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• Complete Guide to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order's Preorder Bonuses

  13-04-2019 22:54
  
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  It's official, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is heading to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 15. It's a narrative-driven, single-player, third-person action game that's set shortly after the events of Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, when the Jedi are being eradicated. You play as a young Padawan who must train in the ways of the Force and learn how to use a Lightsaber while on the run from th
  
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• Christopher Nolan used one idea from his unmade Troy film in The Odyssey over 20 years later

  15-07-2026 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It ultimately never happened, but Christopher Nolan was once attached to direct Troy, the 2004 sword-and-sandals epic which adapted The Odyssey's 'prequel' The Iliad.While he went on to direct Batman Begins and kickstart a Hollywood career that included the likes of Inception, Interstellar, and Oppenheimer, Nolan clearly kept one idea in his back pocket from his dalliances with Troy when it came time to direct The Odyssey."When I was briefly attached to direct Troy, I did a lot of thinking about
  
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• "You'll never get another World of Warcraft or Morrowind in the current climate," id Software producer says as constant layoffs batter the industry

  15-07-2026 15:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The past couple of weeks have been undeniably difficult for the video game industry, with Microsoft's plan to cut 3,200 employees at Xbox affecting various in-progress titles and studios – one of which is id Software, the team behind Doom.In fact, id Software producer Andrew Willis has spoken at length about the layoffs and their impact across the board. A few days ago, he called them "incomprehensible," saying that small worker-owned studios are "the only path forward" from here.
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• Best Buy's 12GB RTX 5070 Lenovo Legion 7a listing hides its actual price, but even then these GPUs are going to struggle to stay relevant

  15-07-2026 14:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lenovo is one of the first brands to adopt the new 12GB RTX 5070 mobile chip, and its debut rig hit Best Buy's shelves last week... alongside a pretty shocking price tag. Listed at a $3,374.99 MSRP, this machine is more expensive not just than an RTX 5070 Ti rig, but a few RTX 5080 machines when on sale as well. Of course, this isn't the price we'll actually be paying for the Lenovo Legion 7a refresh. Like many of the best gaming laptops, this is a rig launching at an absurd MSRP to give its bra
  
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• "There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"

  15-07-2026 14:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  An id Software developer says there is no benefit to being owned by Microsoft after the Xbox-owned developer faced mass layoffs one day before the launch of a new Doom DLC expansion. Speaking to Gamedeveloper, the unnamed source at the Doom developer explained, "They [Microsoft] didn't even wait to see if the product is successful before they got rid of the team." And had Microsoft waited, it would've seen that Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelation DLC has netted rave reviews on Steam and is one of th
  
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• Far Cry TV show adds Steve Buscemi to the cast, and I think he's playing the villain

  15-07-2026 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Far Cry TV show has added another cast member – and I'm convinced he'll be playing the villain. On Twitter, the official Far Cry account shared that Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of the upcoming video game adaptation. "Welcome Steve Buscemi to the world of FX's FARCRY," the account wrote. "Hope you’re ready to get thrown into the deep end, lose your mind, and make a few catastrophically bad decisions along the way."That doesn't necessarily give anything away, but some of Busc
  
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• I just discovered that Nintendo sells replacement parts for its Talking Flower toy, should you ever throw him in a fit of irritated rage

  15-07-2026 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm not the biggest fan of Nintendo's Talking Flower toy.Its random quips incessantly telling me that the "ocean tastes like tears" and probing whether or not I've "had lunch yet" are just as annoying as our best toy expert Benjamin warned me they'd be. As a result, this talking toy talks no more and has become a silent display piece amongst my Switch game collection. But while he doesn't get much use anymore, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Nintendo online store sells parts for
  
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• Tom Holland teases that the "last frame" of Spider-Man: Brand New Day will explain the title

  15-07-2026 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day is only a few weeks out but there's still a whole lot that we don't know about this movie. There's been no confirmation on the main villain, Sadie Sink's character is not confirmed, and now it seems like the title is hiding another cryptic clue.Speaking as part of a new documentary called 'Generations: The Evolution of Spider-Men', which is out on Disney Plus in the US, Peter Parker star Tom Holland explained more. "The Brand New Day of this movie – it isn't the b
  
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• An AI-generated version of The Odyssey is set to release later this summer, but even the studio admits it won't be better than Christopher Nolan's version

  15-07-2026 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like no one is safe from AI, as soon after Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey hits theaters, an AI-generated version of the ancient Greek epic is on the way. The AI movie, titled Odysseus: The Fall, is from AI film studio Fountain 0, directed by Ash Koosha, who is best known for his AI-generated docu-drama Dreams of Violets. The film is 135-minutes long and is due to be released on Fountain 0’s website later this summer. The news comes just one month after the release of the AI
  
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• Tales of series lead apologizes for the long wait as the JRPG series approaches its largest gulf between mainline entries with no sign of a new game

  15-07-2026 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tales of series lead Yusuke Tomizawa has apologized for the long wait for a new mainline entry in the series. Bandai Namco's Tales of series has been one of the most consistent RPG series of all time since it kicked off with 1995's Tales of Phantasia. Since then, the series has been an annual release, with occasional one- or two-year gaps. The wait between 2016's Tales of Berseria and 2021's Tales of Arise was the longest in the series history; however, Arise was at least announced in 2019. Come
  
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• Diablo 4 players label Season 14 "a joke" after they still can't get any Iconic Mythics despite the latest update: "They just never learn"

  15-07-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Diablo 4 patch out, and while it addresses a couple of the latent problems in Season 14, the bigger issues surrounding Mythic Uniques remain. Specifically, their drop rate is far too minimal, and crafting them is still not worth the effort.As usual, players have been quick to see what's been altered in the latest update, and what they've found is disconcerting. Prominent Diablo 4 streamer and YouTuber Rob2628 noted on Twitter that after a quick session beating the newer Reaper Boss
  
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• The Odyssey could beat The Dark Knight's box office opening, marking the second highest of Christopher Nolan's career

  15-07-2026 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Odyssey is tracking for a huge box office opening, which is set to be one of the largest of Christopher Nolan's career. Per Deadline, the new movie is looking at an opening of about $85 million to $100 million domestically in the US with $110 million overseas. If this holds true, The Odyssey could have a $200 million opening, which will be larger than the impressive box office Oppenheimer received back in 2023. The Cillian Murphy-led movie opened globally at $181.1 million, seemingly bolster
  
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• It's very difficult to watch The Odyssey the way Christopher Nolan intended, and IMAX CEO explains why

  15-07-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the first ever feature film to be filmed completely on IMAX 70mm with IMAX cameras. But, it's trickier than it seems to see the film in IMAX 70mm. According to The Guardian, there are actually only 41 theaters in the entire world that can project IMAX 70mm film. "We're sold out in some theaters into the fifth week already... There's certainly more demand, the problem is they haven't made new IMAX film projectors in about 50 years," IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond told
  
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• As the Famicom turns 43, Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai says it's the console that had the biggest impact on him as a developer

  15-07-2026 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai and Square Enix are celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the release of Nintendo's first major home console, the Famicom.As Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda are fresh off celebrating their 40th anniversaries, and Donkey Kong celebrated its 45th last week, Nintendo's first proper home console – not counting the single-game Color TV-Game series, which had been released beforehand – the Famicom celebrates its 43rd today. While
  
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• Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal remind us why we love comic book movies in the sweetest new Spider-Man: Brand New Day teaser

  15-07-2026 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  After decades of superhero movies and shows dominating our screens, it's easy to forget why we fell in love with the comic book world in the first place, but a new teaser for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us what the genre is really about. In a new video created by stop motion artist Angel Link Films over on Instagram, we see a Spider-Man figurine shooting webs and flying through the air before he faces off with a Punisher action figure. This is the usual kind of content the artist and super
  
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• Palworld 1.0's first update stops teleporting from temporarily freezing your game and save data being "unintentionally discarded after certain operations"

  15-07-2026 12:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld 1.0's first patch is here, and although its list of changes can hardly compare to the monstrously long patch notes that came with the survival game's exit from early access, Pocketpair has made some key bug fixes across all platforms that should make the experience much more enjoyable.As outlined in a post on Twitter, Palworld patch 1.0.1 includes just four tweaks to Pocketpair's survival game. First up, Pal tamers should now have a bit more regard for fire safety – an "issue wher
  
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• A $220 Lego Spongebob Squarepants set has been revealed, and it's absurdly screen-accurate

  15-07-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A massive $220 Lego Spongebob Squarepants set has been revealed, and it recreates Bikini Bottom in all its cartoon glory.Following a leak earlier this week which fans were already going nuts over ("holy shit it's peak" was my favorite comment on the reddit thread discussing the idea), the toymaker just showed off the set ahead of its September 1 release date. Made up of 1,700+ pieces, Lego Spongebob Squarepants: Bikini Bottom recreates the cartoon's underwater neighbourhood with impressive accur
  
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• Palit releases a new RTX 3060 model after clearly falling into a wormhole to 2021

  15-07-2026 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Looks like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 is properly back in production after all, as Palit just released a brand new model. By that, I mean it has actually created a sequel to its Infinity graphics card from 2021 that boasts all the same specs as five years ago, so I can only assume they've accidentally travelled back in time.The Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Infinity 2 is by all means a best graphics card contender from 2021. It's packing an Ampere GPU with 12GB VRAM, and that means you'll be boosting
  
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• The day-one Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced DLC everyone said they hated has earned Ubisoft nearly $1 million, analyst estimates

  15-07-2026 11:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is here, and despite releasing to "Mixed" reviews on Steam, it's doing – and selling – pretty dang well.Standing as the first Assassin's Creed game to hit over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, the Black Flag remake is performing quite nicely on PC – and beyond, for that matter.
  Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, explores some of the numbers Resynced has already managed to pull off, under a week after its launch, i
  
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• First teaser for Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is hiding a 'precious' message, but you'll need to be a Tolkien expert to decipher it

  15-07-2026 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum has officially started production, marking the occasion with a unique teaser – and a hidden Middle-earth message.As you can see above, the first day of filming sees director and Gollum actor Andy Serkis stride onto an interior stage in – what else? – a motion-capture suit.From there, Serkis begins 'filming' the first scene of the latest Lord of the Rings movie, transforming into Gollum and spitting 'action' at the camera. The teaser th
  
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• Blue Beetle is returning in Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, 3 years after James Gunn called him "the first DCU character"

  15-07-2026 10:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xolo Maridueña is returning as Blue Beetle in the upcoming DCU movie Man of Tomorrow. He'll be reprising his role as Jaime Reyes, a teenager given super powers by an alien beetle, for the first time since his 2023 solo movie.At the moment, it's not been revealed how he fits into the Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow, directed by James Gunn. However, we have known for a while that the DC Studios co-CEO has wanted the character as part of his universe. Back in 2023, Gunn appeared on Michae
  
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• Layoffs might offer "better short-term financial results," late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata admitted in 2013, but "employees who fear that they may be laid off" will never produce the same results

  15-07-2026 02:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Satoru Iwata was already a legend in the gaming community while he served as Nintendo president, and that legacy has only grown since his untimely death in 2015. He led the company through the highs of the Wii and DS era, but it's his actions through the financial lows of the Wii U and 3DS generation that are perhaps best remembered these days. Game developers are now subjected to the constant threat of mass layoffs at major publishers, but Iwata took a different approach.Iwata famously slashed
  
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• Dead Space creator Glen Schofield is retiring: "Times are tough right now, but the future ahead is really, really bright"

  15-07-2026 01:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Glen Schofield, creator of the Dead Space series and director of several Call of Duty games, has announced his retirement.Schofield broke the news of his retirement on LinkedIn, with a video reflecting on his 35 years in the games industry and thanking his peers, friends, and family."Some of you know me as a video game maker, director, and it's something I'm so proud of and I know I'm lucky to be able to do this, but after 35 years of making games and directing them, running teams, it's time for
  
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• Star Wars creator George Lucas compares AI to the invention of cars: "There's nothing you can do about it"

  14-07-2026 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars creator George Lucas is the latest prominent voice to come out in support of AI in the creative arts, comparing its rise to that of the invention of the automobile.Lucas's full-throated embrace of AI despite its inherent ethical and environmental risks – not to mention Yoda's outspoken skepticism of paths that are quicker, easier, and more seductive – is disheartening, but the Star Wars visionary says there's no point in resisting. It's "the future," in his words."Artificia
  
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• "How Ubisoft and Embracer leadership aren't in prison absolutely eludes me": Helldivers 2 studio QA manager laments "darkest timeline" as layoffs hurt thousands

  14-07-2026 23:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's too much carnage to keep up with – Xbox is in the middle of chopping up 3,200 jobs, Ubisoft's on track to have made a total of 4,000 layoffs since 2022, and Embracer is now indistinguishable from a natural disaster, having laid waste to $2 billion-worth of acquisitions by closing, canceling, and setting fire to everything unlucky enough to be in its path. Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead QA manager Dave Gallacher has seen it all, and he despises it. "Each structural point of our indus
  
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• Embark slaps Arc Raiders dupers with bans and drains their vaults: "Suspensions for the severe cases, particularly, where exploit usage had a significant impact on the in-game economy"

  14-07-2026 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following an especially egregious wave of Arc Raiders dupes, developer Embark Studios has dropped the ban hammer on even mild offenders, in some cases suspending accounts and seizing ill-gotten goods. In a post on the Arc Raiders Discord server, community lead Ossen says, "Following last week's fix for the duplication glitch, we've been banning accounts that gained a significant advantage from exploiting it. That effort continues this week, similarly to how we handled it in February.""Low-severi
  
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• As Sony prepares to shut down the PS3 store, RPCS3 devs promise “75% of all PlayStation 3 games are now playable on PC”

  14-07-2026 22:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the end of physical PlayStation discs has taken up most of the headlines over the past few weeks, that news was also accompanied by the revelation that Sony is finally going ahead with its long-delayed plan to close the PS3 and Vita stores. While that's going to end official access to many PlayStation games, the developers behind the PS3 emulator RPCS3 have just passed a major milestone in the unofficial preservation of the console's library."75% of all PlayStation 3 games are now PLAYABLE
  
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• Sony's attack on physical goods spreads to Crunchyroll as it adds a $14 subscription requirement just to access its store

  14-07-2026 22:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crunchyroll, acquired by Sony's Funimation from AT&T in 2021, is making substantial changes to its online store, which absorbed anime and manga shop Right Stuf in 2023. Soon enough, only Crunchyroll Mega and Ultimate-tier subscribers will be able to use the store at all, and it's unclear how its selection of items may change. In a news post announcing "A New Crunchyroll Store and Member Experience Is Coming Soon," Crunchyroll confirms that an August overhaul will introduce "a brand-new shopp
  
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• "Good games will get cloned and buried" – AI vibe coding is one of the biggest threats on storefronts like Steam, analyst warns

  14-07-2026 21:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  As if the concept of AI-assisted "vibe coding" wasn't enough to make you spit out your strawberry matcha latte and undergo a medical procedure to permanently delete the years since ChatGPT launched in 2022 from your mind, Circana industry analyst Mat Piscatella suggests it's about to make Steam and other game retailers worse. Nothing grows anymore in our cruel world. Not physical PlayStation discs, or originality, or anything that isn't AI friendslop latte. A perfect example: 404 Media reported
  
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• You could buy two copies of GTA 6 for the price of setting up GTA Online's new Heist from scratch

  14-07-2026 20:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA Online officially got its first new Heist mission in six long years today, with the Kortz Center Heist inviting teams of four (you can solo it too, but what fun is that?) to stake out a prestigious art museum and make it a little less prestigious, if you catch my drift. The mission sounds like a fun and lucrative time, but if you're planning on hosting your friends and don't have a ton of in-game cash saved up, you should know there are some rather spendy prerequisites for doing so, and ther
  
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