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• Introducing the first soulslike god game: Spore and Dark Souls collide in what might be the weirdest life sim on Steam

  08-11-2025 19:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sometimes you hear a pitch so bonkers, you just have to sit up, lean in, and slam your first against that Steam Wishlist button as fast as you can. Spore meets Dark Souls did exactly that to me earlier today.Enter Strange Seed, a game that's looking to EA's wildly ambitious but flawed life sim Spore for inspiration. Only this time, it's leaving the whole interplanetary stuff behind. The gist is that you begin as a simple blob, but as you defeat more and more creatures, you unlock new body parts
  
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• Just like Baldur's Gate 3 and Larian's other past RPGs, Divinity will likely launch into early access first: "You get something really cool out of that process"

  16-12-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After The Game Awards 2025 lifted the veil on exciting new games like Larian Studios' big RPG, its upcoming Divinity entry, fans have been wondering when they'll be able to get their hands on it – but the wait might be shorter than many think, thanks to early access.Baldur's Gate 3 and its monumental early access journey are still fresh on my mind, as a fan of all things Larian. Before that, though, there was Divinity: Original Sin and its sequel – two fellow RPG gems that shared a s
  
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• "Baldur's Gate 3 and Original Sin 2 are the blueprint for Divinity": Larian CEO Swen Vincke on why its next RPG is the "natural evolution" of the studio's 20-year journey

  16-12-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  No matter how you divide the series up, it's been a long time since the last Divinity game. Original Sin 2 came out in 2017, RTS spin-off Dragon Commander is 12 years old, and you have to go back more than a decade and a half to reach the last numbered Divinity title. The series' history stretches back almost another decade beyond that, and its DNA can be traced to 1992's Ultima 7. It's a meandering lineage, and according to Larian boss Swen Vincke, that's something the studio hopes to change wi
  
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• Tired of competitive board games? These team-based alternatives are perfect for Christmas

  16-12-2025 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The best cooperative board games will suit you down to the ground if you don't like how competitive things can get around the table. Because they emphasize teamwork and communication, they have a habit of bringing everyone together. That makes them the ideal choice for family gatherings over Christmas and the Holiday season in general.The trouble is, there's a lot to choose from. That's why I've put my years of experience reviewing the best cooperative board games to good use by making this list
  
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• Better Call Saul star's new action-comedy might just be Hot Fuzz in Minnesota, but the internet isn't mad about it

  16-12-2025 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bob Odenkirk is back in action in new movie Normal, but the internet has noticed some similarities between the film and a British 00s classic.Normal sees Odenkirk play Ulysses, a temporary sheriff who uncovers the dark conspiracy underpinning a small town in Minnesota after a violent bank robbery. Based on the movie's new trailer, though, several people on the internet have drawn comparisons to the same movie: Edgar Wright's action-comedy Hot Fuzz. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, though.In t
  
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• Home Alone director says the classic franchise has some "really bad sequels": "They've completely f**ked it up"

  16-12-2025 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Home Alone director Chris Columbus has pinpointed the exact moment he felt the classic franchise started to go downhill.While speaking during a screening at the Academy Museum (via The Hollywood Reporter), Columbus says the scourge of "really bad sequels" in the home invasion series started with Home Alone 3.While he didn't namecheck any other movies, Columbus – who also directed Home Alone 2: Lost in New York – may have also had Home Alone 4 (2002), Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (20
  
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• Nintendo wants Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom support studio Monolith Soft to take a "central role" on a "unique title in the series"

  16-12-2025 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daiki Iwamoto, general manager for the Zelda series at Nintendo, says he wants the Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom collaboration studio, Monolith Soft, to take on a "central role" in the creation of a "unique title" in The Legend of Zelda series.In an interview on the Monolith Soft website, translated by GamesRadar+, Iwamoto discusses Nintendo's future plans for the development collaboration between the gaming giant and the Xenoblade developer. Monolift Soft has assisted development
  
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• Sigourney Weaver says working with James Cameron on the Avatar series is "like the perfect job for an actor": "He does everything possible to make sure you get to try everything you want to try"

  16-12-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kiri is no ordinary Na'vi. Born from Dr. Grace Augustine's Avatar, Kiri has been adopted by Sam Worthington's Jake Sully and Zoe Saldaña's Neytiri and has grown up alongside their children, but it's clear there's something very special about this unconventional child.Sigourney Weaver, who played Dr. Grace in Avatar and returned as Kiri in The Way of Water, is back once again as her teenaged character in Avatar: Fire and Ash, which explores Kiri's mysterious, mystical connection with Pando
  
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• It: Welcome to Derry creator confirms season 2 will feature younger versions of season 1 characters

  16-12-2025 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  It: Welcome to Derry season 1 might have come to an end, but there is still a three season plan for the show (even if It: Welcome to Derry season 2 still hasn't been confirmed).While creator Andy Muschietti isn't giving anything away, he did confirm a few tantalizing details about what might be coming up next in the hit HBO show."We can only say the stuff that's already known, like it's in 1935, 27 years before season 1 and it involves the massacre of the Bradley Gang from the books," Muschietti
  
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• Long before Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Jennifer English filled Divinity: Original Sin 2 roles like a talking chest – and even Larian can't believe it

  16-12-2025 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Jennifer English didn't start her career in video games with the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired hit or the French GOTY – in fact, she first starred in a much older Larian Studios RPG.If you've not seen the jokes circulating following The Game Awards 2025 about how having Jennifer English star in your game is a sure-fire way to create an award-winning title, they've been making rounds online as the actor boasts roles in both Baldur's Ga
  
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• This is the cheapest a 256GB Switch 2 SD card has been so far

  16-12-2025 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ensuring you have a Switch 2 SD card for the holidays will mean you can start your festive celebrations battle-ready and prepared to fight back against any storage woes. Get gifted a new game, but its upgrade pack needs installing? You'll be good to go. Want to spend that new gifted eShop voucher your granny got you on new digital games? It's all good, you'll have your Switch 2 SD card for that.The only hindrance is that these new speedy cards are pretty pricey, but the Samsung P9 256GB microSD
  
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• If you're using Monster Hunter Wilds mods to boost its ailing performance, Capcom has a warning – they "are not guaranteed to work and could cause compatibility issues" ahead of Title Update 4

  16-12-2025 12:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has issued a warning ahead of the new Monster Hunter Wilds update that their mods are not guaranteed to work upon its release.Obviously, in the era we're in, game updates are a thing you have to deal with no matter if it's a single-player RPG or a multiplayer shooter. But when PC gaming is as popular as it is now, that in turn makes mods more popular than ever. The issue then arises when the two intersect, with game updates either breaking mods – as we saw with Fallout 4 Anniversary
  
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• Arc Raiders update brings in skill tree reset without having to do an expedition, and while this "is a W," some players think more change is needed: "Fix your endgame Embark"

  16-12-2025 12:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  That chill in the air is the Arc Raiders Cold Snap event, now in full swing. Besides unleashing a blizzard on most of the maps and kickstarting two gameplay events, it's accompanied by a full update of tweaks, rebalances, and fixes to help improve your playing experience.Immediate changes worth highlighting from the patch notes are the addition of a skill tree reset, the power to toggle aiming down your sights, Raider Tool customization, and spawn points on Stella Montis being moved to stop play
  
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• Ayaneo's monstrous Next 2 is now open to sign-ups, but I'd brace for a heeby jeeby price compared to the ROG Xbox Ally X

  16-12-2025 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Ayaneo Next 2 could very well become the next best gaming handheld in terms of unadulterated power, and early-bird registrations are now open. That should excite anyone looking to boost portable fps to silly heights since it's rocking an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and other flashy specs, but that means it'll undoubtedly cost way more than an Xbox Ally X.Now available to preview at IndieGoGo, the Ayaneo Next 2 pairs the aforementioned Ryzen Max+ 395 with a massive 9-inch 165Hz 2400 x 1504 OLED dis
  
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• New Godzilla x Kong movie might feature an unlikely foe: SpaceGodzilla

  16-12-2025 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Godzilla x Kong: Supernova may feature a new villain to go up against the titular kaiju for the first time in over three decades: SpaceGodzilla.An entry in the WGAW (Writers Guild of America West) directory for a movie with the working title 'Zeus' reads, "Based on the characters "Godzilla" and "Space Godzilla" owned and created by ToHo Co., LTD."SpaceGodzilla is a mutated Godzilla clone who first appeared in the 1994 movie Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla. The kaiju has since appeared i
  
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• The Jump Festa 2026 schedule is here, and we could be getting big anime news on Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man, and One Piece

  16-12-2025 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Anime's answer to Comic-Con has released its schedule, and it looks like there could be news coming on Demon Slayer, Chainsaw Man, and One Piece.AnimeTV unveiled the schedule, which you can see below. The highlights are panels for My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaiju No. 8, and Sakamoto Days on Saturday, and Demon Slayer, Spy x Family, Chainsaw Man, and One Piece on Sunday.JUMP FESTA 2026 starts this Saturday! What are you most looking forward to?✨More: https://t.co/WlLTc3HBzA pic.twit
  
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• Marvel is wiping the Avengers: Doomsday trailer leak from the internet, but its main spoiler is already out there

  16-12-2025 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The cinema-exclusive Avengers: Doomsday trailer has seemingly already leaked – but Marvel is doing its best to keep it under wraps.Potential spoilers for Avengers: Doomsday follow.Yesterday, December 15, saw the apparent Doomsday teaser do the rounds on social media.In the (admittedly grainy) footage, a returning Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is seen returning to his home from the final scene of Avengers: Endgame, which saw him and Peggy Carter dancing together in the past. Once inside the ho
  
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• Weapons creator is teaming up with Netflix for adaptation of grisly true crime novel Torso

  16-12-2025 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Weapons director Zach Cregger is trading the paranormal for true crime as he sets his sights on adapting a grisly murder case with Netflix.Cregger was attached to the project, and the streaming giant has won the bidding war for the film rights to the true crime graphic novel 'Torso' as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Cregger will serve as producer under his Subconscious banner, but won't write or direct.The novel, by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko, tells the gruesome story of the Cle
  
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• Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow is the sequel's first expansion, and the original Metroidvania is coming to Switch 2

  16-12-2025 08:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow is the first expansion to the Metroidvania sequel, and Team Cherry hints that it's not done yet.In an announcement today, the Hollow Knight developers confirmed that players "continued enthusiasm" for the - even in place of its..."challenges" is a "massive motivator as we work towards expanding the game even further. That first expanion is "already well underway," with a watery teaser trailer showing off Hornet aura-farming in preparation to take on more f
  
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• The verdict is in: Diablo 4's new Paladin class is divinely overpowered, "so insanely fun," and scratches that Diablo 2 itch: "Game so far is WAY more fun than it has been in ages"

  16-12-2025 01:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Diablo 4 players have had a few days with the game's long-awaited Paladin class, available now if you pre-order the Lord of Hatred expansion, it's pretty clear Blizzard has a hit on its hands.Long-time Diablo fans have been waiting for a Diablo 4 Paladin since launch, and judging from lots of early reactions, it was worth the nearly three year wait. If Blizzard has learned one thing from the Diablo 4 community over the game's turbulent update history, I can only imagine it's that they'r
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon says generative AI "sounds crap," and any studio using it for dialogue should pay actors to re-record lines: "You've got the money now"

  16-12-2025 00:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Neil Newbon, the actor behind loveable vampire Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3, has some advice for studios who've made big bucks off of games that use generative AI to perform voice lines: go back and do it the right way, idiots.Talking to PCGN, Newbon didn't mince words one single tiny little bit about the proliferation of generative AI as a replacement for human-voiced dialogue: "fuck AI in performance," he said to thunderous virtual applause."I don't think there's a justification for taking peop
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs wanted negative feedback during playtests after deciding players should initially "feel extremely weak": "Then the validation of gaining strength feels earned"

  15-12-2025 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm sure no video game developers enjoy hearing negative feedback during playtests, but for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developers, unhappy customers were a happy sign they were making the historical RPG as punishing as they'd wanted."We had playtests where some players started a game, did something wrong, immediately got arrested, and gave negative feedback," Warhorse lead designer Prokop Jirsa tells GamesRadar+. "We had the strength to say, 'Yes, that's what we want.'""We want the player at th
  
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• 6 months after being delayed indefinitely, Bungie's survival extraction shooter Marathon is back with a March 2026 release date and $40 price tag

  15-12-2025 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie's upcoming survival extraction shooter Marathon hasn't had the easiest time since it was announced in 2023, with the developer suffering layoffs the following year, and in 2025, releasing a poorly received alpha that featured plagiarized art – which ultimately led to the game being indefinitely delayed in June. But here we are, closing out 2025 with a possible redemption arc for Marathon, which has finally locked down a March 2026 release date and $40 price tag.I should say, I'm usi
  
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• Megabonk gets confused, adds Halloween update with new map and "CANNED SPAGHETTI" just in time for Christmas

  15-12-2025 21:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  No need for Jack Skellington when you have anonymous developer John Megabonk, who's just released a tiny-bit belated Halloween update for their hit roguelike."MEGABONK SPOOKY UPDATE IS OUT, just in time for Halloween," the developer Vedinad announces on Twitter, promising "CANNED SPAGHETTI WITH EXTRA SAUCE.""Go play," they command.This spaghetti sauce is indeed looking cauldron-bubbly and thick – a more detailed list of patch notes on Steam indicates the Megabonk update includes a ton of n
  
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• Bethesda's Todd Howard says Fallout 76 is "the game we're still doing the most work in," and fans of the Prime TV show should give it a try

  15-12-2025 20:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're in the thick of the holiday season, we all need a good, immersive RPG to distract from quarreling in-laws and questionable pot luck offerings, and Bethesda Game Studios executive producer Todd Howard has just the game: Fallout 76.In a brief exchange with the good folks at the Future Games Show, Howard made the case for Fallout 76 as the ideal introduction to the series for fans of Amazon's TV adaptation."Well, I have to say Fallout 76 right now, it's the game we're still doing the most wor
  
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• Divinity: Original Sin 2 is now on current-gen consoles, and Larian teases "you might even pick up on certain things" in the newly announced Divinity if you jump in

  15-12-2025 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Over a year after being rated and mere days after revealing the latest entry in the series, Larian Studios has released Divinity: Original Sin 2 on current-gen platforms.Baldur's Gate 3 put Larian on the map as a can't-miss developer, like we saw with CD Projekt Red after The Witcher 3, and we found out last week at The Game Awards 2025 that what's next will be Divinity – a new entry in Larian's original series. Naturally, this announcement has people keen to check out what came before, an
  
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• "Can you goon to level design?": Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says "yes," the Soulslike will feature sexy ladies in an effort to "continue improving," though fans are more concerned about gameplay

  15-12-2025 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lords of the Fallen studio CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski took to Twitter to emphasize that the upcoming Lords of the Fallen 2 will feature beautiful, buxom women, which, cool – but what about level design? Will it be worth getting horny over, too?"Many of you asked why the game initially had body type A/B," Tyminski writes in a lengthy December 14 Twitter post, about Lords of the Fallen's gender neutral character creator options. Tyminski complains that, during the Soulslike game's developme
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 player boosts Maelle’s damage by over 1 billion during the game’s toughest boss with new post-update build: “The Queen of damage is back”

  15-12-2025 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite huge nerfs to Maelle's damage output in the first patch following Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's release, the new Thank You update has introduced new ways to see her deal over 1.1 billion in damage to the most difficult boss in the game, thanks to new weapons, Pictos, and more.It wasn't long after the game was released that fans realized just how broken Maelle could be. With the combination of her Medalum weapon and the infamous Stendhal skill, players were able to quickly tear through ev
  
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• These less than $10 Switch 2 thumb grips are the number one accessory you should pack for the holidays

  15-12-2025 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're taking your Nintendo Switch 2 with you over the holiday break, it's likely you've already thought well and hard about the accessories you'll pack with it, and thumb grips deserve high up on that list. The small silicon extras are super compact and can be stored in most cases, and can make your hours of playing games by the Netflix log-fire over the holidays a far more comfortable experience.Their greatest benefit has to be their price, as they can typically be found for around the $10
  
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• Divinity series sees spike in players on Steam following new RPG's reveal at The Game Awards, reigniting love for Larian Studios' older titles

  15-12-2025 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The hype surrounding The Game Awards 2025 and all the new games showcased at the event hasn't quite died down, especially when it comes to the upcoming Divinity entry from Larian Studios. In fact, fans are diving back into the past RPG gems.Unsurprisingly, Baldur's Gate 3, the most recent of Larian Studios' turn-based bangers, is still among the top 50 most-played games on Steam (thanks, SteamDB), sitting in the 29th spot with an impressive 24-hour peak of 83,012 active players. What is surprisi
  
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