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• Turtle Beach drops a sequel to one of the first Xbox controllers with a screen

  22-10-2026 17:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  Turtle Beach is launching a Stealth Ultra 2 controller for Xbox and PC, and it looks like it's making some sweeping improvements over the original model, which launched back in early 2024. The first Stealth Ultra was one of the first officially licensed third-party Xbox controllers to integrate a screen and menu system, as well as offer wireless play on the Xbox console. That said, I've always felt bad for the Stealth Ultra. It was a really solid product, but it faded into obscurity very quickly
  
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• Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs ignored "lots" of recommendations from the series' former boss

  03-11-2026 00:56 via GamesRadar+
  
  Dragon Age: The Veilguard is one of the more polarizing releases in the beloved RPG series' history despite largely positive reviews, with the writing and story in particular being the most contentious talking point among fans. If former series boss Mark Darrah could point to a reason, and if he carried himself with literally zero humility, he'd probably say it's because he left developer BioWare in 2021 and only served as a freelance consultant on Dragon Age: The Veilguard in the final stretch
  
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• After 29 years, a lost Easter egg in Bethesda's forgotten Elder Scrolls spin-off has been uncovered

  02-11-2026 23:57 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Elder Scrolls only started to find mainstream success between the releases of Morrowind and Oblivion, but Bethesda was keen on expanding the series into a franchise well before that point. The 1997 release of An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire is rarely discussed these days, but it's been hiding a secret for over 29 years. Today, The Strong National Museum of Play has lifted the veil on a mysterious Easter egg that's been lost for decades.If you're not familiar with Battlespire, it's essen
  
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• Karate Kid: Legends star in talks to play Iceman in MCU X-Men movie

  02-11-2026 23:01 via GamesRadar+
  
  Ben Wang is reportedly entering talks to play Bobby Drake, aka Iceman, in the MCU's upcoming X-Men movie.Per Deadline, nothing is set in stone yet, but actors Gabriel LaBelle (The Fablemans), Jackson Kelly (The Body), and Rhenzy Feliz (The Penguin) also auditioned for the role. Iceman made his comic book appearance in The X-Men #1, circa 1963, as one of the founding members of the supergroup. His mutant abilities include thermokinesis, hydrokinesis, and cryokinesis. In the live-action Fox movies
  
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• Former Xbox COO doesn't want her "departure reduced to an inaccurate story about incompetence"

  02-11-2026 22:40 via GamesRadar+
  
  Helen Chiang, the Microsoft veteran and former Xbox COO who left the company in October, is pushing back on reports claiming she was fired for violating company policy.In an impassioned rebuttal posted on LinkedIn, Chiang directly refutes a recent report from Eurogamer that claimed she had been fired from Microsoft for policy violations. "That’s not accurate and while I won’t turn this into a play-by-play, silence should not be mistaken for agreement," says Chiang."What has been said about m
  
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• Super Mario Bros speedrunner accidentally sets world record after promising to stream as Mario

  02-11-2026 22:32 via GamesRadar+
  
  Super Mario Bros. players have spent years trying to build the perfect speedrun. The race to be the first to achieve the perfect run has escalated dramatically over the past year, and the now-legendary Niftski has just set a new record that's just two frames away from the entire community's ultimate goal. The catch? He didn't actually want to do it – at least not when he did."My supporters donated $1,000 for me to do a Mario impression" for an entire Halloween stream, as Niftski explains in th
  
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• How to Rob a Bank star Nicholas Hoult says his vigilante and Lex Luthor have a lot in common

  02-11-2026 21:54 via GamesRadar+
  
  Nicholas Hoult says his How to Rob a Bank vigilante character and DC villain Lex Luthor have a lot more in common than you'd think."For both of them, I think there's this element of, like, the end goal," Hoult tells GamesRadar+, when asked how Ryan and Lex Luthor compare. "They got so fixated on it. And that was what was really interesting about playing Luthor in Man of Tomorrow – I don't want to give too much away about the movie – but how James Gunn has written the character. There's a lot
  
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• GTA 6 lead says Rockstar president Sam Houser is involved in every aspect of creative development

  02-11-2026 20:25 via GamesRadar+
  
  Rockstar's notoriously private co-founder and president, Sam Houser, hasn't said a whole lot in public about his involvement in the studio's forthcoming behemoth, GTA 6, leading to a fair degree of rumor and speculation that he's taken a backseat in the actual day-to-day creative decision-making. That is not true in the slightest, according to Rockstar North co-studio head and head of development, Rob Nelson.Talking to Edge for its big GTA 6 cover story, Nelson put the idea of Houser being littl
  
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• Ocarina of Time began remake so young devs would understand "how significant" the N64 classic was

  02-11-2026 19:16 via GamesRadar+
  
  It's impossible to overstate just how influential The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been since it launched on the Nintendo 64 back in 1998. It defined what 3D action-adventure games would look and play like for decades – not just in the Zelda series, but across all video games. As it turns out, this was part of the reason series producer Eiji Aonuma wanted to create the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake: he wanted to be sure the younger developers on the Zelda team understood just how imp
  
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• Slay the Spire 2 devs declare the "perfect card," and of course it's one I thought was bad

  02-11-2026 19:11 via GamesRadar+
  
  It may not be the best card in Slay the Spire 2, but developer Mega Crit has declared that Ironald's starter card Bash is at least the "perfect card."This wisdom comes from studio co-founder Casey Yano, who responded to several questions in the latest Spire newsletter-bundled Q&A session. A player named Jeremy praised Mega Crit's willingness to take big swings with class identity and balance in Slay the Spire 2, and asked if the team thinks "dang we really nailed that the first time around"
  
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• Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can never be beat, ex-Epic dev says

  02-11-2026 18:47 via GamesRadar+
  
  A former Epic Games developer is calling out Steam users, saying that they wouldn't move on from Valve's store even if a better alternative emerged.Kiaran Ritchie, former principal animation engineer at Epic Games kicked off discussions surrounding Steam's 30% sales cut last week (with the assertion that "you could vibe code a Steam alternative in a week"). Which in-turn led noted Steam hater Epic CEO Tim Sweeney to assert that "Valve has held gaming back for years" – because the person whose
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday star Hayley Atwell shot several "different storylines," but some "dropped away"

  02-11-2026 18:45 via GamesRadar+
  
  Hayley Atwell says Marvel explored a few different storylines for Avengers: Doomsday, and only a few made the cut."We tried different things, we shot different things, there were different storylines, some picked up, some developed, some dropped away," Atwell told The Playlist, careful to not reveal specifics.Despite being absent from the initial cast reveal (which, if you recall, involved a livestream and several chairs), she made a surprise appearance during Marvel's big Hall H panel at SDCC 2
  
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• Palworld lead says what makes an indie game has become "so blurred" but "creative control is king"

  02-11-2026 18:29 via GamesRadar+
  
  There are some blurred lines in the industry around what counts as indie or AAA nowadays. Is it about funding? Or scale? It's a discussion that frequently ripples up, and now someone involved in Palworld has weighed in.John 'Bucky' Buckley, the head of publishing and communications at Palworld studio Pocketpair, gives his two cents on Twitter, going into how the economics have become "so blurred." He points out, for instance, that Palworld is fully self-funded. Pocketpair has no outside financia
  
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• Final Fantasy Resonance lead had to fight Square Enix execs for more than a basic port for the JRPG

  02-11-2026 18:27 via GamesRadar+
  
  Final Fantasy Resonance has been an undeniable hit for Square Enix, but it turns out that its producer's pitch initially faced some pushback from executives at the company who would have preferred the game to be a basic port.Resonance is sort of like what Octopath Traveler 0 is to Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, except for Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Both titles have taken mobile games that came before them and adapted parts of their stories – in Octopath's case, also adding mor
  
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• Publisher shakes fist at Valve for delaying their game as it reaches just 15 players on Steam

  02-11-2026 18:23 via GamesRadar+
  
  Wheel Make It publisher 2 Left Thumbs aired frustrations with Valve after its new co-op game hit just 15 peak concurrent players amid a launch delayed by apparent complications with Steam's approval pipeline. "We were assured by Steam that missing our launch - as a result of the tidal wave of AI-slop that destroyed their review queue - would not affect the usual mechanisms of launch visibility," the publisher wrote on Sunday. "I beg to differ... 11,000+ wishlists and this is what our launch turn
  
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• This KPop Demon Hunters Derpy Tiger plush already feels like a shoe-in Christmas gift

  02-11-2026 18:20 via GamesRadar+
  
  Sometimes you see a toy and go, "uh oh, that's gonna be popular," and I'm getting that feeling with a new KPop Demon Hunters plush.This animatronic toy has 'easy Christmas gift' written all over it; besides being thoroughly adorable, KPop Demon Hunters Delivery Derpy Tiger is crammed with cool features (like sound and motion effects) at a pretty reasonable $44.99. It comes out at some point in November as well, so it's in prime position for that Holiday season rush. I've not seen it on shelves y
  
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• Valve's canceled Portal follow-up F-Stop is now fully playable thanks to that 12TB Steam leak and some dedicated fans

  02-11-2026 17:43 via GamesRadar+
  
  F-Stop – the canceled Valve project that was the original Portal follow-up – has leaked online and is fully playable after being found in the massive Steam leak earlier this year. Back in August 12TB of Steam data from 2003 and 2013 dropped online which featured a ton of builds of Valve titles like Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, and Counter Strike: Global Offensive. This data was apparently "hidden in plain sight, but with no protection whatsoever," and was easily accessible without hacking the whol
  
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• CD Projekt Red is building the Avengers of RPGs, adds 3 former Kingdom Come: Deliverance leads

  02-11-2026 17:36 via GamesRadar+
  
  There was already considerable RPG pedigree at CD Projekt Red, but now it's gotten even stronger. Three lead devs from the company behind the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games were recently hired, making the available roster for Cyberpunk 2 and The Witcher 4 truly spectacular.The first of the triumvirate of devs from Warhorse Studios actually made the jump over to Geralt of Rivia's domain back in November 2025, per LinkedIn. Karel Kolmann, a lead gameplay designer who worked on both Kingdom Come i
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake had a Breath of the Wild QoL feature, but it was cut for ruining vibes

  02-11-2026 16:25 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's long-awaited Switch 2 remake might be bringing Nintendo's 1998 classic back to life with almost 28 years' worth of improvements, but the devs decided to reject one modern quality-of-life feature to avoid Link's classic adventure from losing some of its old magic.Speaking in a new Nintendo Ask the Developer interview, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma explains that during the development of the new remake, he suggested implementing a Legend of Zelda: Breath
  
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• Dark Souls 2 and 3 servers offline because of "security vulnerabilities," and there's no return date

  02-11-2026 16:20 via GamesRadar+
  
  If you were hoping to do some invading and such in Dark Souls 2 or 3 over the weekend, you would've seen that those features are currently disabled. Servers have been shut down for both games, but fear not; it's a temporary measure to fix some issues on FromSoftware's end, though a return date hasn't been set.Online features for both installments of the Dark Souls series suddenly went down on Friday, October 30, after a brief warning per FromSoftware. At the time, the only explanation was that a
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 Evercold won't suffer from Dawntrail's pacing issues, Yoshi-P says, MMO commits to respecting your time

  02-11-2026 16:01 via GamesRadar+
  
  Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida knows one of Dawntrail's biggest issues at launch was the story's pacing, so the team is putting in the work to ensure that Evercold doesn't suffer the same fate.Speaking to the media at Final Fantasy 14's Japanese leg of Fan Fest, Yoshida takes a question about what the team behind the MMO has learned from Dawntrail and how important it has been for Evercold's development."This time we are putting in serious consideration on the sen
  
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• Rings of Power star says Gandalf's story "suddenly becomes pretty epic" in season 3

  02-11-2026 16:00 via GamesRadar+
  
  After two seasons of subterfuge, The Rings of Power season 2 finale finally revealed what many had suspected from the beginning: that the mysterious Stranger was in fact Gandalf all along. And now that the Istar's out of the bag, star Daniel Weyman says Gandalf the Grey's story "suddenly becomes pretty epic" in The Rings of Power season 3."It’s really interesting how this character has progressed," Weyman told SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Blade Runner 2099 on the cover. "Seaso
  
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• Taika Waititi slams "irrelevant" critics after Klara and the Sun debuts to 24% Rotten Tomatoes score

  02-11-2026 15:39 via GamesRadar+
  
  Director Taika Waititi has blasted "out of touch" critics after his new movie Klara and the Sun debuted to 24% Rotten Tomatoes score."I haven't read a review of anything aimed at me or my peers in almost 15 years," Waititi began on Instagram. "But I do listen to the people."Waititi then took aim at critics who panned the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel: "So this Halloween, let's spare a thought for those sad lost souls who couldn't achieve their dreams of becoming artists, and thus settled,
  
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• Google's new Zelda: Ocarina of Time Easter egg takes us back to 1998 in time for Nintendo's remake

  02-11-2026 15:21 via GamesRadar+
  
  Google is gearing up for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake as much as any of us, it seems, with a nostalgic little Easter egg.For years now, Google has included some fun Easter eggs via its search engine. You can type "Minecraft" into your browser to play a bit of the iconic Mojang game. Or, input "do a barrel roll" and watch your screen flip around.
  The latest Easter egg from Google offers no exception, acting as a silly (but very welcome) ode to Nintendo's beloved Zelda franchise –
  
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• The best gaming tech we've reviewed in October 2026

  02-11-2026 14:10 via GamesRadar+
  
  1234Shop the collectionShop the collection1AmazonEvercade Nexus and Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack$199.992ValveSteam Frame$10593CorsairCorsair Skiff 100 Plus$59.99$69.994AmazonSteelseries Aeon Pro$259.99The Fall months are now rolling in, but thankfully we've got more than a few ideas for how you could spend your time hunkering down. This month we've had headsets, controllers, handhelds, keyboards, and mini PCs on the test bench, but only the cream of the crop deserve their stars. From the Evercade N
  
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• GTA 5 lead Ned Luke never got the whole script as Rockstar only sends it "in pieces"

  02-11-2026 14:05 via GamesRadar+
  
  GTA 5 lead Ned Luke has revealed that his version of the GTA 5 script for playing Michael De Santa was 3,500 pages alone. In an episode of Luke's podcast, The Final Mission, with GTA 5 co-stars Rob Bogue (Steve) and Julian Gamble (Davey), the trio of actors discussed some of the secrecy surrounding the game. Bogue and Gamble recall shooting their scenes in the game out of order, with long breaks between filming. Bogue recalls having "no real sense [of] where we are in the story" during the proce
  
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• As GTA 6 looms, Fortnite offers almost unlimited free skins for 14 days to extremely lucky players

  02-11-2026 14:01 via GamesRadar+
  
  As we enter GTA 6 territory, Fortnite's apparent answer to keeping players engaged is simple – break out the free stuff, stat. However, the shock is just how generous its latest offer is – but earning it is probably going to have a lot of players grinding for an entire month. Fortnite's latest season, Treasure Hunters, kicked off yesterday, November 1, and as a shorter, month-long mini-season, it was always going to have its work out for it to compete for the spotlight when GTA 6 launches on
  
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• Clayface gets a coveted long Hideo Kojima review: "I enjoyed the film"

  02-11-2026 13:53 via GamesRadar+
  
  Hideo Kojima has reviewed Clayface, and it's good news for the DCU horror movie – Kojima liked the film. "Watched Clayface. I wasn't familiar with the character from DC, but I enjoyed the film. I've always loved the science fiction films of the 1950s and '60s, particularly those about lonely men who gradually transform into something monstrous through scientific experiments, accidents, clinical trials, and the like. Richard Matheson's novel The Shrinking Man (1956), and films such as The Fly (
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday is about to outgross Supergirl at the box office, despite still being over a month away

  02-11-2026 13:47 via GamesRadar+
  
  Avengers: Doomsday has rocketed to impressive pre-sales, and the upcoming Marvel movie is about to cross one significant milestone by making more money than the entire box office run of DCU mega-flop Supergirl.Per Forbes, Avengers: Doomsday has already made over $125 million in pre-sales alone since tickets went on sale way back on August 14. This, incredibly, puts it on the cusp of surpassing the entire global box office run of this summer's Supergirl, which topped out at $126,466,532. Given it
  
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• Woot drops Nintendo Switch 2 price just days before Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake

  02-11-2026 13:31 via GamesRadar+
  
  The Nintendo Switch 2 is the talk of the town this week, not just because stock hunters are ready and waiting for its first special edition release but also while we count down the final days until its biggest release of the year so far. Ocarina of Time remake is going to send everyone back to the '90s on November 5, but if you're not holding out for more Legend of Zelda Nintendo Switch 2 stock, Woot's getting upgraders there for $30 less this week. The Nintendo Switch 2 has dropped from $499 to
  
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