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• Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Open Beta Announced

  18-12-2017 20:01
  
  Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is getting an open beta next month in North America and Europe.
  Square Enix announced on Twitter the beta will run from January 12 to January 21. More details about the beta will be revealed closer to its launch.Dissidia Final Fantasy NT open beta announcement. Image via Twitter.Continue reading…
  
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• Rockstar spokesperson says "we welcome" judge's decision to deny fired GTA 6 devs interim relief, union highlights "a glimpse of Rockstar's flimsy grounds for defence"

  13-01-2026 01:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A judge today ruled against forcing Rockstar to pay out interim relief to the 34 GTA 6 developers it fired in October, dealing the first major legal blow to the former employees and the union representing them.The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) pressed the Glasgow Employment Tribunal for emergency financial relief earlier this month, then accusing Rockstar of "brutal union busting." Today a UK judge denied that request, saying it's unlikely the firings were due to union activ
  
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• Arc Raiders has officially sold 12 million copies, so Embark's giving everyone a free gold hammer: "The way it took off, I think, took all of us by surprise"

  13-01-2026 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Confirming a recent analyst estimate, Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios announced that the game has sold 12 million copies across all platforms since its launch on October 30, 2025.To celebrate this milestone, Embark is giving all players a golden raider tool. This reward was originally intended to celebrate 10 million players, but the holiday rush catapulted the game right past that.To claim the gold hammer, you just need to have logged into Arc Raiders a single time before midnight CET / 6p
  
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• 14 years after Witcher 2 publisher Bandai Namco sued CD Projekt for cutting DRM, ex-studio head and new GOG owner doubles down on anti-DRM stance: "Most corporate people, they make plain stupid decisions"

  12-01-2026 23:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  GOG is under new(ish) ownership, as CD Projekt co-founder Michał Kiciński has bought back the digital PC game store from his old company. While there's a change in management, it seems there won't be a change in philosophy, as Kiciński insists the platform's anti-DRM policy isn't changing on his watch."This is a core value of GOG, and there's no signs that it might die in any visible future," Kiciński tells GamesIndustry.biz. "This is not only an ethical value, but it's also
  
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• One Piece season 2 trailer shows off Miss All Sunday's terrifying powers and the villainous Baroque Works

  12-01-2026 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for One Piece: Into the Grand Line, the second season of Netflix's live action adaptation of the beloved manga/anime, has arrived. Along with catching us up with Monkey D. Luffy, we're treated to glimpses of the violently effective Baroque Works assassin squad - including key character Nico Robin, played by Lera Abova.Here's the trailer:Nico Robin has the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit, giving her the bizarrely terrifying ability to clone her own limbs on any surface, even he
  
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• A Honkai: Star Rail leaker was sued for over $150,000, but skipped his own court date and somehow ended up owing $16,500: "They only got like 3 screenshots on me"

  12-01-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Honkai: Star Rail leaker seems to have the gacha gods on their side, as they've managed to somehow shake off their $156,600 lawsuit with Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse by simply ignoring it.I guess some things really do go away if you close your eyes. Stephen Totilo reports in his Game File newsletter that the leaker, identified as Alfredo Lopez, shared a pre-release stream of Star Rail character Castorice before she was officially debuted in 2025 to a Discord channel with 12,000 members,
  
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• The N64's most infamous JRPG is getting the same recompilation treatment that gave us 60 FPS PC remasters of Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time

  12-01-2026 22:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo 64 was infamous for its lack of traditional role-playing games, especially in light of the booming success JRPGs were having on the PS1 in the wake of Final Fantasy 7. The platform's most traditional RPG is probably Quest 64 – an infamous game that's nonetheless getting full recompilation effort from fans, which could end up delivering a robust PC remaster of a long-maligned game.Fans of numerous N64 games have been at work on decompilation projects, where they essentially pic
  
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• "We can track who shoots first": Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer," and "we don't do anything like skill-based matchmaking or gear-based"

  12-01-2026 22:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Adding some details to recent comments from Embark Studios regarding the way Arc Raiders' matchmaking groups players by their PvP proclivity, design lead Virgil Watkins says that while some folks may read too much into it, the community's thinking is pretty close to the truth.Speaking with GamesRadar+, Watkins says "it's a bit of a misnomer calling it aggression-based, and it is something we're going to keep tuning, but people aren't far off in how they think it works."I wondered if the devs wor
  
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• Stranger Things VFX director says they went through "maybe 100 looks" before settling on Vecna's final form – and some early designs appear to be Hellraiser-inspired

  12-01-2026 21:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Stranger Things documentary has arrived – and it's here to remind us how much scarier Vecna could've looked on screen.In the documentary, VFX Art Director Michael Maher Jr. explains that the team went through "maybe 100 different looks" for Vecna (played by Jamie Campbell Bower), including one that is pretty clearly Cenobite-inspired (specifically the Cenobite known as Chatterer, who only communicates through the clicking of his teeth) (via WhatsOnNetflix). Another design sees him wear
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director praises the RPG sicko who managed to beat the most infamous boss by taking every hit without cheesing: "I tried to do it before release and I couldn't manage it"

  12-01-2026 21:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive was merciful when it decided to make the game's most infamously punishing fight, the dastardly post-game superboss Simon, an optional encounter. Still, as is their call of duty, J'RPG completionists have been willfully tangling with the Expedition Zero madman and his giant sword since launch, but apparently not many of them come out on top without resorting to cheesy tactics.Talking to GR+ sister publication Edge for its latest issue, Ex
  
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• Fallout narrator and Hollywood legend Ron Perlman says he joined the RPG franchise for "$40 and a sandwich," wondered "why?" after being informed there was more than one game

  12-01-2026 21:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Legendary actor – and one of the most impressive chins in Hollywood – Ron Perlman has narrated nearly every Fallout game since the first RPG released in 1997, and he couldn't care less. It was a decision he made when he was hungry."They gave me $40 and a sandwich," Perlman says about agreeing to assist Interplay with Fallout in the '90s in a recent episode of The Joe Vulpis Podcast. "A year-and-a-half later, I get a call, 'Hey, you remember Fallout?' 'No.' 'Well, there's a second one
  
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• Divinity will have an "even better" character creator than Baldur's Gate 3 with "more colors, more options, more control," Larian says

  12-01-2026 20:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Larian says new Divinity will have an even more character customization options than Baldur's Gate 3, which is really saying something.The character creator in Baldur's Gate 3 could very well be its own game, offering players near limitless ways to shape their avatar into precisely the hot half-orc or dastardly dwarf they envision. It's not the deepest character creator in RPG history, but I'd argue that it's one of the more approachable for its level of depth. And yet, Larian is aiming to one-u
  
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• The Mummy gets its first trailer, showing the controversial horror movie's bizarre new undead monster

  12-01-2026 20:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for director Lee Cronin's new take on The Mummy is here, and it shows off a story that is a far cry from the parallel Brendan Fraser-led adventure franchise. Focused far more on actual horror, Cronin's The Mummy takes its cues from the current tropes of the genre, with a story that seems reminiscent of recent hit Bring Her Back, reinventing the Mummy as a young girl.Here's the trailer:"The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace," reads the fil
  
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• "Steam is winning with its ease of use" but not on quality, says new GOG owner pondering how to "take the market" from Valve: "We don't release hundreds of games daily, 95% of which are really not super high quality"

  12-01-2026 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt Red co-founder Michał Kiciński acquired the company's digital PC game story GOG in December 2025, more than a decade after leaving CDPR itself, and now faces the difficult task of winning market share from Valve, which has dominated PC gaming with Steam for some time. Kiciński reckons curation and classic games are its path forward.Speaking with Games Industry, Kiciński acknowledges the difficulties that competitors like the Epic Games Store have faced in their att
  
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• Former Fallout artist says The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced so early because "it had been so long already since Skyrim that we needed to make sure people were not just pissed at us"

  12-01-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Bethesda lead artist Nate Purkeypile says Bethesda isn't likely to rush The Elder Scrolls 6 out the door due to the high expectations behind it.The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced simultaneously with Starfield back at E3 2018, and it took Starfield over five years from then to release, so it looks like we could pass the 10-year mark of The Elder Scrolls 6's announcement trailer before the game actually releases. Purkeypile thinks the team is possibly in a no-win situation thanks to fan expe
  
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• Despite previous reports, X-Men comics writer says Famke Janssen will return as Jean Grey in Avengers: Doomsday

  12-01-2026 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite previous reports and a statement from the actor herself, X-Men comics writer Chris Claremont says Famke Janssen is indeed returning for Avengers: Doomsday.Claremont, who worked on Uncanny X-Men from 1975 - 1991, reacted to the new Doomsday trailer, which features Professor X and Magneto getting along in what appears to be the X-Mansion. It quickly cuts to Cyclops (in a comic book-accurate costume) on his knees after something has seemingly destroyed the mansion. In the clip, which can be
  
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• Behold, the glorious and "very broken" Last of Us 2 multiplayer mod that modders built in a cave with a box of scraps after Naughty Dog canceled Factions plans

  12-01-2026 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the great disappointments of The Last of Us Part 2 was the lack of multiplayer. Factions injected more life into the first, and offered an alternative way to play if hacking through Cordyceps was stressing you out. Almost six full years after release, modders are righting Naughty Dog’s wrong for the follow-up, and fans are in awe.The modder Speclizer revealed they were toying with the idea of bringing unofficially multiplayer to The Last of Us 2 just last week. A dab hand at constru
  
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• Despite being twice the size of Hades, Hades 2 spent half as long in Steam Early Access because its devs already knew "what needed to be in" it

  12-01-2026 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hades 2 creative director Greg Kasavin has explained how Hades 2 spent less time in Early Access than its predecessor, despite being a far bigger game.As Supergiant Games' first sequel, it was unexpected to see Hades 2 follow up the previous game by launching first into Early Access before a full launch followed. Hades dropped in December 2018 and took just under two years before it was released in September 2020, while Hades 2 arrived in September 2025, a year and four months after its Early Ac
  
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• "A disgrace to all game makers and players": A dev is deleting their AI-aided roguelike from Steam after realizing "AI is bad" and "has a major effect on the economy and environment"

  12-01-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A developer who used AI-generated assets in the roguelike card game they released on Steam in June 2025 says they'll remove the game from sale at the end of the month after realizing "AI is bad".In a January 10 Steam post, developer Rakuel confirms that free-to-play roguelike Hardest will "be deleted" on January 30.The game's Steam page has the following AI-generated content disclosure: "AI-generated assets.""I made this game during the summer in [a] couple months and thought to use AI because i
  
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• With less than 24 hours to launch, Hytale lead says the sandbox game's 50-person dev team has been funded for the next 2 years through pre-orders alone

  12-01-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The long-awaited early access launch for Hytale is less than 24 hours away as this story goes live, but prospects for the sandbox game's success are already quite good. Hytale lead Simon Collins-Laflamme says that pre-orders alone have secured funding for the next two years of development."Pleased to announce that we have officially secured the next two years of development costs through pre-purchases," Collins-Laflamme says in a tweet. "Combined with my personal commitment of ten years, we are
  
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• Bloodborne "is a special game for me" says Hidetaka Miyazaki, and it's "the strongest reflection of my type of flavoring of a game that one can experience"

  12-01-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bloodborne is "perhaps the strongest reflection" of soulslike legend Hidetaka Miyazaki's "flavoring" of a game, which makes the continuing absence of any kind of sequel even more painful.Speaking to Game Informer, Miyazaki said that "Bloodborne is a special game for me" and that there were a couple of major reasons it remained so important to him. The first is that "it was probably the most challenging development cycle we've had from a studio perspective." To come out of that tricky creative pr
  
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• Fortnite now allows in-game purchases in user-generated Creative maps, including for randomized items, with Steal the Brainrot charging at least $37 for a loot box bundle

  12-01-2026 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fortnite is now allowing devs behind user-generated Creative mode maps to sell their own in-game purchases, opening the door for even more spending, now even on things like loot boxes.After a delay from last November, Creative mode transactions went live a few days ago – folks who make islands (maps) using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) will earn 100% of the value of V-Bucks (in-game currency) spent in their games until January 31, 2027, and after that, they'll earn 50%, according to Ep
  
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• "Fallout 5 in New Orleans?": Ex-Bethesda artist hopes next Fallout game is set down South, but echoes former GTA lead in thinking anywhere farther than that might "backfire"

  12-01-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout 76 lead artist and Bethesda veteran Nate Purkeypile has always wanted to see the next Fallout game – including Fallout 5 – take place in the United States' Deep South. Georgia peaches or Louisiana swamps could provide a nice change of scenery for the apocalyptic franchise, and it helps that they don't require a passport."I personally wouldn't expect Bethesda to actually [set Fallout internationally] outside of DLC because they're very tied into the whole Americana thing," Pur
  
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• Oshi no Ko season 3 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Crunchyroll?

  12-01-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oshi no Ko season 3 has a new stage to perform on. Yes, anime streaming service HIDIVE will no longer host the idol thriller. Instead, Crunchyroll has added another to its overflowing library of new anime to watch this winter season.But what does that mean for your B-Komachi concert viewing plans? Below, we've got the Oshi no Ko season 3, episode 1 release date, as well as speculation over streaming times, episode counts, and the full release schedule.While we wait for opening night, be sure to
  
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• One of my favorite budget headsets I reviewed last year just dropped to its lowest ever price

  12-01-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  I tested plenty of gaming headsets in 2025. As I look back, it's very easy for them all to mesh into one pair in my memory, especially as they all share a similar look and features. However, the Corsair Void Wireless V2 easily stands out from the rest.Corsair's budget headset is easy to remember for its combination of premium features, including one of the best microphones I've ever tested, and great sound, all in one , easy-to-digest mid-range $129.99 price package. Now, the Void Wireless V2 ha
  
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• Arc Raiders "Toxic Swamp" map event coming next week according to new raider trials, suggesting Embark has taken notes from FromSoftware

  12-01-2026 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  An Arc Raiders "Toxic Swamp" event is seemingly incoming. After the frosty winds of the Cold Snap update, it looks like Arc Raiders' next map modifier will plunge us all into poison swamps, just like FromSoftware games used to. I mean, they still do, but they used to, too.Word of an Arc Raiders Toxic Swamp map modifier – not a new, separate map, it seems – has been making the rounds for several months, ever since players began scrying future details by fiddling with the date and time
  
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• "We were a nobody company": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio says it had to hire young because it had no money, but it all turned out ok because new devs "brought fresh ideas"

  12-01-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's developers have explained that the team being so young was mostly down to the studio's lack of name recognition and money.Speaking to Edge, the team was asked why so many young staff were hired and how that affected the project. Guillaume Broche, creative director, explains, "Montpellier is a super-young city, first of all," and adds that "pretty much everyone who applied was a junior" or a new graduate. However, Broche isn't saying it as a negative; he adds that "t
  
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• Minecraft-like RPG Hytale expects "over 1 million players" at launch, Hypixel lead reflects on its "incredibly difficult" development: "No sacrifices, no Hytale"

  12-01-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  After more than a decade, the launch of Minecraft-inspired RPG Hytale is imminent, and the devs at Hypixel are expecting quite a lot of attention when it happens. Simon Collins-Laflamme, Hypixel founder and owner of Hytale, is feeling reflective about the journey here - and warning players to get ready for a busy release."The past few months have been incredibly difficult for my family as I have been away, reviving the game and rebuilding the team. Seven days a week," Collins-Laflamme says on X/
  
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• Asus has cancelled the Arc B390 ROG Zephyrus G14, but nobody told Intel

  12-01-2026 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 was sitting proudly among the rest of this year's best gaming laptop contenders at CES last week. If you were early to the show, however, you might have snuck a peek at a very special model at the Intel booth. Teased late last year, a configuration of the 2026 G14 running (and only running) Intel Panther Lake processors was doing the rounds in the first few hours of the show, only to be shuffled away later on.Asus was running its new G14 simply on the Intel Arc B390 int
  
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• Lego Pokemon finally revealed, but what have they done to Pikachu

  12-01-2026 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Lego Pokemon sets have finally been shown off, and while most are garneringthe "ooohs" and "ahhhs" you'd expect, responses for Pikachu are a bit more… well, mixed.There are three Lego Pokemon sets heading our way on February 27, 2026: the aforementioned Pikachu, Eevee, and a triple-pack containing Charizard, Blastoise, and Venasaur. The toy-maker says that the latter is one of its "largest ever display sets," and I can believe it. At almost 7,000 pieces, this is a hefty chunk of
  
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