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• GTA 5 Reaches 170 Million Units Sold, Red Dead Redemption Hits 70 Million

  07-11-2022 23:59
  
  Publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced another milestone for Grand Theft Auto V with 170 million units sold, while Red Dead Redemption has hit the 70 million mark.During Take-Two’s quarterly earnings call, the company’s investor presentation revealed sales numbers for both series. As a franchise, Grand Theft Auto has sold more than 385 million units, with 170 million of those attributed to GTA 5. As pointed out by @DomsPlaying on Twitter, that’s a smaller jump from the &l
  
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• Take-Two CEO Says He'll Take 'Delays Over Flops Any Day' While Lowering Earnings Forecast

  07-11-2022 23:57
  
  Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K publisher Take-Two is lowering its revenue projections for the 2023 fiscal year, as the company faces delays and mobile gaming drops.As part of Take-Two's FY Q2 2023 results, the company revealed it is lowering the expected revenue by $320 million for the current fiscal year. Previously, Take-Two expected between $5.73 and $5.83 billion, but those numbers have been lowered to $5.41 and $5.51 billion. The company is blaming lowered expectations in its mobile business a
  
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• Call of Duty 2023 will be a "full premium release," Activision insists

  07-11-2022 23:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Activision Blizzard insists that 2023 will still see the release of a "full premium" Call of Duty title, seemingly pushing back on reports that the series would be skipping a year following the launch of Modern Warfare 2."Activision is looking forward to building on its current momentum in 2023," the company says in its latest financial results press release, "with plans for next year including the most robust Call of Duty live operations to date, the next full premium release in the blockbuster
  
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• PSA: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Spoilers Have Begun to Leak

  07-11-2022 23:24
  
  We have a warning for all of you trainers out there excited to go to the Paldea region — spoilers for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have unfortunately begun to leak.As reported by VGC, the leaks arrive just over a week before Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's November 18 release date. IGN won't be sharing any of them, but we wanted to warn all of you out there to be careful on social media and beyond.It appears that the first leaked screenshots began to arrive on social media on Sund
  
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• Call of Duty Will Get 'Full Premium Release' in 2023, Rumored to be Modern Warfare 2 Expansion

  07-11-2022 23:02
  
  Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard says the annualized franchise will see a "full premium release" in 2023.During its Q3 2022 earning results, Activision Blizzard wrote about Call of Duty heading into next year, revealing that the company has plans for "the most robust Call of Duty live operations to date, the next full premium release in the blockbuster annual series, and even more engaging free-to-play experiences across all platforms."However, whether this means a brand new game or mo
  
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• Halo Infinite winter update and Forge release time explained

  07-11-2022 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Halo Infinite winter update containing the long-awaited Forge mode is nearly here.Exact release times were shuffled after the recent time change, but thankfully the official Halo Twitter account released a handy global breakdown for major time zones which you can check out below. For quick reference, the Halo Infinite winter Forge update will drop at 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm BST on Tuesday, November 8. 
  The Winter Update is coming. ❄️ Find out when it arrives in your time
  
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda cast in Percy Jackson reboot on Disney Plus

  07-11-2022 22:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lin-Manuel Miranda has signed on to play Hermes in the upcoming Disney Plus series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.Based on the bestselling YA book series by Rick Riordan, the series follows 12-year-old demigod Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) - who is accused by Zeus of stealing his lightning bolt. Percy is accompanied by his two best friends, Annabeth Chase (Leah Sava Jeffries), the daughter of the goddess Athena, and Grover Underwood (Aryan Simhadri), a satyr posing as a 12-year-old boy.The cas
  
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• Marvel Snap season 2 could be all about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

  07-11-2022 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Snap season 2 could be themed around Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, if a new tease from the card battler's lead developer is anything to go by.The first season of Marvel Snap post-beta is centered around Spider-Man's corner of the universe amid a Symbiote Invasion. Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner has yet to formally reveal the theme for the next season, but now we have a pretty darn good clue.In an interview with IGN, Second Dinner co-founder Ben Brode suggested that the next season
  
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• Prince of Persia Remake Isn't Canceled, But Ubisoft is Refunding Preorders

  07-11-2022 22:08
  
  Ubisoft has provided an update on the long-delayed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, reassuring fans that the game is not canceled.In the update, Ubisoft confirmed that The Sands of Time Remake is still in development at Ubisoft Montreal. However, Ubisoft has started canceling preorders for the game, saying, "Since the game currently does not have a release date, existing pre-orders have been cancelled and refunded where applicable." The publisher said preorders "may reopen" once the g
  
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• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is Already a Much Better Game After its Beta

  07-11-2022 22:04
  
  When I played the open beta for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, I could immediately see the potential. I love soulslikes, but they aren’t necessarily known for having the smoothest combat, so it was awesome to see one that aspires to offer much more intricate and fast-paced martial options than your average death screen simulator. But where the demo I played a few short months ago showed promise, the new build I played recently showed a marked improvement in so many areas that my excitement went
  
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• Matt Booty Talks Fable and Perfect Dark Reboots, Halo Infinite 'Falling Short,' in New Interview

  07-11-2022 22:03
  
  Xbox is still working on rebooting some of its classic series', like Perfect Dark and Fable, and has acknowledged how another stumbled along the way with Halo Infinite. In an interview with the Friends Per Second podcast, head of Xbox Game Studios' Matt Booty touched on some of the long-absent reboots, explaining timelines, partnerships, and obstacles. When asked about Perfect Dark and leadership changes on the project, the Xbox boss explained their partnership with Crystal Dynamics.Booty referr
  
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• Daniel Kaluuya to voice Spider-Punk in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

  07-11-2022 21:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daniel Kaluuya has signed on to voice Spider-Punk in Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse.The sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sees Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) aka Spider-Man team up with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) and a new team of Spider-Folks to face off with a powerful villain known as The Spot.Spider-Punk aka Hobart Brown first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #10 back in 2015 and was given his first solo comic book mini-series in 2022, written by Cody Ziglar with ar
  
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• League of Legends Worlds 2022: DRX Triumphs Over T1 3-2

  07-11-2022 21:32
  
  In a thrilling conclusion, League of Legends Worlds saw the underdog DRX win the international championship in San Francisco this weekend. The beautiful opening ceremony at The Chase Center showcased just why League Worlds is called the Superbowl of Esports. The artist line up of Lil Nas X, Edda Hayes, Louis Leibfried, and Jackson Wang was a brilliant show of talent and production as the hype continued to build around Worlds 2022. In case you missed the incredible Worlds conclusion, don’t
  
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• Xbox wants to know if you'd sacrifice performance for a cheaper electric bill

  07-11-2022 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Xbox survey asks players if they'd like energy-efficient graphics options in games.As Windows Central reports, a new survey on the Xbox Insider Hub includes a couple of questions about in-game graphics settings and features that could save you money when your energy company comes a-knocking. To be clear, this doesn't mean that any of this will actually be implemented; it's just Xbox conducting a temperature check for the community's feelings toward energy efficiency in games.For example, t
  
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• Gears of War is getting a live-action movie and "adult animated series" from Netflix

  07-11-2022 20:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix is making a Gears of War live-action film and animated series. The official Netflix Twitter shared the news earlier today to mark Gears of War's 16th anniversary. Developer The Coalition, formerly Black Tusk Studios, has signed on for a "live action feature film followed by an adult animated series" under Netflix, "with the potential for more stories to follow."By adult animated series, Netflix is presumably referring to the vibe of mature works like the Castlevania anime and the Wi
  
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• Black Tape brings '60s rock and roll and horror together for an occult mystery

  07-11-2022 20:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Comic creator Dan Panosian is best known for his art, but in February his first big project as a writer will arrive through AWA. Alongside artist Dalibor Talajić, Panosian writes Black Tape, a five-issue limited series of his own creation which brings together the complementary themes of '60s and '70s horror movies and rock and roll in a mystery comic centered on an enigmatic rock star named Jack King.
  (Image credit: AWA)
  When King mysteriously drops dead in the middle of a sold-out perform
  
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• Liniers' The Ghost of Wreckers Cove tackles loss through historical magical realism

  07-11-2022 19:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Argentinian cartoonist Liniers has teamed up with Angelica del Campo and colorist Christian Argiz for a new middle-grade graphic novel called The Ghost of Wreckers Cove, and it makes its English debut on Comixology November 8 after its Spanish-language debut earlier this year.
  (Image credit: Comixology)
  The Ghost of Wreckers Cove follows sisters Cristina and Martha as they cope with the death of their mother during a summer vacation to the coast of Maine with their father. He's rented a house ne
  
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• Terraria 1.4.5 will be the game's sixth final update in three years

  07-11-2022 19:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer Re-Logic has announced Terraria 1.4.5, which is set to be the game's sixth major patch since the "final" update back in 2020.Terraria 1.4.5 "will be coming your way in 2023", as the devs say in the announcement. "At least part" of the update will include crossover content with Dead Cells, though there's no details on what else to expect. Production will begin in earnest in 2023, after "all of the needed hotfixes for 1.4.4 are completed".Re-Logic also says 2023 will "hopefully be the ye
  
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• Netflix's big 2022 hits The Watcher and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story are returning

  07-11-2022 19:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ryan Murphy's The Watcher and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story are set to continue at Netflix.The Watcher has been greenlit for season 2, while Monster will continue as an anthology series focusing on a different serial killer each season.Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story focuses on the Midwest-based serial killer who took the lives of seventeen people between 1978 and 1991. He was convicted for fifteen of the murders in 1992, being sentenced to fifteen consecutive life terms. The limited serie
  
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• Bonkers Sonic Frontiers DLC replaces sound effects with vtuber Inugami Korone

  07-11-2022 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic Frontiers isn't even out yet but it already has some of the strangest DLC of the year, with the undisputed crown jewel being an audio pack that replaces a range of sound effects with noises provided by vtuber Inugami Korone. As you may have deduced, there's a lot to unpack here. Let's start with the latest Sonic Station stream, which showed off Korone's unique – extremely unique – sound pack and DLC (around 30 minutes in). That's right. Through the perilously unchecke
  
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• Mass Effect 5's intriguing relay footage has my mind reeling

  07-11-2022 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  "We’ve intercepted some strange footage from one of the monitoring stations in known space," Mass Effect 5 project director Michael Gamble writes at the close of BioWare's N7 Day blog post. "It could be nothing, but…", Gamble teases… but if there's one thing we do know, it's certainly not nothing. The footage shows the image of some kind of new relay, and it's already got my mind racing. In fact, the text in the corner reveals that what we're looking at is a "Vacuum dock rela
  
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• The White Lotus season 2 release schedule: When does episode 3 air on HBO and Sky?

  07-11-2022 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're back at The White Lotus resort for season 2, but this time we're in Sicily rather than Hawaii. There's a new cohort of wealthy guests to contend with, too, as well as a new set of staff – all except Jennifer Coolidge, who's back on top form as Tanya. The other thing that's stayed the same from season 1? This vacation ends with tragedy, and this time there are several dead bodies to contend with instead of just one.Alongside Coolidge, The White Lotus season 2 cast includes Aubrey Plaz
  
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• Best Black Friday iPad deals 2022: the biggest early sales available now

  07-11-2022 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Black Friday iPad deals are off to a roaring start - yes, the discounts have already started pouring onto the shelves. With record low prices on the latest and greatest tablets up for grabs, we're showing you which offers to jump on ahead of November 25, and which to keep a closer eye on. We expected 2022's holiday sales to offer a greater spread compared to last year, and we can already see things heating up. With two new M2 Pro models on the shelves Black Friday iPad deals in the more exp
  
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• Kevin O'Neill, co-creator of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, dies at 65

  07-11-2022 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Comic artist Kevin O'Neill has died at the age of 65 of an unnamed illness, according to a blog post from London-based comic book retailer Gosh Comics. O'Neill was best known for co-creating The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen alongside writer Alan Moore in 1999, which brings together characters from across different eras of literature. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ran for six volumes, including a film adaptation that was rife with legal challenges from Moore and O'Neill themselv
  
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• Geralt and Ciri of The Witcher are coming to free-to-play MMO Lost Ark

  07-11-2022 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Free-to-play MMO Lost Ark is getting some help with its monster problems, as the devs have officially announced a crossover with The Witcher.As both the official Lost Ark and Witcher accounts ask on Twitter, "What new adventures will Geralt stumble upon in Arkesia? Find out when The Witcher arrives in Lost Ark early 2023!" That's the extent of the official details on the crossover - at least for the worldwide version of the game.This crossover was actually announced for the Korean version of Los
  
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• James Cameron discusses his scrapped Avatar 2 script

  07-11-2022 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar 2 was not always The Way of Water. In fact, the sequel to the box-office juggernaut Avatar originally had a very different plot – and you can soon see that story play out, just not in cinematic form. After James Cameron scripted the 130-page sequel, titled Avatar: The High Ground, he decided to scrap the idea of transforming the story into a movie. "We were noodling around," he tells Total Film in the new issue of the magazine, featuring Avatar: The Way of Water on the cover. "
  
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• Mass Effect 5 is still in pre-production but "proceeding very well"

  07-11-2022 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mass Effect 5 remains in pre-production, though BioWare has revealed several new details about the game to tide fans over.To celebrate N7 Day, taking place today on November 7, BioWare has published a brand new blog post teasing new details of the forthcoming sequel. "Pre-production development has been proceeding very well," reads the blog post. This sentence signals that the new Mass Effect game is still early in development, despite having been announced over a year ago in 2021.This detail fo
  
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• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet pre-orders are already breaking records in Japan

  07-11-2022 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is seeing record-breaking numbers of pre-orders in Japan.The launch of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet on Switch is now less than two weeks away, and judging by pre-order figures, the latest entry in the long-running Nintendo series could be the most popular yet. As shared by Twitter user Pierre485 (thanks Nintendo Life), data from Japanese retailer COMG reveals combined pre-orders of Scarlet and Violet reached 1,208 14 days prior to launch. As the graph belo
  
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• Prepare for a new Nintendo Indie World Showcase this week

  07-11-2022 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo is holding another Indie World Showcase later this week which is set to contain roughly 25 minutes of information. Following on from the last Indie World Direct we had in May 2022, Nintendo has announced another one for Wednesday, November 9 at 9AM PT / 12PM EST / 5PM GMT. To tune in and watch live, you can either head to the Indie World page on the Nintendo website or to the official Nintendo YouTube channel. Better yet, you can always bookmark this story and come back a
  
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• Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year is now open

  07-11-2022 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Voting for most of the categories in the Golden Joystick Awards 2022 has now closed, but you've got one last chance to have your say - plus claim a free gaming ebook worth $8.99 / £8.99.For the next five days, you can cast your vote for 'Ultimate Game of the Year', picking the best of the best of 2022. You'll have to move fast though, as voting is only open until 15:00 PST/ 18:00 EST/ 23:00 GMT this Friday, November 11. To vote head to the dedicated Golden Joystick Awards voting page, righ
  
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• James Cameron explains why Avatar: The Way of Water has such a long runtime

  07-11-2022 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Cameron does not do things by halves. Now that the long-awaited sequel to Avatar is heading to cinemas, the director wants to make sure audiences are getting their money's worth, with Avatar: The Way of Water clocking in at over three hours in length. That runtime, however, isn't arbitrary; the sequel has been designed to address any perceived imbalance when it comes to character and storytelling versus sheer spectacle – an accusation previously levied at the original movie."The goal
  
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• Final Fantasy 16's timed PlayStation exclusivity is a fraction of Final Fantasy 7 Remake's

  07-11-2022 16:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 16 will be exclusive to PS5 for six months after its expected summer release.That's according to a new advertisement from the official PlayStation Twitter account. Final Fantasy 16 makes a brief appearance (around the halfway mark) with an important disclaimer: "Final Fantasy 16 anticipated summer 2023. PS5 exclusive for six months."
  Enter new worlds and immerse your senses with stunning visuals, 3D Audio, haptic feedback, and adaptive triggers from the DualSense Wireless Controlle
  
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• New Glass Onion trailer sees Daniel Craig back on the case for another Knives Out whodunnit

  07-11-2022 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has arrived – and Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc is back on the case.In the footage, which can be viewed above, Detective Benoit Blanc ends up on a remote island in Greece for what appears to be a harmless 'murder mystery weekend' held by tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) and his rather eccentric group of friends. When a real murder takes place, however, everyone becomes a suspect.The star-studded cast includes Edward Norton, Janel
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 earns $1 billion in record time

  07-11-2022 16:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has made $1 billion in record time.Modern Warfare 2, the latest in Activision Blizzard's blockbuster franchise, launched late last month on October 28 and has since totalled over $1 billion in spend-through. This comes just 10 days after launch, meaning Modern Warfare 2 has taken pole position among the Call of Duty franchise as the fastest game to reach that milestone.Additionally, the Business Wire post announcing the figure reveals that over 1 billion matches an
  
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• Spawn meets the DCU in DC/Spawn variant covers

  07-11-2022 16:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  On December 13, Batman and Spawn will meet again for the first time in nearly 30 years – and it's all because of the Court of Owls, who enlist the Hellspawn to destroy the Dark Knight.Batman/Spawn is a 48-page one-shot crossover written by Todd McFarlane and drawn by Greg Capullo.
  Batman/Spawn (Image credit: DC)
  Batman/Spawn #1 will be sold at Barnes & Noble (in addition to Direct Market comic book shops), with an exclusive cover by McFarlane and Capullo. This is the mainline DC comic
  
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• We're getting another Pokemon Scarlet and Violet trailer tomorrow

  07-11-2022 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans; we're getting another trailer before the game releases next week. We've lost count of the number of trailers we've seen for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but that doesn't mean that The Pokemon Company plans to ease up on the upcoming game's promo. Tomorrow, on November 8, fans can expect another trailer but what's left to see of the game remains a mystery. As usual, news of the trailer was announced via Twitter so fans can tune in exactly as it
  
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• The Walking Dead season 11 release schedule: when is episode 23 on AMC?

  07-11-2022 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Walking Dead season 11 is down to its last two episodes. The 23rd episode of the extraordinary long season is the penultimate entry before The Walking Dead says goodbye forever.So, we're pretty much on DEFCON 1 for spoilers now. Any tease, hint, or major reveal is going to magnified and plastered all over social media the second it airs. As such, you'll need to prepared. Short of putting your fingers in your ears and staying off social media for weeks, we've got a solution.Our quick guide to
  
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• Star Wars series The Acolyte announces cast, enters production

  07-11-2022 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Production has begun on Disney Plus and Lucasfilm's new Star Wars series, The Acolyte.Taking place about 100 years before the prequels, The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. When a former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, the forces they confront are more sinister than they could have ever anticipated. In the Star Wars universe,
  
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• The PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview debuts next week

  07-11-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  PC Gamer has announced the PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview, bringing attention to the next 12 months (and beyond) on PC.Spinning off from the PC Gaming Show, a staple of the E3 calendar since its first outing in 2015, the PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview promises to highlight the most exciting games heading to PC over the next 12 months.That will include a look at Kerbal Space Program 2, alongside an exclusive interview with the game's creative director, upcoming WW1 strategy game The Great War: wester
  
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• James Cameron says Avatar 3 could wrap the series – if The Way of Water bombs at the box office

  07-11-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Way of Water has been a long time coming. Despite the extended period between movies, though, James Cameron is barrelling forward with his vision for Pandora's future. In fact, the director currently has an additional three sequels in the works, taking us all the way to Avatar 5.However, whether the series continues long into the future remains to be seen; should The Way of Water not make a splash at the box office, then the next sequel could be a hastened finale. "The market could b
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 carries Square Enix through another rough patch

  07-11-2022 15:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 continues to grow in popularity, offering a bright spot amidst a dip in Square Enix's latest financial results. The developer has laid out how it's done for the first half of the 2023 fiscal year, which covers the period from April to September 2022. Total net sales are down a smidge at 3.3% compared to the same period from the previous fiscal year, with operating income down more so at 10.6%. In a press release, Square Enix explains that the part of the company focuse
  
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• Return to Pandora with these exclusive images from Avatar: The Way of Water

  07-11-2022 14:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  These days, box-office success virtually guarantees a sequel. But, despite Avatar being the highest-grossing film of all time, with a global take of $2.924bn, a follow-up has taken a long time to manifest. Thirteen years, to be accurate. But, this December, there’s finally a new opportunity to travel back to Pandora in sequel Avatar: The Way of Water.As time has passed in the real world, so it has elapsed in Pandora. Na’vi power couple Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and Jake Sully (Sam
  
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• Yoko Taro is "hugely disappointed" that 2B from Nier: Automata couldn't make it into Super Smash Bros

  07-11-2022 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  The director of Nier: Automata, Yoko Taro, has said that he is "hugely disappointed" that the game's lead character 2B couldn't make it into Super Smash Bros. In an interview with Nintendo Life, Yoko Taro discussed bringing the action RPG to Nintendo Switch and explained that he is "hugely disappointed that we did not make it in time to get into Smash Bros," since the final DLC pack for the game was released back in 2021. In case you didn't know, it's been a tradition in Super Smash Br
  
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• You probably didn't notice, but House of the Dragon's twins actually switched places in the finale

  07-11-2022 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragons' identical twins Erryk and Arryk Cargyll are easy to mistake for each other – so easy, in fact, that you probably didn't even notice the actors Luke and Elliott Tittensor switched places in the finale. By the time of the last episode, Erryk is firmly on Team Rhaenyra, while Arryk has sided with the greens and supports Aegon Targaryen's claim to the throne. Erryk flees King's Landing with Viserys' golden crown and hands it over to Daemon, who crowns his wife while
  
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• Umbrella Academy creator celebrates the final season with script reveal

  07-11-2022 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s a bittersweet time for ‘Brellies everywhere. Umbrella Academy season 4 is the Netflix series’ final season. To mark the beginning of the end, show creator Steve Blackman has revealed the title of the upcoming premiere.Taking to Instagram, Blackman posted the front page of the – seemingly complete – Umbrella Academy season 4 premiere. Titled 'The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want', the reveal was accompanied by Blackman’s words: "And so it begins
  
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• George Clooney is partly responsible for Commander Shepard's face in Mass Effect

  07-11-2022 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mass Effect's Commander Shepard was loosely inspired by George Clooney, a developer on the first game has revealed. Speaking to TechRadar Gaming, Derek Watts, who worked as an art director on the Mass Effect series, has shed some light on how the look of the iconic character came together."We had [the design] up to a certain point, but it wasn't quite there. So we opened it up to the team," Watts recalls. "There are a lot of people that took it seriously, and a lot of people didn't," Watts
  
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• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet leaks as fan gets copy early

  07-11-2022 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unseen Pokemon Scarlet and Violet creatures are beginning to leak online, reportedly due to a broken street date for the new RPG.Yesterday, on November 6, several posts on the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet subreddit, all from the same user, appeared to depict new creatures for the two games. The user's posts leak two brand new Pokemon for the Paldean region and evolutions for starter Pokemon Fuecoco and newcomer Smoliv.All these leaked creatures appear to be traced back to the same user - @Presiden
  
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• Enola Holmes 2 storms up the Netflix charts and everyone's loving the movie's messaging

  07-11-2022 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Enola Holmes 2 is proving a hit on Netflix, storming up the streamer's top 10 – and people are loving the movie's feel-good, feminist message. The movie sees Mille Bobby Brown's Enola starting her own detective agency and investigating the case of a matchstick girl's missing sister, with some help from her big brother Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and love interest Tewkesbury (Louis Patridge). "Enola Holmes 2 is such a great movie to me because I always see people think that if a female cha
  
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• I was a Mass Effect newbie - but after the Suicide Mission, I'm hooked

  07-11-2022 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  For years, BioWare was perhaps the most glaring omission in my gaming library. It was never a conscious effort; Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim shoulder some of the blame for their domination of my formative sci-fi and fantasy RPG experiences, but it's also a question of timing. I was too young for the first games in each series, and mired in student debt by the time their latest outings rolled around. As Mass Effect: Andromeda struggled and Anthem fell, it became easier to consign the studio to '
  
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• Former Dragon Age chief thinks the free-to-play microtransaction model is "doomed to collaspe"

  07-11-2022 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Dragon Age chief Mark Darrah doesn't think the microtransaction-fuelled free-to-play market has a place in the future of video games.As reported by Tweak Town, in a recent Q&A stream Darrah, who worked as an executive producer on the Dragon Age series, discusses the topic of free-to-play games, saying that the microtransaction model on which their built will ultimately come crashing down. "I personally feel like it is doomed to eventually collapse," Darrah says, before recounting
  
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