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Mads Mikkelsen bliver hovedskurk i finalen på Modern Warfare-serien - recordere.dk Mads Mikkelsen spiller hovedskurken The Archer i Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Spillets kampagnetrailer afslører hans rolle i den afsluttende fortælling, hvor Captain Price og Task Force 141 står over for en ny konflikt og et ukendt våben. Modern Warfare 4 udkommer 23. oktober 2026 til PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 og PC.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker Dev Confirms New Game Plus Is on the Way Instruktør Konrad Tomaszkiewicz bekræfter, at The Blood of Dawnwalker får en New Game Plus-tilstand på et senere tidspunkt. Der er endnu ingen oplysninger om udgivelsesdatoen eller de konkrete funktioner, men tilstanden forventes at øge spillets genspilningsværdi. Spillet lader spilleren overføre udstyr, evner eller andre fremskridt til en ny gennemspilning.

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Professor Layton Dev Level-5 Promises to Clean Up 'Errors Caused by AI Use, as Well as Human Mistakes That Look Like AI Errors' as Backlash Intensifies Level-5 har undskyldt for mistillid efter kritik af brugen af AI-teknikker i en præsentation af kommende spil. Studiet fastholder, at AI ikke er brugt direkte i selve spillene, og forklarer flere omdiskuterede detaljer som menneskelige fejl. Level-5 vil rette både AI-relaterede problemer og fejl, der fejlagtigt lignede AI, og genudgive flere trailere i forbindelse med Tokyo Game Show.

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Magic: The Gathering’s Popular Marvel Doom Prevails Deck Is Discounted on Amazon, but You Should Buy Avengers Assemble Instead Magic: The Gathering-dækket Doom Prevails fra Marvel-serien er sat ned hos Amazon, men artiklen vurderer, at det ikke er det bedste køb. Dækket koster omkring 65 dollar, mens Avengers Assemble er reduceret til cirka 54 dollar og anbefales som et mere sammenhængende og begyndervenligt alternativ. Captain America og Nick Fury understøtter en effektiv strategi med helte, tokens og tidlig udvikling.

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The Last of Us Game Director Finds Modern AAA Games 'Boring,' Says He's 'Not Excited' by God of War Laufey's Gameplay Bruce Straley, tidligere spil-instruktør på The Last of Us og Uncharted, kritiserer moderne AAA-spil for at være for ensartede og mangle risikovillighed. Han fremhæver God of War Laufey som teknisk imponerende, men siger, at gameplayet ikke begejstrer ham. Straley arbejder nu med mindre spil i sit eget studie, Wildflower Interactive.

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'We've Talked About It' — Brandon Sanderson Discusses the Potential of Skyward Tabletop Adaptations Brandon Sanderson siger, at han gerne vil skabe tabletop-adaptioner af sine Cytoverse-bøger, herunder Skyward, men der er ingen konkrete planer endnu. Forfatteren vil begrænse antallet af samarbejder, så de føles relevante for fans. Imens arbejder Brotherwise Games videre på en Mistborn-udvidelse til Cosmere RPG og et strategispil baseret på War for Roshar. En tv-serie baseret på Skyward er også under udvikling.

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Get Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for Under $9 By Following This One Easy Step Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade til Nintendo Switch 2 kan købes digitalt for 9,99 dollar i Nintendo eShop frem til 30. september. Ved først at købe et gavekort på 10 dollar hos Amazon til 8,98 dollar kan den effektive pris sænkes yderligere. Intergrade-versionen indeholder forbedret grafik, højere billedhastighed og Yuffie-udvidelsen.

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Save $10 Off Your Grand Theft Auto VI Limited Edition PS5 DualSense Controller Preorder Walmart tager imod forudbestillinger på en limited edition DualSense-controller med Grand Theft Auto VI-tema til PlayStation 5. Prisen er 84,88 dollar, men nye kunder kan muligvis få yderligere 10 dollar i rabat med koden SAVE3X. Controlleren har et hvidt og iriserende lilla-blåt design med palmetræer og GTA VI-logo, mens spillet efter planen udkommer 19. november 2026.

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Activision Calls Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 'The Epic Conclusion,' Leaving Fans Wondering What's Next Activision markedsfører Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 som den »episke afslutning« på Modern Warfare-sagaen, men det er uklart, om der er tale om hele universet eller blot den nuværende historie. Udviklingen sker samtidig med spekulationer om, at både Modern Warfare og Black Ops kan blive sat på pause. Spillet udkommer 23. oktober til pc og konsoller, men ikke på Xbox Game Pass.

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‘Mistborn Would Almost Certainly Be the First’ — Brandon Sanderson Explains Why His Books Would Fit a Video Game Adaptation and What Studio Partner He Needs Brandon Sanderson siger, at han gerne vil se sin Mistborn-serie tilpasset til et videospil. Forfatteren, der beskriver sig selv som livslang gamer, mener, at seriens magisystem og univers egner sig naturligt til formatet, men understreger, at det kræver den rigtige udvikler og partner. Der er derfor endnu ikke annonceret et konkret spilprojekt.

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Razer lancerer nyt gaming-keypad med op til 8000 Hz polling - recordere.dk Razer har lanceret Tartarus V2 Pro, et gaming-keypad med analoge optiske switches, justerbar aktivering og polling-rate på op til 8000 Hz. Det har 31 programmerbare knapper, joystick med TMR-teknologi og en drejelig, udtrækkelig håndledsstøtte. Keypaddet er allerede til salg til en vejledende pris på 219,99 euro.

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GTA Online Will Be Supported 'Beyond' GTA 6 Release, PC 'Becoming More and More Important,' Take-Two Says Take-Two bekræfter, at Rockstar vil fortsætte med at understøtte GTA Online efter lanceringen af Grand Theft Auto 6 og fremover. GTA 6 udkommer som et singleplayerspil den 19. november 2026, mens en separat multiplayerdel endnu ikke er officielt annonceret. Take-Two fremhæver samtidig, at PC-platformen bliver stadig vigtigere, selv om Rockstar typisk lancerer sine spil på konsoller først.

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Magic: The Gathering’s Rare Hobbit Gift Bundle Is Heavily Discounted at Walmart, Offering Collector Boosters For Way Under Market Value Magic: The Gathering: The Hobbit Gift Bundle kan lige nu købes hos Walmart for 94,97 dollar, hvilket er tæt på den vejledende pris på 89,99 dollar. Det er markant billigere end hos flere andre forhandlere, hvor pakken sælges med store markups eller er udsolgt. Bundtet indeholder blandt andet ni Play Boosters, én Collector Booster, landkort, en terning og en opbevaringsæske.

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Preorders Have Dropped for the Nintendo Switch 2 + Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Bundle – Here’s Where To Buy It Ahead of Its October Release Nintendo Switch 2-bundlen med Nintendo Switch Sports Resort kan nu forudbestilles hos udvalgte amerikanske forhandlere. Pakken indeholder konsollen, en digital udgave af spillet og tre måneders Nintendo Switch Online til 529,99 dollar. Den udkommer 22. oktober og giver en besparelse sammenlignet med at købe delene separat.

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Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Crossovers Are Just Getting Started: Here Are 4 Massive Comic Book Sets We Expect to See Next En artikel fra IGN kommer med bud på fremtidige Marvel-sæt til Magic: The Gathering fra 2027 og frem. Blandt forslagene er temaer med Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men og X-Force, Midnight Sons samt en større Secret Wars-udgivelse. Der er tale om spekulationer, ikke bekræftede planer, men idéerne bygger på figurer og historier, som endnu ikke er fuldt udforsket i spillets Marvel-samarbejde.

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'We Were Never Going to Have Enough': Pokémon Card Store Denies Giving Special Treatment to VIPs, as Angry Customers Leave Negative Reviews En britisk butik, Geek Retreat Chelmsford, afviser at have givet kendisparret Joe Swash og Stacey Solomon særbehandling ved lanceringen af Pokémon-kort i anledning af seriens 30-års jubilæum. Kunder hævder, at parret sprang køen over og købte en stor del af det begrænsede lager, hvilket har udløst en strøm af negative anmeldelser. Butikken siger, at alle fulgte samme kø- og købsregler, men erkender, at efterspørgslen langt oversteg udbuddet.

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Like Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge, The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Vampiric Hunger System Turned Me Into a Serial NPC Killer IGN sammenligner vampyrspillet i The Blood of Dawnwalker med Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge. Hovedpersonen Coens blodtørst kan om natten overtage dialoger og få ham til at angribe både tilfældige personer og vigtige NPC’er, hvis hans helbred og sult ikke håndteres. Artiklen fremhæver forskellen mellem Coens systemiske, delvist ukontrollerbare trang og Dark Urges mere spillerstyrede valg.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on the Original Switch Has Dropped to $35 at Select Retailers as Part of Nintendo’s Customer Appreciation Sale Metroid Prime 4: Beyond til Nintendo Switch er sat ned til 34,99 dollar hos Amazon og Best Buy som en del af Nintendos kundeapprecieringsudsalg. Det svarer til en rabat på 42 procent i forhold til normalprisen. Spillet kan også bruges på Switch 2 med en opgraderingspakke til 10 dollar, og udsalget fortsætter til 26. september.

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'Going With This Price Point Will Help Us Be an 'And' Game' — Valor Mortis Publisher Explains Decision to Go With $40 for Promising Soulslike Amid Fall Crush Valor Mortis udkommer til 40 dollar, fordi udgiveren Lyrical Games vurderer, at efteråret er usædvanligt tæt pakket med store spiludgivelser, herunder GTA 6. Spillet er allerede udskudt til 13. oktober for at undgå flere konkurrenter. Udgiveren håber, at den lavere pris gør det lettere at købe som supplement til andre spil, og titlen lanceres samtidig i Xbox Game Pass.

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Clean Up and Reorganize Your Video Game Collection in My Cat Scattered Games, Whose Title Is Quite Literal Indiespillet My Cat Scattered Games: Tidy Videogame Supermarket er annonceret til PC med udgivelse 9. oktober 2026. Spilleren skal samle og sortere over 6.000 parodiske spil, konsoller og andre samlerobjekter, efter at en kat har spredt dem ud over butikken. Spillet har et afslappet tempo uden mulighed for at tabe og kan allerede føjes til ønskelisten på Steam.

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Bungie Denies Rumor It Plans to Merge the Destiny and Marathon IPs, as Question Marks Hang Over the Future of Both Franchises Bungie afviser et rygte om, at Destiny- og Marathon-universerne skal samles i én IP. Studiet har samtidig bekræftet, at de større opdateringer til Marathon i december og marts bliver gratis for alle, der ejer spillet. En mindre opdatering i oktober nulstiller progression og spiløkonomi, mens decemberopdateringen er udskudt fra september.

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Magic: The Gathering Arena's Commander Format Is “Being Worked” On, but Developers Warn There Are "Several Challenges" to Overcome and to Not Expect It Anytime Soon Wizards of the Coast arbejder på at bringe Commander-formatet til MTG Arena, men det forventes ikke at ske foreløbig. En firepersoners spiltilstand kræver omfattende ændringer af spillets teknologi, blandt andet understøttelse af længere multiplayer-kampe, nye dækningsværktøjer og håndtering af formatets store kortpulje. Selskabet sigter i første omgang mod en firepersoners oplevelse og kan ikke love, at alle kort bliver inkluderet.

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Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album Is Up for Preorder, Featuring 34 Tracks on Limited-Edition Vinyl, Standard Vinyl, or CD Forudbestillingerne til Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album er åbnet. Albummet indeholder 34 numre og udkommer 20. november, dagen efter selve spillets planlagte lancering. Det sælges som cd, almindelig vinyl, en Best Buy-eksklusiv udgave og en dyrere limiteret vinyludgave med gennemsigtige plader og ekstra emballage.

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GTA 6 Soundtrack Gets Physical CD and Vinyl Release, Rockstar Confirms Rockstar Games udgiver soundtracket til Grand Theft Auto 6 digitalt og fysisk den 19. november 2026. Udgivelserne omfatter en dobbelt-cd til 20 dollar, en dobbelt-lp til 50 dollar samt en samlerudgave på vinyl til 125 dollar med gennemsigtige, væskefyldte plader. Travis Scott og Keith Richards er blandt de første bekræftede bidragydere.

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'We Spent a Lot of Time Talking With Rockstar About Their Plans' — Twitch Boss Expects Massive GTA 6 Launch, and a Double-Whammy When GTA Online 2 Launches in 2027 Twitch-chef Dan Clancy forventer, at GTA 6 får en enorm lancering i november 2026 og vil dominere spillenes opmærksomhed. Han regner også med, at spillets multiplayerdel lanceres i 2027, selv om Rockstar endnu ikke har bekræftet en dato eller navnet GTA Online 2. Take-Two har tidligere sagt, at eksisterende onlinespil kan fortsætte, hvis spillerne fortsat bruger dem.

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Like Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge, The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Vampiric Hunger System Turned Me Into a Serial NPC Killer

IGN sammenligner vampyrspillet i The Blood of Dawnwalker med Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge. Hovedpersonen Coens blodtørst kan om natten overtage dialoger og få ham til at angribe både tilfældige personer og vigtige NPC’er, hvis hans helbred og sult ikke håndteres. Artiklen fremhæver forskellen mellem Coens systemiske, delvist ukontrollerbare trang og Dark Urges mere spillerstyrede valg.

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This is an IGN opinion piece from Matt Purslow, who loves RPGs both on the tabletop and in video game form. He appreciates any game that has an interesting take on the evil within, probably because his first ever RPG character was the son of the god of murder.

My sword slices through the final soldier. As his body hits the forest floor, my work here is done: I have saved two innocent men from being marched to the draining camps. Ambrus, the vampire that rules over this region of Vale Sangora, is rounding up civilians and bottling their blood to create a stockpile of sustenance. It’s my job to disrupt all that, and this latest round of vigilante slaughter is part of that task. These men will not be drained today.

Well, at least not by Ambrus’ troops.

You see, I’ve made the poor decision of conducting this mission at night. When the moon rises, I become a vampire myself, and while that grants me a suite of helpful abilities, such as being able to turn into a wolf and walk up walls, it also means I need to feast on blood. And, well, after all that slaughter, I’m pretty hungry.

As the two men thank me for my heroics, my regular dialogue choices are replaced with “Give in to the hunger”. I resist, choosing the only option that will push forward the conversation. One of the men promises to give me a suitable reward for saving his life. All my response options have been overridden by the hunger. I refuse to select one. The fangs come out anyway. So much for saving these men from being drained.

In The Blood of Dawnwalker, being a vampire truly is a curse. Protagonist Coen is sired in the story’s early hours, but it’s an imperfect transformation; during the day he remains a human, but at night the vampirism takes over. Regular health-restoring items like food and water become impossible to palette, and so only blood can repair his wounds. But the red stuff isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a necessity. An addiction. And so if you let Coen’s HP linger in the bottom section of his health bar, where it flashes like a warning beacon, you risk the hunger taking over. When you enter conversations, dialogue options are replaced by “Give in to the hunger”. Resist too long, and Coen will chow down on whoever is in front of him… regardless of how important they are to the plot. Yes, you can accidentally kill anyone and everyone, from random civilians to major quest-giving NPCs. Never before has it been so important to keep your belly full.

Coen is far from the only “monster” protagonist in RPGs. Obsidian Entertainment is fascinated by the idea, allowing you to murder most NPCs in its The Outer Worlds duology and Fallout: New Vegas, as well as building an entire campaign around the idea of evil in Tyranny. But Coen feels like an interesting reflection of the Dark Urge, Baldur’s Gate 3’s optional origin story that casts you as a depraved serial killer. As the Dark Urge, you’re given additional layers of choice that allow you to revel in your grisly nature – the most famous of which is probably being able to tear off the hand of wizard Gale when you first meet him, killing the potential companion before he can be recruited.

Like Baldur’s Gate 3’s most sinister origin, Coen quite literally has a dark urge that pushes him to do unspeakable things. But while these characters are reflections of each other, their symmetry is warped. Coen’s urge is systemic – there are conditions that, when met, will trigger his uncontrollable hunger, which can disrupt the decisions you’ve made. The Dark Urge, meanwhile, layers additional choices into Baldur’s Gate 3 that allow you to author your own story of a serial killer navigating the tentacled apocalypse. These two approaches to choice create two very different takes on a similar idea.

Coen feels like an interesting reflection of the Dark Urge, Baldur’s Gate 3’s depraved serial killer.

With the Dark Urge, it’s all about crafting your character’s journey. Throughout the course of the story, a Dark Urge player is presented with many, many additional dialogue options and scenarios that allow them to engage with more sinister ideas than those presented to the more “traditional” Baldur’s Gate player characters. During the first act, for instance, the Dark Urge is given the opportunity to mutilate animals, break the legs of a refugee, bite off a goblin’s toe, brutally murder a companion following a steamy nocturnal engagement, and butcher one of the game’s most beloved NPCs.

By presenting these as options, rather than uncontrollable desires, each becomes a story branch that you choose to enact, which in turn allows you to shape the Dark Urge’s personality. Perhaps your version of this character has a code, like the titular serial killer of the AMC show Dexter, and will only murder a particular kind of personality. Maybe they’re an animal lover and will refrain from plucking the wings off injured birds. And then there’s what’s widely considered the most satisfying manner in which to play the Dark Urge: the redemption arc, in which you wrestle with your inner darkness and try to become the hero that the Sword Coast needs.

To make that redemption arc feel authentic, there does need to be some systemic elements that ensure your urges are just beyond your control, and so there are a few moments where you must pass a skill check dice roll in order to suppress your murderous intent. But for the most part, the experience of the Dark Urge is about writing your own destiny – how will your choices define your murderer?

There is, of course, crossover between Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge and The Blood of Dawnwalker. As Coen, there are several opportunities to tread a purposefully grisly path, and your dialogue choices will dictate the kind of man he becomes. But as my accidental feast demonstrates, controlling Coen’s dark urge is more about mastering Dawnwalker’s systems. It’s vital to understand how his hunger works, as that understanding allows you to make informed gameplay decisions that can keep that hunger in check.

For instance, a reasonably early quest tasked me with breaking into a jail to rescue the local miller. After scoping out the small castle during the day, I gathered enough intelligence to understand that this prison break was best conducted at night, as there would be fewer guards. And so after dark I used my vampiric powers to teleport over the fence, pilfered the cell key, and freed my quarry. However, fewer guards doesn’t mean no guards at all, and so I was forced to spill some blood on my way out – Dawnwalker unfortunately doesn’t feature any genuine stealth systems, and so even the sneakiest plans typically require some direct confrontation.

How you respond to this gameplay challenge helps define the story you extract from The Blood of Dawnwalker.

The battle left my health bar in the flashing red, and so when it came to the quest’s final conversation with the prisoner before he was free to leave, my dialogue options began to shudder, replaced by that ominous “Give in to the hunger”. The sudden panic this induces is deeply effective – unlike the men I’d accidentally drained earlier, this prisoner was a more significant character in the story. I really didn’t want to eat him. Suddenly, I was re-thinking all my choices – why didn’t I drink a blood vial before talking with the prisoner? Was there a way out that didn’t involve combat? Why didn’t I do this quest in the day, when there’s no risk of hunger?

Luckily, fate was on my side this time – the prisoner thanked me and escaped without my fangs puncturing his neck. But it could have been a very different story. And that’s the beauty of Dawnwalker’s systemic approach to hunger. It’s not just a health replenishment system; it’s a very real curse that demands you properly consider the risks of working through the night. Of course, it’s not just as simple as opting to play solely during the day – the game’s most famous feature is the 30-day countdown until your family dies, and so this exerts pressure on you to use time wisely. Do you really want to avoid the night when so much could be achieved in those hours? After all, it’s the only time when you can use your powerful suite of vampiric abilities.

Your choice here isn’t just about mitigating a gameplay risk, though. It’s also about writing Coen’s story. If you try to avoid your curse – if you sleep during the night, or restrict yourself to nighttime quests that don’t involve NPCs you want to keep alive – you’re creating a particular version of Coen. Does he fear who he’s become? Does he hate himself? Or is he deeply caring of everyone, so much so he’ll risk running out of time to save his family to ensure the other residents of Vale Sangora are kept safe from his hunger? How you respond to this gameplay challenge helps define the story you extract from The Blood of Dawnwalker. It’s another fascinating layer to a game that’s already doing plenty with its time system and “narrative sandbox” to ensure everyone’s playthrough is unique.

Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Blood of Dawnwalker are, of course, very different RPGs with many distinct approaches to handling choice, consequence, and storytelling. The rich reactivity of Baldur’s Gate 3 is often the result of several libraries’ worth of authored narrative branches, allowing for as close an approximation of the tabletop Dungeons & Dragons experience as possible. Dawnwalker is also inspired by the freedom of tabletop RPGs, but its approach is somewhat more systemic in nature, allowing the gears of the game’s systems to dictate the story’s flow as much as pre-written choices. The end result is an experience that functions differently, but – at least in the case of its examination of the vampire curse and the burden it inflicts – easily evokes the same thrills as one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s best ideas.

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