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• Holy Fire doubles in size

  10-08-2018 20:06 via yahoo.com
  As flames move toward homes, 20,000 residents are ordered to evacuate.
  
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• Warhorse admits Kingdom Come: Deliverance was "rough," but says surprise "next-gen update" brings the RPG up to PC Ultra standards with "massively improved performance"

  13-02-2026 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The original Kingdom Come: Deliverance has received a "next-gen" update improving visuals and performance on PS5 and Xbox Series X, Warhorse has announced. If you own Kingdom Come on PS4 or Xbox One already, you can download the updated version for free right now, otherwise it's available on the usual storefronts for around $30.As many suspected, Warhorse made the announcement during its anniversary stream celebrating Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's first birthday, which included a trailer for the
  
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• Netflix drops first trailer for the Duffer Brothers' new horror show Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

  13-02-2026 19:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Netflix's new horror series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen is here, teasing a nightmarish journey into marriage inspired by genre classics like Carrie and Rosemary’s Baby.Following the Stranger Things finale last month, The Duffer Brothers are back on the streamer as executive producers of this new show, with Haley Z. Boston on board as showrunner. The Night Manager season 2 star Camila Morrone plays Rachel, the bride, while The White Lotus' Adam DiMarco portra
  
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• "You are wrong" and Fallout New Vegas was ripped apart at launch, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer reminds RPG fans, comparing it to Cyberpunk 2077: "Its reputation at launch was not fantastic"

  13-02-2026 19:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout: New Vegas is often held up for delivering the peak of role-playing variety in the modern Fallout RPGs, but when it first launched in 2010 it was widely derided as a busted-up pile of junk that made Bethesda games look bug-free. Fallout: New Vegas lead and Obsidian veteran Josh Sawyer has had to remind fans of the now-beloved game's difficult launch, refusing to entertain any revisions of history.Following comments that "it took about five years" for Fallout fans to warm up to New Vegas,
  
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• Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 revives Peace Walker, but lets other PSP-era games like Portable Ops fade away: "This game should be considered an integral part of the saga"

  13-02-2026 18:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 2 was revealed at yesterday's Sony State of Play presentation, confirming that Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally being freed from its long-standing PS3 jail. The collection also includes the 2000 Game Boy Color game Ghost Babel and the 2010 PSP title Peace Walker, but there are plenty more Metal Gear entries not present here – including Portable Ops.Portable Ops, released in 2006 for PSP, is something of a black sheep in the series. It's set after Meta
  
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• Bullying companies works: Capcom tries and fails to make Street Fighter 6 fans pay $40 to watch a tournament, reduces pay-per-view price to $10 and commits to showing it for free inside the game

  13-02-2026 18:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has rolled back its controversial decision to charge $40 to watch the Street Fighter 6 Capcom Cup finals, but the tournament is still not totally free, either.Back at Tokyo Game Show 2025, Capcom announced this year's Capcom Cup finals and Street Fighter League World Championship would be aired via pay-per-view, with the previously-free Capcom Cup final costing around $26 on its own, or $40 to watch both it and the Street Fighter League. Naturally, fans were not happy at all, and MenaRD &
  
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• Top Gun 3 producer says they're "expecting a script shortly," and that Pirates of the Caribbean 6 is still on the way

  13-02-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says Top Gun 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 6 are neck-and-neck when it comes to which sequel will enter production first... but one film is just a touch farther along than the other."I think it's a horse race between the two of them, so we'll see," Bruckheimer told Entertainment Tonight. "Right now, Top Gun is a hair ahead, but that's it. We're expecting a script shortly."After the massive success of 2022's Top Gun: Maverick, star Miles Teller revealed that he had bee
  
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• Bethesda made Fallout 3's VATS system to avoid competing with Call of Duty and Battlefield, taking influence from KOTOR and Burnout: "Imagine the car parts are, like, eyeballs and guts!"

  13-02-2026 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gun-based combat was one of several challenges presented by Fallout 3 for Bethesda. At the time, the studio hadn't developed anything involving bullets for years, leaving a blank slate for how it'd tackle shooting. This led us to VATS, and several influences went into that system.In a retrospective for Game Informer, Emil Pagliarulo, a quest designer on Fallout 3, says they were conscious of the competition in first-person shooters. "There are melee weapons in Fallout, but most of the combat in
  
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• The Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition is neat and all, but I'd still recommend playing the PS1 original on original hardware

  13-02-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  The freshly-announced Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition has reminded me that I have a mixed relationship with remastered classics. For the record, I'm glad that classics from bygone generations consistently get the chance to shine on the latest platforms, but I'm also hoping players will consider trying the iconic Ubisoft platformer on an actual PS1.Again, I'm all for having convenient access to classics like Rayman on systems like the PS5 and Switch 2. If anything, this is really just a PSA that'
  
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• The Mandalorian and Grogu director confirms Din Djarin is back in "the same model of ship," and now we're wondering why the Razor Crest got blown up in the first place

  13-02-2026 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  When The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer was first unveiled, fans quickly spotted a confusing detail – Din Djarin was once again flying the Razor Crest, despite the ship having got blown up in season 2 of the show. Now, we've finally got some details about this unexpected return for the upcoming movie."[Din's] in the Razor Crest now, which is the ship he originally had. He's in the same model of ship," director Jon Favreau clarified at the New York Toy Fair this week (via Gizmodo), where off
  
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• Helldivers 2 players cheated so hard that Arrowhead had to "disable the Galactic War" and change a Major Order, but don't worry, "the offenders have been volunteered" to test "bio-safety protocols"

  13-02-2026 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2's Major Order and Strategic Opportunities are back online after Arrowhead Studios temporarily disabled the Galactic War in order to remove players who allegedly cheated from the count and "volunteer" them for the testing of "bio-safety protocols."On Discord, community manager Miitchimus told players about the cheating issue. "At around 0615 this morning, we had several players attempt to auto-complete both the Major Order and Strategic Order using in-game exploits," the post begins.
  
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• Animal Crossing retired Mr. Resetti but his anger lives on in indie roguelike hit Mewgenics, which will aggressively tell you off for save scumming

  13-02-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  Since Animal Crossing has retired him, Mewgenics is picking up the slack with its own Mr. Resetti-like being to heckle you for save scumming.Mewgenics is tough. You could be having the playthrough of your life and then one bad move during a round could send your run to the depths of hell. Since the game doesn't save during battles, you may be tempted to save scum so you get a fresh start. But the developers foresaw this and prepared a surprise for those who do, which will immediately bring you b
  
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• Stardew Valley-inspired life sim dev "working with Valve to ensure all fake reviews - positive and negative - are flagged and removed," insists it's not behind fake Steam positivity

  13-02-2026 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stardew Valley-inspired life sim Starsand Island has been an instant hit on Steam, but its optics have been warped by an unclear number of reviews left by Steam bots, as a simple investigation thoroughly proves. Developer Seed Sparkle Lab addresses the wave of botted reviews boosting the game in a new statement, reiterating that it's not responsible for this publicity stunt and promising that it's working with Valve to remove the forged reviews."We are so grateful to everyone who is enjoying the
  
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• One of the worst bugs a Soulslike could ask for was making it "impossible" to heal in Nioh 3 with elixirs "sometimes," but thankfully it's been "partially fixed"

  13-02-2026 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  A game like Nioh 3 is hard enough without being able to heal, and yet some players found their elixirs were suddenly useless during combat. Thankfully, developer Team Ninja is fixing the issue, as well as a number of others in the latest patch.In the long list of patch notes, you can find Team Ninja's plan for elixirs sitting in the fixes section: "Partially fixed an issue that sometimes made it impossible to use elixirs during battle." This is a relief for those who've lost out in big encounter
  
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• Fortnite, The Sims, and now RuneScape - Chappel Roan loves the MMO's "medieval synth sh*t" music as a "video game girl" into "'80s weird sh*t"

  13-02-2026 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Singer songwriter and pop star Chappel Roan is an unexpected RuneScape girlie - or, at least, she's really into the evergreen MMO's awesome music.The Grammy-winning singer said as much in a conversation with synth pop artist Hemlocke Springs, published in Nylon. Both artists talked about being put in arbitrary boxes throughout their careers, with Roan taking issue with the 'queer artist' label sometimes placed on her, which is when she makes the very astute point that people and music are so muc
  
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• Marvel fans don't think Avengers: Doomsday can beat Infinity War's $2 billion box office haul: "Not a chance"

  13-02-2026 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday is gearing up to be the biggest superhero reunion of all time, but could the movie reach the box office heights of Infinity War and Endgame? Each one of the previous Avengers installments grossed over $2 billion at the global box office, securing a place among the highest-grossing movies of all time. No pressure.According to fans on Reddit, it's unlikely that Doomsday beats those numbers. "Infinity War was the culmination of a entire decade long saga, and was built upon movies
  
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• Hideo Kojima shares rare "pre‑COVID" look at Death Stranding 2, before the "storyline was revised" to change Sam's business casual look

  13-02-2026 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima just revealed what I never knew was possible: the post-apocalyptic game's destroyed version of Australia is compatible with plush turtleneck sweaters. Kojima proves it with an early look at the Death Stranding 2 art book, currently available for pre-order.Kojima posts photos of his new book sample in a February 13 post on Twitter, showing off incredible early designs for people like Sam, Death Stranding 2's most-valued delivery boy, and phenomena like "tar
  
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• Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker co-op, inspired by the Monster Hunter craze, lives on in Master Collection Volume 2

  13-02-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Konami has confirmed that despite online modes being stripped from Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4's Master Collection editions, Peace Walker will keep its online functions in Master Collection Volume 2.Metal Gear Solid 4 finally escaping PS3 jail was the headline of last night's PlayStation State of Play for Metal Gear fans. But as an elderly person – aka someone who still has his PS3 hooked up – the biggest deal for me was that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is back, and I'll be able to p
  
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• Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and Metaphor ReFantazio were inspiration for Monster Hunter Stories 3's "satisfying and challenging" turn-based combat

  13-02-2026 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developers behind Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection peeked over the shoulders of other modern turn-based RPGs, and have specifically called out the influence that Metaphor: ReFantazio and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had on the upcoming game.Capcom is once again spinning its big beast battling series off into a JRPG in the form of Monster Hunter Stories 3, but a lot has changed since the last game in the subseries launched almost a decade ago. So, speaking to Automaton, lead design
  
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• Highguard was "doomed" on its own merits, says indie games veteran, and "now you have a developer still unable to believe they made a bad game"

  13-02-2026 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Creative director Adrian Chmielarz of The Astronauts, behind RPG shooter Witchfire and first-person adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, argues Wildlight Studios' Highguard was "bad" and stood "no chance" in a hyper-competitive market.In a response to a post from laid-off Highguard tech artist Josh Sobel, in which Sobel claimed that internal Highguard sentiments pre-launch were that "there's no way this will flop," Chmielarz examines the "mystery" of "games that hundreds of people work on fo
  
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• Shovel Knight developer's Game Boy-style metroidvania Mina the Hollower that's taken "more than 6 years of work" will be larger than "the entirety of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove"

  13-02-2026 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games claims that its upcoming Game Boy-style Soulslike meets Metroidvania mash-up, Mina the Hollower, will be even bigger than every game in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove combined.Mina the Hollower has been over six years in the making, and people have been waiting for its release since its early 2022 Kickstarter success. The mouse mechanic was scheduled to make her debut on October 31, 2025, but was indefinitely delayed shortly before release.During the r
  
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• Despite streaming struggles, Star Wars show Skeleton Crew may be getting a second season

  13-02-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Skeleton Crew might be about to plunder a second season – according to a new listing.As revealed in Production Weekly, which updates the industry on movements in Hollywood and beyond, Skeleton Crew season 2 is 'in development.'While that is no indicator of filming starting any time soon – or at all – it gives fresh hope to one of the most overlooked and underrated projects from a galaxy far, far away in recent years.The 2024 Disney Plus series saw Jude Law's Jod Na Nawood encou
  
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• Deadlock icon Celeste survives her first round of nerfs, with fans hoping Valve's mere "slap on the wrist" isn't the last for the dazzling hero

  13-02-2026 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  It feels like Deadlock literally just welcomed dazzling new unicorn-horned hero Celeste, but Valve is already cracking down with some nerfs for the apparently all too powerful character – nerfs that, according to fans, still aren't quite enough.Celeste nerfs come as no surprise, really, as fans quickly dubbed the bunnyhopping hero as "overpowered" upon her introduction to Deadlock a few days back.
  As per a new post from developer 'Yoshi' on the shooter's official online forums, the unicorn
  
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• Two years later, I'd still say this 1440p OLED monitor is the one to watch during sales like Presidents Day

  13-02-2026 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm a bit of a creature of habit when it comes to picking out the best gaming monitors during sale events. That perhaps explains why, despite hitting publish on my KTC 27P6 review almost two years ago, I still consistently check for price drops on the 1440p 240Hz display, and this year's Presidents Day Sales have come in clutch with the discount I was looking for.While OLED screens usually cost a pretty penny, you can grab KTC's QHD screen for $449.98 ahead of Presidents Day, which just so happe
  
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• Marathon console players can turn off PC matchmaking if they want, but Bungie made a point to give everyone the same gameplay experience

  13-02-2026 15:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost surreal to say, but Marathon comes out in just a few weeks. Anticipation is high for Bungie's first non-Destiny release in over a decade, and since it's coming out on multiple platforms, some attention has been given to making sure players get a balanced experience across PC and console.In an interview with Ali213, Joe Ziegler, game director on Marathon, revealed that players can actually disable cross-platform matchmaking. It's mentioned that PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players can make
  
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• Even Blizzard's begging you to stop banning Overwatch's Jetpack Cat, and I promise shooting down the furball is easier than it looks

  13-02-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jetpeck Cat - AKA Fika, AKA the flying feline support hero new to Overwatch - is easily one of the game's most banned characters at the moment, but I promise, shooting down the furball is a lot easier than it seems.Blizzard Entertainment finally went back into its archives to revive the Jetpack Cat hero concept, first scrapped almost a decade ago, as part of the game's big rebrand from back into Overwatch, alongside four other new heroes.How it feels to play comp rn from r/OverwatchJetpack Cat i
  
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• An incredible Marvel toy from our childhood gets a premium remake in this exclusive reveal

  13-02-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hey, do you remember those Hulk Hands that we all went nuts for when we were kids? They're back, and GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal the new, improved version here.Much like the 2003 originals, these things are massive – they're 1:1 scale, which gives a sobering idea of just how massive Hulk is. They have an equally massive name, too; their official title is "Marvel Legends Series Incredible Hulk Premium Roleplay Fists." Although I'd like to see the jade giant try to get that out mid-fi
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance fans are on the PS5 hopium again, as the RPG's devs announce a "special" anniversary stream: "Yup, 100% remaster announcement"

  13-02-2026 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  After months of rumors and supposed "leaks" about a potential PS5 port for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, developer Warhorse Studios has announced a "special" stream scheduled to drop tomorrow – one that players are convinced will bring the news they so desire.If you're out of the loop, discussions surrounding a possible current-gen version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance have been making rounds online for quite some time now – especially as sequel Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 continues to a
  
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• Todd Howard gives Fallout 3 an "average grade," and only after Bethesda used numerous DLC to fix what everyone "hated" about the RPG's original ending

  13-02-2026 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Todd Howard says that players reacted very negatively to the ending of Fallout 3, and although the team tried to leave it more open-ended with the DLC, the Bethesda director only gives himself "an average grade" for the effort.In an interview with Game Informer, Howard explains that "people hated" how Fallout 3 ended, even though other games in the genre were more open-ended at the time. "'You’re going to get this video and then the game ends'," Howard says. "And we thought, 'this is Fallo
  
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• A Castlevania legend made non-canon by the Metroidvania series could be making her return in Belmont's Curse, even if it makes no sense in the timeline: "Trevor’s mom became his daughter, ain’t no way"

  13-02-2026 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans think that Castlevania: Belmont's Curse could be reviving a character who was struck from the series' canon.Castlevania: Belmont's Curse throws the series back to its 2D roots and is set to feature a descendant of Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades from Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse roaming about Paris 23-years after the events of that game. Some are speculating this to be Sonia Belmont – who starred in Castlevania Legends and the cancelled Castlevania Resurrection – thanks to a
  
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