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• New No Man’s Sky Patch Released

  23-09-2016 19:50
  
  Hello Games has released patch 1.09 for No Man’s Sky on PS4 and PC.
  As revealed on the developer’s official site, the patch includes more than 30 bug fixes addressing menu improvements, galaxy generation changes, recovering corrupted save files, and much more.
  You can find the full list of patch notes for version 1.09 in our No Man’s Sky wiki.
  This follows a series of patches Hello has been working on since the launch of No Man’s Sky. In a development update posted earlie
  
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• 4 years after launching big MMO to nearly 1 million concurrent players, Amazon delists New World and sets final shutdown date for 2027

  15-01-2026 22:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  New World developers have now announced the formerly glorious MMO's official shutdown date after publisher Amazon decided to destroy the game in 2025. The historical fantasy title – which stopped receiving updates in October– will go offline across all platforms on January 31, 2027.But Amazon has a slow death planned for New World. The game has been delisted as of today, January 15, 2026, so only those who have already purchased it will be able to continue playing up until 2027.New W
  
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• Nintendo is charging an arm and a leg for storage space in Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0, which means you'll find me and many others back in the turnip mines

  15-01-2026 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Animal Crossing: New Horizons' big 3.0 update is finally here, bringing the new hotel feature to everyone's islands as well as Zelda and Lego collabs and plenty of clutch updates to make island life that much more inviting.One of those smaller, but nonetheless greatly appreciated, quality of life updates is the ability to increase your home's storage all the way up to 9,000, a pretty huge jump from the previous limit of 5,000 items. Sounds great, right? And, you can also now store trees, shrubs,
  
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• Jeff the Land Shark is the cutest li'l defendant in his cute li'l suit as Daredevil takes on his case

  15-01-2026 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jeff the Land Shark is one of the heckin' cutest li'l guys in the whole Marvel Universe. But as his many fans know, he's got a bit of a mischievous streak, and now it's landed him in some hot water (pun intended) as he faces his day in court.Thankfully, he's got Matt Murdock along for the ride to help him avoid jail time in It's Jeff Meets Daredevil #1 by Jeff's co-creator, writer Kelly Thompson, and longtime Jeff artist Gurihiru. We've got your first look at the one-shot right here, featuring J
  
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• In a literal game changer for TikTok videos everywhere, Subway Surfers 2 is finally happening over 13 years after the original, and it's launching next month

  15-01-2026 22:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hey, hold on. Put down your fidget spinner, looping TikTok video, and Elf Bar. This news requires only a moment of your full attention: Subway Surfers is getting a sequel in February, almost 14 years after the original game descended upon the world and hit everyone in the head with a locomotive.Developer SYBO plans to release the free-to-download Subway Surfers City on February 26, with pre-registration now open across iOS, Android, and Google Play. Expect new art, modes, and a "modern multicult
  
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• Valve just revealed the Steam sales and events for the rest of 2026, and besides the discounts I'm looking at the Party-Based RPG Fest to help satisfy those post-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cravings

  15-01-2026 22:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve has finally revealed the next round of Steam sale dates alongside all the Next Fests and other events for the rest of 2026, and things are pretty much as they've been for the past few years. That of course means big sales in the summer, autumn, and winter, but it's the genre-themed festivals that have caught my eye. In particular, I think the Party-Based RPG Fest might be just the ticket to fill the void Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has left in our hearts.The Steam Summer Sale runs for two
  
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• Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard about leading The Elder Scrolls 6

  15-01-2026 21:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kurt Kuhlmann, a "loremaster" long known as a foundational figure for The Elder Scrolls worldbuilding, and more topically recognized as co-lead designer on Skyrim and lead systems designer for Starfield, left Bethesda in 2023 after a total of over two decades at the company. More than two years later, he's now explained that his departure was fueled by growing dissatisfaction with his role at the studio and a particular pain point regarding his role on The Elder Scrolls 6.Speaking with PC Gamer,
  
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• Warner Bros. chiefs say Tom Cruise is "extraordinary" in his next movie: "Like nothing you've ever seen"

  15-01-2026 21:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise is one of the top leading men in Hollywood, with a reputation for bringing a level of intensity and daring to his performances. Despite the boundaries Cruise has already pushed in his craft, he's apparently breaking new ground in director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Digger, with Warner Bros. co-chair Pam Abdy describing his performance as "nothing you've ever seen.""Tom is extraordinary," Abdy tells The Wrap. "Nothing you’ve ever seen. That’s what's so brilliant.
  
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• Uncharted and Last of Us director says Zelda: Wind Waker was the main inspiration for his new game's art style, because the devs wanted the graphics to "last the test of time"

  15-01-2026 20:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a certain timelessness to The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker that can at least partly be attributed to its beautiful cel-shaded art style, and that's exactly what former Naughty Dog director Bruce Straley aims to replicate in his upcoming indie adventure, Coven of the Chicken Foot.It's somewhat ironic that Straley had such an influential hand in developing some of the games that really pushed the boundaries toward photorealism in previous console generations, having served as co-art directo
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 16-18)

  15-01-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Are you looking for the best new movies and shows to watch this weekend on streaming? You're in the right place, then. The new year has already brought us some notable streaming hits, from the ending of Stranger Things to the return of hit shows like The Pitt, and that's only the beginning.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, some of the best streaming services out there. This time around,
  
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• Desperate for a guy who stinks a little, fans of one of the most popular RPGs in the world can't believe update makes love interests take a shower: "I blocked the door to the bathroom"

  15-01-2026 19:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Smell – such a luxurious sense. The world offers the scent of sweet, oily donuts, creamy leather shoes, a mowed lawn, easily, like they're worth nothing. But Love and Deepspace players are now learning the true value of smell now that their brother's armpit is clean. Too clean.The hit sci-fi otome RPG recently released Ver. 5.0, a massive expansion that adds a customizable home for your protagonist and one of her five love interests to play traditional Chinese instruments in – among
  
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• GOG director wants to help multiplayer games like Anthem "live forever" too, but fears increased regulation might lead to "fewer cool games for gamers": "I don't have the perfect answer yet"

  15-01-2026 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The death of Anthem, BioWare's maligned live-service RPG, comes as the Stop Killing Games initiative has put increased pressure on developers to create end-of-life plans that would keep these sorts of games available in the future. GOG's managing director, Maciej Gołębiewski, knows a thing or two about the practical realities of preservation, and he hasn't arrived at a clear answer yet."Game preservation is a very complicated riddle," Gołębiewski tells Eurogamer. Giving old g
  
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• Bungie shows off Marathon's reworked "Runner Shell" classes, and I'm still worried about invisibility and wall hacks in a PvP-heavy extraction shooter

  15-01-2026 19:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unrolling another stretch of red carpet in front of the red carpet already rolled out for the long-delayed Marathon, Bungie released a new deep dive on the "Runner Shells," or playable classes, that its sci-fi extraction shooter will launch with. Compared to the early build we played at the studio, several significant changes and additions have been made, but I'm still worried that two profoundly powerful ability types threaten to swallow the sandbox Bungie's created.Interestingly, the more hero
  
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• TV never changes: Amazon is making a Fallout Shelter reality show where Vault Dwellers compete for cash prizes

  15-01-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prime Video has ordered Fallout Shelter, an unscripted reality competition series that puts contestants deep down into the Vaults.Per the official press release, the upcoming series is "set inside Vault-Tec's bomb-proof vaults" and "drops a diverse group of contestants into an immersive, high-stakes world inspired by the games’ signature dark humour, retro-futurism, and post-apocalyptic survival storytelling."The contestants will participate in "escalating challenges, strategic dilemmas, a
  
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• Pretend to be surprised: New Life is Strange game confirmed for this year, with more details coming in an official livestream in just a few days

  15-01-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yes, the rumors are true, there's a new Life is Strange game on the way. We don't know what it's called or what it's about yet, because those details are forthcoming in a livestream scheduled for less than a week from now.The Life is Strange Reveal Livestream is scheduled for January 20, at 9:29am PST/12:29pm EST/5:29pm GMT. Though general details are being saved for the showcase, we do know this installment will arrive this year, in 2026, and the blurb states that we’ll “Separate th
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's title of Metacritic's highest player-rated game comes under threat from seminal Nintendo DS classic Cory in the House: "The gaming industry peaked with this game. Anyone else saying otherwise is delusional"

  15-01-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metacritic's top-rated games of all time list is facing an unstoppable contender who is operating from The White House – the 2008 Nintendo DS classic, Cory in the House.User scores can be a weird thing; you have the likes of the IMDB top 250 that will tell you Interstellar is better than Seven Samurai and The Silence of the Lambs, but weirdly Metacritic's top games list is solid. Within the top 10 are Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 2, The Witcher 3's Blood and Wine expansion, and two versio
  
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• No, Super Mario's current actor hasn't secretly been narrating any Nintendo Directs, despite the "weird narrative online" speculating otherwise

  15-01-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Mario's current voice actor Kevin Afghani has set the record straight and debunked an odd online myth – no, he isn't and has seemingly never been the enthusiastic voice behind Nintendo Directs.Ever since he stepped into the boots of the evergreen plumber in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, taking over from the iconic Charles Martinet after more than three decades, there's been recurring fan chatter that says Afghani was also secretly the guy who would exuberantly narrate Nintendo Directs (t
  
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• This adorable Gengar and Mimikyu Switch 2 case is already becoming my favorite accessory of 2026

  15-01-2026 18:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're only a couple of weeks into 2026, but in that short time, I've become a real big fan of carrying around my Nintendo Switch 2 in this Hori Vault Case, part of the Pokémon Gengar and Mimikyu collection.The Nintendo Switch 2 case isn't doing anything I haven't seen before. It's a hardshell case with some game and accessory storage, and has a handle on the top to make lugging it around a lot easier. But as a Pokémon fan of around 27 years and one with a preference for spooky type
  
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• As notorious 'Adult Only' Animal Crossing: New Horizons island shuts down after 5 years, creator thanks Nintendo for "turning a blind eye" for so long: "I apologize from the bottom of my heart"

  15-01-2026 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  One infamous adult-themed Animal Crossing: New Horizons island has closed its doors as its creator claims Nintendo has deleted its Dream Address, stopping visitors from seeing its raunchy secrets.As reported by Automaton, Twitter user @churip_ccc is the player behind the so-called adult-only island, which has been alive and kicking since 2020. As shown in an old video tour, it includes everything from its own red-light district to a love hotel, strip club, and casino. It might just be the opposi
  
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• Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai confirms an old theory that those iconic food JPEGs heal more based on how many calories they contain, so don't skimp on the shortcake

  15-01-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that the recovery you get from food found in Smash and Kirby Air Riders is actually calculated based on the real-life calories of said foods.One of the easiest ways to figure out if you're playing a Masahiro Sakurai game – aside from great UI, a checklist mode, and generally being a banger – is the inclusion of random food JPEGs as healing items. Instead of modelling foods for the Smash Bros. fighters to eat, random photographs
  
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• The Aegon's Conquest Game of Thrones spin-off is being developed both as a HBO TV show and as a "mammoth Dune-sized feature film"

  15-01-2026 17:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Game of Thrones spin-off focused on Aegon's Conquest might be a blockbuster film, or it might be a HBO show.That's according to The Hollywood Reporter, which says the project "is being developed by HBO as a possible drama series and by the Warner Bros. film team as a mammoth Dune-sized feature film."Aegon's Conquest refers to the very first King Aegon, who took Westeros with the help of his sister-wives, Rhaenys and Visenya, 100 years before the events of House of the Dragon and 300 years be
  
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• Here's all the Switch amiibo you need to unlock the New Horizons Zelda and Splatoon characters

  15-01-2026 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo game fans are eating good with the new Animal Crossing New Horizons Version 3.0 update. Along with the myriad features introduced to the island on the original Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, you can now invite Legend of Zelda and Splatoon-themed villagers to your island, and all you need is some amiibo.As a long-time amiibo collector, I'm ecstatic that by just tapping one of my compatible Switch 2 accessories on the Switch 2 (or original) Joy-Con, I can unlock villagers Tulin, Mineru, Vi
  
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• George R.R. Martin says his A Song of Ice and Fire ending won't be as "happy" as the HBO show's, and it's especially bad news for Tyrion and Sansa fans

  15-01-2026 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ask almost any Game of Thrones fan, and they'll tell you that things didn't end particularly well for their favorite character. Those who loved Sansa were pleased to see her crowned Queen of the North, sure, and Davos lovers might have been satisfied with him heading off on a sea-faring adventure. The less said about Jon and Daenerys' divisive send-offs, though, the better.Creator George R.R. Martin, however, says he was planning to conclude things in even bleaker ways in the long-awaited last b
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 players almost finished solving a mystery that lay hidden for 7 years before realizing they missed the actual start, even though it involves a bright red pentagram

  15-01-2026 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're a fan of Red Dead Redemption 2, you may be aware of the ongoing spider web mystery that somehow went unnoticed since launch. Well, there's been another important discovery in the ongoing investigation: people started the puzzle a couple of steps late.This all started when players realized spider webs appear on certain telegraph poles at particular times of night. Those poles have the outline of an arachnid on them, leading you to other clues on a bizarre and elusive quest that remains
  
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• The scrapped Jon Snow Game of Thrones spin-off is reportedly back in development, this time involving Arya Stark

  15-01-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The scrapped Jon Snow Game of Thrones spin-off that would have been a sequel show starring Kit Harington is reportedly back in development – and, this time, Arya Stark might make a comeback, too.Per The Hollywood Reporter, the series would have seen Jon Snow living north of the Wall with PTSD, without his direwolf Ghost or his sword Longclaw, which he would've discarded. We would've seen a broken Jon Snow who built cabins then burned them down, and Harington apparently wanted his iconic ch
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem producer says "Leon's counterpart" Grace is "easily frightened" because you're meant to relate to her – but I think even horror vets should be disturbed by a monster who sniffs your stink

  15-01-2026 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  You don't see people like Resident Evil Requiem protagonist Grace Ashcroft often in the franchise, which is usually inhospitable for any character who isn't a gunslinging special agent bubble-wrapped in a bullet-proof vest. But Capcom producer Masato Kumazawa says Grace's inexperience is her strength – her screams are meant to echo your own."As Leon's counterpart," Kumazawa tells GamesRadar+ in reference to himbo hero Leon Kennedy, "we introduced Grace, an easily frightened character who i
  
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• Mario's new voice actor has "unbelievable respect" for 32-year icon Charles Martinet: "Look, Charles, as far as I'm concerned, IS Mario"

  15-01-2026 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2023, Charles Martinet stepped down as the voice of Mario, after having brought the iconic plumber to life for more than three decades. Mario's new voice actor, Kevin Afghani, had some big shoes to fill, and he certainly wasn't blind to the pressure of taking over the role, as he explains in a new interview."Look, Charles, as far as I'm concerned, IS Mario," Afghani tells USA Today when asked if he was nervous about taking on the role. "He created something that is so unbelievably iconic. And
  
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• "The highest PvE damage output of any weapon" in Arc Raiders was from the underrated Bettina, dev confirms, and that was before it got buffed

  15-01-2026 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're looking for a reliable bot-killer in Arc Raiders, you may want to hold onto the next Bettina you find. Design lead Virgil Watkins of developer Embark Studios says the overlooked epic rifle had "the highest PvE damage output of any weapon" even before its quality-of-life buffs.In the December 16 update patch notes, Embark dramatically increased the effective durability of the Bettina and moderately bumped up its reload time and magazine size. "Data shows that this weapon is still the hi
  
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• George R.R. Martin is "struggling" while writing long-awaited Game of Thrones book The Winds of Winter, but says it would "feel like a total failure" to give up on it: "This could be the longest book in the series"

  15-01-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  George R.R. Martin is still working on The Winds of Winter, which serves as the final book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series."I would hate that," Martin told The Hollywood Reporter. "It would feel like a total failure to me. I want to finish. If I wound up doing everything in my head, this could be the longest book in the series."The bestselling fantasy author has been working on the sixth and final Game of Thrones book since 2010. In 2022, Martin said the novel was "three-quarters" of the wa
  
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• 18 years after his last game, Atlus co-founder and JRPG veteran known for Persona and Shin Megami Tensei returns with a new "school life RPG"

  15-01-2026 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kouji Okada is breaking his years-long hiatus from game development with another RPG set in what looks like a supernaturally tormented Japanese high school, decades after leaving his fingerprints all over the genre with Shin Megami Tensei and, by extension, Persona.Developer Compile Heart today announced that it'll properly unveil a new "school life RPG" later this month, on January 29, that's produced by Kouji Okada himself alongside several other veteran Atlus developers, including original Pe
  
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