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• Road Redemption Review

  04-10-2017 21:30
  In the 17 years since the last Road Rash came out on the original PlayStation, few games have managed to replicate the fun of its madcap brand of motorcycle mayhem. Road Redemption gives recapturing that feeling an honest go, and while the moment-to-moment combat racing does a great job, its lack of variety and polish leaves much to be desired.Pulling up alongside a rival biker and duking it out with wrenches, pool cues, shovels and swords is simple, yet wildly fun. One button attacks left, one
  
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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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• New Blade Runner 2099 trailer teases the rise of replicants and the fall of humanity

  11-10-2026 11:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new trailer for Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 is out, exploring the world 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, and things look bad for us humans, folks. Like, really bad. After a war between replicants and humanity left us as the losing side, the world is now dominated by the victors. Now free from their former masters, replicants are changing the world for the better, but in doing so, questioning their own existence and whether it has the potential to reach a godlike status. One thing
  
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• Lego is combining Star Wars with Marvel for an all-new set, and you get to design it

  11-10-2026 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Anything goes when you're playing with Lego as a kid, and now that creativity is making its way into the real world as the toy-maker mashes up Star Wars with Marvel for the first time.Called 'Hope Assembles,' Lego revealed the crossover at New York Comic Con 2026 as a first-of-its-kind project... but fans will be the ones designing these sets. It's all part of the 'Ideas' initiative, where the community submits designs that will be voted on by the community and Lego itself. The most popular sets
  
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• Josh Brolin talks Sicario 3 without Taylor Sheridan

  10-10-2026 22:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week, it was announced that the long-awaited Sicario threequel was finally underway with Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, and Benicio del Toro reprising their roles (via Deadline). However, the trio will change tactics, since the scribe of both Sicario and Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Taylor Sheridan, won't return for a third. Instead, writing duties will fall to Peaky Blinders creator and writer of the upcoming Bond movie, Steven Knight, with director Padraic McKinley calling the shots. After the
  
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• Avatar: Seven Havens co-creator and EP explain the show's new animation style, say they wanted to make an “old school anime”

  10-10-2026 20:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Air, water, fire, and earth are back in force after the first three episodes of Avatar: Seven Havens dropped this week. The sequel series is set after Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra and follows two twin Avatars, Pavi and Nisha. These two youngsters are successors to Korra, who was believed to have brought about the world-changing event known as the mysterious Cataclysm, seemingly leaving a mark on the Avatar's legacy. So far, the biggest takeaway from the new series i
  
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• James Bond will return in comic book form written by Grant Morrison

  10-10-2026 19:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  We may still be waiting to hear which new star will take on the license to kill, but equally great news about 007 reveals a new comic book series is on the cards, and they've got a mastermind to handle it all. Grant Morrison, the brilliant comic book writer behind one of the greatest Superman comics ever, All-Star Superman, and the co-creator of Damien Wayne, has been announced to handle a new series of adventures in partnership with IDW and Ian Fleming Publications.In a statement to The Hollywo
  
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• Nicolas Cage finally confirms he's opening a case in True Detective season 5

  10-10-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  After reports way back in August that he was set to be the new star to flash his badge in the HBO anthology series, Nicolas Cage himself has confirmed that he's set to walk the beat as the newest lawman in True Detective season 5. At NYCC, the legendary star revealed he's heading back to the small screen after his recent stint as Spider-Noir, which was canceled after its first season on Prime Video. "You can only do so many movies back to back to back, and necessity is the mother of invention,"
  
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• New Risk of Rain 2 expansion debuts to "Very Positive" Steam reviews

  10-10-2026 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Risk of Rain 2's Hallowed Concepts DLC is another hit for one of the best roguelikes around. Years after a shaky start, Gearbox seems to be doing a much better job with the genre icon.The Borderlands maker bought Risk of Rain 2 back in 2022, as the original developers soon went to work at Valve. The beloved roguelike then found itself in troubled waters. Gearbox's first major update to the game post-buyout, Seekers of the Storm, was hugely divisive with series fans, but the publisher has since t
  
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• Starfield modder brings seamless planetary landing to Bethesda's RPG "without any loading screens"

  10-10-2026 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the big criticisms leveled against Starfield at launch was its lack of seamless planetary landing. Spacefarers can essentially pick a landing zone and go through a glorified loading screen to reach their destination, but they couldn't fly into a planet's atmosphere and land directly themselves a la No Man's Sky.A Starfield modder is now working to change that, and their results are already super impressive. Frederik Wessberg today posted a clip of the "Seamless Landings" mod that's still
  
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• Former Last of Us dev says "the idea of a monolithic GTA 6" or Elder Scrolls 6 is "intimidating"

  10-10-2026 15:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Naughty Dog veteran who worked on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 is more excited about the idea of shorter games rather than "monolithic" blockbusters like GTA 6 or The Elder Scrolls 6.Matt Radford was a visual effects artist on some of Naughty Dog's biggest hits before opening his own studio called 5th Corner, and he recently spoke about the merits of shorter games in an interview with Kiwi Talkz (embedded below)."I'm 38 years old," Radford says. "And I think that there's also somethin
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Persona join the increasingly bonkers roadmap for Sonic Racing Crossworlds

  10-10-2026 14:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic Racing: Crossworlds already has a pretty hectic lineup of characters, but Sega's Year Two DLC roadmap takes things one step further. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, Persona, Godzilla, Hello Kitty, Bayonetta, Evangelion, the Dreamcast itself, and much more are all coming to the well-liked kart racer before the end of 2027.Sonic's most recent and surprisingly great take on kart racing is no stranger to bonkers crossovers. The game's first year of post-launch content welcomed everybody fro
  
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• MTG Marvel Darkhold Destiny has a wild pitch featuring the supernatural and teamups with a "pantheon of gods"

  10-10-2026 02:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  As is only right now that Halloween's lumbering toward us, Magic: The Gathering has revealed a particularly spooky set with MTG Marvel Darkhold Destiny.Due to launch in April 2027 and up for pre-order now at Amazon, this expansion dives headfirst into the supernatural; the press release for MTG Marvel Darkhold Destiny promises "the growl of werewolves at the door, the hissing of vampires who thirst for divine blood, [and] the chanting of witches as they enact their dark arts." It also teases MTG
  
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