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• The Last Guardian Collector's Edition Available For Pre-Order On Amazon

  14-06-2016 17:47
  
  A new listing on Amazon has unboxed The Last Guardian Collector's Edition and fired the starting gun for pre-orders.
  From a photo on the listing, it looks like the bundle will arrive within a wooden crate stamped with the words "The Last Guardian." Inside, the game itself will be housed within a premium steelbook game case emblazoned with Trico and the boy protagonist.
  There'll also be a statue of the duo, depicting the feathery-griffon-cat-dog-thing asleep with the boy standing on his head. Bec
  
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• VisionQuest EP says people will "feel the brotherly love" when Wiccan and Speed appear in the MCU

  12-10-2026 23:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  VisionQuest executive producer Mary Livanos says we can expect a real brotherly connection when Wiccan and Speed eventually team up in the MCU."I dreamt of bringing Speed and Wiccan to the Marvel Universe, which was an idea that we flirted with during WandaVision," Livanos tells GamesRadar+ during an exclusive interview at NYCC. "But now it's exciting to see Tommy Maximoff come to the screen. And Joe Locke and Ruaridh have become quite chummy. And so if, and when, they share the screen... I thin
  
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• After Daredevil: Born Again cancellation, Charlie Cox hopes Matt Murdock will be in more Marvel movies

  12-10-2026 23:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again season 3 is set to be the show's last, but it won't be the end of Matt Murdock in the MCU (or so we hope)."Maybe this will open the door for that,"a tight-lipped Charlie Cox tells GamesRadar+ at NYCC, when asked if we'll see Daredevil in an upcoming MCU movie. "We'll see."Before the premiere of Daredevil: Born Again in 2025, Matt Murdock briefly appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home as Peter Parker's lawyer as he faces public scrutiny after having his identity doxxed by Myste
  
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• Stardew Valley creator is "struggling" with Haunted Chocolatier thanks to the precedent he accidentally set himself

  12-10-2026 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the gaming world watches and waits, Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone says he's feeling the pressure to ensure that the follow-up, Haunted Chocolatier, meets everyone's expectations.Speaking to GQ in a wide-ranging interview, Barone touches on how the creative process differs this time around and that it hasn't been an easy adjustment. While he had all the time in the world to create Stardew Valley, the fans that game has amassed over the years are now eagerly awaiting Haunted
  
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• Assassin's Creed creator says 1666: Amsterdam developers create up to 20 builds a day

  12-10-2026 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A few months removed from its launch into early access, the lead developer of witchy action game 1666: Amsterdam says the team creates dozens of builds every day.1666: Amsterdam released into Steam Early Access back in August after what can generously be called a troubled development. First being thought of in 2011, the game was started at THQ in 2013, before Ubisoft bought the studio, firing its lead director Patrice Désilets, and acquiring the rights to 1666: Amsterdam. Following legal
  
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• Ahead of GTA 6, Rockstar narrative lead says the American Dream is "more modest now" but still "out of reach"

  12-10-2026 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of Rockstar's narrative leads says that GTA 6's Vice City setting is the ideal place to check in on a popular recurring theme within Grand Theft Auto: T he American Dream.Rockstar has made its approach to real-world influences quite clear of late. The team behind GTA 6 will comment on wider trends that won't go out of date when the game ships, which is also why more specific events or people prove riskier.One topic that Rockstar's senior vice president of narrative name-checked, though, is t
  
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• Elon Musk dressing up as Wario for SNL "did not go over well" at Nintendo, ex-marketing leads say

  12-10-2026 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The bastion of comedy that is Saturday Night Live recently decided to poke fun at the close-by release dates of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake and GTA 6. The sketch marks the rare occasion the show acknowledges video games, bringing to mind a moment in 2021 where Elon Musk, of all people, showed up in a Wario suit.If you need a reminder, Musk hosted Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2021, and one of the bits involved a lawyer defending Wario in court against the accusation he murdered M
  
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• SNL's Zelda Ocarina of Time vs GTA 6 sketch likely went down fine at Nintendo say ex-marketing leads

  12-10-2026 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Saturday Night Live may have seemingly tried (and failed) to poke fun at The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake in a recent sketch pitting it against GTA 6, but former Nintendo marketing leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang reckon that the house of Mario would actually have had a "pretty positive reaction" to it internally. The SNL sketch from earlier in the month saw two people dressed as Link and GTA 6's Jason, respectively, each trying to one-up the other by bragging about what their games ha
  
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• WoW: Forever may take us to Northrend and Pandaria one day as "Azeroth is a big place"

  12-10-2026 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that the World of Warcraft: Forever beta is in full swing and Blizzard's public release is quickly approaching, it comes as no surprise that fans are wondering where the MMO might take us in Azeroth – and the possibilities sound endless.Speaking to Holly Longdale, executive producer and vice president for World of Warcraft, and associate production director Clay Stone, content creator JackedIQ learns more about what Blizzard has in store for us regarding zones and the like – you
  
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• WandaVision creator is bringing Stargate back to TV, but fans aren't happy after previous attempt was scrapped

  12-10-2026 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer is bringing Stargate back to TV – but fans of the beloved sci-fi aren't best pleased. Details are scarce at the moment, but, per Variety, Schaeffer is developing the project for Amazon MGM and a writers' room is thought to be opening sometime soon. Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell are set to executive produce.However, this isn't the first time a new Stargate show has been mooted. A separate project from Martin Gero, who worked on Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate S
  
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• Former PlayStation boss apparently had a bold strategy for handling Sony execs – he ignored them

  12-10-2026 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Being part of a corporate structure can be frustrating, because there's always someone else to answer to. When it came to leading PlayStation, one of the former CEOs of the console juggernaut took to just shrugging off orders from Sony brass if necessary.Kaz Hirai, who oversaw Sony Computer Entertainment from 2007 to 2012, discussed his tenure in that position with Takaya Awata, CEO of Toridoll Holdings, in a conversation published by Nikkei Xtrend. "When I was president of Sony Computer Enterta
  
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• Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo says Tom Holland is "the last great movie star"

  12-10-2026 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo has very high praise for Spider-Man star Tom Holland. "I think Tom Holland translates in a way that I don't know if very few actors in history translate," he told CBR, discussing the financial success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. "There is a charm and a genuineness and a warmth to him that really resonates with audiences. And he's so authentic as a person and his performances are so authentic, and he really embodies that character in a way that's straight
  
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• Street Fighter's Chun-Li star went above and beyond with her prep because she "didn't want to disappoint the fans"

  12-10-2026 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  By now, you're probably familiar with the lengths some actors go to with getting ready for an action movie – whether that's a superhero blockbuster, martial arts movie, and everything in-between.Still, few have been as transparent and candid as Street Fighter movie star Callina Liang.In order to get ready for her role as Chun-Li in the live-action adaptation, Liang has been open about eating 12 eggs a day, having a meal every two hours, and studying every Chun-Li move from her gaming histo
  
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• After Burnout, Star Wars: Galactic Racer studio lead says "games should challenge players"

  12-10-2026 16:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The former Burnout developers behind Star Wars: Galactic Racer reckon it's important to challenge players, because they're going to tune out otherwise.Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a tough game. Intentionally so, with Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster saying "we are asking way more out of players" this time around compared to the Burnout games that a majority of the team used to develop, because "modern gamers can manage a greater amount of cognitive load." Not only is the racing extremely fast, but yo
  
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• Merch store Zavvi goes into administration, urges customers to check if they are "entitled to recover their payment"

  12-10-2026 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Entertainment and pop-culture collectible store Zavvi has gone into administration.In an announcement posted today that has taken over the webstore, Zavvi announced that the "affairs, business and property of the Company" are now under the management of Joint Administrators." This is apparently due to Zavvi's financial position, which means it has to cease trading "with immediate effect."In practical terms, Zavvi can no longer fulfil any orders or pre-orders. Customers are also warned not to mak
  
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• Dead Space creator put "a lot" of work into patching The Callisto Protocol after releasing it early

  12-10-2026 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dead Space creator Glen Schofield's 2022 survival horror game The Callisto Protocol might have been met with lukewarm reviews, but the director says this came after he was "forced to ship the game" three months earlier than expected, prompting him and the other devs to release a whopping 86 patches after launch.In a new interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Schofield discusses The Callisto Protocol's troubled development, noting that the devs at Striking Distance Studios had been working on the game
  
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• No Man's Sky devs compress the survival game to under 5GB for "free to try" mobile launch

  12-10-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stop us if you've heard this before, but the No Man's Sky team has yet again been cookin' up a new release for its 2016 survival game – and this time, it's a mobile launch.That's right, No Man's Sky is indeed coming to iOS over a decade after its initial release, with Hello Games planning an October 28 launch – but it hasn't come easy.
  Sean Murrary says as much in a new letter regarding the exciting mobile launch, explaining that the developers first considered porting it over after
  
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• VisionQuest release schedule: When is episode 1 on Disney Plus?

  12-10-2026 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unlike its predecessors in Westview and on the Witches' Road, the VisionQuest release schedule is sporadic, spotty, and difficult to pin down.If that doesn't compute for you, then you may have trouble following along. But you're in luck. Below, we have the complete VisionQuest release schedule as confirmed by Marvel. We also have the VisionQuest episode 1 release date and streaming time, perfect for those who want to watch the Disney Plus show ASAP and start theorycrafting in the way they did fo
  
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• Dragon Quest creator continues love affair with AI as he releases a game he generated in 30 minutes

  12-10-2026 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii is touting his new game which he claims took him about 30 minutes to make using generative AI. Despite being one of the most prolific game creators of all time, the Dragon Quest creator has fallen head over heels for the slop machine like your elderly uncle on Facebook. Developers like Hideo Kojima have spoken critically about using it as a replacement for creative aspects of game development, but Square Enix is working with Google on a chatbot for Dragon Quest 10
  
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• Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner insists he is not in Avengers: Doomsday, saying "The Avengers will probably lose" without him

  12-10-2026 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner has stated that he is not in Avengers: Doomsday, but that the team will probably lose against Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom because they don't have his marksman on their side.When asked at a recent Q&A if he is returning for Doomsday, Renner said, "No, no, no, no. Not in that one," adding, "Doomsday I'm not in, so The Avengers will probably lose, just so you know… they didn't call me so it's their fault they're going to lose."When Renner jokes about the Av
  
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• Haunted Chocolatier is for the Stardew Valley players who yearn for the mines, ConcernedApe says

  12-10-2026 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news if you yearn for the mines in Stardew Valley – creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone says his long-awaited follow-up game Haunted Chocolatier is for you. In a new interview with GQ, Barone doubles down on an explanation he previously gave of Haunted Chocolatier – even though "it is still what I call a town game," we can expect this one to be "more of an action RPG."He's previously spoken about it having "a greater focus on combat," and he now elaborates: "The main focus is mor
  
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• As Gears of War: E-Day servers suffer DDoS attack, the devs are "continuing to monitor" the damage

  12-10-2026 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been taking on the Locust horde in Gears of War: E-Day lately, you might have noticed some disruption in online play. The servers have been subject to DDoS attacks, but The Coalition is on the case and normal service is expected to resume in the near future.The developer posted about the incidents on social media. "Earlier today, some players experienced intermittent disconnects, login issues, or other service disruptions in Gears of War: E-Day," a post on Twitter says. "These issues w
  
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• "So f****** peak" - Fan who made incredible Lego GTA 6 set is at it again with the perfect PlayStation diorama

  12-10-2026 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  A fan has taken it upon themselves to upgrade the new Lego PlayStation set, and dear reader, my jaw was dropped. Prolific builder hachiroku24 (who you may know for their phenomenal Lego GTA 6 set) has made a genuinely impressive Final Fantasy 7 diorama via reddit with 4K upvotes that sits on top of the Lego PlayStation, which just came out at the Lego store. It features most major characters in a life-or-death battle and is beautifully well-done; pieces of terrain are growing out of the console
  
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• Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage says he refused to sign an AI waiver at Amazon

  12-10-2026 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage says he didn't sign an AI waiver for his Prime Video superhero show. Cage played Ben Reilly in the show, which was released earlier in the year and will not be returning for a second season. "How do you survive AI? Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of 50 billion dollars invested to OpenAI," Cage commented at NYCC, via The Hollywood Reporter. "I am not an AI-friendly actor... I didn't sign the waiver to let them use AI on Spider-Noir. It's kind of lik
  
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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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