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• Five Arrested in Connection to a Murder That Dates Back Three Decades

  14-10-2017 17:51 via yahoo.com
  Two law enforcement officers were arrested with three other suspects in what investigators are calling a racially-motivated killing of a man in rural Georgia 34 years ago.
  
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• Pluribus actors know nothing about season 2 – and they wouldn't have it any other way: "Vince Gilligan keeps everything to himself"

  24-12-2025 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like us, you may be desperate for Pluribus season 2 news. However, even the main cast of Apple TV's sci-fi phenomenon haven't been let in on future plans for the show."I think that's [creator] Vince [Gilligan]. I love that about Vince because he keeps everything to himself and then it gets revealed little bit by little bit," Zosia actor Karolina Wydra tells GamesRadar+.Far from frustrating the actors involved, Wydra sees it as an opportunity to not get too far ahead of herself when portraying a
  
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• Even Rhea Seehorn doesn't know what Carol's bombshell Pluribus finale moment means: "She's just so impulsive"

  24-12-2025 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn has reacted to the finale's closing moments, which see Carol make a destructive decision that could have far-reaching consequences in the second season.Spoilers for the Pluribus season 1 ending follow.Carol, it's fair to say, is in a foul mood in the final few minutes of Pluribus' first season. Understandably so, with the revelation that the eggs she froze years prior to one day start a family with her wife Helen (Miriam Shor) are being co-opted by The Others and used
  
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• Bethesda lead says in the "time between Fallout 4 and Starfield," the "one thing" the studio has learned is that "there is no one definition of an RPG"

  24-12-2025 01:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oh no, the 'what makes an RPG' discourse has been reignited, thanks to Bethesda Game Studios veteran Emil Pagliarulo recently opening up that particular can of worms in an interview with GamesRadar+. It's the holidays, not Halloween, Emil, read the room.Anyway, yes, people have been arguing for years about what parameters specifically define the RPG genre. Leveling systems, skills, customizable characters, those are all hallmarks of an RPG, but it's not uncommon for RPG developers to borrow all
  
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• Bloober Team CEO says the studio's mystery Nintendo-exclusive horror game is Resident Evil and Silent Hill-inspired, but adds a never-before-seen "bold twist" "that could only exist on Nintendo hardware"

  24-12-2025 01:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bloober Team has yet to officially reveal Project M, its upcoming Nintendo platform-exclusive horror game, but that hasn't stopped the studio's CEO, Piotr Babieno from dropping the odd detail here and there. Quietly announced in July 2024, we haven't heard a whole lot about the game itself beyond the fact that it's "extremely important" to Bloober Team's release slate, so I'm happy to finally be able to share an update from the studio itself.Talking to Nintendo Insider, Babieno sounded incredibl
  
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• Beloved Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is free until tomorrow

  23-12-2025 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the acclaimed spiritual successor to Castlevania, is free for a very limited time on the Epic Games Store, giving you less than 24 hours to claim this beloved Metroidvania as a nice little holiday present for yourself.In celebration of the festive time of year, Epic has been giving away a free game every day for a couple of weeks, with today's being Bloodstained. All you have to do to snag it for yourself is head here and hit "get," at which point you'll be pro
  
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• GTA Tokyo "almost actually happened" until the idea fizzled out: "It doesn't make sense to set it in some left-field location for novelty"

  23-12-2025 22:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Do you have big dreams of the Grand Theft Auto games crashing through Colombia? Veering through Vienna, going international? Well, crush them. Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij says it'll never happen."It doesn't make sense to set it in some left-field location for novelty. GTA: Toronto? It just wouldn't work," Vermeij says decisively in a new interview with GamesHub. Rockstar is probably not willing to add financial risk to an already disgustingly lucrative franchise. "It's just n
  
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• "Hardware prices will not fall": Industry analysts are "extremely concerned about" console prices, wouldn't be shocked if the Nintendo Switch 2 costs more in 2026

  23-12-2025 21:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Do you want the bad news, or the worse news first? There's no good way to do this, so why don't we just hear both at the same time: game hardware got much more expensive in 2025, and we should prepare for similar price hikes in 2026.Circana industry analyst Mat Piscatella tells GamesRadar+, "I'm not afraid to say I'm extremely concerned about" rising hardware prices in 2026. Already, the standard Xbox Series X has gone up to $600 from $500, each version of the PS5 went up $50, and the original N
  
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• 007: First Light delayed 2 months for additional polish, IO says it's the studio's "most ambitious project to date"

  23-12-2025 20:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  IO Interactive has delayed 007: First Light two months to May 27, 2026.In an update shared to Bluesky, the Hitman developer explained that it needs a little more time to polish 007: First Light before release."007: First Light is our most ambitious project to date," the studio said," and the team has been fully focused on delivering an unforgettable James Bond experience, bringing together breathtaking action, globe-trotting, spycraft, gadgets, car chases, and more. As an independent developer a
  
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• "Don't be lazy f**ko's": Retro games legend reacts to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 AI controversy, reminding devs to "pay for your stuff"

  23-12-2025 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive used some generative AI technology while creating the monumentally successful JRPG, and the gaming industry has some thoughts.Most notably, the Indie Game Awards rescinded Expedition 33's Game of the Year win after discovering, as Sandfall explained to Spanish magazine El País, generative AI was used to create a few temporary textures – which were then removed within five days of the game's launch. Still, for some developers
  
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• GTA 6 likely won't cost $100, former Rockstar technical director says, and it's all thanks to GTA Online: "This is just something that the internet has decided"

  23-12-2025 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are many questions surrounding GTA 6. How will it feel to play? When are we getting another trailer? What's going to happen with GTA Online? But one of the most important is, how much is it going to cost? Speculation that it'll be $100 has lingered for a number of months, but a former Rockstar employee states this won't be the case."I think that they probably won't do that because, although they haven't said anything about it either, they will have a GTA VI online component and they'll be
  
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• Roguelike legend says you may just see "a turn-based game with cats f****ing" in new strategy game Mewgenics, but it’s actually "very D&D"

  23-12-2025 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy creator Edmund McMillen has explained some of the influences for his upcoming cat-based strategy game, Mewgenics.Speaking to the Windbreaker Podcast, McMillen is asked to give the pitch of what Mewgenics is and opened the interview by establishing that despite the game being about a cat breeder, "there are no penises, I never drew one of their penises" which pretty much sets the tone right away for what an Edmund McMillen game is like… although he d
  
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• Hideo Kojima calls Death Stranding 2 his "masterpiece," but that's only because his "latest work" is always his best

  23-12-2025 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima has a lot of amazing games under his belt. Near enough every Metal Gear Solid installment is considered a classic, and the first Death Stranding has its fair share of fans. But when it comes to his "masterpiece," for him it's Death Stranding 2, entirely because it's his most current release.During an interview with Wired where he answers fan questions from across the world wide web, Kojima responded to someone asking about what he considers his finest work. "My latest work is my mas
  
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• GameStop is back with its ridiculous $6 amiibo deals, and I want the lot

  23-12-2025 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  GameStop has once again cemented itself as the best place for amiibo collectors. Months after its last major savings of the NFC-integrated collectibles, it has unleashed another wave of discounts, which are making me jealous that I don't live in the US for the very first time in a long time.The Street Fighter 6 and Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom amiibo that originally launched alongside the Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this year are now all down to just $6 at GameStop, which even includes the
  
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• Banjo-Kazooie creator reveals that the mythical "Stop 'N' Swop" feature was originally bigger than we ever knew, with Donkey Kong 64 being a planned part of the process

  23-12-2025 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Banjo-Kazooie director and long-time Rare staffer Gregg Mayles has revealed the original design document for the mythical Stop 'N' Swop system, revealing that Donkey Kong was also involved in the process.Mayles, who left Rare earlier this year following the cancellation of Everwild (which in itself was a part of Microsoft's sweeping layoffs), posted a document on Twitter (spotted by DK Vine) revealing plans for the "Coldswap" mechanic, which was known as the Stop 'N' Swop in Banjo-Kazooie. Not o
  
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• The first Avengers: Doomsday trailer is now officially online, as the Russo Brothers explain why they brought Cap back: "It was always going to come back to this”

  23-12-2025 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday has been playing in front of theater screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash since Friday, but if you haven't taken that return trip to Pandora yet, it's now available to watch online. And the Russo Brothers have explained why they're bringing Captain America back, six years after Avengers: Endgame.The short tease, which, let's be honest, everyone on planet Earth has already seen after it somehow leaked over a week ago, confirms the worst-kept secret in comic b
  
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• The first Avengers: Doomsday trailer is now officially online, as the Russo Brothers explain why they brought Cap back: "It was always going to come back to this"

  23-12-2025 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday has been playing in front of theater screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash since Friday, but if you haven't taken that return trip to Pandora yet, it's now available to watch online. And the Russo Brothers have explained why they're bringing Captain America back, six years after Avengers: Endgame.The short tease, which, let's be honest, everyone on planet Earth has already seen after it somehow leaked over a week ago, confirms the worst-kept secret in comic b
  
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• We're getting Divinity over more Baldur's Gate 3 because Larian devs weren't enjoying "doing the D&D thing"

  23-12-2025 15:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Larian Studios is not an outfit known to rest on its laurels. Just two years after finding huge success with Baldur's Gate 3, the company has announced a new Divinity game, with a massive showing at The Game Awards. Expectations are high, but founder Swen Vincke is excited, in part because the team isn't as tied to the structure of Dungeons and Dragons anymore."Every game has its own identity and its own language that you have to talk to," he tells GamesRadar+ when asked about challenges facing
  
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• Fallout 4's interweaving quests were a massive departure from Oblivion and Skyrim, but it makes the RPG "the most replayable of all the Fallout games"

  23-12-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout and Elder Scrolls series writer Emil Pagliarulo reckons Fallout 4 is the most replayable game in the series due to factions interweaving with each other.Speaking to GamesRadar+, Pagliarulo explains, "The interesting thing about Fallout 3 is there are no faction quests," while making note of Oblivion and Skyrim's questlines like the Thieves Guild, Fighters Guild, and Dark Brotherhood. He continues, "For Fallout 4, it was the first time we said, 'You play Skyrim, and you play these faction
  
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• After pushing for Arc Raiders to win GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, former FPS pro Shroud admits the J'RPG is actually pretty good after finally playing it

  23-12-2025 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiek, former FPS pro player and noted Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 hater, is finally coming around on the JRPG-inspired game. After putting some hours into the fantasy adventure, he's conceding that, yes, it's actually worthy of all the plaudits it's received.The revelation came during a livestream where he dug into Sandfall Entertainment's multi-award-winning release. "Dare I say, Asmongold was right," Grzesiek states. "He said, if I play this game after it wins Game of the
  
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• EA shareholders approve $55 billion buyout that'll reportedly leave the Battlefield 6 and EA Sports FC developer and publisher in $20 billion debt

  23-12-2025 12:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  EA's shareholders have reportedly approved the$55 billion buyout from the group of investors led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.Earlier this year, it was confirmed that EA is going private following a buyout by a consortium of investors: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners (founded by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of the current US President, Donald Trump). The Saudi Arabia PIF is expected to own a vast majority of the company, more specifically
  
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• Stranger Things season 5 remaining runtimes confirmed, and the final episode is now 3 minutes longer than previously announced

  23-12-2025 11:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  With just over a week to go until the final episode of Stranger Things season 5 hits Netflix (and select theaters), series co-creator Ross Duffer has officially confirmed the runtimes of all four remaining episodes. And, let's just say all those snacks lying around the house for Christmas are going to come in handy.The headline news is that the final episode, 'The Rightside Up', which is streaming from December 31, clocks in at a whopping 128 minutes. Netflix previously announced that Stranger T
  
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• "Devastating": Industry leaders including EA, Respawn, and Infinity Ward pay tribute to Battlefield lead Vince Zampella, "a titan and legend of this industry"

  23-12-2025 01:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Industry leaders are reacting to the tragic passing of Battlefield series head Vince Zampella, who was killed in a car accident on Sunday, December 21.Zampella is an industry veteran who was instrumental in the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, with credits going all the way back to 2002's Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. He also co-founded Respawn and oversaw development on Titanfall 2, Apex Legends, and the Star Wars Jedi series. Under EA, Zampella was Head of Battlefield from 2021 until
  
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• Arc Raiders left with a grand question after sacrificing their characters for light Expedition loot: "Was it worth it?"

  22-12-2025 23:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some Arc Raiders players feel duped by the rewards for participating in the game's first Expedition Project - essentially its first major voluntary character wipe - and others are just happy to have the option to reset and get back to collecting.Arc Raiders studio Embark was pretty transparent from the jump about what the Expedition Project is and will continue to be: an option for raiders who feel they've seen and done it all to start over from scratch. Again, it's voluntary, so you have the ch
  
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• Respawn co-founder, Call of Duty creator, and Battlefield series head Vince Zampella dies at 55

  22-12-2025 21:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Respawn co-founder and Battlefield series lead Vince Zampella, who was instrumental in the creation of the Call of Duty game franchise, has died.Per NBC Los Angeles, Zampella was killed in a single-car crash north of Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, December 21. The driver of the vehicle died on the scene, while the passenger later died in the hospital, though it isn't clear which was Zampella. Details have yet to emerge confirming the exact cause of the crash. The veteran video game developer w
  
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• Somehow, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on Switch 2 has already plummeted 75% just in time for the holidays – you can get CDPR's RPG masterpiece for just $17 right now

  22-12-2025 20:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition was a Switch 2 launch game back in June with a $70 price tag, and even at that price, it was an easy recommend for people who'd been holding off on playing it due to the sorry state of the game at launch, but that price has now miraculously plummeted 75% all the way down to $17 just in time for the holidays.About twice a year, I stop doing my regular job of reporting hard-hitting stories and lend an assist to the wonderful GamesRadar+ hardware team during Prime D
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie star Jack Black says fans of the classic Wii game will be "very pleased" with the new movie

  22-12-2025 19:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Given that it's inspired by one of the best Mario games ever, there are high expectations for Illumation's animated sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. But the voice behind Mario's (currently miniaturised) nemesis, Jack Black, says fans of the game have plenty to look forward to.Speaking exclusively to GamesRadar+ in London, Black touched on next year's sequel to the $1.36bn-grossing Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is taking its cues from 2007's Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. "I am a sworn to s
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 star is "super excited" about that "delicious" Divinity trailer that saw a man get roasted like a rotisserie chicken, though Larian hasn't invited her back to the franchise "yet"

  22-12-2025 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prolific video game actor and Divinity: Original Sin alumna Alix Wilton Regan really liked that debut Divinity trailer from The Game Awards, where a guy in a wicker man statue gets cooked on an open flame as if he were a tender piece of dinner meat."I really dug it," Wilton Regan, who contributed to Original Sin and starred in Original Sin 2 as lizard-slave elf Sebille, tells The Game in a new interview. "It felt like a kind of spin on the really famous film, The Wicker Man." In the iconic 1973
  
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• "They're a bit outdated": Larian boss Swen Vincke doesn't believe "you should play" the older Divinity games before the new one "unless you want the lore"

  22-12-2025 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Divinity on the way from Larian Studios, as heralded by the now infamous statue at The Game Awards. To prepare for this latest installment in the Baldur's Gate sister series, Larian founder Swan Vincke has some particular advice for anyone wanting to brush up on its earlier games."If you play [the two Divinity: Original Sin games] you will see things in this Divinity that reference those two," Vincke tells GamesRadar+. "If you played the first Divinity, you will see it referenced p
  
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• Older Divinity games are "a bit outdated," Larian boss Swen Vincke says, so you don't have to play them ahead of Baldur's Gate 3's studio next RPG unless "you really want to know everything"

  22-12-2025 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Divinity on the way from Larian Studios, as heralded by the now infamous statue at The Game Awards. To prepare for this latest installment in the Baldur's Gate sister series, Larian founder Swan Vincke has some particular advice for anyone wanting to brush up on its earlier games."If you play [the two Divinity: Original Sin games], you will see things in this Divinity that reference those two," Vincke tells GamesRadar+. "If you played the first Divinity, you will see it referenced
  
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