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items: CoD BO7 missions list: How many missions are in the main campaign?
items: What's the best video game adaptation of 2025?
items: CoD BO7 Monster Energy promo: All rewards and how to get them explained
items: Fallout season 2 trailer leaves fans convinced they've spotted a famous voice from the games
items: How The Outer Worlds 2 fixed a 30-year old development problem
items: Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles to play in November 2025
items: Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and free update: Release date and what to expect
items: Is ARC Raiders crossplay? Multiplayer across platforms explained
items: Pokémon Legends Z-A confirms "known issues" with "planned fixes" coming soon
items: Pick whichever The Outer Worlds 2 background you want, but this one skill is absolutely vital on the first planet
items: Baldur’s Gate 3 star Neil Newbon teases his new game: “It's a really brilliant experience”
items: The Outer Worlds 2 companions: Full list and how to recruit them all
items: The Outer Worlds 2 main missions: Full list of chapters and how many to expect
items: Pokémon Legends Z-A sales numbers: How much money has it made?
items: Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition: Release date and what to expect
items: The Outer Worlds 2 review: A game that begs to be played
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CoD BO7 missions list: How many missions are in the main campaign?
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date: 2025-11-17T11:24:51.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Call of Duty
description: Your missions, should you choose to accept them...
encoded: While the multiplayer, Zombies and Warzone always get the spotlight, there are still plenty of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 missions to complete in the game's campaign. This year's campaign, which can be completed solo or co-op, includes a star-studded cast, with the likes of Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls, This Is Us), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) joining the fray. So, if you're wondering how many CoD BO7 missions there are to take on in this year's campaign, here's the full list of campaign missions and the campaign rewards to boot. How many missions are in the CoD BO7 campaign? There are 11 missions in the CoD BO7 campaign, we can confirm now that the game is out. There's should be enough here to keep you busy for a few hours but, of course, you'll probably spend much longer playing Multiplayer and Zombies over the course of the next year. That being said, Activision as envisioned a new endgame experience to keep you in a campaign mood for a while longer, so let's see how that goes down before we uninstall the campaign altogether. View Green Video on the source website Full list of CoD BO7 campaign missions The full list of CoD BO7 campaign missions looks like this: Exposure Inside Distortion Escalation Disruption Collapse Fracture Quarantine Suppression Breakpoint Containment Keep on reading and we'll explain the rewards that you'll receive for each of those missions. CoD BO7 campaign rewards You'll earn 5000 XP for each mission in the CoD BO7 campaign (that's 55,000 XP in total, if you were wondering) – but that's not all! The full list of CoD BO7 campaign rewards goes like this: Exposure - rewards with 5000 XP and the Irides One weapon blueprint Inside - rewards with 5000 XP and the Ratted Out decal Distortion - rewards with 5000 XP and the Phantom weapon blueprint Escalation - rewards with 5000 XP and the Sniper, No Sniping emblem Disruption - rewards with 5000 XP and the Lock-In Shock emote Collap…

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What's the best video game adaptation of 2025?
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creator: Rob Leane
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Have a look at the nominees for The Golden Joystick Awards on Thursday 20 November
encoded: What's the best video game adaptation of 2025? Radio Times Gaming has teamed up with The Golden Joystick Awards to answer just that question. And after some difficult deliberations, it has been narrowed down to the following six nominees. To see which has come out on top, you can watch the gong-giving ceremony live on the GamesRadar YouTube channel on Thursday 20 November.

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CoD BO7 Monster Energy promo: All rewards and how to get them explained
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date: 2025-11-14T14:46:43.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Call of Duty
description: What's that coming over the hill, is it a Monster Energy promotional event for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7?
encoded: Is it that time of year again already? Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has launched into the world, and, right on queue, CoD's annual collaboration with Monster Energy has kicked into gear. Yep, that's right. Monster has teamed up with CoD again and you can pick up some decent rewards if you're willing to pick up one of those black and green cans at your local shop. So, what's up for grabs this year and how do you go about redeeming any goodies you're entitled to? Keep on reading and we'll get straight to it. When is the CoD BO7 Monster Energy event? The CoD BO7 Monster Energy event is live now, and it will run until 31st March 2026. So, there's no massive rush on getting involved, but there's also nothing stopping you from cracking on and earning all of these rewards sooner rather than later. But how do you go about redeeming them? That's the next thing we're going to explain. View Green Video on the source website How to redeem CoD BO7 Monster rewards To process to earn and redeem CoD BO7 Monster Energy rewards goes like this: Buy a can of Monster Energy and find the code under the ring pull Head to the Redeem section on the Monster website Create an account and log into it On the Redeem page, enter the code from the can This will be converted into an Activision code When prompted, head to the Call of Duty website and enter your new code If you see the 'Success' screen, well done! You should receive your rewards next time you open the game And that's all their is to it! But what exactly is up for grabs here? Let's get to that, shall we? Full list of CoD BO7 Monster Energy rewards The full list of rewards for the Monster Energy promo in CoD BO7 is as follows: One can — Large Monster Decal and Double XP for 15 minutes Two cans — Peacekeeper MK1 Hyper Green weapon blueprint and Double XP for 15 minutes Three cans — Green Fury operator skin and Double XP for 15 minutes Four cans — VS Recon Green Thunder weapon blueprint and Double XP for 15 minutes Five cans — Daylight Ripp…

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Fallout season 2 trailer leaves fans convinced they've spotted a famous voice from the games
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date: 2025-11-14T13:19:37.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Sci-fi
subject: Technology
subject: TV
subject: News
description: Huge if true.
encoded: Fallout fans believe they've spotted a very familiar face/voice in the epic new trailer for Fallout season 2 on Amazon Prime Video. If these viewers are correct, they've successfully identified an actor from Fallout season 2 who is yet to be announced – who has been known to Fallout game fans since all the way back in 1997 (when the first game in the iconic RPG series came out). "Well, then," says the mysterious voice, at one minute and 10 seconds into the new trailer, who appears to be speaking to Walton Goggins's The Ghoul. The unseen speaker adds, ominously: "You're going to need friends. There's a war coming..." The voice sounds like it has been put through a filter of some kind, but fans in the comments have wasted no time in guessing who it could be that's joining Ella Purnell in the cast. View oEmbed on the source website So, who could that mysterious voice belong to? Fans have been discussing the possibility that it could be none other than Hellboy movie star Ron Perlman, who has lent his voice to the Fallout video games since their very inception. As a fan called NerdPixelz noted in the YouTube comments under the official trailer, "Dude!...don't toy with me, is that Ron Perlman playing a super mutant?!?! Definitely sounds like him (even with the voice modifier)" One fan swiftly replied: "That'd be awesome!" "I would cry in a good way," another fan added. "It does sound like him! It would be full Circle for him," came yet another response. Fallout fans will need no reminding that Perlman provided scene-setting narration for Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 76 and Fallout Tactics, as well as having character roles in Fallout 4 (where he played a newsreader) and the original Fallout (where he played Butch Harris). To bring Perlman into the Fallout TV adaptation would be a great piece of fan service, so we're strongly hoping that this rumour is true! And is he really playing a Super Mutant? Or could he be another Ghoul, or a human char…

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How The Outer Worlds 2 fixed a 30-year old development problem
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date: 2025-11-07T14:20:37.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Exclusive
description: "Each conversation is kind of like a puzzle."
encoded: Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 been out for about a week. You've probably played a good few hours already, which means you will have seen — without knowing it — the answer to a 30-year problem that the developers have finally solved. On the eve of the game's launch, I caught up with The Outer Worlds 2 creative director, Leonard Boyarsky, to find out how far the franchise has come since its debut entry. You can watch the whole interview in the video player above. We get into all sorts of varied topics in the chat. Starting again in a new colony means new planets and new companions, but has the idea of what exactly The Outer Worlds is calcified since the first game? Boyarsky had a lot to say on that. And with missable companions to look for and killable NPCs to contend with, does Boyarsky have any tips to help guide players through? Check out the full video to find out (it's also available on our YouTube channel). S0, what about that 30-year problem? Well, I'd seen on Rock Paper Shotgun that Fallout legend Tim Cain had been praising the Outer Worlds 2 developers for having "figured out" something he'd been struggling with as far back as 1995. Cain was quoted as saying: "I not only told him how impressed I was, I found my notes from 28 years before. I said, 'Let me read you a few lines from a production meeting in July of '95…'" So, sitting down over Zoom with Boyarsky — who also worked on Fallout back in the day, as far back as the first game in the franchise — I couldn't help but ask. What was the problem that you guys solved in The Outer Worlds 2? Do you know what Cain had been referring to? View oEmbed on the source website Boyarsky told us: "I would guess it has to do with the fact that we are, and of course my focus is, you know, story and tone and that stuff. So, I might be looking at it through that lens... "But I feel like one of the things we did here, that we've struggled with in the past a lot, is, like, when choices come up, for instance, if you've done som…

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Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles to play in November 2025
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date: 2025-11-03T10:37:07.000Z
creator: Alex Raisbeck
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Xbox
description: All the revealed Xbox Game Pass games you need to know about for October.
encoded: With the new ROG Xbox Ally bringing gaming on the go, there's never been a better time to get into Xbox Game Pass (except for a couple of months ago, when it was a lot cheaper). Xbox's own version of PlayStation Plus has had plenty of huge day one releases this year, from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Doom: The Dark Ages to Atomfall and The Outer Worlds 2, and there are more to come. So, if y0u've decided to keep plugging away with your Game Pass subscription, here's everything you can look forward to on Xbox Game Pass in November 2025. Xbox Game Pass games: Confirmed new free titles for November 2025 These games have been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in November 2025: 1000xRESIST (Console, PC) – 4th November Football Manager 26 (Console, PC) – 4th November Egging On (Xbox Series X/S, PC) – 6th November Whiskerwood (PC) – 6th November Voidtrain (Xbox Series X/S, PC) – 7th November Winter Burrow (Console, PC) – 12th November Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Xbox Series X/S, PC) – 14th November Moonlighter 2 (PC) – 19th November Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road (Xbox Series X/S, PC, Cloud) – 20th November That's all we know in terms of officially confirmed games coming to Game Pass in November 2025. We'll update this page when the next batch of free games is confirmed by Microsoft. What games are leaving Xbox Game Pass? While many games are added to Xbox Game Pass, there are four games being taken away this month, all of which will be leaving the service on 15th November. They are: Blacksmith Master (PC) Football Manager 2024 (Console, PC) Frostpunk (Console, PC) Spirittea (Console, PC) Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl (Console, PC) We'll update this page as and when more are added, so check back at a later date! What other Xbox Game Pass games are coming up? Looking further into the future, the following Xbox Game Pass games have been confirmed as upcoming releases on the service, though a lot of dates are still to be announced. Witchbrook (Winter 2025) Dead Static Drive (2…

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Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and free update: Release date and what to expect
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date: 2025-10-31T13:10:56.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Animal Crossing
description: Nintendo is dropping two slightly different things on the same day.
encoded: Nintendo has two treats in store for Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans — the base game is getting a big free update, and, on top of that, a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of the game is due to be released on the same date. New Horizons originally launched on 20th March 2020, and it's no surprise that it became one of the biggest games of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its idyllic island communities (and its surprisingly compelling turnip economy) providing some excellent escapism when we needed it most. Five and a bit years on, you may not see as many news stories about the game (remember when Elijah Wood was visiting people's islands?), but Nintendo clearly hasn't forgotten about Animal Crossing. Of course, many of us are hoping that a new Animal Crossing game is on the way. But until Nintendo announces that, a big new update and a Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade will do nicely. Let's get to explaining when these things are coming and what the difference is between them, shall we? When is the Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch 2 Edition release date? The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a confirmed release date of 15th January 2026. Nintendo confirmed this date on its official channels, and the Switch 2 Edition of the game is available to wishlist now on the Nintendo eShop. What about the price? Upgrading to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will cost you £4.19 if you already have the base game. If you don't have the base game, you can buy the Switch 2 Edition for £54.99. The trailer below was used to announce the Switch 2 Edition, as well as the free update to the base game. For more info on both of those things, keep on reading! View oEmbed on the source website When is the Animal Crossing free update v3.0 release date? The free Animal Crossing base game update, dubbed version 3.0, also has a confirmed release date of 15th January 2026. Yep, just to make things nice and easy to understand, Nintendo has opted to launch both …

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Is ARC Raiders crossplay? Multiplayer across platforms explained
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date: 2025-10-31T11:18:23.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
description: Good news, everyone!
encoded: The team Embark Studios, makers of The Finals, have done it again — their new multiplayer shooter ARC Raiders is out now, and it seems to be getting a lot of love from players. But does it have crossplay? One thing's for sure. ARC Raiders certainly has no shortage of interest, with the game's player count hitting some strong numbers on its launch day yesterday (Thursday 30th October). The game's launch hit similar heights to its open beta, which is pretty impressive when you consider that the full launch was a paid-for release and the open beta was free. A lot of players were convinced to open their wallets. But can those players play together across platforms? Keep on reading and we'll explain the ARC Raiders crossplay situation. Is ARC Raiders crossplay? Yes, ARC Raiders is crossplay. Whether you're playing ARC Raiders on PC, PS5 or Xbox Series X/S, you should be able to team up with your mates on other platforms to enjoy the ride together. This was confirmed ahead of launch on the game's official website, which states, "ARC Raiders supports seamless social play across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. "Play with your squad and thrive as a team, or rise in the ranks as a lone ranger. Connect, collaborate, and compete, no matter where or how you play." Can you turn off ARC Raiders crossplay? Crossplay is enabled by default in ARC Raiders, so if you want to have it switched on, you don't have to do anything. It is already on from the second you opened the game for the first time. If you'd rather stick to players on your own platform to avoid any confusion or animosity, you can turn crossplay off in ARC Raiders. To turn crossplay off in ARC Raiders, all you need to do is head into the Settings menu, navigate to the Gameplay section, find the bit about Crossplay, and toggle it off. Simples. View Green Video on the source website Does ARC Raiders have cross-progression? Yes, ARC Raiders does have cross-progression support at launch. If you are lucky enough to own more than on…

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Pokémon Legends Z-A confirms "known issues" with "planned fixes" coming soon
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date: 2025-10-30T15:42:02.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: News
subject: Pokemon
description: Good to know.
encoded: Players have had a couple of weeks to get to grips with Pokémon Legends Z-A, and now the developers have announced their intentions to fix a few "known issues" with the game. Of course, Pokémon Legends Z-A marked something of a departure for the iconic critter catching series from Game Freak, Nintendo, Creatures Inc and The Pokémon Company. Ditching the turn-based battle system that we've been using since the 1990s, Pokémon Legends Z-A switches to real-time combat, allowing you to run and roll about whilst your best moves charge up again. Even though the game returned to a familiar location, Lumiose City from Pokémon X and Y, it did redevelop the city with new battle zones and wild areas full of critters. It's no surprise that all of this change has brought with it some teething problems. And now, the team behind Pokémon Legends Z-A have admitted to a couple of clangers that they're planning to fix very soon. "We have confirmed the following issues and plan to fix them in a future update," a statement reads on the official Pokémon website. You might be surprised to learn that only two "known issues" are listed on the webpage. View oEmbed on the source website The first of them is described like so: "If your Pokémon Boxes become full before the first Rogue Mega Evolution battle and the Boxes menu had not been opened at any point prior to being filled, Pokémon catch attempts will always fail. "Additionally, if a side mission that allows you to receive Pokémon is attempted under these conditions, the mission will be completed without granting the Pokémon." And this is how the second known issue is summed up: "In certain side missions, if the time of day switches between daytime and nighttime at the exact moment that a move hits its target, it will become impossible to hit the target afterward, rendering the side mission incapable of being progressed further." The developers aren't waiting around when it comes to these two glitchy situations. The statement says in closi…

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Pick whichever The Outer Worlds 2 background you want, but this one skill is absolutely vital on the first planet
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date: 2025-10-30T12:24:47.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
description: Nobody wants a no-win scenario.
encoded: Xbox Game Pass players are now free to jump in and try out The Outer Worlds 2. But before you start playing Obsidian's new space opera properly, you'll have to choose your background, your traits, and your first few skills. Regular visitors to the RPG genre will know that the decisions you make in these opening menus, and your subsequent spending of skill points, will have an impact later on. With that in mind, it's only natural to sit in those opening menus for ages and wonder what is the very best way to customise your character at the start of the game. I'm here to tell you that it's actually more about skills than it is about your background, in terms of which choices here will come back and bite you on the bottom later. While I was working on our The Outer Worlds 2 review, on my first play-through, I opted for the 'Roustabout' as my character's background. I really wanted to see how funny the comedy side of this game's writing was, and this seemed like a choice that would really play into that. Devising my character as a bit of muck-up, someone who somehow keeps failing upwards and stumbling out of sticky situations unscathed, seemed like a fun little option. And I don't regret it. Being a Roustabout opens up some silly dialogue options all through the game, and I never felt like I was being punished for choosing a dumb option at the start. If anything, I was being rewarded with little gags on the regular. It's actually in the skill point system that I'd most recommend that you invest your resources as mindfully as possible. If you waste your skill points on the wrong things, you'll run into high-stakes moments later on without the knowhow to resolve them in a positive fashion. In fact, there's one area in which I'd really recommend that you pump a few skill points early on. My key piece of advice would be this: make sure you spend four skill points on Hack as soon as you can. Why, I hear you ask? Well, the answer to that question is a pretty big spoiler, so lo…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 star Neil Newbon teases his new game: “It's a really brilliant experience”
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date: 2025-10-29T17:08:44.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Exclusive
subject: Interview
subject: Video
description: The Kickstarter is still open!
encoded: It's not often that I interview the same person multiple times in the same year, but Neil Newbon is just that busy. Radio Times Gaming caught up with the iconic actor (who famously played Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3) to get the skinny about his new project, Starfinder: Afterlight, and a whole lot more. You can watch the whole interview on our YouTube channel, or in the video player above, if you’re that way inclined. And yes, because Newbon is super in-demand, we did conduct this interview in an alleyway, outside a major London train station, while the actor made his way from one appointment to the next. Support Starfinder: Afterlight on Kickstarter So, how would Newbon describe Starfinder: Afterlight, the new game that you might have seen him posting about on Instagram as well? In Newbon’s words, Starfinder: Afterlight is “an isometric roleplay game set in the world of Paizo's amazing Starfinder 2e edition rule set. “If you don't know what Starfinder is, that is a spiritual successor to Pathfinder, which is a spin-off itself from Dungeons & Dragons, but it's not the same thing. “It is a high-concept fantasy sci-fi drama. I actually think of Starfinder as a bit of a Western. But it's a fantastic roleplay system. And you get to live out your life as heroes, fighting some unknown thing, to maybe save the universe... maybe. Or just have snacks. One of the two." As for how the game is shaping up, Newbon teased, "It's a really brilliant experience. I've started playing a little bit of a tester and it's gonna get there, for sure, and I just really hope people have a wonderful experience in it." The game is being developed by a small Spanish company called Epictellers. When I spoke to the two founders over Zoom, they said that, if you compared their company to the BG3 makers from Larian, “Larian is a Ferrari, and Epictellers is a bicycle.” When I put this to Newbon, he said with a laugh, “A bicycle, but a really nice bicycle.” He added: “I mean, definitely, this is definit…

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The Outer Worlds 2 companions: Full list and how to recruit them all
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date: 2025-10-28T11:21:04.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
description: Maybe the real game is the friends we made along the way.
encoded: As with many role-playing games, how much you enjoy The Outer Worlds 2 will probably depend how much you like the companions you're surrounded by. In our four-star The Outer Worlds 2 review, I wrote, "By the 12 hour mark, I’d collected all the companions and noted how, in a similar vein to Mass Effect 3, the group had been designed to represent various different sides of the galactic conflict. At this point, I was locked in. "There are some characters in the mix here that have the potential to become huge fan favourites, with cool designs and zany backstories and great acting to make you believe it all. "The developers from Obsidian have once again decided not to include romance with your companions, though, which will be disappointing to some players (including me)." So, how many companions are there, who are the best ones to bring with you, and how do you get them all? We've got the answers to all those questions below. How many companions are there in The Outer Worlds 2? There are six companions to collect in The Outer Worlds 2. After you've left your ship and seen the Party Selection screen for the first time, you'll be aware of this, because you'll see how many slots there are to fill on the menu. You'll start the main campaign with two companions, and, as you'd expect, you'll collect the others in various places along your journey. We've got more detail on the recruitment process further down this article. Who are the best companions in The Outer Worlds 2? The best companions in The Outer Worlds 2 are Inez and Aza, in this writer's opinion. Inez's companion ability allows her to throw down healing packs during combat, which comes in very handy if you run out of inhaler charges. Aza's companion ability brings the fight to your enemies, allowing her to pop up anywhere during combat and dish out a power blast on whoever's bothering you. Combined, these two companions make combat situations less of a slog. Aza also has the darkest, funniest dialogue, if you like t…

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The Outer Worlds 2 main missions: Full list of chapters and how many to expect
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date: 2025-10-27T17:17:06.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
description: If you don't get distracted by side quests...
encoded: Obsidian is launching The Outer Worlds 2 this week, and you may already be playing it if you forked out for early access. Once you start working your way through the game, it's only natural to wonder how many main missions there are. You'll want to know if you're nearing the end, after all! This is a game with plenty of side content, and a decent length main story. So, are you ready to see the list? Beware, there are some very vague spoilers in the mission names. So, let's get to it. Here's every you need to know about The Outer Worlds 2 main missions. How many main missions are in The Outer Worlds 2? There are eight main missions in The Outer Worlds 2. It's worth noting that each of these missions is a multi-stage quest that will send you around the houses for a bit. There is a fair amount of leg work before you reach the important story beats. Each planet that you visit also has a lot of side content and optional asides, some of which will feed back into the main story in ways both big and small. Don't feel like you always have to rush towards the next main objective! If you want to know the names of all eight missions, so you can see which one you're in right now, keep on reading. Full list of The Outer Worlds 2 main missions The full list of The Outer Worlds 2 main missions looks like this: A Cause Worth Killing For Recalling the Score The Saboteur of Paradise On the Trail of the Traitor Fiends in High Places An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time A Complication with the Computronic Cerebrum Sins of the Past on the Precipice of the Future Note: After Fiends in High Places, you can tackle the following two quests in either order. We opted to do An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time first, but you can opt to tackle A Complication with the Computronic Cerebrum at that point if you'd prefer. All roads lead to the same final mission, though, where many of your choices along the way will come to fruition. View Green Video on the source website In our four-star review of …

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Pokémon Legends Z-A sales numbers: How much money has it made?
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date: 2025-10-24T13:40:09.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Pokemon
description: A profitable trip to Pokémon Paris.
encoded: It's been a week since Pokémon Legends Z-A swooped onto Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, and it's only natural to wonder how much money it has made in that time. The game has certainly garnered plenty of attention, with players flocking to Lumiose City in their millions to work their way through the Pokémon Legends Z-A Pokédex and collect all the new Mega Evolutions to boot. There's a nice long list of Pokémon Legends Z-A missions to tick off, and a handful of Legendaries to pick up late in the game. So, how is Pokémon Legends Z-A doing in terms of units sold and money made? Keep on reading and we'll try out best to break it down for you! How many units has Pokémon Legends Z-A sold? Pokémon Legends Z-A sold 5.8 million units in its first week, the official Japanese corporate website for the Pokémon franchise has confirmed. Of course, that number is only the first week and we'd expect the game to shift a lot more units as the Christmas season nears and more players begin to buy Nintendo Switch 2 consoles (and subsequently look for new things to play on there). Over on X (formerly known as Twitter), fans have been quick to point that Z-A has had a bigger first week than Pokémon X and Y, the 2013 Nintendo DS games that share the same setting as Z-A. On the flip-side, these community-gathered stats show that five different Pokémon games have had bigger first weeks than Z-A. The games that have done better are are Scarlet/Violet, Legends Arceus, Sword/Shield, and Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl. View oEmbed on the source website How much money has Pokémon Legends Z-A made? If Pokémon Legends Z-A has sold 5.8 million units, what does that mean in terms of actual money? Well, the game is priced at £49.99 on the Nintendo eShop, so it's time to whip out the calculator. If all those 5.8 million people paid the recommended retail price, that would mean that Pokémon Legends Z-A has already made £289.9 million. Of course, that is a rough estimate. Some people might have fo…

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Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition: Release date and what to expect
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date: 2025-10-24T12:58:01.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
description: Bethesda has confirmed the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition release date.
encoded: It's time to dust off your Pip-Boy and check that your Power Armour still fits — Bethesda has confirmed the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition release date. As part of the big Fallout Day live stream, the team from Bethesda announced that a shiny new version of 2015's Fallout 4 will arrive in our lives to mark the game's 10th birthday. That isn't the only birthday being celebrated, either. During the same stream, Bethesda announced that Fallout: New Vegas is getting a new Anniversary Bundle to mark that game's 15th anniversary. Pre-orders have already begun for that one, and it comes with a lot of merch. Beyond the birthday party action, Bethesda also confirmed that the Ghoul from the Fallout TV show will be coming to Fallout 76 on 2nd December 2025. Just in time for Fallout season 2! But if it's the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition that piqued your interest during the stream, keep on reading and we'll run through all the key details! When is the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition release date? The Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition release date is Monday 10th November 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. In a satisfying slice of synergy, this means that the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition will land on the exact same date that the original Fallout 4 dropped way back when in 2015. However, if you're hoping to play the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition on Nintendo Switch 2, you'll have to wait until 2026. We don't have an exact date for the Switch 2 port as of yet, but we know it will be in 2026. What to expect from the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition Bethesda's official website tells us that the Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition will include the base game, six official add-ons, "and over 150 pieces of Creation Club content". All of this will be "bundled together in one neat package in celebration of Fallout 4’s 10th anniversary". Those add-ons, if you were wondering, are called Automatron, Far Harbor, Nuka-World and the Workshop. The Creation Club content is said to include everyt…

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The Outer Worlds 2 review: A game that begs to be played
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date: 2025-10-23T16:20:36.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Review
description: These worlds are well worth exploring.
encoded: Society is run by farcical corporations that only care about the bottom line – in The Outer Worlds 2, that is. This satirical science-fiction roleplaying game allows you to create your own character and stumble into a conspiracy of galactic importance, where you're just as likely to chuckle at an unexpected joke as you are to feel your adrenalin pumping in an explosive gunfight. You'll collect colourful companions for your spaceship as you travel between planets, unravel the plot and pull your hair out over massively important decisions. With all-new characters and locations, newcomers to the series are very much welcome here. If you did play the first game in the franchise, you might be surprised to jump into a sequel that feels totally unrelated to the first game. Your brand new character is thrown straight into a high-stakes mission, and it’s not long before you’re unleashed on a planet with almost total freedom to wander about and do whatever you want. As you explore the manifold wide open areas of the game, which are rendered beautifully (if somewhat overstuffed with violent creatures), you’ll do all sorts of random tasks, from solving murders to resolving workplace disputes and everything in between. In typical Fallout fashion, it’s not long before you’re given some difficult choices to make and warring factions to choose from. Things can go very badly wrong, and you will be held accountable for decisions that you make along the way. Even something that seems noble, like saving some innocent people, can backfire on you in major ways. However, in the first few hours of the game, the writing doesn’t do an amazing job of communicating who the different factions are and why exactly they are warring. And, trust me, I was really trying to take in all the dialogue. (As more of a visual learner, reams of text is rarely the way I understand things!) To start with, I was worried that the overarching space opera story was lacking anything engaging. It felt like the space…

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Jurassic World Evolution 3 review: It's good to be back, but it's not perfect
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date: 2025-10-21T14:00:22.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Review
description: The game gets deeper, but at what cost?
encoded: It’s good to be back, but Jurassic World Evolution 3 isn’t a perfect game. And that’s coming from a long-time fan of this dinosaur-stuffed theme park management series. When Frontier Developments stepped away from their fossil-dusting kits to make Planet Coaster 2 a few years ago, I feared the worst. I thought the Jurassic World Evolution franchise was dead in the water like the victims of a Mosasaurs attack. With that in mind, it’s a cause for celebration that JWE has returned with a whole new game, outlasting the original Jurassic World movie series (which has now been relaunched with a new cast including Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey). Let’s start with the movie connections. While Owen Grady (Chris Pratt’s role from the films) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) were key characters in the campaign last time, with Howard even lending her voice to the game, this new release only refers to them in passing. On the upside, Jeff Goldblum is still present and correct, voicing Ian Malcolm once again. The good doctor constantly quibbles and questions whether any of this is a good idea, and Goldblum’s inimitable line deliveries really add a layer of fun authenticity to proceedings. View Green Video on the source website The story, set after Jurassic World Dominion, tasks you with travelling to sites around the globe and helping dinosaurs in various different ways. In some places, you’ll find a good old-fashioned theme park. In others, a scientific project or a breeding programme that needs your assistance. Speaking of breeding, that’s one of the big new upgrades this time around, and it makes the gameplay so much deeper and more engaging than before. In previous entries, once your dinosaurs were happy in their enclosure, you could leave them alone for huge stretches of time without anything going wrong. In this new game, if you have a breeding pair and you give them a nest, you will eventually see a juvenile dinosaur coming to life in your midst. Not only is …

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Jurassic World Evolution 3 boss explains all the "major new additions that we wanted to realise"
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date: 2025-10-20T08:43:52.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Exclusive
description: Babies make everything more complicated.
encoded: Frontier Developments is back in the world of dinosaurs, with Jurassic World Evolution 3 launching tomorrow (Tuesday 21st October). After delivering the first two JWE games, and eating up much of our free time in the process, the company stepped away from fossils and enclosures to make 2024’s Planet Coaster 2. So, what brought the team back to Jurassic World? We asked Jurassic World Evolution 3’s game director, Andy Fletcher, at an elaborate preview event for the new game. (Check out the video above to see what we mean!) Fletcher told us: “Jurassic World Evolution 3 began with the core, big features that we wanted to add. We wanted to go back to the series, because there was some major new additions that we wanted to realise. “And they are; the addition of dinosaur families. So we've got male dinosaurs now, we have dinosaur breeding, which means you have juvenile dinosaurs. The whole dynamic of the family herd really excited us. “As did the idea of bumping up the creativity of the game. So the building park building element, really overhauling that, giving players the power to build parks they never could before. “We knew such potential in both of those areas that we, yeah, we wanted to go back to this franchise, which we love. And we're really proud of the first two games. We knew we had a big third game that we could make, too.” We were given a few hours to try the game, and we managed to see the dinosaur breeding function in action. It starts fairly simply — you just put a nest in your enclosure. If you have a breeding pair in the enclosure, there's a chance that a baby dinosaur will be born, and that baby dinosaur will then come into existence in the enclosure. The challenging part is that the juveniles oftentimes have very different needs to the parents. So that adds an extra layer to the complexity of the gameplay. In the previous games, you might never really go back to an enclosure once you'd ensured the dinosaurs within were happy in their surroundings. Now…

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Doctor Who producer reacts to "really rude" claims that the show is "as dead as we've ever known it"
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date: 2025-10-19T10:35:33.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: News
description: Reports of Doctor Who's death have been greatly exaggerated, it seems.
encoded: Jane Tranter, one of the key executive producers behind Doctor Who and founder of Bad Wolf Studios (the company that makes the show), has reacted to comments that the BBC's flagship sci-fi series is "as dead as we’ve ever known it." That particular comment came from Robert Shearman (writer of an iconic 2005 episode, Dalek), who had been quoted in Doctor Who Magazine talking about the show's series 15 finale. The most recent series ended on the cliff-hanger reveal that Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor had regenerated into a character played by Billie Piper. Piper, of course, starred as Rose Tyler in the main series (including Shearman's aforementioned episode) and popped up again as The Moment in the 50th anniversary special, meaning that her reappearance in the Doctor's place is something of a mystery. With viewers left dangling on this cliff-hanger, and no word yet on when the next full series of Doctor Who will arrive (or even enter production), emotions have been running high, with Shearman suggesting that the shock regeneration "put a full stop on things" and left the show feeling "as dead as we’ve ever known it." Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, in an interview that was picked up by Deadline, Jane Tranter was given the opportunity to reply publicly to these comments. Reports of Doctor Who's death have been greatly exaggerated, it seems. Tranter is quoted as saying: "'As dead as we’ve ever known.' That’s really rude, actually. And really untrue." Clarifying the current state of affairs, and touching on how the upcoming seafaring spin-off factors into things, Tranter added: "The plans for Doctor Who are really simply this — the BBC and BBC Studios had a partnership with Disney Plus for 26 episodes. "We are currently 21 episodes down into that 26-episode run. We have got another five episodes of The War Between The Land And The Sea to come. "At some point after that, decisions will be made together with all of us about what the future of Doctor Who entails." Tranter continued: "I…

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Release date, launch time, trailers and Mega Evolution news
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date: 2025-10-13T14:52:33.000Z
creator: Alex Raisbeck
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Pokemon
description: The next Pokémon game? It's a return trip to Kalos.
encoded: The year of the Nintendo Switch 2 continues, and with its release fast approaching, we now have confirmation of the release times for Pokémon Legends: Z-A around the world. With the 10th Generation still nowhere in sight, Game Freak is returning to the new gameplay format they pioneered in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, taking us back to Pokémon X and Y's Kalos region. So, if you're excited to head back to the bustling streets of Lumiose City, here's what date and time you can play Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Pokémon Legends Z-A release date Pokémon Legends: Z-A will release on 16th October 2025. This was officially confirmed by Nintendo with a post to its various social media pages in May. The game had previously been scheduled for a late 2025 release date, but hadn't been given a more specific release window aside from that. What time does Pokémon Legends: Z-A release in the UK? Pokémon Legends: Z-A releases at midnight on 16th October 2025 in the UK. In fact, the game releases at midnight locally around the world, with the exception of countries with more than one time zone, in which case it will become available at midnight in the easternmost time zone. For example, players in the US will be able to play it at midnight on the East Coast (EDT), which corresponds to 9pm PDT, 10pm MDT and 11pm CDT on 15th October. The same is true for Australia, with the game launching at midnight AEDT. View Green Video on the source website Can I pre-order Pokémon Legends Z-A? Yes, you can pre-order Pokémon Legends Z-A from UK retailers like Amazon and Smyths. As for the US, you can get yourself a copy from GameStop, although it doesn't appear to be available to pre-order anywhere else yet. Which consoles and platforms can play Pokémon Legends Z-A? As for platforms, we know that Pokémon Legends: Z-A will at least be available on Nintendo Switch, with the console's familiar red and white logo in the official announcement trailer. The game will also be available on the Nintendo Switch 2, which …

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Ghost of Yōtei armour: Best armour sets for every playstyle
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date: 2025-10-09T11:38:13.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: List
description: The Onryō's new clothes.
encoded: Having the best armour set can go a long way in Ghost of Yōtei, a game that rewards you for playing thoughtfully and matching the right gear to your playstyle. Whichever way you’re exploring the Ghost of Yōtei map (shoutout to everyone who’s ignoring the main missions to maximise their freewheeling open-world adventures), you’ll want to be wearing the best armour possible for the task at hand at any given point. Some of the best Ghost of Yōtei armour is angled around one particular weapon or a single combat style, but there are a few that offer more general boosts that feel more like traditional video game armour. So, what’s the best armour in Ghost of Yōtei? And how do you get it? Keep on reading and we’ll run through all the best options and why they might be right for Atsu in your case. Let’s get to it. What is the best armour in Ghost of Yōtei? In this writer’s opinion, the best armour in Ghost of Yōtei is Taro’s Armour. As I’m not particularly obsessed with one particular weapon type or playstyle, the Taro Armour stands out as a very strong option for two reasons. For one thing, it boosts your health (by a minor amount to start with, but more and more with every upgrade). Secondly, it enhances your Spirit gains when you have a cooking bonus. These two factors means that it gives you a general boost during combat scenarios without taking anything helpful away from you. And as an added bonus, it’ll also reduce fire and cold damage. However, we’re aware that everyone plays the game differently and therefore will require a different armour to maximise their chances. To try and help more of you out, we’ve listed a number of great armour sets below and what each one is best for. Best armour sets in Ghost of Yōtei Taro's Armour: Best for Health and Spirit What it does: All Spirit gains increased by a minor amount when graced with a cooking Spirit bonus. Maximum Health increased by a minor amount. Fire and Cold damage reduced by a moderate amount. How to get: Rescue Ta…

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When does the CoD BO7 beta end? UK time confirmed
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date: 2025-10-08T10:02:10.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Call of Duty
description: When does the battle conclude?
encoded: When does the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta end? If you're asking that question, particularly here in the UK, you've come to the right place to find the answer. The CoD BO7 beta started on Sunday, meaning that players have had a decent amount of time to try out the game ahead of its full launch next month. To keep the party going and perhaps to deflect attention from another big shooter launch, Activision even made the bold move to extend the beta for an extra 24 hours beyond its original schedule. So, when does the CoD BO7 beta end? Keep reading and we'll explain all! When does the CoD BO7 beta end? Here in the UK, the CoD BO7 beta will end at 5pm BST on Thursday 9th October. You have until then to get maximum enjoyment from it. On the other side of the pond, this means American players will be booted out of the beta at 9am PT on Thursday. In central Europe, you have until 6pm CEST on Thursday to enjoy the BO7 beta. Below is a list of the CoD BO7 end times in various major regions around the globe. USA: 9am PT on Thursday 9th October UK: 5pm BST on Thursday 9th October Central Europe: 6pm CEST on Thursday 9th October India: 9:30pm on Thursday 9th October Japan: 1am JST on Friday 10th October Australia: 2.30am ACDT on Friday 10th October New Zealand: 5am NZDT on Friday 10th October And remember, if your time zone isn't on that list, you can always check how times compare using websites like World Time Buddy. Of course, the elephant in the room here is that Battlefield 6 is launching this week, which does make the timing of the CoD beta seem very deliberate. How much market share can the new Battlefield game pull away from CoD? Only time will tell, but it will certainly be interesting to see it all play out as a spectator. For now, though, you've got a few more hours to get the most out of the CoD BO7 beta. Have fun with it while you can! Read more: Call of Duty games order Best gaming chairs - pick your CoD throne Best gaming headsets - improve your audio View Ridd…

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Neil Newbon reveals new video game project, and you can help fund it
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date: 2025-10-07T11:30:05.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: News
description: The actor steps into a new, bigger role.
encoded: Neil Newbon, the actor who brought your beloved vampire companion Astarion to dazzling life in Baldur’s Gate 3, has announced a new video game project — and you can help fund it! Newbon has been busy since BG3, working on numerous games as well as launching his own podcast (Dungeons & Dragons & Dramas), overseeing the Pixel Pack project to get more recognition for actors in games, travelling to events around the globe, and even meeting up with us for an extended Arcade Hang interview. And now, Newbon is adding another feather to his cap. The star took to social media to announce the news, as well as inviting fans to invest in the idea. "Thrilled to announce my partnership as Voice Director with Epic Tellers on our new game Starfinder: Afterlight," Newbon posted on Instagram last night (Monday 6th October). That’s right! Newbon is working as the voice director on an upcoming game called Starfinder: Afterlight. The game's official Kickstarter page adds: "It is a true privilege to announce that Neil Newbon (Baldur's Gate 3, Resident Evil Village) has joined our mission as our voice director. "Neil will be responsible for guiding and shaping the voice acting in the game, from casting to final delivery, ensuring every performance fits the creative vision." Seemingly designed with fans of Pathfinder in mind, Starfinder: Afterlight is described on Steam as a “party-based RPG that brings Paizo's beloved science-fantasy universe to life.” Players will “battle across the Pact Worlds, lead a legendary crew where your choices shape their destiny, and well — save the galaxy while you're at it!” The game has already been fully paid for, but Newbon has announced an extra wave of additional fundraising with one goal in mind: "to increase the cast beyond the main actors and supporting actors." With Newbon being one of the biggest names in the video game acting world right now, it’s very cool to see him stepping behind the scenes like this to direct a team of actors, and even pushing…

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How the PS5 powered Ghost of Yōtei's most heartwarming new feature
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date: 2025-10-03T17:05:23.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Exclusive
subject: Interview
subject: PlayStation
subject: PlayStation 5
subject: Video
description: "It's all part of the fantasy."
encoded: The Sucker Punch samurai sequel Ghost of Yōtei is out now on PS5. If you’ve played the first hour or so, you will have encountered a very cool new feature that was made possible by the technical capabilities of the PlayStation 5 itself. When Atsu, the new main character voiced by Erika Ishii, visits her childhood home during the prologue, you’ll see exactly what we’re talking about here. At the press of a button, you can send Atsu instantaneously into a childhood flashback. You’re standing in the exact same location, but you’ve travelled back in time to Atsu’s younger years when her parents were still alive. In the blink of an eye, you’re back in those happier days. It’s a neat trick, and one that we can imagine lots of other games trying to emulate in future. For example, It would work super well for the Star Wars Jedi games, where the lead character already senses ‘echoes’ of the past. On the eve of the Yōtei’s launch, we had the chance to ask Nate Fox, one of the game’s directors, about the thinking behind this feature and how it is even possible. So, what was thinking behind the flashbacks? In Fox’s words: “We really want players to be able to experience Atsu’s youth. You know, why does she love her mum so much, who just hen-pecks her to keep practicing her shamisen. Or her dad, you know, making dad jokes. The kind of things that you can relate to, so that, when Atsu is furious about the life that was stolen from her, you understand. “And because it's a video game, of course, you get to play the thing. And I don't know you, when you play video games, I tend to say, like, ‘Oh, I died on that level’. You are the character. And that's a great thing about games, right? That they're immersive on that level, that is unique.” This seamless cutting into Atsu’s early years, as we assumed, was it by any chance made possible by the Solid State Drive in the console itself? “You're right,” Fox told us. “It is, in fact, because of the power of the SSD on the PlayStation 5 tha…

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Which Ghost of Yōtei assassination target should you do first? Cool armour awaits if you choose wisely
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date: 2025-10-02T14:11:53.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
description: Should you start with The Oni, The Kitsune or The Saito Brothers?
encoded: In the opening act of Ghost of Yōtei, not long after the prologue, you'll be given a choice between three different assassination targets to go after in any order that you please — The Oni, The Kitsune and The Saito Brothers. So, which of these Ghost of Yōtei quests should you tackle first? If you want to find some of the best-looking armour, nice and early in the game, there's definitely one of those three that we'd recommend above the others. That being said, Yōtei is a game that's all about freedom and player agency, so it's also worth following your heart on this one, rather than following orders from a stranger on the Internet. But if you would like just a little bit of guidance, read on! Should you start with The Oni, The Kitsune or The Saito Brothers in Ghost of Yōtei? When Ghost of Yōtei gives you the choice between going after The Oni, The Kitsune or The Saito Brothers, we would strongly recommend doing The Kitsune mission first. It's worth noting that all three of these quests are multi-part mission chains that will take you a few hours to complete. They'll each send you off to explore different parts of the map, and you'll be exposed to different opportunities in different orders depending on which of these you choose to pursue first. So, why do we recommend doing The Kitsune mission first? There are a few reasons for this recommendation, but the main one is this: cool armour awaits you if you follow this mission chain as a matter of priority. In the main image at the top of this article, we've included a picture of Atsu in her awesome black Nine Tail armour, which you'll be able to pick up free of charge during The Kitsune mission. This armour is worn by the shinobi clan of Teshio Ridge (the area you'll unlock and explore in The Kitsune mission chain), and it's designed with stealth in mind. A suit of armour that buffs your stealth stats? That will come in very handy if you prefer to play the sneaky way. You'll also able to pick up smoke bombs for the fi…

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Walton Goggins is coming to Fallout 76: "We don't really explain why he's there"
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date: 2025-10-01T14:00:27.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Exclusive
subject: Interview
description: Gamers, meet The Ghoul.
encoded: Walton Goggins is coming to Fallout 76. Yep, you read that right! Prime Video's Fallout TV show is about to crossover with the video game franchise that birthed it in a pretty major way. Goggins's iconic TV character The Ghoul will arrive in the game later this year to host a new bounty hunting feature, timed to coincide with Fallout season 2. That bounty hunting feature will drop in a big new update, Burning Springs, which will also add a new region to the north-west area of the map. This new region, Ohio, has been inspired by Fallout 3 and New Vegas, to make sure it thematically resonates with the vibe of Fallout season 2. View oEmbed on the source website One of the key points of interest in this new region is Highway Town, where you’ll find The Ghoul doing some shady business in a bar called The Last Resort. He has a huge stack of bounties to hunt, and you’re gonna help him do exactly that. If you’re on the Fallout 76 private test server, you’ll be able to test out this cool new feature from 2nd October. The rest of us will have to wait until December 2025. To get ahead of the game on this one, Radio Times Gaming travelled to New York City to chat with two of the key developers of Fallout 76 about this exciting new development. So, how did they end up getting The Ghoul himself? Fallout 76 creative director Jonathan Rush told us: “So, it kind of happened organically. You know, with the new region, we wanted to figure out what the tentpole feature of the new update would be, and something that captured the spirit of that region and also the broader strokes of player feedback came to be bounty hunting, right? “And so, who better to host a bounty hunting feature than Walton Goggins? As The Ghoul. I mean, there's nothing better. So yeah, Walton Goggins, of course, being a big fan of Fallout, being a big fan of the games, this was a very, very easy fit to have this character be in this update. “It was great getting the script written out. There were some writers on ou…

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Ghost of Yōtei review: I've played these games before
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date: 2025-09-25T13:00:00.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Review
description: Not without some glorious moments, Yōtei feels overly familiar.
encoded: If you’ve seen one Japanese orphan avenging their parent’s death, have you seen them all? That’s the question that I can’t seem to shake after spending the last few weeks sinking all of my spare time into Ghost of Yōtei. Sucker Punch’s sequel to 2020’s Ghost of Tsuhima jumps forward hundreds of years to place a new hero, Atsu, into the lead role. It’s a whole new game with a new map to explore, a new story to unravel and new baddies to beat. So, why does it feel so familiar? In part, that’s down to the fact that, despite the freshly made surroundings, you are still following the guiding wind around on your horse, galloping through beautiful scenery, stopping off at hot springs and bamboo-slicing challenges along the way. So far, so Tsushima. Although this is a new game, the moment to moment exploration will easily evoke your experiences of Tsushima (and it doesn’t help that, Tsushima being a COVID-era core memory for many players, those experiences are baked very firmly into our minds). You can see why the Assassin’s Creed games normally jump, not just to a different time period, but to a totally different vibe and location with every new entry (Odyssey and Valhalla feel completely separate, for example). View oEmbed on the source website Speaking of Assassin’s Creed, that brings us to another major reason why Yōtei feels so familiar — the central narrative in Ghost of Yōtei is eerily similar to the central narrative of last year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. In the opening moments of the game, our main character, as a child, sees a beloved parent butchered before their very eyes. Years later, as an adult, she swears revenge on the mysterious mask-wearing villains who did it. One by one, you hunt them down. Stop me if you've heard this one before. Of course, there was an overlap in the production schedules of these two games, so you can’t entirely blame the totally separate creators for having similar ideas. But, it’s a shame for the Yōtei team that Ubisoft got their …

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Richard Osman teases James Bond Easter egg and promises The Thursday Murder Club will "keep going for many years to come"
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date: 2025-09-12T06:00:25.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Books
description: The author joined Radio Times for a special event.
encoded: Richard Osman is striding across his home turf at Kew, the royal botanic gardens just a few minutes’ walk from his West London house, on his way to a very important date with readers of Radio Times. It’s not unusual to see the TV quiz star/producer turned best-selling author cutting a contemplative (and very tall) figure behind the garden’s high brick walls, where he can sometimes be seen pondering a plotline or seeking refuge from his writing duties among its world-class collection of plants and trees. But last week Osman arrived at Kew with a different purpose: to attend a special ‘In Conversation With’ event hosted by Radio Times. Two weeks before, Netflix’s adaptation of his best-selling crime thriller, The Thursday Murder Club, took the streaming service by storm, packing out UK cinemas and sending the film to the top of the streaming charts. Although he would be the first to point out that he didn’t write the film, Osman is every bit the man of the moment, and fans clutching books, joined 750 lucky Radio Times readers, on a slightly soggy – the heatwave having finally broken – Thursday afternoon to catch a glimpse of the man himself, for an autograph, for a photo, and to take part in a quiz hosted by Osman and his Pointless friend Alexander Armstrong. Before the quizzing began, Osman took to the stage for an In Conversation interview with Radio Times's TV editor Caroline Frost. No stranger to the thunderous Heathrow flightpath, Osman had the audience laughing every time he identified a plane roaring overhead (‘British Airways… Delta… Virgin Atlantic’). After spilling the beans on his near 40-year career in television (including some not-to-be-repeated tales about which guests caused the most pain on Pointless Celebrities), talk turned to the residents of Cooper’s Chase. Now that Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron and Ibrahim have been translated into a hit feature film, it was surprising to hear that Osman didn’t hear the voices of Celia Imrie, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan…

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FM26 release date confirmed as Football Manager finally schedules its comeback
type: item
date: 2025-09-10T16:46:13.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: News
description: So, what's the score?
encoded: The FM26 release date has been confirmed, with the Football Manager video game series finally scheduling its long-awaited comeback. Of course, exciting comebacks provide some of FM's most enjoyable moments. But, in this case, the preceding 12 months have been something of a weird one for Football Manager fans. Returning players won't need to be reminded that last year's FM25 ended up being cancelled, with the franchise's shift to a new game engine ultimately being a bigger, longer, more difficult job than the team at Sports Interactive initially anticipated. And now, with the Football Manager social media accounts recently having lurched back to life, there's a big reason to celebrate. As Sports Interactive has announced today, the FM26 release date has been confirmed as 4th November 2025. Pre-order Football Manager 26 from Fanatical (Steam key) This, of course, is slap-bang in the middle of the period in which fans would expect a new Football Manager game to drop. On 4th November, the computer and console versions will launch across PC, Mac, Xbox and PS5. On that same date, the mobile version will arrive as a Netflix exclusive. Nintendo Switch players will have to wait a little bit longer, with that version not slated to drop until 4th December 2025. Here at Radio Times Gaming, we're very much looking forward to starting a new save and searching for new wonderkids (all the while fearing for our jobs). Football Manager 2026 will see the introduction of women's football to the series, at long last, which is sure to open up some fun new avenues for players. Sports Interactive gaffer Miles Jacobson said in a statement: “I’m honoured and delighted to be revealing Football Manager 26’s release date today. “Setting Sports Interactive up for the next 20 years and beyond was an enormous undertaking but I couldn’t be prouder of the efforts of the whole team over the past two years. “FM26 represents a landmark release in our quest to produce football management perfection and…

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Pokémon Concierge event in Pokémon Go: Dates, times and what to expect
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date: 2025-09-09T14:18:47.000Z
creator: Rob Leane
subject: Gaming
subject: Technology
subject: Pokemon
subject: Pokemon Go
description: Time to check in?
encoded: Pokémon Concierge is getting a special event in Pokémon Go, and we've rounded up all the key details on the dates, times and what's included for you. If you haven't had the pleasure to watch it, Pokémon Concierge is a delightful little animated series on Netflix. It has recently released its second season on the streaming service, and is well worth a watch. As ever, Pokémon goings-on in the real world means there will be Pokémon Go content to match. Keep on reading and we'll run through everything you need to know. When is the Pokémon Concierge event in Pokémon Go? UK dates and end time The Pokémon Concierge event in Pokémon Go started at 10am on Tuesday 9th September here in the UK (and everywhere else). The event will end at 8pm on Sunday 14th September, meaning that you have until the end of this week to make the most of what's in store. That's not a huge amount of time, so let's quickly get to the key details. What's included in the Pokémon Concierge event in Pokémon Go? Over on the official Pokémon Go website, Niantic has revealed a whole load of fun content for the Pokémon Concierge event in Pokémon Go. Below is a rundown of what you should expect. Pokémon debut Psyduck with a swim ring (can be shiny!) Wild encounters Psyduck with a swim ring (can be shiny!) Sealeo Shinx (can be shiny!) Raids One-Star Pikachu (can she shiny!) One-Star Magikarp (can she shiny!) One-Star Shinx (can she shiny!) Three-Star Arcanine Three-Star Dragonite Three-Star Luxray Timed Research "Timed Research focused on catching Pokémon and taking snapshots of wild Pokémon will be available throughout the event," the website states. "Complete tasks to earn Stardust, encounters with event-themed Pokémon, and more," it continues. Please note that Timed Research expires. The tasks associated with this Timed Research must be completed and their rewards must be claimed before Sunday 14th September at 8pm local time. Avatar goodies Meanwhile, in the in-game shop, there is a free new shirt! It's …

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