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• Play As Overwatch's Tracer Using Street Fighter 5 Mod

  20-06-2016 15:35
  
  Have you ever wanted to play as Tracer in Street Fighter V? Whatever your answer, now you can thanks to a mod from TheJamk.
  The mod (thanks VG24/7) is essentially a skin for Cammy, replacing Street Fighter V's English lady with Overwatch's English lady.
  You won't be playing around with any of Tracer's time-travel shenanigans, but the art is very impressive. There are even a number of color options available from the character select screen.
  In other Street Fighter V news, Capcom recently re
  
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• PlayStation is doubling down on planar drivers as it announces a new duo of Pulse wireless PS5 headsets

  16-09-2026 14:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  My PS5 has been collecting more dust these days after Sony's decision to back out of the physical game market, but the newly announced PlayStation Pulse wireless and Pulse Edge wireless headsets could be the trick to drive me back.The new era of PS5 headsets was announced yesterday on the official PlayStation Blog, by Joe Bentley, the Vice President of Engineering at Sony Interactive Entertainment. There, he revealed that they have been equipped with larger planar audio drivers than the previous
  
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• HBO boss confirms when A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will return, and we don't have long to wait

  16-09-2026 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news for Westeros fans: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 will be hitting our screens very soon. That's according to HBO boss Casey Bloys, who confirmed at the Emmys that we'll be seeing season 2 in the next eligibility window, which ends on May 31, 2027."For next year, we've got a new season of The Pitt, new season of The Gilded Age, White Lotus, new season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, new season of I Love L.A., new season of Rooster," he told Deadline. "We've got a lot of pret
  
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• Marvel's Wolverine star calls his role "the honor of a lifetime," and couldn't be more grateful to Insomniac: "You've given this nerdy kid more than he ever dreamed of"

  16-09-2026 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Wolverine lead actor Liam McIntyre has thanked Insomniac Games and the Wolverine fanbase as his performance finally reaches the world. Sharing a post on Twitter from Insomniac community and marketing director James Stevenson of the team celebrating the launch of Marvel's Wolverine with the actor, McIntyre congratulated the team on the release, adding, "Insomniac, you've given this nerdy kid more than he ever dreamed of. No amount of thanks will ever express my gratitude." Just. Thanks.
  
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• Zack Snyder says he had some "catharsis" over the Snyder Cut after a Warner Bros. executive told him "you were right"

  16-09-2026 13:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zack Snyder has been opening up about the circumstances around his exit from DC once again. The director was the original helmer of Justice League before he left the production and it was completed by Joss Whedon, featuring several reshoots and cuts to the original version.It took Snyder a long time and a lot of campaigning to release his version, nicknamed the Snyder Cut, but it eventually hit HBO Max in 2021. While Snyder has revealed it was a difficult time and he's still never seen Whedon's
  
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• The Witcher 3 "is not a monument" says lead writer ahead of Songs of the Past, which means "adding a new expansion is not such a huge deal"

  16-09-2026 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  No video game is perfect, regardless of how popular or enduring they are. The Witcher 3 is no exception, and on the back of the upcoming remaster, one lead developer makes it clear he'd revisit quite a bit of the massive RPG."For me, The Witcher 3 is not a monument and is not untouchable. It is still vivid in my memory, and it is still something that is not maybe a point of reference, but something that still may be improved," Marcin Blacha, lead writer on The Witcher 3 and now vice president of
  
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• When is Resident Evil on streaming? Speculation on when it could hit Netflix

  16-09-2026 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie will be shuffling its way into theaters this week, all bloodied and bitey, but you might already be wondering when it's going to land on streaming services. It's here that we advise you to take a breath, reserve your ammo, and wait a while, because there’s no streaming date in sight just yet. Having said that, with the hype well and truly at breaking point and the initial reactions to Zach Cregger's trip into Raccoon City being incredibly positive, we're going to we
  
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• Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai warns "an industry that loses its originality will simply die a slow death" as he retires his Game Designers Award after 16 years

  16-09-2026 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai announced that his Game Designers Award will be discontinued due to his inability to find a successor. Since 2010, Sakurai has presented the award at the Japan Game Awards, and at 2026's event – where Pokemon Pokopia took home the grand prize (its version of game of the year) – the prize went to Word Game by Team9. The award is presented by Sakurai, who is also the head judge and responsible for inviting other judges, with the crit
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever takes page out of retail's book as Blizzard confirms access to add-ons will be restricted in the throwback MMO

  16-09-2026 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Forever was unveiled this past weekend at BlizzCon 2026, giving us our first-ever look at Blizzard's official take on Classic+ (or, at least, the closest thing we'll get to it) – and much like the retail MMO, it won't be too supportive of add-ons, apparently.Blizzard made waves in the World of Warcraft community after deciding to remove combat mods from the retail release, stating that it hoped to "level the playing field" with less outside help in raids and the like.
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• Lady Dimitrescu might not be in the new Resident Evil movie, but Zach Cregger knows who he'd cast

  16-09-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu might not be a character in the new movie from Zach Cregger, but he still has an idea of whom he'd cast as the iconic villain. Lady Dimitrescu debuted back in the 2021 game that revolves around Ethan Winters, and she quickly took the world by storm. When asked by Pedestrian TV whom he'd cast, Cregger responded with an excellent pick: Mad Men star Christina Hendricks. "That feels about right to me," he said. The interviewer's choice, meanwhile, was Joan Cus
  
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• As GTA 6: An Extended Look sends hype into overdrive, PS5 Pro prices surge as high as €1,400 in Europe as stock issues persist

  16-09-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news if you live in Europe and you're still without a PS5 Pro ahead of the release of GTA 6 – stock issues have sent prices skyrocketing, as it appears everyone has had the same idea of grabbing the console before the launch of Rockstar's blockbuster this November.As reported by Heise Online, asking prices for the PS5 Pro have increased significantly over the last few weeks, coinciding with the GTA 6 Extended Look. A price tracking chart on the site shows a major upward trend in prices
  
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• Superman star David Corenswet had the perfect first reaction to seeing Nicholas Hoult's warsuit in Man of Tomorrow

  16-09-2026 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Corenswet might have proven himself worthy as the Man of Steel in Superman, but even he was reluctant to have another scrap with Lex Luthor, who will now be suited and booted in the upcoming Man of Tomorrow.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Corenswet shared a few details about the upcoming chapter of the DCU that will see a reluctant alliance formed between Superman and Hoult’s Lex Luthor. As revealed in a behind-the-scenes image from Gunn, the head of LuthorCorp will wear a
  
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• Zack Snyder says now is the perfect time for a Dark Knight Returns adaptation as audiences are "exhausted by comic book movies"

  16-09-2026 10:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  He hasn't tussled with the Caped Crusader since the DC Universe changed hands, but Zack Snyder believes there’s no better time for him to return to the Batcave and give his adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns. Following the premiere of his new film The Last Photograph (which critics eviscerated at TIFF) the director, who has a long and fraught history with the DCU, explained why Frank Miller's graphic novel is the only story he'd want to go back to. "The reason why it's The Dark Knight R
  
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• First reactions to new Resident Evil movie say it "feels like you're playing a very good video game" and taps into the "relentless tension" of the franchise

  16-09-2026 10:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reactions to Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie are in, and they're pretty glowing. The new take on the iconic game franchise tells the story of Bryan (Austin Abrams), a hospital courier charged with making a delivery to Racoon City General Hospital. However, on his way he gets caught up in a horrifying outbreak, leaving him fighting for his life.Rather than focussing on game characters, the new take on the IP is set instead on the periphery of Resident Evil 2. According to Cregger, it
  
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• Diablo 4 season 15 is officially live following server issues and delay

  16-09-2026 01:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4's 15th season, Season of Hell's Legacy, is officially live following a brief delay apparently caused by server issues.Blizzard fully lifted the lid on Season of Hell's Legacy during BlizzCon 2026, showing off a nostalgic seasonal questline celebrating the entire history of the Diablo series coinciding with its 30th birthday—and confirming a September 15 release date. It's definitely one of the meatiest seasons so far for Diablo 4, so it's not a huge surprise that players had been
  
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• After 24 years, one of GameCube's most beloved cult classics shows signs of life with a tease from an excellent remaster studio

  16-09-2026 00:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  While the ranks of the best GameCube games are dominated by the family-friendly titles Nintendo is best known for, Nintendo's purple square was also quietly a killer horror machine. Sure, that's mostly down to the mostly exclusive Resident Evil games Capcom was pumping out for the system, but there's one other horror titan on the system, and it was published by Nintendo itself. That is Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.But unlike those classic Resident Evil games, Eternal Darkness never got a s
  
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• Bungie's mantra was "I love playing Destiny. I hate that it’s not better" in the MMO's early years, says former lead

  15-09-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny's Taken King expansion is officially 11 years old, and former Bungie studio vice president Mark Noseworthy marked the occasion by saying what many Destiny players have thought a million times: this game is so good, but it could be so much better. In a post on Twitter, Noseworthy, who left Bungie in 2024 along with some other senior staff amidst layoffs, describes The Taken King as his personal pinnacle."Of all the parts of Destiny I’ve worked on, this remains my personal favorite a
  
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• Exodus lets you do polyamory, but the Mass Effect-like RPG's companions won't all be happy about it

  15-09-2026 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upcoming Mass Effect-like RPG Exodus takes romance seriously, which means you'll need to get comfortable with the idea that serious romance requires sacrifice, and, sometimes, a pig pen of mess. You'll be able to date around, but not without consequence. Exodus narrative director – and Mass Effect's lead writer – Drew Karpyshyn tells Game Informer that romance was mandatory for the sci-fi drama because "it would feel almost hollow" without it. "Romance is a huge part of the real worl
  
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• "I expect people to crunch," says Wardogs boss, so his studio will "check people's socials" to see if they criticize crunch online before hiring them

  15-09-2026 22:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crunch culture is one of the most controversial and maligned aspects of video game development, right up there with generative AI and mass layoffs. Forcing employees to work well beyond their normal hours to ensure a game ships on time is generally viewed as not a good thing, but Wardogs studio Bulkhead very much embraces crunch as an inevitability and sees embrace of crunch as part of a strong work ethic."A lot of people who may have an issue with crunch—rightly so, I understand that issu
  
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• Open-world D&D game Warlock doesn't have AAA-standard waypoints because the devs want players to feel that "when they found things, it was based on their actions"

  15-09-2026 22:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons ditches the quest and objective waypoints seen in many large games, and even lets you disable its small compass, to prioritize organic exploration. It's music to my ears. General manager Dominic Guay of Warlock developer Invoke Studios spoke to IGN about the game's approach. "We wanted them to engage with the world, to figure things out and feel that when they found things, it was based on their actions and not just blindly trusting a waypoint,” he says. Gua
  
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• The Last of Us season 3 might be the final season, according to HBO boss

  15-09-2026 22:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  After plenty of speculation, HBO boss Casey Bloys may have just confirmed that The Last of Us will end after season 3."I think [showrunner] Craig [Mazin] has planned it as the final season," Bloys told Deadline, when asked to confirm whether or not it would be the final season.Last year, composer Jake Staley told the The Last of Us: Savage Starlight podcastthat "there’ll be at least two more seasons, no question" after HBO announced season 3. Keep in mind that season 1 told the story of Th
  
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• Xbox Game Pass is "extremely poorly managed" and Doom should never have been part of it, says former producer

  15-09-2026 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems to me that no one is ever convinced that Game Pass deserves an oxygen tank while it's dying, not even Xbox executives. Having experienced what it's like to actually have your game on the sickly subscription service, Doom veteran Andrew Willis – who was impacted by the enormous job cuts at id Software in July – suggests a simple reason for all the confusion.The former producer candidly tells Kiwi Talkz in a new interview that Game Pass is "poorly managed. Extremely poorly man
  
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• Laying off the people making The Elder Scrolls 6 while desperately trying to get The Elder Scrolls 6 finished "doesn't make any sense," says former Bethesda dev

  15-09-2026 21:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kurt Kuhlmann became a central figure for The Elder Scrolls in the two decades and change he spent as lore expert and world builder at the studio, and, from where he's standing now, Bethesda owner Xbox's decision to cut veteran devs from the team working on The Elder Scrolls 6 doesn't make a lick of sense. Kuhlmann discusses his experience at Bethesda with FRVR, noting that layoffs didn't happen until after Microsoft acquired the company and Zenimax. He echoes criticism from the Bethesda union,
  
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• GTA 6 teasers keep popping up on celebrity social media as Travis Scott, Morgan Wallen, and more hint at Rockstar collaboration

  15-09-2026 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar seems to be doing something with celebrities like Travis Scott, since they keep releasing cryptic GTA 6 teasers. The somewhat notorious Travis Scott posted art of two glittering pleaser heels leaning against a stripper pole on his Instagram, where he writes, "Phase 1. NOW ITS TIME. MY RETURN TO GAME GOTTA COME WITH RAGE AND ALOT OF DANCING LETS RIDE"J… O. H….. to be continued. See yall soon." Travis Scott already suggested he would be involved in GTA 6 in his 2025 music vi
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever's controversial Skyborne race came from Blizzard veteran Chris Metzen himself - "We knew we wanted to add some sort of elves"

  15-09-2026 18:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following our first look at World of Warcraft: Forever at BlizzCon 2026 this past weekend, Blizzard's answer to everyone's Classic+ prayers, a lot of controversy surrounding the new Skyborne race has made the rounds online.From the $30 price tag to the ill-fitting lore, fans have shared quite a few concerns about the Skybrone. So, what prompted Blizzard to implement the pretty blue elves in the first place?
  Well, according to senior game designer Josh Greenfield, it all boils down to Chris Metze
  
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• D&D Arcana Unleashed casts a spell with magical subclasses, and it finally gives us a good Necromancer build

  15-09-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  I appreciate that there's a lot more to D&D Arcana Unleashed than finally being able to play as a proper Necromancer, but come on. Yes, being able to summon a dinosaur (?!) is all good and well. But being able to boss around what may as well be a skeleton butler, presumably while cackling like a supervillain? That's too delicious.A pair of mysticism-infused books just hit shelves, and they boast some killer options for players who want to add a dose of magic to their game. The first, D&D
  
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• Neagley star Maria Sten explains how the Reacher spin-off will finally reveal the resourceful PI's mysterious backstory

  15-09-2026 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Frances Neagley has been a fixture on Prime Video's Reacher for several seasons, even popping up when there's no precedent in the books. But both the show and the many (many) Lee Child novels have yet to fill in Neagley's mysterious backstory. Until now, that is.Dropping at the same time as the Reacher season 4 finale and set immediately after the events of the latest season, eight-episode spin-off series Neagley is all about the one-time member of Jack Reacher's Special Investigations Unit. The
  
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• As VR gamers celebrate the launch of Steam Frame, Meta's next headset leaks ahead of Connect 2026, but I don't think Valve should be worried

  15-09-2026 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Meta Connect 2026 is fast approaching, and although it's been heavily speculated that we'll catch our first glimpse of the next Meta Quest headset at this year's conference, the first imagery of the brand's unannounced device appears to have leaked. As Valve and gamers celebrate the long-awaited launch of the Steam Frame, I'm not sure anyone needs to worry about Meta's Project Phoenix as competition, because it looks more like a pair of smart glasses than a VR headset designed for playing video
  
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• World of Warcraft: Forever has a new race you can't get without paying $30, and it's not the first impression fans were hoping for: "They are just blue elves"

  15-09-2026 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard gave WoW Classic+ hopefuls the news they were hoping for this past weekend during the BlizzCon 2026 reveals with a first look at World of Warcraft: Forever – a reimagining of the 21-year-old MMO's nostalgic beginnings.In case you missed it, it ticks all the boxes and then some, with revamped visuals, a plethora of new quests, and much, much more… including a never-before-seen race, the Skyborne.
  While that sounds incredibly exciting on paper, there's a bit of a catch: the S
  
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• I've already got the Nintendo's Ocarina of Time Remake bundled pin badge, and here's what to expect when it arrives

  15-09-2026 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  When the Ocarina of Time Remake pre-orders dropped, fans had the option to grab a bundle on the Nintendo UK online store, which included an official pin.This wasn't a pre-order bonus but rather the chance for the retailer to bundle up an existing Ocarina of Time collectible for £61.98 (via Nintendo) in total, likely to shift some extra stock. If that was their plan, it most definitely worked as it has since sold out. Even the digital version is out of stock.There's still weeks to go the ga
  
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