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• Germany's infection rate rises above one after lockdown eased

  10-05-2020 18:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Germany’s coronavirus reproduction rate – the crucial measure shows how widely the virus is spreading in the community – has risen to 1.1, giving rise to fears that a second wave of infections may be imminent. The findings come just days after the country begun the first phase of relaxing its coronavirus lockdown measures, while anti-lockdown protests have been building across the country. Germany has been lauded internationally for its coordinated response to the virus and its
  
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• Halo co-creator says the remake's lack of PvP is a "misstep" resulting "from lack of oversight and poor planning"

  14-08-2026 01:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Halo: Campaign Evolved's lack of PvP multiplayer is probably the remake's biggest drawback, a baffling letdown for fans of the original 2001 classic FPS with beloved memories playing against friends in the same room on the same TV. I'm having a great time playing through the campaign in co-op mode with a few pals, but what good is playing games with friends when you don't end up hating each other at the end?Anyway, Halo: Campaign Evolved doesn't have PvP, and Halo Studios has provided zero indic
  
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• An Uncharted remake would feel "like a cash grab," says OG designer who thinks Naughty Dog should make a new prequel instead

  14-08-2026 00:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  10 long years since Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, all of us Naughty Dog fans are ready for more Nathan Drake, even as the studio presumably barrels full-steam ahead on Intergalactic: A Heretic Prophet. We still have the Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection, which includes beautiful remasters of the first three games, as well as the excellent Uncharted 4, on modern platforms, but for people like me who've played those games so many times you could recite the scripts by memory, the itch for another ad
  
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• Viral Pokemon PC port Gen1Recomp gets Gold support, as dev says it's "not vibe coded" even though "AI helped" with development

  14-08-2026 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Pokemon PC port known as Gen1Recomp has been going viral over the past few weeks, thanks largely to mods turning the original Game Boy RPG into a three-dimensional voxel world. The project launched with support for Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow, and beta support for Pokemon Gold has just been implemented. Developer BryanThaBoi has also thoroughly answered questions about the project's AI use – though those answers may not be what you're hoping to hear.Gen1Recomp functions similarly to ot
  
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• Marvel Tokon sold 485,000 copies in a week but it could have been "closer to 1M" with a better PC port and Steam reviews, analyst says

  13-08-2026 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has managed to sell a total of 485,000 copies across PS5 and Steam in the week since it launched, but Alinea's head of market analysis Rhys Elliott guesses the 4v4 tag team fighter could have done much better than that if Steam reviewers didn't hate its PC port so much. The game itself is great. Guilty Gear Strive developer Arc System Works predictably infused Marvel Tokon with its characteristic, ostentatious combat style and vibrant art, leading writer Alan Wen to
  
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• Matthew McConaughey says he turned down playing Joel in The Last of Us TV show

  13-08-2026 22:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matthew McConaughey has revealed that he turned down the role of Joel in HBO's The Last of Us TV show."I wasn’t really acting at that point," McConaughey told Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "That was when I was doing more writing and looking at leadership roles in life. It was really good. I was excited. Correct me if I’m wrong, I’m not a huge TV watcher, we pulled off a real coup with True Detective at a time when series were not something that actors like my
  
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• Blood of Dawnwalker dev says you can beat the final boss right after the prologue, but it "will be a feat worthy of legends"

  13-08-2026 22:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rebel Wolves has made a lot about Blood of Dawnwalker's open-ended campaign and completely non-linear narrative path, having previously said "everything is optional" in the vampiric open-world RPG. In a new video overview of the upcoming title, the developers take that design philosophy and frame it like a challenge, confirming that you can beat the final boss the moment you leave the tutorial section and preemptively handing out "legend" status to anyone capable enough to do so."You have one cl
  
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• The Elder Scrolls 6 finally showing signs of life won't deter the Bethesda fan who is 132 days into making their own Daggerfall-style RPG

  13-08-2026 20:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda recently breathed, or gently sighed, new life into The Elder Scrolls 6 by getting Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to tweet about a "live playthrough" of the game she apparently experienced in some form. The brief, top-level mention re-confirming the existence of the Skyrim follow-up some eight years after its announcement successfully whipped up the Elder Scrolls player base by obscuring its official subtitle behind eight loud asterisks, leading to a soft consensus on what that subtitle is. And ye
  
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• The 5 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and more (August 14-16)

  13-08-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  As we hit the midway point of August, there is still so much to enjoy on streaming. One of our most-anticipated shows of the year finally arrives this week, as Lanterns begins on HBO Max. The DCU show has a lot of buzz around it, and we can't wait to see the introduction of the classic comic book characters in James Gunn's universe.That's not the only big show premiering this week either, with the hugely anticipated return of Reacher hitting Prime Video and the epic conclusion to X-Men '97. In t
  
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• Palworld lead tells fans they "simply do not realize the sheer number of collabs we've rejected" because they didn't make sense for the survival game

  13-08-2026 18:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The devs behind Palworld have never been shy about collaborations in their monster collector. Valheim, Ultrakill, and Terraria are just three notable partnerships Pocketpair's orchestrated. But the latter drew some ire lately, prompting an explanation on Palworld's collabs from the company's ever-present head of publishing and communications, John "Bucky" Buckley."I think the Terraria collab in Palworld was pretty great!" Buckley said on Twitter. "Completely understand some people would prefer a
  
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• Stop Killing Games might never win according to expert: "Are consumer rights being violated? Well, they already exist to be violated"

  13-08-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Stop Killing Games movement inspired by Ubisoft's shruggy shutdown of 2014 racer The Crew has hit a few potholes since its 2024 inception, including a bunch of European publishers' loud opposition toward it, and the EU itself ruling against its plea for better consumer protection against live-service game death. Proponents should also prepare for their humble campaign taking a full-on trip off a cliff, suggests Flux Digital Policy video games policy expert Dr. Ceila Pontin, since what it wan
  
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• The Sims 4 mod does what EA never will, delivers "complete overhaul" of the life sim's map and finally unites its worlds with "a seamless layout"

  13-08-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although The Sims 4 sadly doesn't feature an open-world map the way that The Sims 3 (my beloved) did, one talented modder has stepped up to the plate and is making it feel a lot more seamless and united.How is he doing that, you might ask – and the answer is, well, by changing up the boring world selection screen and transforming it into a map that's almost reminiscent of The Sims 2 (minus all of the customization, but we can't win 'em all).
  Aptly dubbed "The Immersive World Map" by creato
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's "untranslatable" inspiration is finally getting an English release after 22 years

  13-08-2026 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A cult classic book that served as a major inspiration for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - you know, the game that won basically every GOTY award out there - is finally getting its first English translation. Alain Damasio's Horde of the Counterwind, originally published as La Horde du Contrevent, became a beloved French novel more than two decades ago. It'll soon become available to the English-speaking world when a hardback copy of the book finally hits store shelves on October 13 in the US (you
  
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• Beast of Reincarnation director "truly sorry" that Pokemon dev's new action-RPG hasn't "provided a sufficiently enjoyable experience"

  13-08-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unfortunately, reactions to Game Freak's new action-RPG Beast of Reincarnation haven't been the strongest, with players complaining about performance issues and other problsm. The studio, most widely known for Pokemon, is aware of the problems, and the devs are hard at work rectifying whatever they can.Kota Furushima, game director, spoke to 4Gamer about the response and how the team is handling it. "I honestly feel that there are still areas in the game that require our sincere attention," he s
  
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• Magic: The Gathering swiftly learns the power of Final Fantasy 14 as a mommy cat lady overtakes its most popular commander card

  13-08-2026 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Of all the Final Fantasy 14 collaborations and crossovers out there, I never expected to see the game make its way to Magic: the Gathering – but boy, has it.Not only does Magic: the Gathering now feature a set of very nice Final Fantasy 14-themed cards, but there's one in particular that's downright dominating the scene currently: none other than that of Y'shtola, Night's Blessed, of course.
  Now, I might not be a big MTG fan myself, but I just so happen to be a Warrior of Light and, yes, a
  
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• This solo Fallout wargame uses randomized Wastelands to make you a personal "campaign map of locations and enemies" to fight through

  13-08-2026 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new edition of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare has now gone up for pre-order, and it's looking like a great alternative to Warhammer if you struggle to find or go to regular matches.Designed as a solo-first wargame, Fallout: Wasteland Warfare builds on "years of insights from the community" for a more streamlined and narrative-heavy experience. However, it can also be played cooperatively or competitively with an opponent controlling your foes – or bringing their own warband to trade blows
  
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• New edition of solo Fallout wargame is like a cross between Warhammer and D&D, and it's up for pre-order

  13-08-2026 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new edition of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare has now gone up for pre-order, and it's looking like a great alternative to Warhammer if you struggle to find or go to regular matches.Designed as a solo-first wargame, Fallout: Wasteland Warfare builds on "years of insights from the community" for a more streamlined and narrative-heavy experience. However, it can also be played cooperatively or competitively with an opponent controlling your foes – or bringing their own warband to trade blows
  
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• Brand DapuStor has unveiled a gargantuan 512 TB SSD at this year's FMS 2026 event, but it's sadly not for gaming

  13-08-2026 17:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the ongoing horror that is the RAM Storage Crisis, you're likely reading this while struggling to budget for just 1TB of storage for your gaming PC or PS5. Yet companies like DapuStor are out there unveiling massive 512 TB solid-state drives at FMS 2026, the Future of Memory and Storage 2026 conference held in Santa Clara, California.512 TB is a lot of space. I can barely fill up the 4 TB I have jam-packed into the M.2 slot of my PlayStation 5, so I can't imagine having enough games and data
  
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• Marvel's Wolverine won't show Logan's origins or how he got the adamantium skeleton: "We're not doing an origin story"

  13-08-2026 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It took Hollywood decades to learn the truth about superheroes: the origin stories are usually the most boring part. Insomniac Games was clued into that fact from the start with the Marvel's Spider-Man games, which deliberately avoided showing us Peter Parker's fateful meeting with a radioactive Spider. It seems they're taking a similar approach with Marvel's Wolverine."During our story, Logan already has adamantium infused to his bones," creative director Marcus Smith explains at a preview even
  
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• "Wolverine is our only playable character": Insomniac won't repeat Spider-Man's worst sections in Marvel's Wolverine

  13-08-2026 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a moment in the Marvel's Wolverine story trailer released toward the end of July where we see the camera pull back behind Jean Grey as she enters a dance hall. To my eye, it seemed like an obvious tease of a playable sequence featuring Jean, but looks can be deceiving – Insomniac tells me in no uncertain terms that Wolverine himself is the game's only playable character.When I alluded to that moment with Jean Grey in the trailer in an interview with senior project director Jess Rei
  
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• 8 years after it was released, Marvel fans have only just noticed a Tony Stark continuity error in Avengers: Infinity War

  13-08-2026 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Infinity War may have been released eight years ago, but we're still noticing new details about the film. One Marvel fan has even spotted a continuity goof in the MCU movie involving Iron Man.The scene in question comes in the Greenwich Village street battle when Thanos' generals make a surprise attack to try and steal the Time Stone from Doctor Strange. Preparing for the upcoming fight, Tony Stark transforms into his Mark 50 armor using "nanotech". However, after he takes the glasses
  
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• Pokemon Bank shuts down next year, cutting off the only transfer path from older Pokemon games to the Switch generation

  13-08-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Bank is officially shutting down on February 26, 2027 - meaning the last proper route to move Pokemon from older generations to the Switch era is being cut off. Pokemon Day is February 27, and to celebrate, The Pokemon Company has plans to leave our dusty, sometimes life-long pocket monsters stranded on the Nintendo 3DS. But at least it's giving us time to prep beforehand. "Pokemon Bank, a Nintendo 3DS application that lets players deposit or withdraw Pokémon they have befriended
  
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• Sony killing PlayStation discs will make PS Store prices cheaper, former Square Enix financial exec says, and you only need to look at Steam to understand why

  13-08-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are many, many downsides to Sony ending physical disc production in 2028. However, one small silver lining, according to a former higher-up at Square Enix, is that games will get cheaper.On Twitter, Jacob Navok, director of business development at Square Enix from 2010 to 2015, commented on the nature of video game pricing. "Competition between publishers is what drives pricing pressure, not competition between digital stores," he says. "This is because publishers set pricing on digital st
  
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• Despite being shelved for years, Looney Tunes movie Coyote vs. Acme debuts to near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

  13-08-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  There was a time when it seemed like Coyote vs Acme would never make it to the screen. Shelved by Warner Bros. in 2023 as part of a tax write-off, the film was eventually sold to a new distributor in Ketchup Entertainment in 2025.Now, it seems revenge is even sweeter for the movie as it has debuted to rave reviews from critics. Currently sitting at a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score at 95%, early reactions have been overwhelmingly positive. Time Out gave it four stars, writing: "Slamming the f
  
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• Fellow cosplayers, I need you to give 3D printers a chance: they've changed the game for me

  13-08-2026 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  As a cosplayer who has been on the scene since 2010 I have always admired people who are able to make highly detailed props - swords, scythes, hammers, even a life-sized Heimerdinger puppet! You name it, I've seen it at a convention. I have tried in vain over the years to make large scale, detailed props like this to enhance my cosplays, and the only semi-success I had was a (admittedly, pretty ugly) bow for my Artemis cosplay from Hades. After that I attempted a life-sized Hobby Horse from Alic
  
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• Marvel Rivals devs respond to Storm summer skin controversy, promise to do better but say harassment "is not acceptable"

  13-08-2026 16:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals studio NetEase has now responded to hours of fan backlash aimed at a new costume for Storm, promising that the X-Men icon will receive more cosmetics in the future. This week, Marvel Rivals announced a new set of Summer Special swimsuit cosmetics for a bunch of heroes, including beach-themed skins for Magik and Scarlet Witch, but it's Storm's summer costume in particular that spurred intense online backlash within the community. A 'JusticeForStorm' hashtag went semi-viral, and all
  
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• All this Kingdom Hearts talk has me wishing that Bandai would re-release their Keyblade replica so I could live out my Disney dreams

  13-08-2026 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts is receiving a retrospective showcase at D23 2026, Disney's massive celebration for all the magic it's had its hand in creating, and I'm very excited. I've been obsessed with the series ever since a friend at school whispered to me in maths class a whole 22 years ago, "Hey, you know there's a game that crosses over Disney and Final Fantasy into one, right?"That blew my mind as an obsessive fan of both, and ever since, I've longed to bask in as much Kingdom Hearts-ness as I can get
  
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• The X-Files creator says David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will return in Ryan Coogler's reboot

  13-08-2026 15:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The X-Files reboot is slowly moving ahead with Sinners director Ryan Coogler the mastermind behind the new series. We also know that it will feature two new leads, played by Till's Danielle Deadwyler and The Odyssey's Himesh Patel.However, there has been a question mark over just how connected it will be to the original series, which starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Now it seems like Chris Carter, who created the show, has let slip a key connection. &ldq
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem is selling just as many physical copies as digital globally, with near-50% splits according to analysts – except for in the US, that is

  13-08-2026 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Resident Evil Requiem has been out in the wild for nearly half a year, we can look at how Capcom's latest survival horror has performed in the market – and whether folks have opted to go physical or digital with it.The topic of physical game copies and companies' choice to lean more into digital versions has been in the limelight recently following Sony's decision to end disc production for new titles on PlayStation consoles in 2028.
  It's safe to say it's quite the hot topic, with
  
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• The leaked Zelda Switch 2 Pro controller is stunning, but the OG is still around if you're not fussed about new gamepad perks

  13-08-2026 14:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Too impatient?If you don't want to wait to find out if the Zelda Switch 2 Pro Controller is the real deal, stock for both the default version and the Resident Evil Requiem release is still plentiful for $89.99 and $99.99 on the official Nintendo US storefront.The first Legend of Zelda Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is still available online if you know where to look. While its Tears of the Kingdom-inspired look isn't quite as snazzy as the leaked 40th Anniversary Switch 2 Pro controller, it has
  
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