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• Better Hide – Jason Has A Release Date

  21-04-2017 23:07
  
  Gun Media and Illfonic are ready to unleash Jason Vorhees on the public. Today the studios announced Friday the 13th: The Game is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 26. 
  The asymmetrical multiplayer game puts one player in control of the deranged psychopath, while the seven other players act as Camp Crystal counselors trying to survive the evening any way possible. Though the game is releasing with only the multiplayer mode, Illfonic plans to release a single-player component
  
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• Bethesda never wants to retcon Fallout lore, longtime writer says, only add to it "in a way that doesn't spit in the eye of what came before"

  29-01-2026 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Fallout continues to expand past the video games like a radioactive mushroom cloud, lead Bethesda writer Emil Pagliarulo says the company is incredibly against retconning existing lore, and keeping the Fallout universe together is actually one of the "biggest honours" of his role."In Fallout, [all of] the lore matters, and if you think it doesn't, the internet will remind you that it does," Pagliarulo explained in an interview with PC Gamer Magazine. "It's important to Fallout fans, whether s
  
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• RPG legend returns to the franchise he co-created 40 years ago as Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era's advisor, "adding to the guidance the team already receives from Ubisoft"

  29-01-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  New World Computing founder and co-creator of the 40-year-old Might and Magic series, Jon Van Caneghem, is officially returning to the strategy RPG for the first time in decades. He'll act as creative advisor for the upcoming turn-based prequel Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.As a press release disclaims, this advisor role will only be in addition to "the guidance the team already receives from Ubisoft as the IP holder." In 2025, that IP holder announced a Might and Magic trading card game
  
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• Chainsaw Man manga release schedule: when is chapter 228 out?

  29-01-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chainsaw Man may be on a break in the anime world, but its manga is still rolling on with its incredibly frequent release schedule.If you're up to date with Denji's story, that means you're eagerly anticipating Chainsaw Man chapter 228. Below, we'll fill you in on exactly when you can expect Tatsuki Fujimoto's next chapter to drop, including which platforms to read it on.Need to know more about the anime adaptation? We have a Chainsaw Man season 2 guide, plus all the latest on Demon Slayer Infin
  
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• My friend was on the hunt for a pair of thumbsticks, and these KontrolFreek Switch 2 grips were my immediate go-to

  29-01-2026 16:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The other week, one of my closest online friends sent me a message over Discord asking if I had any recommendations for thumb grips that would " stop the rubber from getting sticky" when they were using the official Switch 2 Pro controller, and I instantly thought of the Strawberry Sage Edition Kontrol Freek No-Slip Thumb Grips.Well, actually, I'm lying a bit. My actual first thought was that it felt pretty nice that I was the first and only person my friend came to when looking for Nintendo Swi
  
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• Split Fiction game director reveals he's seen the first version of the movie adaptation's script

  29-01-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Split Fiction game director Josef Fares has provided a promising update on the upcoming movie adaptation – and he says he's spoken to star Sydney Sweeney, too."I got the first version of the script today but you know, there's so much talk in Hollywood. I usually say it like this, 'I believe it when I see it,'" Fares told Swedish publication MovieZine (via Dexerto)."I've had a meeting with her and she seems super chill," he added of Sweeney, saying that she's "hyped" for the project.Wicked
  
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• New Alienware Area-51 PCs with AMD X3D chipsets have landed on earth, and surprise, surprise, they cost more than my car

  29-01-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dell just made good on its Alienware Area-51 AMD X3D announcement, as you can now grab the Ryzen range. The only issue is that, just like I said during CES 2026, the build does not remotely come in price peace, and while introductory discounts are trimming MSRPs down slightly right now, the RTX 5090 configurations cost up to $7,000.I'm going to be real with you: the Area-51 might be the best Alienware gaming PC you can buy, but I doubt many of you lovely readers will be looking at even the sligh
  
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• Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream gets April release date to round off 20-minute fever dream of a Nintendo Direct

  29-01-2026 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has announced the release date for the upcoming life-sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream during a 20-minute Nintendo Direct focused on the game.Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will launch for both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on April 16, 2026, so you won't have to wait too long before you can get your hands on it. The release date is just a tiny part of the Nintendo Direct for the upcoming life sim, with the rest of it being the kind of off-the-rails-fever-dream I did not ex
  
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• Diablo meets Stardew Valley in this action-RPG about descending into a procgen dungeon before coming out to rebuild a ruined town

  29-01-2026 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  If there's one surefire way to make my ears perk up and my wishlist grow, it's by telling me a game is 'like Stardew Valley but...' There's already Stardew Valley but in the Stone Age. Stardew Valley but this time it's also Sailor Moon. Stardew Valley but there's also a murder mystery. And that's exactly what happened with Emberville, a game that sits at a comfy midpoint between Stardew Valley and Diablo.Emberville's been in development for a while now, but co-creative director and popular strea
  
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• World of Warcraft lead teases there'll be "a lot of death" for "important characters" during the MMO's Worldsoul Saga, so pray for your favorites

  29-01-2026 15:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  This year's Midnight expansion marks the second act of World of Warcraft's universe-altering Worldsoul Saga, and there's tragedy on the way, whether it arrives now or slightly later. Designed to mark 20 years of the MMORPG, there will be casualties in the epic multi-part story, and chances are at least one of your faves might be among them."There will be important characters that do not survive the trilogy," Maria Hamilton, design director on World of Warcraft, explained to PC Gamer. "It'll be a
  
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• 5 years after it was announced, the live-action Gundam movie finds home at Netflix – and The Housemaid and Street Fighter stars are up for lead roles

  29-01-2026 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The long-delayed Gundam movie may see the light of day after all, with Netflix reportedly nabbing the distribution rights to the first-ever live-action feature.According to Deadline, the streamer is on board to develop the film further – and has even tapped Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle to write and direct. The Housemaid's Sydney Sweeney and Noah Centineo, who'll soon be seen in video game adaptation Street Fighter, are set to star, too.Mickle is geared up to produce alongside his Nigh
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says "game development runs on optimism" as the industry comes to Highguard's defense following a messy launch: "It is easy to celebrate failure"

  29-01-2026 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Highguard, the new free-to-play shooter from Wildlight Entertainment, hasn't exactly been in the limelight for a good reason the past few days, racking up "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam in hours – but fellow developers are stepping up to the plate in the game's defense.Just yesterday, Baldur's Gate 3 director and Larian Studios lead Swen Vincke said, "I don't like people s***ing on things" as "it's easy to destroy things, it's a lot harder to build them" – a sentiment other devs
  
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• Hytale devs looking to "speed up production" with weekly pre-release updates as the team aims to be "more adventurous" with patches

  29-01-2026 14:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Simon Collins-Laflamme, CEO of Hypixel, has released a statement that outlines the studio's pre-release plans going forward, including a weekly update schedule and an approximately monthly release schedule, which is designed so that the team spends "more time building, [and] less time shipping."Making the statement from his Twitter account, Collins-Laflamme makes a distinction between the weekly pre-release updates and larger and more sporadic release patches. "Going forward, we’ll use the
  
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• Matthew Lillard says his Stu Macher Scream 7 return is "a gamble of legacy," but he was "openly campaigning" for a comeback for years

  29-01-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matthew Lillard will soon be returning as Stu Macher in Scream 7, which, despite being something he's wanted for a long time, still gives him some nerves."It didn't really matter to me in what capacity Kevin [Williamson, director and original writer] wanted me to come back. At the end of the day, I think the reason I was so excited about it was 'cause I had been fighting to come back. I was openly campaigning for years," Lillard told Entertainment Weekly.But, he's still worried how it might go d
  
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• Sinners director Ryan Coogler has filled in the gaps on what went down between Smoke and Stack before they left for Chicago

  29-01-2026 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director Ryan Coogler has finally shed some light on what happened to Michael B. Jordan's enigmatic twins Smoke and Stack before the events of Sinners.At the start of 2025 vampire movie Sinners, we meet twins Elijah and Elias Moore, better known as Smoke and Stack, who return to their hometown in Mississippi looking to start over after making it big in Chicago. However, though we can read between the lines, they never really address why they dipped out in the first place."They killed their fathe
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds Steam reviews finally on the mend following Capcom's latest performance patch: "Finally at a point where I can recommend the game to others"

  29-01-2026 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  They said it couldn't be done, but Monster Hunter Wilds' Steam reviews are turning around following Capcom's latest performance patch.Last year, Capcom confirmed that three more updates would be coming to Monster Hunter Wilds to address its performance issues. And when December's patch really did not impress and fans figured out there was a DLC-related bug affecting performance, all eyes were on the second patch to bring some hope back to the community. And despite many thinking it seemed imposs
  
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• Fallout fans have a grim theory about Thaddeus' future, and he might be turning into one of the games' gnarliest enemies

  29-01-2026 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout season 2 is coming to and end and up until now, we all assumed that Thaddeus was becoming a ghoul. Thanks to episode 7, though, fans have a new theory when it comes to his fate – and it's pretty gnarly if you're familiar with the games.Released on Prime Video on January 27, 'The Handoff' delved into Steph's backstory in American-occupied Canada before the war (and her true identity, too), while Maximus, Thaddeus, and the Ghoul tried to pull Lucy away from her manipulative father Ha
  
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• The Steam Machine is on the way, so here's everything I need you to know before Valve's mini PC lands

  29-01-2026 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Steam Machine, Valve's upcoming mini PC that could serve as a PS5 or Xbox alternative, is set to launch any day now. That's if it sticks to the early 2026 release date shared during last year's unveiling, but even if it's delayed slightly, there are plenty of vital details I need you to know about the compact powerhouse.Before I dive into the new Steam Machine, it's worth highlighting that this is Valve's second attempt at a gaming PC with console vibes. The first happened way back in 2014,
  
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• Highguard's Steam rating goes from 'Mostly Negative' to 'Mostly Positive' when filtering reviews left by people with over 3 hours of playtime

  29-01-2026 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Highguard's awful user reviews paint a very different picture when looking at the ones left by people with at least three hours clocked into the divisive hero shooter.The new game from former Respawn Entertainment developers got off to a bad start with a dry, brief trailer capping off The Game Awards 2025 that didn't do much to differentiate Highguard from free-to-play shooter #86. The high-profile reveal led to almost 100,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch, but it also led to 'Mostly Neg
  
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• Move over ink ribbons, an official Resident Evil Requiem Switch 2 SD card has been found

  29-01-2026 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil 9 Requiem is getting its own exclusive Switch 2 microSD Express Card, making it only the second of its kind to feature some Switch 2 game art. This time, it's not Samsung that's behind the flashy bit of flash memory, but instead the brand Powin is launching the card, which is plastered with an incredibly on-brand Umbrella Corporation logo.Powin has yet to officially announce the new Switch 2 SD card. Instead, it was originally spotted by My Nintendo News as it appeared at Play Asia
  
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• Following Ubisoft Paris redundancy proposition, unions threaten to walk out if "out-of-control boss" Yves Guillemot "steps foot in our offices"

  29-01-2026 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  French unions, Solidaires Informatique, STVJV, and CFE CGC, have collectively asked employees of Ubisoft Paris to "stop working" if the company's chairman and CEO, Yves Guillemot, "steps foot" in the studio's offices.A union pamphlet that was viewed and made public by Le Figaro, and translated by GamesRadar+, reads, "It is time to make our boss understand that he is not welcome on our premises as long as he continues to mistreat his employees. We call on the employees of Ubisoft Paris to stop wo
  
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• Okie dokie! Fallout season 1 is now free on YouTube, but it's going back to the vault very soon

  29-01-2026 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first season of Fallout is currently being rolled out for free on YouTube.From January 28, all eight episodes of the Prime Video series are being streamed at no cost on the Prime Video YouTube channel.Each day, two episodes will be released at 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM Pacific time, respectively, until the finale on January 31 – the perfect way to catch up if you're still behind on Fallout season 2 and don't currently have a Prime membership.But you'll have to hurry: all episodes are set to
  
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• Hope for a Kingdom Come: Deliverance PS5 port picks up momentum once more thanks to an apparent PlayStation Store leak

  29-01-2026 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  More evidence of a PS5 version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance has emerged, thanks to the most trustworthy leaker of all time: a console storefront.Not content with the Nintendo eShop leaking a re-release of Capcom's Disney Afternoon Collection, PlayStation's European storefronts decided it was its turn to up its leaker cred to impress the folks on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, who caught wind of the news. The now-deleted blurb (which was caught by Gematsu) read "The PS5 version of Kingdom C
  
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• Apple may have the next Game of Thrones on its hands with an adaptation of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe

  29-01-2026 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Watch out HBO as Apple has landed an unprecedented deal with hugely popular fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson, and is planning to create an on-screen universe that could grow bigger than Game of Thrones.The streaming giant has landed the rights to Sanderson's Cosmere book series, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The saga includes book series Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, White Sand, Tress of the Emerald Sea, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, The Sunlit Man, Isles of
  
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• Arc Raiders player recycles 109 Venator 4s live on Twitch after an accidental nerf in the Headwinds update, only for Embark to reverse it

  29-01-2026 12:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a good rule of thumb to wait a couple of days after any big update before making any rash decisions, because some of the effects can be unintended. One Arc Raiders player is feeling the sting of impulsivity by recycling a load of Venator 4s after they were nerfed, only for Embark to fix the changes because they were an accident.After the rollout of the Headwinds patch, players began to notice the Venator 4 wasn't firing the same. Which is odd, because it's not mentioned in the notes, but as
  
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• Following a divisive launch, Highguard devs have been "listening to feedback and working to add some highly requested features" as its first patch nears

  29-01-2026 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Highguard's developer, Wildlight Entertainment, has confirmed the game's first patch has been submitted and is waiting to be approved by platform holders.On the PlayHighguard Twitter account, the developers says "We've been quieter today as we worked on the new patch. It's complete, submitted, and we're waiting on platform approval with the rest of you. You'll get prompted to update when it gets pushed through!"While the Tweet itself doesn't feature any exact details, the developers did previous
  
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• New Acolyte Star Wars book reveals more information about the Stranger's link to Kylo Ren

  29-01-2026 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Acolyte might have been canceled almost two years ago, but new details about the show are still surfacing.The latest is more information on the mysterious link between the Stranger, AKA Qimir, and Kylo Ren.In the new book The Art of the Acolyte, the creatives behind the show expanded more on the connections. The Stranger's helmet was deliberately designed to be similar to Kylo Ren's, with creature artist Nick Tyrell explaining: "The slight frill at the back of the helmet – a design ele
  
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• Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe says "I am not going to abandon Haunted Chocolatier," admits "I shouldn't have announced the game so early"

  29-01-2026 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stardew Valley mastermind Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has been hard at work on both his beloved 2016 farming sim and new game Haunted Chocolatier – a title he assures fans he is indeed "still working" on currently.Late last year, ConcernedApe revealed that he wants to "take a more 'creative director' role" on Stardew Valley 1.7, the farming gem's upcoming update, so that he can "focus the vast majority" of his attention on Haunted Chocolatier. This word came around the same time he admitted
  
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• Xbox revenue declines across the board year-over-year with Microsoft CFO blaming a fall off in first-party game sales

  29-01-2026 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox revenue is once again down across the board, per Microsoft's latest financial report.Microsoft has now released its earnings report for its second quarter fiscal year - covering everything from October to December, 2026 - and the tech giant's gaming division isn't doing as hot as it was in the same time frame the previous year.Revenue from Xbox hardware sales, including Xbox Series X|S consoles and accessories, dropped a whopping 32% year-over-year. That's despite, and probably because of,
  
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• Anime piracy has ballooned to a $30 billion cost in 2025, the highest figure ever

  29-01-2026 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new online survey has confirmed that anime piracy has reached historical highs, tripling in just three years.The survey, conducted by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, targeted respondents from six countries, including Japan, America, and Brazil (H/T Automaton Media).The results were damning: damages from piracy across film, TV, and publishing alone cost an estimated $31 billion alone, with video games and music piracy also proving financially damaging.In 2022, the total piracy
  
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