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• Top 5 Gifts For Your Four-Legged Friends

  23-11-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  Giving your beloved pets clean water prevents harmful contaminants from making them sick — and will also increase their lifespan.Amazon has knocked 38 percent off of the price of the PetSafe Drinkwell Original Cat and Dog Water Fountain for a savings of $24.04 below their regularly listed price of $49.99.
  
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• 13 years after raising $1 million on Kickstarter, dev of infamous JRPG breaks silence to say work will continue through 2031

  08-07-2026 00:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember Project Phoenix? No? I can't blame you. The project, a real-time strategy game with "strong" JRPG influences, was announced way back in 2013 on Kickstarter, where it very quickly racked up $1 million in crowdfunds. These days, the campaign page looks like a graveyard, with PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 proudly listed as supported platforms and a "mid 2015" estimated release window.In those early days, Project Phoenix held a lot of promise. The art was beautiful and painterly, like
  
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• New anime based on beloved game Witch on the Holy Night gets new trailer and release date, and it's one of my most anticipated anime of the year

  07-07-2026 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for Witch on the Holy Night, based on the visual novel of the same name has arrived... and it's delightfully dark.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Aoko (voiced by Haruka Tomatsu) uses her powers to cast an explosive beam of light that takes me all the way back to the starry magic of Sailor Moon. The movie is set to premiere in Japan on November 20, but is rumored to make its streaming debut on Crunchyroll at a later date.Per Crunchyroll, the official synopsis is as fol
  
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• Destiny 2 isn't fully dead yet: community manager says the devs who weren't laid off are still working on "maintenance/upkeep" and "a small fix could sneak in here or there"

  07-07-2026 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  No new content is coming to Destiny 2 following its final major update and heavy layoffs at developer Bungie, but the game is keeping the lights on with irregular hotfixes. The studio has admitted it can't guarantee fixes to all reported problems going forward, but one member of the team says some solutions may be workable. Bungie released the patch notes for a small Destiny 2 update earlier today. It's actually not all that miserably tiny; we've seen smaller updates during livelier periods of t
  
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• Steam is more than 50% larger than PlayStation according to expert's estimate, which puts Valve's store around 200 million monthly active users

  07-07-2026 22:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve hasn't released a few official Steam figures in several years, but reasonable math from a reputable source reckons the biggest store in PC gaming is hovering around 200 million monthly active users, which would make it more than 50% larger than the entire PlayStation platform.This soft figure comes from Simon Carless' GameDiscoverCo newsletter. Carless used some pretty basic math and alternate data sources to estimate Steam's growth over the past few years, and we can check it ourselves wi
  
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• Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is officially arriving 3 months early after the animated movie was leaked online in full

  07-07-2026 21:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is now set for a summer streaming premiere following the film's leak back in April.The new animated movie, which serves as a sequel to the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, is now set to stream on Paramount Plus beginning on July 25, rather than premiere in theaters on October 9. There will be a panel in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con on July 23, followed by an exclusive fan screening on July 24.In April, a Twitter user named StillDissin claimed they w
  
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• With the sword of Microsoft hanging over it, Blizzard quietly drops Overwatch in Korea into the hands of Nexon

  07-07-2026 20:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the midst of a total upheaval at Xbox, Blizzard is handing over publishing duties for Overwatch in Korea to live-service juggernaut Nexon.In a joint press release, Blizzard and Nexon announced a new Overwatch service for PC players in Korea, with registration and account linking available now ahead of the official August 12 migration, lining up with the start of Overwatch season 4."Registration is now open and excitement is growing for the August 12 start of Nexon's service of Overwatch on PC
  
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• Id Software veteran of over 20 years absolutely rips and tears into Microsoft after devastating layoffs: "XBOX decided half the team was no longer needed"

  07-07-2026 19:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Few people are madder at Microsoft for its mishandling of id Software than Michael Maynard, a game developer of over 40 years, and id veteran of 21 years, who was caught up in heavy layoffs which hit the studio as part of widespread Xbox cost-cutting. Maynard's story demonstrates the institutional knowledge that's being sacrificed in the name of spreadsheets, with multiple studios gutted to the point that they're unrecognizable if not outright closed, and his criticism echoes the pain and fury h
  
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• John Romero has a private collection of "critically important" id Software history "including materials and assets that, as far as I know, id itself no longer has"

  07-07-2026 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Id Software suffered major layoffs under Microsoft's Xbox "reset" plan, which will see 3,200 people cut and multiple studios divested. This sparked commiserations from id co-founder and Doom mastermind John Romero, who also shared that he's personally helped with the studio archival work which he hopes will continue internally. "A note on digital preservation: id's history is critically important to the history of games," Romero writes on Bluesky. "I've preserved id's complete early history from
  
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• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 "literally changed everything" for Saber Interactive, Tim Willits says the studio's had to "turn down" more offers than it can possibly accept

  07-07-2026 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you haven't played Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, I highly recommend it, especially if you're going through something stressful. It's a great game for venting your frustrations. Apparently, putting it out was a turning point for developer Saber Interactive, as the studio is now enjoying a prosperous era of development.That's no exaggeration either, since CCO Tim Willits says Space Marine 2 "literally changed everything" for Saber. "It not only changed the way that the team looks at making
  
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• After nearly 15 years, Minecraft finally lets us camp anywhere in its ever-generating worlds without resetting our spawn

  07-07-2026 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Minecraft's newest update finally brings more ways to rest your blocky behind, as Cushions and Straw Beds headline the new preview. On the Minecraft website Mojang details what Minecraft: Bedrock Edition players can expect from update preview 26.40.30, which launches today. While it's not going to introduce any game-changing biomes or new mobs to the game, it does introduce a massive new feature in the form of Straw Beds. Straw Beds are a new type of bed which allow you to sleep through the nigh
  
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• Metal Gear Solid Snake actor David Hayter tells Sony "no disc, no buy" amid controversial decision to axe physical discs for new PlayStation games in 2028

  07-07-2026 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Hayter, the striking voice behind the Metal Gear series' various Snake roles, isn't a fan of Sony's decision to end physical disc production for new games on PlayStation consoles in 2028 – and he's certainly not afraid to show it.The end of physical media as we know it is dominating online discussions following Sony's announcement, which cited how "general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs" – a statement that plenty of folks definitely cannot ge
  
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• Sony killing physical PlayStation games has folks so angry that its announcement has even more views than Rockstar's GTA 6 trailer posts on Twitter

  07-07-2026 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony is taking a metaphorical sledgehammer to physical media in early 2028 when it ends production of discs for all new PlayStation games, in a decision that's gone down just as well as you'd expect. The news has been so unpopular, in fact, that folks have now viewed the announcement tweet more than Rockstar's two Twitter posts sharing GTA 6's mythical trailers.Yup, things are serious out here. Sony had a double barrel of bad news last week – in the very same tweet sharing the impending do
  
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• If you're a sicko, you can now run Windows on the Steam Machine

  07-07-2026 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve just dropped Windows 11 Steam Machine drivers, and while I firmly believe stripping the cube of SteamOS is blasphemous, you can now do so with full hardware support. Dual-booting isn't a thing yet, so you will need to wipe your drive to turn the box into something closer to Xbox Project Helix.Over at Valve's Windows Resources page, you'll now find Steam Machine drivers alongside existing Steam Deck OLED and LCD device controllers. Effectively, you've got downloads for graphics, Wi-Fi, Blue
  
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• In 2009, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said it'll take "20 years or so" for game purchases to become mostly digital

  07-07-2026 17:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Sony announces it is abandoning physical games, Nintendo fans recall comments from former President and CEO Satoru Iwata about this very thing. In 2009, during an investor meeting (via Kotaku, now resurfaced on Reddit), Iwata – who was president of Nintendo from 2002 until his passing in 2015 – said, "Most radical people even dare to say that retailers will be replaced by digital distribution in no time," adding, "But personally, I think it will still require a significant amount
  
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• The next Super Pocket is hoarding classic capers that are missing from the Atari version

  07-07-2026 16:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blaze just announced an Activision edition of the Super Pocket, and it's for all of you who wondered why classics like Pitfall aren't on the Atari version. You could say that there are just so many gems by the publisher that they deserved their own handheld, and while that's partly true, the publisher is also hoarding a bunch of my favorite 2600 games. Coming in at the usual $69.99 / $59.99 via HyperMegaTech, the Super Pocket Activision Edition is dressed like a homage to Pitfall. It's wearing a
  
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• "There's really no one left": Former Elder Scrolls Online dev says the MMO "basically funded other failing projects" as Microsoft guts the studio

  07-07-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  The team behind Elder Scrolls Online is one of many that's been impacted by ruthless cuts being made by Xbox at the moment. Purportedly up to half of the devs behind Bethesda's MMO have lost their jobs, and a former designer on the fantasy sandbox has been quick to point out the game's unsung glories.In the wake of the redundancies, Andrew Young, a senior content designer on Elder Scrolls Online who worked on the online RPG from 2012 through to 2024, vented his frustrations on Twitter. "I'm just
  
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• State of Decay 3 could reportedly skip Xbox Game Pass after Microsoft dumped its studio

  07-07-2026 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Along with the announced cut of 3,200 employees at Xbox, a number of studios like State of Decay 3 creator Undead Labs have either split from the company or gone independent – which also means, in the case of the zombie survival threequel at least, Game Pass might be off the table.Just yesterday, Asha Sharma revealed the Microsoft layoffs, noting that Xbox sees three to 10 times lower margins than "comparable platform and publishing businesses." This "significant restructure" of the compan
  
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• It sure feels like PlayStation underestimated the backlash to ending physical games: its first post in a week has been besieged by disc defenders

  07-07-2026 16:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  On July 1, Sony announced the impending end of both physical PlayStation games and, in a demonstration of just one risk of a digital-only future, the shutdown of the PS3 and PS Vita storefronts. In its first social media post since this one-two bombshell, PlayStation discusses its fight stick controller.The 10,000 Twitter replies this post has received in 30 minutes are not about the fight stick controller. Increasingly, it appears that, just as PlayStation was previously bullied out of closing
  
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• Hitman and 007 First Light dev IO Interactive regains "full ownership" of its mysterious online RPG project after Xbox reportedly pulled funding

  07-07-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive has confirmed that it has "regained full ownership" of its upcoming online RPG, Project Fantasy, with plans to continue development "and fund it independently amongst our other projects" after Xbox reportedly pulled funding from it. Last week, IO Interactive announced that "a relationship with an external partner on our own IP, Project Fantasy, has come to an end," and although the company said it'd "remain 100% committed" to the IP, there woul
  
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• Spyro: Reignited Trilogy devs used an open-source emulator to look at the original platformer and measure "all the metrics" of gem placements, enemy paths, and more for their remake

  07-07-2026 15:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been nearly seven years now since Activision and Toys for Bob released Spyro: Reignited Trilogy – and there's a reason the well-received three-in-one remake feels so faithful to its old counterparts from the late 90s and early 2000s.In case you've never played the remade trilogy, it's pretty solid – in fact, it plays exactly as I remember the original few games playing, striking the perfect balance between nostalgia and quality of life (I'm looking at you, OG PlayStation control
  
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• The best Replay clips for June

  07-07-2026 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  GamesRadar+ Replay is the gaming show you make by sending in your gaming clips. Incredible feats, fantastic displays of skill, or just failing in the funniest way possible - send them to us and every month we share the best on site and our social media. Below we've got the best clips from June. There's everything there from astounding long range knife kills in Battlefield 6 to dancing cars in Forza, the true horror or Paralives, smol Batman and more. Plus there's a festival of Bond after 007 Fir
  
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• Doom developer id Software "is essentially dead," Duke Nukem 3D co-creator says after layoffs reportedly cut almost half of the studio

  07-07-2026 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apogee co-founder George Broussard has commented on the latest wave of Xbox layoffs, saying Microsoft not shutting the studios is simply "decent PR" for them while the studios now face new struggles.As part of what it calls "the most significant restructure in Xbox history," Microsoft, is laying off 3,200 staff from Xbox over the next year, with five studios being sold or spun off as independent developers – including Bethesda studio Arkane, which is still in consultation over its future.
  
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• Doom creator John Romero praises the devs who carried on id Software's legacy as Microsoft reportedly lays off half of the studio: "The last few games showed real care, skill, and respect"

  07-07-2026 15:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  id Software co-founder John Romero has commented on the layoffs, which have reportedly cut the Doom and Quake developer in half.Xbox is laying off 3,200 staff over the next year as part of what it calls "the most significant restructure in Xbox history," with this marking the fifth wave of layoffs since acquiring Activision Blizzard for $75.4 billion. Hit especially hard from this is ZeniMax Studios – which Microsoft acquired in 2021 – with Arkane set to be spun off or sold (alongsid
  
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• The Frieren Edition MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card has landed, but it costs more than my entire anime collection

  07-07-2026 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this year, MSI announced a lineup of PC accessories based around the hit anime series Frieren Beyond Journey's End, and now the graphics card is finally up for grabs. The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Frieren Edition card is a beastly GPU that comes packaged in a mimic-style box, which hopefully Frieren herself won't get stuck in. When she spots the $1,149.99 (Newegg) price tag, she might want to hide away, especially when you factor in that the launch model was $749 / £729.The over 1K p
  
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• New Lego Pokemon sets include a Polly Pocket-style diorama that's like my childhood come to life

  07-07-2026 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A bunch of new Lego Pokemon sets have been officially revealed, and while some were leaked ahead of time, it turns out the toy company was holding out on us – the best was yet to come. Alongside (now-confirmed) Rayquaza, Arcanine, and Munchlax display figures, Lego is also releasing what is essentially a Polly Pocket for fans of the original video games; the Iconic Trainer Moments Poke Ball opens up to reveal Professor Oak's lab and a nostalgia-fuelled battle between Red and a random train
  
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• Sega is seemingly letting AI turn its Dreamcast keychains into slop, but the final product could be safe

  07-07-2026 14:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Turns out even the Sega Dreamcast isn't safe from the horrors of AI, as the tech appears to be messing with promotional keychains. While engaging in the usual social media doom-scrolling, my thumb came to a halt upon seeing a bastardized version of the retro console, its controller, and VMU, all of which featured garbled text and weird button glyphs.Currently live at the Sega Shop, the offending Anime Expo Dreamcast keychains in question are actually really cute. They pay homage to the publisher
  
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• The Odyssey star says sci-fi mindbender Tenet is one of Christopher Nolan's "underrated" movies

  07-07-2026 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the stars of Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic The Odyssey thinks the director's mindbender sci-fi Tenet is underrated. Himesh Patel plays Eurylochus in The Odyssey, but he also played Mahir in Tenet. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Patel shared his assessment of the time-twister. "Dare I say, I think Tenet is one of his underrated movies," Patel shared. "What I get with Chris is, he doesn't stop with the ambition. He just wants to keep pushing it and keep pushing it, and what
  
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• Blizzard devs in the dark for now as president of the World of Warcraft and Diablo studio says they "can expect to hear more" soon about Microsoft's plan for the studio as Xbox faces 3,200 job cuts

  07-07-2026 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amid serious layoffs going on at Xbox, there have been concerns over what'll happen at Blizzard, since it was acquired by Microsoft in a landmark deal in 2023. So far, it seems the studio behind World of Warcraft and Overwatch is safe from heavy redundancies, though an internal memo suggests there'll be more updates for the company further down the line.Windows Central managed to get hold of an email from the desk of Johanna Faries, the president of Blizzard, who addressed concerns to staff. "Wh
  
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• Bethesda boss says the company must focus on its "strongest franchises" as Xbox layoffs reportedly hit The Elder Scrolls and Fallout makers hard

  07-07-2026 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Bethesda is reportedly hit hard with layoffs from Microsoft, president Jill Braff has apparently told staff of the plan to focus on the company's strongest franchises going forward.This week, Xbox announced its fifth wave of layoffs since purchasing Activision Blizzard, with this ongoing wave set to see 3,200 staff laid off over the next year. From the sounds of things, Bethesda is going to be one of the most affected targets of these layoffs, with former Bethesda project lead Jeff Gardiner r
  
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