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• PSVR Platformer Moss Release Date Announced

  19-02-2018 22:14
  PlayStation VR platformer Moss is launching next week.
  As detailed on PlayStation Blog, developer Polyarc's PSVR title will launch on February 27. Moss was officially announced during last year's Sony E3 press conference and has players guide an adorable little mouse named Quill through a magical adventure.
  The game is played from a third-person perspective, and you'll be helping Quill fight enemies and traverse colorful environments. For more on Moss, be sure to check out our E3 preview of the
  
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• As Final Fantasy 7 Remake arrives on Switch 2, lead encourages Smash Bros fans who were "drawn" to Cloud and Sephiroth to play his game "just to experience these really cool characters"

  22-01-2026 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director Naoki Hamaguchi is pleading with fans of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to check out the iconic RPG.Despite Final Fantasy 7 never appearing on a Nintendo console (until its Switch port in 2019), Cloud Strife appeared in Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS back in 2015, becoming only the sixth third-party character to appear in the series. And then, five years later, Sephiroth joined Cloud as DLC for Super Smash Bros Ultimate.Speaking to Nintendo in a recent inte
  
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• Chris Pratt says his role in new AI murder mystery movie Mercy was "a big challenge", made more difficult by being locked into a chair all day: "I thought those restrictions might lend themselves to a better performance"

  22-01-2026 16:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  In new movie Mercy, Chris Pratt plays Chris Raven, a detective accused of murdering his wife, who has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to an AI judge before he's sentenced to the death penalty. But Raven isn't the only Chris struggling against technology – it was a lot for Pratt to wrap his head around on set, too."It was definitely a challenge, and something I hadn't done before," Pratt tells GamesRadar+.Directed by screenlife enthusiast Timur Bekmambetov, all the evidence and witness st
  
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• New Masters of the Universe trailer gives He-Man's story a Superman-esque spin, as it unveils Jared Leto's Skeletor

  22-01-2026 16:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prince Adam goes from desk job to defeating evil in the surprisingly Superman-esque trailer for Amazon MGM Studios' live-action Masters of the Universe movie.Following yesterday's teaser, which was cryptically self-aware and offered He-Man fans first looks at Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms, Eternia, and more, the full promo sees Nicolas Galitzine's buff blonde hero explain that he was sent to Earth by his mother Queen Marlena (Charlotte Riley) when he was just a kid. Since then, he's lived a relatively
  
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• The Future Games Show is returning in 2026 with 6 new shows

  22-01-2026 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Future Games Show is returning once again, announcing six shows across three major events throughout 2026, with the first one less than two months away.The Future Games Show Spring Showcase will be the first show of the year. Set to take place on Thursday, March 12, 2026, it'll be broadcast during the Game Development Conference's Festival of Gaming, offering world premiers, exclusive trailers, and even some stealth demo drops. And if that's not enough, straight after the main show concludes
  
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• Sophie Turner says her Lara Croft isn't a "sex bombshell" and Amazon's Tomb Raider series will "show the other side" of the video game icon

  22-01-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite originally breaking onto the scene as an unlikely polygonal sex symbol in the 90s, Amazon's take on Lara Croft will instead opt to show the "other side" of the video game icon.Speaking to the L.A. Times, new Lara Croft actor Sophie Turner says her version will not be a "sex bombshell"."It’s about her and her story and what drives her, rather than what so many people also love about her, which is how hot she is in the games and the movies," Turner revealed.For Turner, this version o
  
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• Lego Luigi is about to give Mario his famous death stare in new set teaser

  22-01-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks as though Mario's first place position as the only for-adults Mario Kart model is about to be challenged, because a Lego Luigi set has just been teased.It's a short post on Lego's social channels, but it's more than enough to tell us what we need to know: the famous plumber's little brother is joining the best Lego sets with a brick-based makeover. However, the Lego Luigi set seems to place him in the Mach 8kart... which means you can recreate this glorious moment of cinema on your shel
  
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• Nintendo reveals Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Switch 2 Edition is coming out in March with extensive local co-op and online modes, plus Rosalina and Luma

  22-01-2026 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deep breath – Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meet Up in Bellabel Park has been dated and detailed. In a big brained synergistic brand move, Nintendo is launching the port/expansion on March 26, a week before The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hits theatres.Nintendo had already revealed the co-op-focused expansion, called Meetup in Bellabel Park, last year, but the publisher's given it a full blow out via the Nintendo Today app alongside a colorful trailer, well, today.The
  
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• While Gears of War: E-Day rewinds the clock, devs are looking to freshen up the 20-year-old series: "We wanted to build a game that feels like Gears but plays like new"

  22-01-2026 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel that's taking us back to where it all started - Emergence Day, when the subterranean alien critters known as the Locust erupted from the ground and kickstarted a saga that's lasted almost two decades. But despite rewinding the clocks for this year's shooter, developers at The Coalition still hope to create something that "plays like new."Creative director Matt Searcy says as much in an exclusive chat with GamesRadar+ dedicated entirely to the upcoming prequel sto
  
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• Nerdy gift giving is my love language, and these are the Switch 2 accessories you should gift your Valentines

  22-01-2026 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valentine's Day is on its way.Some use the special occasion as an opportunity to grab a bunch of flowers and some chocolates and call it a day, and if that's what your partner likes, then fair play to you. If your special someone is instead obsessed with the Nintendo Switch 2 as much as I am right now, chances are they'd much prefer to find some of the best Nintendo Switch 2 accessories come their way this February 14.If you're not a Nintendo fan, you might be a little clueless as to what access
  
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• Could you choose between Pikachu, Eevee, and Gengar? Because Secretlab's latest chair collection is forcing you to

  22-01-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Secretlab collection is here, and this time, it gives Pokémon fans something to swoon over. The new collection of gaming chairs from the brand gives you the choice between three iconic Pokémon to adorn the Titan Evo. Of course, the first is Pikachu, but you can also pick between a Gengar and an Eevee Edition.Despite most Secretlab collections making a play on existing upholsteries from the brand, the Secretlab Pokémon collection uses microsuede and velour for a sp
  
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• After the first movie was nominated for 10 Oscars in 2025, Wicked: For Good picks up 0 nominations

  22-01-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wicked: For Good received zero Oscars nominations this year, despite the fact that the first movie was nominated in 10 categories in 2025.Despite predictions for Ariana Grande to get a nod for Best Supporting Actress for her turn as Glinda, the sequel was absent from today's Oscars 2026 nominations announcement.Wicked: For Good also includes two new songs that aren't in the original Broadway musical, which many assumed were included for awards recognition, but the film was shut out of the Best O
  
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• OG Fallout lead says his studio's upcoming steampunk RPG "is our most ambitious title, probably by a factor of 10," and the devs' "real challenge" comes from the move to first-person

  22-01-2026 15:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  OG Fallout lead and founder of Interplay and InXile, Brian Fargo, says Clockwork Revolution – the studio's upcoming RPG – is its most ambitious title to date.In an exclusive interview with GamesRadar+ Fargo says, "Yes, Clockwork Revolution is our most ambitious title, probably by a factor of ten." He explains, "From a reactivity perspective, we've done some very deep games, so the real challenge is bringing that level of reactivity from our isometric titles into something first-perso
  
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• Frozen, Hocus Pocus, and Coco make their way to Disney Villainous with new expansions

  22-01-2026 15:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Strategy board game series Disney Villainous is adding some big hitters to the lineup in 2026, drawing Frozen, Hocus Pocus, and Coco into the action for this year's expansions.Launching in July, Disney Villainous: Success at Any Cost sets Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco and Frozen's Prince Hans loose on your game night. This will be followed by Disney Villainous: Come, We Fly! later in the year, starring the Sanderson Sisters from cult classic Hocus Pocus. All of these characters can be mixed and m
  
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• The Witcher 4 will cost CD Projekt almost $800 million between development and marketing, estimates analyst who also predicts new The Witcher 3 DLC this year

  22-01-2026 15:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The upcoming The Witcher 4 is going to be tectonic for CD Projekt Red, as an analyst believes it's going to cost the company the bones of one billion dollars. He estimates the total cost of the fantasy sequel will be around 10-times those of the threequel.Per a report from Mateus Chrzanowski of Noble Securities, via Strefa Inwestorow (machine translated) and Clawsome Gamer, The Witcher 4's total budget is estimated to be (at the current conversion rate) in the realm of $778.9 million US dollars,
  
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• Six months out from Evil Dead Burn's release, another Evil Dead movie has been announced – and it's got a Mike Flanagan favorite on board

  22-01-2026 15:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Evil Dead Burn doesn't release in cinemas for another six months, but that hasn't stopped New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures from greenlighting another movie in the long-running horror franchise.Per Deadline, LA-based filmmaker Francis Galluppi has been tapped to write and direct the new flick, following the success of Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise, which grossed $147 million at the global box office back in 2023. Genre fans will likely recognize a few names in the confirmed cast line-up, too, incl
  
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• Oscars 2026 nominations list in full – Sinners leads with 16 nods, making it the most-nominated movie of all time

  22-01-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Oscars 2026 nominations are officially here, and this year Sinners is leading the charge with a whopping 16 nominations. Ryan Coogler's horror flick isn't just the most-nominated movie this year, either – it's broken the record for the most-nominated film at the Academy Awards of all time. Not bad going.Other movies making waves include One Battle After Another, with 13 nominations, Frankenstein and Sentimental Value with nine nods apiece, and Hamnet with eight. 2026 is also the first
  
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• How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct – including the first look at Fable and Forza Horizon 6 gameplay

  22-01-2026 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox is showing off Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and more at the Xbox Developer Direct later today. We've got you covered with when, where, and how to watch it live.Earlier this month, Xbox confirmed that its now seemingly annual January Developer Direct would be returning for 2026. This time around, we'll be treated to the first deep dive into Fable and Forza Horizon 6 from Playground Games, and a look at gameplay for Pokemon developer Game Freak's new action RPG, Beast of Reincarnation, which was a
  
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• "We kept waiting for another Risk of Rain 2. It never came:" New roguelike hits Steam with 2-8 player co-op, a roadmap locked and loaded, and tons of internet humor

  22-01-2026 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Risk of Rain 2's unique mix of third-person co-op action and a cyclical roguelike structure hasn't really been matched or even challenged all that much in the years since its launch, so one indie team is having a go with its newly-released fantasy twist."We kept waiting for another Risk of Rain 2. It never came. So we quit AAA and made LORT," developer Big Distraction wrote on social media to celebrate the early access release of LORT, a game that looks very much like Gearbox Software's roguelik
  
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• Pokemon Legends: Z-A update 2.0.1 is "one of the greatest and most important so far," fans say, with major quality-of-life improvements and a fix for one of the DLC's biggest annoyances

  22-01-2026 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Legends: Z-A just got a new update that fans are calling "one of the greatest and most important so far" thanks to its quality-of-life changes and bug fixes.Version 2.0.1 of Pokemon Legends: Z-A is out now, introducing tweaks and improvements to both the base game and its Mega Dimension DLC. As far as the base RPG goes, it's now possible to buy berries in bulk. Revealed in the patch notes, "you can now purchase multiple Berries at once" from food stalls (they'll also be available to buy
  
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• Nvidia's N1 and N1X gaming laptops could be imminent, here's what that means for your next rig

  22-01-2026 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rumors of Nvidia's new Arm-based processors have been swirling around the web for years now, but a new report from DigiTimes suggests the debut of these gaming laptop SoCs could be just around the corner.Suggested to land inside a currently unnamed Dell machine, Nvidia N1 and N1X machines would seek to compete with the best gaming laptops from an efficiency perspective, while still offering solid discrete graphics power.The DigiTimes Taiwan report states that "the Windows on Arm (WoA) platform N
  
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• Invincible season 4 first look teases terrifying new villains and another Walking Dead cast member

  22-01-2026 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Thought Omni-Man was bad news? Think again. The first batch of Invincible season 4 images have arrived, and they provide a terrifying glimpse at Mark's painful future.Amazon unveiled the first look, which you can see below, with a mix of newcomers and old faces. They include Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs) going up against fresh villain Universa (Danai Gurira). That's also notable for Gurira being the latest Walking Dead alumnus to join Robert Kirkman's superhero series.There's also Mark (Steven Yeun)
  
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• Chris Pratt's new AI thriller debuts to one of the Marvel star's lowest Rotten Tomatoes scores in over 10 years

  22-01-2026 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel star Chris Pratt and Dune star Rebecca Ferguson's new AI thriller Mercy has debuted to less than impressive reviews just days before its release.Set in the near future, Mercy follows Pratt's detective, who stands on trial for the murder of his wife and is given just 90 minutes to prove his innocence to an AI judge, played by Ferguson. Despite the dangers of AI being a hot topic right now, critics are saying that Mercy fails to offer up a new, more timely take on the subject – and in
  
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• It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is "now in the works", even though HBO still hasn't officially renewed the horror prequel

  22-01-2026 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news, kiddos! It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is "in the works", despite HBO not having officially greenlit the horror prequel's return.At the same time The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Birds of Prey's Christina Hodson has been tapped to write the DCU's Batman: The Brave and the Bold, the publication stated outright that director Andy Muschietti was working on the sophomore chapter of the horror prequel.The filmmaker has spoken openly about his plans for the TV show, which focuses on the
  
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• Palworld lead shoots his shot, tells Fortnite dev to "reach out" if Epic ever wants to collab after producer says he'd "love" to see something similar to Pocketpair's game in the battle royale

  22-01-2026 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pocketpair's head of publishing and communications, John 'Bucky' Buckley, is shooting his shot to get a potential Fortnite crossover in motion.Fortnite has crossed over with everything at this point, it feels like. South Park and SpongeBob SquarePants arrived in the game recently, and the rumor mill is saying the likes of Ed, Edd, n Eddy, The Office, and Regular Show are on the way. Basically, nothing seems to be off limits, even if it does not fit the vibes at all. And naturally, getting someth
  
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• Hytale Update 2 lets you summon gangs of skeletons and provides more modding tools to the Minecraft-inspired RPG - and yes, magic is coming: "We will have a proper mana and spell system in the future"

  22-01-2026 12:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems almost surreal to be writing this, but Hytale's second post-launch update is on the way. The embattled Minecraft-inspired RPG is finally in early access, and developer Hypixel is hitting the ground running with fixes, tweaks, and additions, this time giving you the power to summon a gang of skeletons as well as making life easier for modders.Simon Collins-Laflamme, director of Hytale and Hypixel founder, shared the patch notes on Twitter. "New magic! Necromancy grimoire! Drops from Skel
  
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• Return to Silent Hill is an early contender for 2026's worst movie – with a 6% Rotten Tomatoes score

  22-01-2026 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Return to Silent Hill has sent us back to the bad old days of video game movies with an unspeakably low Rotten Tomatoes score.As of writing, the horror – which adapts the story of Konami's seminal Silent Hill 2 – is sitting at 6% on the reviews aggregator.Our own Return to Silent Hill review was similarly unkind to the adaptation. Our reviewer wrote, "Return to Silent Hill's nonsensical story strips its 2001 source material of all moral and emotional complexity, leaving only elementa
  
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• One Battle After Another and Sinners are feeling confident ahead of Oscar nominations, as both movies set re-releases for this weekend

  22-01-2026 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Battle After Another and Sinners are both set to be re-released this weekend, suggesting that Warner Bros. is feeling pretty confident that both titles will fare well in this year's Oscar nominations.Both movies are favorites for the Best Picture category and Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler are also expected to receive nods in the Best Director category when nominations are announced later today (January 22).Elsewhere this awards season, One Battle After Another was the most-nominated
  
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• Helldivers 2 update adds stealth missions along with changes to suppressed weapons so you can "bang bang less," and Arrowhead is finally "ready to make the slim PC build default for all"

  22-01-2026 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2's latest update is here, and as well as "deploying some important updates to suppressed weapons" to make Super Earth's finest soldiers stealthier than ever, Arrowhead is finally ready to make the slimmed-down PC build of the game the default, to the relief of folks with full storage space everywhere.Helldivers 2 Into the Unjust version 5.0.2 is rolling out now, and its main focus is making folks "bang bang less" – the technical term for being stealthy. Because "democracy doesn
  
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• Amazon crowns Fallout season 2 as the sixth most popular season on Prime Video of all time, but won't reveal viewership data just yet

  22-01-2026 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout's change in release strategy doesn't seem to be affecting the video game adaptation, as Prime Video says that its second season marks one of the most successful returns to the platform.As reported by Deadline, Amazon said Fallout season 2 is the sixth most popular season of all time, making the Fallout TV show as a whole the third best returning series on Prime Video. The most popular returning series on the platform is The Lord of the Rings prequel The Rings of Power, followed by Reache
  
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