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PEGI has announced that all games with loot boxes in them will soon be rated 16 and up.The European game ratings board announced today that starting in June it will be introducing a number of minimum age ratings for games with certain ‘interactive risk’ features.Games with “paid random items” – generally described as loot boxes – will have a default rating of PEGI 16, meaning they can’t legally be sold to children 15 or under in the UK or any other European country which has adopted PEGI ratings into its legislation.“In some cases, they can be a PEGI 18,” it…
Arc Raiders is in the awkward position of being a popular PvPvE game with some players who despise PvP but, you know, at least developer Embark Studios is used to it. Production director Caio Braga shares during a Game Developer Conference 2026 panel attended by GamesRadar+ that Arc Raiders’ PvP has been controversial from the second it was conceived.Braga says during his talk – candidly titled “WHEN YOUR AAA GAME ISN’T FUN” – that Embark decided on “a big reset” at one point during Arc Raiders’ development and added PvP. Unfortunately for him, “the very first feedback was, players didn’t…
Well, a week out from the gargantuan merging of MMO and RPG bits’ release, we finally know what Crimson Desert is. It’s a game that’s just slurped down some Denuvo DRM (. Yep, the shonky enormity of exploding slippage whose devs reckon they announced it too early has been fed some anti-tamper software at the last minute.
After drumming up a decent amount of excitement in the final months before launch (a stark contrast to the skepticism it was met with after playtests last year) Marathon has burst onto the extraction shooter scene with plenty of glowing endorsements. However, while we don’t officially know what constitutes a success in Bungie and Sony’s eyes, it’s not drawing in the same kind of crowds as Arc Raiders does, for example. A launch day peak of 88,000 players on Steam alone was a solid showing, but things have been steadily dropping off since. A week on from the big day,…
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is the latest turn-based spin-off of Capcom’s hugely successful dinosaur-bashing franchise, and it’s a big game.It might be considered a spin-off, but make no mistake, MHS3 is a fully-fledged JRPG, with a long runtime to prove it. It’s not a game you should take lightly, and to prove it, we’re breaking down how long you should expect to be playing Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection and listing all the areas you’ll explore along the way.How long to beat Monster Hunter Stories 3MHS3 is a meaty game, and even if you attempt to beeline…
A new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s alien sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day is here, and it’s bringing the legendary director’s fascination with aliens, extra-terrestrials, and UFOs back to the big screen in a movie about what happens when people find out the truth.Here’s the trailer: Disclosure Day | Official Trailer – YouTube Watch On “I’ve always been fascinated with things that cannot be explained. And I’ve made a lot of movies about things that can’t be explained, from sharks to saucers. When I was just a little kid, I remember developing a real curiosity about the sky at night, and what’s…
The folks behind PEGI – the age rating system used for games in Europe outside of Germany – have announced plans to update their criteria so that games which feature likes of loot boxes, harbour NFTs or blockchain-related bollocks, or pressurise players into returning via daily quests will automatically be given specific age reccomendations to match.
Crimson Desert has long had its optimistic fans – those that play its MMO predecessor, Black Desert Online, for example. But in recent months, it feels like everyone’s squeezed aboard the Crimson Desert hype train – its scale, visuals, deep combat offering, and decision to make it a huge, MMORPG-lite single-player game has seen interest snowball. While I’ve still got my reservations about the overcomplicated control scheme Jamie encountered when he previewed it last year, it seems pretty nailed on to be one of this year’s biggest new releases. However, just a week out from launch, some PC players may…
Former Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has revealed his next game, The Legend of California.The debut offering from Kaplan’s new studio Kintsugiyama, The Legend of California is a Wild West themed first-person shooter set during the Gold Rush, but in a fictional island of California rather than the real-life version.“Explore, gather, craft, build, hunt, and fight your way across a vast untamed frontier,” the game’s description on Steam reads. “Whether you choose to travel alone or work together with friends, your mission on this mythical island is not just to survive, but thrive.“Stay strong, stake your claim, and become the true…
Why you can trust GamesRadar+ Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about our reviews policy. A trek through medieval Italy to rescue your beloved as the knight-errant Aeta begins with a raid, death, and a missing postulant – Bianca, your best friend and maybe something more. 1348 Ex Voto presents itself as a journey of devotion to rescue your kidnapped childhood friend, with clear romantic undertones between the two women, stirring excitement amongst the sapphic community. Except, as I settle into my role as Aeta,…