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• Genoa bridge collapse: what we know

  14-08-2018 18:12 via yahoo.com
  As many as 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy.The Morandi viaduct, less than five kilometres (three miles) to the west of Genoa's old port, was built in the 1960s and completed in 1967.Genoa's rugged terrain means that motorways that run through the city and the surrounding area are characterised by bridges and tunnels.
  
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• Former Halo art director claps back at founding Xbox member for implying 343 Industries had a "laziness" problem

  07-10-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Laura Fryer, one of the first developers to join Microsoft Game Studios back in 1995, says she "watched the birth" of Halo Studios – formerly 343 Industries – while working on Gears of War 2, dubbing it "a ghost town."According to Fryer, who now regularly uploads videos about the video game industry on her YouTube channel, the Halo team was "next door" to her own – and after witnessing how it supposedly came to be, she says she's "not surprised" by Halo Studios' recent layoffs.
  
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• 30 Prime Day Lego deals under $30

  07-10-2026 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  As any Lego collector knows, the bricks aren't cheap, and with new sets constantly pushing into the $400s, $500s, $600s, and beyond, it takes a certain Prime Day to remind us that you can pick up kits for pretty cheap too. To reinforce the point, I've found 30 sets that now cost under $30, all of which have been reduced for Prime Day (until, at least for many of them, the end of today). I've got Star Wars, Harry Potter, Minecraft, Friends, Speed Champions, Botanicals, Creator 3 in 1 — a lo
  
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• Final Fantasy 7's beloved soundtrack is mostly "boring," Nobuo Uematsu says, but that was on purpose

  07-10-2026 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Final Fantasy series has always had incredible music, and if you were to ask my top three soundtracks from the franchise, Final Fantasy 7 and 10 would probably compete for the number one position. Nobuo Uematsu, the longtime composer of Square Enix's centre-piece property, disagrees emphatically with the quality of the former, believing it to be a downgrade from his work in prior entries.In the book Nobuo Uematsu: On The Record by James Mielke, as shared on Twitter by FF7 Music, the storied
  
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• Scuf Omega vs Razer Raiju V3 Pro - which PS5 controller should you go for?

  07-10-2026 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the last year, Scuf and Razer have done the seemingly impossible. Despite previous generations stipulating that a brand could only release one officially licensed controller per PlayStation generation, both of them have launched their second PS5 controller. They're both extremely feature-dense too. The Razer Raiju V3 Pro and the Scuf Omega both have six extra buttons alongside their standard PlayStation gamepad offering. Both are wireless, both have PC apps that let you dial down to their nit
  
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• Overwatch devs know removing Sombra's Hack ability will "upset" players

  07-10-2026 15:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  As notorious Overwatch hero Sombra makes her support class debut in Season 5: A Grim Doctrine, Blizzard is well aware that the former DPS losing her Hack ability is going to leave some players "upset," but insists the change is "better for the game."Sombra's big support rework was announced last month, and basically comes in an attempt to make her less annoying for both her foes and allies. As you'd imagine, the rework means big changes to her abilities and perks. She's now got a new ability cal
  
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• Neon Genesis Evangelion is getting a new story – exclusive to bullet trains in Japan

  07-10-2026 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Notoriously mind-melting anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is getting even harder to follow thanks to this bullet train-exclusive story.Those lucky enough to ride on the Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan will be treated to 'Kansai Travel Plan', a story seemingly set during the events of the OG anime that features Misato and Ritsuko mapping out a field trip for Shinji, Rei, and Asuka (H/T Dexerto).The story rolls out for passengers from October 18 through to January 31, 2027.It's just the latest in a serie
  
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• Pokemon RSE Switch ports feel all but confirmed, fans believe thanks to Pokemon Home update

  07-10-2026 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Switch port truthers believe they have gotten an extra bit of ammo thanks to a Pokemon Home update released today. Last month, fans noticed that some Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire footage posted by an official Japanese Pokemon Twitter account was somewhat suspicious. Namely the footage was surprisingly crisp for a 2002 Game Boy Advance game and it lasted exactly 30 seconds – which is how long video clips saved onto a Switch console last. Given that these loo
  
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• As a retro gaming expert, the biggest piece of Prime Day advice I can give is to focus on small setup improvements

  07-10-2026 15:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Okay, I'm going to say it: Prime Day isn't great for retro deals. You could argue the whole event is a bit of a damp squib this year, and that's almost certainly tied to the global cost of living crisis and AI data centres giving the hardware scene at large a kicking. I don't want you to think I'm being defeatist, though, as I've been hard at work picking out the best Prime Day retro deals live all week. It's more that the very structure of the sale will dupe retro console collectors and classic
  
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• I still think this Lego set is better than Minas Tirith, and it just hit a record low price

  07-10-2026 14:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  I knew from early on when building Minas Tirith that it was one of my favorite Lego sets. It's a jaw-dropping build with an incredible level of detail, and the forced perspective is so cleverly done... but even then, it can't beat what I would argue is one of the all-time best Lego sets: Rivendell.This is a masterpiece of a model. Yes, it's a dead ringer for the on-screen version in all its autumnal glory and that never fails to make me nerd out when I see it on my shelf. But what impresses me m
  
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• Lanterns co-creator explains why Hal Jordan's murderer isn't brought to justice at the end of the series

  07-10-2026 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lanterns co-creator and co-writer Tom King has revealed why the team chose to seemingly unpunish Hal Jordan's murderer, explaining that the reality is so much worse than going to jail. Warning, the following contains major spoilers for Lanterns season 1 episode 8, so make sure you're all caught up before reading on. In the Lanterns finale, we finally learn who shot and killed Hal Jordan. It turns out to be his girlfriend, Sheriff Kerry Kane. Yep, the same person who found Hal's body frozen on th
  
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• Prime Day Pokémon deals on gift-shaped items

  07-10-2026 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The world of Pokémon merch is far bigger than the actual world of the franchise. That can be a problem in times like now, Prime Day, because finding good gifts and discounts can be quite a challenge. With today being the last day of Amazon's sales, the pressure is mounting.But let's banish the pressure, because I've found an array of Pokémon gifts which are worth picking up. All but one of these cost under $50 at their reduced price (the other is still worth knowing about, given it
  
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• Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals live: the best game and accessory deals still kicking

  07-10-2026 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  (Image credit: Future/Rosalie Newcombe)1. Quick links2. Best deals3. Live updatesThe chance to grab the best Nintendo Switch Prime Day deals is coming to an end. October 7 is here, which means it's officially day two of this week's savings, and the clock is ticking before the deals are gone for good - literally. Anything part of this month's deals now features a red banner which shows the remaining hours and minutes until Prime Day is up for good.With time ticking away, it's best I get right to
  
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• New Sony patent proposes using AI to alter boss fights in real time

  07-10-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  A newly published Sony patent could theoretically see future PlayStation games adapting boss fights in real time based on how you deal with their moves, and I sincerely hope FromSoftware isn't listening.As highlighted by Patentlyze (thanks, Wccftech), the patent for an "AI-adapted non-player character for video game system," AKA US-20260295429-A1, was first filed in the US last March, but was more recently published on October 1. The patent opens by stating that "as video games increase in compl
  
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• Mike Flanagan's Exorcist sequel gets its first teaser as horror legend calls it "unsafely dark"

  07-10-2026 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the wake of writing Clayface and creating a new version of Carrie for the small screen, Mike Flanagan has unveiled the first look at his new Exorcist movie. The upcoming seventh movie in the franchise, The Exorcist: Martyrs, stars Scarlett Johansson and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Flanagan has teased just how dark it gets.Speaking to FilmSpeak, he confirmed that the movie is the darkest thing he's ever written. "It's viciously dark," Flanagan said. "It's unsafely dark at times, and we went places i
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says using AI to replace devs is a "fundamentally flawed idea"

  07-10-2026 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a certain routine setting in for AI in video games right now, wherein a studio or publisher uses it to some extent, only to get pushback and replace the generative assets with more human work. The approach is fundamentally wrong-headed, believes Martin Klima, the CEO of Warhorse Studios, the studio behind the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games, because the tech is a tool, not a replacement for the creative process."AI is not a get out of jail free card," he tells PC Gamer. He dispels the no
  
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• Clayface star worked through his "anxiety" during screen testing by playing Elden Ring

  07-10-2026 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clayface star Tom Rhys Harries has revealed his surprising gaming habits during screen testing for the DCU role of Matt Hagen."I played Elden Ring to switch my brain off during the three months I was screen testing for Clayface," Rhys Harries told Elden Ring movie lead (and new Cyclops actor) Kit Connor for Interview Magazine. "It probably talks to my level of anxiety throughout that period."Connor himself also offered some small insight into the upcoming Elden Ring movie, indicating he bulked u
  
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• 3 months after release, The Odyssey is returning to IMAX screens after Digger bombs at the box office

  07-10-2026 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just as the box office cools off from a hot summer, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is returning to the big screen. The fantasy epic is coming back to IMAX and IMAX 70MM cinemas from October 7, as announced by the official Odyssey Twitter page. The Odyssey hasn't actually finished its theatrical run yet, after releasing on July 17. The movie stayed on premium large format screens up to September 30, after being extended due to high demand. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is returning to IM
  
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• GTA 6 won't be playable on PC via Xbox Cloud Gaming, exec clarifies

  07-10-2026 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball has commented on GTA 6 streaming rumors, saying the game won't be streaming on PC, nor exclusively on Xbox. Earlier this week, The Verge reported that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees during an all-hands meeting that the company has something planned for GTA 6 that "no other platform holder is doing," which sources identified as Xbox landing exclusive streaming rights for GTA 6. This would've meant that to stream the game, you would need Xbox Cloud Gam
  
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• Xbox CEO says Battle.net isn't becoming Steam after The Witcher 3: "We will do it the right way"

  07-10-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Blizzard continues to flesh its PC storefront Battle.net out with the likes of The Witcher 3, Xbox CEO and executive vice president Asha Sharma doubles down on what the World of Warcraft studio has said before – it's not trying to create another Steam.Yes, Blizzard partnered with CD Projekt Red to see The Witcher 3 make its way onto its own storefront – but that doesn't mean Battle.net will continue to accept just any game willy-nilly, or that it's a one-to-one Steam competitor.
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• Prime Day PS5 deals end today: the best console, game, and accessory savings I've found in the sale

  07-10-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Menu(Image credit: Future)1. Quick links2. Best deals3. Live updatesPrime Day PS5 deals are rolling on, and with a fresh day of savings come some casualties. I've seen a number of prices jumping back up the ladder this morning, including one of our top picks from earlier in the sale, Pragmata. That means things are certainly moving in Sony's world, if you see a price you like it's worth getting in there. These offers officially close out at midnight tonight, but that's just the end of Prime Day
  
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• After the Warner Bros. purchase, Skydance confirms the DCU still has a "long-term" vision across film, TV, and gaming

  07-10-2026 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Skydance, the new company formed by Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, has laid out their plans for the DCU. There was some concern that the newly formed DC Studios under James Gunn and Peter Safran may be axed in the turmoil. Currently, however, it seems that the new company is committed to the future of the DCU. On the Skydance website, a special section is dedicated to DC Studios under the list of brands. In the bio, it states: "DC Studios is committed to building a long-term creative ar
  
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• Prime Day retro deals live: consoles, handhelds, and accessories I'd grab before Big Deal Days ends

  07-10-2026 11:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Menu(Image credit: Phil Hayton)1. Quick links
  2. Today's best deals
  3. Live updatesPrime Day retro deals have been a mixed bag this year, but now that Big Deal Days is in its final stretch, we could see new discounts emerge. There's no guarantee that Amazon will price cut additional consoles, handhelds, controllers, and acessories today, but that is its pitch for this year's sale, and if it is giving us more to enhance our classic gaming setups with, it will be before midnight tonight.I've actua
  
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• Death Stranding movie director is location scouting and it already looks perfect

  07-10-2026 11:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding movie director Michael Sarnoski has revealed he has started location scouting for the upcoming A24 adaptation.On Instagram, Sarnoski – draped in a Death Stranding t-shirt – posted a selfie of his current setting: the rocky landscape of Iceland.A post shared by Michael Sarnoski (@michael_sarnoski)A photo posted by In another video, saved for posterity and posted on Twitter, you can see how perfect the location is – perfectly resembling the harsh terrain and stunn
  
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• Hulk star Mark Ruffalo says Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a "teaser for what's to come" for Peter Parker and Bruce Banner in the MCU

  07-10-2026 11:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now out on digital release, which comes with a whole bunch of extra featurettes. In one, called 'Friends and Foes', Mark Ruffalo and Tom Holland open up about working together on the movie, and tease what it might mean for their future in the MCU."The idea of Hulk and Spider-Man finally meeting up," Ruffalo says in the clip. "It's iconic and legendary in the comics. And I think the way we do it is really a teaser for what's to come with these two characters."It's an
  
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• Ex-PlayStation boss recalls Nintendo employee's reaction to the PSP reveal: "You bastards"

  07-10-2026 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the phrase "console war" tends to conjure up images of, you know, consoles, don't think the battle between handhelds was any less contentious back in the day. The mid-'00s battle between Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo's DS seems pretty one-sided in retrospect, but it certainly didn't seem that way at the time. Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden certainly remembers how threatening his company's entry into the handheld market felt."I remember when we showed the first PSP back in
  
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• Long before GTA 6, Rockstar turned a Clair Obscur Expedition 33-sized budget into $600 million

  06-10-2026 23:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mountains emerged. Rivers carved canyons. And a whole bunch of other stuff happened between the release of GTA 5 and the impending launch of GTA 6. In that time, developer Rockstar Games, in step with the broader games industry, ballooned in size and racked up expenses to match. But long before the days of production budgets estimated to be comfortably north of $1 billion, a new Grand Theft Auto could be built in a cave with a box of scraps – which is to say, developed in a few years by un
  
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• Analogue Pocket SNES emulator dev says AI-powered slop code "has no place in my world"

  06-10-2026 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the best parts of the Analogue Pocket is openFPGA – a fancy name for supporting an array of open-source, homebrew emulators. But as with seemingly every corner of the retro dev scene, the makers of these FPGA emulator cores are having to contend with low-effort, vibe-coded slop from would-be contributors. You can pencil in the dev behind the SNES emulator for Analogue Pocket as one of the many annoyed by having to deal with all this AI-generated code.Yesterday, a contributor going b
  
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• Xbox Helix is seemingly pulling a Steam Deck, CEO discusses devices for players "on the go"

  06-10-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reiterated plans for Xbox Project Helix to encompass a "family of devices" at a recent company town hall meeting, describing a new generation with a console at its center but also with options for players "on the go," seemingly in the vein of portable systems like Valve's Steam Deck or Nintendo's Switch 2. In a meeting transcript shared with Windows Central, Sharma says, "We are moving to a family of devices for Gen-10," the hardware generation which will cover the PS6 a
  
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• D&D and Magic The Gathering developers unionize, demand protection from "LLMs and generative AI"

  06-10-2026 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The makers of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have unionized. Today, the developers of the massive tabletop games have announced that they're joining United Wizards of the Coast - CWA, and are calling on their company to voluntarily recognize the union. Among their demands is protection from what they call an increasing push for AI use from Wizards of the Coast management.United Wizards of the Coast announced its existence in April. Back then, it consisted only of the developers
  
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