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• Notable Video Game Releases: New and Upcoming

  16-09-2015 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Find release dates, trailers, and scores for major upcoming and recent videogame releases for all platforms, updated weekly. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic
  
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• After Burnout, Star Wars: Galactic Racer studio lead says "games should challenge players"

  12-10-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The former Burnout developers behind Star Wars: Galactic Racer reckon it's important to challenge players, because they're going to tune out otherwise.Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a tough game. Intentionally so, with Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster saying "we are asking way more out of players" this time around compared to the Burnout games that a majority of the team used to develop, because "modern gamers can manage a greater amount of cognitive load." Not only is the racing extremely fast, but yo
  
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• Merch store Zavvi goes into administration, urges customers to check if they are "entitled to recover their payment"

  12-10-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Entertainment and pop-culture collectible store Zavvi has gone into administration.In an announcement posted today that has taken over the webstore, Zavvi announced that the "affairs, business and property of the Company" are now under the management of Joint Administrators." This is apparently due to Zavvi's financial position, which means it has to cease trading "with immediate effect."In practical terms, Zavvi can no longer fulfil any orders or pre-orders. Customers are also warned not to mak
  
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• Dead Space creator put "a lot" of work into patching The Callisto Protocol after releasing it early

  12-10-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dead Space creator Glen Schofield's 2022 survival horror game The Callisto Protocol might have been met with lukewarm reviews, but the director says this came after he was "forced to ship the game" three months earlier than expected, prompting him and the other devs to release a whopping 86 patches after launch.In a new interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Schofield discusses The Callisto Protocol's troubled development, noting that the devs at Striking Distance Studios had been working on the game
  
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• No Man's Sky devs compress the survival game to under 5GB for "free to try" mobile launch

  12-10-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stop us if you've heard this before, but the No Man's Sky team has yet again been cookin' up a new release for its 2016 survival game – and this time, it's a mobile launch.That's right, No Man's Sky is indeed coming to iOS over a decade after its initial release, with Hello Games planning an October 28 launch – but it hasn't come easy.
  Sean Murrary says as much in a new letter regarding the exciting mobile launch, explaining that the developers first considered porting it over after
  
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• VisionQuest release schedule: When is episode 1 on Disney Plus?

  12-10-2026 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unlike its predecessors in Westview and on the Witches' Road, the VisionQuest release schedule is sporadic, spotty, and difficult to pin down.If that doesn't compute for you, then you may have trouble following along. But you're in luck. Below, we have the complete VisionQuest release schedule as confirmed by Marvel. We also have the VisionQuest episode 1 release date and streaming time, perfect for those who want to watch the Disney Plus show ASAP and start theorycrafting in the way they did fo
  
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• Dragon Quest creator continues love affair with AI as he releases a game he generated in 30 minutes

  12-10-2026 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii is touting his new game which he claims took him about 30 minutes to make using generative AI. Despite being one of the most prolific game creators of all time, the Dragon Quest creator has fallen head over heels for the slop machine like your elderly uncle on Facebook. Developers like Hideo Kojima have spoken critically about using it as a replacement for creative aspects of game development, but Square Enix is working with Google on a chatbot for Dragon Quest 10
  
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• Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner insists he is not in Avengers: Doomsday, saying "The Avengers will probably lose" without him

  12-10-2026 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner has stated that he is not in Avengers: Doomsday, but that the team will probably lose against Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom because they don't have his marksman on their side.When asked at a recent Q&A if he is returning for Doomsday, Renner said, "No, no, no, no. Not in that one," adding, "Doomsday I'm not in, so The Avengers will probably lose, just so you know… they didn't call me so it's their fault they're going to lose."When Renner jokes about the Av
  
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• Haunted Chocolatier is for the Stardew Valley players who yearn for the mines, ConcernedApe says

  12-10-2026 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news if you yearn for the mines in Stardew Valley – creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone says his long-awaited follow-up game Haunted Chocolatier is for you. In a new interview with GQ, Barone doubles down on an explanation he previously gave of Haunted Chocolatier – even though "it is still what I call a town game," we can expect this one to be "more of an action RPG."He's previously spoken about it having "a greater focus on combat," and he now elaborates: "The main focus is mor
  
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• As Gears of War: E-Day servers suffer DDoS attack, the devs are "continuing to monitor" the damage

  12-10-2026 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been taking on the Locust horde in Gears of War: E-Day lately, you might have noticed some disruption in online play. The servers have been subject to DDoS attacks, but The Coalition is on the case and normal service is expected to resume in the near future.The developer posted about the incidents on social media. "Earlier today, some players experienced intermittent disconnects, login issues, or other service disruptions in Gears of War: E-Day," a post on Twitter says. "These issues w
  
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• "So f****** peak" - Fan who made incredible Lego GTA 6 set is at it again with the perfect PlayStation diorama

  12-10-2026 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  A fan has taken it upon themselves to upgrade the new Lego PlayStation set, and dear reader, my jaw was dropped. Prolific builder hachiroku24 (who you may know for their phenomenal Lego GTA 6 set) has made a genuinely impressive Final Fantasy 7 diorama via reddit with 4K upvotes that sits on top of the Lego PlayStation, which just came out at the Lego store. It features most major characters in a life-or-death battle and is beautifully well-done; pieces of terrain are growing out of the console
  
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• Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage says he refused to sign an AI waiver at Amazon

  12-10-2026 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage says he didn't sign an AI waiver for his Prime Video superhero show. Cage played Ben Reilly in the show, which was released earlier in the year and will not be returning for a second season. "How do you survive AI? Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of 50 billion dollars invested to OpenAI," Cage commented at NYCC, via The Hollywood Reporter. "I am not an AI-friendly actor... I didn't sign the waiver to let them use AI on Spider-Noir. It's kind of lik
  
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• Clayface pre-sales are the DCU's lowest yet – but it could still be a success

  12-10-2026 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clayface pre-sales are significantly lower than notorious DC flop Supergirl at the same stage.While some numbers have been doing the rounds on social media, those over at Box Office Theory – typically far more accurate than most – have Clayface flagging 80% behind Supergirl at the same stage, just over a week from release.Its nearest competition, Resident Evil, also served far better – with Clayface 66% behind those current pre-sales. That sets it up for a $20 million opening w
  
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• Vision star Paul Bettany refuses to confirm Avengers: Doomsday casting: "That's for Kevin Feige to decide"

  12-10-2026 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite Avengers: Doomsday already having a stacked cast, we know that the full line-up has yet to be revealed. However, Vision star Paul Bettany still won't confirm whether he will appear in the fifth Avengers movie or not. "I’m just trying to keep the kids in shoes, and if I tell you that, I’ll get fired. I’m just out there hustling, " said Bettany to Good Morning America. "That's for [Marvel Studios President] Kevin Feige and [Co-President and executive producer] Louis D'Esp
  
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• As Arc Raiders sees Steam player count surge to 185,000, Embark dev knows it "won't last forever"

  12-10-2026 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  After months of decline, Arc Raiders has seen an enormous resurgence in players thanks to its new Frozen Trail update and recent free trial, but while things are suddenly looking a lot healthier for Embark's shooter, one dev knows it "won't last."Although Arc Raiders was undoubtedly a massive hit when it launched last year and maintained an extremely strong player count on Steam for months, as with any live service game, things eventually began to dwindle. Until recently, the game hadn't seen a
  
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• This tiny E-ink Game Boy can run games at 30fps and docks into a NES controller

  12-10-2026 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Playing Game Boy games on an E-ink display isn't a new-fangled concept, but the Ink-Boy makes a strong case for paper screen handhelds. In fact, by turning an ESP32 microcontroller into a micro portable that'll run Ninty's classics at 30fps and has fully dockable NES controls, the modder in question has paved the way for some wild portables.In a video explaining how the Ink-Boy came to be, the retro handheld's creator, Bo Made It, delves into their custom display driver. If you've spent more tha
  
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• Despite new GTA 6 leaks, Cyberleek's cryptocurrency remains over $20 million short of goal

  12-10-2026 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 is evidently still suffering from quite significant leaks left, right, and center, with 25 minutes of new gameplay going live last week – but I'm not sure Rockstar is currently worrying about the whole of its latest Grand Theft Auto entry going live early.Following the cryptocurrency-fueled GTA 6 leak that was supposedly spurred by demands for digital rights, more physical copies, and such, with claims to be "raising funds for a secret project" (via crypto, of course), things went si
  
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• The Aurzen ZIP Pro pocket projector takes game night on the go

  12-10-2026 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Have you ever wanted to set up a game night but been defeated by the mass of cables behind your TV? Wanted to run a film night under the stars and ended up huddling around a tiny laptop? Or to share a game with a friend, but be unable to haul your entire setup to a new house? Complicated cable management, bulky extra hardware, or a simple lack of space can all get in the way of an amazing night in, but the Aurzen ZIP Pro offers a flexible solution to all of those issues, with high-definition 108
  
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• Nintendo has "no plans to ditch physical games," exec says amid PlayStation disc backlash

  12-10-2026 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo's vice president and general manager for Latin America, Bill van Zyll, says that the company has no plans to ditch physical media. Physical media has become a big talking point in the last couple of years. Last year, Nintendo caused preservation concerns thanks to the introduction of Game Key Cards – physical cartridges that allow you to download a game, while not holding any of its data. However, Game Key Cards are very much in the rear view window this year with Rockstar Games'
  
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• Steam hits new all-time high of over 43 million concurrent users just 7 months after its last record

  12-10-2026 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  We regularly report on individual games breaking their concurrent player records on Steam, but this time the focus is on Valve's storefront itself. This month, October 2026, the marketplace hit a new all-time record for concurrent users, safely leapfrogging the previous benchmark.Per SteamDB, Valve's platform had a ridiculous 43,505,724 people using it at once during October 11. That's a significant amount of accounts to be active at once, to say the least.The last record, a similarly beefy 42,6
  
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• Hideo Kojima reviews Zach Cregger's Resident Evil: "It reminded me how I felt when I played the first [game]"

  12-10-2026 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima has finally offered his review of Resident Evil – and it sounds like he's a fan of Zach Cregger's take on the hit horror franchise. The movie draws on the lore of the games, but isn't an exact adaptation of a single title. Instead, it takes place "on the periphery" of Resident Evil 2. "I wasn't particularly interested, but since it's a new film by director Zach Cregger, I watched the movie Resident Evil," Kojima wrote on Twitter (via the site's automatic translation). "Right f
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday poster features a better look at the main heroes – and teases the apocalyptic event they have to stop

  12-10-2026 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Avengers: Doomsday poster has been released in international markets, and it really does put the 'Doomsday' in Doomsday.The Korean poster, which you can see below, showcases what appears to be Doomsday's cast of main heroes among its huge roster of MCU mainstays: Gambit, Loki, Steve Rogers, Captain America, Shuri, Professor X, Bucky Barnes, Thor, Cyclops, Mister Fantastic, and Yelena – overlooked by a masked Doctor Doom.Also in the background is something that has largely been obscur
  
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• Early reactions for Wildwood draws Lord of the Rings comparisons as Laika's best film yet

  11-10-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Word is out about stop-motion extraordinaire studio Laika's latest project, Wildwood, and critics are already calling it their greatest achievement. Following the film's world premiere at the London Film Festival, @TheNextBestPicture called it "a masterpiece of stop-motion animation" with "battle sequences that rivals the work seen in Game of Thrones or The Lord Of The Rings.” @justmiaslife called the film directed by Travis Knight "A testament to the limitless possibilities of animation."
  
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• Rockstar has a whole team of GTA 6 writers for to pedestrian dialogue: "There are no shortcuts"

  11-10-2026 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar Games created an entire team dedicated to what some might consider "background noise" for GTA 6.The tidbit comes from GTA 6 developers who recently spoke to Love magazine about the open-world epic. Rockstar's senior vice president of narrative, Rupert Humphries, says there's "an amazing team of writers and creatives" focused on creating the "'background noise' that makes the city and the world come to life."According to Humphries, that includes a "specific team of pedestrian dialogue wr
  
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• Venom, Thor, X-Men's Jubilee and the "Phoenix version of Cyclops" coming to Marvel Tokon Year One

  11-10-2026 15:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is welcoming four new playable superheroes in its Year One DLC - Spider-Man's frenemy Venom, X-Men's Jubilee, Jane Foster's Mighty Thor and a version of Cyclops who's been taken over by Phoenix are all joining the fighting game's colorful roster. Publisher PlayStation announced the full lineup earlier today, a few days after revealing Phoenix Cyclops as its first post-launch character coming on November 2.Developer Arc Systems chose to add a "Phoenix version of Cyclo
  
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• POV horror In A Violent Nature carves out a release date for sequel

  11-10-2026 14:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Those who got their kicks seeing through a killer's eyes in 2024 with In A Violent Nature will get a second look next year, after New York Comic-Con revealed the release date for In A Violent Nature 2. Following the release of the first trailer, Ry Barrett, who played the undead firefighter Johnny in the previous film, was at NYCC and announced he’ll return to tear through another group of unfortunate souls on Valentine’s Day weekend, on February 12, 2027.The new film will once again
  
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• Godzilla Minus Zero trailer brings back the big guy in a tantalizing and terrifying trailer

  11-10-2026 14:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The ground is shaking, and people are running in every direction, which can only mean the big, angry fella known as the King of Monsters has returned, as revealed in a brand-new trailer for the eagerly anticipated Godzilla Minus Zero. Director Takashi Yamazaki returns to the camera with an all-new chapter that picks up after Godzilla Minus One, as post-war Japan struggles to get back on its feet after Godzilla's initial attack, only to face a new foe: King Ghidorah. Naturally, Godzilla regenerat
  
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• Former Last of Us dev wonders if we'll look back at games like Intergalactic and "marvel at it"

  11-10-2026 14:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Naughty Dog veteran who's worked on everything from The Last of Us to Uncharted 4 worries that we'll one day look back at modern games and "marvel" at the human craftsmanship on display.Speaking to Kiwi Talkz in an interview embedded below, Matt Radford points at ancient cathedrals to make this point: "The example of the cathedrals in Cologne and, you know, you see these old amazing buildings, these architectural marvels across so much of the world. And that exists as a product of a very uniqu
  
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• GTA 6 leaker threatens to release a build of the entire game start to finish

  11-10-2026 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The notorious GTA 6 leaker known only by their online moniker Cyberleek is back with a new threat. Should their memecoin's market cap hit $30 million, Cyberleek says they'll release a start-to-finish playable build of Rockstar Games' long-awaited open worlder.Cyberleek's threat, posted to their website and reposted elsewhere online, also gives parent company Take-Two an ultimatum of sorts. The leaker says Take-Two can make this whole fiasco go away by printing physical GTA 6 discs and issuing a
  
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• Street Fighter movie stunt coordinator researched "every character" to ensure each fight had their "signature styles"

  11-10-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Street Fighter movie's Ken actor Noah Centineo has revealed the levels the production's stunt coordinator went to in ensuring each unique matchup on screen would remain faithful to the eclectic game roster of fighters."Every character comes from a different background, pretty much, right? So there's like over almost 150 characters, all the different backgrounds, different fighting styles, and John Valera, our stunt coordinator, had to research for every character and every fight that they were i
  
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