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• The Splatoon 3 Community Is Currently Losing It Over a Mysterious Mode Called 'Big Run'

  24-10-2022 23:40
  
  For those who aren't Extremely Online, seeing all the art and messages in Splatoon 3's Splatsville square can be confusing if you're not up on the current meme flavor of the week. Last week, the meme template was a fill-in-the-blank sentence beginning with "Full of..." Sure.This week, every message is about something called "Big Run."For the unitiated, Big Run is a real, announced game mode within Splatoon 3. It's been mentioned briefly in a Nintendo Direct, which confirmed it to be an event tha
  
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• Diablo 3's Ill-Fated Real-Money Auction House Couldn't Be Removed For One Very Mundane Reason

  24-10-2022 23:02
  
  Players who were around for Diablo III's launch in 2012 will probably remember the auction house: a gameplay mechanic where players could buy and sell their in-game items for real-world money. The feature was controversial right from the start, but it didn't disappear completely until 2014. Now, we know why. During a panel at Portland Retro Gaming Expo (via PC Gamer), Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson shared why it took so long for Blizzard to remove the unpopular mechanic."The reason we did n
  
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• Genshin Impact players rattled by what could be the game's biggest and most illegal leak yet

  24-10-2022 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nearly a year of Genshin Impact updates and characters have seemingly been leaked in what the game's community has called a near-unprecedented "tsunami" of illegally dumped information. The fallout started over the weekend as a large batch of data allegedly sourced from Hoyoverse servers began to circulate. The scope of the leak is tremendous, covering everything from update 3.3 through the release of Fontaine, the next Sumeru-sized region seemingly planned for update 3.8 around July 2023.
  
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• Fallout 4 modders prep for Skyrim-style modpocalypse as new-gen update looms

  24-10-2022 22:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Fallout 4 modding scene is in full prep mode for what it sees as an inevitable "modpocalypse" following next year's new-gen update, similar to what happened when Skyrim Anniversary Edition launched last year.For the uninitiated, Skyrim Anniversary Edition nearly broke the Skyrim modding scene last year due to its many updates to the base game, although some of the worst outcomes were narrowly avoided thanks to a modder who'd received early access from Bethesda. In this case, however, there d
  
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• 17 original Xbox games are coming back online next month thanks to fans

  24-10-2022 22:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Insignia, the fan project to get the original Xbox Live back up and running, has opened registration for its first beta, set to begin on November 15.The project has been in various stages of development for some time, and you might've seen coverage of small-scale Insignia playtests earlier this year. Basically, it's a new set of fan-run servers replacing Xbox Live, which you can connect to using an original Xbox or an emulator like Xemu. While the devs have currently only gotten a small number o
  
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• Check out this supremely chill driving sim you can play in your web browser

  24-10-2022 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Slow Roads is a supremely chill indie driving game that you can play right now in your web browser. Created by a dev known on Twitter as anslo and shared after 16 months of work, Slow Roads looks like the kind of road trip I'd love to take: no pee breaks at dirty rest stops, no fighting over the AUX cord, and no need to fill the tank with incredibly expensive gas. According to anslo, the roads are procedurally generated and the entire game was built in JavaScript to run in a browser. Y
  
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• Terraria is the first indie game to hit 1 million positive reviews on Steam

  24-10-2022 21:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Editor's note: This story previously said that Terraria was the first game to hit one million positive reviews on Steam. We've corrected it to clarify that it is the first independent game to do so, and the fifth game to hit one million positive reviews overall. When it comes to Steam reviews, Terraria is well and truly smashing it.The delightful two-dimensional sandbox adventure that is Terraria celebrated its eleventh birthday earlier this year, and it continues to garner glowing reviews
  
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• Original Bayonetta Actress Releases New Statement to 'Defend Myself and My Reputation'

  24-10-2022 21:21
  
  Former Bayonetta voice actor Hellena Taylor has taken to Twitter to defend herself against claims that she is a ‘liar and golddigger’ in relation to an ongoing controversy surrounding Bayonetta 3 regarding payment for reprising her role as the titular character.Last weekend, Taylor took to Twitter to vent frustration at allegedly being offered just $4,000 dollars to voice Bayonetta in the upcoming game. Following this, articles from Bloomberg’s Jason Schrier and VGC’s And
  
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• Tobin Bell will return as Jigsaw in Saw 10

  24-10-2022 21:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tobin Bell is set to return to the Saw franchise, reprising his iconic role of horror icon Jigsaw in Kevin Greutert's Saw 10."What a thrill to be reuniting with Tobin," said franchise producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules of the news. "His performance as John Kramer is part of the magic that made this franchise a phenomenon and his character is an active part of this film."After a suicide attempt following his terminal cancer diagnosis, Jigsaw AKA John Kramer would go on to spend the remainder of
  
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• Tim Burton says he won't be making any more Disney movies after Dumbo remake

  24-10-2022 21:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a long and tumultuous career with the House of Mouse, Tim Burton says he most likely won't be making another Disney film."My history is that I started out there. I was hired and fired like several times throughout my career there," Burton told Deadline. "The thing about Dumbo, is that’s why I think my days with Disney are done, I realized that I was Dumbo, that I was working in this horrible big circus and I needed to escape. That movie is quite autobiographical at a certain lev
  
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• Lily James to star alongside Zac Efron in A24 wrestling biopic

  24-10-2022 20:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lily James has joined the cast of The Iron Claw, a new biopic-drama from A24, alongside Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, Jeremy Allen White, Maura Tierney, and Holt McCallany (via Deadline).The Iron Claw, directed and written by Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Nest), chronicles the life and times of the Von Erich family. The professional wrestling family took the industry by storm but were met with multiple tragedies, so much so that many use the term 'Von Erich curse' to describe the fam
  
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• Blizzard didn't remove Diablo 3's real-money auction house right away because "it was on the box"

  24-10-2022 20:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 3's controversial real-money auction house stuck around so long because it was advertised "on the box," which Blizzard worried might cause legal issues.Speaking at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo (spotted by PC Gamer), Diablo 3 lead designer Jay Wilson touched on some of the more controversial aspects of the 2012 sequel. Now, while we all collectively process the implication that Diablo 3 is a retro game now, let's focus on what Wilson said about the auction house and the "always-online" t
  
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• Victoria 3 Review

  24-10-2022 20:05
  
  Paradox Interactive’s grand strategy games are known for their uncompromising scope and depth in recreating entire eras of history, but never before have they attempted something quite so dizzyingly complex as Victoria 3. Modeling every single human alive in the world-changing century from 1836 to 1936, their hopes and desires, their joy and wrath, and how they feel about the price of new deck chairs, the simulated world before you is a marvel to behold. And what's even more incredible is
  
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• Disco Elysium Writer Seemingly Files Lawsuit Against His Former Company

  24-10-2022 20:00
  
  The issues surrounding Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM continue, as one ex-developer has apparently filed a lawsuit against the company.According to a report from Tech News Space, an official website of the Estonian court revealed that the lead game designer of Disco Elysium, Robert Kurvitz, is suing ZA/UM. According to the report, Kurvitz filed a lawsuit on behalf of his own company, Telomer. The court date is currently set for November 28, but we don't know exactly what the hearing will be about
  
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• X-23: Deadly Regenesis explores Laura Kinney's past

  24-10-2022 19:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Laura Kinney, the second Wolverine, is getting her own limited series in 2023 that brings her back to a time when she was called X-23, a clone designation given to Laura by the genetic engineers that created her from the original Wolverine's DNA.
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  X-23: Deadly Regenesis was announced during the Women of Marvel panel at New York Comic Con 2022 and is a five-issue limited series that starts in March 2023  written by Erica Schultz with art by Edgar Salazar and cove
  
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• Nbasketball 23 tricked unwitting NBA 2K23 buyers before it was delisted from the Xbox store

  24-10-2022 19:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems another mysterious developer hawking rip-offs on the Xbox store has been taken down, after NBA 2K23 fans discovered a bizarre title called "Nbasketball 23."Nbasketball 23 seems to have hit the Xbox store sometime in October, judging by the user reviews captured in an image from Hu on Twitter. One review, from a user called DearMosquito17, is titled "I WILL ******* SUE YOU," and says "I thought this was 2k 23 but I wasted 50 dollars for this app you will speak to my lawyers soon."
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Single-Player Review

  24-10-2022 19:15
  
  This is our single-player campaign review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. For our thoughts on PvP, check out the in-progress multiplayer review, and expect our final verdict soon. In five years time when we discuss Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, there will be no confusion as to which of the two games that share that name people are referring to. Thanks to a lackluster story, fumbled mechanical innovations, and largely underwhelming mission design, this year’s Call of Duty campaign is
  
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• Fallout 4 Is Getting an Xbox Series X/S and PS5 Upgrade Next Year

  24-10-2022 19:04
  
  Bethesda has announced that Fallout 4 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with an official next-generation update next year.As part of the Fallout 25th Anniversary celebration, Bethesda released a blog post that announced the long-awaited free update that is also coming to PC.Arriving eight years after Fallout 4 was first released, the update includes a performance mode that allows for higher frame rates, a quality mode for 4K graphics, plus bug fixes and more Creation Club content (B
  
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• World of Warcraft: Dragonflight pre-patch release time - here's when maintenance starts and ends

  24-10-2022 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's pre-patch will be launching tomorrow after a lengthy eight-hour maintenance period.
  Blizzard confirmed on its website that extensive downtime is expected for World of Warcraft, confirming that the live game will be unavailable from tomorrow, October 25, from 7AM PT to 3PM PT. That's eight hours of downtime where no one will be able to log into the game.
  MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE 10/25:#Warcraft #Shadowlands: 7:00am - 3:00pm (PDT) #WrathClassic & #WoWCla
  
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• Henry Cavill confirms Superman return: "The dawn of hope renewed"

  24-10-2022 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Henry Cavill has officially confirmed his return as Superman. Now, be warned that the following will delve into Black Adam spoilers…That's right, Cavill is back in the red cape. The actor took to Instagram to confirm the news with a post including a video and a picture of him suited up as the Man of Steel, accompanied by the caption: "A very small taste of what's to come, my friends. The dawn of hope renewed. Thank you for your patience, it will be rewarded." "I wanted to make it off
  
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• Bethesda blew up the White House in Fallout 3 because it didn't have time to finish it

  24-10-2022 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  The White House is nothing more than an irradiated crater in Fallout 3's Washington DC because Bethesda didn't have time during development to actually make the entire building. Lead artist Istvan Pely shared the studio's predicament in a new video chronicling the game's vision of the American capital. "While working on DC, we realized that we had not done the White House yet, and we didn't really have room on the schedule to do the White House," he explains. "We'd done a lot of the other
  
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• The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer is finally here

  24-10-2022 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on the horizon, it's no surprise that Marvel has released the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania trailer. The footage showcases the ant-family heading back into the quantum realm – though not on their own accord. They're instead dragged into the sub-atomic due to a device created by Cassie Lang, who's been messing around with her science gizmos.Once in the quantum realm, Scott and the family find themselves in a strange, spacey city that's ruled by Bill M
  
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• The Devil in Me could be the best of The Dark Pictures Anthology yet

  24-10-2022 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  When The Dark Pictures Anthology gets it right, its ability to make the mundane seem interesting is unmatched. In The Devil in Me, the season finale to Supermassive Games' anthology series that's due next month, that's never been truer. Because more so than in any other genre, horror games that deal in tension and suspense need low points to accentuate their highs – but only by making those less thrilling moments intriguing can they hope to hold the attention of their players. In The
  
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• Indie gem Terraria is the first game to surpass 1 million positive reviews on Steam

  24-10-2022 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  When it comes to Steam reviews, Terraria is well and truly smashing it.The delightful two-dimensional sandbox adventure that is Terraria celebrated its eleventh birthday earlier this year, and it continues to garner glowing reviews from Steam players. So popular is its blend of digging, battling, and exploring, in fact, that it's managed to surpass 1 million positive reviews on Valve's platform, the first game ever to do so. As revealed by Terraria on Twitter, on October 21, the indie had a
  
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• Black Adam 2? Dwayne Johnson says he's already "working on what's next" for the DC hero

  24-10-2022 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  No Black Adam sequel has been officially announced just yet, but Dwayne Johnson is already teasing more to come. The DC movie debuted to lukewarm reviews, but performed well over its opening weekend, netting a projected $67 million at the box office (H/T Collider). "We're working on 'what's next' as I type this. Exciting times. Stay tuned," Johnson wrote on Twitter in response to a fan. We won't get into spoilers here, but that Black Adam post-credits scene certainly sets up another storyli
  
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• The Walking Dead season 11 release schedule: when is episode 21 on AMC?

  24-10-2022 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Walking Dead season 11 is almost at its conclusion – with four episodes of the final batch having already aired, there are only four more to go before the long-running horror series is over for good. With Daryl, Maggie, and the gang's story about to come to an end (before they front their own spin-off series anyway), those who have been tuning in since 2010 are not going to want to miss an episode – especially now that episode 20 saw tensions mounting in the Commonwealth.That's w
  
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• Silent Hill 2 Remake is reportedly nearly done, and a release date is expected soon

  24-10-2022 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Silent Hill 2 Remake is apparently almost done, and we might be getting a release date soon. This news comes from TheGameSpoof (via @Mr_Rebs_) who claims that Bloober Team president Piotr Babeno recently revealed that the Silent Hill 2 Remake "has been in development for three years" and "has reached the late production stage."According to the original article, Babeno has stressed that the release date of the upcoming remake "depends on Konami" but that we should get some kind of inform
  
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• Reported The Sims 5 playtest will let you "decorate an apartment" this week

  24-10-2022 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  EA has reportedly begun sending emails inviting players to a Sims 5 playtest, and these messages mention that the game, currently called Project Rene, will feature apartments."This playtest will focus primarily on our new object customization tool currently called Workshop." This tool is meant to help you customize objects to decorate an apartment," EA's message says, as noted by Sims Community. "We encourage you to share your creations as well as download what other players have made. And to ex
  
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• Netflix set to remove its first ever original series from the platform in November

  24-10-2022 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lilyhammer fans best get cracking on a rewatch, as Netflix is set to remove the crime comedy-drama from its US platform in November. The streamer has been quietly removing content in recent months, including supernatural horror series Hemlock Grove, as it continues to add new movies and TV shows on a daily basis. Released in February 2012, Lilyhammer is considered Netflix's first ever original series, beating out more mainstream favorites House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black – w
  
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• Red Dead Online community stands to lose millions in in-game rewards despite Stadia transfer

  24-10-2022 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Swathes of Red Dead Online players looking to transfer their saves from Google Stadia elsewhere stand to lose more than just time, with one rule potentially leaving some players facing a loss of up to $1 million in in-game currency. Last week, Rockstar Games confirmed that Stadia players would be able to transfer Red Dead Redemption 2 saves after one with 6,000 hours went viral as their time investment risked going up in smoke. The developer also revealed that only people who have played wi
  
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• House of the Dragon: "Greens vs Blacks" explained

  24-10-2022 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  The key conflict at the heart of House of the Dragon is the war between the greens and the blacks – but who is on which side, and which of the great Houses of Westeros has pledged their support to either of them?The greens are the supporters of King Aegon, named after the color of his mother's house, House Hightower. The blacks, meanwhile, are the supporters of Queen Rhaenyra, named after the color of House Targaryen. Both Aegon and Rhaenyra believe they have a claim to succeed their
  
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• Apex Legends devs "cherry-picked" the best features from other maps for Broken Moon

  24-10-2022 17:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Broken Moon, the new Apex Legends map dropping on November 1, looks like an absolute blast. Not only is it visually stunning, with a unique mix of rocky lunar terrain and lush interiors of human settlement buildings, but it has a network of zip rails zig-zagging across its surface. Yes, you read that right, zip rails, not zip lines. Zip rails are a new Apex Legends feature that increases your momentum when traveling along them, making them great for both attacking and escaping on the fly. T
  
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• Disco Elysium creator is suing developer ZA/UM

  24-10-2022 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disco Elysium lead designer Robert Kurvitz is suing developer Studio ZA/UM after recently being forced to involuntarily leave the company.The Disco Elysium designer filed his grievance with Estonian Courts (via TechNewsSpace) against the game’s publisher Studio ZA/UM. Details and reasoning are not yet clear, though we know a hearing will be held on November 28. Due to the unceremonious departure of Kurvitz, alongside other key creatives at the studio, this isn’t a
  
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• Fallout 4 PS5 and Xbox Series X update is coming next year

  24-10-2022 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout 4 will receive a free new-gen update for PS5, Xbox Series X | S, and PC in 2023.Bethesda announced the upgrade today as part of the Fallout series' 25th anniversary celebration. The studio is promising "performance mode features for high frame rates, quality features for 4K resolution gameplay, bug fixes and even bonus Creation Club content." While it's been billed as a new-gen update for console owners, PC players can basically think of this as a free HD upgrade with some added con
  
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• Resident Evil: Village Shadows of Rose marks a fitting end to the Winters' storyline

  24-10-2022 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Striking a balance between familiarity and change is what drives Resident Evil: Village Shadows of Rose. Set 16 years after the events of the Resident Evil: Village base game, this slice of DLC concludes the Winters' storyline (that debuted in 2017's Resident Evil 7) by letting us fill the shoes of Ethan Winters' daughter Rose. In doing so, we return to a handful of familiar locations that are just different enough to feel fresh and new. We face familiar enemies, but, as a weaker and slower prot
  
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• Kamen Rider Zero-One #1 trailer

  24-10-2022 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  xTitan Comics is showing off a preview of along with a new trailer for Kamen Rider Zero-One #1, the November 23 debut of the comic book continuation of the Tokusatsu TV show starring a motorcycle-riding, insect-themed superhero that began airing in 1971 and can currently be seen on Shout! Factory in the US.The four-page preview features the debut of Ragnarok, the new "volcanic cluster cell-powered villain" exclusive to the comic book, facing off against Aruto Hiden (AKA Kamen Rider Zero-One) and
  
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• Halloween Ends director responds to negative fan reaction

  24-10-2022 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director David Gordon Green has responded to the negative backlash over Halloween Ends. The film has been a minor cause of controversy among the horror community for spending most of its runtime focusing on a new character, Corey Cuningham, before Michael Myers enters the fray in the third act. As a result, the supposed last-ever installment in the Halloween franchise has a 39% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, just 1% higher than Halloween Kills."It’s funny, when someone says, 'Build your dream
  
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• A new Netflix series getting rave reviews is being called an "X-rated Harry Potter"

  24-10-2022 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Netflix series, titled The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, is getting rave reviews from critics who are calling it an "X-rated Harry Potter". Despite the streamer's young-adult-orientated shows being a decidedly mixed bag, the show is outshining the others thanks to its style and personality – as well as its handling of the source material.Based on Sally Green’s Half Bad trilogy, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself centers on a 16-year-old boy, Nathan (Jay Ly
  
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• House of the Dragon sets up one of the most disturbing storylines from the book

  24-10-2022 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon episode 10 sets the Targaryen civil war into motion, with Rhaenyra finally learning of her father's death – and Aegon's coronation in her absence. The episode also directly sets up one of the most disturbing moments in George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood. To say anything else here would be spoilers, so consider this your warning: the following will be going into major spoilers for both the book and the show, so turn back now if you don't want to know potential fu
  
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• Netflix’s new series sci-fi series 1899 is basically Titanic meets Event Horizon

  24-10-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has unveiled the first official trailer for 1899, and it looks like a thrilling haunted house story set at sea.In the year 1899,  a migrant steamship leaves London and heads west to leave the old continent. In the trailer, which can be viewed above, we see the ship receive a mysterious distress call from another migrant ship, the Prometheus, that appears to be floating adrift on the open sea. What was supposed to be a simple 7-day journey to New York City suddenly turns into a rescu
  
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• Oscar Isaac is still "hopeful" that the Metal Gear Solid movie will happen, saying it's got "so much potential"

  24-10-2022 15:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oscar Isaac has given an update on the Metal Gear Solid movie, saying he's still hopeful it will happen as it's got "so much potential".In an interview with Comic Book, Isaac briefly touched on the topic of the long-awaited film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. While the actor clearly isn't lacking enthusiasm for the project, he didn't provide any details on the film's progress and, more worrying still, doesn't appear to be entirely convinced it will actually see the light of day. "We want i
  
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• Sonic Frontiers: The Final Preview

  24-10-2022 15:24
  
  Back in May when I played Sonic Frontiers for my first preview, I came away with an overall positive first impression, but also a feeling that there was still a good bit of work to be done. The game felt buggy, the performance didn’t feel optimized, and there was a ton of distracting pop-in of objects and obstacles floating around in the sky. Here we are five months later, and I got a chance to go hands-on again with a PC build of Sonic Frontiers, this time for a full six hours to check ou
  
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• Succession season 4 trailer sees the rebellious Roy siblings form an alliance

  24-10-2022 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Succession season 4 trailer is finally here – and it sees the Roy siblings come together to form a "rebel alliance" against their father, Logan. HBO dropped the teaser during the House of the Dragon finale, which is pretty appropriate given that the Game of Thrones prequel is all about scheming families and sneaky power plays, too... The short-but-sweet promo opens with Brian Cox's Logan Roy saying, "Everything I've tried to do, people turn against me. I'm 100 feet tall, these peo
  
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• PSA - God of War: Ragnarok Spoilers Have Begun to Leak

  24-10-2022 15:13
  
  God of War: Ragnarok spoilers have made their way onto social media, so if you're looking to go into the game blind, tread carefully out there.The leak itself, while damaging, appears to be an innocent one. A Twitter account (which we won't link to here) for a user with early code for the game appears to be auto-posting screenshots taken while playing, inadvertently revealing details of the game. IGN has confirmed that the images are legitimate.While seemingly inadvertently released, the worry i
  
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• PS5 Discord voice chat integration seems to be imminent

  24-10-2022 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Evidence is mounting that PlayStation and Discord voice chat integration may be imminent, meaning players from different platforms will be able to talk in one, centralized place. Twitter user @Zuby_Tech claims to have gotten a message about the voice chat integration coming to PS5 on Discord. With this feature, players can chat through the service, theoretically opening up more options for those playing with friends on other consoles that also support Discord. 
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• Leaked God of War: Ragnarok screenshots seem to sideline Kratos

  24-10-2022 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  God of War: Ragnarok appears to be leaking ahead of its release next month, so if you're planning to go in knowing nothing at all, it might be time to set up those social media filters.This is your official spoiler warning - potential narrative and gameplay details about God of War will be discussed below.Early today, a Reddit post noted that what appear to be screenshots from God of War Ragnarok had been shared on Twitter by user MarkusPS4. The images seem to cover a lot of the game, from cutsc
  
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• House of the Dragon finale’s most disturbing scene leaves out key detail from the book

  24-10-2022 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon’s epic finale will have big implications for the future of the series as war beckons in Westeros. But it also began with heartbreak for Rhaenyra in an upsetting and disturbing scene.We’ll be getting into heavy spoiler territory from here on out so if you haven’t seen House of the Dragon episode 8 yet, click away now. After learning that Aegon has taken the Iron Throne, pregnant Rhaenyra goes into labor early. In a painful scene, she struggles through th
  
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• House of the Dragon season 2 will have a pace more similar to Game of Thrones, says showrunner

  24-10-2022 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon season 1 may have only just come to an end, but showrunner Ryan Condal is already looking ahead to House of the Dragon season 2, promising a faster-paced second season of the Game of Thrones prequel. "We will get to the spectacle," Condal told The Sunday Times. "But you have to understand these people’s complexities before they’re thrown into war."He added: "Series 2 will hit the rhythms people came to expect from the middle run of Game of Thrones, but it wil
  
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• The Last of Us Part 2 voice actor wants to reprise her role as Abby in Part 3

  24-10-2022 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us Part 2 voice actor Laura Bailey says she's "definitely" up for returning as Abby if Part 3 ends up happening. Even if you've not played that many video games, chances are you've come across Laura Bailey before. Among many, many others, she's lent her vocal tones to the likes of BloodRayne in the vampire-themed action game of the same name and, more recently, Kait Diaz in Gears of War 4 and 5. She's also the voice of Abby Anderson, a controversial figure in The Last of Us Part
  
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• A secret Star Wars movie has landed a writer and director

  24-10-2022 12:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another new Star Wars movie has been confirmed to be in development. Despite projects from Taika Waititi, Patty Jenkins, Kevin Feige, Rian Johnson, and J.D. Dillard being in various stages of development, reports signal that a completely separate installment in the sci-fi saga is incoming, scripted by Watchmen's Damon Lindelof and set to be directed by Ms. Marvel's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.Rumors of Lindelof's involvement have long been making waves on internet forums, and now Deadline has confirme
  
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