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• Does Olaplex Really Work? Your Split Ends Will Think So

  29-09-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
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• Resident Evil Requiem spoilers are apparently here 10 days ahead of launch, so prepare accordingly

  17-02-2026 23:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been eagerly awaiting Resident Evil Requiem and all its new twists on franchise lore, it might be time to go on social media blackout. There are now reports that early copies are already reaching players' hands, and it seems some of those players are eager to share what they've seen, so you'll want to prepare accordingly."I can personally verify there is at least one person out there who bought Resident Evil Requiem from a store selling early," according to Resident Evil fandom staple
  
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• Fallout's Walton Goggins to star in John Wick-style thriller alongside Kick-Ass actor

  17-02-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Walton Goggins is set to star alongside Chloe Grace Moretz in Mister, a new action-thriller from DP Wade Eastwood in his directorial debut.Per Deadline, the upcoming film, produced by John Wick studio Thunder Road, follows a man (Goggins) "who wakes up in a strange house covered in blood and comes to realize his true identity while fighting off contract killers from his past – including everyone from his exes to his best friend." In order to get out of said house, he teams up with his estr
  
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• Highguard was reportedly secretly funded by Tencent, and if that kind of backer can't offer more than two weeks of life I don't know what hope a multiplayer FPS has in 2026

  17-02-2026 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The future for Highguard does not look bright. Developer Wildlight went through mass layoffs barely two weeks after launch, and if the game can stage a comeback at this point, it'll be something beyond a miracle. Today, however, a bizarre twist in the Highguard saga has emerged, as a new report suggests Chinese megapublisher Tencent financially backed the game.Tencent's TiMi Studio Group, which makes games including Pokemon Unite and Delta Force, "was the undisclosed lead financial backer" behin
  
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• Streamer who beat Elden Ring with her mind creates a device that controls her movement in real life, immediately regrets it: "I don't condone that behavior. It's incredibly dangerous and I'm not liable"

  17-02-2026 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  In another classic meditation on the concept of can vs. should, the streamer who made her name beating Elden Ring using her mind has once again made incredibly unconventional use of her Master's degree in psychology. Content creator PerriKaryal is back with by far her most dangerous experiment yet: a custom controller rigged to her literal head that apparently controls her actual real-life bodily movement to a degree.As reported by PC Gamer, PerriKaryal's latest stunt involved hacking her own br
  
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• True Japanese horror games avoid "jump scares and graphic violence," Fatal Frame 2 directors say, because they respect that "frightening things can be beautiful"

  17-02-2026 22:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've been spending a lot of time fixating on little things in my Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly remake demo. When I'm done unlocking cursed doors as protagonist Mio, feeling sick as I meet an abandoned doll's shark-eye stare, or tripping around wraiths in my ballet flats, I quietly observe the dusty prettiness of the Japanese countryside developer Koei Tecmo built for its remake, due March 12. It's impossible to not notice the new, starlight glimmer of the red butterfly that guides me to my ne
  
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• Chris Hemsworth says Thor might return after Avengers: Doomsday, and that he and Marvel boss Kevin Feige have some "pretty unique" ideas about the God of Thunder's future

  17-02-2026 22:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chris Henmsorth says Thor may very well return after making an appearance in the upcoming MCU movie Avengers: Doomsday."I was talking to Kevin Feige about it, and he said it’s cool because the audience now expects dramatic turns with the character," Hemsworth said on the Smartless podcast, explaining that the Russo brothers let him "try different things" with Thor in both Endgame and Doomsday. "And whatever we do next – we’ve got some ideas to do something pretty unique again a
  
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• LittleBigPlanet lead working on OG Fable boss Peter Molyneux's new god game finds cozy games "incredibly boring," and they're so much "nicer" with a dash of "extreme violence"

  17-02-2026 21:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  LittleBigPlanet offers one of the coziest aesthetics in all of gaming, with adorable knitted Sackboys running around as Stephen Fry encourages you to to embrace the creative spirit that binds humanity together. It might come as some surprise, then, to learn that the game's original creative director, Mark Healey, finds the modern cozy gaming trend pretty dull."There's a lot of people that like cozy games – I think they became really popular during COVID, actually – but I find them in
  
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• KPop Demon Hunters star auditioned with a "cheap $40 mic" and begged her manager to remove a challenging high note in Golden: "Tell them Rei cannot hit this note"

  17-02-2026 21:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  KPop Demon Hunters star Rei Ami says the role of Zoey's singing voice was the last one to fill, and she was "shocked" that it came down to her."With Zoey, the only description I got was that this person needs to be able to sing in Korean and English, but they need to be able to rap extremely fast," Ami explained to Variety. "I got the material, and it was different snippets of the songs. I recorded on a very cheap $40 mic. I don’t know what this movie is going to do, but it’s everyth
  
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• After directing 29 films across nearly 60 years, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese finally joins the Star Wars universe as a four-armed monkey creature in The Mandalorian and Grogu

  17-02-2026 20:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Martin Scorsese has directed 29 feature films, including some that are consistently ranked among the best movies ever made. Now, he's taking the leap into A Galaxy Far, Far Away by joining the cast of upcoming Star Wars movie The Mandalorian & Grogu as a four-armed monkey looking food vendor who has an encounter with Pedro Pascal's Din Djaron, the eponymous Mandalorian.The scene is featured in the latest trailer for The Mandalorian & Grogu, with many viewers noticing Scrosese's recogniza
  
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• Ahead of The Witcher 1 remake, OG RPG story lead reveals that ending cutscene was created not "really involving the story team," which was "a mistake"

  17-02-2026 20:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The whole reason The Witcher 2 goes off in a decidedly more political direction is because someone high up at developer CD Projekt Red wanted the first Witcher to have one more final ending cutscene and chose to have one made without much involvement from the studio's narrative team, according to original lead story designer Artur Ganszyniec.Ganszyniec recently wrapped up his first playthrough of the original Witcher in about 20 years on YouTube, a 26-video series that yielded all sorts of inter
  
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• I have 100 different ways to play The Legend of Zelda, but I'm still using the Game and Watch ahead of the 40th anniversary

  17-02-2026 19:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Legend of Zelda is about to turn 40, and as someone who owns many of the best retro consoles, new and old, I've got plenty of ways to revisit Hyrule. Gatekeepers will tell you that the only real way to play is on an NES, and purists will suggest even getting hold of a Nintendo Famicom Disc System to play the original. Yet, while I do have that add-on sitting pretty under Ninty's Japanese console, I keep finding myself using the Game and Watch from five years ago.This isn't my first rod
  
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• $8,000 is on the line for the Super Mario 64 speedrunner who can bring the "dead" game back to life, but so far the only world records come from the guy who killed it in the first place: "If only I was eligible to claim my own bounty"

  17-02-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Mario 64 speedrunning was declared "dead" on November 17, 2024, when a runner who goes by Suigi managed to claim the world record in all of the game's five major categories. It was a legendary achievement, and despite the usual warnings that no world record scene ever truly dies, nobody has managed to topple any of Suigi's records. That's why the runner himself is now spearheading a multi-thousand-dollar bounty to try to bring the scene back to life.Super Mario 64 speedruns are spread out
  
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• There's a moving tribute to Carl Weathers in the new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, but you've got to be familiar with Aurebesh to read it

  17-02-2026 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars just snuck in a moving Carl Weathers tribute in the new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer, and now my eyes are all misty.An eagle-eyed fan took to social media after the fresh promo dropped on February 17, having translated a sign written in the fictional alphabet Aurebesh that's glimpsed briefly in the footage. "It says 'WEATHERS APOLLO'… CARL TRIBUTE…" they tweeted, alongside three crying emojis. "I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES.""Oh that's heartbreakingly touching," wrote someone
  
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• After 23 years, WWE SmackDown Here Comes the Pain's hellishly obscure story mode is getting the guide it should've had from the start thanks to one dedicated fan: "Better late than never"

  17-02-2026 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beloved 2003 wrestling game WWE Smackdown! Here Comes The Pain doesn't have a single guide, and one fan is determined to change that.When the question "What's the best wrestling game ever made?" comes up, you'll typically be given two answers: the N64's WWF No Mercy or the PS2's WWE Smackdown! Here Comes The Pain. And while I'm personally in the WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006 camp, it's undeniable that Here Comes The Pain is an all-timer – it's not like there are any other wrestling games tha
  
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• Devs failing to make games with AI won't stop flooding the Godot game engine with slop requests, and its project manager has had enough: "Does the 'author' understand the code they're sending?"

  17-02-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  You can now count "using the game engine Godot" among the many things generative AI doesn't know how to do, along with fry an egg and mean the words "I love you." It's really stressing out the engine's project maintainer and co-founder of W4 Games, which helps support and finance Godot, Rémi Verschelde.In a Bluesky thread (spotted by Game Developer), Verschelde expresses his frustration with nonsensical pull requests – a GitHub feature that lets you formally ask for changes to a pro
  
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• Blizzard "looking at" giving World of Warcraft's older races the customization overhauls they deserve, but it's not happening "soon"

  17-02-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  As World of Warcraft moves further into a new era with the launch of Midnight, the second act of the Worldsoul Saga, this year, there's a growing desire for more options to make your characters feel unique. On the back of housing, Blizzard's keen to up the level of customization across all the races, though it's not a going concern at present.Chatting to Windows Central, Maria Hamilton, the design director of World of Warcraft, reveals it's something the team discusses, but no concrete plan has
  
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• This Oblivion Remastered player has spent 300 days following an Imperial Palace Guard in the RPG "until I can loot his armor" – and they've only just seen his face

  17-02-2026 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nearly a year has passed since Bethesda Game Studios released its long-awaited remake, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, but the RPG's players are still engaging in their usual shenanigans – like, uh, trying to steal a certain set of armor.A fan known online as "Scylax_Vitarrn" first made rounds online after taking to Reddit with a series of hilarious threads in which they follow a guard dubbed "Pally" and hope to snag the Imperial Watch Armor for themselves.
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• Proving the universe has favorites, Pokemon Blue player accidentally catches a shiny legendary they couldn't even see: "Actually in disbelief"

  17-02-2026 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  A YouTuber has posted a clip of himself accidentally catching a shiny Moltres in Pokemon Blue. We say "accidentally," as the game being completely monochrome made him unaware. That is, until he transferred the legendary bird to Pokemon Crystal, the first game in the series in full color, where he could discover his rare catch. Needless to say, he was delighted.Posting a clip to Twitter, the Pokemon player, who goes by the handle RaidAway on YouTube, can be seen catching a Moltres in a copy of Po
  
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• Predator: Badlands director reveals that there was a Xenomorph cameo in the original draft of the script

  17-02-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Predator: Badlands is undoubtedly an Alien and Predator crossover movie, thanks to Elle Fanning's Weyland-Yutani synth Thia taking center stage with outcast Yautja Dek. However, the movie keeps it pretty light when it comes to Easter eggs and references – but that wasn't always the case.In a new interview with Screen Rant, Trachtenberg revealed that the original draft of the script and temporary visual effects included Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch, a Xenomorph, and "the backbiter creature
  
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• Dune: Awakening player proves you can overcome the survival MMO's tricky new testing stations solo – and completely naked: "It is 100% doable"

  17-02-2026 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The long-awaited Chapter 3 update for Dune: Awakening recently arrived, leaving players to explore its fresh content – including the five new daunting testing stations, which they're already managing to clear *checks notes* completely naked…?Yes, that's right. The testing stations, which, for anyone unaware, basically function as the survival MMO's dungeons, are challenging indeed – but not challenging enough to deter fans from taking them on gearless.
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• The Witcher 1 lead story designer completes his first playthrough of the classic RPG in "almost 20 years," and the commentary is a must watch ahead of the remake

  17-02-2026 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher's lead story designer Artur Ganszyniec has finished a playthrough of the original CD Projekt Red RPG on YouTube.Despite The Witcher being one of the biggest gaming series on the planet now, a majority of the attention is placed on the The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and what's left over gets left to The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, but rarely do I see anyone talk about the original game. And granted, the original is somewhat rough to go back to, with some dated mechanics and overall jank
  
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• Battlefield 6 devs hear your cries for bigger maps "very loudly," but they'll "need some more time"

  17-02-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  A recurring complaint of Battlefield 6 has been the size of the maps, with the FPS lacking the bigger playgrounds the series is known for. The devs are aware of this, and on the back of Season 2's launch, they're keeping player requests in mind, but it's not a simple creative choice.Phil Girette, a producer on Battlefield 6, explained to TheGamer why it can't be an immediate shift. "We see that feedback, and hear it very loudly," he says. "More maps is, of course, something that we will look mor
  
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• Submit your best gaming clips and be in with the chance of winning $100 Amazon vouchers EVERY MONTH

  17-02-2026 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've got a brand new initiative here at GamesRadar+ where we want to celebrate the amazing feats of our gaming community. This is GamesRadar+ Replay.Gaming is all about shareable moments - the clutch points, the impossible wins, hilarious glitches, and brilliant co-op blunders. GR+ Replay is all about letting you share those moments with us, and then we'll share them with the world.Of course, you’ll want to share your best gaming moments just for the love of contributing to the community.
  
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• Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin says that surprise death in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 5 is one of the most "significant" events in Westeros history

  17-02-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  An old George R. R. Martin interview has surfaced where the Game of Thrones author shares what "minor event" he thinks changed the course of Westeros history... and it comes from none other than A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 5.Warning: Major spoilers for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 5 and The Tales of Dunk and Egg below!"In The Hedge Knight, the first Dunk and Egg story, the death of Baelor 'Breakspear'... who was the heir, next in line to the throne," Martin said in a fan Q&a
  
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• New Mandalorian and Grogu trailer brings a Clone Wars bounty hunter to live-action for the first time

  17-02-2026 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Mandalorian and Grogu trailer didn't just unmask Din Djarin and increase our excitement for the new Star Wars movie tenfold – it also gives us our first glimpse at a Star Wars: The Clone Wars character's live-action debut.Embo, a Kyuzo bounty hunter from the fan-favorite animated series makes an appearance in the trailer, decked out in shiny black armor.In The Clone Wars, he worked for the Hutt Clan as a bodyguard and fought against Maul to protect them – as the Hutt twins an
  
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• Iron Lung's box-office success "is a win for YouTubers", says Markiplier: "The more this happens, the more normalised it becomes"

  17-02-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Iron Lung, the feature-length video game adaptation written and directed by YouTuber Markiplier, is killing it at the global box office. Having originally been scheduled to show in just 60 theaters across the US, the creator's fans rallied together to request more screenings, which led to the movie, which reportedly cost $3 million to make, appearing in 4,161 cinemas internationally – and raking in a whopping $47 million so far.Now, in a new interview with BBC's Newsbeat, Markiplier, whose
  
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• "Gameplay and the economy suffers": Arc Raiders exploits "stemmed from a design flaw on our part," Embark admits, but it's time for "enforcement actions" after the shooter's first game-destroying cheat

  17-02-2026 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a week of what I imagine must have been intense deliberation about the nature of justice, Arc Raiders developer Embark is ready to start spanking players who have used its now somewhat fixed, and infamous, duplication glitch.The exploit allowed players to double, triple, and multiply by 22 the loot of their choice, and it was, as Embark writes in a new blog post addressing the matter making it so that "both gameplay and the economy suffers." Finally, the studio will begin handing out a ran
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says PC is the "highest-end gaming environment" and the "foundation" for the new JRPG's development, while the PS5 Pro is just "mid-range"

  17-02-2026 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi claims the team is targeting PC as the foundation for the third entry in the trilogy's development as the current "highest-end gaming environment." Furthermore, the Square Enix lead calls consoles, such as the PS5 Pro, "mid-range."In an interview with Automaton, Hamaguchi clarifies that the final entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is made with PC as the "foundation" of development. "As our fundamental principle, we do not design assets to
  
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• To hell with Furby and Butt Face, these Yoshi and Pikachu animatronics were the best thing about New York Toy Fair

  17-02-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I hate to say it, but I think I've fallen head over heels. The most exciting thing to come out of New York Toy Fair 2026 wasn't a new Furby, the viral "Butt Face," or even the Incredible Hulk fists we revealed last week; something else stole my heart. Meet Hatchin' Yoshi and the Pikachu Puppetronic.If you missed the reveals, Hatchin' Yoshi (which is one of many Super Mario Galaxy Movie merch pre-orders now up for grabs) takes inspiration from the "Hatchimals" range by having the adorable dino br
  
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