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• Everything We Know About Darksiders Genesis

  07-08-2019 21:34
  Darksiders Genesis brings a new perspective to the near decade-old hack and slash series, as it moves from a third-person action-adventure to a top-down, Diablo-style action-RPG.
  Ahead of the spinoff's release later this year, we set out to discover what else is new in Genesis. Below is a compilation of everything we know so far, from details on its story and gameplay to its super limited Nephilim Edition.
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• Everything Bethesda just announced about the future of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls

  17-07-2026 22:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Behold, the terrifying march of time: Skyrim came out in 2011 and Fallout 4 launched in 2015, yet both games still bookend their respective series. Bethesda hasn't released a new mainline installment for its two best-known RPG series in over a decade, and Starfield didn't scratch quite the same itch for many. So, today's motherlode of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls news, unceremoniously dropped online this morning, was a welcome release from years of waiting, rumors, silence, and more waiting. He
  
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• "Don't fall for it": Union says Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls 6 news shouldn't distract you from huge Bethesda layoffs as Xbox CEO praises the series' "remarkable" achievements

  17-07-2026 22:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda just announced a whole lot of news about the future of Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, and if you find the timing of it all a bit suspicious, you're not alone. United Videogame Workers-CWA says the announcement is an "intentional" distraction from the layoffs happening at Bethesda."The timing of this kind of press is intentional," UVW-CWA says in a Bluesky post. "How are they going to make these games when Bethesda and Obsidian collectively laid off hundreds? Don’t fall for it."UVW
  
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• Marathon just lost its game director: Joe Ziegler is Bungie's latest high-profile departure

  17-07-2026 21:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marathon game director Joe Ziegler has stepped down and left Bungie a short two months after the developer announced its final update for fellow FPS Destiny 2. His last day at the company was July 17. Former Destiny 2 design lead Del Chafe III will take over as game director with help from Marathon's current creative director Julia Nardin. Ziegler writes in a Twitter announcement, "Both of them have been operating in a strong leadership capacity for the team and are ready to guide Marathon into
  
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• Diablo 4 players are accidentally trashing their best items due to an "objectively misleading" recipe, and it's the best argument I've seen for yellow paint in games

  17-07-2026 21:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another day, another Diablo 4 stir-up. This time, however, I'm not sure how much blame can be reasonably placed on developer Blizzard, as a big part of the issue stems from some very important – and not even very fine – print that's just not being read.I'm always cautious to throw up a shield around Blizzard when disgruntled Diablo 4 players come a-knockin', but in this case, the root of the controversy can be pretty evenly divvied up between legitimately confusing precedent set by a
  
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• Nintendo of America was so poor in the '80s that it was "bartering" for 2am TV commercials while employees had to dodge "snakes and rats in the bathroom"

  17-07-2026 19:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Famicom was already a success in Japan by the time Nintendo considered bringing it worldwide as the NES, but in the wake of the Atari crash, its fortunes in the US were by no means assured. While Wikipedia shows that the NES launched in the US in 1985, that was effectively just for a test market in New York City, and Nintendo of America was fighting hard against its own budget to get the console off the ground.Last year, a handful of Nintendo of America's earliest employees joined a panel at
  
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• MTG reveals three new sets for 2027, including one that's basically Pacific Rim with mechs vs. monsters

  17-07-2026 19:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  MTG has revealed three new sets for 2027, featuring both fan-favorite and unfamiliar settings that will arrive alongside as-yet unnamed Universes Beyond products.Revealed as a part of Magic Con 2026, these three new sets will launch between February and October of next year. They divide attention between long-requested ideas like an underwater setting and the return of beloved realms – in this case, Kamigawa and Zhalfir. Fans of the best card games will likely recognize the latter two as t
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced players keep spoiling Ubisoft's community treasure hunt with "genuinely insane luck"

  17-07-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced devs at Ubisoft are, technically, currently running a community treasure hunt throughout July with three secret pirate troves ready to be torn open. But it's not the challenge Ubisoft anticipated – fans are way too good at playing pirate, having already dug up all the loot in a matter of days.Ubisoft introduced the community hunt only last week on July 11, writing in a Twitter post, "We've heard word that 3 chests lie hidden across the Caribbean, each c
  
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• Skyrim and The Witcher 3 have both sold 65 million copies, but CD Projekt Red got there faster than Bethesda

  17-07-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm sure nobody needs to be told that Bethesda's seminal RPG Skyrim is a best-seller. I mean, you don't get ported as much without having sustaining market value. But what may be surprising to hear is that The Witcher 3 has actually out-sold the dragon-heavy adventure, at least according to figures provided by the studio.During a time of turmoil for the company and the industry as a whole, due to Xbox's widespread layoffs, Bethesda provided an official update on social media. Buried in the post,
  
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• Square Enix just killed Final Fantasy 14's mobile port before it could even launch globally, offering "sincere apologies for being unable to meet your expectations"

  17-07-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14's planned mobile port – a release that Square Enix hoped for the world to see after its launch in China – is now off the table entirely, apparently.In case you're out of the loop on Final Fantasy 14 Mobile, it first kicked off years ago when "a small team of die-hard" fans proposed the idea to MMO director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida, "armed with a 100-page proposal" – a proposal that interested the lead, to say the least.
  It's largely been off the radar since its
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance calls back to the JRPG series' most sweat-inducing challenge with the jump rope minigame from Final Fantasy 9

  17-07-2026 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy Resonance is going heavy on the Final Fantasy fan service – from the iconic series heroes who temporarily join in on battles to the nostalgic pixel art and fate-defying story – but the fan service goes so deep here that the upcoming game even includes a callback to one of the franchise's most infamous challenges of all time, Final Fantasy 9's jump rope minigame.Final Fantasy Resonance is somewhat of a celebration of the entire series. After all, you can literally summon
  
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• Todd Howard says layoffs at Bethesda were "really tough": "We're going through a change so that we focus best on the franchises"

  17-07-2026 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Bethesda announces what's going on with the future of the studio, director and producer Todd Howard has acknowledged the layoffs that have hit the studio as part of Microsoft's latest batch of staff cuts.Speaking to Bloomberg, Howard calls the cuts at Bethesda Game Studios "really tough" for him and his colleagues. This latest round of cuts saw staff at the studio laid off as part of Xbox's seemingly now-yearly mass layoffs – including 18-year veterans of the company like Ray Lederer. B
  
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• StarCraft 2 patch includes the biggest change since 2015's Legacy of the Void, fans say: "What are they doing in Anaheim?"

  17-07-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's been a new patch for StarCraft 2 from Blizzard, and you might think after 16 years there isn't much the studio can do to truly disrupt the game or its community. Well, you'd be wrong, because a tweak in the latest update is sending shockwave through the player base right now.The alterations listed are based around both Proton and Terran against Zerg, and there aren't all that many. "We are making changes based on player data and feedback," writes Blizzard in the intro. And right at the t
  
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• Matt Damon says he still plans to star in a new Jason Bourne film that he hopes will be "like the first three"

  17-07-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite rumors to the contrary, Matt Damon plans to return as Jason Bourne after all.Rumors swirled that Damon's co-star in The Odyssey, Zendaya, was in talks to replace him as Bourne. But, it looks like that's simply not true. "Yeah, I'm talking to – there's a great director named Ed Berger. He did All Quiet on the Western Front," Damon shared on The Rich Eisen Show, when asked about Bourne. "He's a wonderful director, and we're talking about it. We're trying to nail the story down, becau
  
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• That Lenovo cloud handheld lands this August, and an 120Hz display and TMR thumb sticks won't get me into streaming

  17-07-2026 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've been mulling over the Lenovo C700 since teasers emerged, and it's now got an August release date. Normally, I'd be pretty hyped about a portable with a 7.82-inch 120Hz screen and TMR thumbsticks, but it's all bogged down by the fact it's a cloud streaming device.Yes, rather than being a full-fat gaming handheld that can run games natively without internet, the Lenovo C700 is the exact opposite. Highlighted by Notebookcheck, a fresh reveal provides a better look at the portable alongside som
  
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• Slay the Spire 2 just got its biggest patch yet, with so many new relics, buffed cards, and massive nerfs that players barely know where to start

  17-07-2026 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Slay the Spire 2 patch, and it brings some big changes to the deckbuilding roguelike. Several cards have been either nerfed or buffed, reframing certain strategies and keeping players on their toes, and adding two fresh Neow relics, just to tie all together.Those Neow relics are a good place to start, per the patch notes. The first, Dowsing Rod, puts one Dowsing into your deck after you pick it up, and the second, Neow's Sacrifice, gives you one Ambergris and puts one Guilty into y
  
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• Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was so secret within Nintendo, most employees found out about it for the first time at its E3 reveal: "We popped off"

  17-07-2026 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – now known as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – was such a tightly-guarded secret within Nintendo's corridors that the vast majority of employees only found out about the game's existence along with the fans. Nintendo of America ex-marketing and PR leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang (formerly the director of social media marketing and original content, and senior manager of creator relations and original content, respectiv
  
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• Bethesda provides Starfield proof of life – the space RPG "remains an important part of our future," has been played by over 17 million players, and there's plenty to come in Year 3

  17-07-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda says Starfield "remains an important part of our future," teasing plans for the space RPG's third year following worries from fans that the project would be swept under the rug as part of Xbox's big reset.Over on Twitter, Bethesda speaks about what the road ahead looks like for the studio following sweeping cuts across Xbox's portfolio of studios. As for Starfield, there's seemingly still plenty to come, as Bethesda clearly proclaims, "Starfield continues." That'll be a relief for worri
  
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• My favorite shmup game is coming to a retro console I still can't remotely afford

  17-07-2026 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now and then, I remember that the Polymega exists, usually through eye-catching game announcements. This time, it's caught my eye by way of a compilation featuring my favorite Sega Mega Drive shmup, Truxton, its sequel, and a bunch of other terrific hits by the iconic Japanese arcade publisher.Polymega Collection Vol. 20 specifically features Truxton (Tatsujin), Truxton II (Tatsujin OU), Alcon (Slap Fight), and Grind Stormer (V‑V) (cheers, Time Extension). FYI, the bracketed aliases are th
  
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• 16 years after Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian is returning to the post-apocalyptic RPG series and Todd Howard "could not be more excited"

  17-07-2026 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's official: Obsidian is returning to the Fallout series. 16 years after the launch of the beloved Fallout: New Vegas, the venerable RPG studio is returning to the post-apocalypse for a new entry that appears to be entirely separate from Fallout 5. You can count Todd Howard himself among those excited about the news."The wasteland continues to expand as we team up once again with our longtime friends at Obsidian Entertainment," Bethesda says in its announcement about the future of Fallout. "We
  
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• The Odyssey has a stacked cast, but there's one person in particular being praised by fans

  17-07-2026 16:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Odyssey might have an absolutely stacked cast, but there's one actor in particular who's drawing praise as the film hits theaters. Himesh Patel plays Eurylochus in the movie, a crew member on Odysseus's long voyage home. While Patel hasn't been at the center of the film's marketing, fans are heaping praise on him. "Himesh Patel delivers an incredible performance in The Odyssey. He deserves far more recognition," says one fan. "Himesh Patel gives one of the best performances in The Odyssey, a
  
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• Bethesda says The Elder Scrolls 6 is going great, actually: "We're where we planned to be, loving how it looks, and playing it every day"

  17-07-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda Game Studios has undeniably felt the impact of Microsoft's recent plan to cut over 3,200 employees at Xbox – but according to the company, The Elder Scrolls 6 is still chugging along just fine.The studio reveals as much in quite a lengthy new post over on Twitter, confirming that The Elder Scrolls 6 is currently Bethesda's primary focus – and the developers feel pretty confident about the new RPG, too. That and the next Fallout game, which we now know is for sure happening."
  
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• Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are both getting remasters, Bethesda announces

  17-07-2026 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  After seemingly endless amounts of speculation and rumours, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas remasters have been officially announced by Bethesda.This happened in a Twitter post where Bethesda Game Studios acknowledged the future of the studio following Microsoft's latest massive wave of layoffs – including the future of its big three: Starfield, The Elder Scrolls, and Fallout. While Starfield got some more proof of life and Elder Scrolls got a pretty simple "we're working on it," Fallout
  
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• Fallout 5 is "currently in preproduction": Bethesda breaks silence on long-awaited RPG

  17-07-2026 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout 5 is in preproduction at Bethesda as the studio prioritizes The Elder Scrolls 6. Bethesda broke its silence today, releasing a lengthy look at the studio's pipeline and the plans for its biggest franchises. Fallout is a key focus, with Fallout 5 essentially simmering in the background. "Our teams are now developing The Elder Scrolls VI and Fallout 5 on Creation Engine 3, a shared technology platform we've been building since Starfield's launch," Bethesda explains. "It allows our teams to
  
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• A new GamesRadar+ podcast is here - This is G+RLS

  17-07-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hey I’m Sam, Brand Director here at GamesRadar+ and just one of the people behind our new podcast - G+RLS. Created by myself, a whole host of the women working here at GamesRadar+, and a massive support network we couldn't be without, we're making this podcast for women and anyone else who’s felt underrepresented in the games industry. Through the G+RLS podcast, we'll spotlight the games that shaped our relationship with play, while opening up wider conversations about representation
  
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• A Nintendo patent for a dock compatible with the Switch 2 and the OG Switch has been discovered, and I want one

  17-07-2026 15:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has hundreds upon thousands of hardware patents up its sleeve. Not all of these come to fruition, but I'm totally on board with the one published in China that was discovered by the aptly named Nintendo Patent Watch on BlueSky, which pertains to a dock for the Nintendo Switch 2 that is also compatible with the older Switch handheld.As it stands, the official dock packaged with every Switch 2 handheld is not compatible with the older console, as its power output is only adapted to suit t
  
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• Palworld 1.0 briefly overtook the king of Steam, Counter-Strike 2, and devs can't help but bask in the victory: "Let me enjoy this moment for just a little longer"

  17-07-2026 15:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld recently got its long-awaited 1.0 update, with patch notes so big they can only be described as monstrous – and boy, has it brought in a lot of players.In fact, the survival gem saw its new full release spur enormous player numbers – and loads of positive reviews on Steam to boot. In fact, Pocketpair's game has even managed to overtake Valve's own Counter-Strike 2 in terms of its concurrent players a couple of times on roundups of Steam's most-played games.
  Fans have caught
  
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• Doom: The Dark Ages lead says claims that id Software has been "gutted" by layoffs are "not true," and its engine team is "very much alive and well"

  17-07-2026 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doom: The Dark Ages director and id Software co-studio director Hugo Martin has acknowledged the layoffs the studio is facing, and says things aren't as dire as they sound.As part of a Slayers Club Live stream on the Bethesda YouTube channel (spotted by Kotaku), Martin says: "There's been reports that we've been 'nerfed into the ground' and 'gutted' and we have 50 people and that’s not true." These reports came from a mixture of places. Derek Best, a principal VFX artist at the studio, tal
  
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• The X-Files: I Want to Believe R-Rated Director’s Cut finally lands streaming date, and unveils confusing new title

  17-07-2026 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following a muted non-annoucement and an unspecified delay, the director's cut of the maligned 2008 standalone movie The X Files: I Want to Believe now has an official streaming date on Hulu and Disney Plus, and a bizarre new title along with it.As announced by the big D (h/t Gizmodo), the "never-before-seen R-rated Chris Carter Director’s Cut" of The X Files: I Want to Believe will stream from August 14 on Hulu or Disney Plus, depending on which part of the world you live in and which bun
  
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• Activision seemingly didn't bother fixing a 15-year-old Call of Duty: Black Ops exploit for its new port, modder says, but it's now investigating the leftover PS3 issue

  17-07-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite having 15 years between them, Call of Duty: Black Ops' PS4 and PS5 port is seemingly suffering from the same exploits that its PS3 version has also been a victim of. Activision released both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 for the PS4 and PS5 last week in the form of straightforward ports, not remasters – both games are also on Xbox Series X|S via backward compatibility. While making two fan-favorite games available to more people should've been a slam dunk win for Activisi
  
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