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• GTA 5 modder behind Switch 1 port says it's "shutting down" following action from the devs

  29-09-2026 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the wait for GTA 6 presses on, fans of Rockstar Games' beloved franchise are finding new ways to breathe life into older entries like GTA 5 – for instance by, uh, unofficially porting it to Nintendo's original Switch console.Or, at least, attempting to. Paralympics Productions, a self-described "very serious game development studio" (yes, heavy on the sarcasm), has been working on a Switch port of GTA 5 for some time now, officially unveiling its release back in August on X.
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• The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past plays out differently if you've finished the RPG's second expansion

  30-09-2026 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that The Witcher 3 Remastered is finally here, we're all looking forward to CD Projekt Red's new expansion, Songs of the Past – but we don't need to rush through the RPG's other DLC, apparently.Fool's Theory – the partner studio working with CD Projekt Red on the expansion – creative vision director Karolina Kuzia-Rokosz confirms as much in a new interview with VGC.
  She implies that the upcoming content will actually work around the player and what they've done in the RPG s
  
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• Black Clover season 2 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Crunchyroll?

  30-09-2026 15:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Black Clover is fast becoming one of the biggest names on anime and its second season aims to build on the quality of its first.This week, Black Clover season 2 begins on Crunchyroll and, with it, the quest for the Magic Knights to save their superiors from the Spade Kingdom and the clutches of the Dark Triad.A lot is at stake, then. So, you'll want to be on the ground floor for new episodes to avoid all the spoilers and social media chatter coming your way. With that in mind, we have the Black
  
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• GTA 6 influencers sent mysterious merch that sure looks better than those $400 Collector's Boxes

  30-09-2026 15:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 marketing is really ramping up now as influencers are receiving packages of merch from Rockstar Games, and I've gotta say, it looks like they got a better deal than the fans paying $400 for those Collector's Boxes. The package in question has been shown off by content creator TmarTn on YouTube (below), who says he received the mysterious box from Rockstar with no heads up from the devs. Contained within his box was a blue baseball cap with a pink Rockstar Games logo embroidered on the fron
  
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• A new indie take on King's Field arrives on Steam and consoles in time for Halloween

  30-09-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today, FromSoftware is known for creating the Soulslike: a particular brand of dark fantasy action-RPG that's helped to define the modern gaming landscape. But the spirit of the genre goes all the way back to the '90s, when FromSoftware's own King's Field series started endearing itself to a small cult of devotees. Now, that same spirit is influencing a new generation of indie developers, and the upcoming Queen's Domain is one of the most impressive tributes we've seen yet.You might've heard abo
  
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• GTA 6's weather is completely re-done from Red Dead Redemption 2, has hurricanes, rainbows and more

  30-09-2026 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The small details have always been where Rockstar works the most magic, and GTA 6 will be no different. Besides anything else, the weather is going to be something to watch out for, since the whole system's been overhauled from what we saw in Red Dead Redemption 2.In Game Informer, Owen Shepherd, the vice president of art for lighting and rendering at Rockstar, divulged some of what players can expect when roaming Leonida, and it won't all be sunshine and tans. You can encounter all sorts of con
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday is currently "two and a half hours" with a "very surprising ending"

  30-09-2026 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Directors Joe and Anthony Russo have seemingly confirmed the current runtime for Avengers: Doomsday is shorter than Avengers: Endgame.While speaking to Fandango about the challenge of balancing a large cast with a focused story, Anthony Russo said, "It's a two and a half hour movie or so, and you're sitting through it, and it's a focused propulsive narrative that has like an organizing principle at its center, and everything has to orbit around that.That's part of the creative challenge for Joe
  
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• 20 years after Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Iron Man, Marvel fans are just discovering his audition

  30-09-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Robert Downey Jr. was announced as Tony Stark 20 years ago, marking one of the most iconic superhero castings ever made. A report from September 29, 2006 was shared by a fan on Reddit alongside one of the actor's final screen tests.In the original report from The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel head Kevin Feige was quoted about the news, seemingly bracing for backlash from fans. "In every casting announcement we've done, people in their mind's eye have their own view of it and let us know about it,"
  
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• Sean Gunn says Man of Tomorrow is his "favorite of all" James Gunn movies

  30-09-2026 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sean Gunn has shared his thoughts on Man of Tomorrow, and it sounds like the film is shaping up to be something special. Gunn has a role in the DCU as Maxwell Lord, and he also played Kraglin and was the physical performer for Rocket Raccoon in the MCU. "It weighs everything on it," Sean Gunn told ComicBook, when asked how Man of Tomorrow tips the scale between James Gunn's Marvel and DC movies. "Because I can tell you: I can't say anything about Man of Tomorrow in terms of what it's about or wh
  
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• Crimson Desert DLC Charting the Unknown delayed 2 weeks as devs seek "a more polished and stable gameplay experience"

  30-09-2026 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has announced that the Charting the Unknown DLC expansion has been delayed, but thankfully not by too long. Crimson Desert DLC was confirmed a few months after the game dropped, with the developer confirming an expansion was in the works in June, which felt like an obvious move after the massive success of the open-world game at launch, but I don't know that many were expecting it to be dropping this year. But despite that, Pearl Abyss confirmed it would be a
  
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• Avengers: Endgame writers planned for Hawkeye to die until Marvel employees protested

  30-09-2026 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame co-writer Stephen McFeely has revealed the surprising way the Soul Stone sacrifice was chosen."Because it's not a small thing to kill off a principal female character in the MCU, we tried a version of Hawkeye [dying]," McFeely said of the moment on the planet Vormir between Hawkeye and Black Widow at an Avengers: Endgame Encore Q&A event (via Forbes).But a back-and-forth was just beginning. With the writers undecided on whether to kill off Hawkeye or Black Widow, those at M
  
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• Absurdly rare Raincoat Pikachu Pokemon card sells for $8.4 million

  30-09-2026 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  A hyper-rare Pikachu card just sold for $8.4 million, making it the second-most expensive Pokemon card to ever hit auction.Dubbed 'Raincoat Pikachu' by fans because it shows the electric mouse dressed up for a downpour with umbrella in hand, it's rarer than a shiny Mew; this was the result of a global competition so only 100 were ever made as a personal prize, meaning it was never sold in stores. That goes some way to explaining why this Pokemon card in particular fetched such a high price. Inde
  
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• Horror legend Mike Flanagan wants his Amazon show Carrie to run for three seasons, going far beyond Stephen King's story

  30-09-2026 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mike Flanagan has shared his hopes that his new Amazon series will run for multiple seasons. The Haunting of Hill House director is helming a new adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie, and it seems like it will extend far beyond the original story.Speaking to Collider recently, Flanagan said: "In my dream scenario. I think it’s three seasons. In my dream scenario, I think Carrie has a wonderful three-step arc. It’s a trilogy, really.”The Amazon show will follow Summer H. Howell's
  
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• Veteran Halo lead has suggestions for Activision, and they include hiring "laid off folks"

  30-09-2026 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret that Microsoft's plans to cut 3,200 employees at Xbox are still in action, having just affected a whopping 268 employees earlier this month, many of whom were working at Halo Studios – the team largely responsible for the Halo franchise.At the time, chief content officer Matt Booty said the role eliminations were focused "across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central functions layer." As for the future of Halo, Activision took control of
  
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• Shigeru Miyamoto apparently has a love-hate relationship with Toad, who he would constantly pick in Mario Kart

  30-09-2026 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto either loves or hates Toad and is seemingly doing his best to make sure nobody knows the truth. In a 2012 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Miyamoto was asked who his favorite character to play in Mario Kart is, with the interviewer noting that he likes to play as Toad. Perhaps predictably, Miyamoto said, "I'm sorry that I cannot come up with an interesting answer. Somehow, it's habit to me, but I play with Mario. He's a very balanced character." When aske
  
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• Deadlock smashes Steam record following new update with over 228,000 concurrent players

  30-09-2026 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even though it's still in closed beta, Deadlock, the newest shooter from Valve, is still setting records. The shooter just surpassed 228,000 concurrent players, on the back of a massive update focusing on various gameplay elements.Right off the top, this round of additions, collectively known as City Never Sleeps, brings in no less than six new characters to play as. Among them are Rat King, who's described as "Scrappy, regal, tenacious"; explosives expert Deadman Danny; and my personal favorite
  
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• Police arrest "one of the alleged leaders" behind Rockstar hack that revealed how much money GTA Online makes

  30-09-2026 12:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The FBI has confirmed the arrest of "one of the alleged leaders" of cybercrime and hacking group ShinyHunters – the group that claimed responsibility for a Rockstar Games hack earlier this year.As reported by Reuters, earlier this week, Dutch police announced that they arrested a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam on September 15 who's suspected of being part of the group. In a statement, the FBI's cyber division assistant director, Brett Leatherman, refers to the man as "one of the alleged le
  
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• Game of Thrones movie Aegon's Conquest gets release date and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms director

  30-09-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Game of Thrones movie based on Aegon's Conquest is coming to theaters – and it finally has a release date. The film will land on June 1, 2029, and it will be directed by Owen Harris, according to Deadline. Harris directed three episodes of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Andor scribe Bea Willimon will pen the script, and the film is titled Game of Thrones: Aegon's Conquest. While no further details have been revealed just yet, judging by the title, the movie will cover Aegon I Targarye
  
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• Amazon is adapting one of Spider-Man's most controversial stories, and it's not going down well with fans

  30-09-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite Spider-Noir's cancelation, Spider-Man is close to a streaming return at Amazon with an adaptation of one of the webhead's most controversial and divisive comic storylines.As reported by Deadline, Prime Video could be the destination for a Clone Saga show. For the uninitiated, the arc – which spanned multiple Spidey titles across the mid-1990s – featured the return of Ben Reilly, a clone of Peter Parker who tricked many into believing he was the real Peter Parker.What followed
  
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• The Witcher 3 Remastered is free for Switch 2 players with access to a Switch cartridge

  30-09-2026 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 3 Remastered has finally arrived, coming as a free upgrade for players who have the original 2015 RPG – and, apparently, those who borrow it, too.If you happen to own the old Nintendo Switch version of the game – yes, the one from 2019 – you can insert it into your Switch 2 and access the full digital version of The Witcher 3 Remastered for Nintendo's newer console.
  A genius user over on Reddit figured out the real-life "hack," so to speak, sharing a screenshot as e
  
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• Tom Cruise's new movie scores his lowest Rotten Tomatoes score in almost a decade

  30-09-2026 11:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise has been dividing audiences with his latest movie Digger, landing his first rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes since The Mummy in 2017. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the satire sees Cruise transform with prosthetics into an oil tycoon called Digger Rockwell, known as the most powerful man in the world.He becomes humanity's only hope after a disaster he unleashes nearly destroys everything. Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, and Emma D'Arcy all also star in th
  
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• Another Steam page is going algorithmic as Valve aims to show "10x more games to customers"

  30-09-2026 01:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steam is making a big change to one of its promotional pages, opting for an algorithm-based showcase of games instead of the current "manual calendar-based approach."Steam has been gradually moving toward personalized algorithms to recommend games for years now, and in early 2027, the Discounts & Events page, which as the name implies shows you themed sales and discounted games, is joining the club. In its announcement, Valve says the goal is to get more discounted games in front of Steam us
  
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• American Truck Simulator adds DLC where you don't have to drive a truck, sets a new Steam record

  30-09-2026 00:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are few video game titles as descriptive as American Truck Simulator. You drive a simulated truck across America. Boom, branding perfection. It might seem like a betrayal of that core concept to release an expansion that lets you trade in the 18-wheelers for normal consumer cars, but that's exactly what the newly released Road Trip DLC is all about. Judging by the new all-time Steam player record the game just set, fans have been ready for the ride."American Truck Simulator's all time conc
  
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• Nearly 20 years later, Guillermo del Toro finally confirms old BioShock movie rumors

  29-09-2026 23:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  After nearly two decades of rumors, Guillermo del Toro has finally revealed that he was indeed in discussions to direct a BioShock movie."You know, I tried, Del Toro," Del Toro tells IGN. "We had a very contentious call about a couple of games. I find that the dynamics of a video game are very different than a movie. They may be cinematically similar in terms of the camera moving, and this and that, but the storytelling is very different, because you're not solving puzzles. You're not assembling
  
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• Diablo 5 director says "any challenge can be overcome with the right build" amid combat questions

  29-09-2026 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  With a spring 2029 release window, Diablo 5 is still a ways off and presumably early in development, and as such there's a lot we don't know about it. We know it takes place about 100 years after Diablo 4 and that it won't have towns or safe zones outside of a Baldur's Gate-style caravan of traveling companions, but most of the sequel's core design pillars remain a mystery. Chiefly, we know next to nothing about how combat will work in Diablo 5, and considering Diablo games are almost exclusivel
  
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• Rockstar flashes its wallet, says GTA 6 doesn't compromise on detail or scale

  29-09-2026 21:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  You've heard it said before that GTA 6 is expected to be the largest entertainment launch of all time in terms of budget and sales, but it really is hard to oversell the unprecedented scale of Rockstar's incoming juggernaut. Publisher Take-Two Interactive has likely spent an ungodly amount of money GTA 6, and if the finished product is anything less than a total disaster, you'll see that money reflected in its photorealistic, richly detailed visuals, gigantic open-world map, and lifelike physics
  
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• GTA 6 devs spent years "going to strip clubs" and the beach to research Florida life

  29-09-2026 20:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Game development is a hard, often thankless job, where devs spend years working extreme hours while pouring their hearts into their craft, and they're often repaid with little more than a pat on the back ahead of the next round of mass layoffs. I say all this to suggest you shouldn't judge Rockstar too hard for its regular GTA 6 research trips in Florida, which saw the devs soaking up the sun and the nightlife in equal measure."We go and try to experience everything," senior vice president of na
  
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• Arc Raiders devs "were super unhappy" and "super tired" after the shooter's huge launch, lead says

  29-09-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the face of it, Arc Raiders has enjoyed a dream year for a live-service game. It launched to huge numbers, then maintained the community while developer Embark Studios maintained a cadence of updates and patches to keep things (mostly) steady. As the shooter's first anniversary approaches, leadership is now getting candid about the toll that's taken on the devs.Aleksander Grøndal, executive producer on Arc Raiders, discusses Embark's general weariness with Game Developer. "Transitionin
  
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• For the first time in 60 years, Sony will skip the huge convention it once used to reveal the PS5 logo

  29-09-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony is skipping the Consumer Electronics Show in 2027, which marks the first time the PlayStation maker has not attended the show in its history. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, after only appearing at this year's show as part of its joint venture with Honda, Sony is skipping the 2027 event. A Sony spokesperson tells Bloomberg the decision is based on its current focus on "entertainment, intellectual property, and technology geared to support creators," adding, "We continuously and strategica
  
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• The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past is happening because devs believe "there is still more to say"

  29-09-2026 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today marks the release of The Witcher 3 Remastered, a big update to CD Projekt Red's monumental RPG. On the heels of this, we're also getting an expansion, Songs of the Past, next year – only 12 years into the game's life. Why? Well, because the devs simply felt they had more ground to cover."It was a great opportunity to tell something new about already established characters and to show them from a different angle," Karolina Kuzia-Rokosz, creative vision director at CDPR support studio
  
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