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• "A floating nightmare": Arc Raiders' big Shrouded Sky update has 2 new Arc, a big Dam Battlegrounds change, confirmed beards, and even an outfit for the friendliest players

  23-02-2026 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The big Arc Raiders Shrouded Sky update, out Tuesday, February 24, has even more new stuff than many players anticipated. On top of the hurricane map condition, which has been confirmed to be a permanent rotation option for Blue Gate, Buried City, Spaceport, and Dam Battlegrounds, Embark Studios has revealed two new Arc machines coming in the update, confirmed the heavily teased and long-awaited beards, shared a new raider project and deck, and dropped a map update for Dam Battlegrounds.The new
  
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• After five years, I can finally turn the Zelda Game and Watch into a proper retro handheld thanks to new microSD and memory mods

  23-02-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've been waiting since 2021 to turn the Zelda Game and Watch into a best retro handheld contender, and there's finally a bunch of mods to make it happen. While enthusiasts have hacked the collectable portable in the past, this latest wave of hacks adds more memory and an SD card slot to help it emulate all the best retro consoles, all while still using Nintendo's innards.In a new Zelda Game and Watch modding tutorial, YouTuber Macho Nacho Productions highlights exactly how to arm the collectabl
  
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• Sony's Venom lives on with new animated movie from Final Destination: Bloodlines directors and producer Tom Hardy

  23-02-2026 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two years after the live-action trilogy ended, an animated Venom movie is now in the works at Sony.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are set to helm the upcoming pic with Tom Hardy and frequent collaborator Kelly Marcel to produce. Not much else is known at the moment... though we're dying to know who will provide the voice for Eddie Brock/Venom (seeing as it'll be hard to top Hardy's Busta Rhymes and Redman-inspired vocal styling
  
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• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Origins director says it's "wonderful to be back after all these years" as he returns to "lead the creative direction of the franchise"

  23-02-2026 18:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Four months after allegedly forcing out former Assassin's Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté, Ubisoft has announced the leadership team that'll head the franchise going forward. The three people named here all have extensive histories with Assassin's Creed, but perhaps the most notable is Jean Guesdon, the new head of content, who's returning to the series after having served as creative director on two of its most beloved entries.Guesdon has been named head of content for the Assassin's C
  
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• Nier fans have zero expectations as Square Enix teases Automata will "be continued": "It's probably some merch or some bulls**t"

  23-02-2026 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost a decade after it first came out, Nier: Automata crossed the milestone of selling ten million copies. To celebrate, Square Enix teased that the series will continue, but fans are slightly apprehensive about what might be coming to put it mildly.On the back of the RPG joining the eight-figure-club this year, Square Enix put out a video looking back at Nier: Automata's success. It's essentially a montage of the myriad celebrations, collabs, ports and tie-ins that have occurred since we firs
  
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• I've reviewed a lot of Lego, but I still think this the greatest gaming set ever made

  23-02-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm pretty sure that the Great Deku Tree is the best gaming Lego set ever made.OK, I know it's a bold claim - especially with a brand-new Pokemon range on the horizon. But we've made a lot of gaming-related models here at GamesRadar+ HQ, and honestly? Few of the others have ever come close to the Legend of Zelda kit. It made enough of an impression to go straight onto our list of the best Lego sets, anyway.Lego Great Deku Tree | $299.99 at Amazon
  Although it's a good chunk of change, I'd say thi
  
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• Thal's balls, Final Fantasy 14's beloved in-house rock band that's made up of Square Enix devs is playing one of the UK's biggest festivals

  23-02-2026 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 composer Masayoshi Soken and his band The Primals will be playing music from the MMO at the UK's biggest rock and metal festival, Download.Final Fantasy is arguably the most iconic video game series of all time when it comes to music, and it's no surprise that for decades now people have been going to see the music performed in concert. Final Fantasy 14 in particular keeps growing with every expansion as composer Soken continues to drop bangers. So much so that he has introduced
  
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• Xbox will be "sunsetted" under new CEO, original co-founder expects: "Her job is going to be as a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night"

  23-02-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Original Xbox co-founder and console designer Seamus Blackley reckons it's no coincidence that Microsoft installed a CoreAI executive like Asha Sharma as the new CEO of its gaming arm. Rather, he sees Sharma's promotion as a sign that non-AI businesses like Xbox will be "sunsetted" as Microsoft invests wholly in AI as its ultimate solution to absolutely everything.Speaking with GamesBeat, Blackley sized up the future of Xbox following seismic leadership changes that included the retirement of lo
  
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• After topping Steam in 2022, "Thief with guns" FPS shouted out by Cyberpunk 2077 devs is back with a map-focused update that's reigniting fans' love: "Here goes my sleep schedule again"

  23-02-2026 18:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  First pitched as a "Thief with guns" experience, dark survival FPS Gloomwood launched into Early Access on Steam back in 2022 – and since then, it's managed to rack up thousands of "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews.There have been updates here and there over the past few years, too, breathing new life into the Early Access title – and its latest patch is no exception. Arriving shortly after the bigger Hightown Update, which dropped in January, the more recent Cartographer's Update ad
  
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• Blizzard hands Overwatch's suffering Mercy mains a lifeline, promises to rescue their healer queen from the bottom of many tier lists in Season 2: "LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL"

  23-02-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Overwatch team is finally giving some love to the game's most iconic healer, evergreen support Mercy, after the latest round of balance patches nerfed her six feet under the bottom of most tier lists.Overwatch Season 1 might have kick-started a massive resurgence for the game itself, but its most recognizable medic was in need of some revival. As multiple posts on the r/MercyMains subreddit will tell you, the hero's latest stat changes significantly slowed down her primary healing to the poi
  
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• "Heart is what makes good games": Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says gaming executives shouldn't rely on a "dysfunctional chain of command" to understand game quality

  23-02-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a thread about whether video game executives should have a background in gaming, Larian Studios publishing director Michael Douse weighs in with his belief that CEO's need to independently understand a game's quality, rather than relying on the numbers.Posting to Twitter, Douse writes, "I think that executives should be able to independently form ideas about the quality of a game so that they aren't relying on a dysfunctional chain of command that creates chaotic economic bets apropos of cons
  
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• After Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's controversial Best Indie win at The Game Awards, publisher's CEO admits the J'RPG is "blurring the line," but doesn't think "labels matter as much as the things we're able to create"

  23-02-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Among the many categories Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took at last year's The Game Awards, Best Indie Game is perhaps the most controversial. The sheer scale of the mammoth RPG, as well as the fact it had publisher backing, creates some ambiguity around the classification. On reflection, a higher-up on the publishing side believes it's more important to look at the output than get into the weeds of categorization."It's always a little difficult to create categories around video games because we
  
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• You'll soon be able to own KPop Demon Hunters as the Netflix sensation heads to the Criterion Collection

  23-02-2026 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kpop Demon Hunters may have been a straight-to-streaming movie, but the Netflix hit is finally getting a physical release thanks to the Criterion Collection, Variety reports.The movie is one of several 2025 hits to join the distribution library. Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, is the other latest new addition. Both films are Netflix releases but, while Frankenstein had a short window in theaters last year, Kpop Demon Hunters debuted on the streamer.Both
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's Ultimate Weapon design may have just been shown off in a free-to-play spin-off

  23-02-2026 17:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our first look at Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 may have just been slipped into one of the franchise's free-to-play spin-offs.Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy's finale is still shrouded in layers of mystery. We don't know the game's official name, even though there are a handful of convincing fan theories. We don't know whether it'll end up as a more faithful remake or continue diverting as an alternate timeline sequel of sorts. And, most obviously, we've not seen a single image, concept art, or d
  
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• Now might be the worst time to buy an Alienware laptop, don't waste your money in 2026

  23-02-2026 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Is there ever a bad time to buy a gaming laptop? Well it depends. If the brand you're after is about to launch a new model that solves the biggest issue with its incredibly expensive predecessor? Yes, there certainly is.Alienware has traditionally pumped out some of the best gaming laptops based on sheer performance value. These are chunky rigs designed to keep themselves cooler and smoother than the competition, but there's been a problem ever since I got my hands on my first Alienware rig. The
  
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• Stardew Valley creator offers advice to fan hoping to recover save file of co-op farm with late partner: "I would love to have everything we built together"

  23-02-2026 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Stardew Valley fan who recently lost their partner, with whom they'd been playing a co-op save of the game for several years, received advice from Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone, the creator of the game, on how to recover the save file for their shared farm."This is a wild shot in the dark, but I am desperately hoping someone can help me," Holly Christine wrote on X/Twitter on Sunday.Christine's partner had been running their co-op farm and died suddenly on Thursday, she explained. "While it will
  
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• "It's a bit unfair to have to compete with Isaac": Mewgenics co-creator felt pressure to "prove myself" working with Edmund McMillen on the follow-up to one of the biggest roguelikes ever

  23-02-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mewgenics co-creator Tyler Glaiel says there was pressure on him during development, even if it's not exactly fair to have to compete with co-creator Edmund McMillen's previous roguelike The Binding of Isaac.When it comes to the best roguelike games, The Binding of Isaac is pretty high up there. What started as McMillen testing out roguelikes in order to prepare for a future game became one of the earliest success stories for a genre that now dominates the indie space. The game it was in prepara
  
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• Dune: Awakening "shutting down all servers" for emergency fix to yet another exploit that put entire bases at risk: "Lost my base and 1k hours of progress"

  23-02-2026 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another day, another new Dune: Awakening exploit – except this time, the exploit is serious enough to cause a full-blown server shutdown lasting literal hours.Yes, you read that right… And, of course, as luck would have it, the shutdown is happening right before the weekly Deep Desert reset – the Coriolis Storm. That usually wouldn't be a problem, considering the recently added Base Backup Tool, but this server shutdown has come entirely as a surprise from Funcom. No warning,
  
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• Mortal Kombat's Sub-Zero and Kitana team up after figure skating duo's Winter Olympics silver medal win to pull off a competition illegal move – but don't worry, there's no finisher

  23-02-2026 16:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  During Winter Olympic's figure skating Exhibition Gala, the silver medal winning figure skating pair from Georgia, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, took to the rink dressed as Mortal Kombat's Kitana and Sub-Zero ending the routine with a competition illegal 'Headbanger' lift.The Exhibition Gala is an event that closes the figure skating at the Winter Olympics and the stakes could not be lower. It's usually used as a fun way to close out the competition, where skaters often dress up and pa
  
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• Marvel's Wonder Man drops out of the streaming top 10 after only 2 weeks on Disney Plus despite a promising 91% Rotten Tomatoes score

  23-02-2026 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wonder Man may have gone down a treat with critics, but fans didn't turn out to watch the show in the numbers we've grown to expect from Marvel's Disney Plus output.According to data from Luminate (via Variety), Wonder Man had 549.6 million minutes watched in its first 10 days on Disney Plus after it premiered on January 28, with 135 million of those minutes being watched in the first three days after release.In its second week, it dropped out of Luminate's top 10 entirely, so its viewing figure
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 somehow delays Grok update on Twitter, and Larian feels the same way about that as you: "Can I have just one normal week"

  23-02-2026 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  I like to think we've all taken time off work or rearranged our schedules to make room for video games at one point or another, and Elon Musk is reportedly no exception. The multi-multi-multi-billionaire apparently became so engrossed in Baldur's Gate 3, he parlayed a rollout for Grok because its Dungeons and Dragons knowledge left something to be desired.In a report from Business Insider, it's stated Musk literally moved staff around to make sure Grok's responses on Larian's RPG were of better
  
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• New Xbox boss says great games make you "feel something," unexpectedly calls out Firewatch, the 10-year-old walking sim from former Telltale devs

  23-02-2026 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma has some unexpected shoutouts for her favorite games of all time.Phil Spencer's successor as the head of the Xbox division is none other than the former head of Microsoft's CoreAI product who doesn't have much professional experience in the games industry, but she's trying to let everyone know that she too likes to game, fellow Gamers.Over on social media, she writes that her three favorite games ever are Halo, Valheim, and Goldeneye 007. Seems like a pre
  
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• Wednesday season 3 teaser confirms filming has begun, but we're busy thinking about Winona Ryder's casting and a mystery character being teased

  23-02-2026 15:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Turn those frowns upside down: Wednesday season 3 is now filming, while Netflix has also treated us to a hearty helping of casting news in Nevermore.First, the headline act: Winona Ryder reunites with both producer Tim Burton and Beetlejuice co-star Jenna Ortega in the latest season as 'Tabitha', though her character's background remains unknown.Ryder, fresh off appearing in Stranger Things, is joined by fellow newcomers Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride), Peaky Blinders actor Noah Taylor, A Kn
  
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• "I ain't no b**ch": Slay the Spire 2 pushes multiple indies to delay their games, but one brave roguelike deckbuilder stands firm

  23-02-2026 15:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  As other indies run from the release ofSlay the Spire 2, the developer behind deckbuilder Grimslair is standing firm to face the behemoth head-on.Just like Silksong last year, Slay the Spire 2 is one of the most anticipated indie sequels of all time, so naturally, some people are trying to avoid the fight. Omelet You Cook was released over a month early to avoid its then-vague "March" release date. Handmancers developer 58BLADES, meanwhile, delayed the deckbuilder following the announcement of S
  
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• The longer Valve waits, the more this could happen: Virtual Desktop has just sniped one of the Steam Frame's coolest gaming features in a win for all eye-tracking VR headsets

  23-02-2026 15:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're still awaiting confirmation from Valve on when its new Steam Frame VR headset will land on the shelves. Although it was initially slated for an "early 2026" launch along with the new Steam Machine and Controller, the global memory shortage due to AI is wreaking havoc on the company's plans.I fully appreciate that launching a new headset right now would mean a catastrophic price of the Steam Frame, and nobody wants that. But while Valve stalls, the rest of the industry is making moves. Virt
  
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• As Zelda gets zilch for 40th birthday, former PR leads say Nintendo's approach to anniversaries is very different from The Pokemon Company's: "It's like this way of life"

  23-02-2026 15:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda is this month, but you wouldn't know it from Nintendo's reaction (or lack thereof) – a sad reality for the decades-old franchise, but not one that applies to every game series from the company.Pokemon serves as a good example here, with celebrations already practically rolling out for the 30th anniversary of the beloved creature collector series. I mean, just look at these special themed logos in honor of its birthday – one that marks 10 ye
  
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• Just like Ditto, these Switch 2 accessories will transform my time with Pokemon Pokopia

  23-02-2026 14:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Pokopia is incoming on March 5, 2026, and I've already gathered some of the best Switch 2 accessories to transform my time with the game. I could have had just as nice an experience with my bare bones handheld, but I want to make sure I'm as comfortable as possible when it comes to playing the first major Pokemon game release of 2026 - if you exclude Fire Red and Leaf Green.With the game being an Animal Crossing-like take on the Pokemon world, I'm bound to spend hundreds of hours on it,
  
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• AMD is apparently cutting off Ryzen Z1 Extreme handhelds from driver updates, and I can't help but blame the Xbox Ally

  23-02-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reports that AMD is ending driver updates to Ryzen Z1 Extreme handhelds are surfacing online, and the Legion Go is first on the chopping block. While concerns were initially sparked after Lenovo Korea revealed it's no longer supporting the 2023 handheld, users of other devices like the OG ROG Ally claim it's in the same situation.Highlighted by r/hardware, the concerns surrounding some of the best gaming handheld contenders stem from a response by Lenovo Korea to a player. In a screenshot shared
  
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• Evangelion 30th anniversary short reveals Asuka and Shinji get together, but Studio Khara threatens "legal action" to anyone who shares it

  23-02-2026 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  A surprise new Evangelion short has given Asuka x Shinji shippers some long overdue crumbs, but good luck trying to watch it anywhere.At the 30th Anniversary of Evangelion event in Yokohama, Japan, series creator Hideaki Anno unveiled an Asuka-themed short that showed the hot-headed EVA pilot being dragged through different scenarios, possible futures, and 'happy endings.' They include various EVA fights and even one where Asuka is an Evangelion.One of those futures, back on the mainline Evangel
  
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