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• Valve to open source networking tool for devs, Steam not required

  27-03-2018 22:03
  Valve has announced plans to open source 'GameNetworkingSockets' for developers without requiring Steam. ...
  
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• Dead by Daylight movie officially greenlit at Blumhouse, but still no word on which horror icons could appear

  15-06-2026 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Dead by Daylight movie is finally moving forward at Blumhouse, as the studio officially greenlights the film, bringing on board a horror director to lead the project. Alongside James Wan's production company Atomic Monster and video game developer Behaviour Interactive, Blumhouse has tapped Thordur Palsson to direct the film (H/T Variety). Palsson is best known for his Netflix detective series The Valhalla Murders and 2025 monster movie The Damned. In a statement, Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum sa
  
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• 007 First Light reveals James Bond's gaming chair, and we should have known it would be one of the most expensive ones on the market

  15-06-2026 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Bond has always been known for using the latest tech, driving the coolest cars, and wearing the most stylish tux, but thanks to 007 First Light giving us a bit more freedom to explore his world in depth, we now know what gaming chair he's kicking back in at his desk. To the surprise of absolutely no one, James Bond sits in one of the most stylish, highly-coveted, and pricey chairs that actually exists in our world, the Herman Miller Embody. You can see the chair in the spy's bedroom during
  
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• The Boys creator reveals his original NSFW pitch for the show and the mash-up we never got to see: "Deadpool meets Inglorious Basterds meets The Raid"

  15-06-2026 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys creator Eric Kripke has revealed the foul-mouthed pitch that would go on to convince Amazon to stream the series for five seasons.Taking to Twitter, Kripke went for a trip down memory lane, back to 2015 and the 'mission statement' that would go on to form the crux of his adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic book series."Since then, hundreds of actors, thousands of crew, and millions of viewers embraced this insane idea. I'm grateful beyond words, and proud that all the
  
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• My favorite Steam Deck dock has stiff competition, but it solves the same issues at half the price

  15-06-2026 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  It feels like I've been testing the best Steam Deck docks for aeons, and I figured a contender would usurp the Baseus 6-in-1 by now. Yet, three years on from first getting my hands on the hub, I still haven't found an alternative that offers up all the same handheld PC perks at the same price, even though there are plenty of challengers out there.That's not to say I haven't paired Valve's portable and its gaming handheld rivals with plenty of other hubs. In fact, I'd say the Baseus 6-in-1 Steam
  
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• GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 writer Dan Houser says "the most fun thing about the game isn't any rubbish we write, it's the systems that we make"

  15-06-2026 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Going by previous installments, it's safe to say there will be a plethora of ways to approach GTA 6. You could tackle the main story, or just explore at your own free will, or role-play, or do whatever else takes your fancy. It's all valid, and Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser believes that's the strength of this kind of game.Speaking at the Tribeca Festival in New York City, Houser, who served as a producer and narrative lead at Rockstar for years, explains his perspective on whether you can play
  
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• Film fans list the movies that didn't deserve to flop at the box office, including the new Masters of the Universe adaptation

  15-06-2026 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unfortunately, Masters of the Universe isn't doing so great at the box office, but that doesn't mean that the latest He-Man adaptation isn't a good movie. In fact, the recent flop has spurred fans on to debate which box office bombs were actually decent films. One fan took to Twitter and listed their top 3 best box office flops as Masters of the Universe, Thunderbolts, and Transformers One. Much like Masters of the Universe, Thunderbolts had a very slow start, and in the end, only managed to ear
  
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• Steven Spielberg didn't want aliens in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but "compromised" with George Lucas: "What if they're from another dimension?"

  15-06-2026 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is known for two moments of shark-jumping controversy. First, surviving the nuke in the fridge. A classic, and something that has become shorthand for inexplicable elastic-band realism in blockbuster franchises.The second is something altogether different – and out of the world: the inclusion of aliens (or interdimensional beings, if we're being pedantic). In a series that included the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, and Sean Connery
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will have an endgame "unlike Remake and Rebirth," teases the JRPG's lead, and I sure can't wait to have my teeth kicked in by Ruby and Emerald Weapon again

  15-06-2026 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 7 Revelation game director Naoki Hamaguchi wants to encourage challenge seekers to brave the JRPG's endgame content rather than tackle something like a New Game+ with added difficulty.Following the reveal of part three of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy as part of Summer Game Fest, Hamaguchi has been doing the media rounds to drum up some excitement while trying not to give too much away.As part of that, we've got some idea what Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's endgame might look li
  
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• Your new Analogue Pocket might not work with Everdrive carts, so here's the skinny on the Game Boy ROM ruckus

  15-06-2026 12:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest variants of the Analogue Pocket aren't getting along with Everdrive Game Boy flash carts. At least, that's according to the retro handheld gadget's creator, Krikzz, who suggests a new problem running GBA ROMs on the FPGA portable is a hardware issue, but I'm seeing conflicting explanations for why some players can't run backups using the new handheld batch. At the centre of the Analogue Pocket and Everdrive fiasco is user elfricko. In a post to the Everdrive forum, the player says the
  
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• Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake more like the 1998 original than Breath of the Wild, fans theorize after digging up now-removed details from Nintendo

  15-06-2026 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ever since its big reveal during this month's surprise Nintendo Direct showcase, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has been on fans' minds – so much so, they just can't stop digging up new details.First, it was the Triforce of Courage that took the web by storm – and now, it's an allegedly hidden description on Nintendo's official online page for the upcoming remake.
  In case you missed it (because honestly, I did, too), the description supposedly read as follows: "The N64 c
  
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• Hideo Kojima shares big praise for Apple TV's surprise hit Widow's Bay

  15-06-2026 11:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The king of online film reviews, Hideo Kojima, has spoken, and this time the game developer is showing love to surprise Apple TV smash hit Widow's Bay. Kojima took to Twitter to share his take. "It’s so incredibly good that I couldn’t stop, so I binged through Episode 9 in one go. It’s packed with horror elements, one after another. Fans of Stephen King and horror in general will love it. The pacing is excellent, and the balance between horror and humor is just right," said Koj
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor teases more about whether the "key cast" will return for the HBO sequel series

  15-06-2026 11:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor Samantha Béart has teased more about whether the "key cast" will return for the HBO sequel TV show – with some suitably on-brand NSFW humor."[Show creator] Craig Mazin has personally expressed to me his belief that the key cast of Baldur's Gate 3 should be meaningfully on-screen on the show as someone familiar or someone new," Béart said when asked about the upcoming series by our colleagues at the Future Games Show.But in the video itself, which
  
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• Evil Dead Burn had a scene so violent it was cut to get an R-rating: "The director’s cut will be way more violent than what we will have in the theater"

  15-06-2026 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Evil Dead franchise is known for not holding back when it comes to gore, but it sounds as though the next installment may be the most gruesome yet, as Evil Dead Burn director Sébastien Vaniček says one scene was so violent, he had to cut it out. "There is a scene that is not R-rated," Vaničekin said in the latest issue of SFX magazine (which has House of the Dragon season 3 on the cover). "It’s a really, really hard scene. And I have to cut it, unfortunately, so you ju
  
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• James Gunn didn't want Supergirl to be too similar to Superman: "Make it distinctive"

  15-06-2026 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Supergirl will look very different from Superman – and that's by design, according to director Craig Gillespie. The upcoming DC Studios movie will be the second film in the revamped comic book world under James Gunn and Peter Safran. However, despite being very closely linked to Superman, and even starring the Man of Steel himself, it will have a very different feel to last summer's blockbuster.Speaking to SFX in its new issue, which features House of the Dragon season 3 on the cover, the
  
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• Matt Smith still doesn't know if the House of the Dragon writers will give Daemon a book-faithful Gods Eye: "It's surely got to head there"

  15-06-2026 01:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon season 3 promises to open with the brutal and bloody Battle of the Gullet, but there's one other showdown fans are dying to see. In George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood, Daemon faces off against Aemond above a lake in Westeros named the Gods Eye, and it's safe to say it's epic. Considering House of the Dragon season 4 will bring the show to an end, SFX magazine asked Matt Smith, who plays Daemon, if he's had conversations about his character's ultimate fate (which we won't spo
  
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• Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 will only be 7 episodes, as executive producer reveals one fully written script was cut: "Netflix gives very little real estate when it comes to episodes"

  15-06-2026 01:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Last Airbender – Netflix's live-action adaptation of the beloved animated show – returns for season 2 this month, and in a new interview, one of the show's executive producers has explained why we're only getting seven episodes instead of eight.Speaking in the latest issue of SFX magazine (which features House of the Dragon season 3 on the cover), executive producer Christine Boylan revealed that, like season 1 of Netflix's The Last Airbender, the second season was origin
  
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• Sonic lead says AAA studios can learn from indies in the same way the movie industry should take notes from Backrooms and Obsession

  14-06-2026 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic the Hedgehog producer Takashi Iizuka thinks big-budget game makers could learn a thing or two from indie developers in the same way that major movie studios should be taking notes from this summer's biggest surprise success stories, Backrooms and Obsession. The Blue Blur's trading dizzyingly speedy platforming for co-op puzzles in Sonic Pico Park, an upcoming spin-off game revealed at Summer Game Fest made by the developers behind indie hit Pico Park, naturally. But Sonic Pico Park is part
  
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• Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton thinks Buzz and Woody have seen each other since they parted ways in Toy Story 4: "I hope you don't spend that long waiting till you see your old friend again"

  14-06-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in 2019's Toy Story 4, everyone had their hearts broken when Woody decided to stay behind at the carnival with Bo Peep and the other lost toys, and his best pal Buzz returned to Bonnie's room without him. Seven years later, Buzz and Woody reunite once again in Toy Story 5. But, while it might seem like the duo has been apart all this time, director Andrew Stanton says that's actually not the case. "It's been a little under a decade. People come back and visit, and it's like a nice visit. I
  
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• SteelSeries' South Park collab is live and you can't stop me adding this Towelie mouse pad to my collection

  14-06-2026 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't think anyone's called him "the pinnacle of surface performance, innovation, and style" before, but Towelie is the subject of SteelSeries' latest crossover collab. The South Park collection spans two editions of the QcK Cloth mouse pad, with the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 Wireless receiving its own towelin' as well. He looks a little less... relaxed... than typically seen in more recent seasons - but this is still everyone's favorite "worst character ever." I don't know about you, but ther
  
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• GTA 6 had "all the studios in the world" planning around the Rockstar Games behemoth, A Plague Tale dev says

  14-06-2026 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Every developer in the world is probably planning their new game releases around the impending attention vacuum known as GTA 6, according to a dev working on Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.Speaking to Eurogamer about the upcoming prequel's launch plans, Asobo producer Eric Chort says the studio was very conscious throughout production that its game might land within GTA 6's blast zone. But Asobo likely weren't alone."All the studios in the world were thinking about it. When you know that GTA is
  
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• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Lara Croft actor dislocated her jaw and popped it back into socket while recording: "They hired the right woman for the job"

  14-06-2026 15:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lara Croft's newest voice actor accidentally dislocated her jaw and popped it right back in while trying to record a fight scene for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, just in case you were worried she wasn't tough enough to play the badass icon.Dragon Age: Inquisition star Alix Wilton Regan is now adopting the iconic dual pistols and blue tank top of Lara Croft in two new games. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis looks to remake and overhaul the series' very first entry, while Tomb Raider: Catalyst
  
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• Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead thinks a potential Final Fantasy 6 remake would "be in better hands if it went to another creator in Square Enix"

  14-06-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remaking a game as iconic and beloved as Final Fantasy 7 was quite the undertaking - Square Enix even had to split the mammoth game into three parts to get it done - so it doesn't surprise me to hear Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead Naoki Hamaguchi pass on bringing back another classic game in the franchise. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is quickly approaching its conclusion with the finale coming sometime in Spring 2027, so what comes next for Hamaguchi and his team is apparently front of m
  
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• God of War Laufey's Faye allowed Sony Santa Monica to merge the series' old and new eras: "Can I have chocolate and peanut butter together?"

  13-06-2026 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  In many respects, God of War Laufey is merging the series' old and new games, its Norse and Greek eras, and it's in large part thanks to the game's new protagonist Faye, according to game director and long-time God of War developer Ariel Lawrence.While speaking to GamesRadar+ about the upcoming PS5 game, Lawrence touched on how Faye's new move set allowed Sony Santa Monica to play around with the original trilogy's more mobile and aerial combat, while still holding on to the newer game's more se
  
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• After Final Fantasy 7 Revelation wraps up, the remake's director wants to work on another JRPG: "Whether it be Final Fantasy or a different IP"

  13-06-2026 15:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  After pumping out two incredible games in the subgenre with a third on the way, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation game director Naoki Hamaguchi thinks his next project will more than likely be another JRPG. Whether that ends up being a new Final Fantasy game or a totally different franchise is still up in the air, though.Naoki Hamaguchi has served as the director on the entire Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, which finally comes to a close and concludes a bonkers retelling of the 1997 classic in Final F
  
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• Palworld 1.0 is "bigger in scale than any update" the game's gotten, but Pocketpair still isn't adding Pokemon-style Pal evolutions

  13-06-2026 14:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Survival game behemoth and the second hottest monster-tamer in the world, Palworld 1.0 is finally coming out next month and is set to be the game's biggest update yet, but anyone hoping to see Pals evolve will be left sorely disappointed. Developer Pocketpair is ending the game's early access tenure on July 10, 2026 when its full release hits PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Game Pass at the same time. We don't have a comprehensive list of everything that'll be included with Palworld's 1.0 update,
  
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• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis brings back separate difficulty options from Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which is perfect for yellow paint haters

  13-06-2026 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis might be remaking Lara Croft's very first adventure, but the developers are instead ripping inspiration from 2018's Shadow of the Tomb Raider when it comes to difficulty options.As you might remember (or not, it was eight years ago!), Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a really nifty approach to difficulty, giving players three separate sliders to adjust the difficulty of combat, traversal, and puzzles individually. Players with twitchy trigger fingers could make fight
  
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• Path of Exile 2 director says Temple farming ruined his Christmas and "destroyed" him, and he loves "obliterating" it: "I don't care if it's a mid-season nerf"

  13-06-2026 02:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Path of Exile 2 lead designer and co-game director Mark Roberts holds a nasty grudge for one of the game's most enduring exploits: Vaal Temple farming, which he says ruined his Christmas, left him traumatized, and made him gleeful about nerfing it down.You'll likely remember the Path of Exile 2 community's infamous temple snaking strategy from the most recent league, Fate of the Vaal, but you probably don't recall it as vividly as Roberts, who spent his 2025 holiday season alongside Grinding Gea
  
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• New Xbox CEO reportedly pushing for faster Fallout and Elder Scrolls games as Bethesda crosses 8 years since The Elder Scrolls 6 reveal

  12-06-2026 23:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda Game Studios' The Elder Scrolls 6 just celebrated a dubious anniversary: it's officially been eight years since the game was announced, and we've seen and heard almost nothing since. As development costs and hardware prices surge, it seems nothing but divine intervention can stop huge projects like those from taking even longer to complete in the future. As the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma might be as close as we're gonna get.According to The Information (via Reuters), Sharm
  
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• "Almost overnight it changed my life": RPG dev inspired by classic MMOs says his Steam success fulfilled "this seemingly unattainable dream I had for my entire adult life"

  12-06-2026 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Solo developer Brian "Burgee" of Burgee Media had made games for years, but only casually, and he still wanted to make one specific game. After several attempts in multiple game engines, his idea finally manifested last year as Erenshor, a single-player RPG that's meant to feel like a classical MMO, complete with simulated players and guilds. A year after Erenshor's Steam early access launch, Burgee tells me the game has done more for his life than he ever expected. With 1,941 Steam user reviews
  
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