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• Oculus Touch Controllers Review

  05-12-2016 16:00
  
  When the Oculus Rift (review) launched back in March there was something noticeably missing, and the competing HTC Vive (review) and PlayStation VR (review) both highlighted the Rift’s lack of motion-tracked controllers to let you naturally interact with virtual objects and environments. They may be late to the party, but the Oculus Touch controllers make up for their tardiness by being the best hand-tracked controllers around.
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• Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P calls Ghost of Yotei "outstanding" and says it's "the one I still find myself playing" from 2025: "It's a game I learned a lot from"

  30-12-2025 20:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 captured plenty of hearts this year, Ghost of Yotei was comfortably in the mix in terms of overall popularity. Naoki Yoshida, the director of Final Fantasy 14, loved Sucker Punch's sequel so much, it was his favorite game of 2025.This comes from 4Gamer's annual round-up where major game devs in Japan reflect on the year just gone and what their favorite releases are. "I've played many different games this year, but the one I still find myself playing whenever I
  
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• Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight star is such a big fan of the series, he feels "like a competition winner just to be involved," but is "petrified" to be joining a list of beloved Batman actors

  30-12-2025 19:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight's new Batman is feeling the weight of joining the list of actors to take on the role of the caped crusader.Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a weird hybrid adventure. Rather than retelling the history of Batman over the course of retelling films, it instead lifts elements from the history of Batman – like the Penguin chase in The Batman or Heath Ledger's Joker – to create an original story told over an open-world Gotham akin to the Arkha
  
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• Hades 2's new ending was "was created in response to player feedback" – not part of Supergiant's original plan for the roguelike

  30-12-2025 19:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been playing Hades 2 since it arrived in Early Access, you've possibly seen two different 'true' endings: one involving Melinoe, and the other Zagreus. The latter came in a patch that changed the finale, and it was because of what players were telling developer Supergiant."Our post-launch patch was created in response to player feedback," Greg Kasavin, creative director at Supergiant Games, told GamesRadar+. "Hades 2, like its predecessor, was designed for Early Access development from
  
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• FromSoftware head Hidetaka Miyazaki says games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls aren't about "simply cranking up the difficulty; it’s doing so fairly"

  30-12-2025 19:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ever since Demon's Souls first came out in 2009, FromSoftware has had a reputation for releasing some of the most grueling games available. Dark Souls even came in a 'Prepare to Die; edition, proudly flaunting just how comfortable you’ll be getting with death during your playtime. Hidetaka Miyazaki director of many of these games, including Elden Ring, maintains that the difficulty spikes aren't unfair.Speaking to Game Informer, he discussed the philosophy around putting players through th
  
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• Former Rockstar technical director " didn’t like GTA 4 that much" at launch because "we had to sacrifice so much in terms of gameplay"

  30-12-2025 18:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij says he wasn't a big fan of GTA 4 due to it scaling things back.GTA: San Andreas is still everyone's favorite for a reason. It's absolutely massive and took that PS2-style of GTA game to its natural conclusion. And following that up for the first at the time next-gen GTA would undoubtedly be a hard task for anyone, which is likely why Rockstar ended up taking the series into a more realistic, character-driven route with GTA 4, leading to an entry t
  
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• Before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept The Game Awards, Sandfall was betting it might scrape an 80 Metacritic score

  30-12-2025 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite it being a multiple-time game of the year winner and one of the highest-rated games of 2025, Sandfall Interactive only expected Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Metacritic to hit the 80s.Speaking to Edge, producer Francois Meurisse explains, "We conducted some mock review six months to one year before release, and we ended up with expected scores of around 80. So our official goal towards the end of production was to reach for 85 in MetaCritic, and we did some great extra work and focus in
  
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• Sephiroth's cutscene with Jenova in Final Fantasy 7 was so scary it terrified one of the producers: "I felt like I was going to have a heart attack"

  30-12-2025 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's plenty of horror strewn across Final Fantasy 7, to the point the scariest moments don’t all involve the literal vampire you can recruit. Sephiroth is responsible for most of them, and if you were to ask one of the classic JRPG's producers, a particular scene involving Jenovah stands at the top of the pile.On X/Twitter, some Japanese developers shared the weirdest they've encountered while making games. Among the stories shared comes a little jumpscare Takashi Tokita, a producer at
  
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• Fallout 3's VATS system helped compensate for Bethesda's lack of shooting chops: "We were never going to create gun combat that was on par with Call of Duty or Battlefield"

  30-12-2025 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda hadn't dealt with guns in a long time when it came time to develop Fallout 3; thankfully, VATS helped close the distance.Aside from some Terminator games in the 1990s, Bethesda's bread and butter had been fantasy games and all of the fixings that come with it (swordplay, bows and arrows, magic, etc.). However, Fallout took what the studio had been doing with The Elder Scrolls series and sent it into a sci-fi setting where guns, grenades, and anything you can bash an oversized scorpion w
  
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• Hollow Knight Silksong and Schedule 1 rank alongside heavy hitters like Elden Ring Nightreign and Arc Raiders in Steam's 2025 sales chart

  30-12-2025 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  As is annual tradition, Valve has released its year-end charts ranking the top-selling Steam games of 2025. This time, indie darlings are make a big splash alongside your usual million-dollar franchises.Steam's chart goes over the highest grossing new games released in this calendar year, with 12 games making it into the top Platinum tier. In no particular order, the top 12 Steam 2025 games based on revenue earned is as follows:Elden Ring NightreignEA FC 26Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2Borderlands
  
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• Open-world GTA-like game Sleeping Dogs is one step closer to the big screen as Shang-Chi's Simu Liu says the movie's landed a director

  30-12-2025 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Square Enix's oft-forgotten cult game Sleeping Dogs is one step closer to being revived on the big screen, according to star Simu Liu, who's confirmed a director for the in-development flick.For those out of the loop, 2012's Sleeping Dogs was a gorgeous crime thriller riffing on GTA, this time set in Hong Kong, which released to boatloads of praise but not a lot of sales, kneecapping any chance it had for a sequel. Shang-Chi and Kim's Convenience actor Simu Liu has publicly been trying to get a
  
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• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's huge success was in part responsible for the open-world section in Metroid Prime 4

  30-12-2025 16:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has suggested the incredible response to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its open-world pivot was partly responsible for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's own freely-explorable desert section.Unlike older Metroid Prime games, this year's Switch 2 shooter gives Samus both a speedy sci-fi bike and a large stretch of desert to drive over, which also serves as the connective tissue between the game's more traditional, linear, directed levels where our bounty hunter goes on foot (or fold
  
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• CD Projekt co-founder buys back GOG, promises The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 will still launch on the PC storefront

  30-12-2025 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt has sold its PC gaming storefront GOG back to Michal Kicinski, the original co-founder behind the digital store and the iconic RPG developer.While Michal Kicinski founded the Polish company in the 1990s, GOG didn't come about until 2008 with the mission statement of helping people find, buy, and play older games free of DRM. The distribution service now often also covers new, big-budget games, while also getting fans involved in restoring and preserving classics like, most recently, D
  
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• Former Rockstar lead says the studio's wildest ideas "wouldn't have been as good as GTA," though he respects Larian for ditching Baldur's Gate 4: "It's not obvious. It's very risky"

  29-12-2025 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been quite some time since Rockstar did anything except GTA and Red Dead Redemption. Gone are the days of Max Payne, LA Noire or Midnight Run, and there were wilder ideas on the drawing board, too. A former lead who spearheaded one of those prospective projects doesn't believe there were any missed opportunities, simply because they wouldn't have lived up to Grand Theft Auto."The reality is if you have a studio that has one mega successful game, it just doesn't make sense to do any wild cha
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke and Naoe could influence how future protagonists move: "All these things can and should affect a little bit of how their physicality translates"

  29-12-2025 22:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  This year's Assassin's Creed: Shadows is an important step in the ongoing evolution of the blockbuster Ubisoft series. Now almost 20 years old, Assassin's Creed thrives on consistently delivering smooth, sleek gameplay for those wish to step into the Animus, and its protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke, define the next era of movement for the Brotherhood.Simon Lemay-Comtois, associate game on director on Assassin's Creed: Shadows, explained as much to us himself. "[Yasuke and Naoe] have very different
  
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• Dark Souls and Elden Ring mastermind Hidetaka Miyazaki "wouldn't necessarily say" that FormSoftware invented the Soulslike genre

  29-12-2025 21:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since the release of Demon's Souls in 2009. FromSoftware has come to be the defining studio for 'Soulslikes', games that emphasize open exploration and character-building amid strategic combat where gnarly difficulty spikes. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director of many of From's releases in this vein, doesn’t necessarily agree the company deserves such credit.He spoke about the etymology of the term to Game Informer, where he explained that, really, From just understood what some players were l
  
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• OG Counter-Strike co-creator has "some regrets" over leaving – "A lot of the people who I still keep in touch with at Valve, I kind of notice that they're really well off financially"

  29-12-2025 19:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  While popular at launch, nobody could've predicted the money-spinning machine Counter-Strike would turn into. Still hugely popular, the shooter gnerates millions upon millions of dollars for Valve annually, contributing to the considerable wealth of some people within the company. Minh Le, a co-creator on Counter-Strike, left much earlier in the game's life, leaving him with some lingering thoughts about what might have been."I do have some regrets," he tells Edge magazine. "A lot of the people
  
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• I used to think Switch 2 charging stands were silly, but after using the iMP DLX2, I get it

  29-12-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Charging stands have always felt a bit irrelevant to me. Their purpose is to keep your console and all its various bits and bobs contained in one compact space, but you can do that without having fork out any extra cash. The large displays can also take up a lot of space, which feels like it defeats the purpose of its existence to keep your new-fangled Switch 2 all confined to one, neat spot.I recently got a hold of the DLX2 Charging Stand, and even after just a week of the LED-lit up Switch 2 a
  
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• "You're going up against Destiny. You're going up against massive entities": BioWare veteran says indie devs who can't outspend AAA push "a lot of innovation"

  29-12-2025 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  BioWare veteran Mark Darrah, known for leading the Dragon Age franchise for decades along with Anthem, thinks indie devs who can't outspend massive corporations are the ones pushing "a lot of innovation" in games.In a new video diving into why AAA games have become risk averse, the former Dragon Age producer said indie teams are often at the forefront of exploring different parts of genres out of necessity since they can't really afford to compete with billion dollar companies at their own game.
  
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• Peak lead knows you're a friendslop "hater," but remember "these games aren't trying to be Game of the Year": "These are games that emphasize teamwork"

  29-12-2025 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Indie co-op climbing game Peak's developer knows that "friendslop" has its haters but argues there's a place for these kinds of games.Between REPO and Peak, it's been a good year for pick-up-and-play co-op games that came out of nowhere and blew up. But where there is popularity, there is also negativity, leading to the rise of the term "friendslop" to describe these games – effectively saying the games don't have much going for them outside of being something to hang out and play with fri
  
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• Pikmin 3 Deluxe has been rated for Switch 2, suggesting an update is on the way for the 12-year-old Wii U game before Pikmin 4 gets one

  29-12-2025 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  In what would be a bizarre move from Nintendo, Pikmin 3 Deluxe has received a Switch 2 rating from PEGI.If you ask me, from the currently announced lineup of Switch 2-enhanced Nintendo Switch games, the biggest omission is Pikmin 4. Last month, the now-two-year-old game received a brand new update that included Photo Mode, new difficulties and Decor Pikmin – Pikmin wearing random items as clothes like in Pikmin Bloom. But no Switch 2 enhancements like performance and visual upgrades and &n
  
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• Metaphor: ReFantazio devs don't want to "quickly put out" a sequel in response to the JRPG's success: "We want to really give it some thought"

  29-12-2025 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metaphor: ReFantazio was a critical hit, an awards magnet, and one of publisher Atlus' fastest-selling games. So, uh, surely a sequel would be a no-brainer, right? Frequent Persona and Metaphor director Katsura Hashino has now said that he doesn't want to rush into making a follow-up based solely on the first game's success, though. Whatever comes next for Metaphor has to "be worthwhile for the fans.""When we initially set out to create this game, we had the ambitions of hoping to cultivate this
  
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• Bethesda's Todd Howard says "we are doing other things with Fallout that we haven’t announced, and there’ll come a time for that"

  29-12-2025 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite it being over 10 years since the last proper entry in the series, with Fallout 5 nowhere in sight, Bethesda boss Todd Howard says unannounced Fallout things are in the works.As good as Bethesda's games are, it's best not to get too attached to the thought of a sequel. Given that the studio seemingly works on one game at a time and is currently the shepherd of three massive franchises with Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield, you're bound to be waiting a long time. And given the immense
  
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• We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city"

  29-12-2025 15:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij reckons we won't be seeing a futuristic GTA game anytime soon, given how much some developers hated making GTA 2.While there wasn't much series convention to blow open back then, GTA 2 took a drastic turn from its predecessor and subsequent titles by taking things into the far-flung future of 2013 – or possibly 1999; Rockstar has contradicted itself on this – and incorporated futuristic elements into the world of Anywhere City. So while
  
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• Dragon Age and Anthem veteran argues risk-averse AAA games have become "too homogenous" and "soulless," which might lead fans to accept generative AI

  29-12-2025 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former BioWare producer Mark Darrah, who led both the Dragon Age series and Anthem, has argued that risk-averse big-budget games are potentially prepping some people for a generative AI future.The BioWare veteran discussed the state of AAA gaming in a new YouTube video, explaining that companies have been putting out more by-the-numbers products as budgets have ballooned in recent years. Modern blockbuster games can now cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce, and Darrah says the "effect
  
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• After Silent Hill 2 remake and Silent Hill f got the series "back on track," Konami aims to release "about one title per year" in the horror franchise

  29-12-2025 14:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Publisher Konami has revealed plans to launch roughly one new Silent Hill game per year after getting the iconic horror series "back on track" with this year's excellent Silent Hill f and last year's also excellent Silent Hill 2 remake.Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto shed light on the company's ambitions in Famitsu's end-of-year feature asking developers what their hopes for 2026 are, translated by Gematsu. "Following the release of Silent Hill 2 in October 2024, we were able to delive
  
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• This magnetic gaming keyboard just stole the throne from SteelSeries in the final days of 2025

  29-12-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  December seems to be a good month for gaming keyboards. Just last year my favorite deck for much of 2025 released, with the SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Gen 3 taking to the shelves for the first time in the holiday season. Now Corsair's pulling the same trick.The Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 has just ascended to the top of my guide to the best gaming keyboards I've tested so far. It's a fully magnetic Hall effect deck with all the number pad and macro button controls you'd expect from a full-sized design
  
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• The official Tolkien calendar for 2026 focuses on the three "Great Tales" of Middle-earth, and it's the perfect timepiece for LOTR fans

  29-12-2025 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of my Christmas traditions is buying myself a present, the Official Tolkien Calendar for the year ahead. As a massive fan of this author's works, I love marking a change of every month with a new piece of artwork from Middle-earth. With each new year comes a new set of stunning illustrations, thematically set around one of Tolkien's books, and it always feels like a lovingly crafted gift for gamers and fans to enjoy.This year, Harper Collins has chosen to base the calendar around the three "
  
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• As the wait for Persona 6 continues, developers tease "opportunities in 2026 to talk about future developments" for the JRPG's 30th anniversary

  28-12-2025 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Persona 6 hopefuls have been waiting for another new mainline entry in the stylish JRPG series for almost a decade (the Japanese version of Persona 5 launched in 2016), and the game's producers have now given everyone a lifeline.You see, the very first Persona game released almost 30 years ago, meaning the series will have a chance to go all out and celebrate a milestone birthday next year. When asked about his ambitions for the year ahead in an interview with 4Gamer, translated by Gematsu, prod
  
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• Witchfire CEO says Divinity devs are "definitely not evil" for exploring AI, but the backlash stems from people wanting "to have contact with other humans through art"

  28-12-2025 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Astronauts CEO Adrian Chmielarz - developer behind beloved walking sim The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and early access fantasy FPS Witchfire - has chimed in on the discourse around Larian Studios' use of generative AI.For context, just earlier this month, Larian CEO Swen Vincke found himself in hot water for saying the studio was toying with generative AI in the early stages of production for Divinity. He later went on to clarify that the RPG wouldn't launch with any AI-generated assets - dev
  
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