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• Jury says 75-year-old Pokemon Go player should get 3 days in jail for punching a gym rival in a lake

  27-10-2022 23:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  A 75-year-old man and his adult son were found guilty this week of third-degree assault after a battle over a Pokemon Go gym devolved into a real-life fight.In 2018, Robert Matteuzzi and his son Angelo were on a Pokemon Go team trying to conquer a gym in Kirkwood Park, located in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. According to the victim, who goes by the in-game name 'Sammy the Bull,' an argument over the gym led to Angelo throwing punches. The ensuing brawl saw both the victim and the younger Mat
  
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• Bungie agrees Destiny 2 weapon crafting kinda sucks sometimes, and it's making changes

  27-10-2022 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 weapon crafting can be extremely satisfying but also super frustrating, and Bungie's making some changes in the Lightfall expansion to help address the un-fun side of the system.The studio's latest blog post includes a promising outline for crafting changes coming in Lightfall. Bungie singles out some "pain points," like overabundant but relatively useless Deepsight weapons which you have to manually level to get full value out of. It also acknowledged that the optimal way to level wea
  
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• The Outlast Trials: First Level Preview

  27-10-2022 23:00
  
  Something’s in the air lately, and it clearly isn’t love. No, this is the unmasked stench of death at the hands of the nefarious Murkoff Corporation – which fans of the Outlast series may remember as the same entity that thoroughly mismanaged Outlast 1’s Mount Massive Asylum and erected Outlast 2’s creepy radio towers. The dastardly experiments continue in The Outlast Trials, a first-person horror survival sim that – and I’m putting this lightly –
  
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• Marvel brings back the No-Prize for a series of 2023 variant covers

  27-10-2022 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel is paying homage to its own past with a series of No-Prize variant covers hitting shelves in February 2023. No-Prizes were sent to Marvel Comics fans who noticed continuity errors and wrote to editor Stan Lee about them in the '60s. Essentially, writing to Lee meant fans might receive a reply in which they didn't receive any kind of reward other than the response itself. If there was no prize, there could be no "winner" in a conversation about continuity errors.Later, as noted by Mar
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reveals more PlayStation-exclusive content

  27-10-2022 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Activision Blizzard has revealed a bit more exclusive content for the PlayStation versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.As revealed in September, Call of Duty MW2 pre-orders on PS4 and PS5 will include the Oni Operator Pack, with the titular operator and an exclusive weapon blueprint for use in both Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone. (PlayStation players, of course, also got early access to the beta.) If you want that pack, your time to pre-order is quickly running out.A recent update to the off
  
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• The Callisto Protocol has been canceled in Japan due to a censorship dispute

  27-10-2022 22:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Callisto Protocol has been canceled in Japan due to a dispute with the Japanese rating agency Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO).The official Twitter account for The Callisto Protocol shared a message in Japanese which, roughly translated, reads:"The Japanese version of The Callisto Protocol has been discontinued. At present, we have decided that we will not be able to pass the CERO rating, and if we change the content, we will not be able to provide the experience the player
  
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• Ubisoft still can't describe Assassin's Creed Infinity without confusing everyone

  27-10-2022 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Infinity has been described as a hub for future games as well as opaque "experiences" in the series, first in rumors and more recently officially. It has now also been described as a "gateway" for the franchise as well as a place where its "metastory will live asynchronously," because Ubisoft apparently hasn't streamlined this one just yet. Ubisoft's latest financial report mentions Assassin's Creed Infinity a few times, usually between lines of text which would likely kill
  
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• Preview - Deadpool tries to hit Doc Ock in new ongoing series

  27-10-2022 21:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Deadpool ongoing series will kick off in November, from writer Alyssa Wong and artist Martin Coccolo. Marvel's announcement teases "riotous violence and relentless body horror," which sounds just about right for the Merc with a Mouth.Deadpool #1 finds Wade Wilson auditioning for an elite mercenary group, the Atelier. He has 48 hours to kill one of the most famous supervillains in the world, but before he can he's kidnapped by the very same villain, who performs twisted experiments on Deadp
  
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• Peacock's Girls5eva renewed for season 3, moves to Netflix instead

  27-10-2022 21:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Girls5Eva has been renewed for a third season – and has found a new streaming home on Netflix.The series stars Busy Philipps, real-life pop singer Sara Bareilles, Emmy-winning SNL writer Paula Pell, and Broadway-turned-She-Hulk-star Renee Elise Goldsberry as four washed-up pop stars whose group had one hit back in 2000. Unsatisfied with their present-day lives, the four women reunite and decide to find that musical success yet again – all thanks to a rapper who decided to sample one
  
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• The CW's Nancy Drew canceled, will end with season 4

  27-10-2022 21:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nancy Drew is dead...again. But it won't take the Hardy Boys to figure out who pulled the plug on the beloved CW mystery drama.The teen-centered channel announced Wednesday that Nancy Drew, starring Kennedy McMann as the titular sleuth, will come to an end after its fourth season. According to Deadline, the decision was made months before the recent exit of the CW’s chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz, and the Season 4 finale has been "crafted as a satisfying series finale." "We are so hon
  
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• Preview - '80s-inspired supernatural horror series Specs arrives at Boom! Studios in November

  27-10-2022 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The horror lineup at Boom! Studios just keeps growing as the publisher continues to add more titles. In November, writer David M. Booher, artist Chris Shehan, and colorist Roman Stevens will launch Specs, an '80s-inspired supernatural horror title following a pair of teens who get way more than they bargained for when they mail-order a pair of novelty glasses.
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  Specs #1 will introduce Ohio-based high school students Kenny and Ted, who don't fit in no matter how much
  
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• IDW to publish Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves graphic novel prequel to the film

  27-10-2022 20:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is released in theaters next year, IDW Publishing will release a prequel graphic novel, per ComicBook.com. The publisher has announced Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - The Feast of the Moon, which seemingly takes its name from an in-game festival that Dungeon Masters and players can choose to incorporate into their campaigns.The Feast of the Moon will be a 96-page graphic novel written by Jeremy Lambert and Ellen Boener and drawn by
  
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• New Forspoken gameplay makes magic parkour look pretty good, actually

  27-10-2022 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new look at Forspoken shows off some pretty impressive movement mechanics, with the game's magical parkour offering unique ways to flip, jump, and surf through the fantasy world. It looks so good, it has us wondering why Square Enix didn't show off this gameplay earlier on in the game's marketing cycle.A PlayStation blog post details eight Forspoken parkour abilities you'll want to make use of when the game releases next year. Flow is the "beating heart of parkour in Forspoken" that will let F
  
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• Gotham Knights Patches Will Address Performance Issues

  27-10-2022 19:48
  
  Warner Bros. Montreal has laid out issues it's looking to address in future Gotham Knights patches, including performance issues for players on PC and console.In a thread on the game's official Twitter, the team said it wanted to outline some changes it expects to put into the live game, as well as give a general timeline for incoming patches. Those playing on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S can expect a patch by "the end of the week," that will address "needed fixes" that have come to light s
  
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• Ubisoft wants to give Rainbow Six and The Division the infinite Assassin's Creed treatment

  27-10-2022 19:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft says it's seen a big response to its new strategy for Assassin's Creed, and the publisher plans to bring the same sort of template to other series starting with Rainbow Six and The Division."We revealed our most ambitious roadmap ever for the Assassin’s Creed brand which received an incredibly enthusiastic response from fans," CEO Yves Guillemot says. "Our objective is to bring the brand to new heights by reaching a significantly wider audience with more platforms and business mode
  
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• The Witcher: How CD Projekt Red Created One of the Biggest Names in Gaming

  27-10-2022 19:38
  
  CD Projekt Red may now have more than 800 developers working across some of the biggest names in RPGs, but when it first began work on The Witcher – which was released 15 years ago this week – it had none of that. It was known for distributing games in Poland, not developing, and very few outside of the country had heard of it or its new project, a dark fantasy RPG based on a series of novels and short stories.What CD Projekt Red did have was ambition, and despite not knowing at time
  
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• Assassin's Creed is getting a standalone multiplayer game from For Honor vets

  27-10-2022 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's an Assassin's Creed multiplayer project in the works from a team that includes For Honor vets, Ubisoft has announced.The last we heard, Ubisoft said it was "investigating" ways to bring back Assassin's Creed multiplayer as a standalone experience codenamed Project Invictus, but now we have a bit more detail. As detailed in Ubisoft's latest earnings report, the project will be part of the Assassin's Creed Infinity hub and handled by a team experienced with multiplayer combat. "A team
  
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• PlayStation's London Studio Is Working on a Co-Op Action Game Set in a Fantasy UK

  27-10-2022 19:19
  
  PlayStation’s London Studio, known for its work on peripheral games like EyeToy and Wonderbook, is working on an untitled co-op game set in a fantasy version of its home city. In a lengthy interview with GameIndustry.biz, Co-Studio Head Stuart Whyte explained the studio is proud of its experimental history working with peripherals and virtual reality, but wanted to explore new challenges for its upcoming project.“We definitely wanted to try something a little bit different, and I thi
  
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• Retro Experts Digital Eclipse Surprise-Release New Game for Halloween

  27-10-2022 19:00
  
  Digital Eclipse - the developer behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection and many other retro compilations - has surprise released a new game for Halloween, and you can even get it for free.Candy Creeps is a 1 or 2-player retro, arcade-like platformer that sees you taking on the Pumpking, who has stolen a whole neighborhood's candy and can only be stoppped by some well-placed head stomps, Mario Bros. style. It marks the first release in a new Digital Eclipse Arcade line, "a
  
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• Yoko Taro's gacha game is deleting accounts for the most Nier sendoff possible

  27-10-2022 18:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nier creator Yoko Taro is recreating one of his favorite story beats with mobile gacha game Sinoalice by putting players in the position of having their save files deleted forever upon completion. As translated by a Sinoalice fan account, players on the mobile game’s Taiwanese server are getting a special ending seemingly created by the helmet-clad man himself. Once the final cutscene is played after the final mission, players on the server will be forced to log out, never to return a
  
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• The Xbox Series S is doing exactly what Microsoft wanted

  27-10-2022 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft's latest financial report was mostly uneventful for gaming, but it did yield a striking stat shared by CEO Satya Nadella: almost half of the people who've bought an Xbox Series S console were never Xbox gamers before. "As we look towards the holidays, we offer the best value in gaming with Game Pass and Xbox Series S," Nadella claims on the company's latest finance webcast. "Nearly half of the Series S buyers are new to our ecosystem."Interestingly, Nadella's holistic closing comm
  
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• Never-before-seen concept art from the Witcher shows Geralt's beginnings

  27-10-2022 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt Red has shared never before seen concept art of Geralt when he was in the concept stage.As highlighted in a tweet, Przemek 'Trust' Truściński, whose artwork established Geralt's look in-game, recently visited CD Projekt Red. As part of that visit, he shared some never before seen artwork of Geralt. It's a deeply detailed picture, and while his face is a little bulkier, it's easy to see how the final design came together. 
  We even welcomed a special guest, Przemek T
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Multiplayer Stream - How to Watch and What to Expect

  27-10-2022 18:28
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is nearly here and will bring fans of the 2009 classic and newcomers alike into a new take on the world that stars Captain John Price, Sergeant Kyle ‘Gaz’ Garrick, Lieutenant Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley, and Sergeant John ‘Soap’ MacTavish. While the campaign will surely be a highlight, the multiplayer is what will keep players engaged for months or even years after launch, and IGN is here to provide you with a first look at that multipl
  
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• The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 disc is a 70MB coaster

  27-10-2022 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some players have gotten early copies of the retail version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and are reporting that the disc contains just a few megabytes of data - meaning that basically the entire game still has to be downloaded from the internet.The initial report comes from Does It Play, an account that catalogs which retail game discs require additional downloads in order to be played. A screenshot of the information screen from the PS5 version of Modern Warfare 2 suggests that just 72.23
  
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• Moonbreaker Completely Removes Its Microtransactions and Monetization

  27-10-2022 18:17
  
  The developers behind Moonbreaker have completely overhauled its Early Access business model to remove all microtransactions and monetization from the game.Developer Unknown Worlds detailed the game's first major content update, dubbed "Zax's Story," in a post on Moonbreaker's Steam page. The newly-released patch features a ton of community-driven changes to gameplay, such as the removal of monetization, which means the in-game store is getting disabled and in-game currencies are being withdrawn
  
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• Ghostface, Myers and… Survivors? Dead by Daylight devs on what scares them most

  27-10-2022 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  How do you survive in Dead by Daylight? Perhaps you're a master of distraction. You might swear by your shrewd use of Add-Ons and Perks. Or maybe you're the best palette-hoarder the asymmetric multiplayer survival horror genre has ever seen. As a newcomer earlier this year, our own Alyssa Mercante found Dead by Daylight difficult to get into – until she started killing her friends. And as grim as that may sound, everyone, it seems, has a strategy for staying alive within this twisted star-
  
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• Ahead of The Witcher Remake, fans are already burying the original game's most infamous feature

  27-10-2022 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the announcement of The Witcher Remake, "a modern reimagining" of the game that kickstarted CD Projekt Red's trilogy, series fans are already signing the death warrant of one feature from the original.Shortly after the announcement, Reddit user Absalom98 took to the Witcher subreddit to say "we all know the first thing that'll get axed in the Witcher remake," accompanied by an image of one of the game's infamous 'Romance Cards'.While The Witcher 2 and 3 opted for fully-animated romance scen
  
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• Paranormal Tales is a found-footage horror game inspired by Kojima's P.T.

  27-10-2022 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  This upcoming found-footage horror game that Kojima's P.T inspired has released its first trailer, and it is terrifying. Paranormal Tales, also known as P.T for short, is currently in development with indie developer Horror Cam Committee. As you can see from the extremely tense trailer below, this spooky game sees players live out a variety of found-footage horror film-type scenarios, including one which is very reminiscent of the 1999 horror flick The Blair Witch Project. As the devel
  
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• Marvel may have spoiled its own mutant reveal in Secret Invasion

  27-10-2022 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel’s upcoming Secret Invasion series may have accidentally spoiled one of its biggest secrets: the identity of Emilia Clarke’s mystery character. The unnamed woman, who was seen briefly in the first trailer for the 2023 Disney Plus release, has been the subject of serious debate online. Who is she? And how did she find herself on Nick Fury’s radar?The first of those answers has probably just been revealed. Yes, this is a big spoiler, so look away now if you want to go
  
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• Black Friday Sony TV deals 2022: what to expect for this year's sales

  27-10-2022 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're on the hunt for a new gaming screen, it won't be long until you can make the most of Black Friday Sony TV deals. Sony is known for making some of the best gaming TVs out there and it's no surprise the console giant's models appear on our best TVs for PS5 and Xbox Series X list.We've seen some jaw dropping visuals in games in 2022, like in Horizon: Forbidden West and the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok. A great 4K TV from Sony will make a world of difference when playing these next-gen ga
  
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• Titan Comics announces Dead By Daylight prequel series for 2023

  27-10-2022 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Action-horror game Dead By Daylight debuted in 2016 and has released collaborations with tons of pop culture staples, including Stranger Things, Resident Evil, Halloween, Scream, and more. Now, the video game is being adapted to comics for the first time, with writer Nadia Shammas and artist Dillon Snook writing a Dead By Daylight prequel series from Titan Comics.Titan announced the collaboration with Dead By Daylight publisher Behaviour Interactive at the annual Diamond retailer summit on Thurs
  
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• This robot dog in a Jolteon costume is adorably terrifying

  27-10-2022 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  A robotic engineer has 3D-printed a highly realistic Jolteon Pokemon costume for a robot dog, and the results are, well, shocking. Dave Niewinski shared the robot Jolteon costume progress and final product on Twitter and YouTube, and it's fascinating. It reminds me of the actual dog that was turned into Arcanine, except, ya know, this dog is made of metal. The Jolteon costume, which looks so real from the front I thought it was CGI, is the result of over 200 hours of 3D printing, spray foam
  
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• Somerville gets a release date and it's out surprisingly soon

  27-10-2022 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jumpship’s long-awaited science-fiction adventure Somerville has finally dropped its release date, and it's coming surprisingly soon. The developer revealed the release date for Somerville and players waiting to dig in will only have a short time to wait. The title is coming to PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on November 15. For those keeping count, that’s less than a month away. A trailer accompanies the announcement, though don’t expect to glean too much from it as
  
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• Apex Legends Catalyst is coming for the scan meta's throat

  27-10-2022 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The newest Apex Legends character Catalyst is a defensive legend whose abilities make use of the alien-looking ferrofluid to trap, damage, and wall off enemies. If you're a fan of mid to long-range combat or prefer to lock down areas and limit where you can get attacked from, Catalyst may be your new favorite Legend. She drops with Apex Legends Season 15 Eclipse, along with a new map, Broken Moon. 
  READ MORE(Image credit: EA)The Apex Legends team on making Catalyst "inescapably trans"
  
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• Latest first-party PS5 reveal is an online action game set in fantasy London

  27-10-2022 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation London, best known for peripheral-driven titles like EyeToy and Wonderbook, is working on an online action PS5 game set – fittingly – in fantasy London. Heads from the studio discussed the currently untitled game in a new GamesIndustry report. "Even though we're not working on something that uses all different bits of peripherals, it is still about taking that DNA of innovation and putting it into any game concept," co-studio head Tara Saunders says. Ironically,
  
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• FFXIV Live Letter to reveal what’s to come in patch 6.3

  27-10-2022 16:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Square Enix is hosting Final Fantasy 14’s next Letter from the Producer next month, offering a glimpse at what’s next for the MMO. As revealed in a new blog post, Final Fantasy 14’s next Live Letter kicks off on November 11 at 3am PT / 6am ET / 11am GMT, and can be watched through YouTube or Twitch. As per usual, the audio will be in Japanese without English subtitles, though plenty of the slides will be in English. There will also be plenty of live tweets on the game&rsqu
  
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• Significant Other: Why you should watch this overlooked Paramount Plus' gem

  27-10-2022 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  From the trailer and the poster for Significant Other, you’re probably getting hints of a thriller – possibly monster tale – set in a gloomy forest. And you’d be right on both counts. But there’s a little bit more to the Paramount Plus original movie than that. In fact, there’s a significant other element to it that will make it of interest to readers of a certain sci-fi magazine on this very website. It’s something of an overlooked gem in a crowded sea
  
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• Dragon Age: Dreadwolf prequel comic The Missing follows Varric and Scout Harding into the Deep Roads

  27-10-2022 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  BioWare general manager Gary McKay announced yesterday that the highly-anticipated Dragon Age: Dreadwolf has hit the Alpha development milestone - allowing its team to play the entire game from start to finish. And now, Dark Horse Comics has announced a comic book prequel series that will debut in January.Dragon Age: The Missing will be a four-issue limited series that leads directly into the events of Dreadwolf, in which the returning antagonist Solas is the ultimate boss. Unlike the video game
  
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• You can claim Fallout: New Vegas next month with Prime Gaming

  27-10-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  November's Prime Gaming giveaways include Fallout: New Vegas, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and more. From November 1, Amazon Prime members will be able to claim Fallout New Vegas, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Facility 47, WRC 9, Etherborn, Whispering Willows, and The Last Day of June for free as part of their subscription. Arguably, the most exciting game up for grabs next month is Fallout: New Vegas. A fan-favorite for many fans of the series, New Vegas was originally re
  
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• From combat to conquests: The Witcher remake has its work cut out for it

  27-10-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher is officially getting a full remake, and if there was ever a game that needed an updated, fresh coat of paint, it's Geralt of Rivia's very first adventure. After a slate of upcoming CD Projekt Red games were recently announced, the developer and publisher revealed that the project codenamed 'Canis Majoris' is actually The Witcher remake that will be brought to life by external studio Fool's Theory.My memories of playing The Witcher several years ago don't necessarily make me want to
  
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• Win a PS5 with the Collector's Edition of Gotham Knights

  27-10-2022 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Throughout October, one lucky winner will be given the chance to explore the streets of Gotham like never before – with a PlayStation 5 console and a copy of Warner Bros. Games' Gotham Knights Collectors’ Edition. You can enter the competition right here!Play as Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin - to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens, and fear to its criminals. Solve mysteries that connect the darkest chapters in the city’s history, and defeat notorious villains
  
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• Kojima only got a studio space post-Konami because the owners were Metal Gear fans

  27-10-2022 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a recent interview, Hideo Kojima revealed that after his split with Konami, he couldn’t get money or an office.In a lengthy conversation with The Guardian, the Metal Gear Solid creator revealed that after he split with Konami in 2015, he was put into a difficult position as an independent entity. He explains while trying to set up what is now Kojima Productions: “The bank wouldn’t lend me any money. And when I tried to lease a floor in this building, they told me that now I
  
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• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities release schedule – when are episodes on Netflix?

  27-10-2022 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is finally here – and the unique horror series comes along with its own unique streaming schedule.According to Netflix, the horror anthology is a collection of "unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque." Though the episodes are introduced by del Toro, each one features a different tale from a different director.Beginning on October 25, the streaming
  
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• Severance star says the team are back at it as season 2 starts filming

  27-10-2022 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Severance season 2 has officially started filming, Britt Lower has confirmed. The actor, who plays Helly R in the acclaimed Apple TV Plus series, took to her Instagram Story on Wednesday, October 26 to post a behind-the-scenes photo of herself in costume alongside the caption, "We begin again."If the corporate wear wasn't enough of a clue, Lower also hashtagged the title of the Emmy-winning show in the post, so there's no doubting what she was referring to. According to Production List, the
  
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• Gerard Butler and Mike Colter's Plane is being called an "old-school action movie" after new trailer

  27-10-2022 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gerard Butler and Mike Colter are teaming up for an action thriller called Plane. Yep, just Plane. The upcoming movie – directed by Jean-François Richet – follows Butler’s pilot Brodie Torrance as he must navigate a tricky landing after his plane is struck by lightning. One of the passengers he saves is Louis Gaspare (Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported on board by the FBI.When Brodie finds out that landing the plane was just the beginning of his issue
  
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• Diablo 4 fans are still worried about monetization after Blizzard's messy Overwatch 2 and Diablo Immortal launches

  27-10-2022 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 fans are growing increasingly concerned about how Blizzard plans to monetize the upcoming RPG following its messy Overwatch 2 and Diablo Immortal launches. As pointed out in this specific post, some of these concerns have originated from Overwatch 2's recently launched Halloween event. If you didn't know, players - who were once able to earn limited-edition skins during the annual event in Overwatch 1 - are now having to pay up to $20 for them. This is just the tip of the iceb
  
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• The new Lord of the Rings owner says it's thinking "decades ahead" on games

  27-10-2022 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new owners of the Lord of the Rings IP says it's thinking about "decades" of content.Speaking to Edge magazine, Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors has discussed the company's strategy in the wake of its purchase of Middle-earth Enterprises, owners of the Lord of the Rings rights. Embracer notes the impressive access to Tolkein's IP that the acquisition offers, but while it hasn't outlined any specific plans, Wingefors has offered a few ideas."We are a gaming company, but we believe in transme
  
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• Andrew Lincoln calls his Cabinet of Curiosities episode the scariest hour of TV Netflix has ever made

  27-10-2022 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andrew Lincoln has claimed that his episode of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is "the scariest" hour of television Netflix has ever made. The Walking Dead star appears in The Murmuring, the final installment of the Oscar-winning filmmaker's horror anthology.Also starring Essie Davis, the chapter is directed by The Babadook's Jennifer Kent and sees Lincoln play Edgar Bradley, an ornithology professor who buries himself in his study of birds following the death of his daughter. A
  
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• Marvel boss Kevin Feige responds to James Gunn's new top job at DC

  27-10-2022 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel boss Kevin Feige has responded to the news that Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken the top job at DC Studios; he will be co-CEO along with Peter Safran, who's produced DC movies like Aquaman, Shazam!, and Gunn's own The Suicide Squad."I speak to James almost every day. We have a wonderful thing called the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special coming out. We have a wonderful thing called Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 coming out in May," Feige told The Hollywood Report
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer warns against changing your region for early access

  27-10-2022 13:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward is warning players not to change their region to bypass local launch times. A tweet posted by the Modern Warfare 2 developer warns players trying to sneak into another region to get earlier access that they may be hit with unexpected penalties. That could include but is not limited to connection issues and being locked out of the game until their official launch time. 
  Launch PSA: If you are trying to change your console’s region setting i
  
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