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• Venom: Lethal Protector II pits Eddie Brock against Doctor Doom

  07-12-2022 23:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just as Eddie Brock seems to be going all the way back to full-on eat-Spidey's-brain-Venom mode in the pages of Dark Web Alpha #1, Marvel is flashing back to the time when he first became an anti-hero back in the '90s with a second volume of Venom: Lethal Protector.Written by Venom's co-creator Dave Michelinie with art from Farid Karami, the five-issue Venom: Lethal Protector II flashes back once again to Venom's early years as an anti-hero, when Eddie Brock became the so-called "Lethal Protecto
  
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• "Good luck, supports": Overwatch 2 players fear its worst role could be even worse after Season 2 changes

  07-12-2022 21:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last month, Blizzard acknowledged that the unpopularity of the support role was hurting Overwatch 2's queue times, and it expressed a desire to make the role more fun going forward, but many support fans worry that the new season may have made the role more frustrating than ever.Season 2 of Overwatch 2 is live, and it came with a big batch of hero balance changes intended to shake up the meta alongside the release of the new tank Ramattra. Doomfist is handily the biggest winner of the patch and
  
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• Destiny 2 game director addresses seasonal burnout: "Your words are not falling on deaf ears"

  07-12-2022 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn acknowledged mounting burnout related to the game's familiar seasonal model, assuring players that more exciting changes and pursuits are in the pipes. "I just wanted to step in and say: Heard loud and clear on the feedback with our current seasonal backbones," Blackburn says at the start of a recent Twitter thread. "The team is excited to put some more creative risk in seasonal progressions, but there will be some time before the feedback catches up wi
  
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• Dark Horse returns to Hawkins, Indiana in new Stranger Things anthology

  07-12-2022 20:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dark Horse continues its exploration of the world of Netflix's Stranger Things in Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins, a four-issue anthology series of "vibrant new stories woven into the larger tapestry" of the streaming series The comics series will be written by Jody Houser (Star Wars: Thrawn) and drawn by artists including Caio Filipe, Sunando C, and Giorgia Gio Esposito, along with colorist Dan Jackson and letterer Nate Piekos.
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• Iron Strange is the Doctor Strange - Iron Man mash-up action figure of your dreams

  07-12-2022 20:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Action figures and comic books go hand in hand, from the classic Super Powers toy line of the '80s based on DC characters which included comics with the figures, to the contemporary Masters of the Universe toys which did the same thing, to the entire concept of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But it's rare that toys and comic books - or in this case, comic book movies - come together to tell a unique story through an action figure itself.
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• One of Marvel's most popular heroes is secretly a Skrull in Secret Invasion

  07-12-2022 19:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2008, shapeshifting Skrulls infiltrated Earth society by posing as humans - even superheroes. The Skrull empire was defeated and eventually combined with the Kree empire in an alliance that is allied with Earth.Nevertheless, there's another Secret Invasion unfolding on Earth, and the new Skrull invading force has already replaced an Avenger.In fact, they've replaced more than one.So which Avengers are Skrulls, and what does it mean for the Marvel Universe? We'll break it down.
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• Diablo 4 is still getting some of Diablo 3's most busted items, but not at launch

  07-12-2022 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo 4 is still getting Set Items, though you'll likely be waiting until post-launch to use them in-game.Game director Joe Shely explains during a recent roundtable interview that reimaging sets in a way that suits Diablo 4 properly wouldn't be possible for launch early next year, though the team is looking at including them as part of its live service. "As we've been building the game, we felt like we could evolve sets in a new way relative to what we've seen
  
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• Elden Ring Colosseum PvP is a fun but dishonorable free-for-all that rips up the rule book

  07-12-2022 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first rule of Elden Ring fight club is… well, if you've sampled PvP since the Elden Ring Colosseum update launched earlier today (December 7, 2022), you'll know that there pretty much are none. Now that Elden Ring's fabled colosseums are finally real, it seems honor and glory in organized ritual combat have been thrust into the back seat faster than a fumbling Revenant. It's early days yet, granted, but it's the wild west out there – with Flasks of Crimson Tears being chugged li
  
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• How to watch The Game Awards 2022 live

  07-12-2022 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wondering how to watch The Game Awards 2022 as it airs? We've got the details you need. It's that time of year again: when all of the games we've played this year get the recognition they deserve. This year, The Game Awards kicks off on December 8 (or 9th depending on your time zone) at 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT / 12:30AM GMT. That's right, it's going to be nice and early for those watching the show live from LA, and super late into the night for those watching at home in the UK. Speaking
  
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• M3GAN returns for a slightly more sinister, still bonkers new trailer

  07-12-2022 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blumhouse has released a second trailer for M3GAN – and it's just as wild as the last.In the trailer, which can be viewed above, we get to see more of M3GAN's transformation from a harmless, AI best friend to a cold-blooded killer. Gemma (Allison Williams), the inventor of the Model 3 Generative Android, pairs the doll with her grieving niece Cady (Violet McGraw), who becomes the doll's 'primary user.' Later on, M3GAN declares that she herself is now the primary user – and violence e
  
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• The Handmaid’s Tale season 6: Everything we know about the Hulu show’s return

  07-12-2022 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Praise be – The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 is on its way. The Elisabeth Moss-led show has followed June Osborne from the birth of Gilead right through to her latest act of defiance. Now we’re heading into the final season on Hulu, it’s sure to end with a bang. We may not have a release date or a trailer for season 6 yet, but the cast and creators have been sharing some insight into what we can expect. This includes showrunner Bruce Miller teasing where June will be hea
  
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• Gabe Newell says Valve doesn’t need Microsoft’s 10-year Call of Duty deal

  07-12-2022 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve head Gabe Newell has casually declined an agreement with Microsoft to put Call of Duty on Steam in the future.Yesterday, on December 6, Microsoft announced a pledge to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles for the next 10 years. Now, Kotaku reports that Valve received a similar proposition from Microsoft, but Valve boss Gabe Newell turned down the offer from the company entirely."We're happy that Microsoft wants to continue using Steam to reach customers with Call of Duty when their Acti
  
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• New Bad Batch season 2 trailer teases an explosive installment in the Star Wars spin-off

  07-12-2022 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new The Bad Batch season 2 trailer is here – and it's packed full of explosive action, giant crab creatures, and even some significant cameos. The show is set to return on Disney Plus early next year. In the footage, which you can watch above, we see the return of the titular crew – including young Omega – as they run down a beach, trying to escape those huge crabs. Things quickly take a serious turn, though, as Commander Cody casually mentions that many clones are start
  
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• Nintendo Store UK is giving away free Mario and Zelda games if you buy a Nintendo Switch OLED this weekend

  07-12-2022 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The UK Nintendo Store is giving away two games for free this weekend, and all you have to do is buy one of the Nintendo Switch OLED consoles from them. On Friday, December 9, My Nintendo Store UK is running a limited-time offer that lets customers claim either The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD or Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit for absolutely free. To qualify for this deal, you need to buy a Nintendo Switch OLED console in either White or Neon Blue/Neon Red from the official store between
  
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• The Diablo 4 beta hasn’t convinced me yet, but I can’t wait to play more

  07-12-2022 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 has a hell of a challenge in front of it. Created against Activision Blizzard’s alleged toxic working culture, a team of developers has been tasked with aiding the ongoing resurrection of a gaming behemoth. Crafting something with the appeal of old Diablo games that reflects the live-service trend that’s risen since Diablo 3’s release 10 years ago is a tricky offering to make. And yet, from what we’ve played so far, Diablo 4 retains the soul of the series.The fam
  
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• Overwatch 2 players tell streamers to chill over Doomfist buffs

  07-12-2022 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch 2 is in the midst of a Doomfist crisis - depending on who you ask.Blizzard recently buffed Doomfist for all Overwatch 2 players, significantly increasing the capabilities of the Tank. Now, some prominent Overwatch 2 players are claiming that the character is effectively 'broken' thanks to the changes from Blizzard, saying the developer has gone a little too far.
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• IDW celebrates 5 years of Sonic the Hedgehog comics with an expanded anniversary reissue

  07-12-2022 16:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  IDW Publishing is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its first Sonic the Hedgehog comic book, what it calls "five fantastic years of friendship, adventure, and chili dogs" by publishing a new edition of ... its first Sonic the Hedgehog comic book.April's Sonic the Hedgehog #1 Fifth Anniversary Edition is an expanded reissue/"encore presentation" of the IDW first issue, which according to the publisher has sold over one million copies.Sonic the Hedgehog #1 Fifth Anniversary Edition will feature
  
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• One of Destiny 2's all-time best and most popular guns is back and better than ever

  07-12-2022 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2's Season of the Seraph is underway, and one of its hottest weapons has been part of the game, in some form, for years. Per Light.gg, the beloved Ikelos submachine gun, first introduced in the bygone Warmind DLC, is back as V1.0.3. You can get the new version of the gun from the latest seasonal activities, and it can even drop with Deepsight Resonance so you can craft the thing with enhanced perks – provided you have the luck or sheer endurance to grind out a whopping five bl
  
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• Harry and Meghan release schedule: when is episode 1 streaming on Netflix?

  07-12-2022 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Harry and Meghan is all set to be one of the most-anticipated releases of the year. Dubbed a ‘Global Netflix Event’, the six-part documentary charting Harry and Meghan’s relationship in their own words is as close to appointment television as it gets in the age of streaming. No one – not even critics – has seen this early. As such, you just know everyone will be live tweeting their thoughts and spoiling the best bits on social media before you’ve even had a ch
  
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• Charlie Cox suits up as head of the MI6 in first trailer for Netflix spy thriller Treason

  07-12-2022 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has released the first trailer for Treason, a new limited series starring Charlie Cox.In the trailer, which can be viewed above, the head of the MI6 falls victim to an attempted murder – prompting the driven, albeit inexperienced agent Adam Lawrence (Cox) to take his place. It all comes to a head when Kara (Olga Kurylenko), a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, returns with new, dangerous motives. Adam is forced to question everything and everyone in his life as a t
  
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• The Rings of Power season 2 adds another eight cast members – including Bridgerton and Game of Thrones stars

  07-12-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Rings of Power season 2 cast is growing as Amazon Prime Video adds another eight new recurring actors to itsLord of the Rings series. Among the new names are stars from Bridgerton, Game of Thrones, Hellraiser, and The Sandman. The joining cast members are: Calam Lynch (Bridgerton), Oliver Alvin-Wilson (The Bay), Gavi Singh Chera (The Lazarus Project), Selina Lo (Hellraiser), William Chubb (The Sandman), Stuart Bowman (The Pact), Kevin Eldon (Game of Thrones), and Will Keen (His Dark Mat
  
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• Pokemon Scarlet and Violet technical woes have left me worried about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

  07-12-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Scarlet and Violet did what I didn’t think possible – make me worried about the quality of an incoming Zelda game. From what we've seen, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom looks great, but can the aging Switch really deliver a blockbuster sequel? I love the best Zelda games – having kicked off the obsession in my youth with a double-bill release of Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time on the GameCube, Phantom Hourglass on the Nintendo DS, and moving steadily through the more recent
  
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• Marvel pays tribute to Stan Lee on his 100th birthday

  07-12-2022 15:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stan Lee is well known as one of the founding fathers of Marvel Comics, alongside artists such as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and many others, who created the original building blocks of the Marvel Universe starting with Fantastic Four #1 over 60 years ago. And now, to mark what would have been the late writer's 100th birthday on December 28, Marvel is running a special tribute page included in some of its December 2022 releases, starting with comics coming out on December 7.
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• Is Eddie Brock Venom going full supervillain again?

  07-12-2022 15:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the lead-up to Spider-Man/X-Men: Dark Web, the villainous Madelyne Pryor/Goblin Queen had a fateful meeting with Eddie Brock in which she promised to use her magic to help him locate his son Dylan Brock, using a bit of that same magic to make him slightly more open to her suggestion to keep the former villain turned anti-hero on her side.But in December 7's Dark Web Alpha #1, the official start of the crossover which pits the clone villains Goblin Queen and Chasm against the X-Men and Spider-
  
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• The whole Marvel Universe thinks Daredevil just committed a heinous murder

  07-12-2022 15:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil #5 upped the ante in the story of Matt Murdock and Elektra's quest to end the Hand, introducing the idea that the evil ninja cabal has replaced numerous world leaders with zombie infiltrators using their dark magic rituals.Now, in December 7's Daredevil #6 from writer Chip Zdarsky, artists Rafael de Latorre and Matthew Wilson, and letterer Clayton Cowles, the extent of the Hand's scheme is revealed with potentially disastrous results for the Daredevils.
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• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's super secret cameo actor finally addresses their role

  07-12-2022 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning! This article contains spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. If you've yet to watch the movie, turn back now.Michael B. Jordan has finally opened up about his MCU return as Erik Killmonger in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Almost a month on from the superhero sequel's release, the actor has recalled the lengths he went to keep his involvement in the movie a secret."I had to lie to my family over here," Jordan admitted in a new interview with Extra TV. "I had to lie to everyb
  
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• Quentin Tarantino details Leonardo DiCaprio's big improvised scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  07-12-2022 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Quentin Tarantino has detailed how he helped Leonardo DiCaprio prepare for a big improvised scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the director's most recent movie. In the movie, DiCaprio plays TV actor Rick Dalton who's struggling to find his place in Hollywood in the late '60s as his career begins to fade. After being cast as the villain in a TV Western pilot, Rick forgets his lines on set and has a meltdown in his trailer – a scene that was set to be improvised from its inception,
  
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• Elden Ring players left tarnished over lack of Colosseum rewards

  07-12-2022 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring players are sounding off over a lack of Colosseum rewards and Sites of Grace.The new Elden Ring Colosseum update launched earlier today after being revealed just 24 hours prior, though players haven’t taken long to take to the game’s dedicated subreddit to comment on several issues they perceive as talking points surrounding the new content.One of these main talking points is the lack of any rewards associated with the new Colosseum update. After a fight is done, whether i
  
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• Gal Gadot teases Wonder Woman's "next chapter" in anniversary post

  07-12-2022 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gal Gadot has celebrated the anniversary of her Wonder Woman casting announcement – and teased more to come from the DC hero. Gadot was cast way back in December 2013, debuting in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and has since starred in multiple DCEU movies, with a third Wonder Woman solo film on the way. "On this day, a few years ago, was the first announcement that I was going to play Wonder Woman," Gadot wrote on Instagram. "I've been so grateful for the opportunity to p
  
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• Alita: Battle Angel producer says he’s spoken to director Robert Rodriguez about a sequel

  07-12-2022 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Alita: Battle Angel producer Jon Landau has given a promising update about a potential sequel in a new interview."There’s a little film called Alita: Battle Angel that we’d love to circle back and do a sequel to," Landau told Deadline. "I’ve been talking to [director Robert Rodriguez] about that, and hopefully that comes to fruition."Alita: Battle Angel, the adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita manga, released in 2019 to a mixed critical response but a consid
  
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• Elden Ring players fear a Colosseum meta dominated by Rivers of Blood

  07-12-2022 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring players are fearing a Rivers of Blood meta in the PvP-focused Colosseum update. The Colosseum update for Elden Ring only just launched earlier today on December 7, bringing a PvP focus to The Lands Between, including team-based combat. Prior to the update launching however, players were speculating which weapons or abilities would prove dominant in the team-based combat mode, and one common line of thought was the notorious Rivers of Blood, as you can see from the comments in the
  
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• New Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City gets summer 2023 release date

  07-12-2022 12:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Asteroid City, Wes Anderson's next movie, finally has a release date. The film will arrive in theaters on July 16, 2023, with a wider release following on July 23 (via Deadline).The movie is set in the '50s in a fictional desert town in the US. According to the official synopsis: "The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changin
  
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• The Avatar animated series had to change its name because of James Cameron

  07-12-2022 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender had to change its original title thanks to James Cameron’s Avatar, according to the series director. While the show began airing in 2005, more than four years before Avatar opened in theaters, Cameron already held the rights to the name. The animated series focuses on Aang, an Avatar who can bend all four elements and serves as a bridge between the physical world and the spiritual world. Giancarlo Volpe, who directed 19 episodes of the show,
  
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• Wednesday is on track to pass Dahmer as Netflix's second most popular English-language show

  07-12-2022 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wednesday is gearing up to dethrone Dahmer as Netflix's second most popular English-language show. It could even wind up threatening Stranger Things position at number one, too, if subscribers continue to watch it as enthusiastically as they have been over the last couple of weeks. Created by Smallville's Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the Addams Family spin-off landed on the platform on November 16, and racked up 341 million hours of views in its first week. According to Screen Rant, it wa
  
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• Avatar: The Way of Water reactions praise "bigger, better, and more emotional" sequel

  07-12-2022 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Way of Water, the long-awaited sequel to Avatar, is finally almost here – and reactions are in from the premiere. The first movie released way back in 2009, meaning the wait for more has stretched on for 13 years. "Avatar: The Way of Water was truly theme-park cinema for me, for better and worse," writes Total Film's own Matt Maytum. "To strain the metaphor, the queues were worth it to get to the high points – at its immersive best, some of the set pieces are tr
  
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• Just Dance 2023 slashed by over 60% on PS5, Switch and Xbox at Amazon

  07-12-2022 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Black Friday and Cyber Monday might have ended, but we're still coming across some great gaming deals to help you over the holidays. Maybe as a cheap stocking filler? Or just another excuse to treat yourself? Regardless, anyone who is a fan of the Just Dance series is in luck today with Just Dance 2023 receiving a major discount at Amazon. Ubisoft's latest edition of the dance rhythm phenomena only just launched a couple of weeks ago, but it can be picked up on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/
  
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• Sonic creator Yuji Naka reportedly 're-arrested' on insider trading charges, this time for Final Fantasy

  07-12-2022 12:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, Yuji Naka, has reportedly been "re-arrested" on charges of insider trading, this time linked to the Final Fantasy series.According to the Japanese newspaper Asahi (translated via Google), Naka and another former Square Enix employee, Taisuke Sasaki, were arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. It's alleged that when the pair discovered that development on Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier would be handled in partner
  
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• Maybe Cyberpunk 2077 finally deserves a GOTY Edition in 2023

  07-12-2022 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  By now, there's not much that can be added to the story of Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch. Finally arriving after multiple delays, the most-anticipated game of 2020 stumbled over the starting line so riddled with performance issues that it was pulled from the PlayStation Store. Those delays made sure it missed the 2020 Game of the Year conversation, and its myriad performance issues meant it probably wouldn't resurface in 2021.But resurface it did. As 2021 rumbled on, CD Projekt Red restruct
  
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• PlayStation boss says PS5 supply issues are “resolved”

  07-12-2022 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation head Jim Ryan has stressed the PS5’s supply issues are now “resolved,” and has apologized for stock shortages since launch.  At the recent PlayStation Partner Awards in Japan, Ryan appeared onscreen to give a brief message to the assembled crowd. “We would like to report that we have resolved the long-term supply issues of the PlayStation 5 and we will be able to deliver to Japan and Asia customers from year-end shopping season and into 2023,”
  
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• Stranger Things and Doctor Strange 2 are 2022’s best show and movie – according to the People’s Choice Awards

  07-12-2022 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The People’s Choice Awards has revealed the winners of its public vote for 2022’s best movie and best show.By now, you’re probably putting together your own end-of-year lists for 2022’s best movies and TV shows. But they probably won’t be as unpredictable as the PCAs, which crowned Stranger Things as the best show of the year and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as movie of the year.Stranger Things beat out Abbott Elementary, Better Call Saul, Grey’
  
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• Call of Duty plans 10-year Nintendo partnership following Microsoft merger

  07-12-2022 09:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Call of Duty is heading to Nintendo Switch in the wake of Activision's merger with Microsoft.In a tweet early this morning, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that "Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King." Spencer also confirms that future games in the franchise will continue to come to Steam "simultaneously to Xbox."Speaking in The Washington Post, Spencer went on to imply that it would take some
  
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• Joker returns to interfere with Punchine's "Gotham Game" in series finale

  07-12-2022 00:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC's Punchline: The Gotham Game concludes with issue #6 in March, and Alexis Kaye's story comes full circle, with the return of her mentor The Joker to Gotham City, just as she was going to win her want to take over all organized crime in Batman's hometown.Written by Tini Howard and Blake Howard and drawn by Gleb Melnikov, the series finale goes on sale in March with a cover by Melnikov and variants by Derrick Chew, Simone Di Meo, and Riley Rossmo, all seen below. "At the moment Punchline n
  
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