as a Seraphite leader named Amon, as reported by Deadline. We don't know much about Amon, as the character is new to the show, and doesn't appear in the Naughty Dog game, which the show closely adapts. However, if he is anything like the Seraphites in The Last
  
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• George Miller reportedly wants to make a final Mad Max movie and TV show, but Fury Road distributor Warner Bros has already turned it down

  12-06-2026 11:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mad Max director George Miller is reportedly shopping a final Mad Max movie and TV show around Hollywood, before he plans to sell the beloved post-apocalyptic franchise off to the highest bidder, according to a new report.The news arrives via Puck, which claims that the 81-year-old maestro of mayhem has been meeting major studios around Hollywood after Warner Bros – Mad Max's traditional home – turned down the opportunity to make both the movie and the show. Universal, Amazon and Son
  
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• After 392 billion monsters slain in Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred, Blizzard stats reveal ARPG players prefer Warlocks to Paladins by almost 2 to 1

  12-06-2026 02:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion has been out for a few weeks now, enough time for Blizzard to assemble some startling statistics about how players are spending their time in the game. The DLC adds two new classes, Warlock and Paladin, but these stats reveal a clear favorite.Over on Twitter, Blizzard shared an image revealing some of the key player stats from Lord of Hatred so far. Mephisto, the titular antagonist of the expansion, has managed to fell 704,000 players so far, while players hav
  
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• Dev makes a Steam offer I can't refuse: get our whimsical new cooking RPG at a huge discount by downloading our dog survival game for free

  11-06-2026 23:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  I love it when a game developer uses the launch of its new game to bring attention to older games in its catalog, mostly because that usually means I get multiple games at a steep discount. That's exactly what's happening with Timberline Studio's new "cozy culinary adventure" RPG Beastro, and its 2021 dog-sledding survival game, The Red Lantern.Aside from the Steam bundle's highly tempting price of just $10, Beastro and The Red Lantern are two games that speak to me for very different reasons. B
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 veteran "floored" as action RPG Wuthering Waves hits Steam record after adding Lucy and Rebecca from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  11-06-2026 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wuthering Waves update 3.4, released on June 8, opened with a large collaboration with the anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners from CD Projekt Red and studio Trigger. The double-whammy of Lucy and Rebecca, beloved Edgerunners characters who are now playable fighters in developer Kuro Games' open-world action RPG, has seen the game's Steam version break all-time player records.SteamDB shows that the June 8 launch saw a peak of 49,497 players on Steam, putting Wuthering Waves pretty comfortably in
  
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• Fable drops the original games' good and evil binary for a "subjective and multifaceted" reputation system, which is why you don't have horns or halos

  11-06-2026 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The upcoming Fable game is binning the straight good and evil binary that's defined much of the series so far in favor of more complex regional reputations, meaning settlements will react to your excessive wealth or shrewdness or murderous tendencies – rather than the demonic horns and angelic halos of previous games. Playground Games' choice to drop Lionhead's signature morality-based character morphing has been somewhat controversial in recent months, but associate game director Craig Li
  
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• "I am utterly livid": Destiny 2 lore master says secret scene reveals "the potential that was ahead" before the game abruptly ended

  11-06-2026 21:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2's sendoff update, the Monument of Triumph, includes a hidden scene that seems to tee up what would have been the next big narrative saga had Bungie not ended development on the game. Resident lore scholar My Name is Byf, a near-household name who's spent years collating and explaining the main stories and deeper lore of Destiny, argues this plot thread indicates just how compelling Destiny 2 could have been if the game had been allowed to continue. Destiny 2 spoilers ahead. But also, t
  
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• "I look at AI almost like a toddler": OG Halo artist says game devs relying on AI for direction are in for "a rude awakening"

  11-06-2026 21:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the debate around generative AI in game development surges in the wake of controversies in games like Kingdom Hearts 4, Crazy Taxi: World Tour, and 1666: Amsterdam, a veteran Halo artist is warning developers against relying on the tech for creative direction.Eddie Smith, a former Bungie employee and freelance artist who contributed to the original Halo trilogy, tells FRVR he saw AI's mask slip while working on the Las Vegas Sphere production of The Wizard of Oz. In order to wrap the original
  
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• Spyro: A Realm Beyond dev says the "loud and consistent" fans who bought 11 million copies of the Reignited trilogy helped manifest the series' first new game in years

  11-06-2026 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Toys for Bob developers have explained why they returned to Spyro instead of tackling a certain other Microsoft platformer series. Speaking to GamesRadar+, Lou Studdert, associate creative director on Spyro: A Realm Beyond, and Paul Yan, studio head at Toys for Bob, were asked why the studio chose to return to the Spyro series for its collaboration with Microsoft. While the team has worked on the franchise before, many wondered if the previously announced collab would be a new Banjo-Kazooie or a
  
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• The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Apple TV and more (June 12-14)

  11-06-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  As another weekend approaches, so do new streaming releases. So, if you're wondering what to watch this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, you're in for a treat as several new movies and TV shows hit the big streaming platforms.HBO Max has a returning superhero show as My Adventures with Superman season 3 arrives, as well as a hit horror movie in They Will Kill You, which is available to watch now as well. Prime Video is dialling up the romance with new show Every Year After as Apple TV Plus gets us
  
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• After saying the first game is better than Nier Automata, Yoko Taro reckons he's gotta buy Stellar Blade: Blood Rain too

  11-06-2026 19:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stellar Blade was the most Nier: Automata game since Nier: Automata, so it was very sweet to see Nier master Yoko Taro become one of its biggest fans. Taro openly argued that Stellar Blade was "much better" than his own open-world-ish action RPG starring a cool lady with a big sword, and with sequel Stellar Blade: Blood Rain now officially on the way, he's back for more. In a recent (machine translated) Twitter post sharing a Famitsu story covering Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, Taro reasons, "I rea
  
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• Zelda fans eagerly await Ocarina of Time remake's take on the game's best freaks: "I genuinely hope they make it as terrifying as possible"

  11-06-2026 18:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Genuine nightmare fuel for me is hyper-realistic versions of cartoon characters, but with their features intact. As in, Frieza from Dragon Ball Z in real life, exactly as they are on the show, just in the real world. I bring this up because The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has several entities that will look cursed in the upcoming remake, given the eye toward realism.King Zora is one such example. He's a plump fishman who sits atop a waterfall, and unless there's a significant redesign, he'l
  
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• "They will hopefully p*** off": As World of Warcraft players take on the Casino Bots themselves, lead confirms Blizzard has "a few folks looking into ideas" to get rid of them

  11-06-2026 18:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been wandering around Azeroth of late, especially in any of the bigger cities, you've likely spotted casino bots – automated advertising for local gambling. They're meant to be against the rules in World of Warcraft, but real-money traders – RMTs – have been using them to get richer, quicker, and as players blow them up, Blizzard's looking into further preventative measures.These nuisances can be found standing on wooden boxes, dancing away to pull you in for a gamble
  
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• GTA 6 scared so many games into September launches that other games are now getting scared into October

  11-06-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first delay from the absolute bloodbath that is September 2026 has happened, with first-person soulslike Valor Mortis being pushed back 19 days.If you have been paying attention to the upcoming 2026's game releases schedule you'll have no doubt noticed that September is an absolute battle royale of titles. Since GTA 6 is pegged to come out in November everyone is keen to avoid its inevitably massive launch, and as such November currently has six other games announced. But as a result, Septem
  
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• "Too good to become unplayable": Final Fantasy Resonance exists because a JRPG veteran was "frustrated" players ignored their game the first time

  11-06-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the lead developers on Final Fantasy Resonance says we're getting the throwback JRPG because the now-decreased mobile game it's based on is "too good to become unplayable."Following Final Fantasy Resonance's big reveal, producer Keisuke Nakashima has been doing the media rounds to share more details about the upcoming JRPG. What I've found most interesting is how it's all come about. Nakashima explains that the game proposal was first shared at the end of 2020, and the pitch was quite sim
  
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• I hate to admit it, but these SIVGA in-ear phones have replaced my wireless gaming buds simply out of laziness

  11-06-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm lazy. I feel safe sharing that with you, as we're all friends here. Plus, I'm sure there are plenty of you who also like your tech to be as low-effort as possible. That includes when it comes to the best gaming earbuds, as sometimes I just can't be bothered putting them on charge, even when their cases keep them juiced up for me most of the time.The SIVGA M260 Wired Earbuds have been really handy in that respect. They include a USB-C cable, so there's no charging required. All I need to do i
  
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