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• Why Do Nazis Hate Jews?

  17-08-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Other polls indicate a persistent suspicion and distaste for Jews as “pushy, clannish, unethical.”
  
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• You can now play the Valheim leads' side project - a "cozy & dark" co-op dungeon crawler blending Lethal Company and Phasmophobia with a dash of Animal Crossing - thanks to its new Steam demo

  11-02-2026 01:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in November, a team of Valheim leads quietly announced their new studio Grip Jaw and debut project Begraved, a game billed as a mishmash of Lethal Company, Phasmophobia, and Content Warning, and now you can check out what they've been up to yourself.Grip Jaw is a small studio led by Valheim creative director Robin Eyre, and it just released a free demo for Begraved on Steam, giving you the chance to go hands on with what sounds like a pretty interesting concept. You start out in a huge mans
  
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• Spider-Noir TV creators explain why Nicolas Cage's Spider-Man is "jaded" Ben Reilly instead of "boyish" Peter Parker

  11-02-2026 00:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Noir showrunner Oren Uziel and producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller say there's a very good reason why Nicolas Cage is playing Ben Reilly instead of classic Spider-Man Peter Parker in Amazon MGM Studios' upcoming Spider-Noir streaming series. As it turns out, it all comes back to the need for the show to have the same hardboiled feel as classic film noir shows, with Peter representing a level of optimism that Spider-Noir doesn't have."This character's very different from the Peter P
  
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• Square Enix throws a bone to Xenogears fans on the classic JRPG's 28th anniversary, but with no remake or remaster in sight, folks are behaving exactly as you'd expect: "I'm on my knees here"

  10-02-2026 23:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  February 11 marks the 28th anniversary of the beloved JRPG Xenogears, and Square Enix is offering one tiny crumb of a birthday cake: a single tweet acknowledging the game's existence. Still, that's the most official validation Xenogears diehards have gotten in years, and many are already taking the opportunity to beg for a remake. Or a remaster. Or any kind of modern release at all.Square Enix's tweet is a simple celebration of Xenogears' legacy, calling it (via machine translation) "a new gener
  
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• HBO's Baldur's Gate 3 TV show may not involve Larian, but Wizards of the Coast's former Head of Story has signed on as a consultant

  10-02-2026 23:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 game studio Larian doesn't seem to be involved with HBO's recently announced streaming series that will serve as a live-action sequel to the smash D&D video game. But they won't be without a guide into the inner workings of Dungeons & Dragons, as former Wizards of the Coast game architect Chris Perkins has signed on as a consultant for the show.Per Deadline, Perkins joins The Last of Us TV co-creator Craig Mazin, who will bring his experience adapting video games to the s
  
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• 19 years after Frank Darabont's devastating adaptation, Mike Flanagan is set to make a new movie based on Stephen King's The Mist

  10-02-2026 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mike Flanagan is gearing up for his fifth Stephen King adaptation – and this time, it's a new take on The Mist.Per Deadline, Flanagan will direct and write the screenplay. Warner Bros. is set to produce the pic in conjunction with Flanagan's Red Room and Spyglass Entertainment.The Mist, King's 1980 novella, follows a man named David Drayton who takes shelter in a supermarket after a dense mist surrounds the small town of Bridgton, Maine. Hidden amongst the murkiness are an unending supply
  
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• "I think Speranza is heavily underutilized": Arc Raiders boss wants to see more social elements and thinks the main city is ripe for "something else"

  10-02-2026 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios sizes up a massive launch and considers how to build on the community it's cultivated, CEO Patrick Söderlund has his eye on social elements and interactions across the player base. Amid discussion of a more Destiny-style hub area, he reckons the city of Speranza is especially fertile ground.Speaking with IGN, Söderlund examines the balance of PvE and PvP that defines Arc Raiders, and the surprisingly friendly player base that's sprung up around i
  
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• Stranger Things spin-off creator says it's meant to feel like a "lost season" of the main show: "You could easily take this and make it the live-action version"

  10-02-2026 22:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things: Tales from '85 showrunner Eric Robles says the spinoff is meant to feel like a lost season of the flagship show and explain what Mike, Eleven, and co. got up to on their winter break before season 3."You could easily take this and make it the live-action version," Robles told Empire. "We wanted to go back to Hawkins and feel like a lost season... when the kids weren't trying to save the world–they were just trying to save the town."The animated series takes place between S
  
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• Nicolas Cage says his performance in live-action Spider-Verse spin-off Spider-Noir is "70 percent Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny"

  10-02-2026 22:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  A fresh look at Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly/Spider-Man in Spider-Noir has arrived, showing off a pulpy take on the Spidey variant, who first appeared in 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, also voiced by Cage. And according to the man himself, he's bringing his usual eccentricity and intensity to the role, channeling both classic film noir vibes and even some cartoonish antics."For me, this character was 70 percent Bogart, and 30 percent Bugs Bunny," Cage tells Esquire. "I was basically Mel
  
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• Longtime Zelda producer says "the hardware evolution" lifts "restrictions" but, more importantly, "greatly influences the game design"

  10-02-2026 22:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  The sky's the limit in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom quite literally, but the acclaimed 2023 open-world adventure wouldn't be possible without Nintendo pushing the very limits of the mobile Switch's hardware capabilities.Talking to Polygon, veteran Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma opened up about how advancements in technology not only make games prettier, but also give developers more freedom to bring grand ideas to life."The idea of having a seamless game experience is not just re
  
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• With Ubisoft's dire finances, widespread cancellations, and a disastrous launch working against it, famously AAAA game Skull and Bones celebrates Year 2 with a big ol' kraken

  10-02-2026 22:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  I offer you three truths. One: Ubisoft is so desperate to cut costs after years of financial decline that it's lopping off digits at the weigh-in and starting to eyeball its limbs. Two: Steam player counts, which are more visible than those on console, provide useful but not holistic data, especially in this era of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass and, notably, Ubisoft+. And three: Ubisoft has a history of supporting some lower-performing games for the long haul. Just, you know, not The
  
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• Helldivers 2 passes 150,000 players on Steam for the first time in months thanks to Cyborgs, who may actually be the good guys: "I'd be playing for the Cyborg faction if given the option"

  10-02-2026 21:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shocking the most loyal patriots, it seems that Cyborgs from the original Helldivers game may not be the villains Super Earth made them out to be. In fact, the half-human rebels seem to be solely responsible for Helldivers 2 having a major resurgence on Steam right now.According to SteamDB, Helldivers 2 has enjoyed a 24-hour peak of 151,969 players (and 150,237 people are currently playing as of writing) – the last time Arrowhead's squad-based shooter hit those kinds of democratic numbers
  
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• I love knowing how games are lying to me, and this breakdown of graphical tricks in Half-Life and more is an incredible peek behind the curtain: "The underwater concrete is just literally wobbling"

  10-02-2026 21:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Games have been lying to us for years – and I love knowing how those wonderful lies work. Sleight-of-hand tricks have been the backbone of graphical innovations for years, and even the most cutting edge games have some clever shortcuts hiding behind the curtain. A thread full of these tricks has been making the rounds on social media, and it seems everything from Halo to Half-Life has incredible technical cheats laying just below the surface.For Halo, it's simply blurry tires. As Weird Wes
  
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• "We have made back our development budget after 3 hours": Over 8 years in the making, strategy roguelike Mewgenics is an instant hit for The Binding of Isaac creator and his team

  10-02-2026 19:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mewgenics, the peculiar new tactical roguelike from the mind behind The Binding of Isaac, launched today alongside overwhelmingly positive reviews from players and critics, and now we officially know it's shaping up to be a big commercial success as well.Coming from The Binding of Isaac maker Edmund McMillen and his longtime collaborator Tyler Glaiel - a team that also brought us The End is Nigh - Mewgenics is about as much of a departure for the co-creators as it gets. It's still very much a ro
  
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• Genshin Impact dev sues leaker behind beloved HomDGcat wiki, who allegedly responded to a cease-and-desist letter by saying he'd only follow "some" demands

  10-02-2026 19:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse, operating under its global Cognosphere identity, is suing yet another leaker for the "misappropriation" of its copyright material, seeking to shut down the popular HomDGcat wiki and its solo operator, and claim damages.Per February Georgia court documents (thanks, Aftermath), Cognosphere claims that HomDGcat himself "built a substantial online following by unlawfully obtaining, and then disseminating to the public, copies of infringing and confidential unrelea
  
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• Subnautica 2's "optional co-op" looks like exactly what I want – not the live-service mess I was afraid the survival game might become

  10-02-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arguably the only thing missing from the original Subnautica was multiplayer, and the devs have heavily promoted the fact that Subnautica 2 is bringing co-op to the table. While the devs quickly pushed back on publisher Krafton's early assertion that the sequel would be a live-service title, I've still had some concerns about whether multiplayer would undercut the sense of lonely adventure that made the first game great to begin with. Luckily, a new dev diary suggests that the co-op feature is p
  
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• Marvel Rivals somehow finds a way to make Deadpool even more annoying, with the newest hero Elsa Bloodstone able to force opponents to hear his one-liners

  10-02-2026 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deadpool arrived to Marvel Rivals in typically brash fashion this past January as part of Season 6, and the mid-season update is adding ways to inflict his, ahem, distinct personal qualities on others. They come via new character Elsa Bloodstone, who's joining Wade Wilson's team in a shake-up of a few of the hero shooter's team-ups.A hunter by trade, Elsa's standard weapons are her trusty rifle and shotgun, while she employs traps to inflict extra damage and stifle opponents. "Elsa excels at rea
  
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• Fallout devs wanted uber-violent deaths to feel "like an R-rated version of Warner Bros cartoons" back in the '90s: "It was supposed to be funny"

  10-02-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before Bethesda Game Studios took Fallout for itself in 2007, Interplay Entertainment made the series we now know and love in 1997 with the first-ever entry – one that we can thank for many of the features that are now iconic alongside the Fallout name.If you've played any Fallout game before, then you're likely more than familiar with its whole dramatic death scene thing – you know, the slow-motion cuts, blood spewing from wounds, and gory moments that almost feel comical considerin
  
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• Devil May Cry voice actor shares DMC 6 rumors ahead of PlayStation State of Play, accidentally sends fans into a frenzy, then insists "if I knew anything, I'd say"

  10-02-2026 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Devil May Cry actor Brian Hanford has reacted to the rumors of Devil May Cry 6 being announced at State of Play this week, but insists he knows nothing.Earlier this week, the GamingLeaksAndRumours Subreddit posted a rumour about Devil May Cry 6 possibly appearing in a State of Play since confirmed. And since Sony announced there will be a showcase later this week, naturally, some have run with it. Given it's only been two years since Dragon's Dogma 2 released, a number of names you'd associate w
  
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• Deadlock matchmaking is so broken, even Valve devs are getting put in the wrong lobby: "Can you imagine playing a game and having no one to blame except yourself?"

  10-02-2026 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve's next shooter Deadlock is only in its very limited playtesting phase, to be fair, but, man, is its matchmaking broken. Not even the developers that helped create it are free from its fury.In the official Deadlock Discord server, accessible only through the game itself, a player complains to Valve developer Yoshi (via Reddit screenshots), "The matchmaking is still messed up, im ascendant 3 and i got put into an oracle lobby." Yoshi responds, "same here." So, that's not good.Ascendant is th
  
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• D&D fans, we were robbed - this abandoned adventure could have been incredible

  10-02-2026 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  D&D fans, we were robbed.In an interview with Polygon, ex-D&D creative director Chris Perkins revealed an era-defining adventure the franchise was building toward… but now we're never going to get it. More specifically, it would have paid off a storyline for one of the best tabletop RPGs that had been building for a decade.According to the interview, this change of direction came about because of different designers taking the reins. To be precise, when Perkins "walked away from t
  
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• Baffling Capcom once again, Monster Hunter Stories 3 players are taking down superbosses despite being capped at level 10 in the RPG's free demo

  10-02-2026 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom first announced Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection late last year, hoping to focus more on the RPG aspect the spin-off series has to offer – and now, fans have gotten to try it out for themselves via a free-to-play trial.There's just one catch, though: the trial is a short demo that caps your party at level 10.
  It doesn't sound like much, especially when you consider that there are plenty of high-level beasts and bosses to be found throughout the free trial. But as dedicat
  
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• Sinners director Ryan Coogler is "deep in" to writing the X-Files reboot, and has a notebook full of advice from Vince Gilligan that he goes "back to often"

  10-02-2026 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director Ryan Coogler is hard at work on The X-Files reboot, and sought some advice from none other than former X-Files writer and producer Vince Gilligan."Vince gave me a couple hours of advice over Zoom and answered all the questions I had – I’ve got them all in my notebook, and I go back to it often," Coogler told The Hollywood Reporter, adding that he's "deep in now" in regards to the writing process.X-Files creator Chris Carter announced Coogler's reboot back in 2023, and update
  
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• Risk of Rain creator intentionally leaked Deadlock news months ago, but no one believed the Valve dev because he called a guy Chickenwing

  10-02-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Risk of Rain creator and Deadlock developer Duncan 'Hopoo' Drummond teased the upcoming Valve shooter's newest playable character months ago, and amid a long history of gushing leaks… no one did anything about it. It seemed too unbelievable.Drummond wrote in Deadlock's official Discord in November 2025, "at least no one has leaked chickenwing, ted, or abrams jr yet," to a smattering of sarcastic fire emoji reactions. Some people fixated on the sentence, wondering in a Reddit thread discus
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 had so "many people involved" that there are all sorts of influences running through Larian, with one combat dev being "a big JRPG fan" but the CEO being "an Ultima guy"

  10-02-2026 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  It takes a large team to make games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2. So large, the specific influences are extremely varied and hard to pin down, to the point that when asked if certain genres help shape the output of Larian Studios, director of publishing Michael Douse can only speculate.On Twitter, he was asked by a fan if JRPGs are part of the tapestry Larian draws on, in response to a post celebrating Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined. "Many people involved," Douse replies. "One of
  
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• CM Punk fan in disbelief as WWE 2K26 immortalizes the bracelet she gave the superstar 2 years ago: "WHAT IS MY LIFE"

  10-02-2026 17:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  A WWE fan has reacted to a friendship bracelet they made for CM Punk indirectly appearing in WWE 2K26.Back in 2024, a WWE fan named Victoria met CM Punk at WrestleMania 40 and gave him a friendship bracelet featuring the names of his wife, AJ Lee, and his dog, Larry. Later that same year, it became a central plot point in his feud with Drew McIntyre, in which McIntyre destroyed the bracelet after beating down the legendary wrestler. This culminated in a brutal Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood 2
  
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• After 9 years of work, team behind GTA 5 multiplayer mod that rivalled Rockstar-owned FiveM says Take-Two is shutting the project down: "Thank you for being part of this journey"

  10-02-2026 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fan-made GTA 5 multiplayer platform alt:V Multiplayer is closing its doors as the team claims Rockstar owner Take-Two itself has requested its shutdown, nine years since work on the project began.The alt:V team has been working on its multiplayer platform for nine years now, describing it as "a free modification for Grand Theft Auto V that lets you play on dedicated servers with custom gamemodes." If that sounds familiar at all, it might be because it's the same sort of deal as FiveM – "a
  
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• Hasbro is now the "primary toy licensee" for Harry Potter, allowing it to make board games, collectibles, and more

  10-02-2026 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Global giant Hasbro has gained the toy rights to Harry Potter, which means that it can now produce action figures, board games, and more based on the Wizarding World.Revealed as a multi-year partnership starting in 2027, this deal makes Hasbro "global primary toy licensee" for Harry Potter movies, the Fantastic Beasts series, and the upcoming HBO show. Because Hasbro also owns one of the best card games, Magic: The Gathering, this opens the door to a possible crossover set."The world of Harry Po
  
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• Dev says "false DMCA" from Microsoft got their sandbox game removed from Steam over apparent Minecraft copyright, all because of a screenshot of birch trees

  10-02-2026 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unomelon, the developer of Minecraft-inspired sandbox game Allumeria, says a DMCA from Microsoft, evidently related to Minecraft, got the game removed from Steam."The Allumeria Steam page is currently down because Microsoft has filed a false DMCA claim on it," Unomelon said on Bluesky on Tuesday. "They sent an email earlier today claiming that this screenshot infringes on their copyright. I am taking a moment to figure out what my path is going forward, will update soon."The screenshot in questi
  
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• Ghost in the Shell director says he doesn't consider the anime to be cyberpunk and he's "not that interested" in the genre: "I don't care about it"

  10-02-2026 16:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite directing an incredibly influential cyberpunk story, Ghost in the Shell helmer Mamoru Oshii doesn't actually like cyberpunk that much."That's a misunderstanding. I'm not that interested in cyberpunk, and I haven't actually read many cyberpunk works, to be honest. I don’t care about it," Oshii told the official Ghost in the Shell YouTube channel (via Automaton Media).He added: "It may seem like cyborgs mesh well with cyberpunk, but I don't think that’s actually the case. In th
  
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