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• Interior and Passenger Space

  21-09-2018 22:10 via yahoo.com
  The Range Rover Sport Supercharged has an attractive, well-equipped cabin, but the interior fittings don't feel any more special than those found in the V-6–powered Range Rover Sports.What is new, however, is the addition of Jaguar Land Rover's InControl Touch Pro Duo infotainment system, which adds a second, reconfigurable screen that supplements the 10.2-inch infotainment display higher up on the dashboard.From this secondary screen users can select climate-control functions, turn on the
  
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• Just like Ditto, these Switch 2 accessories will transform my time with Pokemon Pokopia

  23-02-2026 14:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Pokopia is incoming on March 5, 2026, and I've already gathered some of the best Switch 2 accessories to transform my time with the game. I could have had just as nice an experience with my bare bones handheld, but I want to make sure I'm as comfortable as possible when it comes to playing the first major Pokemon game release of 2026 - if you exclude Fire Red and Leaf Green.With the game being an Animal Crossing-like take on the Pokemon world, I'm bound to spend hundreds of hours on it,
  
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• AMD is apparently cutting off Ryzen Z1 Extreme handhelds from driver updates, and I can't help but blame the Xbox Ally

  23-02-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reports that AMD is ending driver updates to Ryzen Z1 Extreme handhelds are surfacing online, and the Legion Go is first on the chopping block. While concerns were initially sparked after Lenovo Korea revealed it's no longer supporting the 2023 handheld, users of other devices like the OG ROG Ally claim it's in the same situation.Highlighted by r/hardware, the concerns surrounding some of the best gaming handheld contenders stem from a response by Lenovo Korea to a player. In a screenshot shared
  
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• Evangelion 30th anniversary short reveals Asuka and Shinji get together, but Studio Khara threatens "legal action" to anyone who shares it

  23-02-2026 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  A surprise new Evangelion short has given Asuka x Shinji shippers some long overdue crumbs, but good luck trying to watch it anywhere.At the 30th Anniversary of Evangelion event in Yokohama, Japan, series creator Hideaki Anno unveiled an Asuka-themed short that showed the hot-headed EVA pilot being dragged through different scenarios, possible futures, and 'happy endings.' They include various EVA fights and even one where Asuka is an Evangelion.One of those futures, back on the mainline Evangel
  
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• Final girl Neve Campbell shares her favourite moment from the first Scream movie, and her reaction to finding out the OG cast would return for Scream 7: "I was crying"

  23-02-2026 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  After 30 years, Scream fans have heard all of the bits of trivia from the making of the original 1996 movie, such as Skeet Ulrich accidentally being stabbed by an umbrella or the fact that David Arquette's character, Dewey, was actually supposed to be killed off. However, Campbell says her most prized recollection actually happened after the cameras stopped rolling."I do like the memory of, you know, on the first film, we'd all had such a beautiful experience together and it had been so meaningf
  
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• Scream writer had a totally different plan for the franchise before Ready or Not directors took over for Scream 5 and 6 – and Emma Roberts' character Jill would have played a big part

  23-02-2026 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scream 5 and 6 would have gone down very differently if original screenwriter Kevin Williamson had been in the driver's seat. Before Ready or Not helmers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett took the reins, Williamson had his own plans for what would follow 2011's Scream 4."In my original conceit, Jill survived and went to college," Williamson told CinePop, referring to Sidney Prescott's teen cousin who was introduced in the fourth installment – and revealed to be Ghostface. "She got aw
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 only costs $50 as the J'RPG's publisher prices games "lower" than what they're worth so players feel like "we are respectful of their money"

  23-02-2026 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Alexis Garavaryan, CEO of the publisher behind award-winning J'RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler Interactive, comments on the pricing on 2025's Game of the Year, and why, at $50, it costs less than most AAA games of similar size and quality.In an interview with the BBC, Garavaryan explains Kepler Interactive's philosophy on game pricing, and on the qualities that players look for when making their purchases, saying that he thinks "player taste is also adapting," when it comes to the games
  
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• After working on a "AAA open-world" for 5 years, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag director's studio reportedly shut down by Tencent without releasing a single game

  23-02-2026 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tencent has reportedly shut down TiMi Montreal, the new studio led by long-time Assassin's Creed director Ashraf Ismail, without having released a single game.Ismail made a name for himself by serving as the creative director on a host of beloved Ubisoft releases, including Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, Assassin's Creed Origins, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. After allegations of workplace impropriety and an internal investigation into misconduct, he was fired from Ubisoft in 2020 and later jo
  
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• Arc Raiders cheaters are now spawning their own hatches to escape death, and players are once again begging Embark to punish cheating more: "The fact people can do this is insane"

  23-02-2026 13:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Embark Studios has been up against it when it comes to cheating and exploits in Arc Raiders, with duplication glitches, modified weapons and such. The latest bit of tomfoolery might be the most obscene, though, as players have found a way to create their own hatches for leaving a match.The trick, a clear hack of some sort, allows people to avoid being killed and losing all their precious loot. A TikTok account called syntax.media0 shows it in action, and it's just wacky to see.The player is down
  
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• Neve Campbell reflects on 30 years of Scream and why that first movie became a genre classic: "I think there was a lull in horror films"

  23-02-2026 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the first Scream movie approaches its 30th birthday, original star Neve Campbell reflects on the past three decades of Ghostface's antics and says the franchise is still going strong because it offers something different to the horror genre."Well, back in 96 I think there was a lull in horror films. There weren't a lot being made. I think people were getting bored of them. I think they were all sort of living the same tone," said Campbell to GamesRadar+. "And scream came along, and Kevin wrot
  
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• Bandai Namco may have accidentally confirmed its mysterious new Dragon Ball game was actually Xenoverse 3 all along as it namedrops the sequel in a YouTube playlist

  23-02-2026 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Ball Age 1000's debut trailer was posted in a playlist called Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 by Bandai Namco Southeast Asia, pre-emptively spoiling the not-so-surprising surprise.Last month at Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri – the series' 40th anniversary event – it was revealed that series creator Akira Toriyama, who passed away in 2024, had created a new character for an upcoming game, which was revealed as "Dragon Ball New Game Project Age 1000." However, its true identity has seemingl
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem leakers "deserve to die ten thousand deaths," former series director Hideki Kamiya says: "I pray they are cursed to never play the game again"

  23-02-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the news that Resident Evil Requiem has leaked online, Resident Evil 2 director and internet sassy bad boy, Hideki Kamiya, reminisces about a similar experience with his entry before saying that he hopes they "die ten thousand deaths."In a Twitter post translated by GamesRadar+, he relates having a similar experience while developing the series' second entry. "Towards the end of development on Resident Evil 2, I'm sure there were some leaks that were exposed in a weekly magazine," he s
  
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• Overwatch player peaks have only grown since Season 1's launch weekend and show no signs of stopping as hype for the revived FPS continues: "We're so back"

  23-02-2026 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch's player base rocketed to new heights, or at least heights the game hadn't seen in years, with the launch of Season 1 and five new playable heroes earlier this month, but in a rare turn for live service games, its player count didn't start trailing off soon after its big update. In fact, the perennial hero shooter actually grew its audience week over week.When Overwatch Season 1 first came out, the game pulled in just over 165,000 players at the same time on Steam alone. The seasonal u
  
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• James Gunn says the DCU's upcoming Wonder Woman project is "definitely not" cancelled

  23-02-2026 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Looks like we may still be getting that Wonder Woman prequel series after all...After an online rumor suggested that the upcoming Paradise Lost TV show, which is set to explore what the Amazons were up to before Diana Prince arrived on Themyscira, was no longer moving forward, DC Studios boss James Gunn took to social media to say that it had "definitely not" been scrapped."Jesus, I go on Threads for the first time in weeks and it's just one insanely wrong thing after the other. What is going on
  
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• A new Neon Genesis Evangelion series is in the works with the perfect writer: Nier Automata's Yoko Taro

  23-02-2026 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the final day of its 30th anniversary celebrations, the iconic Evangelion series announces a project that will make everyone sit up and take notice: a new series, written by Nier: Automata's Yoko Taro.Details on the anime are currently thin on the ground, with Evangelion's official website only stating that it was announced today, February 23, alongside a taste of the talent involved.Yoko Taro will be on scripting duties, Toru Yatabe (Chainsaw Man, Weathering With You) and Kazuya Tsurumaki (R
  
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• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie plot may have just been spoiled by a cinema chain, possibly revealing the sequel's true antagonist

  23-02-2026 12:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like a cinema chain has jumped the gun slightly and posted a new synopsis for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and may have accidentally revealed the sequel's true antagonist in the process.Ahead of the new Super Mario movie hitting screens this April, UK cinema chain Everyman has updated the film's page with a brand new synopsis, containing a detail that was not known beforehand. The new plotline reads, "After defeating Bowser and saving Brooklyn, Mario faces Wario and Bowser Jr.'s evil a
  
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• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition saddens JRPG fans with "really disappointing" Switch 2 upgrade that's "worse than the Wii U version" – and Nintendo is apparently offering refunds in turn

  23-02-2026 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition became the first in the 16-year-old JRPG series to get a Switch 2 upgrade on February 19 – but fans have already taken issue with what they now dub a "very disappointing" purchase, reportedly prompting refunds from Nintendo.The base game itself broke free from Wii U prison one year ago with a well-received Switch 1 port, the Definitive Edition, only to now be revamped in 2026 with improved visuals once again for Nintendo's new console – or,
  
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• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner teases Dunk and Egg's travels to Dorne in season 2 and says your faves from season 1 could still return

  23-02-2026 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finale marks the end of this installment of Dunk and Egg's adventures – but A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 is already on the way.We can expect a few changes in round two, including a change of location based on Egg's Westeros travel bucket list. "They do go to Dorne. How much of that we cover, I’ll leave up to people to tune in for season 2," showrunner Ira Parker told Variety. "I don’t know if I’m supposed to talk about
  
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• Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle 2 confirmed to skip 2026, to the surprise of no one

  23-02-2026 11:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news, Demon Slayer fans: it appears the Infinity Castle sequel won't be out this year.A recent Ufotable announcement video unveiled the animation studio's forthcoming projects.Under the 2026 banner, Witch on the Holy Night, and a 30th Anniversary work for the Tales of series.Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle 2 landed under the 'future projects' umbrella alongside the upcoming Genshin Impact anime, lining up with previous rumors that the anime sequel would be targeting a 2027 release.To compound
  
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• In the best thing Overwatch has brought to the world in years, fans flood the internet with edits of their own pets cosplaying as Jetpack Cat

  22-02-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Perhaps the best thing Overwatch has given to the world in years is an opportunity for everyone to edit and dress their cats up as a hero, and fans have gripped onto that opportunity like nothing else, flooding the internet with countless IRL Jetpack Cats.For those out of the loop, Blizzard Entertainment's long-running shooter Overwatch has been enjoying its biggest resurgence ever thanks to a meaty update featuring five new playable heroes, including Jetpack Cat, who is, quite simply, a standar
  
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• WoW Midnight's Prey system is a "don't AFK mode" on its nastiest difficulty, says Blizzard dev who was "surprised" to learn "players really liked being ambushed"

  22-02-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The early findings of World of Warcraft's new Prey system – coming in the Midnight expansion due to launch next month – are in, and Blizzard is happy to report that a lot of you "really liked being ambushed." Hooray.If you've played Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, then the idea behind the Prey mechanic is pretty easy to understand. You opt in, and the race is on between you and a big bad to see who can knock the other over first. Eventually, the two of you will square off in a one-on
  
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• $1 million in debt, devs on handheld Tony Hawk's Pro Skater saved the company by pitching "fake" screenshots that forced them to turn the GBA into a 3D gaming machine: "Nobody could believe it"

  22-02-2026 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in the '90s and '00s, seeing a home console game ported to a handheld platform usually resulted in something absolutely dreadful, but somehow, the Game Boy Advance versions of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater turned out to be essential parts of that platform's library. These ports exist, in part, simply because developer Vicarious Visions was deep in debt and desperately needed something to keep the company afloat.Karthik Bala founded Vicarious Visions alongside his brother in 1991, and the pair spen
  
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  Arc Raiders design director Virgil Watkins admits that some of the in-game events are a bit too beneficial to campers, and probably need a bit of balancing.With any online game, no matter how much developers test anything, players will find the most effective way of working around it. Masahiro Sakurai never directed Super Smash Bros Melee with the intention of it being a competitive fighting game, but it spawned the possibly biggest fighting game sub-community of all time. So it's likely impossi
  

• Nature is healing: After Smash Bros and Fortnite nerfed him, Rainbow Six Siege has finally given Solid Snake a bigger butt in line with Hideo Kojima's intention

  22-02-2026 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Solid Snake is finally back on the right path once again as Rainbow Six Siege gives him bigger cheeks than his most recent appearances.Snake had a hard life. Not only has Metal Gear Solid's star player not had an appearance in the games since 2008, but since then his crossover appearances have committed crimes against him. In Metal Gear Solid 2, 4, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Solid Snake is caked up, Kojima insisted that he has a better ass than Raiden, and boy did the team deliver which led to
  
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• The Witcher 1's infamous sex cards rarely ever matched because a colorblind CD Projekt Red dev was too shy to tell anyone, former lead says

  22-02-2026 14:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 1 had a pretty peculiar take on RPG romances back in 2007, rewarding players with collectible, salacious cards for having sex with various women. But if you've ever taken a moment to really analyze the cards (for what I assume are research purposes), then you might just notice the romance cards rarely ever match up with the characters' portraits or in-game models, and there's a very good reason why.The Witcher's original lead story designer, Artur Ganszyniec, is playing through the g
  
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• Arc Raiders players predictably tried to rig matchmaking by lying in post-match surveys, but Embark says those don't do a darn thing: "We get really weird graphs that don't match up with what we're seeing"

  22-02-2026 14:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Embark Studios design director Virgil Watkins says the end of match survey in Arc Raiders won't affect future matchmaking like some players think.Matchmaking is always a contentious thing in any online game, especially within the shooter community. And as such, there's always a section of players who want to figure out the fine details and optimize who they get paired with in their favor. This led to a rumor emerging that how you react in the post-game survey could effect the type of players you
  
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• Slay the Spire 2 scares another roguelike deckbuilder to delay as devs don't want to be "instantly buried under a legendary sequel" that "everyone will be playing"

  22-02-2026 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Slay the Spire 2's impending Steam Early Access release threatens to suck up everyone's time and attention for the foreseeable future, another roguelike deckbuilder is moving well out of the way to avoid being "instantly buried under a legendary sequel"First-person "Rock, Paper, Scissors" roguelike Handmancers was previously set to kick off its Early Access tenure on March 9 - just four days after Slay the Spire 2's release date - but it's since been delayed further into the future to avoid d
  
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• Desperate for more Viltrumites in Invincible season 4? Creator Robert Kirkman says you'll be "very happy" with the new batch of episodes

  22-02-2026 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Invincible fans prepare - season 4 of the hit animated streaming series is digging into the Viltrumite Empire more than ever before. As Invincible fans know, the Viltrumites are a race of alien conquerors who sent Omni-Man to Earth, where he fathered Mark Grayson/Invincible."More than any prior season, this is the Viltrumites," Invincible creator Robert Kirkman tells SFX Magazine. "That doesn't just mean that the Viltrumites are showing up and doing cool or devastating stuff. It's learning more
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again will "let rip" in season 2 in a way they "might not have been able to" in the divisive first season

  22-02-2026 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After well-documented behind-the-scenes issues in its first season, Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane says the gloves are off for season 2.Speaking to SFX magazine about the situation that saw the showrunner parachuted in to oversee reshoots on a first season that quickly turned sour amid creative departures, Scardapane said, "The task of season one was a really sick kind of fun. They'd gone in a direction where it was a different kind of show. It was much more of a procedural, m
  
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• Blizzard is already nerfing Overwatch's Jetpack Cat as the hero continues to suffer from constant bans: "She can be very, very lethal"

  22-02-2026 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch's Jetpack Cat - the new hero that, as you might have guessed, is a cat in a jetpack - is already being subjected to nerfs next week and in a mid-season update because Blizzard Entertainment's slightly worried about the flying feline's flanking capabilities.Overwatch associate game director Alec Dawson spilled the beans in a lengthy interview with streamer Deemzies. "So perks come more at the end of a hero's lifespan in terms of when we're developing them," Dawson says. "I think the thi
  
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