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• Fru Review

  26-07-2016 01:33
  
  If it’s anything like mine, your Xbox One’s Kinect has sat unceremoniously in a cupboard for months, the most recent addition to an unnervingly large pile of abandoned tech. It was a pleasure, then, to discover that Fru’s surprisingly hard and very fun challenges made bringing the Kinect out of storage worth it. If more games had explored clever uses of the sensor like this puzzle-platformer does, I’d never have put it away. That’s a big call.
  Fru’s setup make
  
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• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms becomes the highest-rated first season of any Game of Thrones show on Rotten Tomatoes

  21-01-2026 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms now holds the record for highest-rated first season of any Game of Thrones show on Rotten Tomatoes – and we're so happy for Dunk and Egg.The spin-off series sits at a whopping 95% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to Game of Thrones season 1 and House of the Dragon season 1, which both hold a 90%. Originally titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, the series is based on George R.R. Martin's Dunk and Egg novella series and follows the
  
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• Netflix partners with Jujutsu Kaisen studio MAPPA, with exclusive new anime coming for subscribers

  21-01-2026 20:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix is teaming up with studio MAPPA to continue the streaming platform's global domination when it comes to popular anime.Per a new press release, Netflix and MAPPA have entered into a "strategic partnership" that will allow the two companies to "work together on new projects with a global perspective, from story development to merchandise," with Netflix "exclusively streaming a slate of original MAPPA-produced anime titles to members worldwide."This makes perfect sense given the fact that m
  
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• Battlefield 6 teases new Contaminated map for season 2 and confirms a "rebuilt" version of classic Battlefield 4 map Golmud Railway is on the way

  21-01-2026 19:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Battlefield Studios has revealed a new community update detailing some of the plans for Battlefield 6 season 2, including a brand new multiplayer map and the return of the classic Battlefield 4 map, Golmud Railway.EA gave a fairly comprehensive overview of its plans for Battlefield Labs testing for season 2 "and beyond" on its official website. The season 2 update was recently delayed because EA wanted to give Battlefield Studios more time to refine the new content following community feedback,
  
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• After 6 years of waiting, multiple delays, and a complete reboot, Prince of Persia remake dev comments on its cancellation: "We know this is deeply disappointing"

  21-01-2026 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake leading a lineup of six canceled games at Ubisoft, the internal studio responsible for the game put out a statement reiterating the news and commiserating with disappointed players."We want to share this with you directly," the X/Twitter post begins. "We've made the difficult decision to stop development on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. We know this is deeply disappointing. The game carries enormous meaning for fans and for the te
  
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• As other devs commit to AI as a development tool, Ubisoft is doubling down on "player-facing generative AI"

  21-01-2026 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  So far, most major game studios have presented AI as a behind-the-scenes tool that can help developers create games more efficiently – not necessarily something that'll directly generate content you'll actually interact with in-game. Ubisoft is going a step further, revealing as part of today's restructuring announcement that it plans to shove generative AI directly in players' faces.In a press release accompanying today's news, Ubisoft says its plans, which are centered on open-world game
  
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• Fallout 3 "went hard on the gloomy despair of the post-apocalyptic world" to differentiate it from Oblivion, but one dev thinks Bethesda went too far: "We just drained the color out of the world"

  21-01-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout artist Istvan Pely said Bethesda wanted to make it clear Oblivion and Fallout were different things from a style perspective, but thinks they may have taken it a bit far with Fallout 3.Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 were different in a lot of ways, but perhaps the most striking change between entries was the difference in art direction. Fallout 3 was pure post-apocalypse crossed with the Xbox 360 and PS3 generation's obsession with grey, dull colors, while Fallout 4 went all in on the 1950's re
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's "altruistic pro-developer talk" over the Steam vs Epic debate "doesn't sit well" after Alan Wake 2 studio "seemingly went into financial crisis"

  21-01-2026 18:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tim Sweeney's been talking up the value of the Epic Games Store as competition for Steam again, pointing out how good it is for both players and developers. This time, his comments are being challenged by a lead developer at Larian Studios, the team behind Baldur's Gate 3 and the Divinity series, who believes some context is missing."I understand Epic entirely funded Alan Wake 2 but this altruistic pro-developer talk doesn't sit well when Remedy seemingly went into financial crisis because they
  
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• Out of nowhere, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets updated with new content that sure would have made its questionable price tag more appealing a whole year ago

  21-01-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just over a year after it first released, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD – a port of a now 15-year-old Wii game – has received a new playable character alongside Switch 2 enhancements.Obviously, Nintendo is big on Donkey Kong again with the theme park, rumored movie, and the best game of 2025, Donkey Kong Bananza. But it's easy to forget that Bananza wasn't the only DK release in 2025, as a remaster of Donkey Kong Country Returns sneaked out in January and was swiftly forgotten about
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod creator isn't ruling out making it free following DMCA from CD Projekt Red, but says it's kind of pointless now because people are pirating it to "punish" him

  21-01-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The creator of the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod that was recently taken down after a DMCA from CD Projekt Red isn't ruling out making it "free for everyone," but says it's become somewhat irrelevant since its removal has led to pirating, and some saying "I should be punished by having it stolen."Modder Luke Ross is well known for his R.E.A.L VR mod framework, which brings VR support to over 40 games including Elden Ring, Final Fantasy 7 Remake and – once upon a time, before a separate DMCA from T
  
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• Ubisoft hits "major reset" button, cancels 6 games including Prince of Persia remake, delays 7 more reportedly including Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake, and confirms 4 new IP

  21-01-2026 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft will undergo a "major reset" across "organizational, operational and portfolio" levels in a seismic shakeup for the company, which has repeatedly reported disappointing or declining sales and stock prices in recent years.This reset has seen the cancellation of six in-development games, including the long-delayed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake.Ubisoft says it will also "allocate additional development time" to seven more now-delayed games, including an "unannounced title initi
  
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• Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen

  21-01-2026 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new judgment from the UK Court of Appeal finds that gold in MMOs can be treated as "property" and legally subjected to criminal theft, continuing a case involving a game developer who allegedly stole mountains of gold by hacking players and then sold that gold for real-world money."The game in question is Old School Runescape," begins a January 14, 2026 judgment from Lord Justice Popplewell, because of course it is.A former moderator of OSRS developer Jagex allegedly accessed 68 different play
  
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• "I can tell you personally that we are not getting out of VR," says Meta Developer Advocate just one week after the brand laid off more than 1,000 Reality Labs employees

  21-01-2026 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week, Meta issued mass layoffs to its mixed reality workforce. Its three biggest VR game dev studios, the creators of Asgard's Wrath, Deadpool VR, and The Walking Dead 4 VR, were all disbanded, while wider Reality Labs employees lost their jobs. This led many onlookers to worry that, thanks to the Metaverse's failure, the brand's best VR headsets will now receive limited ongoing support.Amidst all of this news, we've had a lack of official communication from Meta about where its VR ambition
  
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• Crimson Desert, the fantasy open-world game that's spent the last 6 years looking too good to be true, has finally gone gold ahead of its March launch

  21-01-2026 17:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since it was first revealed back in 2019, Crimson Desert has looked almost too good to be true. Its trailers presented a convincing hybrid of The Witcher-style dark fantasy and a massive variety of open-world action. We were promised a game world bigger than the likes of Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption 2. Could developer Pearl Abyss, primarily known for the MMO Black Desert Online, deliver a single-player open-world game that matched those ambitions?We're about to find out, because Crimson Desert
  
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• Former Pokemon world champion says this superpowered mole "has the potential to run the metagame" in the future, but only when it breaks free from Legends: Z-A and its ability jail

  21-01-2026 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Legends: Z-A added a bunch of powerful new Mega Evolutions to the series, and one former world champion reckons one 'mon in particular has the potential to dominate the meta in upcoming competitive-focused game, Pokemon Champions.The Mega in question is Mega Excadrill, which buffs an already powerful Ground/Steel type with higher attack power, speed, and defense. Speaking in a recent video, 2016 Pokemon World Championships winner Wolfe "Wolfey" Glick explains that this superpowered mole
  
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• Netflix just unveiled its 2026 Korean content lineup, featuring romantic comedies, reality TV, and Blackpink's Jisoo

  21-01-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Are you bummed about Squid Game ending? Don't worry: Netflix has a slew of new K-content headed your way this year, and with something for everyone in tow.The streaming giant is adding 33 new movies and TV shows to its Korean catalog this year. Rom-com shows Can This Love Be Translated?, No Tail to Tell, and K-drama Undercover Miss Hong are already available to stream. Season 5 of reality show Single's Inferno premieres today, with mystery thriller The Art of Sarah and unscripted show Agents of
  
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• Gears of War: E-Day is set in one city as it's both "a rich environment to tell a great story" and "the best gameplay playground for an intense cover-based shooter"

  21-01-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day's creative director, Matt Searcy, has confirmed that the story of the game will take place in a single city.Rather than follow up on Gears 5, The Coalition surprised us with the news that the next Gears of War will instead be a prequel focusing on Emergence Day from the perspective of Marcus and Dom.In an exclusive interview with GamesRadar+, Searcy spoke about the decision to make E-Day a far more intimate affair than the open-ended Gears 5. He explains, "The story of Emerge
  
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• New FPS from Titanfall and Apex Legends devs shows signs of life on Steam after weeks of radio silence, just days before its release date

  21-01-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since Highguard closed out last year's The Game Awards, we've been waiting with bated breath to hear more about the new shooter from Titanfall and Apex Legends devs. Not much has been happening around the forthcoming FPS, and with an apparent release date in less than a week, curiosity is high. Rumblings indicate things are moving, but to what extent remains to be seen.The game's SteamDB gives us the details. At the time of writing, there have been several recent changes to the product page on S
  
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• Masters of the Universe trailer offers up first looks at Battle Cat, Eternia, and Idris Elba's Man-At-Arms

  21-01-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Masters of the Universe is here – and it's surprisingly... self-aware.The promo, which you can watch above, opens on a retro-looking television set. An unseen narrator then says, "Not long ago, when times were simpler... This was a healthy breakfast," over the top of someone pouring milk on some brightly-colored cereal. "This was a powerful workout," he adds, with the TV now showing a bunch of people doing an aerobics class. "And this was a hero," he claims, just as t
  
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• CD Projekt co-founder says "curation is the privilege" of platforms like Steam, but selling banned horror game Horses on GOG was worth it since "we thought it was very cool"

  21-01-2026 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  New GOG owner and original cofounder at CD Projekt, Michał Kiciński, understands that digital storefronts like his own must act with taste and discretion – and that's exactly why GOG sold the horror game Horses when Steam and Epic wouldn't.Developer Santa Ragione's surreal adventure game about riding humans like farm animals may have caused anxiety for those other guys, but Kiciński tells Eurogamer, "Curation is the privilege and prerogative of each platform. The difference
  
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• After Rosalina and Bowser Jr.'s appearances in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer, Chris Pratt hints at "a couple more" character surprises: "People should be excited"

  21-01-2026 16:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  We already know that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is introducing some fan-favorite Nintendo characters to the big screen thanks to the sequel's trailer, but Mario voice actor Chris Pratt has hinted that we can expect to see even more still-under-wraps familiar faces in the movie."Oh, yes, there are," Pratt tells GamesRadar+ when we ask if there are any new characters he's looking forward to seeing in the finished film. "I'm not allowed to say what they are, but yes, there are some really incredi
  
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• Palworld finally stops Summoning Altars from self-destructing after every raid in new update that also buffs swords, fixes a bugged achievement, and more

  21-01-2026 15:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Palworld update, as we continue toward the launch of 1.0. This one gives a bit more life to Summoning Altars, as well as making short-range weapons generally more efficient, two things the community’s been yearning for some time.Starting with the Summoning Altars – the items used to warp in raid bosses for you to challenge – they aren't entirely single-use anymore. "The Summoning Altar at your base will no longer be destroyed at the end of the raids inside the rai
  
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• Dune and James Bond star Léa Seydoux joins the cast of new A24 horror movie that's adapting one of Edgar Allan Poe's creepiest stories

  21-01-2026 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Léa Seydoux has joined Mikey Madison in the cast of A24's take on Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Madison will be playing twin sisters, while Seydoux's character is "a scheming lady-in-waiting who is conniving her way to the top."According to the publication, the film sees "a mad prince take in the noble class to his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry" and "a long-lost twin, hidden among the lower class, enter the castle and into a dec
  
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• This 512GB Samsung Switch 2 SD card deal is a breath of fresh air amidst the sea of rising storage prices

  21-01-2026 14:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The prices of game storage is getting increasingly harder to stomach. While I can't bestow any good news to PC players regarding the increasingly expensive SSDs out there, I have at least spotted this Samsung P9 512GB Switch 2 SD card for a steal, which Switch 2 owners are sure to get a kick out of.The 512GB card is down to just $79.99 at Amazon today, a saving of $40 off its full $119.99 MSRP. Other storage brands like Lexar currently have their 512GB Switch 2 microSD Express Cards only as low
  
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• Anthem fan gets BioWare's looter shooter running again without EA's dead servers only days after shutdown, making a fan revival seem more likely than ever

  21-01-2026 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's now been a week since Anthem's demise, but it suddenly seems a whole lot more likely that fans might be able to get BioWare's looter shooter up and running again themselves, even if EA pulled the plug on its servers.Previously, Anthem executive producer and Dragon Age veteran Mark Darrah explained that "Anthem actually had the code for local servers running in a dev environment right up until a few months before launch," and while he's not sure if they'd still work, "the code is there to be
  
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• Bethesda originally wanted Fallout 4 to be set in New York, but too many other games like Crysis 2 and 3 had the same idea: "You know what? Maybe New York's not the right call"

  21-01-2026 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout 4 could've potentially been set in New York instead of Boston, but The Big Apple proved too popular as a video game setting at the time.Fallout 4 lead designer and writer Emil Pagliarulo explains in an interview with the PC Gamer magazine, "We wanted to do something grand and American: that's New York for you." However, the New York plan was quickly abandoned by Bethesda due to the popularity of the region."At that time, other games were being set in New York, one of the Crysis games jus
  
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• War of the Worlds dominates nominations for anti-Oscars the Razzies, though we're not super surprised given its 4% Rotten Tomatoes score

  21-01-2026 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Razzies 2026 nominations are in – and it's bad news for War of the Worlds.The sci-fi thriller, which stars Ice Cube as a computer security analyst who uncovers dark government secrets in the midst of an alien invasion, is up for six gongs, including Worst Picture. Not that we're super surprised, though, given its 4% Rotten Tomatoes score...Disney's live-action remake Snow White didn't fare too well, either, earning nods in six categories, too, including Worst Supporting Actor and Worst
  
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• As a CRT enthusiast, I'm hyped to see a startup try to bring back the "VHS combo TV", but the retro gamer in me is suspicious

  21-01-2026 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  I have a bad habit of collecting CRTs of all shapes and sizes, but VHS combo TVs are having something of a renaissance. So much so that a startup is looking to make a new all-in-one display that will play old videotapes and support obsolete video connections, but I'd hang fire if you're a retro gamer or even just want a cute '90s kitchen screen.Appropriately dubbed RetroBox, the faux CRT in question promises to mimic the look, feel, and functionality of a '90s/2000s VHS combo set. It will also s
  
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• Wonder Man release schedule: when is episode 1 on Disney Plus?

  21-01-2026 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wonder Man, Marvel's latest Disney Plus series, may have snuck up on you. But the MCU's weird slice of movie magic with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Simon Williams is about to be up in lights on Disney Plus. And that means you're probably getting ready to settle in for a Hollywood marathon like no other.To help you attend the world premiere in fine style, we've rolled out the red carpet to give you all the details about the Wonder Man episode 1 release date and streaming time below. There's also info
  
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• Hey collectors, here's all the Nintendo Switch 2 amiibo releasing in 2026 so far

  21-01-2026 13:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another year means another year of amiibos. At least, it does for me and the swarms of other Nintendo Switch 2 accessory collectors out there.There haven't been waves of new amiibo announced since we all rang in the New Year those many days ago, much to my dismay. However, a ton of the NFC toys that were unveiled last year are finally landing on the online and physical shelves, from the stellar Rosalina and Lumas figure available still to pre-order for $39.99 at Best Buy, to the latest in the li
  
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