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• Not even Rockstar heads know everything that's in GTA 6 because devs will just add stuff

  19-10-2026 22:31 via GamesRadar+
  
  GTA 6 was made by an army of thousands of game developers who had to be coordinated by Rockstar Games, but some of the studio's best work is the result of individuals using the independence afforded to them to enact the kind of chaotic goodness that would make a tabletop dungeon master smirk. Case in point: horse scrotums in Red Dead Redemption 2. The buried details of GTA 6's mammoth production line are examined in a new video from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, who paused to share some inf
  
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• GTA 6 lead channels the spirit of Skyrim-era Todd Howard: "You can go anywhere, any random location"

  01-11-2026 19:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  While Rockstar has teased the size of GTA 6's playable map a few times, the heads behind the next Grand Theft Auto outing also want you to know that it's not all hollow space. Anywhere you go, there's intentionality.Speaking to Edge, Rockstar says GTA 6's map is nearly as large as the combined efforts of Grand Theft Auto 4, 5, and Red Dead Redemption 2. But it doesn't stop there. While you often see procedural generation to achieve sheer size, Rockstar leans on a human touch to ensure the map is
  
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• Despite GOG's best efforts this classic Dune RTS is trapped in 5-way licensing hell

  01-11-2026 18:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  Westwood Studios' 1992 classic Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty – alternately known as Battle for Arrakis depending on the version – is one of the most important games ever made. It laid the foundation for the entire real-time strategy genre, and everything from Blizzard's Warcraft to Westwood's own Command & Conquer took direct inspiration from it.So why has it never gotten a modern re-release? As it turns out, making a game based on a movie based on a novel that's now been adapted int
  
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• Overwatch director "would never discount" the return of PvE content

  01-11-2026 16:51 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Overwatch universe is practically bursting with potential for interesting stories and cool action set pieces, perhaps ones featuring a giant talking gorilla of some kind. Game director Aaron Keller isn't ruling out the possibility of more PvE content in the future, but trying to make another full campaign is a bigger ask. Once upon a time, Overwatch 2 was supposed to launch with an in-depth, story-driven, co-op campaign set in the Overwatch universe. Blizzard Entertainment planned to have pl
  
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• GTA 6 lets you break up Jason and Lucia, and we can thank Red Dead Redemption 2 for that

  01-11-2026 16:18 via GamesRadar+
  
  GTA 6 doesn't have to be romantic if you don't choose to engage with it that way, and we can thank the best man in video games, Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan, for that.While Grand Theft Auto 6 follows the two central characters of Jason and Lucia, the game never really forces their relationship in directions that aren't steered by the player. Jason and Lucia can become romantically tangled if you choose or they can remain partners in crime. Or they can become a romantic couple and then b
  
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• The Mass Effect series is "more valuable than Dragon Age," BioWare veteran says

  01-11-2026 15:31 via GamesRadar+
  
  With BioWare gone after more than three decades of genre-defining hits, all eyes are now on the loveable worlds and universes the developer created. But is there any hope for an outside company to buy or invest in either Dragon Age or Mass Effect?BioWare veteran and long-time producer Mark Darrah was asked that question shortly before his former employer's tragic shutdown, in an interview with Eldorado.gg, and he essentially explained that Dragon Age probably isn't as valuable as Mass Effect bec
  
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• Two minutes of Persona 1 remake footage seemingly leaks online

  01-11-2026 14:59 via GamesRadar+
  
  Two minutes of footage from an unannounced turn-based RPG recently spilled online, and yep, it very much looks like a remake of the very first Persona game.A YouTube account aptly called 'P1REMAKE' only yesterday posted a little under two minutes of footage from what appears to be a Persona 1 remake. As expected, eagle-eyed fans quickly spotted the clip and soon spread it across several other social media platforms, with the footage since appearing on Reddit and X.Of course, you should take all
  
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• Rockstar had to up its game for GTA 6 – GTA 5's realism was already "showing its age" when it launched 13 years ago

  31-10-2026 19:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  Rockstar North boss Rob Nelson says the performance leap technology made between GTA 5 and GTA 6 meant there were some things devs just couldn't "get away with" as they used to.Speaking to Edge, several senior figures at Rockstar delve into how the latest Grand Theft Auto game was finally made and why what worked in GTA 5 no longer held up. Much of it comes down to what you'll see in front of you, or more specifically, the graphical quality of it. Nelson tells Edge that running GTA 6 on GTA 5's
  
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• Physical PC games could make a comeback thanks to GOG: "I really hope that we'll be able to do it"

  31-10-2026 18:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  Physical games are slowly disappearing on consoles, and they've effectively been dead on PC for decades. GOG aims to keep old games alive in a digital, DRM-free format, but the people behind the online store have bigger goals in mind. They want to let you buy physical versions of any game in the store, and while a series of legal and logistical roadblocks stand in the way of that happening, there's still hope that the plan will come to fruition."Ideally, my dream would be to be able to buy physi
  
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• With GTA 6, Rockstar couldn't "just trot out something" fans would already expect

  31-10-2026 15:54 via GamesRadar+
  
  GTA 6 is shaping up to be a monumental release, from the sheer scale of its world to how it's expected to be the biggest game launch of all time. But those sky-high expectations were something Rockstar Games developers were very aware of during production.Speaking exclusively to Edge Magazine about the upcoming blockbuster, long-time art director and one of GTA 6's lead developers Aaron Garbut explained that the studio couldn't simply put out a game that met fan expectations. After over a decade
  
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• Fan-made Oblivion remake Skyblivion runs into legal trouble with a former volunteer

  31-10-2026 14:29 via GamesRadar+
  
  Skyblivion (the fan-made Oblivion remake that's being rebuilt inside of Skyrim) has been a long time coming, but we might need to wait a while longer for the conversion mod to see the light of day due to a new legal issue.One of the ambitious project's lead modders, Rebelzize, today uploaded a video about the ongoing situation. "Recently, a former volunteer who contributed to Skyblivion's development departed the project. We want to be completely transparent with the community about what has hap
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 Evercold's second job is the ranged Zephyr DPS that comes with a deadly pet bird

  31-10-2026 13:33 via GamesRadar+
  
  After literal months of speculation and theories based on brief clues left in older trailers, Final Fantasy 14 purists have been proven right. The Evercold expansion's second new job is indeed a ranged physical DPS who uses quick-firing crossbows and a deadly pet bird in combat - and it's called Zephyr.Announced at FF14 Fan Fest Japan, Zephyr is described as a take on a "pet job." But you're not carrying around any old bird. The Zephyr's avian familiar is called the Nephele, a winged predator wh
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 Evercold gets a four week delay - the MMO expansion now arrives in a busy February

  31-10-2026 13:05 via GamesRadar+
  
  Final Fantasy 14: Evercold has received a short and swift four-week delay. Square Enix's MMORPG expansion was originally set to release in January of next year, but an update from Final Fantasy Fan Fest Japan has revealed that it's now due to come out during the packed month of February, 2027. Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki Yoshida - affectionately dubbed Yoshi-P by fans - revealed the news during FF14 Fan Fest Japan. Evercold's new release date is officially February 23, 2027 with an early access
  
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• Crimson Desert players share money making tips after the new DLC added a ridiculously expensive ship

  31-10-2026 01:27 via GamesRadar+
  
  I've already accepted that I'll never own Crimson Desert's fancy new pirate ship, added as part of the Charting the Unknown DLC. I accepted it the moment I found out it costs 6 million in camp funds, but other players are desperate to take the wheel of the game's biggest, most imposing ship, and that means turning to other players who are throwing down 6 million like it's nothing. To be clear, Crimson Desert players can get the DLC's ships for a much more reasonable sum than 6 million. The small
  
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• Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic could be going for a "simple hero's journey," says BioWare vet

  30-10-2026 22:49 via GamesRadar+
  
  Mark Darrah, the famously outspoken RPG veteran who steered the Dragon Age ship until his retirement a few years back, predicts Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic will feature a simpler, stripped-down story in response to what he sees as overstuffed writing in BioWare's more recent games.Talking to Eldorado.gg, Darrah mused on the potential direction of Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic under former Mass Effect lead Casey Hudson's stewardship. Darrah wonders if Hudson could opt for a "KOTOR 3
  
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• Why is PC gaming outpacing consoles? "PC players have a bit more choice," analyst says

  30-10-2026 22:18 via GamesRadar+
  
  It's never been easier to recommend PC gaming, so it sucks that it's rarely been harder to build a gaming PC. With consoles struggling and their market long since mature, PC gaming is responsible for a lot of the annual growth in the industry. It regularly surfaces a much more diverse lineup of top games, and more developers (especially in Asia) are investing more in the platform. But what gives PC gaming an edge?I spoke to Emmanuel Rosier, Newzoo's director of market intelligence, about the gro
  
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• Jagex explains RuneScape Reignited plans, an MMO relaunch so divisive it was canceled in weeks

  30-10-2026 21:46 via GamesRadar+
  
  Several species of fly have lived longer than RuneScape Reignited, a relaunch of one of the oldest MMOs around. It would've seen fresh servers filled with new accounts soft-reset the game while veterans continue playing as they were.Developer Jagex apologized for and quickly canceled this plan within weeks of its grand RuneFest-side reveal after those veteran players complained that they felt left behind or sidelined in favor of efforts to entice new players. Many RuneScape fans are relieved to
  
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• The Blood of Dawnwalker devs want to make RPGs that "we ourselves want to play" and not chase trends

  30-10-2026 20:33 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Blood of Dawnwalker, the debut title from Rebel Wolves, is one of the year's best releases, and my personal pick for GOTY 2026. While it's likely to be passed up by more critically acclaimed horror games like Resident Evil Requiem and, for the top award this year, GTA 6, I found it to be a delightfully old-school horror RPG with gothic vibes galore and a story worthy of multiple playthroughs. The secret sauce, according to the studio itself, is not to chase any current trends, but to make th
  
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• "Don't buy Marathon as a donation," Bungie boss says as players worry Destiny 2's fate hinges on it

  30-10-2026 19:31 via GamesRadar+
  
  Responding to fears that Marathon's future will dictate Destiny support, Bungie product head Josh Deane encourages players to support only the games they enjoy. In a lengthy blog post sharing hopes for a "new forever Destiny" and "Destiny 'Legacy'" project, Deane noted that, "we will all tell you that nothing can help bridge us into [the] future more than for Marathon to rapidly evolve and become sustainable."On the heels of some heady talk of business plans, milestones, and project progress bar
  
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• When Patrick Stewart starred in Oblivion, he was blown away by the lore Todd Howard gave him

  30-10-2026 18:56 via GamesRadar+
  
  Patrick Stewart was best known for his numerous roles across film and television, including franchise-defining parts of X-Men and Star Trek, but he also appeared in several video games over the years. His most notable video game role is certainly in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, where he played Emperor Uriel Septim VII, and he was apparently blown away by the detailed lore Bethesda had for his character.In the wake of Stewart's death at the age of 86, fans have shared numerous memorable storie
  
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• Doom's John Romero confirms his new FPS is saved after Xbox abandoned it

  30-10-2026 18:42 via GamesRadar+
  
  id Software co-founder John Romero says that his studio's axed Xbox title has a new publisher, with a smaller staff reworking the game's scope.Romero Games announced that it was working on an "all-new FPS with an original, new IP"back in 2022. But in the summer of 2025, in the wake of what has become yearly layoffs at Xbox, the project was seemingly cancelled. It became clear after the announcement that the game's unannounced publisher had been Xbox, and Romero Games was put at risk of shutdown
  
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• Star Wars game dev creates a Lego Biddy Blas model you can build at home

  30-10-2026 18:27 via GamesRadar+
  
  The internet's favorite new Star Wars character, Biddy Blas, is probably a long way from becoming an official Lego figure – so a Star Wars: Zero Company and Jedi: Survivor dev has taken matters into their own hands. I'm bloody glad they did.You've probably noticed by now that the loveably annoying Biddy Blas from Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a social media darling due to his trash-talking Huttese speeches – and there's been such an outpouring of love for this new Glup Shitto that he's starti
  
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• Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3 are shutting down servers indefinitely, FromSoftware says

  30-10-2026 17:55 via GamesRadar+
  
  FromSoftware isn't having a great week. Right on the heels of delaying The Duskbloods out of 2026, it's now announced that the servers for Dark Souls 2 and 3 are temporarily going down on all platforms due to an "issue," and it's not going to tell you when they'll be back."Due to a server issue, the game servers for the following titles will be temporarily unavailable on all platforms," FromSoftware writes in a post on Twitter, listing Dark Souls 2 and 3. "We will provide updates once we have in
  
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• 18 years later, GTA 6 redeems Grand Theft Auto's most annoying meme by turning it into something useful

  30-10-2026 17:20 via GamesRadar+
  
  Rockstar is keeping a good thing going with GTA 6. That being, the Scooter Brothers – a Grand Theft Auto meme that's slowly being a mainstay in the series.Back when GTA 4 was released many a moon ago, one of the most viral videos from it featured a player who – while on a scooter – came across an NPC – on a scooter. Feeling a strong sense of kinship, the player shouts "scooter brothers!" and several other things. The video now has 7.5 million views on YouTube. The beauty of Scooter Broth
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove footage of real-life Seoul crush

  30-10-2026 17:04 via GamesRadar+
  
  Activision has confirmed that it will be removing real-life news footage of the 2022 crush in Itaewon from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 following backlash.On October 29, 2022, a crowd crush happened in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea during Halloween festivities which drew over 100,000 people to the area. This crush resulted in the deaths of 160 people, and a further 196 people were injured during the event marking one of the deadliest disasters in the country's history. Almost
  
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• You can now grab an Evercade Nexus and embrace one of the last bastions of physical gaming

  30-10-2026 17:01 via GamesRadar+
  
  Blaze's latest cartridge-running machine, the Evercade Nexus, officially launches today. It's a retro handheld that's been years in the making, building on the company's formula that made the OG portable, the Super Pocket, and even arcade cabinets like the Evercade Alpha, which absolutely won't fit in your pocket. That might sound like a gadget brings nothing new to the table, but actually, it could become a precedent for keeping physical gaming alive.Those of you who want to cut to the retro co
  
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• Dragon Age could have had its Baldur's Gate 3 moment, former BioWare lead says

  30-10-2026 16:27 via GamesRadar+
  
  Former Dragon Age lead Mark Darrah says the beloved fantasy RPG series could have ended up with a game like Baldur's Gate 3, but BioWare instead chose to be simpler in the hopes of reaching a wider audience.So it goes, following EA's decision to shut down BioWare before it could ship Mass Effect 5, Dragon Age: The Veilguard stands as the studio's last game. While some reviewers found plenty to like about it, the RPG didn't deliver the commercial performance needed to keep BioWare going after EA
  
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• Why did EA close BioWare? Report says it put Mass Effect 5 and Star Wars Battlefront 3 on a scale

  30-10-2026 16:25 via GamesRadar+
  
  A new report directly links the previously rumored Star Wars Battlefront 3 to EA's closure of BioWare, with the publisher evidently prioritizing the sci-fi game with the bigger license and projected audience when assessing its finances. Bloomberg corroborates much of what we've already heard and inferred. After a Saudi Arabia-led buyout plunged EA $18 billion in debt, it had new owners and even more incentive to cut costs. BioWare, already on the ropes after consecutive lukewarm-at-best releases
  
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• The best new Lego sets in November 2026 include the biggest ever model, but another has stolen my heart

  30-10-2026 16:12 via GamesRadar+
  
  Even though it's a quieter month for brick-building fans with just five releases, the best new Lego sets in November 2026 are still making it difficult to prioritize. The month is here to tempt us with the biggest kit the toy-maker has ever produced, the first Dragon Ball model, one of the most relentlessly cheerful sets around, and more.In fact, some of these give the very best Lego sets a run for their money. I think the Venetian Neighborhood is jaw-dropping, for instance; it's overflowing wit
  
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• Apparent new Physint concepts include a mech that looks like Metal Gear Rex's twin

  30-10-2026 15:52 via GamesRadar+
  
  Some potential new Physint concept designs have been spotted at a Kojima Productions exhibition, including something that looks strikingly similar to Metal Gear Rex. Physint is one of the titles being worked on by Hideo Kojima, and it's poised to be a special one for fans of the creator's work, as it is poised as a spiritual successor to the Metal Gear Solid series. Xbox Game Studios picked up the publishing duties of the game after Sony canceled the project, and soon after, it was revealed that
  
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