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• House Republicans Pass Tax Bill

  16-11-2017 19:54 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― After months of internal squabbling and doubts, House Republicans passed their tax proposal on Thursday, a major step forward for a House GOP that has thus far been unable to deliver on any major piece of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
  
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• Metro 2039 release date lands ahead of Tomb Raider, God of War Laufey, Persona 4, and Fable in an increasingly crowded February

  03-09-2026 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  As part of today's PlayStation State of Play, we got a new Metro 2039 trailer showcasing gameplay on PS5 Pro. The trailer confirmed that the apocalyptic FPS sequel is set to launch on February 4, 2027. We already knew the game was set for a February launch window, but the exact date will certainly be helpful if you're looking to plan your gaming time in an already stacked month.That February 4 launch puts Metro 2039 out just ahead of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis on February 12, God of War Lau
  
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• Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown DLC out next month adds underwater areas, base building, and a giant evil robot

  03-09-2026 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert's first DLC expansion has been revealed – it's called Charting the Unknown, and it's out next month. Shown off during today's PlayStation State of Play, Charting the Unknown's trailer shows that Crimson Desert is still apparently aiming to include as many different game mechanics and features as possible, because base building has now been shown off. We also see Cliff steering a boat before exploring underwater, even holding onto the back of a massive shark to travel around
  
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• MTG head designer Mark Rosewater shuts down possibility of MTG Harry Potter set, saying it's "very unlikely"

  03-09-2026 14:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks as though we won't be getting an MTG Harry Potter crossover any time soon, because a Magic: The Gathering designer is clear that Wizarding World sets aren't on the cards right now. Following Hasbro acquiring the rights to make toys and games based on the franchise earlier this year, there was a lot of talk about whether an MTG Harry Potter set was on the way. However, Magic head designer Mark Rosewater has made it clear on his personal Tumblr that this crossover isn't being conjured up
  
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• The Flash movie was supposed to feature a Bruce Wayne who never became Batman, and it actually makes a lot more sense

  03-09-2026 14:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Flash went through several iterations before it made it to the screen, including one version written by Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. However, it seems like their version would have featured a pretty different take on Batman.Goldstein was recently asked if anything from their script ended up in the final cut. "An element of him and his slightly younger self embarking on the journey together", he told The Playlist. "Everything
  
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• The Blood of Dawnwalker devs offer "fixes and workarounds" as players slam PC optimization: "AAA price tag without AAA performance"

  03-09-2026 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Blood of Dawnwalker only released last night, but the new vampire RPG headed by CD Projekt Red veterans is seeing a mixed bag of feedback from fans – and it all seems to boil down to the game's performance on PC.Stop me if you've heard this before, but a big new game that's performing relatively well on consoles is, erm, not exactly performing as well on PC – you know, poor optimization and all that.
  That's precisely the fate that The Blood of Dawnwalker is currently suffering, h
  
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• Jon Favreau says The Mandalorian and Grogu is "a reflection" of his and Star Wars boss Dave Filoni's "partnership," like "two musicians who play together"

  03-09-2026 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau has talked about his working relationship with Dave Filoni, and how the film and Disney Plus show reflect it. "I think the show and the film is a reflection of our partnership," Favreau told Filoni, on the official The Mandalorian and Grogu podcast. "Like two musicians who play together. It changes the way we play, I think. And it makes me feel very comfortable when I get to tell stories with you." Filoni was in agreement. "We come together and we d
  
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• Rockstar boss says "we'll see what people say" about GTA 6's controversial refueling system, but thinks it's so fast that "you can't complain"

  03-09-2026 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a move that could be considered extra immersive or just a tad annoying, GTA 6 will make you refuel and recharge your cars – something Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson appears to be aware may prove divisive. GTA 6's fuel system appeared online ahead of Rockstar's schedule following the recent wave of gameplay video leaks and was immediately met with controversy. There were some hopes that the system seen in the leaks may have been outdated and removed from the final version of th
  
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• Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is even more of a throwback as it brings back a PS2 staple – having better box art outside of the US

  03-09-2026 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gamers in the US are being taken back to the PS2 era as the Japanese and European box art of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is way better than the US release. While everything is pretty standardized nowadays, video game box art used to vary a ton depending on which region you were in. Crash Bandicoot was marketed as cute in Japan, Kirby got angry eyes in the US, you know the classics. The PS2 era in particular was filled with these differences, and for the most part the US was always on the worst
  
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• Best Buy's Labor Day sales hit PS5 and Nintendo Switch, but these are the 8 deals gamers need to know about

  03-09-2026 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Best Buy has launched its Labor Day sales and it's not all appliances and homewares. Deal-savvy gamers can also score themselves some sturdy discounts, across everything from PS5 to Nintendo Switch. This week's sale leans more towards hardware than software, while previous events have focused on the games themselves I'm seeing relatively few carts, codes, and discs on these sale shelves this holiday weekend. The flip side of that, however, is some rarely spotted savings on refurbished consoles,
  
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• Faux CRT TV makers Unico say they're swapping out the questionable AI imagery for real product photos

  03-09-2026 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yesterday, I highted a faux CRT TV by arcade hardware makers Unico that's launching on Kickstarter. It's undeniably early days for the campaign, but the fact it's currently using AI-generated imagery only added to my scepticism as a retro console and cathode-ray tube enthusiast. However, the brand has reached out to say it's ditching the artificial photos, signalling a willingness to course correct.Reaching out via email, a representative for Unico and the TRAVELLER-ULW10 faux CRT has confirmed
  
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• Dragon Ball Beerus anime gets a trailer and release date, but fans think they've already seen it

  03-09-2026 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Beerus anime series has landed, but fans are a little confused as the 'new' series seems to be something we have seen before. The clip, which you can see below, gives us a better look at the enhanced anime featuring Goku and our favourite purple God of Destruction in action. The video also includes snippets of the anime’s opening and closing theme songs, 'ONOGAMI' by MEGATERA·ZERO and 'Kan Peki No Peki' by VK Blanka. In addition to the trailer, t
  
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• James Gunn isn't sure why his weirdest upcoming DCU project is being compared to She-Hulk and Invincible

  03-09-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Perhaps the strangest upcoming project in James Gunn's DCU Chapter One is The People vs. Gorilla Grodd. Starring Superman's Jimmy Olsen, it's being billed as an eight-part true-crime mockumentary and comedy.Created by American Vandal's Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, it sees Olsen investigate the crimes of a telepathic gorilla and notorious DC villain. He tries to work out whether the character has been wrongly convicted of murdering his father in the unique new show. It's definitely a fun idea,
  
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• Despite spending years mocking his Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds now says he would "totally" cameo in Lanterns: "I owe my entire career to that movie"

  03-09-2026 12:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ryan Reynolds has made it clear over the years that he doesn't love his Green Lantern movie – but, despite that, he'd still be willing to return for a cameo in Lanterns. In fact, Reynolds seems so regretful of his own Green Lantern film that, in the Deadpool 2 post-credits scene, the Merc with the Mouth shoots Reynolds in the head after the actor gets the Green Lantern script. And, in the first Deadpool film, Wade Wilson asks for his suit not to be green or animated. "I would totally do a
  
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• Sony and Microsoft do their best Nintendo impression, say customers aren't entitled to tariff refunds because they chose to pay inflated prices and got "exactly" what they "paid for"

  03-09-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Both Sony and Microsoft have now followed in Nintendo's footsteps by stating that they aren't obligated to pass on their U.S. tariff refunds to customers who paid inflated prices for goods like the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Back in July, Nintendo requested a dismissal for a proposed class action lawsuit which had alleged that "Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice – once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds," and
  
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• Sony and Microsoft do their best Nintendo impression, say customers aren't entitled to tariff refunds because they chose to pay inflated prices and got "exactly" what "they paid for"

  03-09-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Both Sony and Microsoft have now followed in Nintendo's footsteps by stating that they aren't obligated to pass on their U.S. tariff refunds to customers who paid inflated prices for goods like the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Back in July, Nintendo requested a dismissal for a proposed class action lawsuit which had alleged that "Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice – once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds," and
  
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• Cult-classic Castle Ravenloft D&D board game rises from the grave with an all-new edition

  03-09-2026 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beloved D&D board game Castle Ravenloft has risen like a vampire from its coffin, and a new version is due to terrorize fans again early in 2027.Resurrected by Renegade Game Studios, the publisher responsible for Heroscape and Unstoppable. Although it brings back that classic co-op gameplay that sees you battling your way through Castle Ravenloft in a bid to defeat vampire lord Strahd von Zarovich, it gives the board game a total visual overhaul to match modern D&D. Alongside a standard
  
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• Acer's latest concepts asks, "do want your handheld to flip into a laptop?" and my bad eyes say no

  03-09-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Acer is still trying to find its handheld people, and its freshly unveiled Project Dualplay Mini concept feels like it's for Bop It players. I'm probably in that camp since I love portables that flip, and the 2-in-1 design of this concept lets you transform it into a tiny laptop. It's a two birds, one stone approach that looks slick, but my eyes already feel the strain.The Acer Predator Project Dualplay Mini, to give its full best gaming handheld contender title, isn't a real thing yet. That's p
  
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• Acer's latest concepts asks, "do want your handheld to flip into a laptop," and my bad eyes say no

  03-09-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Acer is still trying to find its handheld people, and its freshly unveiled Project Dualplay Mini concept feels like it's for Bop It players. I'm probably in that camp since I love portables that flip, and the 2-in-1 design of this concept lets you transform it into a tiny laptop. It's a two birds, one stone approach that looks slick, but my eyes already feel the strain.The Acer Predator Project Dualplay Mini, to give its full best gaming handheld contender title, isn't a real thing yet. That's p
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake's mystery developer may be a veteran studio that a Nintendo lead wanted to see "play a central role" in the series moving forward

  03-09-2026 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of a rumored Nintendo Direct this month, a Norwegian retailer has identified Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft as the developer of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. Even as someone who has never gelled with the Xenoblade series over the years, it's hard to argue that Monolith Soft is one of, if not the best, studio acquisitions Nintendo ever made. While the Xenoblade games have been some of the most beloved RPGs of recent times, Monolith also assisted in the develop
  
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• Zach Cregger understands fans' "frustration" that game characters like Leon aren't in his Resident Evil movie, but hopes they will "feel seen" when they watch the movie

  03-09-2026 12:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zach Cregger has admitted he was "naive" to think fans would be okay with his upcoming Resident Evil movie straying from the source material by not directly adapting any one game and leaving out characters like Leon, but says this is simply the story he wants to tell. "I thought fans of these games, like me, would be thrilled that somebody was coming along and turning Resident Evil into a survival horror movie," said Cregger to IGN. "I did not really appreciate the sentiment that, ‘We&rsqu
  
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• Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot's new Amazon movie lands just 9% on Rotten Tomatoes as reviews call it a "career low"

  03-09-2026 11:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Runner is not winning over critics as it sprints onto Prime Video. The new action thriller starring Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot debuted to just 9% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming the actor's lowest-ranked movie.Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the movie stars Gadot as an attorney who must race through London on the orders of a mysterious caller to save her abducted son. Damien Lewis also stars in the movie, which is now available to stream on Prime Video. The Guardian gives it just two stars, addin
  
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• The Blood of Dawnwalker launches to "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews, as fans dub it an "RPG that captures what made both The Witcher and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines so special"

  03-09-2026 11:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Blood of Dawnwalker is finally here, and in just 11 hours or so, it's managed to rack up nearly 2,000 Steam reviews and a "Mostly Positive" rating.It only launched yesterday evening (or night, if you're overseas like me), but a good few of us stayed up to see whatRebel Wolves, the studio headed by CD Projekt Red veterans, had in store with its exciting vampire RPG – and the verdict is that it's pretty good.
  Unsurprisingly, the official Steam page shows countless reviews referencing The
  
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• Dave Bautista shares his training to play Kratos, and gives us an update on when Amazon's God of War TV show restarts filming

  03-09-2026 10:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dave Bautista has addressed his casting as Kratos in the upcoming God of War series. He's replacing Ryan Hurst in the lead role after the actor sustained a serious on-set injury. Posting on Instagram, the Guardians of the Galaxy star shared his training for the role, set to the audio of "Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in." He captioned the video, "3rd week into weight training again. 2 more months to get to where I need to be. Like ridin' a bike! LFG!"A post shared by David B
  
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• RuneScape Dragonwilds isn't getting a price increase when it leaves early access: "We hope this small gesture goes some way to showing our endless appreciation"

  03-09-2026 02:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  RuneScape developer Jagex is showing Dragonwilds players its appreciation by bucking one of the conventions of releasing a game out of early access. Instead of launching into 1.0 with a hefty price increase, as is the standard with early access games going into 1.0, RuneScape Dragonwilds will stay exactly the same price, £24.99 or $29.99, when it leaves early access on September 15.According to Jagex, this is for no other reason than to express gratitude for a community of fans that has ke
  
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• The Witcher 4 dev is "still predominantly using people" over AI in development, says CEO, but "everybody has to make those judgments on their own"

  02-09-2026 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're stressed about AI slop creeping its way into The Witcher 4, fear not, CD Projekt Red says it's still using humans as its primary means of developing games, even if robots are seemingly replacing people at an alarming rate everywhere else.During CDPR's latest earnings call, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski was asked to explain the company's current approach to AI in game development, and he toed the line in a similar way to most executives from major studios. Essentially, he acknowledge
  
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• Getting GTA Online players to move on to GTA 6 Online is going to be "a mess" for Rockstar, Valve veteran says

  02-09-2026 23:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are a lot of things we don't know about GTA 6, but arguably the biggest is what the heck the next generation of GTA Online is going to look like. Given how much money the online mode attached to GTA 5 makes, a follow-up seems inevitable. But how is Rockstar going to convince players who've spent over a decade investing time and money in the current GTA Online to move on to an all-new game?You can count Chet Faliszek, a 12-year Valve veteran who wrote for the likes of Portal, Left 4 Dead, a
  
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• Devil May Cry co-creator understands why physical games are dying, but wants IP holders to prioritize game preservation

  02-09-2026 23:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideki Kamiya, one of the big brains behind franchises like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta – as well as the practice of threatening people on Twitter – has a good reason to be worried. Under all the ex-Capcom hero's bluster, there is a genuine concern for a healthy and well-preserved video game industry, and publishers are becoming increasingly obvious about the fact that they don't care.PlayStation has become an expert in launching mood-killing torpedoes, having recently paired its dec
  
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• CD Projekt Red wants to hire 50 more devs for its secret Project Hadar "by the end of this year" as it starts gameplay prototyping

  02-09-2026 22:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt Red hasn't forgotten about its enigmatic new IP Hadar amid all the clamoring over The Witcher 4. The developer confirms during its 2026 earnings conference on September 2 that the covert project originally revealed in 2022 is comfortably in pre-production."Hadar is still in the concept phase," CD Projekt Red vice president of investor relations Karolina Gnaś tells investors. This is basically a repeat of what we heard during another CD Projekt Red earnings conference earlier this
  
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• Star Wars animator says "the most important" scene for Jon Favreau in The Mandalorian and Grogu was a surprising Rotta moment

  02-09-2026 22:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel says that impossibly sweet scene in The Mandalorian and Grogu where Rotta and Grogu play together on the beach meant a lot to director Jon Favreau (and me, personally)."That was maybe the most important scene to Jon. It's the heart of the whole movie for him," Hickel told StarWars.com.The scene is a moment of stillness in the movie, and it comes shortly after Rotta the Hutt (voiced by Jeremy Allen White) is rescued by Mando from almost
  
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