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• Sponsored: Optimizing Unity games on Android: A case study

  08-10-2015 15:58
  
  This article will show a performance gain with x86 native support on Android and share some tips for increasing performance on Intel architecture using Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars as an example....
  
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• Ascended Heroes doesn't revolutionize Pokemon cards, but I still think it's an essential purchase you need to see

  19-03-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ascended Heroes is a fine bridge between the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolutions eras of the Pokemon TCG, even though it’s so far failed to find a viable spot in the all-important metagame. As the latest “special set,” a Pokemon TCG set available only through boxed products as opposed to standalone booster packs, Ascended Heroes is part collectors’ paradise, part nostalgia bait, and part new cards. Instead of relying on a video game era, Ascended Heroes serves as a f
  
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• Zelda Breath of the Wild actor didn't even know what game she was auditioning for, let alone that it was for the title role: "I'm grateful I didn't know"

  19-03-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Auditions in acting can be opaque due to studio secrecy, with fake or alternate scripts being bandied around to prevent leaks and limited details on the character or setting. Patricia Summersett, the voice of the eponymous princess in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, had no clue who she was actually trying for, and she considers that a blessing."Looking back, I'm grateful I didn't know what role I was auditioning for," she tells Nintendo Everything. "If I'd realized that mysterious scrip
  
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• There's no rush on The Elder Scrolls 6, Todd Howard says, because Bethesda has the "benefit of having so many millions of people playing our other games"

  19-03-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Todd Howard knows fans are waiting to hear more about The Elder Scrolls 6, though part of the admittedly nice-to-have problem is that Bethesda has to balance making the new RPG while ensuring fans of other properties like Fallout and Starfield remain fed.Remember the days when Skyrim came out less than a year after its official reveal? How about when Fallout 4's entire marketing campaign was shoved into a nice, concise six-month window? Good times, but now, Howard has explained why the gap betwe
  
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• If you buy one water gun for the sunny weather, I beg you to try this

  19-03-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't know about you, but the return of sunny weather is doing me the world of good – and whenever things brighten up outside, I start getting the itch to break out some water guns. If you're in a similar boat I have one hell of a recommendation for you. Forget piddly water pistols or Super Soakers; I've got something better in mind.Meet the Spyra range. More specifically, meet the SpyraGo. This is undoubtedly one of the best water guns I've ever used, and I spend a lot of my time each y
  
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• KPop Demon Hunters may be coming to a city near you as Netflix is reportedly planning a Huntrix stage show world tour

  19-03-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  KPop Demon Hunters is showing no signs at all of slowing down, nabbing itself an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and Netflix is reportedly planning to keep the train rolling with a potential live Huntrix world tour.Huntrix is of course the fictional band from KPop Demon Hunters who hunt down and defeat demonic threats while also rocking everyone's world with endlessly entertaining tunes. Now, fans may get the chance of a lifetime to see Huntrix live on stage, via a report from Bloomberg
  
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• Altered TCG shuts down due to missing the €2 million needed "to guarantee the future of the game"

  19-03-2026 18:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  After just a couple of years on shelves, the Altered trading card game is being shut down. "Tonight, we feel a profound sadness," developer Equinox wrote in an announcement via its website on March 18. Despite raising approximately €1.1 million from professional partners and the community via Gamefound, it had failed to secure the €2 million needed to keep the Altered trading card game alive. As a result, it was shutting down the Roots of Corruption expansion campaign as well as puttin
  
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• The Payday games are being adapted for the screen, and Starbreeze boss wants it to "own the heisting genre"

  19-03-2026 18:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Payday games are coming to the big (and/or small) screen: Starbreeze Entertainment has partnered with VICE Studios with the aim of creating "film and TV adaptations" of the video game franchise.According to a press release issued by Starbreeze, the two companies will "collaborate closely to ensure that future adaptations capture PAYDAY’s tone, characters, and high-stakes heist energy, while inviting new audiences into the franchise." "Our goal is to grow Payday from a game into a full
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star worries the industry will learn the wrong lessons from the J'RPG's success: "Capitalism is unwilling to ask the why because they’re interested in the how"

  19-03-2026 18:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr worries that the video game industry will learn the wrong lessons from J'RPG's success.Sandfall Interactive itself was comprised of around 33 employees during the development of Clair Obscur, but elements of the game were outsourced to other studios, with over 100 people working on the game, but many focused on the core Sandfall employees, with the narrative pushed of "only 30 people worked on the best game of 2025" across social media around the game'
  
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• Marvel Rivals fans mourn Captain America after nerfs, but NetEase says "only a fraction of mechanically flawless players" could pull off his best combos

  19-03-2026 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals has once again nerfed Captain America, sending fans into mourning over the once great tank hero, but developer NetEase reckons the changes were necessary because "only a fraction of mechanically flawless players" could properly pull off his animation-cancelling strategy.Captain America has seen a series of nerfs stretching back to the game's initial launch, but the shooter's latest balance patch has sent some players over the edge. Charge rates for ultimate abilities have been slow
  
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• Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, and more could be under threat, experts say, as part of $6 billion in cuts following Paramount Skydance merger

  19-03-2026 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Earth is shaking in Hollywood, as Paramount Skydance prepares to acquire Warner Bros in a landmark deal valued at around $110 billion. Warner Bros Games is included, but whether or not the studio survives cost-cutting measures remains to be seen.With Mortal Kombat, Batman, and Hogwarts Legacy among the franchises on offer, Warner Bros Games brings plenty to the table, both for regular people and in terms of shareholder value. However, cuts in the region of $6 billion are to be made across al
  
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• "We all have not forgotten Cyberpunk 2077": Crimson Desert fans worry for the RPG's console editions after review no-show joins disappointing 30fps PS5 showcase

  19-03-2026 17:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crimson Desert releases today, but console users aren't exactly convinced by Pearl Abyss' big RPG just yet – and after a disappointing PS5 showcase, the lack of non-PC reviews has them all the more concerned about how the game will perform.If you haven't seen the Crimson Desert reviews on Metacritic yet, they're quite all right, with an average score of 78 so far – but they aren't as high as some were expecting, and Pearl Abyss share prices are suffering for it.
  Fans have noted somet
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs bet on the RPG's Metacritic score, but bet so low that "everybody lost," resulting in forfeits like gobbling whole roast chickens

  19-03-2026 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 generated no shortage of acclaim last year, and while there was certainly some notable hype ahead of launch, I don't think many expected it to be as widely praised as it ultimately became. That includes the developers at Sandfall Interactive, who made all kinds of ridiculous bets on the game's ultimate Metacritic score – but it seems nobody at the studio bet high enough."There are internal bets on the team of what we thought the Metacritic score would be," write
  
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• Warhammer 40K Ork bikers, Blood Angels, and more get teased ahead of next week's Adepticon livestream, so here's everything we've found so far

  19-03-2026 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans are gearing up for this month's Warhammer Adepticon livestream, and now that it's confirmed to be happening on March 25, 2026 at 8PM CDT (or 1am GMT on March 26 for UK folks), everyone's scrambling to pick apart the announcement teaser for clues. Because yes: there are a lot of hints at what's to come if you look hard enough. Most of these reveals can be found as patches on host Adam Troke's biker jacket, and it's a very similar approach to the teaser ahead of the New Year Preview back in J
  
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• Overwatch was originally called "Monetized Shooter" because you had to buy each of its heroes, says co-creator Jeff Kaplan: "F***ing terrible, but at the time, I actually thought that was a good idea"

  19-03-2026 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many players have felt conflicted about Overwatch since the hero shooter rebranded to Overwatch 2, then re-rebranded to Overwatch, then introduced the eye-wateringly adorable Jetpack Cat, who also gets banned all the time for being too powerful. But it could all have been an even bigger mess. Ex-Blizzard vice president and Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan could have decided to officially name the game "Monetized Shooter," which is what he first pitched it as."It was a seven-page deck," Kaplan te
  
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• Dark Souls and Elden Ring owner gets massive investment with "important proposals" from a company that gave Nintendo some infamous advice: "Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher"

  19-03-2026 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  8.86% of FromSoftware's majority owner, Kadokawa Games, is now owned by an investor who infamously made a terrible pitch to Nintendo a decade ago. As reported by GameBiz (spotted and translated by Automaton), Oasis Management Company, a Hong Kong-based international hedge fund management firm, has acquired an 8.86% share of Kadokawa, the Japanese media conglomerate behind a number of manga, anime, and video game properties. Oasis describes its acquisition of sharesas being for "important proposa
  
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• New Exit 8 poster teases the anomalous indie horror game's big screen adaptation

  19-03-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  2026 is turning into a banner year for indie horror game adaptations. In January, content creator-turned-filmmaker Markiplier shattered expectations with his self-funded adaptation of Iron Lung, while only last month, The Mortuary's Assistant sent a shiver down spines over on Shudder. And the biggest is yet to come – an adaptation of 2023's The Exit 8, which hits screens in April from Anora distributor Neon, and we've got an exclusive poster to prove it.Like the game it's adapting, Exit 8
  
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• Ubisoft guts OG Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon studio, laying off 105 developers as Red Storm transitions from game development to tech support

  19-03-2026 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Multiple outlets are reporting that Ubisoft has ended game development at Red Storm Entertainment, the studio that created the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon series. The reports suggest that over 105 developers are being laid off as a result of the decision.IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, and VGC are all separately reporting essentially the same details: Red Storm Entertainment is transitioning away from game development, with a permanent downsizing cutting 105 jobs. Red Storm will now function as a suppor
  
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• Palworld and Ori devs offer Crimson Desert support, suggesting players give it "some time" and remember "one man's 77 is another man's 100"

  19-03-2026 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The reviews for Crimson Desert started arriving yesterday, and the new fantasy RPG from Pearl Abyss is currently sitting at 78% on Metacritic. Turmoil has spread across the collective internet that the release didn't even manage to reach into the eighties, prompting devs involved in Palworld and the Ori series to speak out in favor of the game."The reviews have come in and it sits on a 78 on Metacritic," Thomas Mahler, CEO and creative director of Moon Studios, said on Twitter. "And to most game
  
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• Stranger Things is getting a 25-disc physical media release, with the Duffer brothers calling it a "way to preserve the show for decades to come"

  19-03-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things might've been a streaming show... but unlike other streaming shows that have been lost forever due to a lack of a physical media release, Netflix is giving us the entire nine-year run across 25 discs.Per the official press release, the complete box set (which has some pretty nifty artwork that appears to show the cast throughout the seasons) includes bloopers, never-before-seen interviews with the cast and crew, behind-the-scenes featurettes, a 148-page booklet, 25 art cards from
  
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• Will you be turning Nvidia DLSS 5 off?

  19-03-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's safe to say plenty of PC players are already planning to turn Nvidia DLSS 5 off when the feature graces the best graphics card contenders. While the next-generation suite of GPU tools isn't scheduled to land until Fall 2026, it's already being labelled as "AI slop" by critics online and raising questions regarding developer creative control.In case you missed it, DLSS 5 is a new version of Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling feature that has until now provided perks like upscaling, Frame
  
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• Peak is coming to Fortnite in what could be the collab of the century depending on the amount of Bing Bong: "If there is no Bing Bong back bling, we're rioting"

  19-03-2026 15:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer Aggro Crab is turning friendslop into friendwine and joining Fortnite for a Peak bundle no one expected. "PEAK IS COMING TO FORTNITE ON MARCH 21st," Aggro Crab announces alongside a teaser on YouTube, which shows off the suddenly incredible length of the Peak characters' legs… and a concerning lack of divorced plushie Bing Bong. One YouTube comment with nearly 2,000 likes says, "If there is no Bing Bong back bling, we're rioting." "Give us a BingBong backpack and my life is your
  
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• Marathon streamer goes viral after finding a high school best friend through proximity chat he hadn't seen in over 10 years: "Bro, I have goosebumps"

  19-03-2026 15:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  One game streamer has gone viral after reuniting with his childhood best friend using Marathon's proximity chat.The Twitch streamer and content creator, aptly called Crayator online, aka Nathan William Clifford Gordon Ryan, was livestreaming Bungie's new extraction shooter earlier this month when he stumbled across a friend from his high school that he had lost contact with for over a decade.Three and a bit hours into a five-hour Marathon stream, Crayator gets into a heated exchange with someone
  
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• First Sonic 4 teaser confirms the return of Jim Carrey as Robotnik, despite dying in the last film

  19-03-2026 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has arrived... and the gang's all here.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Amy Rose's hammer is thrown up into the sky and shatters, releasing several gems that have various Sonic characters' faces on them. One of those faces belongs to none other than Dr. Ivo Robotnik (played once again by Jim Carrey), who definitely died towards the end of Sonic 3 (when he sacrifices himself to stop that cannon from destroying the earth). No complaints though
  
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• "No reruns. No second chances" - Maingear is launching a $4,500 Crimson Desert gaming PC, but there will only ever be 30 made, so good luck locking one down

  19-03-2026 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Maingear likes to drop exclusive gaming PCs on our laps that will never be seen again after their initial run, and that's exactly how it's choosing to celebrate the launch of one of 2026's most anticipated game releases, Crimson Desert. In all honesty, I'm not sure I'd recommend its Crimson Desert gaming PC under normal circumstances, even if its specs are pretty heavy-duty. A PC this exclusive, celebrating a big game, and made by such a premium brand, is going to come with a high price tag thou
  
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• Crimson Desert "could" challenge GTA 6 for Game of the Year, claims Grand Theft Auto 5 dev – but only if Rockstar "drop the ball"

  19-03-2026 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Crimson Desert reviews have gone public and players are hours away from getting their own hands on it, folks can't help but share their thoughts on the new Pearl Abyss RPG – including one former Rockstar Games developer.Mike York, whose animation credits include titles like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2, believes Crimson Desert is good enough to stand as Game of the Year in 2026 – but only if it manages to snag the spot from Grand Theft Auto 6 somehow, that is
  
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• New open world, action-survival shooter from the creator of Overwatch gets its first public Steam playtest next week

  19-03-2026 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kintsugiyama – an independent studio founded by Overwatch lead Jeff Kaplan – has announced its debut game, The Legend of California, is getting a playtest that kicks off next week.Earlier this month, former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan announced what he's been working on since leaving Blizzard. The studio Kintsugiyama and its debut game, The Legend of California, were announced via a short YouTube video. This was swiftly followed by a 10-hour livestream of the game by the developer
  
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• Shaun the Sheep races against the clock to save Halloween in new trailer for the next movie from the studio behind Wallace and Gromit

  19-03-2026 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer has arrived for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, bringing Aardman Animations back to the big screen.In the new clip, which you can check out above, a mysterious hairy creature seems to be haunting the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm. Its presence is shaking the animals to their cores – and even disrupting a game of Jenga for the pigs. With time running out before Halloween arrives, Shaun is determined to save the big day, so he sets to work to save the farm, with so
  
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• Sorry Microsoft, but I've shoved your handheld onto a Steam Deck dock and started playing 2000s games using an Xbox 360 controller

  19-03-2026 13:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hey, Microsoft, I know you don't need me talking about Xbox 360 hardware in the big 26, given your seemingly turbulent internal situation. Talking about parking the ROG Xbox Ally X onto a Steam Deck dock probably isn't going to help either when you're looking ahead to Project Helix, but you know what? I reckon my current setup highlights the glory days of your console endeavors. My setupXbox 360 adapter | Aliexpress
  Baseus dock | $44.99 at Amazon
  Xbox Ally | from $549 at Best BuyIf I'm being rea
  
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• Arc Raiders is banning people for using accessibility peripherals, so Embark is "working hard" to resolve the issue "as soon as possible"

  19-03-2026 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  A player who was banned from Arc Raiders, seemingly for using an accessibility controller, has had their account reinstated. After a concerted effort to contact Embark Studios, the company finally reached out and remedied the situation, and now requests that anyone else in a similar situation make themselves known.The person, known as ClootyBapper in-game, made a Reddit post breaking down what's gone on. In January, they received a temporary suspension ending in late February, despite never havi
  
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