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• New The Mandalorian season 3 footage debuts at Brazil Comic-Con – here's what happens

  01-12-2022 23:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  New The Mandalorian season 3 footage has been unveiled behind closed doors at Brazil Comic-Con – and it shows Grogu using the Force. Per Collider, the new footage comes as part of an extended version of the trailer. In the clip, Baby Yoda uses his Force powers to push someone out of a cave; the youngling chose to leave Jedi training with Luke Skywalker to return to Mando back in The Book of Boba Fett, but it seems he hasn't given up on the Force entirely. The footage is also said
  
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• New Ant-Man 3 footage debuts behind closed doors – here's what happens

  01-12-2022 23:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  New footage from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has debuted behind closed-doors at Brazil Comic-Con – and it shows off the opening few minutes of the movie, as well as a sinister-sounding Kang the Conqueror scene. Per Collider reporter Steven Weintraub, the Kang scene sees Scott and his daughter Cassie in separate cells, being held in some kind of prison. Kang asks Scott to steal something, gaining his freedom in exchange, but Scott turns him down, which makes Kang angry. 
  
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• The first Guardians of the Galaxy 3 trailer teases the beginning of the end

  01-12-2022 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s time to face the music.Watch the brand-new trailer for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 that just debuted at Brazil Comic Con #CCXP2022. Only in theaters May 5, 2023. #GotGVol3 pic.twitter.com/eweS6lwsGpDecember 1, 2022See more
  The Guardians of the Galaxy 3 trailer is here! The first footage from the upcoming sequel debuted online following a showing at Brazil Comic-Con.Franchise regulars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper,
  
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• Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars introduces the Fifth Brother and a stormtrooper deserter ahead of Jedi: Survivor

  01-12-2022 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The cover and plot summary for an upcoming novel bridging the gap between Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has offered a bit of insight into the story leading up to the new game.The novel Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars will feature the core crew of the Stinger Mantis, including Cal Kestis, Cere Junda, Greez Dritus, the Nightsister Merrin, and BD-1 continuing to strike blows against the Empire. The book will see them meeting a stormtrooper deserter with "word of a powerful, potentially inv
  
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• The Mad Titan takes center stage in Thanos: Death Notes #1 preview

  01-12-2022 22:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Thanos will take the spotlight in his own December 6 one-shot titled Thanos: Death Notes that brings the Mad Titan into the path of Thor following a vision the god of Thunder had at the start of the current volume of his ongoing title in which he foresaw his own death at Thanos' hands.The one-shot features a variety of Thanos-centric tales from well-known creators, including one from fan-favorite writer J. Michael Straczynski, known for his own work on Thor back in the '00s.Stories in the anthol
  
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• The Indiana Jones 5 trailer is here – and the movie's official title has been revealed

  01-12-2022 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Indiana Jones 5, officially now titled Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, has been revealed. Footage from the sequel debuted at Brazil Comic-Con before coming online for all to see.In the footage, Indiana Jones was seen in a high-speed chase on a horse, using his famous whip, and being brought back into action. There are also several sequences of a CGI de-aged Harrison Ford, including a moment where he's seemingly captured by Nazis. Classic Indy. The actor previously sa
  
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• Valheim is ringing in the holidays with Yule items and less slippery fish

  01-12-2022 21:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Valheim update rings in the holidays with newly enabled Yule items and a boatload of bug fixes.To be clear, the new Valheim update is in the public testing phase right now, so if you want to indulge in the festivities early you can swap over to the public test branch and download the patch. In addition to the Yule tree, Yuleklapp, Yule wreath, Yule garland, and Mistletoe, Valheim patch 0.212.7 includes a laundry list of fixes - a number of which are dedicated to improving fishing.For examp
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 gets a release date – and it's a slight delay

  01-12-2022 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3 finally has a firm release date. As revealed at Brazil Comic-Con, the Star Wars spin-off show will return March 1, 2023 – that's a very slight delay from the original release window, which was set for February 2023. A new picture of Mando and Baby Yoda was released, too, showing Din Djarin clad in his Beskar armor and his little green charge looking as adorable as ever. Mando and Grogu were last seen in The Book of Boba Fett; Grogu gave up on Jedi trainin
  
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• Industry vet Hunter Gorinson named president and publisher of Oni-Lion Forge

  01-12-2022 21:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group has a new president and publisher - industry veteran Hunter Gorinson, who according to the comics publisher will begin immediately and oversee all company operations, including its editorial, marketing, operations, and sales divisions in the Direct Market, book, digital, and e-commerce channels.In his new role, Gorinson will be tasked with expanding Oni-Lion Forge's footprint in the publisher world."Oni is, without a doubt, one of the most groundbreaking and
  
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• The Best Dell Cyber Week Deals on Alienware Gaming PCs, Laptops, Monitors

  01-12-2022 21:27
  
  Dell's Cyber Monday sale continues for Cyber Week, which starts now and continues through this weekend. There are still some great deals on Alienware and Dell XPS gaming PCs, Alienware and Dell G-series gaming laptops, gaming consoles, monitors, and electronics. Of particular note, for the first time ever the 2022-2023 Alienware Aurora R15 PC with the new 13th gen Intel Raptor Lake CPU and GeForce RTX 4090 CPU is on sale with a 10% off coupon code. That bringsthe price down to under $4K, still o
  
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• Dozens of Avengers unite to fight Mephisto as Avengers Assemble rolls into April

  01-12-2022 20:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The grand finale of Jason Aaron's Avengers run, a mega-crossover titled 'Avengers Assemble,' continues into March 2023 with Avengers #66 and Avengers Forever #15, two of the last chapters of the ten-part event story.
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  First up, in March 1's Avengers #66, Mephisto and a "cast of Avengers that staggers the imagination" will face off in an epic battle of Multiversal proportions that exposes the true nature of Mephisto's malevolent designs which have been brewing in Aaro
  
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• I regret to inform you that WoW players are once again thirsting after Alexstrasza in Dragonflight

  01-12-2022 20:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  In World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Alexstrasza asks if "you think I have big mom energy" - and, predictably, the community has come unglued.Alexstrasza is a dragon who's been deeply tied to Warcraft lore for a very long time. More properly, she's the Queen of Dragons and guardian of life in Azeroth. Perhaps most relevantly to what we're about to discuss, she regularly transforms into a hot elf lady. Her early appearances in WoW came with some very mid-2000s skimpy costuming choices, and she's l
  
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• The Witcher 3 devs thought long and hard about showing Geralt's wang in the bathtub scene

  01-12-2022 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 3 developers very nearly showed Geralt's penis during the iconic bathtub scene, but ultimately thought better of it.We all know the scene by now. Even if you haven't played CD Projekt Red's opus, you've probably scene the memes. Early on in The Witcher 3, we're treated to a cutscene in which Geralt enjoys a leisurely hot bath while the sorceress Yennefer unwinds, also naked, nearby with a book. It's a disarmingly intimate scene for a fantasy RPG, but as it turns out, it was almost a
  
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• IDW developing six new properties for TV

  01-12-2022 19:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  IDW Publishing has announced a new slate of six comic book and graphic novel properties that are in active development as television series. First up there's Bacchus, creator Eddie Campbell's graphic novel published by IDW imprint Top Shelf Productions set in a present-day world where ancient Greek Gods still walk among mortals.Will Davies (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Man Vs. Bee, How to Train Your Dragon) and Chloe Moss (Switch, Hollyoaks) will write and executive produce the series.Another Top
  
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• Wondering why you'd play The Elden Ring board game? Think of it like new game plus

  01-12-2022 19:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's an uncomfortable sort of question that always comes up with adaptations like Elden Ring: The Board Game. Why would you play this tabletop version when you can simply turn on the video game you (probably) already own? Having worked on and shipped multiple reimaginings for Steamforged Games, it's a problem lead designer Sherwin Matthews has had to grapple with multiple times. For him, the answer is simple - it should be a remix of what you already know, both surprising and familiar in equa
  
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• The Speedrunning Platformer Neon White Comes to PlayStation Later This Month

  01-12-2022 19:23
  
  Angel Matrix announced that its first-person platformer game will be hitting PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on December 13.The PlayStation 5 version will run at 120hz. “When precision matters, the high framerate makes a difference. We’ve also made the most of the system SSD to reduce load times significantly,” says game director Ben Esposito. “It’s important that restarting levels is as quick and painless as possible. If you want to beat your friends’ leaderb
  
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• Amnesia: The Bunker takes the series semi-open world in 2023

  01-12-2022 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amnesia: The Bunker is the next instalment in the classic horror franchise, and it's out in March 2023.Frictional Games revealed the latest Amnesia title with the teaser trailer below, depicting a World War One soldier trapped and alone in a desolate bunker. Amnesia: The Bunker is coming to PC and consoles alike in just a few short months in March 2023.The Bunker is a significant departure for the Amnesia series. Instead of a linear adventure, you're now placed in a semi-open world, and it's up
  
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• Amnesia: The Bunker Announced, Promises Major Changes to the Series

  01-12-2022 19:00
  
  Frictional Games has announced the next game in the horrifying Amnesia series, Amnesia: The Bunker, and it’s potentially the biggest departure from the series yet.The studio announced that their next Amnesia game will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in 2023. The developers are calling Amnesia: The Bunker their most open game yet with players able to explore a semi-open world with hardly any scripted events.This means players can explore different paths and areas without being constr
  
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• Warzone 2 players aren't sure if 'Roze 4.0' is actually pay-to-win, but they're flocking to buy it

  01-12-2022 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty's most infamous skin scandal is back for a fourth round, as Warzone 2 players fear 'Roze 4.0' has arrived as part of the Los Angeles Thieves pack.Roze, you may recall, got an all-black skin as the top-tier battle pass reward back in Modern Warfare Season 5. It was very hard to see in dark areas, wildly unpopular with the community, and adjusted for better visibility multiple times. Roze 2.0 came in the form of Hypersonic skin for Portnova, and Roze 3.0 arrived with the Night Terror
  
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• Nomad, Daken, Hulkling, and the other children of Marvel superheroes with MCU potential

  01-12-2022 18:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Did you know Steve Rogers has a son, Ian Rogers, who is also a Marvel hero named Nomad?If you didn't, you do now. And what's more, Ian Rogers is now playing a key role in Sam Wilson's starring comic Captain America: Symbol of Truth.But Ian is just one of many children of superheroes who are also heroes themselves, who could have potential as eventual characters in the MCU - including the ones on this list.
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  His comic history: Ian Rogers is Steve Rogers ado
  
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• Nomad, Daken, Hulking, and the other children of Marvel superheroes with MCU potential

  01-12-2022 18:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Did you know Steve Rogers has a son, Ian Rogers, who is also a Marvel hero named Nomad?If you didn't, you do now. And what's more, Ian Rogers is now playing a key role in Sam Wilson's starring comic Captain America: Symbol of Truth.But Ian is just one of many children of superheroes who are also heroes themselves, who could have potential as eventual characters in the MCU - including the ones on this list.
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• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer showcases a deadly new threat to Optimus Prime

  01-12-2022 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh installment in the long-running series, has finally arrived.Drawing on the Beast Wars series, the new film introduces a new faction beyond the well-worn likes of Autobots and Decepticons – Optimus Prime instead faces Maximals, Predacons, Airazor, Rhinox, and Terracons, while Scourge acts as the Big Bad. The lead human characters are Noah, played by Anthony Ramos (In the Heights) and Elena, played by Dominique Fishback (Jud
  
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• Xbox Game Pass in December 2022: High On Life, LEGO Star Wars, and More

  01-12-2022 18:27
  
  December is another busy month for Xbox Game Pass with a ton of new titles arriving on console and PC. Xbox confirmed its final line-up of 2022 in a blog post, and headlining the new additions is High On Life, the ridiculously wacky shooter from Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland that arrives on December 13.Also coming this month is a range of modern classics, however, including LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga on December 6, The Walking Dead: The Final Season today, December 1, and the hardcore
  
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• Borderlands 3 has been rated for Switch again, despite 2K saying it wasn't coming to the console

  01-12-2022 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Borderlands 3 has been rated for Nintendo Switch again, despite 2K previously denying that this was happening. As spotted by Gematsu, the European rating board PEGI has rated Borderlands 3: Director's Cut for the Nintendo Switch. According to the rating, the game's release date is apparently December 1, 2022 (so uh, today) but, at the time of writing this, there hasn't been an official announcement from 2K or developer Gearbox yet. This is actually the second time that rumors have circ
  
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• Paramount Plus renews Sylvester Stallone's Tulsa King for season 2

  01-12-2022 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  More Tulsa King is on the way, now that Paramount Plus has officially renewed the show for a second season. Created by Yellowstone's Taylor Sheridan, the crime drama sees Sylvester Stallone play Dwight "The General" Manfredi, a formerly incarcerated New York Mafia boss who tries to set up an underground organization in Oklahoma, and only made its debut on the platform on November 13. But according to the streamer, it helped drive the largest number of new subscriptions in a single day. 
  
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• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet gave us what we wanted – and it turns out we were wrong

  01-12-2022 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have both taken a rigorous kicking from the online community in recent weeks over performance issues – and frankly, that's fair. My own Pokemon and Scarlet Review highlighted these very same issues, and they're as extensive as they are migraine-inducing. But with all the talk around frame rates and hilarious videos of Pokemon Brundleflying together, I feel the more obvious issues have overshadowed some discussions that are just as critical, and more interesting,
  
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• Summer Game Fest is returning in 2023 for the third year in a row

  01-12-2022 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Summer Game Fest is officially slated to return next year in 2023.Announced just earlier today, on December 1, the Summer Game Fest is coming back for a third outing. This time, the live show will take place June 8, 2023, and be broadcast to viewers worldwide from the YouTube Theatre in Inglewood, California.As ever, the live broadcast for the Summer Game Fest will feature a host of announcements and reveals, as well as game developer interviews. The showcase typically runs over a few hours as h
  
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• Cyber Week Deal: All Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Hardcover Books on Sale, Including Order of the Phoenix

  01-12-2022 17:48
  
  For Cyber Week, Amazon is offering the best prices we've seen on every Harry Potter Illustrated Edition Hardcover book, thanks toa combination of instant discounts and a clippable $5 coupon right on the product page. This includes the newest Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix that was released last month. You can get all 5 books for under $100! This deal wasn't around on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. It's definitely going to be a popular seller for Christmas gift shoppers, so jump on thesnow bef
  
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• The Witcher: Blood Origin showrunner on why the show was cut from six to four episodes

  01-12-2022 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2020, Netflix announced it was developing a six-episode Witcher spin-off. Now, with The Witcher: Blood Origin finally ready to reach the streaming service, the series has been whittled down to just four episodes. What happened?As showrunner Declan de Barra tells SFX in the new issue of the magazine, featuring Violent Night on the cover, pacing was the issue. "You can’t hang around too long," he says. "The beauty of this being a limited series is there are no rules. We didn&rsq
  
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• Former Breath of the Wild dev's "dress-up adventure game" is the prettiest thing I've ever seen

  01-12-2022 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upcoming fantasy adventure game Infinity Nikki has just got its first trailer, and it's the prettiest thing I've ever seen. Headed up by former Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game designer Kentaro Tominaga (thanks Gematsu / IGN China) and developed by Paper Games, Infinity Nikki is part of the Nikki Up2U series, which started life as a series of dress-up mobile games. It looks like things have been shaken up drastically for the fifth instalment of the series, though, as Infinity Nikki
  
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• D&D won't be using 'race' anymore thanks to it being "a problematic term"

  01-12-2022 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The term 'race' is being stripped out of Dungeons and Dragons ahead of the game's upcoming rules overhaul known as One D&D.Announced via a D&D Beyond blog post, this change will first be seen in playtest material set to launch on December 21. Moreover, 'race' isn't going to be referenced again in the game's future - it's being replaced with 'species', an alternative chosen in "close coordination with multiple outside cultural consultants."Throughout the history of D&D (including its
  
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• Xbox Game Pass December games include Lego Star Wars and some genuine indie gems

  01-12-2022 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Xbox Game Pass December games have been revealed, and at the end of 2022 we're getting a robust lineup including some big name family-friendly titles, major new releases, and some genuine indie gems.The big surprise - though Xbox had already been tweeting teasers for it - is Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, due to hit the service on December 6. The game explores all nine films and is by pretty much any measure the biggest Lego game to date. It just launched earlier this year and makes for
  
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• Avatar actor Stephen Lang explains how his dead character returns for the sequel

  01-12-2022 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The return of Jake Sully and Neytiri in Avatar: The Way of Water always seemed inevitable. After all, they were the leads in the original blockbuster. What was less certain was the future of Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) – after all, the head of security at the human settlement of Hell’s Gate finished the movie with two massive Na’vi arrows sticking out of his chest. Nonetheless, he’s become a reminder that in sci-fi, if death really does spell the end for your ch
  
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• Avatar won't be a Star Wars-style saga but is more like Top Gun Maverick, says producer

  01-12-2022 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Much has been made of how Avatar: The Way of Water is only the first of many Avatar sequels that James Cameron is planning, the filmmaker having set his sights on at least an additional three movies, bringing the total to five. That has, his producer Jon Landau tells SFX in the new issue of the magazine, featuring Violent Night on the cover, been something Cameron has wanted to do since the start."[Early on], Jim had identified that he wanted to make three movies, and felt that he had a ple
  
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• The Rings of Power adds new cast members for season 2 – and recasts Adar

  01-12-2022 16:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon has announced the seven new actors that will be heading to Middle-earth in recurring roles for The Rings of Power season 2.Gabriel Akuwudike (Hanna), Yasen Atour (The Witcher), Ben Daniels (The Exorcist), Nia Towle (Persuasion), Nicholas Woodeson (Silent Witness), and newcomer Amelia Kenworthy will all form part of The Rings of Power cast for the new season. There’s also a shake-up among the current cast. Orc leader Adar, previously played by Joseph Mawle, will be portrayed moving f
  
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• Ang Lee's Bruce Lee biopic will star the director's son

  01-12-2022 16:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director Ang Lee is set to helm a biopic of Bruce Lee, with the filmmaker's son Mason in the lead role, Deadline reports. The movie, titled Bruce Lee, will follow the tragically short life of the iconic actor and martial artist, who was born in 1940 and died in 1973. Mason Lee, one of the director's two sons, has reportedly been training for the role for the last three years.After starting his career in the Hong Kong film industry as a child actor, Bruce Lee moved to the US in 1959, where he wen
  
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• The "true" version of The Muppet Christmas Carol is coming to Disney Plus

  01-12-2022 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Read any ranking of the best Christmas movies and The Muppet Christmas Carol consistently places in the top five. But even the most ardent fans of Michael Caine’s Ebenezer Scrooge and Kermit the Frog’s Bob Cratchit may not know that they’ve never seen the complete movie that director Brian Henson intended audiences to enjoy.What was released to cinemas in 1992 was missing the Paul Williams-penned song 'When Love Is Gone', which was sung to young Scrooge by his neglected love Be
  
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• Willow showrunner explains why Val Kilmer didn't return for Disney Plus series

  01-12-2022 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Willow showrunner Jonathan Kasdan has explained why Val Kilmer doesn't return in the new Disney Plus show, which is currently dropping a new episode weekly. Kilmer played Madmartigan in the original 1988 Lucasfilm movie. "We really wanted Val to come be in the show," Kasdan told Entertainment Weekly. "And Val really wanted to come out and be in the show. I remember going to see Val right after this thing started to get some momentum, and I said, 'Listen, we're doing this. And the whole worl
  
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• Guillermo Del Toro on the hidden Nightmare Alley reference in his Pinocchio

  01-12-2022 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio may be a familiar story, it does not retread familiar ground. The filmmaker wanted to elevate the story beyond the comforting fable familiar to many. As a result, unlike the Robert Zemeckis-directed live-action/ animation hybrid Pinocchio released on Disney Plus, the primary target is not the under-10s. "It was not made for kids," del Toro tells tells SFX in the new issue of the magazine, featuring Violent Night on the cover. "Kids can watch it. But
  
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• Company of Heroes 3: The Final Preview

  01-12-2022 16:00
  
  Having been there since the public announcement, I've had lots of chances to put Company of Heroes 3 through its paces. We even did a whole month of exclusiveIGN First coverage on it. And chances are, with how open the development has been, you've played a slice or two yourself already. But all of that felt like running my fingers along various gears and armor plates that hadn't been assembled into a full tank yet. And now that I've gotten to see both the Italian and North African campaigns in s
  
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• Love Actually director says he feels "stupid" over the Christmas movie's lack of diversity

  01-12-2022 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Love Actually writer-director Richard Curtis says he feels "a bit stupid" over the lack of diversity among the Christmas movie's cast.While appearing on the film's 20th anniversary special on ABC News, Curtis said he's glad "society is changing". and that while it's expected a title he made in 2003 would "feel out of date" in moments, the fact that it's a predominantly white production still "makes [him] feel uncomfortable"."There are things you'd change," he admitted to The Laughter & Secre
  
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• Let's School Announced for PC

  01-12-2022 15:00
  
  My Time at Portia developer Pathea Games has announced Let's School, a school management sim that tasks you with becoming the best headmaster you can possibly be. It is due out for PC in early 2023. Incredibly, this project started as a prototype by one person, and then the rest of the studio loved it so much they enthusiastically got on board. “Let’s School is a bit of a departure from what the world knows us for, but after being prototyped by our producer Lanka for 18 months everyo
  
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• James Cameron hits back at claims that Avatar had no cultural impact: "It's an irrelevant argument"

  01-12-2022 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Cameron has responded to claims that Avatar didn't have a cultural impact. The director says that it's too soon in the franchise's history to make an accurate judgment on its longevity compared to a series like the MCU."There's skepticism in the marketplace around, 'Oh, did it ever make any real cultural impact?'" Cameron said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "'Can anybody even remember the characters' names?'" He continued: "When you have extraordinary success, you
  
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• Former Zelda Director Working on Open World Dress Up RPG, Infinity Nikki

  01-12-2022 13:54
  
  Former The Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga is working an open world dress up RPG called Infinity Nikki.As reported by Kotaku, Tominaga is leading the game at developer PaperGames after working as a designer on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and as director of its Expansion Pass.Infinity Nikki has an almost Disney mixed with anime aesthetic and a core gameplay loop of exploring a colourful open world full of puzzles and platforming.Protagonist Nikki can change outfits to perfor
  
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• Star Wars spin-off The Acolyte will be first Sith-led series, confirms actor

  01-12-2022 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars spin-off The Acolyte will be the franchise's first Sith-led series, star Dafne Keen has revealed. The Disney Plus show will be set in the High Republic era, around a century before the events of The Phantom Menace. "I can tease that it's a prequel!" Keen told TechRadar. "No, I mean, as you know, it's set 100 years before the prequel movies, and it's kind of an explanation of how the Sith infiltrated the Jedi. It's a Sith-led story, which has never been done before."The Acolyte has
  
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• You can win a Steam Deck just by watching The Game Awards next week

  01-12-2022 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve has announced it is working with The Game Awards to give away one of its Steam Decks every minute that the event is live. As revealed on Twitter, Valve is giving away one 512GB Steam Deck per minute of The Game Awards live broadcast on December 8th 2022. All you need to do to enter is sign up and watch the live broadcast on Valve's digital storefront Steam. Even if you don't win a Steam Deck, you don't come away empty-handed as Valve is also giving away an exclusive animated Steam Pal
  
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• Today's Google Doodle celebrates the work of a video game pioneer

  01-12-2022 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Google is celebrating the life and work of Jerry Lawson with several browser games.Today, on December 1, anyone opening a new tab in Google Chrome will be greeted with the image of the video thumbnail below. The new project is to commemorate the birthday of Jerry Lawson, often cited as the father of modern video games, who would've been 82 today.Clicking on the pixelated image of Lawson in a new tab will bring the user to any one of three games, as well as letting users even create their own min
  
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• IGN UK Podcast: God of War Ragnarok Special

  01-12-2022 13:30
  
  Join Cardy, Matt, and Dale for a spoiler-filled chat about God of War Ragnarok as they go through each of the game's key plot points, pick out their favourite characters, moments, and more.Got a game for us to play or some feedback you'd like read out on the show? Why not email us: [email protected] UK Podcast: God of War Ragnarok SpecialIGN UK Podcast 672: Atomic Heart is a Real GameIGN UK Podcast 671: Black Panther: Mars Bars ForeverIGN UK Podcast 670: Kissing Sonic and Long FurbysIGN
  
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• World of Warcraft devs briefly disable rare Dragonflight rewards after bug sparks loot rush

  01-12-2022 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard briefly disabled loot and reputation gains from all of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's rare mobs in the Dragon Isles after players discovered they could take advantage of a bug to get better loot faster and more often. As the developer explained in a blog post last night, rare enemies such as Cinta the Forgotten, Windseeker Avash, and Drakewing briefly didn't offer any reward for beating them while the team worked to squash a bug that caused drops to disobey daily loot lockout.&n
  
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• Violent Night’s reviews call it an R-rated version of Die Hard meets Home Alone

  01-12-2022 13:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reviews for David Harbour’s bloody Christmas movie Violent Night are in – and they’re pretty mixed. Some critics are calling Tommy Wirkola’s movie a fun riff on the festive genre, while others are critical of its plot and length. Violent Night stars the Stranger Things actor as a downbeat Santa Claus, who’s lost the joy of dolling out presents each year. However, his night takes an unexpected turn when he hears one child’s pleas to help save her
  
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