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• The Nintendo NX Has an Official Name - Nintendo Switch

  20-10-2016 16:05
  
  Nintendo has officially revealed the Nintendo NX, and it has a new name, Nintendo Switch. It will be released in March 2017.
  Announced in a teaser trailer, the Switch confirms the rumours we’ve heard previously - this is a powerful handheld console featuring two detachable pieces that can act as individual controllers (called Joy-Cons), and a TV-connected dock for playing on the big screen. Its physical games will come in the form of cartridges similar to those used for the Nintendo 3DS.
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• For years I've read this manga the nanosecond a chapter drops, and now it's getting an anime adaptation I only dreamed of: Kyoto Animation announces RuriDragon

  05-01-2026 21:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a rough start waylaid by author Masaoki Shindo's health problems, urban fantasy manga RuriDragon has landed an anime adaptation with beloved studio Kyoto Animation.The upcoming RuriDragon anime was announced at the end of year in a joint video from Kyoto Animation and Shonen Jump, which publishes the manga. "Sounds like they’re making an anime," the video description reads. "The broadcast is still a long way off." Shindo also released an illustration celebrating the news:／
  
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• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ditched the series' iconic overworld theme because composer Koji Kondo thought it'd "get boring and repetitive to hear the same melody all the time"

  05-01-2026 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ever since I was a kid, I've loved video game soundtracks and The Legend of Zelda – and, of course, the various Zelda soundtracks. The Ocarina of Time is the fulcrum of my video game nostalgia centers, but as I got deeper into the series, I started to wonder: why isn't the original Zelda theme anywhere in the game? It turns out, the answer had been hidden in an untranslated Japanese magazine for decades."I've always kind of wanted to shake up the music a little bit in any case and because
  
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• "Review bombing as a concept wasn't a thing": Helldivers 2 boss says Arrowhead's debut hit Magicka was actually just buggy and unoptimized, though it was later review bombed by Helldivers mad at Sony

  05-01-2026 19:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Long before it was known as the house of Helldivers 2, developer Arrowhead Game Studios had to its name a lovely little wizard action game called Magicka, one of the bigger surprise hits of the 2010s. For players, Magicka was a treat, but for computers, it was poison, frequently crashing and generally running like a bag of hammers going up a down escalator even on the best hardware available. In recent and amusing comments, Helldivers 2 creative lead and Arrowhead veteran Johan Pilestedt owns up
  
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• Resident Evil 4 remake modder discovers a cut intro starring Ashley that eagle-eyed fans might recognize from certain pre-release trailers

  05-01-2026 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Resident Evil 4 modder has discovered a cut intro to the remake, which would have originally seen you play as Ashley in scenes that you might actually recognize, despite them being missing from the final game.If you paid attention to Resident Evil 4's 2023 remake from reveal to release, you'll have seen a scene in the announcement trailer where Ashley Graham is wandering around the forest area that opens the game before presumably being captured by the Ganados and Lord Saddler. There was als
  
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• Persona art director and creator of infamous penis demon is making a console game that will demonstrate his "perspective on the world"

  05-01-2026 18:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kazuma Kaneko, the original art director for the Persona series who came up with the series' excellent and horrifying demon designs, is working on a new game for consoles following the release of free-to-play card game roguelike Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter.Kaneko is best known for his work at Atlus, working as the art director on Shin Megami Tensei and the original Persona series. He created the iconic demon designs across Atlus' long-running series and its spin-offs, including that one. You kn
  
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• "What a ride": Arc Raiders just hit 12 million copies sold, analyst estimates, and set a new record for active players 2 months after launch

  05-01-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a time when much of the games industry is struggling, Arc Raiders once again shows it's still entirely possible to attract a healthy audience. According to analysts, the multiplayer shooter has already surpassed 12 million copies sold, peaking at over 3 million daily active players.This information comes from Rhys Elliot, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics. The outfit estimates that across PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, Arc Raiders just crossed the 12 million copies mark, hit
  
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• Stranger Things fans are debating the "very odd" decision to focus so much of season 5 on Holly Wheeler: "They just sidelined the main cast"

  05-01-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Stranger Things now over, fans are looking back at the highs and lows of season 5, from the show's most burning questions left unanswered to the truth behind Eleven's fate (you can read all about it in our Stranger Things season 5 finale ending explained). One particular character is getting a lot of heat online, as some viewers think that she got too much screen time, sidelining the main cast."Did you feel Holly really needed to be one of the main characters in the last season?" asked one
  
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• "Unbelievable!": Banjo-Kazooie composer as shocked as everyone else to hear the Bubblegloop Swamp theme on a national NFL broadcast

  05-01-2026 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yesterday's Sunday Night Football broadcast was a notable one for a number of reasons. It was the final game of the NFL's regular season. It featured division rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens, in a winner-takes-all contest to determine the season's final playoff contender. It saw two of the league's greatest quarterbacks leading their respective teams to the edge of victory on a pair of thrilling drives in the game's final minutes. It also inexplicably included a segment feat
  
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• After promoting Oscar favorite Hamnet, Paul Mescal wants to take a break until his 2028 Beatles movies: "People will get a break from me and I'll get a break from them"

  05-01-2026 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paul Mescal is considering taking a break and "rationing" his career over the next couple of years – once he's finished promoting his new Oscar-favorite movie Hamnet, of course."Once I've finished promoting [Hamnet], I hope nobody gets to see me until 2028 when I'm doing the Beatles," he told The Guardian. "People will get a break from me and I'll get a break from them."Mescal plays William Shakespeare in Eternals director Chloé Zhao's new movie, which follows the death of Shakespea
  
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• Minecraft star Jack Black reveals he turned down playing Syndrome in Pixar classic The Incredibles, and now he regrets it: "Why was I being so difficult?"

  05-01-2026 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jack Black has played his share of iconic roles ever since his 2003 breakout film School of Rock. But around that same time, the actor says he turned down a role in another iconic film that he regrets not being part of: Pixar's The Incredibles.Black told Capital FM that he was offered the role of the film's villain, Syndrome (voiced by Jason Lee in the movie), but turned it down. However, upon seeing The Incredibles, which the actor called "one of the best movies ever made," he says he learned a
  
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• GameSir is putting a Direct Drive sim racing wheel on a controller, all because a high schooler developed it in their dorm room

  05-01-2026 17:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  CES is pretty much guaranteed to shine a spotlight on some of the most bizarre tech and futuristic gaming concepts we humans have collectively thought of in the last year.So far, one of the biggest talking points of CES 2026 in the gaming hardware realm has been an upcoming product from GameSir, which is taking one of the best PC controllers, slapping a Direct Drive sim racing wheel on it, and becoming the talk of the town.The GameSir Swift Drive is exactly that. From the reveal trailer that was
  
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• Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't prioritizing a new game, pleads for updates from people who are: "Work comes second… well, probably third"

  05-01-2026 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yoko Taro, creator of Drakengard and Nier, says that he isn't prioritizing his work in 2026, and instead intends to improve things at home. The legendary developer known for his weird and wonderful ideas hasn't announced a new game in years, claiming that many of his projects get canceled part way through development.As part of a feature in Famitsu, which asked 171 developers for their 2026 plans (translated by GamesRadar+), Yoko shares that his home is still in disarray despite moving into it b
  
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• Fallout co-creator Tim Cain explains why he's not making more new IPs, and it's partly because he's done "making other people really wealthy with my own creations"

  05-01-2026 17:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says he's not planning on making any more new IPs, mainly because he's done making others wealthy with things he made.Having been involved in the creation of Fallout, Arcanum, The Temple of Elemental Evil, and The Outer Worlds, it's safe to say that Tim Cain has one of the most impressive resumes in the games industry, at the very least when it comes to RPGs. This has led the creator to be asked for a long time why he hasn't created a new IP, given that he clearly has
  
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• James Gunn claims he doesn't "care about prestige" as he says his goal is to "affect people in a deeper, more spiritual way"

  05-01-2026 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Hollywood gears up for this year's awards season, James Gunn recently said he's not too worried about "prestige", as he likes "making pop cinema". The DC boss, who is now working on the Superman sequel Superman: Man of Tomorrow, argued that his focus has always been on creating stories that are "emotionally resonant to people"."I don't care about prestige," Gunn told Variety. "I mean, sure, would it be cool to be nominated for Best Director or something? Yeah, would I rather have that than
  
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• Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says late FPS icon Vince Zampella would "create mischievous joy" – like "trolling" Eli Roth in Borderlands during a pre-movie "tour"

  05-01-2026 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following games industry leaders who paid tribute to Call of Duty lead, Battlefield boss, and Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella after his death in December, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has shared an anecdote demonstrating the "mischievous joy" Zampella brought to games – in this case, to the misfortune of Borderlands movie director Eli Roth."Can't stop thinking about Vince," Pitchford said on Twitter Monday. Reminded by his wife Kristy, Pitchford recalled the story of Roth's tour of the Bo
  
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• While playing Arc Raiders, Embark leads clarify they only added true "aggression-based" matchmaking fairly recently, and right on cue someone shows up pleading "Friendly"

  05-01-2026 17:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  You may have noticed some fluctuations in your rounds of Arc Raiders of late, as if players are either more aggressive than usual, or more timid. This isn't by accident, as developer Embark Studios has now confirmed it's using "aggression-based" filters to corral people together.Patrick Söderlund, the CEO of Embark, spoke about the change with GamesBeat while playing some of the extraction shooter himself. "Obviously, first it's skill-based, of course, then you have solos, duos, and trios,"
  
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• One Stranger Things season 5 scene is being given a poignant new meaning by fans: "I think I cried the hardest when this scene was happening"

  05-01-2026 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The final episode of Stranger Things left many emotional moments (you can read all about it in our Stranger Things season 5 finale ending explained), but there is one in particular that struck a chord with some (adult) fans.In the scene, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), Jonathan (Charlie Heaton), Robin (Maya Hawke), and Steve (Joe Keery) are hanging out on the roof of WSQK. Steve tells them about his dream life in Hawkins, buying his own house, and coaching the baseball team. Jonathan is at NYU studying fi
  
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• Surprise: Stranger Things isn't over yet, as a behind the scenes documentary is confirmed to land on Netflix soon

  05-01-2026 16:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you still haven't fully recovered from the emotional ending of Stranger Things, we have great news for you – Netflix has announced a behind-the-scenes documentary following the cast and crew during the making of season 5, and it will be available to stream next week. Ready to cry your eyes out all over again?Officially titled One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5," the documentary "will give an inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final instalmen
  
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• "Absolute idiocy" killed The Witcher game that never was, OG dev says, but he's happy CD Projekt Red landed the series in the end: "I love what they've done"

  05-01-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before CD Projekt Red got its hands on The Witcher license for its beloved series of games, the books were being adapted by fellow Polish developer Metropolis Software. However, the studio's founder – who coined 'The Witcher' name for series author Andrzej Sapkowski – is glad he didn't challenge CD Projekt when it started making its own game.Speaking to GAMINGbible, Metropolis co-founder Adrian Chmielarz explains that "I knew Andrzej Sapkowski from the sort of sci-fi and fantasy fand
  
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• A new It: Welcome to Derry deleted scene has fans wondering if Lily Bainbridge's mother could be an important season 2 character

  05-01-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  While It: Welcome to Derry season 2 hasn't been confirmed yet, fans are wondering if we might not have seen the last of the Bainbridge family.Welcome to Derry is working backwards, with the first series set in the '60s, and the next series due to be set 27 years earlier in 1935. It will cover the Bradley Gang Massacre, a deadly shootout in Derry that was teased in season 1 when the army uncovered the victims' cars.Judging by a new deleted scene shared by Terri Bainbridge actor Alixandra Fuchs, w
  
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• The Duffer Brothers tease a secret Stranger Things project as they confirm the universe will be "very different" from Game of Thrones and Star Wars: "We're just not like that"

  05-01-2026 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things might have wrapped up its five-season run, but the franchise is far from over as new projects are now in the works. While the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow continues its run on stage, the Duffer brothers have been teasing a spin-off featuring a brand-new group of characters, as well as a secret project that they're not ready to talk about just yet."It's just one step at a time," Matt Duffer told EW when asked about the future of Stranger Things, which also includes the u
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 port seemingly spotted in new update, and after PC performance issues you've got to wonder how Nintendo's handheld might handle it

  05-01-2026 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Evidence for a Nintendo Switch 2 edition ofMonster Hunter Wilds has reportedly been found within the files of the game's latest PC update.As seen on the Monster Hunter leaks subreddit, players have seemingly uncovered text strings and UI features that would point to a Nintendo Switch 2 version. Most notably, this includes a Local Communication option which has the description that mentions "up to 4 people with their Nintendo Switch 2 consoles in proximity." There are also DLSS presets labelled w
  
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• Netflix shares emotional goodbye to Stranger Things after the season 5 finale, and now we're crying all over again

  05-01-2026 15:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Stranger Things season 5 coming to a close, marking the end of the entire sci-fi series, Netflix has paid tribute to one of its best TV shows ever, and we're feeling pretty emotional.The streaming giant took to Twitter, posting a gut-wrenching clip of Eleven saying her goodbyes to Mike at the end of season 5, asking him to tell the others thank you "for being so kind to me and teaching me what it means to be a friend" (you can read more on that final moment in our Stranger Things season 5 e
  
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• Ben Affleck and Matt Damon can't tell friend from foe in the trailer for Netflix's upcoming thriller The Rip

  05-01-2026 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunite in Netflix's upcoming thriller The Rip, and the streamer has just unveiled its first full trailer. With a star-studded cast and a story inspired by true events, the footage teases intense action and unexpected betrayals as a life-changing amount of money quickly turns friends into foes.In the trailer, which you can watch above, we get a glimpse at Damon and Affleck's police officers, whose lives turn upside down when they find a $20 million haul during an opera
  
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• My Hero Academia Vigilantes season 2 release schedule: when is episode 1 on Crunchyroll?

  05-01-2026 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is back with new episodes, and we couldn't be more excited considering we are still recovering from the emotional ending of My Hero Academia last month. Set five years before the flagship show, the spin-off releases its season 2 this week, and here's everything you need to know.With its first season released last year, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes rejuvenated the series by making it weirder. Adapted from the manga written by Hideyuki Furuhashi and illustrated by Bett
  
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• League of Legends was completely down yesterday unless you reset your system clock, because Riot forgot to update a security certificate

  05-01-2026 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many League of Legends players around the world found themselves unshackled from Riot's hit MOBA recently when it became apparent they couldn't log in. Alas, the reprieve was temporary, and it turns out the reason for the outage stemmed from a classic accounting issue.On Sunday, January 4, fans of the longstanding multiplayer game were left without access for a period of time. Servers around the world appeared to be down, prompting all sorts of speculation about what could be going on at Riot Ga
  
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• Stranger Things fans are trying to work out which season 5 death was the "most violent of any season," previously teased by the Duffer brothers

  05-01-2026 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that Stranger Things season 5 is done and dusted, fans are going back to some of the series creators' pre-season interviews, trying to work out which finale death the Duffer brothers were teasing as the most brutal of the whole series.Warning, the following article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 5 episode 8, so make sure you are all caught up before reading on, and check out our Stranger Things season 5 finale review first.Before the final season of Stranger Things aired on Net
  
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• Schedule 1 and REPO beat out the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, and Silksong to be the highest rated Steam games of 2025

  05-01-2026 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you paid attention to 2025, the game of the year race was possibly at its most predictable, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 being a shoo-in to sweep all the major awards (even Baldur's Gate 3 had Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Alan Wake 2 to contend with). Shockingly, there is one game of the year award that Expedition 33 didn't take home in 2025, that being the highest rated game on Steam.Looking at Steam250 which tracks the top-reviewed Steam games of a given year, Expedition 33 came in a
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 wins Steam's Labor of Love award following 2 years of updates and community support: "Pretty f***ing good way to start 2026"

  05-01-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  More than two years after its initial release, Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 has won Steam's 2025 Labor of Love award. The Dungeon and Dragons-style turn-based RPG is one of the most highly rated games of all time, and has sold more than 20 million copies as of last year.Baldur's Gate 3 cleaned up at The Games Awards in 2023, but that wasn't the only year that it picked up a prestigious trophy at the show. In the years since, it has picked up Best Community Support at both The Game Awards 2024
  
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