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• Epic's Defunct MOBA Paragon Is Back Under New Ownership

  28-10-2022 23:54
  
  After Fortnite's success eclipsed Paragon, Epic shut down the MOBA's servers just two years after the game's beta release. Now, thanks to free assets from the game on the Unreal Marketplace and a trademark agreement with Epic, Paragon is making a return four years later, albeit under a new title and new ownership.As pointed out by PC Gamer, Paragon: The Overprime is a Paragon rework that's being developed by the South Korean studio Netmarble. The free-to-play title is currently in open beta unti
  
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• Florence Pugh to star in Alexander Skarsgard's directorial debut

  28-10-2022 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Florence Pugh has signed on to star in Alexander Skarsgard's first feature film, The Pack.According to Deadline, the film follows "a group of documentarians who brave the remote wilderness of Alaska in an effort to save a nearly extinct species of wolves. When the crew is brought back together at a prestigious awards ceremony, tensions flare as a deadly truth threatens to unravel their work. The team lived through the harsh elements of the wild but will a secret they share survive the night?"Ska
  
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• Overwatch 2 is buffing its worst tanks starting with Doomfist, and helping supports is a "long-term focus"

  28-10-2022 22:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard aims to address complaints around tanks and suports in Overwatch 2, and those changes are starting with Doomfist."Doomfist we hear a ton about. We're trying to find a bit more of an identity for Doomfist," lead hero designer Alec Dawson said in a recent Twitter Space stream. "I think one of the things Doomfist lost in the beta was that slow," referring to the effect his slam ability had back when he was a damage hero in the first Overwatch. Trying to overcome Doomfist's weakness when mi
  
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• Shelley DuVall returns to Hollywood with first film in 20 years

  28-10-2022 22:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shelley Duvall is back. The beloved actress, best known for her portrayal of Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, has signed on to star in indie film The Forest Hills directed by Scott Goldberg.Per Deadline, The Forest Hills follows a disturbed man named Rico (Chiko Mendex) who is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while camping in the Catskill Mountains. Duvall is set to play his mother, who serves as his "inner voice." Dee Wallace and Edward Furlong also st
  
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• First big Overwatch 2 balance patch nerfs Genji and Zarya, and Sojourn and Brigitte could be next

  28-10-2022 22:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch 2's first major hero balance patch will arrive on November 15 with nerfs to Sombra, Genji, Zarya, D.Va, and Kiriko, and Blizzard is already eyeing some other standout heroes for potential adjustments. The hero balance patch notes went up on the Blizzard forums earlier today, outlining a few targeted changes coming ahead of the broader Season 2 update. Sombra's Hack ability is first on the list. Its damage has been reduced from 1.75 seconds to 1.5, and its damage multiplier is
  
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• Xbox Games With Gold for November 2022 Revealed

  28-10-2022 22:30
  
  Microsoft has announced the Xbox Games with Gold lineup for November 2022, including Roman Empire RTS Praetorians - HD Remaster and co-op twin-stick shooter Dead End Job.According to Xbox Wire, the library update begins with Praetorians on November 1 (available until November 30). Dead End Job follows up later in the month on November 16 (available until December 15), while the October Games With Gold offering Bomber Crew is free until November 15.On Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, Praetorians get
  
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• Paris Hilton to join Pamela Anderson in first horror movie since House of Wax

  28-10-2022 22:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paris Hilton has joined the cast of Alone at Night, an erotic horror-slasher directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos.According to Deadline, the film follows Vicky (Ashley Benson), "a young woman looking for an escape after going through a tumultuous breakup. After retreating to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head, she continues modeling sexy lingerie for her devoted followers on 18 & Over, an adults-only, live-streaming website. But when the power goes out, Vicky discovers so
  
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• New Sony studio is "co-developing an exciting new project with Naughty Dog in a beloved franchise"

  28-10-2022 21:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new PlayStation studio is working alongside Uncharted and The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog on a new project in "a beloved franchise."We just recently heard that PlayStation is building a new studio to work alongside Naughty Dog on an unannounced project, and now new information has shown that the project is from an existing franchise. "We are a new PlayStation studio based in San Diego, CA," reads a newly posted job listing (thanks, VGC). "Our team seeks to impact SIE positively by in
  
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• Miles Morales: Spider-Man relaunch trailer and first look

  28-10-2022 21:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Miles Morales is about to get a brand new ongoing series as his title relaunches in December with a new Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1. Check out a new trailer above. and first look below.Written by Cody Ziglar with art from Federico Vicentini, December's Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1 brings the hero back to his roots as a street-level crimefighter, and pairs him with a new mentor in the form of Misty Knight, one of the so-called Daughters of the Dragon martial arts experts.As for what he's up aga
  
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• Taylor Swift says her Les Miserables audition was a nightmare

  28-10-2022 21:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Taylor Swift was up for a lead role in 2012's Les Miserables, but lost out due to a 'nightmare' audition experience."Basically I was up for two roles," Swift explained during her appearance on The Graham Norton Show. "I had the look of Cosette and the range vocally of Éponine, so it was established I was there for a good time but not for a long time. I wasn't going to get the role.""When I got there they put me in full 19th Century street urchin costume and told me they were going to pain
  
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• Future Overwatch 2 seasons "may see a lot more buffs" and "possibly even some reworks"

  28-10-2022 21:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the heels of Overwatch 2's first major balance patch notes, lead hero designer Alec Dawson teased that future seasonal updates may see more dramatic changes to some heroes. "This is our first balance patch since the game's been out," Dawson said on a recent Twitter Space stream held with Overwatch League associate director Matt Morello. "The way we're approaching this is in sort of a minor and major cadence of patches, and this one would be considered one of those minor ones. Those are g
  
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• Armageddon Time director to helm young John F Kennedy biopic

  28-10-2022 21:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  After all the buzz (and controversy) surrounding Netflix's Blonde, John F Kennedy is getting a biopic of his own.According to Deadline, James Gray is set to direct the currently untitled JFK film which will "focus on JFK’s evolution from an unremarkable young man desperate to prove his mettle to his powerful father, into a WWII hero whose triumph over adversity-hardened leadership skills that forged his path to the White House."Gray will rewrite a screenplay that was previously penned by S
  
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• Tom Hardy's Venom 3 finds its director

  28-10-2022 20:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kelly Marcel is set to direct Marvel and Sony's Venom 3, starring Tom Hardy.According to Deadline, Marcel and Hardy will produce, with Marcel penning the screenplay from a story by Marcel and Hardy.Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a reporter with terrible luck who gets his body taken over by an alien symbiote with a bad attitude. Venom 3 might be the end for Hardy's tenure as the fleshy anti-hero, with the actor previously posting a photo of the film's script with the caption, 'Here we go,' and a GIF
  
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• Steam release dates are about to get a lot less confusing

  28-10-2022 20:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve is changing how developers are able to show release dates on Steam, and while it means an end to the delightfully goofy custom text many games use, it's also going to make date displays a whole lot more consistent and less confusing.Basically, as of January 1, every release date you see on Steam will fit into one of five categories. You might see the exact date (as Valve's example, Aug 24, 2023), the month and year (August 2023), the quarter (Q3 2023), the year (2023), or simply "coming so
  
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• Destiny 2: Where Is Xur Today? Location and Exotic Items for October 28-November 1

  28-10-2022 20:07
  
  The mysterious sack of dandruff, Xûr, is now live in Destiny 2 for the weekend until next week's reset. If you're looking to get your some shiny new Exotic armor or weapons for your Guardian, look no further.Each week, Xûr has a random assortment of Exotic armor, one for each Guardian class, as well as a random Exotic Weapon and an Exotic Engram available for purchase. In addition to his Exotic wares, he's got a random collection of Legendary weapons and armor to deck out your Guardi
  
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• Preview - Marc Silvestri's Batman/Joker: The Deadly Duo #1

  28-10-2022 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman and the Joker are teaming up...This is not a drill.Batman and the Joker are teaming up.
  Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo #1 cover (Image credit: DC)
  In November, DC will debut Batman/The Joker: The Deadly Duo by writer/artist/industry giant Marc Silvestri, which is exactly what it sounds like - arguably the most iconic superhero-arch supervillain adversaries working together in what the publisher calls a "fragile alliance."The seven-issue, Black Label series debuts with Batman/The Joker:
  
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• Bruce explains Failsafe to Aquaman in Batman #129 preview

  28-10-2022 19:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  In Batman #128, a gravely injured Bruce Wayne flees Gotham with Tim Drake-Robin and Clark Kent to save Superman's life... And he jumps out of their plane with instructions for Robin to take Clark to the Fortress of Solitude, then sinks into the ocean. Two weeks later, Bruce wakes up in Atlantis, and Arthur Curry informs him that Failsafe has claimed Gotham for his own.
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  This is the setup for Batman #129, which hits shelves November 1. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jim
  
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• Win a Garth Marenghi book!

  28-10-2022 19:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The work of Garth Marenghi – author, dreamweaver, visionary, plus actor – may be known to you from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, his groundbreaking horror TV show whose long-lost tapes were finally dusted off for broadcast by Channel Four in 2004. Now it's time to enter the world of his imagination again, with Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome, the long-awaited new book that has had people on horror forums raving "These three tales of terror by Garth Marenghi are... quality".In "Type-Face",
  
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• Modern Warfare 2 teases us with a crumb of Rust

  28-10-2022 19:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The fan-favorite Rust map is in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - kind of. Eagle-eyed players spotted parts of the iconic Rust in the near-distance of a Modern Warfare 2 map, but others have dropped in and right onto the towering structure. 
  Rust can be found on the new Warzone 2.0 map Al Mazrah. You can check it out for yourself right now on the Taraq ground war map. It's right at the B flag. #ModernWarfare2 #MW2 pic.twitter.com/NveHJbtvqbOctober 28, 2022See more
  If you drop into Taraq
  
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• Win The Owl Service on Blu-ray!

  28-10-2022 19:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Made by Granada and first broadcast between December 1969 and February 1970, The Owl Service is an eight-part adaptation of Alan Garner's award-winning children's book. It centres on Alison and her stepbrother Roger, who are holidaying at a Welsh cottage. Alison discovers a service of old dinner plates which have a strange floral pattern. But what is the connection between this "owl service", the strange gardener, the angry housekeeper and the mysterious local legend?  SFX's reviewer said:
  
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• Cyber Monday GPU deals 2022 - what you should expect from this year's sales

  28-10-2022 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyber Monday graphics card deals are well and truly on the way. With the staggered release of the 40 series GPUs that started with the 4090 in October, it's highly likely that we may see some serious price cuts on the current best graphics cards. However, one major factor to bare in mind is stock. If you're no stranger to trying to upgrade your GPU in the last few years, you'll know that the market has been utterly disrupted thanks to supply chain issues and chip shortages. The good news is
  
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• Nier director Yoko Taro turns server shutdown into an ultimatum: finish the story, blow up your save file

  28-10-2022 18:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Not satisfied with a simple server shutdown, gacha game Sinoalice, overseen by Nier director Yoko Taro, has recreated one of the Nier series' trademarks by making some players delete their save files to see the story through to the end. 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
  
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• One of Sony's weirdest studios is working on a live service game for PS5

  28-10-2022 18:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has now enlisted PlayStation London, an off-beat studio that's worked on oddballs like EyeToy and Wonderbook, to support its live service ambitions with a co-op online game for PS5.  Heads from the studio discussed the currently untitled game, which is fittingly set in fantasy London, 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
  
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• DC's Primer wants to join the Teen Titans in the 2023 Clashing Colors graphic novel

  28-10-2022 18:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC's middle-grade superhero Primer, AKA Ashley Rayburn, made her debut in the 2020 graphic novel Primer - and now she's returning for a sequel called Primer: Clashing Colors, in which her dream is to join the Teen Titans. But the newly-powered 13-year-old may not be ready for that level of superhero responsibility.
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  In 2020's Primer, Ashley's foster mom Yuko - a geneticist working for the military - brings home a set of special body paints she invented that, when applied to the
  
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• 75-year-old Pokemon Go fan faces 3 days in jail after fist-fighting another player over a local gym

  28-10-2022 18:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A pair of Pokemon Go players – a 75-year-old man and his adult son – have been convicted for dunking another player in a lake and punching them repeatedly in a fight apparently started over ownership of a local gym. 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
  
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• Blizzard Sells an Overwatch 2 Charm Cheaper in Real Life Than In-Game

  28-10-2022 18:40
  
  Overwatch 2’s monetization has been a point of contention since the game’s shift to free-to-play has made cosmetics that were once free through the original game’s loot boxes fairly expensive. It turns out one of the in-game items is also for sale in Blizzard’s online store and costs more in Overwatch 2 than it does in real life.As VG24/7 and users on Reddit have pointed out, Overwatch 2 has a cosmetic weapon charm featuring Pachimari, an in-universe mascot character, tha
  
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• Destiny 2 weapon crafting is getting big changes in response to player complaints

  28-10-2022 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 is reworking weapon crafting to make it less time-consuming and hopefully  less frustrating, though the biggest changes won't arrive until the Lightfall expansion coming next year. 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
  
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• Get a creepy free Lego set with these Halloween deals

  28-10-2022 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The witching hour is very nearly upon us, and to celebrate, you can get a free Halloween gift via the official Lego store with certain sets.To be precise, you'll be given the Creator 3in1 Mystic Witch with any purchase of, or over, £100. And even though that price might make you blanch a little (as if you've just seen a... well, you get the idea), it's worth bearing in mind that many of the best Lego sets hover around that region. As an example, the Shrieking Shack and Whomping Willow kit
  
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• The Control sequel and spin-off are ramping up, Remedy says

  28-10-2022 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remedy Entertainment has provided an update on two of its previously announced Control projects for the first time in a year. As part of a fiscal earnings call (via GameSpot), Remedy provided an update on both of its upcoming Control games. Despite not having heard about them since June last year though, it seems like the games are still relatively early on in their production. The project that's likely further along is codenamed Condor. This is announced to be a four-player cooperativ
  
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• F1 Manager 2022 devs backtrack after infuriating fans with a "final update" just two months after launch

  28-10-2022 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Frontier Developments has announced that it's ending major gameplay updates for F1 Manager 2022 less than two months after launch, but after a swiftly negative response from fans, the studio's messaging has softened.On October 27, a Frontier representative made a post titled "News on Next Update and the Future of F1 Manager" on the game's official subreddit. According to the post, "this next update for F1 Manager 2022 will be the last significant update that addresses player-reported feedback, o
  
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• Persona 5 makes up almost half of the series' lifetime sales

  28-10-2022 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Persona series has sold 15.5 million units worldwide, and almost half of that is thanks to Persona 5.As reported by Persona Central (via Sega's Annual Integrated Report 2022) the Persona series has sold 15.5 million units worldwide, with 46.6% of that figure coming from Persona 5-related titles. Sega also revealed that a whopping 77% of Persona's sales were from overseas users.This figure notably includes Persona 5 and its expanded re-release Persona 5 Royal, as well as two spinoffs: the rhy
  
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• Cyber Monday projector deals 2022: what to expect this year

  28-10-2022 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyber Monday projector deals will immediately be the best place to be if you're after a bargain on a projector after Black Friday ends. It will feature further cuts and probably new lines of deals too - but even if it were to just carryon those from the Friday this would still be good news, and encourage more retailers tocut prices and outdo each other.If you're using this year's sales season to make the switch from TV and go for one of the best projectors for gaming, or if you're looking to tea
  
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• This Overwatch 2 charm costs more in-game than it does in real life

  28-10-2022 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this month, Overwatch 2 brought more than its fair share of changes to Blizzard's team-based shooter, the biggest being the introduction of the free-to-play model. While this has its benefits, it's also led to aggressive monetization practices and many unhappy players. To prove just how pricey cosmetics in Overwatch 2 can be, one Reddit user purchased a real-life version of the Pachimari charm, a charm that's also available to buy in-game. "It cost me less to buy this charm in real
  
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• Only PlayStation players can toggle Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 crossplay off

  28-10-2022 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now out everywhere, however, some are jumping into multiplayer and discovering that they can’t turn off Modern Warfare 2 crossplay with other platforms. It seems light server issues aren't the only thing affect int the game. The missing functionality from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was spotted by VGC, and what makes this especially odd is that this restriction appears to be platform-based as the option is only available on the PS4 and PS5 ver
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Won't Let PC and Xbox Players Disable Crossplay

  28-10-2022 17:30
  
  Those playing the latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox and PC have realized that they can’t disable crossplay with other platforms. However, PlayStation players do have this option.PC lacks the function entirely, while the only way for Xbox players to disable crossplay right now is to do so on the console itself. While this guarantees that you’ll only be playing with other Xbox players, it will apply to all games, not just Modern Warfare 2.PlayStation 4 and 5 players are sim
  
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• Gotham Knights accidentally dropped its anti-piracy software on PC, and the inevitable happened

  28-10-2022 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gotham Knights temporarily lost its anti-piracy software on PC after its developer released a new patch. As spotted by Eurogamer, following the Gotham Knights PC patch from earlier this week, developer Warner Bros. Montreal accidentally removed Denuvo (the game's anti-piracy software) from the PC version of the game. As SteamDB currently shows, however, it seems as though this has since been added back. But this does mean that, for a short period of time, Gotham Knights was susceptible to h
  
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• Bayonetta 3: Voice Actors Detail Their Pay, Workload, and the Dangerous Race to the Bottom

  28-10-2022 17:00
  
  Almost exactly five years since the longest actor's strike in US history came to a close, video game voice actors are in the spotlight once again. Back in 2017, it was about voice actors refusing to work with publishers like Activision and Take-Two over fair payment concerns. Now, a fiery controversy surrounding Nintendo and Platinum's upcoming Bayonetta 3 has reignited the debate over fair pay for voice actors in the video game industry.It all started over a week ago, when former Bayonetta voic
  
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• Hawk Claus spreads Christmas cheer in DC's Grifter Got Run Over By a Reindeer first look

  28-10-2022 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grifter got run over by a reindeer…Wait. That's not how the song goes – or is it?To kick off the 2022 holiday season and continue WildStorm's 30th-anniversary celebration, DC's Grifter Got Run Over by a Reindeer #1 will hit shelves in November, with Cole Cash as the target of Santa's (allegedly harmless) sleigh-pulling team. 
  DC's Grifter Got Run Over By a Reindeer #1 cover (Image credit: DC)
  But Grifter isn't the only one starring in what DC describes as a "holiday song celebr
  
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• 5 nightmarish horror games coming out before the end of 2022

  28-10-2022 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't know about you, but with Halloween already upon us, I'm on the lookout for some upcoming horror games that can scare the life out of me well beyond the boundaries of the spooky season. Thankfully, video game developers of all sizes seem to be investing heavily in the horror genre right now, and it's leading to something of a renaissance. As GamesRadar's Joe Donnelly noted last October, creativity and risk are driving modern horror games though there was some question of where the form wo
  
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• Modern Warfare 2 menus are confusing the hell out of players

  28-10-2022 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is here, but no one would judge you if you couldn't figure out how to navigate its menus. The redesigned UI is a far cry from former Call of Duty titles, and both new and long-time players are totally confused by it. 
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  According to players, it's easy to miss certain multiplayer playlists and modes because of the way Modern Warfare 2's menus are organized. The new menu has several sections a
  
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• IGN UK Podcast #668: Goodbye Beef Boy Joe

  28-10-2022 16:40
  
  Today is a sad day. Joe Skrebels is moving onto pastures new, but before he does, just had to come and tell everyone how good Marvel Snap is. He's joined by Cardy, Matt, and Dale as they talk through this years Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 campaign, Resident Evil Village's DLC, Barbarian, and The Bear.If you're into it, get tickets for our live show in London on December 2nd here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ign-uks-the-podcast-before-christmas-tickets-445286492887Got a game for us to play or
  
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• The Favourite's Joe Alwyn re-teaming with Yorgos Lanthimos for his next movie

  28-10-2022 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Joe Alwyn is reuniting with Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos' for the filmmaker's next movie, And.Alwyn played Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham alongside Stone's Baroness Masham in 2018's The Favourite, which earned ten Academy Award nominations and won ten British Independent Awards, seven BAFTA awards, and eight European Film Awards.While plot details for And have yet to be revealed, the film also stars Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, and Hong Chau. Lanthimos is set to direct from
  
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• Have you tried… defending your dome home from deadly aliens in Dome Keeper?

  28-10-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  All is safe when you’re calmly burrowing into a horrific, alien hellscape in search of precious resources and a mysterious relic, but it’s only a matter of time before that peace is interrupted. A bleeping proximity alarm warning you of an imminent alien attack on your dome quickly changes everything, so it’s time to return home and prepare for battle. You might crush the monstrous creatures easily or survive by the skin of your teeth, but then its back to mining and keeping a
  
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• These Transformer-style D&D action figures turn from dice into monsters

  28-10-2022 15:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  We were anticipating D&D action figures based on the new movie, but ones that change from D20 dice into monsters like Transformers? That took us by surprise. Called 'Dicelings', they start life as oversized D20s with unique rune, feather, or scale theming. But then, much like the D&D Mimic, they change into one of four iconic foes - a many-eyed Beholder, the classic Owlbear, a poison-spitting Black Dragon, or a more traditional Red Dragon. Each one will set you back $13.99, and
  
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• Lifetime sales of Sonic the Hedgehog have zoomed past 1.5 billion

  28-10-2022 15:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Sonic franchise has managed to sell more than 1.5 billion units in total. Sonic the Hedgehog raced onto the gaming scene all the way back in 1991 with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Mega Drive. Having appeared on many platforms over the years, this speedy anthropomorphic blue Hedgehog is known and loved by players of all ages, and he's got the sales figures to prove it.As spotted by video game industry analyst and Twitter user MauroNL, the latest FY2022 annual report by S
  
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• 2K games is trying to get its long-dead multiplayer sci-fi game into more hands

  28-10-2022 15:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Publisher 2K Games has started to hand out keys for the long-abandoned multiplayer game Evolve, although supply has currently run out. In the ever changing story of Evolve's unlikely revival in 2022, 2K Games appears to be getting more and more hands-on with helping the community revive the game. Currently, you can play peer-to-peer hosted games of Evolve, however, one of the biggest issues facing the revival effort right now is that the title has been delisted on Steam. This means the only
  
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• Feral Ghouls basically turn Fallout 4 into a bonafide horror game

  28-10-2022 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  As I creep my way through the streets of Lexington in Fallout 4, a nightmare scenario begins to unfold. Parts of a dilapidated house jut out onto the road before me, and a connecting steel structure with decaying windows sits overhead. The interior decor bleeds out from its crumbled walls, but most of the structure remains intact. I must pass the building in order to reach my quest destination, but I hear a sound that stops me in my tracks... and fills me with dread. I know what's coming before
  
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• Black Friday Secretlab deals 2022: what to expect from the top gaming chair retailer

  28-10-2022 14:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're on the hunt for a new gaming chair, Black Friday Secretlab deals are coming thick and fast. We're just under a month away now, so we thought it would be a good time to prepare you for the weeks ahead. Down below, we've summarised our expectations for deals based on what we saw last year, and we've tried to answer your burning questions. We didn't see too many Black Friday Secretlab deals last year, however, the popular gaming chair brand announced their Black Friday price cuts ear
  
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• Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass probably has a better PC setup than you do

  28-10-2022 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Actor Chloe Grace Moretz, who you may know as Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass, has got herself an impressive PC build after asking for advice from gamers on Twitter.Things began when Moretz asked for advice on Twitter: "For a PC set up, where should I begin, how deep do I need to get into the intricacies of it! I know that I can keep customizing the set up as I go right?" the tweet read. Several PC gamers came to the actor's aid offering suggestions and within 24 hours, Moretz then tweeted that cust
  
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• Yellowstone prequel starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren sets release date

  28-10-2022 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yellowstone prequel 1923, which will star Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, has set its release date. The series will arrive on Paramount Plus this December 18 in the US and December 19 in the UK and Australia (H/T Digital Spy). The show again focuses on the Dutton family, but in this series, they'll be dealing with a pandemic, the Great Depression, and Prohibition coming to an end. Naturally, it's set in 1923. Mirren plays Cara Dutton, while Ford is Jacob Dutton."1923 focuses on the Dutton f
  
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