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• James Gunn teases a fan-favorite Peacemaker character will return in the DCU

  02-09-2026 12:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A year after Peacemaker season 2 wrapped up on HBO Max, James Gunn has teased a fan-favorite character could return. When a fan on Threads asked Gunn to tell them they could see more Adrian Chase, AKA Vigilante, in something, Gunn simply replied: "Ok" Nothing has been confirmed about the future of the Peacemaker show, though we do know that the storyline season 2 set up, revolving around the titular anti-hero stranded in Salvation, will continue to be relevant to the DCU.So, it's unclear just wh
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance is part of a "resurgence of turn-based RPGs and JRPGs," lead dev says, who wants to capture the "appeal" of the classics

  07-09-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy Resonance's director says the upcoming throwback JRPG is part of a "resurgence" of turn-based games, though one that still has plenty of fresh ideas.Wrapping up a chat with RPG Site at PAX, director Hiroto Furuya says we're in the middle of a "resurgence of turn-based RPGs and JRPGs" – which sounds pretty darn good to me. And if that sounds pretty darn good to you, the Final Fantasy Resonance devs hope the Final Fantasy Brave Exvius refresh might be of interest."Looking at th
  
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• Nova screenwriter says the upcoming Marvel movie will have to address Thanos' attack on Xandar before the events of Infinity War

  07-09-2026 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The MCU's post-Avengers: Secret Wars slate is dominated by big hitters like X-Men, Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3, but one under-the-radar movie in development is Nova, about Nova Centurion Richard Rider. The Nova movie is still currently undated, but despite being years out, screenwriter Michael Waldron has dropped the first hint of what the movie might be about.In the comics, Nova inherits the mantle of Nova Centurion when the last surviving member of the planet Xandar's elite Nova Corps, Rho
  
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• Sudden wave of Switch 2 online bans reportedly caused by a Nintendo server issue, and are now being fixed

  07-09-2026 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  A number of Nintendo Switch 2 owners apparently got a rude surprise this weekend when they discovered their consoles were restricted from using online services by Nintendo for no discernible reason. The home of Mario and Zelda has now reportedly responded, fixing the issue and saying it was a due to an internal server problem.Upon boot-up, the impacted owners would get an error code which "indicates that the Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch console you are using has been permanently banned f
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director personally vetoed having to unlock new jobs for each character throughout the game

  07-09-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi is to thank for each member of the party having access to all of the FITS jobs from the start in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation. As we approach the end of Final Fantasy 7's remake trilogy, Square Enix is introducing one of the biggest overhauls to the game in its third act. FITS is a new system which works as a job system seen in games like Final Fantasy 5, 12, and Tactics which in turn will allow you to tailor your characters to specific archet
  
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• Persona 1 and 2 remakes will "probably" happen for the sake of "cultural preservation," says Persona 4 Revival producer: "It's your duty to take the things you've done and make sure they're not lost"

  07-09-2026 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Persona 1 and 2 remakes are "probably eventually" happening, series lead Kazuhisa Wada reiterates, who believes it's a creator's "duty to take the things you've done and make sure they're not lost."Game preservation has been a particularly hot topic as of late following Sony's announcement that it plans to stop disc production for new PlayStation games from 2028. Though game preservation has been a continual challenge up to this point anyway, especially for older titles that naturally become har
  
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• The Odyssey passes $1.6 billion on its way to becoming Universal's highest-grossing movie ever

  07-09-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Nolan's Greek myth epic The Odyssey is on its way to becoming Universal's highest-grossing movie ever. The film has crossed the $1.6 billion mark at the box office, which puts it within touching distance of Universal's current highest-grossing movie, Jurassic World. The dino flick stands at $1.67 billion at the box office, while The Odyssey is closing in with $1.63 billion. It's no surprise that The Odyssey is doing so well, considering IMAX 70mm screenings were extended to accommoda
  
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• Anbernic demos its new Nintendo DS clone, and it punches hard in PS1, N64, and even Dreamcast games

  07-09-2026 17:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just three days ago, Anbernic unveiled a revamped version of its Nintendo DS clone, but specs suggest it isn't geared for 3D games. That said, the brand just let the handheld strut its stuff running everything from the N64 to the PS1 and Sega Saturn, cementing the fact that the clamshell isn't just for dual-screen shenanigans. In a demo that lasts just under six and a half minutes, the Anbernic RG DS Plus is mostly put to task running Nintendo DS games. Hardly surprising given it looks almost ex
  
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• Deep in FromSoftware's sicko arc, Elden Ring and Dark Souls boss Hidetaka Miyazaki says "you can't make anything that's as fun" just by following the same old rules

  07-09-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the wake of The Duskbloods, FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki says following the exact same rules with every game doesn't result in fun games. Dark Souls has inspired a mountain of games, it's hard to think of any title in the last 15 years that has had more of an impact on our industry. Well, Fortnite did inspire how we approach live service, battle passes, and publishers chasing the next Fortnite, but I'm talking about positive impacts. This extends to FromSoftware itself, as Bloodborne, Sek
  
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• As Pokemon devs hint that turn-based battles could be a thing of the past, Pokemon Champions lead says they'll always be "preserved" in his PvP spin-off

  07-09-2026 16:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following one Pokemon Champions lead's suggestion that the RPG series' turn-based combat could see more changes over time, another co-director has doubled down on the idea that the company's new home of competitive battling will allow for that traditional system to be "preserved" forever.Although Pokemon has experimented more with its battle system in recent years – with Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Z-A offering variations between the former's Strong and Agile-style moves and the latter's r
  
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• As StarCraft teasers continue in the build-up to BlizzCon, mounting evidence suggests that a character who disappeared 11 years ago is making her return

  07-09-2026 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Something's being teased by Blizzard for StarCraft 2. A strange transmission started coming through the official site recently, and another is now available, potentially teasing the return of one Sarah Kerrigan.The first teaser made it clear that Blizzard has made another ARG for the franchise, and now the second appears to point towards where this is heading. In this transmission, we get snippets about the contents of some crates going completely amok, potentially leading to a gruesome incident
  
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• Fractal has "refined" its Refine gaming chair, adding hybrid mesh and fabric models and a synchro-tilt mechanism to rival Secretlab, but the $900 Alcantara model is no more

  07-09-2026 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fractal Design is doubling down on its first-ever gaming chair from 2024, launching a refreshed model with subtle improvements as well as new upholstery options for those who can't decide between mesh and fabric. The new Fractal Refine 2 is available now, but those familiar with the original, which sat atop our best gaming chair list for a long time, might be sad to see the luxury Alcantara model retired.Just like the original Fractal Refine, the Refine 2 comes in both light and dark colorways,
  
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• Replay's September theme is speed: send us your fast moving clips for a chance to win a £/$250 Amazon voucher!

  07-09-2026 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  This month Replay's theme is speed. It doesn't matter how you go fast, as long as you blur. Whether that's threading the needle through Forza's twisty roads, or finding new and interesting ways to launch your Helldiver across the map at Mach ohmyGodI'mgoingtodie - if you do it at speed, send it to us for a chance to win a $/£250 Amazon voucher.You see, GamesRadar+ Replay is a community video series where you submit cool clips of anything you've played, achieved, or seen, for a chance to wi
  
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• The 12 top-rated Blu-Rays released this August, from Project Hail Mary to The Thing

  07-09-2026 15:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  1234567Shop the collectionShop the collection1SHOUT! FACTORYYour Name. - Limited Edition Steelbook 4k Ultra Hd + Blu-Ray$36.14$49.982METRO GOLDWYN MAYERProject Hail Mary (blu-Ray)$19.95$31.993DisneyBarbarian - 4k Uhd/bd Combo + Digital + Steelbook$44.994Decal - NeonExit 8 [blu-Ray]$20.41$34.985UNIVERSALThe Thing 3-Movie Collection [blu-Ray]$19.79$24.986Sony PicturesTalladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby 20th Anniversary (4k Ultra Hd + Blu-Ray + Digital Steelbook)$37.99$39.997WBMars Attacks!
  
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• The Activision Super Pocket is the cutest Evercade portable yet, but I wouldn't pick it over Banjo

  07-09-2026 14:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  I can't think of a handheld with more versions than the Super Pocket, but the new Activision Edition absolutely aesthetically slays. Yes, I am a sucker for the whole '70s Supergraphics rainbow thing, and the publisher's old getup really makes for a pretty portable. The catch is that it feels more like another Atari capsule, and that's less exciting than, say, the console with Banjo-Kazooie built in.That's not to say the Super Pocket Activision Edition won't find its people. I can guarantee there
  
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• 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle admits using "about 30 seconds" of AI in his upcoming Netflix movie: "It's a useful tool... provided you use it respectfully"

  07-09-2026 14:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Danny Boyle's latest movie, Ink, has just premiered at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, and the movie has caused something of a stir, as the credits disclose that the Trainspotting director used generative AI in the making of the movie. Now Boyle is explaining the movie's limited use cases, which included animating photographs and mice effects.Ink, which stars 28 Years Later's Jack O'Connell as Sun newspaper editor Larry Lamb, and Guy Pearce as media magnate Rupert Murdoch, is a late-60s
  
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• League of Legends MMO is Riot's "Grail quest" and "many a brave knight are going to die," boss says, but fans aren't confident after 2XKO's fate: "Hope this time you don't cancel it"

  07-09-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost six years since its announcement, and with hardly anything said about it since, Riot Games' mysterious League of Legends MMO has been referred to as the studio's "Grail" in comments that aren't exactly inspiring the most confidence from fans. Riot Games co-founder and co-chairman Marc Merrill has spoken about the MMO during a PAX West panel, where he was asked by Kinda Funny Games' Greg Miller whether he had anything to share about its release date (below).Alas, Merrill doesn't, but he do
  
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• GTA 6 boss says "there will always be things to satirize," but Rockstar has to "be careful about what we pick" because after 11 years of development "it could be gone, it could change, it could be dated"

  07-09-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar North co-lead Rob Nelson says GTA 6 has been in development since 2015, so the developers have had to be "very careful" to ensure the ideas they ran with still feel relevant in 2026.Grand Theft Auto has always managed to capture a moment in time. While the likes of GTA Vice City looked back to the era of 1980s Miami, the long-awaited GTA 6 is more like GTA 5 in reflecting contemporary times. Due to swelling development timelines, it can be challenging when something you're working on to
  
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• Super Mario Odyssey was a big inspiration for Capcom's latest hit Onimusha: Way of the Sword, director reveals

  07-09-2026 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Onimusha: Way of the Sword's director has explained some of the major inspirations behind the samurai action game, and let's just say, peak respects peak. Speaking to FZ (via machine translation), Capcom's Satoru Nihei, director of Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Onimusha series producer Akihito Kadowaki were asked to choose one game which inspired their work on the game, and while I'm sure most would expect the director to say something like Sekiro or Ghost of Tsushima, Nihei explained that it w
  
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• Fan makes Lego GTA 6 set, and it's so perfect I'm gutted there isn't an official version

  07-09-2026 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  I appreciate that the chances of an official Lego GTA 6 set are slim to nil (something tells me it doesn't fit the toy-maker's family-friendly vibe), so seeing a fan-made version is such a tease for what could be.Creator hachiroku24 has taken matters into their own hands by making a model inspired by GTA 6, and I'd go so far as to say it's a homerun. I've got no notes; whether it's the high-speed chase or a spot-on version of the logo towering over everything else, this thing is perfect. If ther
  
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• Zach Cregger says fans "will know how many bullets" Austin Abrams' Bryan has left in his Resident Evil movie, as it mimics gameplay

  07-09-2026 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds as though watching Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie will be just as stressful as actually playing the games, as the director has revealed more about the upcoming adaptation's gameplay-like moments. "I love the resource management aspect of the games, and it was really important to me to bring that to the movie,"said Cregger during the live Resident Evil Reddit AMA, when asked how he approached the franchise's resource management tools. "You will know how many bullets are in his gun.
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day director says using Hulk "wasn't a mandate" and he had to ask Kevin Feige for permission

  07-09-2026 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton has revealed that he had to ask Kevin Feige to use the Hulk in the Marvel Phase 6 movie. Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner has a brief but impactful role in the movie, giving Peter Parker some advice – and later Hulking out thanks to Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and her mind-control powers. "Kevin's not necessarily ever pushing things on us," Cretton commented on NPR's Fresh Air podcast, while discussing bringing Jean Grey into the movie. "Once
  
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• Rumored Wonder Woman Adria Arjona knew which character she was auditioning for in Man of Tomorrow, and "loves" her costume

  07-09-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Adria Arjona is almost certainly playing Wonder Woman in Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, but the Andor star continues to be grilled about the likely identity of her mystery character while on the promo tour for A24 horror-thriller Onslaught.Speaking to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Arjona dropped a couple more tidbits about her entry into the DCU Chapter One, without outright blowing the worst-kept-secret in superhero casting since Sadie Sink was forced to keep schtum about p
  
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• Palworld update adds 2 new missions, makes fishing easier, improves combat, and brings plenty more to Pocketpair's survival game

  07-09-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's another Palworld update out, and it's a big one. Besides a couple of fresh missions, fishing is now considerably easier, Pals make our life easier in combat, and Pocketpair's provided a wealth of quality-of-life improvements.Right up top of Pocketpair's characteristically long patch notes for update 1.0.4, you can see the two added quests, both sub-missions. One comes from an NPC at Fisherman's Point, and the other is a follow-up to that first mission.After those, we get into tweaks to h
  
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• VisionQuest's Tommy Shepherd star almost landed another Marvel role before playing Speed, but he doesn't actually know what he auditioned for

  07-09-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before landing the role of Tommy Shepherd in upcoming MCU series VisionQuest, Ruaridh Mollica has revealed that he previously auditioned for a mystery MCU role. "It’s one of those things as an actor – I maybe only ever had one other Marvel audition in my whole time of getting auditions. When they come through it’s like a lottery ticket, almost," said Mollica in the latest issue of SFX magazine.However, not even Mollica knows what role he auditioned for. "I don’t know. It
  
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• Onimusha: Way of the Sword continues the 2026 hot streak Capcom started with Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata by selling 1 million copies in a single day

  07-09-2026 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has announced that Onimusha: Way of the Sword has sold one million copies in its first day, continuing the publisher's 2026 hot streak.Even with the sheer amount of major games that have been released this year, and even with the monolith that is GTA 6 standing over every release as it will inevitably be the best-selling and likely most-awarded game of the year, it's hard to argue that anyone has had a better 2026 than Capcom. Obviously, Resident Evil Requiem is the publisher's marquee ti
  
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• "Took my interest in the set from 0 to 100": Lego Astro Bot leaks as a free gift for the PlayStation kit

  07-09-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've just got our first look at a leaked Lego Astro Bot set, and fans are already heartbroken that it may not be widely available.It's been rumored for a long time that the new PlayStation kit (which already has hidden secrets I think fans are gonna love) would come with a free Lego Astro Bot model when bought direct from Lego, and it seems that hunch was on the money. The kit has been shown off early on reddit via Essential Japan, and the common consensus is that it rocks."This is too good to
  
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• Fans agree leaked Lego Astro Bot is "too good" to just be a gift-with-purchase for the new PlayStation set

  07-09-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've just got our first look at a leaked Lego Astro Bot set, and fans are already heartbroken that it may not be widely available.It's been rumored for a long time that the new PlayStation kit (which already has hidden secrets I think fans are gonna love) would come with a free Lego Astro Bot model when bought direct from Lego, and it seems that hunch was on the money. The kit has been shown off early on reddit via Essential Japan, and the common consensus is that it rocks."This is too good to
  
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• Robert Pattinson describes The Batman 2 as a "radical retelling" of Batman, and fans think that means he's joining the DCU

  07-09-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like the almost six-year wait will be well worth it, as Bruce Wayne star Robert Pattinson says that The Batman 2 is very different from the first movie."It’s just amazing. It’s quite a radical change to the script," said Pattinson at the Venice Film Festival (via MYmovies), noting that the sequel goes into "another tonally different direction… even when I'm just looking at the playback on certain things, it looks different to the first one." Pattinson added, "It's di
  
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• As Sony plans to kill discs, PS3 emulator RPCS3 is bringing them back – you can now play physical games on PC straight from your disc drive

  07-09-2026 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  PS3 emulation has taken a big step forward as open-source emulator RPCS3 now allows users to play their physical games on PC straight from a disc drive.As announced on Twitter, RPCS3 says: "Owning your games as physical media allows you to play games released as far back as 20 years ago without relying on any servers!"Users will need a compatible Blu-ray disc drive for it to work, of course – RPCS3 has a full list on its site, and there are plenty of working options available. On Twitter,
  
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