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• Google Play Pass is like Apple Arcade for Android, but with apps instead of exclusives

  23-09-2019 21:56 via gamesradar.com
  The service will cost $4.99 a month and will offer hundreds of Android apps and games
  
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• We need games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Balatro, and Peak as a cure for the "fear" in the industry, say experts

  24-07-2026 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a sea of conservative, market-researched games, a group of game development and publishing staff pointed to games like French JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, co-op adventure Peak, and roguelike card game Balatro as modern demonstrations of the "courage" that games should carry. "We're moving fast and losing what made us good (creativity, craft & the future)," declared a 2026 DevGAMM Madeira Games Summit workgroup hosted by veteran indie dev and consultant Rami Ismail of Vlambeer fame, a
  
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• Nintendo added a bizarre "anti-brother romance failsafe" to NES Remix to stop Mario from getting too close with Luigi on Wii U, expert says

  24-07-2026 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo apparently obliterated any chance of Mario and Luigi experiencing brotherly affection in Wii U retro challenge game NES Remix, and I can't help but feel a bit disappointed in the developer's flagrant bias against toxic yaoi. Come on, Nintendo, don't you know we're in the middle of a male loneliness epidemic? Mario blogger and connoisseur Supper Mario Brother explained in a Bluesky post, with information discovered by Bluesky user DavidPCM, the way "NES Remix contains a graphic that seem
  
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• Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War season 4 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Disney Plus and Hulu?

  24-07-2026 22:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War season 4 is set to bring the long-running anime to a close with a chapter fittingly known as The Calamity.With its destination being Disney Plus and Hulu instead of Crunchyroll or Netflix, you may be thrown through a loop on when exactly you can watch the first episode. Don't worry, we've got the streaming time and release date below. (And don't forget to update your parental control settings if you haven't already!)For more, check out all the new anime still to co
  
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• Avatar Aang director says unprecedented leaks won't affect The Last Airbender movie's legacy: "The movie is going to live much longer than that"

  24-07-2026 21:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender director Lauren Montgomery has responded to the Paramount Plus movie's wave of leaks – but doesn't think it will harm the staying power of the animated feature."Under the circumstances of everything that happened, [it is bittersweet]," Montgomery admits to GamesRadar+ at San Diego Comic-Con. "But I'm excited that we get to share it sooner than later." Previously, Avatar Aang – a sequel movie following the exploits of the Gang as they discover a dormant
  
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• Simon Pegg's Balrog will share scenes with Sauron in The Rings of Power season 3

  24-07-2026 20:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Simon Pegg's Balrog will be "an intelligent, strategic, dangerous adversary" in The Rings of Power season 3.Balrog, voiced by Pegg, was teased at the tail-end of The Rings of Power's second season, where the Mines of Moria – and King Durin's madness – uncovered the fiery creature lying in wait.But whereas most Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fans may know him as the one who fought Gandalf in an epic duel, The Rings of Power's latest season will seemingly show a new side to the fearsome
  
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• Sauron crafts the One Ring in The Rings of Power season 3 trailer as Middle-earth burns

  24-07-2026 20:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for The Rings of Power season 3 is finally here, and it's sees Sauron crafting the One Ring to rule them all.Beginning with Mount Doom, the trailer promises the most dramatic season yet as we see the Dark Lord begin the task, stating, "Now is the mightly hour come." Much of the first focuses on Sauron's journey to creating the One Ring as Middle-earth tries to battle the rising darkness. Elsewhere, we see Celeborn and Galadiel reunite, Gandalf warning about death to come, and e
  
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• Sauron will create some "complications" for Celeborn and Galadriel in The Rings of Power season 3

  24-07-2026 20:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's Celeborn star says Sauron puts a real damper on his and Galadriel's reunion in season 3, suggesting he may use the relationship against the elves. "The reunion between the two of them is deeply impactful, particularly for Celeborn. And I think, you know, with Galadriel, it's the memory, and the hope of their reunion has really been the thing that's been keeping him alive," said Celeborn star Jamie Campbell Bower at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, attended by
  
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• Simon Pegg joins the cast of The Rings of Power season 3 as an iconic Lord of the Rings character

  24-07-2026 20:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  At SDCC 2026, some exciting new The Rings of Power season 3 news has been announced. Along with a brand new trailer, three new cast members have been revealed. Not only is the Balrog set to return, but it'll be voiced for the very first time, and Simon Pegg will be lending his vocal talents to the magical beast. The Balrog lives in the Mines of Moria and claimed King Durin's life in season 2. Clearly, then, it's set to play a big role in season 3...Also joining the cast are Eddie Marsan as Durin
  
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• "He's in his power": The Rings of Power's Gandalf star says his Lord of the Rings character has "arrived" in season 3 and will be the wizard "we all hopefully know and love"

  24-07-2026 20:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 star Daniel Weyman has teased how Gandalf will play into the series going forward. Speaking during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the actor revealed that the iconic Lord of the Rings character has "arrived"."We've seen in this in this time gap between season two and season three-he's been sitting around with Tom Bombadil," Weyman said at the panel attended by GamesRadar+. "He's been trying to learn his stuff, and he can't make a sense of these
  
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• Blade Runner 2099 will have "connective tissue" to the Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve movies, but will also be a standalone "rebirth"

  24-07-2026 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blade Runner 2099 didn't just get a first trailer and a release date at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, the showrunner also gave us an interesting tease about where it stands in relation to the rest of the franchise. "2019 was dark and rainy. 2049 was snowy and cold," showrunner Silka Luisa said at the panel, attended by GamesRadar+. "Our show is a rebirth. It's the rebirth of a city, it's a rebirth of all of our characters, and so to me that felt like it should be hot and sticky and chaotic, and that
  
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• First Blade Runner 2099 trailer flips the iconic sci-fi franchise on its head as 2026 release confirmed

  24-07-2026 19:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser trailer and release date for Prime Video's upcoming Blade Runner 2099 TV show at San Diego Comic-Con 2026In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we meet Cora (Hunter Schafer), a human who is struggling to survive in a post-war future where the replicants have won. "How much longer until we have nothing... until we are nothing?" she asks in voiceover, as we see a montage of both chaos and violence (and there's a pretty surprising scene involving her head being smashed again
  
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• The PlayStation Store and Network are down – a great sign for Sony's all-digital, no-disc future

  24-07-2026 19:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony's Playstation Store and PlayStation Network are down for many users, making purchases and some games and features unavailable. PlayStation status detector reports "all services are experiencing issues" for both the US and UK. The issues began around 10:19am EST, according to a footnote in the status detector. Ol' reliable, Downdetector, shows the same. When Sony says all services, it means it. On every platform, from PS Vita to PS5, the ability to purchase, download, browse, search, or rede
  
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• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "feet pics" barrage surprised the remake's director, but he says "that's kind of what photo mode is there for"

  24-07-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Once you give players an ability, you really can't control how they use it. People can do whatever they like with a photo mode, as the devs behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced have discovered due to the amount of feet pics they've seen."There's just nothing like having one million or two million players playing a game at once that you can't replicate. The feet pics were very surprising," Richard Knight, game director on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, tells JorRaptor. "That's kind
  
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• Resident Evil 4 made Capcom another $560 million and became the best-selling remake of the generation, analyst says, more than tripling sales of Oblivion Remastered and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

  24-07-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oblivion Remastered and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth have been found dead in a puddle of T-virus – the Resident Evil 4 remake from 2023 has sold 16.8 million copies across all platforms, and games industry researcher Alinea Analytics infers that makes it the best-selling remake of this console generation. "It’s also among the most successful single-player horror games in history," says market analysis lead Rhys Elliott in a Substack breakdown of the best-selling game remakes and remasters
  
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• After Persona 6 reveal, Sega promises to give Atlus' beloved JRPG series "the lively 30th anniversary celebration it deserves"

  24-07-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sega president Shuji Utsumi has promised fans of the Persona series that the teaser trailer for Persona 6 is just the start of what he believes will be a "truly memorable year" to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary. While Persona 4 Revival will be another hype moment for fans, Utsumi hints that there are more reveals on the horizon. In an interview with Famitsu, that's been translated by GamesRadar+, Utsumi expresses how he's "very confident" that fans will be pleased with what Sega has plan
  
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• Alan Ritchson teases a potential future in the DCU – but is it Batman-related?

  24-07-2026 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Comic book fans are desperate to see Alan Ritchson answer the bat signal in James Gunn’s DC Universe, but as it stands, the Superman director doesn't sound like he's planning to hand over the keys to the Batcave just yet. Last year, Gunn assured that he was a fan of the Reacher star and advised, "let's just wait and see what happens," saying no more on the matter. Well now, Ritchson is back to stoke the flames of the DC fan-fuelled fire and assure that conversations have definitely been ha
  
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• Halo: Campaign Evolved launches to "mixed" Steam reviews thanks to server login issues in a single-player game after charging $70 for early access

  24-07-2026 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Halo: Campaign Evolved might be a remake of one of the best shooters to ever do it, but that doesn't mean it's entirely bullet proof. On Steam, the remake has debuted to an average 'Mixed' rating thanks to player complaints of crashes and server login issues that temporarily stopped people from playing the campaign-only game.For context, Halo: Campaign Evolved launches in full on July 28, but owners of the $70/£70 Premium Edition get to skip the queue and jump in five days early. Despite p
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 reportedly tops 1 million active players for the first time in over a year as fans prepare for the Evercold expansion

  24-07-2026 18:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems like things are looking up for Final Fantasy 14. After Dawntrail led to players gradually pulling away from Square Enix's MMORPG, new data suggests many are now returning, in anticipation of upcoming expansion, Evercold.The information comes from Japanese outlet Lucky Bancho, which regularly posts numbers related to the MMO's overall playerbase. According to these numbers, since March, Final Fantasy 14's number of active players has grown to over one million, to a grand total of around
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says "open-world fatigue" is real, and since "the world is even bigger than it was in Rebirth," Square Enix specially focused on guiding players

  24-07-2026 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi understands open-world fatigue, which is why Revelation is seemingly trying to find a balance between Remake and Rebirth. Rebirth's open world has been a point of criticism for the 2024 RPG, and despite the, ahem, revelation that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will have a bigger world than even Rebirth did, Hamaguchi tells Eurogamer that not overdoing it is on his mind. He explains, "The world is even bigger than it was in Rebirth, so it is more
  
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• Weapons director promises Gladys prequel is being taken "super seriously"

  24-07-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  He might be taking on a new kind of terror with Resident Evil (which looks terrifying after the SDCC footage we’ve seen), but Amy Madigan's dear Aunt Gladys prequel is very much on the mind of Weapons director Zach Cregger. While attending Collider's Directors on Directing panel (via The Hollywood Reporter), the brains behind one of 2025's biggest hits hinted at what we can expect when he does a deep dive into the red-haired witch who was last seen getting ripped apart by schoolchildren. "
  
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• The mega-detailed Splatoon Raiders amiibo featuring Shiver, Frye, and Big Man are proof that the toy line is still in top form

  24-07-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Inkling Squid amiibo was one of the first I ever had in my collection, far before I ever got almost 200 NFC figures deep. It came bundled with the original Splatoon on the Nintendo Wii U back in 2015, and I've been hooked on amiibo ever since - so getting the new Splatoon Raiders Deep Cut triple-pack was a no-brainer.Here in the UK, the figures are available exclusively as a £49.99 (Nintendo) triple pack, which was a bummer as it meant my Splatoon Raiders expenses for the month almost
  
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• Amazon games boss hopes Steam Machine and consoles "pushing well over $1,000" will drive more people to cloud gaming like Prime's Luna

  24-07-2026 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jeffrey Gattis, general manager for games at Amazon, hopes to see more people try its cloud gaming service Luna as consoles and PCs become eye-wateringly expensive. Speaking with The Game Business, Gattis weighs up the increasing costs of gaming today. Component supply chains decimated by AI data centers forced even Valve's wealthy hand (as it refuses to sell hardware at a loss), leading to a flagrantly overpriced Steam Machine that would've been a proper hit with a sticker in the high three-dig
  
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• Trained by decades of Pokemon, Game Freak has taken petting the dog to a new level in its RPG Beast of Reincarnation: pet it, wash it, and master a whole affection system

  24-07-2026 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the most exciting things about Beast of Reincarnation – the new action game from mainline Pokemon maker, Game Freak – is the adorably fluffy, but violently capable dog that'll follow you around for the entire adventure. And, yes, thankfully, you can pet the good boy.Beast of Reincarnation flings us a couple thousand years into the future to experience a post-apocalyptic version of Japan, where we'll do battle with deadly automatons, frenzied beasties who hail from the natural
  
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• Now 73 years old, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto hopes he's still making games in 10 years despite his family's concerns: "Isn't it about time you stopped?"

  24-07-2026 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto is on the long list of developers not planning on taking their hard-earned retirement when given the opportunity.I don't know what it is about game developers, but a shocking number of them really don't want to retire. When Metal Gear Solid developer Hideo Kojima turned 60 a few years back, he pledged that he will never retire, while Bethesda's Todd Howard recently said that he used to think about what his retirement would look like, b
  
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• Sega isn't "abandoning" physical games: president reminds everyone "we used to develop consoles," but says it's eyeing PC gaming in an increasingly digital future

  24-07-2026 17:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sega's president Shuji Utsumi has discussed his company's position on the digital versus physical games debate. He says that while Japanese culture focuses on physical media, the rising global popularity of PC gaming means the company needs to emphasize improving its digital releases.In an interview with Famitsu, that's been translated by GamesRadar+, Utsumi talks about how Sega is approaching what could potentially be an all digital future. "With regards to what we call 'full games' on both con
  
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• Christopher Nolan saw the original Star Wars 12 times in theaters, says The Odyssey is an attempt to get back to that "otherworldly aspect"

  24-07-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Nolan says he saw the original Star Wars 12 times in theaters, and that the movie has had a lasting impact on his filmmaking, leading all the way up to The Odyssey."Yeah, absolutely. The first Star Wars," Nolan said in response to Jimmy Fallon asking if it was true. "I mean, that was the event. I mean, it was pre-home video as well. So if you wanted to see it again... You know, there was no VHS machine or whatever. This is 1977. So I absolutely loved that movie and still love it. And
  
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• Daredevil gets a new look in Born Again season 3, and now I think Elektra's fate is sealed

  24-07-2026 16:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week, we're anticipating a hefty Avengers: Doomsday news dump on the horizon, what with the Latverian leader set to make his presence known at SDCC this weekend. One other MCU legend that could also be making an appearance, though, is the lawyer-turned-lawbreaker, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) aka Daredevil. After the events of season 2 and behind-the-scenes footage of Élodie Yung back in action as Elektra, it's clear that the Devil of Hell's Kitchen will have a lot on his plate when he
  
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• The next Kingdom Come game will seemingly drop the name of the Deliverance RPGs, based on a new trademark from Warhorse

  24-07-2026 16:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  It would appear that the name of the next entry in the Kingdom Come series has been revealed. A trademark filing points towards a slightly different naming convention for the upcoming installment in the historical epic, though other details remain scant for now.As spotted by The Phrasemaker, on the European Union Intellectual Property Office's online database, you can find an entry for a game called Kingdom Come Salvation. While not proof of anything in and of itself, the logo being stylized lik
  
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• Razer's cute accessory trend continues as it unveils Sanrio keycaps featuring Hello Kitty and friends holding replicas of their best tech

  24-07-2026 15:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Razer is on a roll with its new cute releases, from its Pokemon Espeon and Umbreon Collection to its Pikachu and Eevee Collection - but now it's got Sanrio Edition keycaps out in the wild.The new Sanrio Edition Razer Keycap Blind Box set was originally unveiled on Razer's community blog on July 12, 2026, but a new X (Twitter) post now reveals that it's available at Target stores in the US. These keycaps feature five designs of Hello Kitty and friends and can be swapped for your ESC key to inject
  
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