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• Come Sailaway with us and dev Richard Knol at 3 PM ET on Twitch!

  18-05-2017 19:22
  
  Sailaway dev Richard Knol is an avid sailor, and he's agreed to join us on Twitch today at 12 PM Pacific/ 3 PM Eastern to chat about his work on the game as we play and try not to sink any boats....
  
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• Diablo 5 tells "three stories" across the past, present, and future, and biomes will change shape depending on which of Diablo's minions is in charge

  21-09-2026 23:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 5 takes place in a world where the titular Lord of Terror has already won, taking over Sanctuary and reshaping the world in his own image. For Blizzard, telling this dark chapter of the story means telling multiple stories in parallel: the past, the present, and the future.That's according to game director Joe Shely, who tells our friends at TechRadar Gaming that there are "three stories that we're telling" within the world of Diablo 5. The past story is the tale of how Diablo took over S
  
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• A developer with no games on Steam now has the store's third-most-wishlisted game, behind Light No Fire and Valve's Deadlock

  21-09-2026 23:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  After some high-profile releases in 2026, the most-wishlisted games on Steam have shifted. The king is Valve's PvP shooter Deadlock, followed by Hello Games' next survival game epic Light No Fire. The third-most-wishlisted game on Steam is probably the biggest surprise in the top 10. Ahead of Fable, Phantom Blade Zero, Resident Evil Veronica, and Witchbrook, airline comedy co-op game Dear Passengers sits as one of the most-wanted games on Steam. Its developer, Flexus, has never released a game o
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again reportedly ending with season 3

  21-09-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  After weeks of cancellation rumors, Daredevil: Born Again season 3 will reportedly be the show's last.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel also quietly parted ways with showrunner Dario Scardapane, "whose contract was up and was not renewed." This means someone else will have to oversee the show during post-production, which is reportedly already in the final stages.Scardapane served as showrunner for all three seasons and made a heartfelt post following the completion of season 3: "Sorry
  
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• Former Valve writer says "giant teams just don't work" in video game development, unless you're making GTA 6

  21-09-2026 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Left 4 Dead writer and Valve veteran Chet Faliszek doubts the company would really benefit from going on a hiring spree. His 12 years at Valve taught him that great, timely games aren't made by giant teams. "I just think games aren't made to be made by 10,000-person teams. These giant teams just don't work," Faliszek says in a new YouTube video responding to the question, "Why doesn't valve hire more people?" The developer acknowledges that certain two billion-dollar exercises like GTA 6 may req
  
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• The best Elden Ring mod is coming to the worst Dark Souls game tomorrow, and the new seamless co-op also has prox chat and quality-of-life fixes

  21-09-2026 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Modder Yui has become a legend in the FromSoftware community after developing seamless co-op mods for Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Dark Souls 3. But don't think the middle entry in the series is dodging a similar treatment, even with its controversial reputation among the fandom. Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op is coming very soon, complete with proximity chat and an array of quality-of-life tweaks.Dark Souls 2 seamless co-op is set to be released on Tuesday, September 22, as Yui explains in a Patreo
  
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• New Street Fighter trailer compiles all of the video game moves featured in the upcoming live-action movie

  21-09-2026 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Street Fighter trailer has arrived, and it gives us an exciting look at all the special fighting moves from the video games that feature in the upcoming movie.In the brief clip, which you can view above, we see a plethora of moves including Shoryuken, Dhalsim's aerial attack Yoga Mummy, Chun-Li's Hundred Lightning Kicks, Balrog's Buffalo Headbutt, Dragonlash Kick (from Street Fighter 7), and Hundred Hand Slaps. A previous trailer also recreated the loading screen from 1991's Street Fighter
  
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• Stellar Blade boss offers to help PlatinumGames make Bayonetta 4

  21-09-2026 21:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stellar Blade and Shift Up boss Hyung-tae Kim says he'd love to collaborate with Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames again after working together on Bayonetta-themed skins for Stellar Blade's upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 release. Kim joined PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba in a wide-ranging interview with Famitsu. Inaba, who became company president and CEO in 2022, calls Stellar Blade (per machine translation) a "model for game development," praising the variety of enjoyable features and elements be
  
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• New Bungie leaders insist they are fixing the studio despite Destiny 2 layoffs, tell players to "keep us accountable"

  21-09-2026 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  After laying off "most" of the Destiny team, Bungie is coming to players, hat in hand, with open acknowledgements of Marathon's failures and new plans to keep Destiny 2's legacy alive. Studio head Poria Torkan and head of product Josh Deane have penned a contrite message about the studio's future while asking players to hold Bungie "accountable" to its goals."This is an important time for Bungie," Torkan and Deane say in a joint blog post. "Our future depends on making clear choices about where
  
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• With $3 million in Steam pre-orders, publisher says its horror-themed Stardew Valley-like "might be massive"

  21-09-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pre-orders for Graveyard Keeper 2 are reaching some big, big numbers for an indie release. So much so that publisher tinyBuild is anticipating a huge launch for the horror-themed Stardew Valley-like.On Twitter, tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik posted about where Graveyard Keeper 2 is currently sitting on Steam. The sequel's been wishlisted over 1 million times in total and has over 147,000 pre-orders, generating more than $2,500,000 in gross revenue. In a more recent post, this figure is inches o
  
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• Bungie admits Marathon "did not reach as many players as we had hoped," shares plans to evolve the game for "a sustainable future" while committing to Destiny

  21-09-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie has now issued a studio update after Destiny 2 shut down this summer and triggered a massive wave of layoffs, and it requires help from Marathon. The sci-fi shooter had a middling reception when it launched in March, Bungie knows it, but it deserves to be saved – for the sake of Bungie's live-service games and the developer itself.Bungie insists it will push Marathon through "evolution" in a new blog post and matching YouTube video you can watch above. Mainly, the developer wants to
  
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• Hideo Kojima says Xbox had "never seen" anything like Physint, which is impressive considering it was the only publisher that didn't think his OD pitch was "crazy"

  21-09-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima says that Xbox was very enthusiastic about his pitch for Physint, calling it something the publisher had never seen before. The new action espionage game from Kojima Productions has had a busy week, with the news of PlayStation unexpectedly dropping the project before it was picked up by Xbox. This was soon followed by the news that John Wick 4 and Nosferatu actor Bill Skarsgård will be taking on the role of the game's lead. There were also reports that Sony canceled the game
  
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• After 25 years, it looked like the Madden curse was finally dead, but a scary injury for Madden 27 star Caleb Williams is creating a new generation of believers

  21-09-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since the '00s, the cover stars of EA's Madden NFL series have been haunted by a curse – or, at least, a series of unfortunate coincidences, including injuries, poor seasons, and other general bad omens. If there ever was a curse, it seemed to have died in the modern era. Until, that is, the most recent game featuring Chicago Bears quarterback and Madden NFL 27 cover star Caleb Williams.The Chicago Bears had been struggling to find a solid footing for years, until 2025, when Williams led t
  
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• Bungie says "we are not done with Destiny" and promises to restore all that content it deleted: "What's rightfully yours"

  21-09-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  After ending development and laying off most of the Destiny 2 team, Bungie says Destiny still has a future, and it starts with undoing the game's biggest mistake. In a new video and blog post explaining "the next chapter for Bungie," studio head Poria Torkan joins product head and Marathon GM Josh Deane to address an understandably worried fan base. "We are not done with Destiny," the post reads, calling the now-calcified MMO "foundational to our future." "We want to return Destiny to its origin
  
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• 2 billion years of Minecraft running in a simulation finds that the game can roll credits all on its own: "The same golem wandered The End for 18 million years"

  21-09-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Minecraft world could automatically beat itself – that is, kill the Ender Dragon and trigger the end scene credits – after roughly 2 billion years, according to a fascinating new experiment about the most popular survival game of all time. For quite a while, it's technically been possible for Minecraft to play itself. To beat the game, you just have to go to The End and kill the Ender Dragon, typically by showering it with arrows after first destroying the crystals around The End t
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lets you automatically level characters and blast through the campaign after Rebirth players begged director Naoki Hamaguchi for a break from the JRPG grind

  21-09-2026 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation overlord Naoki Hamaguchi says players can automatically level up after a certain point in Square Enix's conclusion to its Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, since some fans were apparently about to pass out from JRPG exhaustion. Video game news update Twitter account Genki shares the sentiment in a translation of a new interview Hamaguchi did with IGN Japan, where the Square Enix lead talks about learning a lot of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players wanted to trim the fluff o
  
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• Sony is teaming up with Blackpink's Lisa to release a limited edition DualSense controller, and I need it in my area

  21-09-2026 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has been piling on the limited edition DualSense releases lately, but if the GTA 6 controllers weren't for you, this upcoming Lisa XPlayStation pad might be.Sony is collaborating with rapper and Blackpink superstar Lisa to launch a stunning $84.99 / £74.99 DualSense in limited quantities on October 20. Launching as part of a new Sony merchandise collection, the PS5 controller uses "Lisa's personal favorite" Chrome Pearl colorway as a base and piles on flashy details (including her sig
  
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• There's still plenty of time to secure your Silent Hill Townfall pre-order, but its flashy steelbook is disappearing into the fog

  21-09-2026 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Straight to the scares(Image credit: Konami, Annapurna Interactive)Quick Pre-orders:
  US: $44.99 at GameStop
  UK: £41.99 at VerySilent Hill Townfall pre-orders are nearing ever closer as this week's September 24 (Thursday) release date is just days away - but that still leaves plenty of time to pick up a copy for your physical horror collection.Pre-orders are available digitally for $49.99 / £44.98 (via Steam) and physically on the PS5 for $49.99 / £49.99, and there's even a coll
  
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• Wardogs CEO braces for an Arc Raiders situation: "We're not going to have enough content for people"

  21-09-2026 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  All developers wish for the kind of reception Wardogs is enjoying right now. The FPS exploded onto Steam early access just shy of two weeks ago, attracting hundreds of thousands of players. Good innings, but they come with the drawback of a lot of pressure and demand on the devs for the game's future.Joe Brammer, the executive director on Wardogs and CEO of developer Bulkhead, spoke to us about the mountain that now lays before his team in sustaining the shooter. "We weren't making it for this s
  
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• Lanterns showrunner says they didn't want to "make a big deal" about the DCU show's Batman mention in episode 6: "There were fewer conversations than you'd think"

  21-09-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy says it was fairly easy to include that nod to the DCU's Batman in episode 6."There were shockingly fewer conversations than you would think," Mundy tells GamesRadar+. "It was in [the episode] right before it. John talks about some giant squid in Metropolis. And Kerry is from Gotham, which gets name-checked in episode 2. We wanted to make sure that we were name-checking the world, just because there is a greater world out there, that we wanted to say it was a real
  
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• Fans are loving new Warhammer Legion of the Damned Kill Team, but are already worried about resellers

  21-09-2026 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  I think it's safe to say that the Warhammer 40K and Kill Team community is excited for Legion of the Damned, and fans aren't being quiet about it – but there's already concern that the box set they come in will be a victim of dreaded resellers.Due to arrive as part of the Kill Team: Armageddon box set (which was one of the many Big Autumn Warhammer Preview reveals), the Legion of the Damned are cursed, flaming Space Marines who emerge from deep space to help humanity when all hope is lost.
  
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• Acer's flagship 8-inch handheld just hit the UK, but you'll need to wait until next month in the US

  21-09-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  It won't launch in the US until next month, but the Acer Predator Atlas 8 just landed in the UK. The 8-inch gaming handheld is anything but a Steam Deck rival, as it'll provide your thumbs with TMR thumbsticks all while running games on a punchy Intel Arc G3 Extreme chipset for £1,300, and while I'd prefer cheaper options, it's nice to see the brand up its portable availbility. Available for £1,299 at Currys, the Predator Atlas 8 isn't actually Acer's first best gaming handheld conte
  
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• "You can't tell me this isn't WoW 2": Blizzard says World of Warcraft doesn't need a sequel thanks to Forever, but MMO fans say it already made one

  21-09-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the big reveal of World of Warcraft: Forever at BlizzCon 2026, many fans dubbed it Blizzard's answer to their Classic+ prayers – but others see it as such a strong revival of the original MMO, it might as well be a sequel in its own right.World of Warcraft: Forever is many things: a revamped take on Blizzard's beloved 2004 gem, an MMO with new content that nobody has previously experienced, and an all-around cozy game to pour hundreds of hours into between school or work.What it
  
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• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave players already found a way to recruit characters much quicker with a chapter reset cheese

  21-09-2026 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave has only been out for a few days, but someone has already discovered tech to help you recruit units even faster.In Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, your chosen character gets their own party members to take part in the Heroic Games. However, during your downtime outside of these battles, you are able to explore Dagdan and meet new units who you can then convince to join your cause. However, it's not as simple as walking up to someone and asking if they'll potentially di
  
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• Resident Evil broke franchise box office records with highest opening weekend - and earned more than the first movie in its entire run

  21-09-2026 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil is a certified critical and commercial hit, so much so that it's already out-earned the 2002 movie's entire run.Per Variety, Zach Cregger's latest horror feature earned $60 million at the domestic box office and $48.3 million at the international box office, making for a total opening weekend of $108.3 million. The first entry in the video game movie franchise, 2002's Resident Evil, earned $26 million in its opening weekend and $102 million in its entire run.Keep in mind, Cregger's
  
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• Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Nintendo Switch ports seem likely, fans speculate as official account shares suspiciously high-quality footage

  21-09-2026 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems a nice surprise could be coming from Pokemon this holiday season. Footage of Ruby or Sapphire from an official account is doing the rounds, and fans reckon it could suggest ports of the beloved games for the Nintendo Switch are on the way.An official Japanese Pokemon account shares a short clip from the third generation of Pocket Monster games today, September 21. It shows the player character chasing around Mr. Briney, who's trying to grab Peeko-chan, his precious Wingull.The colors ar
  
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• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run 2nd Stage and 3rd Stage release schedule: when is episode 2 on Netflix?

  21-09-2026 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Giddy up. After a six-month wait, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run is back on Netflix for new episodes, with the promise of a far more consistent release schedule for the cross-country race's 2nd Stage and 3rd Stage.So, when can we expect the second episode of Steel Ball Run to hit streaming? Thankfully, we have answers. Below, you'll discover the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run episode 2 release date and streaming time in the US and UK, as well as a look ahead to the wider releas
  
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• The 40th Anniversary Zelda Switch 2 case is finally at Amazon, but I don't think it's worth your hard-earned rupees

  21-09-2026 15:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  When Nintendo unveiled its legendary 40th Anniversary Legend of Zelda accessories, it included a Switch 2 case, but even my die-hard Zelda-loving brain isn't convinced that it's worth its price.It's now available for $39.99 at Amazon, and it definitely looks the part, with its gorgeous gold Triforce design and additional cute little nods to the 40-year-long franchise. However, this case appears to be based on Nintendo's Switch 2 Carrying Case, the one that launched alongside the console. A case
  
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• The Witcher 3 will be free on PC for Xbox players next week, CD Projekt Red confirms, all thanks to the RPG's new remaster

  21-09-2026 15:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news for Xbox users: CD Projekt Red says that The Witcher 3 Remastered will be part of Microsoft's Xbox Play Anywhere program come its September 29 release.What exactly does that mean? Well, put simply, folks who play The Witcher 3 Remastered on the Xbox Series X|S will be able to play on PC as well… entirely for free.
  CD Projekt Red confirms as much over on Twitter (as machine-translated via the platform's own built-in software, DeepL, and Google), stating that the Xbox version of t
  
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• Nvidia GeForce RTX 60-series graphics cards could be sidelined until 2028, making it the longest gap between GPU generations in 20 years

  21-09-2026 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nvidia GeForce RTX 60-series GPUs could break the company's release date rhythm, as rumors now point towards a 2028 release date. That's sure to be a bummer if you were holding out for next-gen options to serve as a sort of reset for current-generation creeping prices, but new graphics cards are perhaps the last thing we need right now.The latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 6000 rumors come courtesy of renowned leaker kopite7kimi. In a fresh tweet, the insider says, "I hope Jensen can see everyone's pass
  
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