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• Prey Review - Updated For Patch 1.02

  13-05-2017 03:50
  With a sophisticated setting built to accommodate classic RPG mechanics we don’t see often enough in modern games, Prey feels both new and nostalgic at once. A wonderfully explorable science-fiction environment proves dense with interactive systems, intrigue, and ever-present danger. And even though combat’s only slightly preferable to the weak stealth options, I was a little surprised at how quickly my time-played clock seemed to tick toward 40 hours before I reached the end.
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• Fractal has "refined" its Refine gaming chair, adding hybrid mesh and fabric models and a synchro-tilt mechanism to rival Secretlab, but the $900 Alcantara model is no more

  07-09-2026 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fractal Design is doubling down on its first-ever gaming chair from 2024, launching a refreshed model with subtle improvements as well as new upholstery options for those who can't decide between mesh and fabric. The new Fractal Refine 2 is available now, but those familiar with the original, which sat atop our best gaming chair list for a long time, might be sad to see the luxury Alcantara model retired.Just like the original Fractal Refine, the Refine 2 comes in both light and dark colorways,
  
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• Replay's September theme is speed: send us your fast moving clips for a chance to win a £/$250 Amazon voucher!

  07-09-2026 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  This month Replay's theme is speed. It doesn't matter how you go fast, as long as you blur. Whether that's threading the needle through Forza's twisty roads, or finding new and interesting ways to launch your Helldiver across the map at Mach ohmyGodI'mgoingtodie - if you do it at speed, send it to us for a chance to win a $/£250 Amazon voucher.You see, GamesRadar+ Replay is a community video series where you submit cool clips of anything you've played, achieved, or seen, for a chance to wi
  
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• The 12 top-rated Blu-Rays released this August, from Project Hail Mary to The Thing

  07-09-2026 15:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  1234567Shop the collectionShop the collection1SHOUT! FACTORYYour Name. - Limited Edition Steelbook 4k Ultra Hd + Blu-Ray$36.14$49.982METRO GOLDWYN MAYERProject Hail Mary (blu-Ray)$19.95$31.993DisneyBarbarian - 4k Uhd/bd Combo + Digital + Steelbook$44.994Decal - NeonExit 8 [blu-Ray]$20.41$34.985UNIVERSALThe Thing 3-Movie Collection [blu-Ray]$19.79$24.986Sony PicturesTalladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby 20th Anniversary (4k Ultra Hd + Blu-Ray + Digital Steelbook)$37.99$39.997WBMars Attacks!
  
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• The Activision Super Pocket is the cutest Evercade portable yet, but I wouldn't pick it over Banjo

  07-09-2026 14:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  I can't think of a handheld with more versions than the Super Pocket, but the new Activision Edition absolutely aesthetically slays. Yes, I am a sucker for the whole '70s Supergraphics rainbow thing, and the publisher's old getup really makes for a pretty portable. The catch is that it feels more like another Atari capsule, and that's less exciting than, say, the console with Banjo-Kazooie built in.That's not to say the Super Pocket Activision Edition won't find its people. I can guarantee there
  
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• 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle admits using "about 30 seconds" of AI in his upcoming Netflix movie: "It's a useful tool... provided you use it respectfully"

  07-09-2026 14:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Danny Boyle's latest movie, Ink, has just premiered at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, and the movie has caused something of a stir, as the credits disclose that the Trainspotting director used generative AI in the making of the movie. Now Boyle is explaining the movie's limited use cases, which included animating photographs and mice effects.Ink, which stars 28 Years Later's Jack O'Connell as Sun newspaper editor Larry Lamb, and Guy Pearce as media magnate Rupert Murdoch, is a late-60s
  
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• League of Legends MMO is Riot's "Grail quest" and "many a brave knight are going to die," boss says, but fans aren't confident after 2XKO's fate: "Hope this time you don't cancel it"

  07-09-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Almost six years since its announcement, and with hardly anything said about it since, Riot Games' mysterious League of Legends MMO has been referred to as the studio's "Grail" in comments that aren't exactly inspiring the most confidence from fans. Riot Games co-founder and co-chairman Marc Merrill has spoken about the MMO during a PAX West panel, where he was asked by Kinda Funny Games' Greg Miller whether he had anything to share about its release date (below).Alas, Merrill doesn't, but he do
  
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• GTA 6 boss says "there will always be things to satirize," but Rockstar has to "be careful about what we pick" because after 11 years of development "it could be gone, it could change, it could be dated"

  07-09-2026 14:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rockstar North co-lead Rob Nelson says GTA 6 has been in development since 2015, so the developers have had to be "very careful" to ensure the ideas they ran with still feel relevant in 2026.Grand Theft Auto has always managed to capture a moment in time. While the likes of GTA Vice City looked back to the era of 1980s Miami, the long-awaited GTA 6 is more like GTA 5 in reflecting contemporary times. Due to swelling development timelines, it can be challenging when something you're working on to
  
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• Super Mario Odyssey was a big inspiration for Capcom's latest hit Onimusha: Way of the Sword, director reveals

  07-09-2026 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Onimusha: Way of the Sword's director has explained some of the major inspirations behind the samurai action game, and let's just say, peak respects peak. Speaking to FZ (via machine translation), Capcom's Satoru Nihei, director of Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Onimusha series producer Akihito Kadowaki were asked to choose one game which inspired their work on the game, and while I'm sure most would expect the director to say something like Sekiro or Ghost of Tsushima, Nihei explained that it w
  
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• Fan makes Lego GTA 6 set, and it's so perfect I'm gutted there isn't an official version

  07-09-2026 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  I appreciate that the chances of an official Lego GTA 6 set are slim to nil (something tells me it doesn't fit the toy-maker's family-friendly vibe), so seeing a fan-made version is such a tease for what could be.Creator hachiroku24 has taken matters into their own hands by making a model inspired by GTA 6, and I'd go so far as to say it's a homerun. I've got no notes; whether it's the high-speed chase or a spot-on version of the logo towering over everything else, this thing is perfect. If ther
  
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• Zach Cregger says fans "will know how many bullets" Austin Abrams' Bryan has left in his Resident Evil movie, as it mimics gameplay

  07-09-2026 13:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds as though watching Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie will be just as stressful as actually playing the games, as the director has revealed more about the upcoming adaptation's gameplay-like moments. "I love the resource management aspect of the games, and it was really important to me to bring that to the movie,"said Cregger during the live Resident Evil Reddit AMA, when asked how he approached the franchise's resource management tools. "You will know how many bullets are in his gun.
  
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• Spider-Man: Brand New Day director says using Hulk "wasn't a mandate" and he had to ask Kevin Feige for permission

  07-09-2026 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton has revealed that he had to ask Kevin Feige to use the Hulk in the Marvel Phase 6 movie. Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner has a brief but impactful role in the movie, giving Peter Parker some advice – and later Hulking out thanks to Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and her mind-control powers. "Kevin's not necessarily ever pushing things on us," Cretton commented on NPR's Fresh Air podcast, while discussing bringing Jean Grey into the movie. "Once
  
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• Rumored Wonder Woman Adria Arjona knew which character she was auditioning for in Man of Tomorrow, and "loves" her costume

  07-09-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Adria Arjona is almost certainly playing Wonder Woman in Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, but the Andor star continues to be grilled about the likely identity of her mystery character while on the promo tour for A24 horror-thriller Onslaught.Speaking to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Arjona dropped a couple more tidbits about her entry into the DCU Chapter One, without outright blowing the worst-kept-secret in superhero casting since Sadie Sink was forced to keep schtum about p
  
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• Palworld update adds 2 new missions, makes fishing easier, improves combat, and brings plenty more to Pocketpair's survival game

  07-09-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's another Palworld update out, and it's a big one. Besides a couple of fresh missions, fishing is now considerably easier, Pals make our life easier in combat, and Pocketpair's provided a wealth of quality-of-life improvements.Right up top of Pocketpair's characteristically long patch notes for update 1.0.4, you can see the two added quests, both sub-missions. One comes from an NPC at Fisherman's Point, and the other is a follow-up to that first mission.After those, we get into tweaks to h
  
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• VisionQuest's Tommy Shepherd star almost landed another Marvel role before playing Speed, but he doesn't actually know what he auditioned for

  07-09-2026 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before landing the role of Tommy Shepherd in upcoming MCU series VisionQuest, Ruaridh Mollica has revealed that he previously auditioned for a mystery MCU role. "It’s one of those things as an actor – I maybe only ever had one other Marvel audition in my whole time of getting auditions. When they come through it’s like a lottery ticket, almost," said Mollica in the latest issue of SFX magazine.However, not even Mollica knows what role he auditioned for. "I don’t know. It
  
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• Onimusha: Way of the Sword continues the 2026 hot streak Capcom started with Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata by selling 1 million copies in a single day

  07-09-2026 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has announced that Onimusha: Way of the Sword has sold one million copies in its first day, continuing the publisher's 2026 hot streak.Even with the sheer amount of major games that have been released this year, and even with the monolith that is GTA 6 standing over every release as it will inevitably be the best-selling and likely most-awarded game of the year, it's hard to argue that anyone has had a better 2026 than Capcom. Obviously, Resident Evil Requiem is the publisher's marquee ti
  
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• "Took my interest in the set from 0 to 100": Lego Astro Bot leaks as a free gift for the PlayStation kit

  07-09-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've just got our first look at a leaked Lego Astro Bot set, and fans are already heartbroken that it may not be widely available.It's been rumored for a long time that the new PlayStation kit (which already has hidden secrets I think fans are gonna love) would come with a free Lego Astro Bot model when bought direct from Lego, and it seems that hunch was on the money. The kit has been shown off early on reddit via Essential Japan, and the common consensus is that it rocks."This is too good to
  
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• Fans agree leaked Lego Astro Bot is "too good" to just be a gift-with-purchase for the new PlayStation set

  07-09-2026 12:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  We've just got our first look at a leaked Lego Astro Bot set, and fans are already heartbroken that it may not be widely available.It's been rumored for a long time that the new PlayStation kit (which already has hidden secrets I think fans are gonna love) would come with a free Lego Astro Bot model when bought direct from Lego, and it seems that hunch was on the money. The kit has been shown off early on reddit via Essential Japan, and the common consensus is that it rocks."This is too good to
  
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• Robert Pattinson describes The Batman 2 as a "radical retelling" of Batman, and fans think that means he's joining the DCU

  07-09-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like the almost six-year wait will be well worth it, as Bruce Wayne star Robert Pattinson says that The Batman 2 is very different from the first movie."It’s just amazing. It’s quite a radical change to the script," said Pattinson at the Venice Film Festival (via MYmovies), noting that the sequel goes into "another tonally different direction… even when I'm just looking at the playback on certain things, it looks different to the first one." Pattinson added, "It's di
  
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• As Sony plans to kill discs, PS3 emulator RPCS3 is bringing them back – you can now play physical games on PC straight from your disc drive

  07-09-2026 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  PS3 emulation has taken a big step forward as open-source emulator RPCS3 now allows users to play their physical games on PC straight from a disc drive.As announced on Twitter, RPCS3 says: "Owning your games as physical media allows you to play games released as far back as 20 years ago without relying on any servers!"Users will need a compatible Blu-ray disc drive for it to work, of course – RPCS3 has a full list on its site, and there are plenty of working options available. On Twitter,
  
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• Square Enix's "graphical goal" for Final Fantasy 7 remakes was 2005 spin-off film Advent Children as it's the "ideal version" of the 29-year-old JRPG

  07-09-2026 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Square Enix turned to Final Fantasy 7 spin-off film Advent Children to inform how the remake trilogy should look, partly because the developers believed fans found it to be the "ideal vision" of the OG JRPG.As part of a PAX West panel that delves into how the trilogy was designed, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi explains why Advent Children was the "graphical goal.""For many fans, we can say that Advent Children is remembered as an ideal vision of Final Fantasy 7," he says. "
  
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• Nicolas Cage gives classiest possible response to Spider-Noir cancellation

  07-09-2026 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  After news broke that Spider-Noir has been cancelled after just one season, star Nicolas Cage has given the classiest possible response. "For me, one season is perfect, having said what I wanted to say with this dangerous, innovative, pop-art Spider-Man," Cage said in a statement (via TheWrap). "Onwards, upwards, inwards."Spider-Noir follows Ben Reilly (Cage), a private investigator in '30s New York City, who also happens to have web-slinging powers. The show was well received, with a 92% critic
  
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• Lanterns episode 4 seemingly reveals the identity of the Manhunter, but fans think it could be a misdirect

  07-09-2026 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lanterns episode 4 is another corker, and seemingly answers one of several major mysteries in the DCU show: Who is the Manhunter? But fans aren't sure if there's still more to the case of a killer, shapeshifting alien lifeform hiding in plain sight.Warning: full spoilers for Lanterns episode 4 follow.In Lanterns episode 4 'The Weenie', it is revealed that Zoe Macon is the Manhunter hiding out in Rushville. While Zoe doesn't technically verbalize her true identity, many things point to this, most
  
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• Despite dying twice, Vision's MCU story might not be over as Paul Bettany teases VisionQuest is "a really exciting springboard"

  07-09-2026 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like we could see Paul Bettany's Vision again after VisionQuest, as the actor teases the upcoming Marvel show sets up a new future for the synthezoid. "We start off the show where we left him as White Vision, who has been repurposed as a weapon," Bettany told SFX magazine. "I think that where we get to at the end of this, he's clearly escaped the confines of whoever repurposed him, and he is looking for agency. By the end of our show, I think you'll see that it's a really exciting spri
  
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• Resident Evil movie's T-Virus will cause "unique behavioural" changes that don't appear in the games

  07-09-2026 07:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Resident Evil movie's connections (or lack thereof) to the beloved Capcom video game series have been much discussed. But even if Leon and co. won't be popping up, we know that the new movie will feature the Umbrella Corporation and the T-Virus, and it sounds like writer-director Zach Cregger is evolving the latter in some interesting ways.Alongside your garden-variety zombies, there are fleeting glimpses of gnarlier creatures in the Resident Evil movie trailer, several of which appear to de
  
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• Despite being billed as the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy, VisionQuest showrunner says it's more of a sequel, and he has ideas for more seasons

  07-09-2026 01:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest is set to be the end of the WandaVision trilogy on Disney Plus, but that wasn't how showrunner Terry Matalas approached it.Asked if he was told to create a story that completed the trilogy, which also features WandaVision and Agatha All Along, he reveals this wasn't his initial brief. "No, not really. I would say, if anything, it’s definitely more of a sequel to WandaVision in a lot of ways," he told SFX magazine in the new issue, which features the Disney Plus show on the cove
  
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• VisionQuest showrunner says the new Marvel TV show will offer a new, heartbreaking perspective on Iron Man's death

  06-09-2026 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas will approach Iron Man's death in Avengers: Endgame from an AI perspective."It brought all these really interesting questions that we get to bring to the surface here when we bring them all together," Matalas told SFX magazine in the new issue, which features the Disney Plus show on the cover. "Like, FRIDAY was there when Tony Stark died. What’s that like for an AI, to not be able to protect the one they’re programmed to protect? I guess the [bigg
  
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• Dune: Awakening lead says the MMO can be "a really great" solo experience, but if players "expect it to be like The Last of Us, they're probably barking at the wrong tree"

  06-09-2026 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dune: Awakening's new single-player mode could be a great way to experience the MMO-survival mashup's story by yourself, but don't jump in expecting a The Last of Us replacement.Developer Funcom has been hard at work translating its beloved online game into a single-player context, with a new mode coming out alongside Dune: Awakening's console release later this month. We asked chief creative officer Joel Bylos about what fans should expect from the new mode in an interview from Gamescom - and i
  
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• After Persona 3 Reload, Atlus "put all the effort into making a full remake" of Persona 4 Golden: "Let's take all the lessons we learned"

  06-09-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Atlus took everything it learned from Persona 3 Reload and went all out for Persona 4 Revival, according to series producer Kazuhisa Wada.In a move that was a little controversial at the time, Persona 3 Reload actually remade the original Persona 3 rather than the expanded Persona 3 Reload release. Some content introduced in the re-release eventually made its way into Persona 3 Reload thanks to the Episode Aegis expansion (and a few unofficial mods), but things are different this time around.Per
  
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• Square Enix wants to turn Final Fantasy 7 into "an IP with an ever-evolving future" beyond the FF7 Remake trilogy

  06-09-2026 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation might be wrapping up a trilogy of remakes next year, but publisher Square Enix doesn't seem to be done with Cloud and his ragtag group of eco-warriors just yet. In a PAX West panel called 'From Reunion to Resolve,' the trilogy's game director Naoki Hamaguchi spoke about his goals for the project and beyond. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy wasn't simply an opportunity to remake an all-time classic game - despite its name - but "an effort to pass Final Fantasy 7 onto
  
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