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• How to Avoid Type 2 Diabetes

  21-07-2017 21:39 via yahoo.com
  A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report finds that a staggering 30 million people—roughly 1 in 10 Americans—have type 2 diabetes. Most concerning: nearly a quarter of them don’t e...
  
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• Overwatch streamer lost her voice for a year then reclaimed it just in time to be the actor for Anran: "Thank you for being the reason I play dps now lol"

  12-02-2026 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Overwatch hero Anran got an official reveal during Blizzard's recent Overwatch Spotlight livestream, and it seems no one is happier about it than her voice actor, Fareeha Andersen.
  Best known as a longtime Overwatch community member and streamer, Andersen is thrilled to be immortalized in the shooter – and maybe it was meant to be, since she had to recover her lost voice with perfect timing to play the firebrand character.Andersen shares the moment Blizzard announced Anran during its F
  
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• Metaphor ReFantazio director is "delighted to see Japanese-style RPGs being born" around the world as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 joins the 2024 GOTY in a deep discount Steam bundle

  12-02-2026 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's loving tribute to old-school role-playing was vindication for JRPG fans tired of their favorite genre being treated as a niche interest, but it wasn't that long ago when Metaphor: ReFantazio was also in the GOTY conversation. Now, the directors behind both of these modern classics are filled with praise for each others' work as both games join forces in a deep discount Steam bundle.That bundle currently packages the two games together at a 10% discount on Steam. Bot
  
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• "There's no way this will flop": Laid-off Highguard dev says internal sentiment was sky-high, "but then the trailer came out, and it was all downhill from there"

  12-02-2026 22:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tech artist Josh Sobel, one of the many Highguard developers recently laid off amid deep cuts at Wildlight Studios, has published a lengthy post-mortem of sorts evaluating the still-kicking game's launch, marketing, and broader reception. Sobel affirms the utmost confidence in the game pre-release, but describes a wave of harassment that hit him and the team after Highguard's Game Awards reveal trailer, and attributes part of the negativity around the game to "absurd amounts of effort" put into
  
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• No Rest for the Wicked director and Ori studio founder says you can "kick me in the balls" if you ever find a battle pass or microtransactions in a Moon Studios game "as a reminder to not join the dark side"

  12-02-2026 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  No Rest for the Wicked director Thomas Mahler says you can kick him in the nuts if you ever find microtransactions in one of his games.Mahler, who co-founded Ori developer Moon Studios with Gennadiy Korol in 2010, took to Twitter in his trademark firebrand style to put his own health and safety on the line in the name of anti-greed."If we ever put a MTX Battle Pass or Microtransactions into one of our games, feel free to walk up to me and kick me in the balls as a reminder to not join the dark s
  
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• Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs knew the open-world pivot was "the right direction to head in" after seeing the "amazing" things players came up with

  12-02-2026 20:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Breath of the Wild was a massive shakeup for the Zelda series and one of the more successful reinventions in recent memory, but the team at Nintendo didn't fully know it was the right call until they started seeing some of the unexpected ways players were tinkering around with the game's reactive systems.Hidemaro Fujibayashi, director for Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, and longtime series producer Eiji Aonuma looked back on the open-world pivot in a conversation published in
  
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• Lionhead "had a pitch document" for Fable 4, says Peter Molyneux: "It was the thought of moving through time a little bit more"

  12-02-2026 20:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Fable 4 pitch was in the works when Fable creator Peter Molyneux was on his way out of original developer Lionhead Studios, but even internally it seems it never got off the ground.Molyneux discussed the Fable 4 that might have been with Eurogamer alongside his (teary) response to the latest reveal for the next Fable, which for some time was thought to be a sequential Fable 4."We did have a proposition for Fable 4," Molyneux said. "And again, it was the thought of moving through time a little
  
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• Steam might stop dev from releasing viral horror game just by ignoring them: "Be prepared for the game to be delayed until further notice"

  12-02-2026 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Trouble in paradise? Maybe. Trouble in Doll Town? Definitely – it's now 24 hours before the viral horror game Welcome to Doll Town is meant to launch on February 13, and its developer still doesn't know if Valve will let it.Recently, it feels like solo developer Bad Wish Games has been crowned king of my Instagram feed with clips of Doll Town, a cursed adventure game where the little girl Yumi must explore an abandoned town that used to manufacture lifelike dollies. "Doll Town now rots in
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (February 13-15)

  12-02-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's something for everyone in our list of the best new movies and shows to watch over the weekend on streaming, from romance stories asking life's big questions to family-friendly titles to enjoy with your kids. Ready to choose an unmissable watch for tonight?Below, we've put together a list of 6 great new movies and shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, and Hulu, which are some of the best streaming services out there. This time around, we've included th
  
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• Fallout 3 feeling like "Oblivion with guns" was only natural, Todd Howard says – the RPG was Bethesda's follow-up to, well, Oblivion

  12-02-2026 19:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before Fallout 3's launch in 2008, Bethesda's revival of the post-apocalyptic was criticized both by die-hard Fallout fans and portions of the mainstream gaming audience with one, unified dismissal: "Oh, it's just Oblivion with guns." 18 years later, Todd Howard says Fallout 3's similarities to Oblivion were only natural, since it was Bethesda's follow-up to the fantasy RPG."The Oblivion-ish-ness of Fallout 3, I think, has to do with, in many respects, it's our follow up to Oblivion," Howard mus
  
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• Witch Hat Atelier creator approves of the magical girl anime I'm convinced is what Frieren would be if it were made by Studio Ghibli, and I can't stop watching

  12-02-2026 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Luna lives in the forest all alone, in a poison house shaped like a mushroom. Poison weeps from her skin, she eats poison, for God's sake, but her disgraceful state lets me relate to her in the first episode of Champignon Witch. So the fantasy shoujo series approved by Witch Hat Atelier creator Kamome Shirahama and loved by pseudonymous Honey and Clover artist Chica Umino has been taking up my time.Luna is so sad, Shirahama comments while watching Champignon Witch, and while reading the news, I'
  
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• Accused of forging Steam reviews to boost their anime life sim, Starsand Island devs claim they're innocent and confused: "Whoever may be behind this, we kindly ask you to stop"

  12-02-2026 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developers of Starsand Island, currently the hottest new life sim on Steam's new and trending charts behind free-to-play January release Heartopia, claim they're not behind a wave of botted reviews boosting the game's user reception.One day into Early Access, the situation reached the point that studio Seed Sparkle Lab posted a statement "regarding artificial comments" on Steam."We have recently noticed a large number of overly positive 'praise' comments about our game appearing across vario
  
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• Square Enix and Disney will do everything except show us Kingdom Hearts 4, as Fortnite x Kingdom Hearts collab rumors resurface once more

  12-02-2026 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Who needs Kingdom Hearts 4 when we have a potential Fortnite collaboration, am I right? Square Enix and Disney's ongoing action-RPG franchise is making its way to Epic's sandbox, per a prominent leaker, while news on Sora's next full-scale adventure remains scant.According to Adira, a Twitter account that's been responsible for a number of leaks of late, says that Keyblades are incoming. They state the collab is "in development" and will arrive in the coming months, with no further details.This
  
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• After 25 years, one of the first non-Elder Scrolls fantasy RPGs to eat over 50 hours of my life is getting a remake – and it's finally got its 2026 release date

  12-02-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gothic, the beloved 2001 fantasy action RPG that boasted "over 50 hours of gameplay" and first pulled us into Myrtana, is returning this year with a shiny brand-new remake from THQ Nordic – a remake that finally has a solid release date.Memories of my childhood include a downright ridiculous amount of time poured into the likes of Elder Scrolls gems – such as the ever-chaotic Morrowind and later, Skyrim – but also another legendary RPG from the early 2000s: Gothic.
  It sparked m
  
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• A24's Undertone is quickly becoming my most anticipated horror movie of the year, and its creepy new teaser proves why

  12-02-2026 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  A24 just dropped a creepy new teaser for their upcoming supernatural horror Undertone... and I am ready to be scared.The brief clip, which can be viewed below, shows a montage of eerie, grainy faces that glitch in and out while a series of panicked voices whisper inaudibly (as the audio is being played in reverse). The caption for the teaser reads, "The sound of your fear," but spelled backwards.Undertone follows Evy (Nina Kiri), a skeptic who co-hosts a paranormal podcast with her believer frie
  
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• Avowed missed sales goals, but Obsidian's RPG still beat huge games like Silksong and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in daily Xbox player count last year

  12-02-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avowed might have missed sales targets, but Obsidian Entertainment's modest fantasy RPG thankfully found success in other ways.Obsidian CEO and co-founder Feargus Urquhart recently opened up about how Avowed and sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds 2 both underwhelmed parent company Microsoft Gaming, at least in terms of how many raw copies each sold. "They're not disasters. I'm not going to say this was a kick in the teeth," he said about the duo. "It was more like: 'That sucks. What are we learning?'"B
  
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• My biggest problem with Stardew Valley is fixed in the hottest new life sim RPG on Steam, which has 1,700 reviews at 91% positive after 1 day in Early Access

  12-02-2026 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starsand Island, the charming new "carefree" take on Stardew Valley from Chinese developer Seed Sparkle Lab, is finally available to play via Early Access on Steam and Xbox Preview – and unsurprisingly, it's a hit with the cozy community already.For anyone who hasn't heard of the wholesome new title yet, Starsand Island is a life sim with just about everything we've ever wanted to see in one – including, um, the ability to fly around on a hoverboard?
  It's certainly unique with all of
  
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• Former Mario actor Charles Martinet is "more Luigi" in real life, but still thinks the iconic Nintendo mascot is "the most wonderful human being ever"

  12-02-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario's original voice actor, Charles Martinet, says the red plumber is his favourite character, even if he's a little more Luigi.Charles Martinet voiced Mario from Super Mario 64 in 1996 all the way until 2022's Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (well, technically, he started from Mario Teaches Typing in 1995, but that's not canon). But alongside the icon, he also voiced all of the other characters who wear overalls, with Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi falling under his domain. The roles were taken ove
  
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• Netflix anime Beastars Final Season part 2 finally gets a release date as animation studio calls the series their "longest challenge"

  12-02-2026 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Animation studio Orange has finally announced a release date for the second and final part of popular anime Beastars, and admitted that it was not without its challenges."Supported by countless creators, artists, and above all, the fans, we are finally able to tell Legoshi and his friends’ story to its very end," the lengthy statement reads. For Orange, this has been our longest challenge.The techniques and expressions we cultivated here have been carried into other works, and in turn, wha
  
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• Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined "isn't meant to supplement or improve upon" previous versions of the classic JRPG, but simply to "represent" the game "for today"

  12-02-2026 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined is, as the name implies, a reimagining of the PS1 original, and one that takes some big liberties with the source material. It seems Square Enix doesn't view the remake as a replacement for its aged predecessor, but rather more of a companion piece aimed at a new generation of players."Past iterations of DQVII represent the DQVII of that time," Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined producer Takeshi Ichikawa tells me in an email interview. "This new installment isn't meant to supple
  
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• The Duskbloods is still coming to Switch 2 this year, FromSoftware's parent company promises while keeping almost everything about the vampire RPG a secret

  12-02-2026 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been months since we heard anything substantial about The Duskbloods, FromSoftware's upcoming Switch 2 exclusive action RPG. Conspicuously absent from a recent, partner-focused Nintendo Direct, it's been anyone's guess what's going on with the game. But while we still lack finer details, the mysterious project remains on course to arrive this year, according to financial forecasts.During an earnings call, Kadokawa, the owner of FromSoftware, included The Duskbloods on one of the slides unde
  
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• The boy done bad in new teaser for bloodsoaked, buzzy horror Obsession

  12-02-2026 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Buzzy horror movie Obsession has finally unveiled a new teaser, and it's already giving us the ick. The new film is set to offer up a twisted, bloodsoaked take on the romance genre, when a hopeless romantic wishes that he crush "loves him more than anyone in the world" – and learns the hard way to "be careful who you wish for".While critics have been raving about the film since it premiered at Toronto Film Festival in September 2025, Focus Features has been keeping its cards close to its c
  
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• Spider-Noir trailer proves everything is cooler in black and white, especially when it involves Nicolas Cage punching criminals

  12-02-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Spider-Noir trailer is here, and it shows Nicholas Cage's gumshoe wallcrawler facing down rogues in a stylish, alternate take on 1930s New York.As shown above in the color version of the trailer, Spider-Noir charts the down-on-his luck P.I. Ben Reilly (Nicholas Cage) as he deals with a spider bite that gives him the ability to spin webs and swing through the Big Apple.It's gloriously realized, too, as shadows drape over faces, light seeps into frame, and Cage acts up a storm amid the s
  
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• Peak developers promise a console port is coming, but there's still no timeframe: "Porting games, let alone a game jam, takes a while to do"

  12-02-2026 17:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Viral co-op sensation Peak still has plans to climb toward consoles, but its developers aren't sure when exactly those ports might arrive.Peak's ascension on Steam was really something to behold last year. Co-developers Aggro Crab (Another Crab's Treasure) and Landfall (TABS, Content Warning) spent more or less four weeks on a joint game jam, which eventually became both a hilarious climbing simulator and the quintessential game in the divisive 'friendslop' subgenre.The developers, collectively
  
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• Fall producers threaten to shred our nerves again with new rollercoaster horror: "We're pushing the tension to the extreme"

  12-02-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Move over, Final Destination 3! The team behind surprise hit Fall are gearing up to make another hair-raising thriller – and this time, it'll take place almost entirely on a broken-down rollercoaster.Titled Invertigo, the movie is set to follow a group of "reckless teens" who convince a theme park employee to let them take a turn on a not-yet-opened ride. But when a system failure leaves them trapped on the track, hundreds of feet in the air, dark secrets come to light that threaten their
  
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• A free copy of GTA 6 could be yours, Norwegian retailer says, all you have to do is have a baby on release day and pray Rockstar doesn't delay it further

  12-02-2026 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Norwegian store is offering a free copy of GTA 6 to anyone who has a baby on the day it releases.Dumb marketing stunts are nothing new. The golden era of this was when Acclaim was around, with stunts like 'call your baby Turok,' 'we'll cover the cost of any speeding ticket you get when Burnout 2 releases,' and, of course, 'let us advertise Shadow Man 2 on your gravestone.' However, since they went bankrupt, it's gotten a little rarer, with only the occasional "name your baby Dovahkiin for free
  
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• Battlefield 6 season 2 finally delivers a big map and more, but I have bad news for anyone who doesn't like being poisoned or shot in the dark: you're going to be poisoned and shot in the dark

  12-02-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Battlefield 6 season 2 has been unveiled, and somewhere in the world, a monkey's paw has curled. After months of players begging for larger maps, season 2's first update – titled Extreme Measures and set to launch on February 17 – will introduce Contaminated, a gorgeous mountainside airbase featuring a mix of wide-open spaces and subterranean complexes. There's just one catch: it will also feature VL-7 poison gas at launch, which causes auditory and visual hallucinations unless you c
  
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• KPop Demon Hunters Zoey actor reveals they originally auditioned for Rumi and Mira first

  12-02-2026 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix sensation KPop Demon Hunters may have the golden touch when it comes to casting its HUNTR/X leads – but it could have turned out very differently.As revealed during an interview with Collider, both Rumi actor Arden Cho and Zoey actor Ji-young Yoo both auditioned for separate roles in the animated movie."I auditioned for Rumi first," Yoo said of her initial casting process, "Then they called me back about six months later for Mira, and then, about six months after that, for Zoey. I
  
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• Sinners star Michael B. Jordan says his TV adaptation of popular Game of Thrones-esque fantasy novel will be "something that feels honest" to the source material

  12-02-2026 16:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Michael B. Jordan says his TV series adaptation of popular romantasy novel Fourth Wing will be anything but "cheesy.""It allows people to, like, fall in love with the characters that they have imagined in their head without any baggage, with projecting their own feelings on certain casts," Jordan, who serves as executive producer, told the BBC when asked about casting choices. "So just know, it's nothing cheesy coming out. It ain't no obvious choices. I think it's going to be something that feel
  
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• "Master Chief, mind telling me what you're doing in Overwatch?": Halo veterans find a home in Blizzard's new DPS hero, prompting fans to call for an official crossover

  12-02-2026 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Part of Overwatch's enduring popularity lies in how it feels like you're playing a totally different shooter depending on which hero you choose. Soldier 76 is the straightforward FPS guy, for instance. Widowmaker is the traditional sniper. Lucio arguably has some parkouring Titanfall DNA. And in a big-brained move to appease 30-year-olds everywhere, one of Blizzard's newest heroes can be neatly summed up as the Halo guy.Joining the roster as part of Overwatch 2's rebrand back into Overwatch, DPS
  
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