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Cheating in games is apparently an $8.5 BILLION business. Activision’s RICOCHET team just pulled back the curtain on how big the cheat industry actually is. They say they’ve already: • disrupted 375+ cheat reseller operations • sent 80+ cease-and-desist demands • helped shut down 31 major cheat vendors • issued 70,000+ new hardware bans last month Imagine spending $1,000 a year just to still lose gunfights... 🔗 Full RICOCHET report:

https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2026/09/ricochet-taking-on-the-cheating-ecosystem

@Gaming_Radar #CallOfDuty #Warzone #RICOCHET #GamingNews

🌀 Some players get CONTROL Resonant TODAY. PS5 Digital Deluxe owners get 48-hour early access. Everyone else gets access September 24 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. And yeah… the download isn’t exactly tiny: PS5 — 89 GB PC — 86 GB Xbox — 106 GB Time to clear the SSD cemetery. 💀 @Gaming_Radar #ControlResonant #PS5 #RemedyGames #GamingNews

🕹️ RADAR REWIND: 1985 No saves. No checkpoints every 30 seconds. No YouTube walkthrough when you got stuck. Just you, a controller… and World 1-1. 🏃‍♂️ Super Mario Bros. hit the Famicom in Japan in September 1985 and helped turn Mario into one of gaming's defining characters. 40+ years later, you can still hear that first level in your head.

📡 RADAR REWIND Back to where gaming legends were made.

@Gaming_Radar #SuperMarioBros #Nintendo #RetroGaming #GamingHistory

🎂 Fortnite is officially 9 years old. The Birthday event is live, which means new quests + free cosmetics are up for grabs. Rewards include: 🍰 Choco-9 Cake Back Bling ⛏ Cake Crusher Pickaxe 🎁 More birthday cosmetics Nine years of dropping somewhere and immediately regretting it. Beautiful. 😂 🎮 Quest + reward breakdown:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/fortnite-birthday-2026-quests-rewards/

@Gaming_Radar #Fortnite #FortniteBirthday #EpicGames #FreeRewards

🏜 Arrakis is officially open. Dune: Awakening launches TODAY on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S — and it’s also joining Xbox Game Pass. The big update also brings a full single-player mode, so you can now play the entire game and story solo if massive public servers aren’t your thing. Cross-play + cross-progression are supported on Xbox too. The spice must flow. 👀 🎮 Details:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/04/dune-awakening-xbox-release-date-details/

@Gaming_Radar #DuneAwakening #XboxGamePass #PS5 #Gaming

🛠 Rockstar just tightened the rules around mods. The updated guidelines say modders shouldn’t: • alter official storylines or missions • move Rockstar maps/content between games • port games to unsupported hardware • monetize mods outside Rockstar’s approved creator platform That could put a bunch of long-running community projects in a weird spot. And yeah… everyone’s already thinking about what this means for GTA VI. @Gaming_Radar #GTAVI #GTA6 #RockstarGames #Modding

🏜 Arrakis opens up to a LOT more players tomorrow. Dune: Awakening officially launches September 22 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S — and it’s joining Xbox Game Pass the same day. The PS5 version also arrives with a full single-player mode, while Xbox gets Play Anywhere support across console, PC and supported handheld/cloud setups. If survival games are your thing, tomorrow could get dangerous. The spice must flow. 👀 🎮 Xbox / Game Pass details: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/04/dune-awakening-xbox-release-date-details/ @Gaming_Radar #DuneAwakening #XboxGamePass #PS5 #Dune

🎮 PlayStation just dropped a LISA DualSense. The Lisa Limited Edition controller is coming October 30 — with pre-orders starting October 2. Chroma Pearl finish. Her signature stars. “LL” details. And even her eyes + bangs worked into the touchpad design. Price: €84.99. This is either gonna sell out instantly… or get scalped into another dimension 😭 🔗 Official reveal:

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/21/lisa-x-playstation-arrives-this-october-first-look-at-the-dualsense-wireless-controller-lisa-limited-edition-and-all-new-merchandise/

@Gaming_Radar #PlayStation #DualSense #LISA #Gaming

🏴‍☠️ LAST CALL. Sea of Thieves is still free to play today — but only until 17:00 UTC. No Game Pass required. No PlayStation Plus required. Just install it and sail. If you’ve ever wanted to try it, you’ve got a few hours left. 👀 🔗 Details:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/16/sea-of-thieves-season-21-talk-like-a-pirate-day/

@Gaming_Radar #SeaOfThieves #FreeGames #Xbox #PCGaming

😶 Silent Hill just went full first-person. Silent Hill: Townfall is the first full Silent Hill game built around a first-person perspective. You play as Simon Ordell, with tighter vision, stealth, melee combat and a handheld CRT device that helps detect nearby enemies. Basically: less “watch the horror happen”… more “the horror is directly in your face.” 💀 🔗 PlayStation breakdown:

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/09/21/silent-hill-townfall-9-ways-first-person-changes-the-iconic-horror-formula/

@Gaming_Radar #SilentHill #Townfall #HorrorGames #GamingNews

🎮 Yesterday’s PC Gaming Show was absolutely stacked. 36 games. 13 world premieres. New trailers, release dates, demos, DLC reveals and a bunch of games nobody had seen before. Missed the Tokyo Direct? The entire thing is up now — and honestly, there are a few sleepers in here worth watching. This is why showcase season always murders the wishlist 💀 📺 Full recap + broadcast: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/everything-announced-at-the-pc-gaming-show-tokyo-direct-2026/ @Gaming_Radar #PCGamingShow #PCGaming #TokyoGameShow #GamingNews

🔥 Last call: Diablo IV is free today. You can play Diablo IV free on Steam until 17:00 UTC. You get the base game, all classes, and progression up to level 30. And if it hooks you, the Standard Edition is currently 75% off until September 24. Free Diablo on a Sunday? Could be worse. 😈 🎮 Play it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/ @Gaming_Radar #DiabloIV #Diablo #Steam #FreeGames

🗺 GTA VI fans just pushed the Leonida map even further. The fan-made Community Map V16 is out, adding more roads, buildings, coastline detail and elevation across places like Vice City, Key Lento, Hamlet, Capri and Ambrosia. And before anyone runs with it: this is NOT Rockstar’s official map. It’s a community reconstruction built from Rockstar footage plus leaked pre-release material. Still… the amount of work these people are putting into mapping a game that isn’t even out yet is insane 😭 🔗 See the V16 breakdown: https://gta6guru.com/gta-6-community-map-v16-adds-more-roads-buildings-and-map-details/ @Gaming_Radar #GTAVI #GTA6 #ViceCity #RockstarGames

Big welcome to everyone joining us lately. 🫡 Glad you’re here. More good stuff coming. @Gaming_Radar

TOKYO GAME SHOW 🌪 Tokyo Game Show is ending a day early. TGS 2026 was supposed to run for five days for the first time ever. Not anymore. Monday’s final day has been cancelled as Typhoon Dujuan approaches Japan, with organizers citing heavy rain, strong winds and transport disruption. So today is now effectively the last full day of TGS 2026. Bit of a rough ending for the 30th anniversary. 🔗 Event info: [Tokyo Game Show 2026] (https://tgs.cesa.or.jp/2026/en?utm_source=chatgpt.com) @Gaming_Radar #TokyoGameShow #TGS2026 #GamingNews #Japan

CRAZY TAXI 🚕 Crazy Taxi is going to Japan. SEGA just revealed Japan as one of the locations in Crazy Taxi: World Tour. You’ll be able to drive through a mix of old-school neighborhoods and modern city streets, explore freely, pick up passengers and apparently grab souvenirs along the way. The game is coming in 2027. Honestly… Japan might be the perfect map for Crazy Taxi chaos 😭 🔗 Official reveal: [Xbox Tokyo Game Show recap] (https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/17/xbox-tokyo-game-show-2026-recap/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) @Gaming_Radar #CrazyTaxi #SEGA #Xbox #GamingNews

ROBLOX 🎮 Roblox just turned 20… and they’re making a whole event out of it. The Hunt: Roblox 20 is live now, taking players through 20 years of Roblox history — from old-school classics all the way to current games. Finish all 20 years and you unlock Year Infinity, with another 20 games waiting. There’s also a limited-time Classic app theme bringing back the old Roblox logo, colors and font. Nostalgia bait? Absolutely. Still kinda cool though 😂 🔗 Official event details: [Roblox 20 event](https://about.roblox.com/newsroom/2026/09/join-the-hunt-roblox-20?utm_source=chatgpt.com) @Gaming_Radar #Roblox #Roblox20 #TheHunt #GamingNews

EPIC FREEBIES 🎁 Two games. €0. Keep them forever. Epic’s current freebies are: ⚔️ Shogun Showdown

turn-based roguelike + deckbuilding

🕵️ Mindcop

weird little detective game where you literally dive into suspects’ minds

Both are free until September 24. Even if you’re never gonna play them… we both know they’re going straight into the library 😂 @Gaming_Radar #EpicGames #FreeGames #PCGaming #Gaming

PC GAMING SHOW The PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct goes live at 16:00 UTC today. We’re getting: • 30+ games • 10+ world premieres • Shadowdrops • New release dates • DLC reveals • New trailers 90 minutes of announcements. Yeah, we’ll be watching this one. 🎮 @Gaming_Radar #PCGamingShow #PCGaming #TokyoGameShow #GamingNews

🧩 Free game alert last chance today. Sea of Thieves is free to play on Xbox and PC until the end of today — and you don’t need Game Pass. Game Pass members can also jump into Hell Let Loose: Vietnam for free this weekend. If you’ve been meaning to try either one… today’s probably the day. Free is free 🤝 @Gaming_Radar #SeaOfThieves #Xbox #FreeGames #Gaming