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• Forza Horizon 3 Introducing Weekly Challenges

  17-08-2016 17:51
  
  Forza Horizon 3 will introduce Forzathon, a new weekly competitions feature that will begin in October.
  Speaking to IGN at Gamescom today, Playground Games creative director Ralph Fulton explained that the game will include a calendar of challenges at least a month in advance. Currently, rewards include a comedy horn pack and a Nissan Silvia S14 unlock.
  Most intriguingly, from October 28-30, Fulton says players will be able to unlock a "literally incredible vehicle" that's not previously be
  
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• Director of zombie horror We Bury the Dead admits that the "last thing" he added to the script were the zombies: "You better have something new to say, or get out of here"

  26-01-2026 14:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  On paper, new horror movie We Bury the Dead is a zombie movie; it's big on post-apocalyptic vibes, as it charts a woman's desperate search for her husband after an experimental weapon is detonated in Tasmania and turns locals into violent, walking corpses. Its moving, melancholic focus on the brain-chomper's cut-short time, though, feels more in-keeping with a ghost flick.It's not a big surprise to learn, then, that the final thing writer-director Zak Hilditch added to the script were the undead
  
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• The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is back under $300, but it's got some healthy competition

  26-01-2026 14:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro has just dropped below that sweet $300 price mark, and that's definitely a deal that's worth your attention.The flagship pair of cups continues to top our best gaming headset list even in 2026, thanks to its mighty sound, multi-platform compatibility, hot-swappable batteries that eliminate charging woes, and its high-quality retractable mic. If that all sounds good to you, you can grab it for $299.99 at Best Buy right this very second, saving $80 off its full pric
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 modder pillages the depths of Early Access to bring "over 100 conversations and more than 1,000 lines of voiced dialogue back from the dead"

  26-01-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A modder has restored some of the cut early access content from Baldur's Gate 3, including more than 1,000 lines of dialogue.As spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, NexusMods user HyperspaceTowel – who previously released early access content bit by bit previously – has released the "Early Access Scenes Restored" mod, which brings back scenes, encounters, and NPCs that were cut from the final release of the 2023 RPG. This includes "over 100 conversations and more than 1,000 lines of voiced
  
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• New Dragon Ball game coming in 2027 features character designs from late series creator Akira Toriyama, and could be a new Xenoverse game given the timeframe

  26-01-2026 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  A brand new Dragon Ball game has been confirmed at the series' 40th anniversary event, with a character designed by series creator Akira Toriyama, who passed away in 2024.At Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri – the series' 40th anniversary event – this past weekend, the series received a ton of news. Not only will the Dragon Ball Super anime be continuing into the Galactic Patrol arc, but the anime's first arc – that retold the 2013 movie Battle of Gods – will be remade as Dragon
  
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• Spider-Man director Sam Raimi reveals he tried to make a Batman film but "couldn’t get the rights"

  26-01-2026 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director of the beloved 00s Spider-Man trilogy Sam Raimi has admitted that he once thought about switching sides from Marvel to DC to direct a Batman movie.“I love Batman. I tried to make a Batman film. I couldn't get the rights," said the Evil Dead helmer to Movie Web. "I love The Shadow. I also couldn't get the rights to that one. Superman's always been one of my favorites. Yeah, there's a tremendous amount of DC characters that I love." It is not clear what type of Batman film Raimi wan
  
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• Taika Waititi says his upcoming Star Wars film will "harness a little more of the fun" of the original trilogy

  26-01-2026 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Taika Waititi has teased his long-gestating Star Wars film, promising it's going to balance the director's usual comedy stylings with some high stakes in a galaxy far, far away.Speaking to Variety, the Thor: Love and Thunder director said his untitled Star Wars project will harken back to the fun-filled days of the original trilogy.“I’m just trying to go back and harness a little bit more of the fun from the original films, which is what I remember [from] them,” Waititi said.He
  
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• We Bury the Dead director says Star Wars' Daisy Ridley was "pushed to her limit" shooting the new zombie horror: "I hadn't seen her anything quite like this"

  26-01-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars' Daisy Ridley was "pushed to her limit" filming new zombie horror We Bury the Dead – though the promise of that was a big reason she signed onto the project, says writer-director Zak Hilditch.Also starring Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), the movie offers up a unique take on post-apocalyptic dread, as it sees Ridley's physical therapist Ava travel to Tasmania, Australia to try and track down her husband Mitch. She's not heard from him since the
  
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• Arc Raiders' Headwinds update lands tomorrow, and fan theories we're getting 4-player squads aren't landing well with everyone: "They'd need to significantly increase loot spawns"

  26-01-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Headwinds update arrives to Arc Raiders very soon - tomorrow, in fact - and not only does the latest tease give us the release date, it suggests a much-requested feature is coming too. You may finally be able to head in a formal team of up to four, rather than working as more informal allies.Indeed, the official Arc Raiders social media accounts have posted that Headwind goes live on January 27. Besides that neat little bit of loot, there’s an image, containing one raider facing three
  
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• Xbox Game Studios boss has played a "bunch" of the Fable reboot, and his "brain pops" thinking about its 1,000 NPCS: "Fable is going to be an incredible RPG"

  26-01-2026 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Craig Duncan – head of Xbox Game Studios – is very excited about Fable, and he reckons it's going to be a brilliant RPG.Fable finally had its coming-out party after what feels like forever last week, with the Xbox Developer Direct, and it's looking quite impressive. But of course, Fable as a franchise has a history of looking incredible pre-release and disappointing upon release – mostly thanks to the old Molyneux razzle dazzle – so naturally there's some hesitation. Howe
  
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• Amazon is seemingly doubling down on its AI anime dubs, despite backlash – but deletes job listing to "drive global expansion of AI-enabled dubbing capabilities" after less than a week

  26-01-2026 12:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon has seemingly doubled down on its AI anime dubbing, despite backlash from viewers, by hiring for a Creative Director, Dubbing, for its Prime Video streaming platform. However, as of time of writing, the listing has been removed."You will lead the development of hybrid workflows that blend AI efficiency with artistic and culturally-relevant refinement, oversee quality and ethical guidelines, and drive global expansion of AI-enabled dubbing capabilities," the job description read (via Anime
  
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• "We have cleared the requirement": Stop Killing Games' EU initiative has almost 1.3 million verified signatures, clearing it for the next phase that's expected to take place next month

  26-01-2026 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The final count is in for Stop Killing Games' European Citizens' Initiative, which is now confirmed to have accumulated almost 1.3 million verified signatures before its collection was closed at the end of July 2025, meaning it can officially move forward to the next stage in the process.In a post on Reddit, Stop Killing Games director general Moritz Katzner explains that "things are moving quite fast right now," so much so that the group is sharing the final count "ahead of schedule." It's good
  
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• After 40 years of bangers, legendary Mario Kart and Luigi's Mansion director seems to have left Nintendo

  26-01-2026 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideki Konno, a longtime director and producer at Nintendo whose credits include Mario Kart, Yoshi's Island and Luigi's Mansion, apparently left the company last year after almost 40 years of service. He has not given a reason for his departure.Konno announces his change of career on his personal Facebook page (thanks My Nintendo News,) in a post that simply says that he left his job at Nintendo in July 2025. No further details are given, and he hasn't announced if he is working at a new company
  
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• After Chris Pratt promised more characters were on the way, The Super Mario Galaxy movie delivers with an incredible game deep-cut

  26-01-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Aside from giving us the long-awaited first look at Yoshi, the new Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer includes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of an incredibly deep-cut character who we never expected to see.Around the 1 minute 35 seconds mark, we see Super Mario baddie Birdo shooting eggs at Princess Peach, who effortlessly dodges them with her pink umbrella. But who is standing behind the Princess? Only the boss from The Super Mario Bros. 2 video game, Mouser. Watch the trailer below and see if
  
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• Star Wars: Starfighter is the most original Star Wars project in years as "no legacy characters" are confirmed

  26-01-2026 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: Starfighter doubles down on doing its own thing with confirmation that "no legacy characters" are present in the Ryan Gosling-led movie.Starfighter writer Jonathan Tropper told Screen Rant: "Essentially, I think it's known that we have no legacy characters. You're not going to see any of the characters you've seen in the other movies."That doesn't mean all Star Wars iconography is on the outs in a galaxy far, far away. When director Shawn Levy revealed Tom Cruise stepped on set and ha
  
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• Old School RuneScape 2026 roadmap includes the MMO's first raid in 4 years, Sailing expansions, and the end of a questline that began 21 years ago

  25-01-2026 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hot off the release of Old School RuneScape's first new skill, Sailing, developer Jagex announced a suite of content coming to the sandbox MMO in 2026, including new installments in fan-favorite events and a long-awaited raid.As Jagex announced at its winter summit showcase, Sailing is a focus for the year and even has its own miniature roadmap. In spring, boat combat will get some welcome improvements. Summer will see a broader Sailing combat update, the second quest in the Tortugan line, and t
  
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• Sam Raimi's Send Help was originally written as a psychological thriller, but the Evil Dead director couldn't help but make it funny during filming: "A lot of comedy showed up!"

  25-01-2026 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sam Raimi's new movie Send Help follows a woman and her sexist boss who find themselves fighting for survival on a deserted island after their plane crashes. Sounds pretty grim, right? Well, despite screenwriter duo Damian Shannon and Mark Swift's intentions for the story to be a psychological thriller, Raimi couldn't help but inject a healthy dose of black humor into the movie."It's so much in Sam’s wheelhouse. We worked with his editor, his long-time collaborator Bob Murawski, and Bob is
  
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• Playground Games' Fable has "kind of nicked" The Office's mockumentary-style interviews: "A lot of people assume we just did that for those trailers"

  25-01-2026 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  UK-based game maker Playground Games is really, really leaning into the Fable series' signature British wit, even going as far as copying the mockumentary-style interviews pioneered in countless comedy shows like The Office.Cast your mind back and you'll remember the Fable trailer that follows a giant version of Richard Ayoade (of The IT Crowd fame), while he sits down in an interview and waxes lyrical about the nature of heroes. Another has Matt King (AKA Super Hans from The Peep Show) doing th
  
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• Fable's reboot doesn't have morality-based character morphing and fans are divided: "It's what helped set Fable apart from other Middle Ages Western RPGs"

  25-01-2026 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a big departure for the series, the new Fable won't change your character's appearance based on your morality. So, you won't suddenly grow devil horns after attacking a group of innocents and you won't spawn an angelic halo for your good deeds either, but fans are pretty divided about the feature's absence.Playground Games' general manager and founder Ralph Fulton explained to IGN why morality-based character morphing was gone, arguing that in the new game, "there is no objective good and evi
  
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• Xbox Game Studios lead can't say when State of Decay 3 will rear its head again, but he "will certainly see a lot more of it in the coming year"

  25-01-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  State of Decay 3 has been fairly quiet since its announcement five years ago, aside from one brief trailer aimed at its zombie-infested open world in 2024, but the head of Xbox Game Studios has given us a small update on how the survival game's progressing.When we sat down with Xbox Game Studios lead and former Rare boss Craig Duncan to talk about the publisher's multiplatform strategy and Developer Direct reveals, like the gorgeous deep dive on Fable, we took the chance to ask whether State of
  
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• Fable's new morality system is "entirely subjective" and "probably representative of how morality exists in the world that we live in today"

  25-01-2026 15:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Playground Games is doing a lot to adapt classic Fable in modern ways with its upcoming reboot, but that doesn't mean the Forza Horizon maker is being completely faithful. Classic Fable's binary good and evil morality has been hugely overhauled, for instance, partly to represent how "morality exists in the world that we live in today.""We talked about how it kind of felt like some games had moved on in a more sophisticated way to discuss morality," studio general manager Ralph Fulton told GamesR
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie second trailer really does look out of this world

  25-01-2026 15:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  As promised earlier this week, a fresh new look at the Mario Bros.' next big adventure has arrived via Nintendo Direct. What’s on show should be more than enough to get fans feeling giddy over another trip with that adorable plumber that sounds surprisingly like Star-Lord, and who is, coincidentally, heading out into the galaxy himself.Besides Chris Pratt reprising his role as the legendary hero in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, we've also got Anya Taylor-Joy back as Princess Peach, Charlie
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie second trailer finally reveals Yoshi and he's adorable

  25-01-2026 15:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  As promised earlier this week, a fresh new look at the Mario Bros.' next big adventure has arrived via Nintendo Direct. What’s on show should be more than enough to get fans feeling giddy over another trip with that adorable plumber that sounds surprisingly like Star-Lord, and who is, coincidentally, heading out into the galaxy himself. Oh, and he's got a new dinosaur friend.Besides Chris Pratt reprising his role as the legendary hero in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, we've also got Anya Ta
  
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• Tom Cruise movie Digger is “nothing like that experience I've ever had before” according to Rogue One star Riz Ahmed

  25-01-2026 11:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The stupidly talented Riz Ahmed has recently spoken out about the wonders he’s witnessed while on the set of Digger, the new film from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu. After putting together unthinkable projects like one-take wonder, Birdman, and the beautifully bleak western, The Revenant, the director’s new film is a wild and completely original tale, which is a rarity for Cruise, who hasn’t told an original non-IP-based story in over ten years.Digger follows Cru
  
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• Dragon Ball Super: Beerus set to "enhance" Battle of Gods in new anime

  25-01-2026 10:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you thought a new Dragon Ball Super anime was all we were getting this weekend, then you’re in for a wonderful surprise. Besides Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol getting the greenlight at the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event, it’s been announced that the hide-and-seek-hating God of Destruction, Beerus, is also getting some attention in an all-new anime that will revisit his introduction.Released in 2013, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods marked the first appearance of Beerus, wh
  
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• The Strangers – Chapter 3 star hits back at horror fans who slammed Chapters 1 and 2 for not feeling like finished movies: "They're not!"

  25-01-2026 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star of the new Strangers trilogy Madelaine Petsch has responded to complaints that previous Chapters 1 and 2 felt unfinished, and hopes that Chapter 3 will give horror fans the answers they are looking for."With the first two films, the biggest complaint I received was 'It doesn't feel like a finished film,'" said Petsch in an interview with SFX Magazine. "And the answer is 'Because it's not!' It's act one, act two, and act three of a giant story. I've never seen that done before, where you're
  
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• New Dragon Ball Super anime announced

  25-01-2026 08:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stock up on your senzu beans and make sure to get some stretches in, as a huge announcement has just been made regarding a brand new Dragon Ball Super anime that’s heading our way. The news was revealed during the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event in Japan, which featured voice actor Masako Nozawa and Dragon Ball producer Akio Iyoku turning up to make an appearance.Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol will be set after the events of Dragon Ball Super’s Universe Survival Arc. This ne
  
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• Spider-Man director Sam Raimi gives thoughts on returning to the franchise

  25-01-2026 07:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s been five years since Tobey Maguire slipped back into his red and blue suit as what many deem the OG Spider-Man (we see you, Nicholas Hammond) in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Ever since then, fans have had high hopes that his take on the wall-crawling menace would swing back into action under the direction of Sam Raimi, potentially giving us the fourth chapter from their take on the character that we never ended up getting. Well, now the director himself has finally cleared up just when w
  
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• Fable lets you enter and even buy any building in its world because that was one of the "requirements that we took from the original games," dev says

  24-01-2026 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Fable, this time rebooted by Forza Horizon maker Playground Games, is surprisingly faithful to Lionhead Studios' original classics despite coming more than a decade after the last mainline game, right down to the fact that you can become a property hoarder and buy every single building in the open world of Albion. But the studio's general manager says the feature was basically one of the "requirements" the devs held on to from the first trilogy.Being able to buy any building of course le
  
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• After 5 years, GOG lead says removing cult horror game Devotion from the store is a situation that "remains difficult to reflect on"

  24-01-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Digital PC gaming storefront GOG has finally reflected on its decision to delist Devotion five years ago due to political pressure, admitting that the move might have come "at a cost to our credibility."Maciej Gołębiewski, the store's managing director, recently caught some flack for claiming the company was "always ready to take a stand on the right values" in an interview with Eurogamer, after the storefront had resisted pressure and defended controversial indie horror Horses last mo
  
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