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- August 6
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- Ex Dragon Age boss warns devs against listening to player feedback for solutions: "They're not developers"
- Despite Supergirl bombing at the box office, Warner Bros CEO says DC Studios "feels very good" and has a "robust pipeline" of projects in the works
- BioWare vets' new X Files-like mystery game could "not exist in the AAA space" that would rather "throw money at a problem" than experiment
- "If FromSoftware released the full Dark Souls design document, no one would be debating the lore": Creator of one of the highest-rated new roguelikes on Steam says hands-off storytelling was key
- Google AI leaks "scarily accurate and very specific" game detail from private documents, says indie dev: "I had never told the name to anyone"
- Heartstopper star in talks to play Cyclops in MCU X-Men movie
- Nintendo's live-action Legend of Zelda movie reportedly casts Young Rock star Uli Latukefu as main villain Ganondorf
- Devolver Digital decides video games and publicly traded companies don't mix, announces plan to go private once again to save it some money and headache
- Even as Spider-Man: Brand New Day shatters records, Rockstar's Netflix deal proves GTA 6 can still claim the ultimate entertainment crown
- The 6 best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus and more (August 7-9)
- Bethesda failing to release a new Fallout game to capitalize on the success of the TV show felt like a "personal" decision, says New Vegas writer, not a "business" one
- Corsair's latest gaming keyboard just joined the ranks of the best planks I've tested so far
- How to get the Pokopia Windup Inkay toy
- Sonic boss Takashi Iizuka says some "surprises will need to remain secret for a little longer," but there's more to come to celebrate the blue blur's 35th anniversary
- Mass Effect 3 dev demanded answers from the RPG's writing team when she realized her alien husband was hooking up with the Normandy’s most mysterious soldier
- Halo co-creator says the Campaign Evolved hate is overblown, even if some of its creative liberties "are absolutely cringe"
- Larian reveals 10 Baldur's Gate 3 endings and scenes that almost nobody has seen, including the worst fates the RPG can give Lae'zel and Astarion
- Ghost Recon Wildlands is the closest I'll get to more Metal Gear Solid 5, and its free update proves old games still have plenty of life in them
- New Ghost Recon game officially confirmed by Ubisoft after "years" of development, and you can "put it to the test" soon
- Forget dual mode, AOC's latest curved gaming monitor can switch between three resolution and refresh rate combos
- How to get Pokopia Seashell Fencing
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave revealed everything but romance, and I'm worried we are losing what makes it so special
- Meet Voidjoy, the new controller brand and side hustle from JSAUX, one of the biggest names in the gaming accessory market
- Nintendo reports a full 38.5% of its sales are still physical in the wake of Sony abandoning discs
- The JSAUX 6-in-1 Switch 2 dock is a cluttered and ugly accessory that has still managed to replace my official dock
- I worried Onimusha: Way of the Sword would be too easy, then got my ass beat by a many-limbed demon
- How to get the Pokopia Ocean Door recipe
- GTA 6 Extended Look being a 6-hour Netflix exclusive is going down just as well as you can imagine: "Weirdest marketing I've ever seen"
- "I hope PS6 will be a disaster": Sony reminds everyone it's taking discs away in warnings reportedly added to new PS5 consoles
- Need a reason to return to Baldur's Gate 3? Then join the GamesRadar+ RPG Club and replay it with us
- How to get the Pokopia Starmie Doll
- Celebrate 20 years of ROG gaming with a range of exclusive anniversary gifts
- Deltarune creator Toby Fox says "there are no more wacky silly adventures" as Chapter 6 will finally deal with the RPG's "main mysteries"
- Fallout season 3 set photos hint that a deep-cut sub-faction is about to be introduced to the Wasteland
- "I would bet my life that this is going to be better than anything we've done:" Alan Ritchson on the making of Reacher season 4
- You're running out of time to get my all-time favorite Lego Disney set
- GTA 6 gets an "extended look" later this month as Rockstar finally throws a bone to fans who have waited over a year for Trailer 3
- Capcom hopes Resident Evil Veronica follows Requiem's lead in sparking interest in the wider horror series
- Ingenious Spider-Man theory might have figured out why Ned remembers Peter Parker in Brand New Day
- Here's Replay's July winners: a frying pan kill for Indiana Jones and Edward's last dive in Black Flag Resynced
- Switch 2 beats the GameCube in lifetime sales as Nintendo's fastest-selling console ever officially shifts 23.68 million units
- Capcom is sticking with Monster Hunter Wilds as it wants to fix the game until it closes the 20 million sales gap to Monster Hunter World
- Clayface director says Evil Dead helmer Sam Raimi's "extreme" and "ridiculous" style of horror influenced the upcoming DC movie
- Another GTA 6 delay "would not" shock a former GTA 5 dev who says it wouldn't "hurt" Rockstar at all
- Nintendo records 150% increase in year-on-year profits mainly due to $300 million in US tariff refunds that Switch 2 buyers won't see a dime of
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day is already the highest-grossing movie of the year, and could beat Star Wars: The Force Awakens' all-time record at the US box office
- You can now pre-order Ayaneo's GBA clone, and its sub-$100 price tag is giving me hope
- This new Final Fantasy board game passed me by, but I'm sold already thanks to the pixel art
- Capcom isn't worried about PlayStation and Nintendo shrinking the physical games market: "90% of our unit sales are digital"
- How to clean Grubby Pearls and obtain Shiny Pearls in Pokopia
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day star says we have only seen "level one" of Scorpion's potential, with the final level being "the ultimate form of Venom"
- Replay's August theme is animals: send us your best creature clips for a chance to win a £/$250 Amazon voucher!
- As The Super Mario Galaxy Movie makes $1bn and with a live-action Zelda on the way, Nintendo says movies can "transcend the boundaries" of games
- Dark Souls-style extraction RPG with mixed Steam reviews celebrates 1 million players with a roadmap to make those reviews less mixed
- August 5
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- Roblox value tanks 72% as viral hits dry up and execs try to ditch "clickbait-y, or kind of cash grabby-type games" for babies and pursue an older crowd
- Beloved anime-inspired life sim Fields of Mistria adds marriage, kids, and cloud shadows in long-awaited 1.0 update after 2 years in early access
- PlayStation users are treated like renters but charged like owners, say Mexican politicians amid complaint filed against Sony over physical games
- "Baldur's Gate 3 is now cancelled": Larian stream smacked down over "violation" for "Body Exposure and Sexualized Behaviors," which feels like high praise for an RPG
- Fallout 3 was "not what we intended" after tech constraints in 2008, says Bethesda vet Nate Purkeypile, so it's time for a "better" remaster
- PlayStation is getting "most" of Sony's estimated $508 million tariff refund, but despite lawsuits there are no apparent plans to give refunds for price-hiked PS5s
- After promising less invasive microtransactions, RuneScape dev Jagex rolls out one-time-use microtransactions then immediately backpedals
- Capcom is selling Monster Hunter Wilds with the energy of a man paddling up a waterfall: new 26GB demo lets you play the prologue for free after price drop to $40
- 29 years later, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night gets its second PC port in 4 weeks thanks to fans of the PS1 version
- Diablo 4 reportedly comes to Switch 2 next month, but will be a $69.99 code-in-box release
- CMF has unveiled a pair of budget open-back earbuds, and I'm eager to see what they can do for my Nintendo Switch 2
- Baldur's Gate 3's "billion" mods can make it the next Skyrim – just as Larian intended
- You have 4 days to get one of our favorite roguelikes for free on Steam thanks to its sequel leaving Early Access
- Disney CEO admits The Mandalorian and Grogu didn't "meet our box office expectations", but there's a good reason why it wasn't a total disaster
- Mistfall Hunter Greataxe Berserker location and tips
- Fields of Mistria is the best $14 I've spent in years
- The Keychron K2 Ultra 8K is a dense, heavy keyboard in more ways than one
- So far, 20% of GamesRadar+ readers think the SNES is the greatest retro console of all time, but 80% of you would crown another system
- Destin Daniel Cretton wants to resolve the Shang-Chi post-credits scene because it's "frustrating when these things are like left out in the open"
- New Lego Ministry of Magic kit is a gravity-defying set held up by what I can only assume is sorcery
- Creepy Helldivers 2 trailer might tease a fight with the Illuminate, but Warhammer fans are convinced it's Chaos Gods: "They done gave us the warp with our 40K Warbond"
- Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 update will shrink the game by up to 40GB thanks to a texture revamp from NetEase
- Secretlab's Pokémon collection just evolved with new SKINS for Charizard, Blastoise, and Vensaur that fit any Titan Evo and celebrate the franchise's classic pixel art
- How to lower the red bridge in Big Walk
- I'm growing impatient for the new Evangelion anime, but this Asuka gaming keyboard helps
- Fan makes incredible Lego Final Fantasy set, and now I'm hoping it becomes a real model
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day's unlikely "superfan" breakout actor thanks fans after his scene-stealing cameo: "This is a dream come true"
- Razer's Target exclusive Sanrio keycaps are live, but collecting the full set could cost almost as much as gaming keyboard
- Square Enix says it's testing a fix for one big issue with Final Fantasy 14 on Nintendo Switch 2 as fans generally praise the MMO's port
- Mass layoffs expected at EA as the now-private publisher reportedly tells its new debt masters that it's going to cut $700 million in annual costs
- A Commodore Amiga FPGA remake is now possible thanks to new landmark agreements
- Resident Evil Requiem stars reunite for the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026
- Game Freak promises Beast of Reincarnation improvements following mixed reviews, starting with "story pacing improvements" within a week: "We take your feedback to heart"
- How to get the Pokopia Portal Pod recipe
- Daredevil: Born Again season 3 wraps production and, after Wonder Man, everyone's worried it will be the final season
- It won't fix the RAM crisis, but CXMT is poised to bring back mass-market DRAM production and gaming laptop brands are interested
- Ewan McGregor reminds everyone there's still a missing decade of Obi-Wan's story left to tell
- Supergirl's theatrical run has officially ended, and the new DCU movie made less than Morbius and Joker 2
- "CoD got it. Halo didn't" – Black Ops 1 and 2 ports battered Halo Campaign Evolved on PlayStation last month, analyst says, because $60 for a "graphical touch-up" is a rough sell
- "This feels like a Spider-Man meme" - RTX 5090 buyer beats Asus' price hike via Nvidia's website, but no one wants to honor the order
- 12 years after being delisted, Wolfenstein 2009 could be getting a surprise remaster at QuakeCon 2026, fans speculate after sudden changes to the FPS's Steam page
- James Cameron says he's "literally mapped out" the last act of his career, and it might not involve directing Avatar 4 and 5: "What are the other stories I want to tell?"
- Ubisoft brings back another Assassin's Creed veteran to stabilize the series as it looks to reverse its fortunes
- Borderlands director says his 10% Rotten Tomatoes-rated video game adaptation went wrong because it "belonged to nobody"
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day side-by-side comparison proves the Insomniac games were a major influence on the Marvel film
- Pokemon Green's iconic starter scene has been remade in 3D with AI, and I really wish it hadn't: "Forever haunted"
- August 4
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- Kingdom: Come Deliverance 2's Hans actor takes his role so seriously that he's opening a real "medieval-inspired bar" in the Czech capital, Prague
- EA and games like The Sims, Dragon Age, and Battlefield are now officially owned by Saudi Arabia and private equity as $55 billion deal closes
- Shang-Chi would have "two sequels already" if the industry hadn't gone to "s***" when it was released, director says
- The biggest Baldur's Gate 3 save scummers slammed quicksave over 1,400 times in one go, Larian says: "You doing okay there?"
- Wonder Man co-creator says Kevin Feige didn't cancel season 2 of the acclaimed Marvel show: "I know he loves that show as much as I do"
- Saudi Arabia's $55 billion takeover of EA could waste "one of the best catalogues in the industry" by reducing it to a "sequel-and-mega-franchise machine," Helldivers 2 boss worries
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s cruel twist cements this as the best MCU Spider-Man film yet
- Larian just released a bunch of Baldur's Gate 3 stats, and 9,122 of you need to be jailed immediately
- Thanks to Pokemon, X-Files, and Donkey Kong, this month's new Lego sets might be the best we've had all year
- After earning $1 million on Steam from a game that took 4 months to make, stunned devs end up in Valve's coveted "chocolate tier"
- New Fallout game reportedly led by Josh Sawyer would be "good" for both Obsidian and Bethesda "in many ways," says former New Vegas creative lead
- "As a consumer myself, I feel your pain" - in a rare pro-consumer move, PC cooler brand Arctic passes US tariff refunds back to its customers with a "dedicated sales promotion"
- Time is running out to avoid the Switch 2's dreaded price hike, but that's what these bundle deals are for
- "A lot of these things are actually not made by us," Palworld lead explains following card game launch and MMO reveal
- "I almost died": Solo dev says his Steam game made $1.3 million, but 99% of people refunded it so he's only getting $2,000
- Iron Fist star had "talks" with Marvel about returning for Daredevil: Born Again season 3
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave brings back another Three Houses character, but it couldn't be going much worse for his fans: "He looks so chopped"
- Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave reveals "the story's true protagonist" as a new time travel twist alerts Awakening fans
- Big Walk is a COVID game about nothing (and everything)
- 12 deaths need to happen in House of the Dragon's remaining 9 episodes, and fans are flummoxed
- Violent Night 2 trailer breakdown: director Tommy Wirkola and producer Kelly McCormick on de-powering Santa and weaponizing Christmas decorations
- Switch 2 for $499 is a "great deal," analyst says, because "you might end up paying over $800" for the Nintendo console soon enough thanks to rising costs
- God of War creator says Sony's decision to kill PlayStation discs is likely because "the needs of the many customers outweigh the needs of the fewer"
- 5 predictions after Spider-Man: Brand New Day: What's next for Tom Holland's Spider-Man? Will he team up with Miles Morales?
- My dream anime PC has a massive discount, but I am utterly heartbroken that I still can't afford this stunning Apothecary Diaries build
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead "can finally feel that pressure lifting" as the RPG is now "satisfying" to play as it nears completion: "I am quite confident in it"
- The Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Marvel's Spider-Man resurgence proves that games don't always need new content – sometimes they just need Hollywood
- Kevin Feige knows Fantastic Four disappointed at the box office, even though it "looked and sounded like nothing that had been done in a superhero movie before"
- Tom Holland improvised a Brand New Day line that became "the north star" to the whole Marvel movie
- Stellar Blade: Blood Rain studio CEO defends AI music video because Evie was originally "created from head to toe" by the devs, but fans say that's not the point
- Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin has updated his blog for the first time in almost 6 months, but there's still no Winds of Winter news
- Pokemon Pokopia's Bubbly Basin DLC is only 3.15 MB, but this mega-cheap SD card deal can still come in handy
- Resident Evil Veronica hype sends the remake to 2 million Steam wishlists, Capcom reveals, despite us knowing little about it
- Handheld prices are still soaring, but at least the Lenovo Legion Go S is now cheaper than Steam Deck
- Beast of Reincarnation launches to mixed reviews on Steam and Metacritic as players disagree over whether the Pokemon devs' action RPG has "slick" or "uninspired" combat
- Andrew Garfield is open to returning as Spider-Man if the idea is "completely unexpected"
- Bond producer says it's a "good bet" the next 007 will be cast by the end of the year
- Does Big Walk have couch co-op?
- Kevin Feige says Sadie Sink's Jean Grey "has immense significance" in the Marvel Universe and will play a "key role in the future of the MCU"
- Despite 4 years of development hell, Henry Cavill confirms he's still starring in Amazon's Warhammer 40K show
- Rangifer weakness and boss fight strategy in Beast of Reincarnation
- How to upgrade weapons in Beast of Reincarnation
- How to use recipes and cook food in Beast of Reincarnation
- The best skills in Beast of Reincarnation to prioritize early on
- Beast of Reincarnation review: "The Pokemon dev knocks it out the park with a stunningly confident sci-fi action RPG"
- August 3
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- Nintendo got "a lot of angry calls" from parents who thought Animal Crossing's "skin-colored" gyroid "looked like a wiggling penis"
- Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista reportedly in talks to play Kratos in the God of War Prime Video series following previous lead's exit
- Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says Super Mario Bros. is only good because it wasn't "done by one person alone"
- "I wouldn't have time to make the game while playing GTA 6," says Danganronpa creator, so obviously he delayed his new game
- Xbox 360 games are reportedly coming to PC this year as Microsoft prepares disc-to-digital conversion for an upcoming launch
- Baldur's Gate 3 actor Devora Wilde loves the "little throwback" her Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 character Clea gives to Lae'zel
- "This is the end": Single Player Tarkov is shutting down amid a messy trademark situation with Escape from Tarkov maker Battlestate Games
- Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel actor almost broke up with the character during her playthrough, but "didn't have the guts to go through with it"
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day should be the blueprint for future MCU crossover movies
- Some Marvel fans think they've figured out who MJ's boyfriend is in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but I'm not so sure
- GameSir launches the reborn Tarantula Pro controller for PC and Xbox players, but the Ultra version is nowhere to be seen
- Gaming hardware costs have gone up 16% just in 2026, says US analyst, and Samsung says the AI bubble behind it all is only going to get worse in 2027
- Pocketpair lead says "TemTem are not our rivals" as the series gets its own Palworld-like survival game
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- I've been buying Blu-rays for over 15 years, and these are my top tips for building the ultimate physical film collection
- OG Assassin's Creed Black Flag devs "had a lot of teething difficulties" trying to nail down the "seamless naval experience"
- Halo: Campaign Evolved was the 4th most popular game on Xbox at launch in the US but only 29th on PS5, analyst says
- After Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity scholar tries to unmask Larian's next big RPG villain by painstakingly translating ancient symbols from behind-the-scenes footage
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day is coming to IMAX very soon after missing out thanks to The Odyssey
- The ELO Vagabond combines the best parts of Razer and GameSir to make the ultimate mobile controller
- Mistfall Hunter is more Dark Souls than Arc Raiders – an extraction action RPG that could use more ideas of its own
- One of Mario's iconic abilities was actually just a glitch in the NES original, but Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto decided "it's fun" so "leave it as is"
- When is the Big Walk release time?
- Mahershala Ali blames Marvel for not going ahead with MCU Blade reboot: "If they wanted to do the movie, we would've done the movie"
- Nintendo Direct just for Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave coming tomorrow with 20 minutes of strategy RPG news – here's how to watch
- Henry Cavill is producing a Warhammer 40K animated show at Amazon
- The best GTA moments: Cracking the vault on the first 20 entries in our explosive Top 100 list in the run-up to GTA 6
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss says the ending "might be fully faithful to the original" RPG, or "it might end up being something completely different"
- Activision rushes out another Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 fix for the embattled PlayStation ports after a hacker started ruining lobbies by bricking accounts
- Hideo Kojima's got his hands on a wireless CD player in this latest limited edition collaboration
- It: Welcome to Derry season 2 will be set in 1935 and won't ignore "horrible things that were happening in the era"
- Xbox consoles prices are going up by over 30% in the UK and Europe – a weaker, digital-only Series S now costs more than a launch Series X
- Despite watertight secrecy, The Batman 2 prop may have just confirmed its villains
- House of the Dragon director explains why Helaena isn't a dragonrider in the HBO adaptation
- Hideo Kojima is a big fan of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, calling it " fresh and entertaining" at a time when "sincere filmmaking is starting to feel precarious"
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Spider-Man 2 swing into Steam's Top 10 best-selling games list following Brand New Day's $927m opening weekend haul
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day designer explains where those Mister Negative rumors came from
- Eeveelution fans have another chance to add this perfectly cute Switch Pokemon pad to their setup
- God of War TV show will reportedly recast Atreus for season 2
- A Palworld MMO is coming this year: Palworld Online brings "original story elements," but not from Pocketpair
- Wonder Man showrunner reacts to cancellation and is just as confused as you are: "I had written the first episode of season 2"
- Kevin Feige says Spider-Man: Brand New Day's villain was originally "a very obscure character nobody has ever heard of"
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day had the second-biggest opening weekend of all time globally and beat Avengers: Endgame in the US
- How is [SPOILER] still alive in House of the Dragon season 3?
- August 2
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- Capcom dev got his dream Zelda game by threatening Shigeru Miyamoto: "If Nintendo's not up for it, we'll release an identical game with different characters and just call it something else"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake boss wanted to make sure its crossover with Final Fantasy 14 didn't derail the MMO's patch schedule
- The Sims and Rimworld collide in a new 24/7 "persistent, player-driven" MMO where the community collaborates to "build real, functional societies"
- Shigeru Miyamoto says "I don't really play games by myself anymore," years after confirming Nintendo hires people who "aren't super passionate game fans"
- From top-down crime capers to online open-world heists, GTA has defined play freedom across gaming generations
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33's studio is a manor that looks just like the one in the RPG, but it was a pure coincidence: "It shouldn't feel like coming to an office"
- Sadie Sink's MCU debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the perfect way to begin the road to X-Men
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says each character in the RPG only has 4 jobs because making games is so much harder now
- Remembering Splatoon, the 2015 gamble that became Nintendo's freshest success story
- August 1
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- How to watch WWE SummerSlam, live stream the weekend's action around the world
- A Mario dev burned the handmade diorama he used to pitch a Zelda game because Shigeru Miyamoto said no: "It was such a bad memory that I decided to let it die"
- Pathfinder and Warhammer 40K RPG developer Owlcat Games on "speedrunning" its first 10 years and what comes next: "We won't be quitting the CRPG genre"
- Shigeru Miyamoto dreams of Nintendo consoles becoming a rite of passage for everyone coming of age: "Which Nintendo would make you the happiest?"
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's PlayStation ports compromised by a hacker ruining players' accounts
- Which GTA protagonist are you?
- Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director is "serious about concluding the series" at the end of the JRPG, and any DLC will focus on "untold stories"
- I really didn't think The Punisher was going to work in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but I was so wrong
- The 5 movies you need to watch in August 2026
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took inspiration from Attack on Titan and Bleach's instantly recognizable characters: "It's an absolute masterpiece for me"
- Crimson Desert update overhauls the game's economy with 133 new trading posts and trade goods that change in price
- One of the best indie platformers of the year now has 8 player co-op: "Tongue swing from other players"
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