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• Fuming Trump defends Putin embrace after damaging leak

  21-03-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump stridently defended his much-criticized overtures to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin Wednesday, as White House anxiety over his embrace spilled into full public view.After aides leaked embarrassing details of Trump's shock decision to call Putin and congratulate him on re-election, the US president blamed the media for the furor and insisted Moscow can be a solid partner."I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory," Trump tweeted.
  
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• Tom Holland says Spider-Man: Brand New Day's suit redesign is an homage to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Peter Parkers

  24-06-2026 23:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Holland says the new Spidey suit is an homage to all of the live-action Spider-Mans... and this makes me even more stoked for Brand New Day."When we decided that we're going to make Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we said, what if we made a suit that was an homage to Tobey and Andrew's designs because my Peter Parker had met those guys. So we kind of created a Spider-Child of all three costumes," Holland explains in a new behind-the-scenes video.Director Destin Daniel Cretton points out that we c
  
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• $949 Steam Deck OLED is just the expensive beginning – MSI marketing lead warns there's "much room for another price hike" in handheld consoles

  24-06-2026 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  We are in the unyielding winter of $949 Steam Deck OLEDs, $1,049 Steam Machines, and I'm finding myself missing $1 pizza more than ever. My cat is no doubt devising how to sell my kidneys as he notices the way I scoff at prices on even small amenities like his salmon cans, and all I can do now is pray he fails – especially since MSI product marketing lead Andy Chu predicts this year's price hikes will only get worse. Speaking to FRVR in time for the release of handheld console MSI Claw 8 E
  
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• Multiple retailers drop GTA 6 after physical version is confirmed to be a code in a box

  24-06-2026 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is, in effect, a digital-only release. You'll be able to buy physical boxes at retail come November, but those will only include a code to be redeemed for a digital copy of the game. For some boutique retailers that specialize in physical games, that doesn't exactly sound like a future worth supporting – which is why they've decided to drop GTA 6 pre-orders altogether.One of those stores is VGP, a Canadian retailer that's become prominent in the collecting scene for its regular resto
  
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• X-Men '97 season 2 shows off new trailer and release schedule that absolutely has to be teasing the return of a hero who died in season 1

  24-06-2026 22:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for X-Men '97 season 2 has arrived...In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we hear Apocalypse declare that he's about to "usher in a new era forged in iron and blood." We hear another voice say, "The ones you care for will be your undoing," to which Xavier replies, "They are how we survive." We also see Polaris, who is Magneto's biological mutant daughter in the comics, get a quick butt-kicking moment of her own (which is interesting given that the only other time we've
  
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• Blizzard says fine, it'll "split the difference" with Diablo 4 players outraged over Mythics, keeps core changes in-tact to ensure the ARPG's "long-term health"

  24-06-2026 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard has partially caved to Diablo 4 players outraged over changes to Mythics introduced in a recent playtest and planned for a permanent release in next week's Season of Death Awakened. Instead of completely reversing course, the studio is meeting players in the middle, insisting that the fundamentals of the updates are necessary for build diversity in the long-term.ICYMI, Blizzard revealed the full details of Diablo 4's 14th season in a recent blog post, showing off a slick (but slightly j
  
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• Deltarune Chapter 5 immediately breaks the RPG's all-time Steam peak, with nearly 300,000 concurrent players and counting moments after launch

  24-06-2026 21:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deltarune keeps outdoing itself. Each time a grain of sand falls in the hourglass since Chapter 5 released this morning, the episodic RPG breaks its personal best concurrent Steam player record.Most recently, the Undertale companion game by prodigious developer Toby Fox hit an all-time peak of 291,816 players about four minutes before I started writing this. But please don't grow attached to that number – Deltarune first toasted its Chapter 5 launch with about 200,000 concurrent players, a
  
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• This PlayStation Gift Card deal is your best tool to fight back against the GTA 6 prices, but not for US fans

  24-06-2026 20:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders are inbound at midnight (local time), and as you probably guessed, the privilege of exploring the streets of Leonida is not going to come cheap.Rockstar announced that the standard PS5 edition will be $79.99, and the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition will come in at an eye-watering $99.99 when pre-orders go live at midnight local time on June 25. While we have no insight into the UK prices, you can probably expect to pay a similar £80 and £100 if I were to guess. E
  
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• TennoCon 2026 is on the event horizon, and here's what to expect

  24-06-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Get ready, Warframe and Soulframe devotees, because the annual Digital Extremes convention you do not want to miss is nearly here: TennoCon 2026 takes place in beautiful London, Ontario, for two entire days of events and activities – physically and virtually – on July 10 and July 11. Ahead of that, the road to TennoCon 2026 has now kicked off in earnest with its branding reveal alongside a new trailer hyping up everything to expect out of the convention.As you can see in the trailer,
  
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• I've spent years reviewing strategy board games, and I'll die on the hill that these are some of the best

  24-06-2026 19:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sometimes, you want a board game with more bite - and family fare just isn't gonna cut it. That's where the best strategy board games come in, and oh boy, but you need to be careful with these. Give them a try and they may sink their claws into you, never to let go.I'm a huge fan of strategy board games, and while I appreciate something a bit more straightforward here and there, they're my true tabletop love. That's why I've rounded up a few of my favorites here. If you like to think of yourself
  
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• Original He-Man star Dolph Lundgren was "disappointed" by new Masters of the Universe movie flopping at the box office: "That was strange that didn’t do better"

  24-06-2026 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Original He-Man actor Dolph Lundgren says he was disappointed that the new Masters of the Universe movie didn't fare better at the box office."Yeah, I was a bit disappointed. I mean, everybody told me it’s going to do great," Lundgren told ComicBook. "I’m not a huge believer in looking at the box office and that influencing how I feel that much emotionally about the picture. But I did think about it like, 'Oh, okay. Um that was strange that didn’t do better.' And I don’t
  
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• "Can't lose if you never give up": After a last-minute delay and pivot into early access, new extraction shooter grosses $1 million in its first 12 hours as devs battle DDoS attacks

  24-06-2026 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a last minute change to the release plan, new extraction shooter Sand: Raiders of Sophie is off to a roaring start on Steam. Publisher tinyBuild is touting huge returns within hours of the game going live, though not without more problems as the devs continue to put out fires left and right.On the back of a big showing during Summer Game Fest, Sand was due to come out on June 22. This would've followed a server slam that started after the event, but feedback made it apparent to collaborati
  
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• "Sorry," but The Sims 4's famous NSFW mod WickedWhims is "not happening" for indie competitor Paralives, dev confirms

  24-06-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paralives, the colorful new indie answer to EA's own life sim gem, The Sims 4, encourages all sorts of mods (yes, even NSFW mods) – but the most famous adult mod in the entire genre won't be making its way to the recent game.The mod in question here is WickedWhims. If you've not heard of it, it adds a whole lot of spice to The Sims 4… as well as various real-life features, like birth control, family planning, health simulations, and much more. It's known very well in the Simming com
  
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• "Call of Duty is bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe": New Xbox CEO brags as more of its games turn to film and TV

  24-06-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Xbox CEO Asha Sharma continues to expand the publisher's game worlds into the realm of TV and film, she also has some fighting words for the biggest movie franchise of all time. "Call of Duty is bigger than the Marvel Cinematic Universe."Xbox's new boss took the reins earlier this year and is now overseeing a reset that could potentially lead to studio shutdowns or layoffs, but one thing she's not scaling back on is the company's mammoth expansion to the big screen. Live-action feature films
  
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• GTA 6 not having a physical disk won't have any impact on Rockstar's sales, analyst predicts, and it might be even better for retailers

  24-06-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Games industry analyst Mat Piscatella says that despite the controversy, GTA 6 being a code-in-a-box release will likely not have any impact on its sales.Rockstar Games finally confirmed the GTA 6 price ahead of pre-orders going live at midnight on June 25 (so if you're in New Zealand, you can already pre-order it), and despite fears it would end up running players $100, it's going to follow Mario Kart World's price, releasing at $80 (although with exclusive content locked behind the Ultimate Ed
  
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• Diablo 4's Overwatch crossover skins have been revealed and they are completely cursed: "Mercy looks like a 90-year-old grandma"

  24-06-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  A crossover between Diablo 4 and Overwatch should be an easy win. They're both owned by Blizzard, and they each have huge fanbases who generally love aesthetics and a bit of novelty. The in-game rewards are all well and good, but the action-RPG's new skins from the FPS aren'tgetting the strongest reaction from players.Just like World of Warcraft and Starcraft before it, Overwatch is stepping into the hellfire of Diablo 4. Starting June 30, you can earn Eye of the Overwatch currency through defea
  
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• Arc Raiders and Marathon aren't "dead" just because their concurrent player count has dropped, Palworld lead says – but he's "not denying that some games do 'die'"

  24-06-2026 18:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  No, games aren't "dead" just because their concurrent user number has dropped over time – at least, that's what Palworld global community manager and Pocketpair Publishing boss John "Bucky" Buckley says.Speaking in response to an online user who jokes that, and I quote, "Marathon is dead, Arc Raiders is dead," and, of course, "extraction games are dead" as a whole, Bucky states as much. "Just a thought but," he writes. "Do many fundamentally misunderstand what CCU [concurrent users] means?
  
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• How to watch Switzerland vs Canada in the 2026 FIFA World Cup

  24-06-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  How to watch Switzerland vs Canada for freeUS | YouTube TV (21 day free trial)UK |ITVXAUS | SBS On DemandWatch anywhere: Norton VPN (60 day money back guarantee)If you're looking for how to watch Switzerland vs Canada in the 2026 World Cup, we've got all the streaming details here – and if you're looking for information on how to stream all the World Cup matches for free, check out our detailed guide here.The Switzerland vs Canada group B match will take place on Wednesday 24 June in BC Pl
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says characters from spin-offs "such as Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, and Crisis Core" will appear in the JRPG

  24-06-2026 17:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy intends to pull the entire FF7 story into its gravitational orbit, series director Naoki Hamaguchi says, so expect even more extended universe references and characters and concepts to show up in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation."Well, at this time it's best not to say whether Cissnei will appear or not," Naoki Hamaguchi teases at a recent Q&A event in Shanghai when asked about the side character who first appeared in the PSP prequel, Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core
  
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• One House of the Dragon season 3 change might have inadvertently led to Daenerys Targaryen being erased from existence

  24-06-2026 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mother of Dragons may be no more. A change from George R.R. Martin's book in House of the Dragon season 3 might have a pretty brutal butterfly effect that would in theory prevent Daenerys Targaryen from ever being born. In the season 3 premiere, the bloody Battle of the Gullet rages, which results in the death of Jacaerys Velaryon. While the manner of his death is very accurate to Martin's source material Fire and Blood, the show removes Rhaenyra's two youngest sons, Aegon and Viserys, from
  
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• Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action Netflix actor is disappointed by the recent animated leaks but is still "really excited" to watch Avatar Aang

  24-06-2026 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Live-action Zuko actor Dallas Liu has responded to the recent wave of animated Avatar: The Last Airbender leaks that have plagued the upcoming Avatar Aang movie."It was a huge bummer, because I was really excited to watch it," Liu tells GamesRadar+ of the leaks.Back in April, Twitter user StillDissin claimed they were accidentally emailed the entirety of Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, a years-later sequel to the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender.Soon, a non-watermarked version of the entire
  
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• GTA 6 exclusive single-player shops and side missions are locked to the $100 Ultimate Edition, and fans aren't happy: "That's a huge red flag for me"

  24-06-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games has unveiled plans for its $100 Ultimate Edition, but fans are unhappy with some of the features locked behind the more expensive version. Earlier today we got perhaps our biggest info dump about GTA 6 to date, with Rockstar Games dropping details about the GTA 6 price, finally confirming that yes, it will be more expensive than most games with its $79.99 price, but won't be $100 like some feared. But Rockstar also announced the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition which will ru
  
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• GTA 6 pre-orders live: tracking start times, retailers, and editions

  24-06-2026 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quick Stock Check(Image credit: Future)USStandard Edition | Check Amazon
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  Ultimate Edition | Check AmazonGTA 6 pre-orders are just around the corner, with both the Standard and Ultimate Editions hitting the shelves at midnight local time. That means some regions can already add the PS5 or Xbox Series X game to their carts while others still have more than eight hours to wait. Still, it's finally go-time on the biggest release of the
  
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• GTA 6 pre-orders live: it's the quiet before the storm as we get prepared for tonight's carnage

  24-06-2026 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quick Stock Check(Image credit: Future)USStandard Edition | Check Amazon
  Ultimate Edition | Check AmazonUKStandard Edition | Check Amazon
  Ultimate Edition | Check AmazonGTA 6 pre-orders are set to drop at midnight local time tonight - and those in Australia already have their copies safely through checkout. That means it's finally go-time on the biggest release of the generation so far, but there are some things you'll need to know before diving into the retailers. The Standard Edition has been
  
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• Arc Raiders dupe glitches might finally be dead after Embark squashes them with patch that makes cheaters cry

  24-06-2026 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders studio Embark may have finally squished the duplication bugs infesting the extraction shooter for months with its recent patch, though cheaters are already trying to figure out how to raise the dead. Some people can't help themselves. "Success on stopping the dupers... for now," says one Reddit user in a popular thread in the Arc Raiders subreddit, sharing a screenshot from "one of the dupe discords I'm spying in," in which a user announces that they're suspending sales of their Arc
  
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• Five Nights at Freddy's 3 star says the horror sequel has a new writer, which means game creator Scott Cawthon may not write for the first time

  24-06-2026 17:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like a new writer has joined the next Five Nights at Freddy's movie. That's according to star Skeet Ulrich, who has shared that some new blood is onboard for the third film. "We're waiting on the third script to make the third film," Ulrich said at a Spawn of ScareFest Q&A. "The guy who wrote It and It Follows is writing it right now. Apparently, it's a lot of [Matthew Lillard] and I." Check out the comment below at around the 27:24 time stamp. Now, this comes with a few caveats. F
  
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• Prime Video announces Invincible season 6, casts The Boys star as villain

  24-06-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just two months after Invincible season 5 was announced, a sixth season is indeed on the way – and with a cast member from fellow superhero show The Boys in tow.The official Invincible HQ account posted an image to social media that simply states, "Invincible season 6 confirmed!!!" Shortly after the confirmation, they announced that The Boys star Jack Quaid would play villain Gravitator in the animated show's fifth season. You can check out both announcements below.In the comics, Gravitato
  
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• My current controller GOAT is its cheapest price ever this Prime Day, and it works for PC and Xbox

  24-06-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prime Day gaming discounts are finally here and, like always, there are loads of discounts on accessories to choose from. Still, in 2026, there's no getting around that the best controllers are extremely expensive. It's not like the classic days where you could chew through third-party hardware. Now, most of those are pro or premium controllers that enhance play beyond the standard setup. Which to choose? Well, I'm already loving this Scuf Valor Pro controller that lives on my desk, ready for pl
  
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• "Half the game is in the player's imagination": Batman Arkham Knight fan-favorite detail is actually a 12-year-old bug, Rocksteady veteran reveals

  24-06-2026 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a funny little quirk in Batman: Arkham Knight where, when you're playing as the caped crusader, crouching will cause Robin to follow suit. However, the dark knight refuses to follow suit for the boy wonder. For years, it's seemed like a joke from developer Rocksteady, but it's actually something much funnier: a glitch.A clip of the interaction is currently garnering attention on Twitter, as someone points out the non-reciprocal relationship. This caught the eye of someone who used to wor
  
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• Sorry, Xbox fans: GTA 6 "will play best on PS5," Sony declares, but with no PC version in sight, I can't say I'm surprised

  24-06-2026 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony is saying GTA 6 will be best experienced on the PS5, and considering there's no PC version, that's a pretty low bar.GTA 6 pre-orders are officially set to open at midnight in whatever time zone you're in (players in New Zealand are already able to put money down for the open-world game), and to celebrate we got a massive blowout of info from Rockstar Games. We found out the GTA 6 price, details about the GTA 6 Ultimate Edition, and less exciting news like GTA 6 physical copies being a code
  
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