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• A Warzone 2 DMZ update accidentally made its terrifying NPCs even smarter

  16-12-2022 23:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The NPCs of the Warzone 2 DMZ have been terrorizing players since launch, and a recent update made them even terrifying - but apparently that change was implemented accidentally, and has now been fixed."A change implemented in the Season 01 Reloaded update unintentionally resulted in base AI Combatant difficulty being increased across DMZ that was only intended for a specific area," developer Raven Software says in a tweet. "We have released a fix to address this issue."It's unclear what the 'sp
  
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• Hypno-Hustler might be the weirdest Spider-Man villain to get his own movie yet

  16-12-2022 23:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hypno-Hustler.That's right, Hypno-Hustler.He's the latest Spider-Man villain to get his own movie on the docket for Sony's Spider-Man Universe, which also includes released movies for Venom and Morbius, and planned movies for Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter, El Muerto, and others.But Hypno-Hustler may just take the cake as the weirdest, most obscure Marvel character to get his own movie yet (aside from El Muerto, who is even less well-known), with Donald Glover reportedly set to produce and star i
  
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• Go behind the scenes of "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" in new 60th-anniversary Spider-Man tome

  16-12-2022 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man turned 60 in 2022, and to mark the occasion Titan Books is releasing a tome entitled Spider-Man: The First 60 Years which gives a decade-by-decade breakdown of the Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler's biggest stories, villains, and creators to offer readers a definitive reference guide for Spider-Man.The book tells the story of Spider-Man both in terms of his in-universe adventures and through the behind-the-scenes history of Marvel's arguably most beloved character.
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• Donald Glover will star in a new Spider-Man film about a villain you've never heard of

  16-12-2022 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Donald Glover is finally joining a Spider-Man movie by way of a new film about the Hypno-Hustler.Glover is set to produce and star in a new film set in Sony Pictures' Spider-Man universe, as Deadline reports. There are no details on the story or format of the film, but it's easy to imagine something similar to previous features like Venom and Morbius. Myles Murphy, the son of comedian Eddie Murphy, is set to handle the screenplay.You've probably never heard of the Hypno-Hustler. I'm no comic his
  
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• Starfield quests will always have "some better option you might miss"

  16-12-2022 22:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  You probably won't play through Starfield quests in the best possible way at first, according to lead quest designer Will Shen.Shen spoke at length about Starfield and, more specifically, its quest design in a new interview from Bethesda, explaining how Bethesda draws from its "old school RPG roots: lots of dialogue choices, referencing the player's skills and background, a variety of combat and non-combat activities, and highlighting our brand-new setting in a way that signals where to go for w
  
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• Genshin Impact player wipes out the dinosaurs after devoting 2 years to the hottest god's meteor

  16-12-2022 21:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Look, I don't get to write headlines like this every day. Because it's not every day a Genshin Impact superfan shares the results of a training arc that leads to Zhongli, handily the most eligible bachelor in all of Teyvat, slamming some poor guttersnipe for a million damage with the force of a literal god. But Zhongli devotee Elixir_Jx has finally managed just that after no-doubt countless hours over two years of work – and also a few thousand dollars.
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• Warlock: Rebirth calls back to the heyday of the Marvel Universe's cosmic wing

  16-12-2022 20:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following their recent Silver Surfer: Rebirth limited series, writer Ron Marz and artist Ron Lim are heading back out for another adventure in Marvel's cosmic wing starting in April 2023, this time focusing on Adam Warlock, just before he's making his live-action MCU debut in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in May.Warlock: Rebirth continues Marvel's current penchant for flashback titles set in the heyday of certain characters and creators that are associated with each other. Marz' Marvel career t
  
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• Blumhouse casts Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson in Five Nights at Freddy's movie

  16-12-2022 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson are among the first to be cast in Blumhouse's feature film adaptation of popular horror video game Five Nights at Freddy's.According to Deadline, their roles have not yet been specified, but production on the film is set to begin in February in New Orleans. Five Nights at Freddy's, created by Scott Cawthorn, is a point-and-click survival horror game in which the player is a security guard working the night shift at Chuck E. Cheese-esque restaurant Freddy
  
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• Warcraft veteran's return has fans pumped for the "meteoric comeback of WoW"

  16-12-2022 20:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week, Blizzard announced that veteran Warcraft developer Chris Metzen was returning to the team, and WoW fans have been celebrating ever since.Metzen was one of the key creative forces at Blizzard going back to the early '90s. He helped create the universes of Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft decades ago, and served in key creative roles on Diablo 3, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft expansions up through Legion. Yet he abruptly retired from Blizzard in 2016. In a podcast interview, he cited
  
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• An Army of variant Captain Americas battle an army of variant Mephistos in Avengers Forever #12

  16-12-2022 20:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Writer Jason Aaron's Avengers swan song has begun in the pages of Avengers Assemble, the multi-part crossover between the pages of Avengers proper and the multiversal Avengers Forever.
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  Since his run began on the core Avengers titles and its spin-offs in 2018, Aaron spoke of a multi-year roadmap for Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and now that roadmap is speeding toward its final destination, which kicked off last month with a one-shot titled Avengers Assemble Alpha drawn
  
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• League of Legends' most-hated character is getting a surprisingly early rework

  16-12-2022 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  League of Legends developer Riot Games has confirmed that Yuumi, arguably the least-popular champion in the game's 162-strong roster, is getting reworked to address ongoing frustrations with her design.Introduced in 2019, Yuumi's main selling point is her ability to latch onto another character and become permanently untargetable. Unless her companion died (and there was no other ally nearby to jump to), Yuumi's enemies couldn't touch her. The original intention behind that design choice was to
  
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• Old School Runescape players are finally ready to get a new skill after spending 10 years in 2007

  16-12-2022 19:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Old School Runescape is about to become slightly more new school, as players have voted overwhelmingly to add a new skill to the ancient MMO.If you can't tell from the title of the game, Old School Runescape is an alternate version of Jagex's legacy MMO that takes players back to the glory days of August 2007, when aside your massive, yellow-gray cube of a monitor there was probably a Monster energy drink, a BlackBerry phone, and your junior year yearbook-turned-mousepad. (Just me?) In the nearl
  
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• Superman is "pissed" in Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10 preview

  16-12-2022 19:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10 promises to deepen the mystery of Superman's long-lost sidekick Boy Thunder, who has been part of the title, which flashes back to Batman and Superman's past, for several issues.Now, as the mystery heats up, Boy Thunder is captured by Joker and the Key and tortured, as Batman, Superman, and the entire Teen Titans team scour both Gotham and Metropolis for any sign of the kidnapped hero.But Superman is taking Boy Thunder's absence especially hard, riding a line
  
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• Pride Secret Lair is the best-selling charitable product in MTG history, raising $1.3m for LGBTQ support

  16-12-2022 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  MTG publisher Wizards of the Coast has donated more than $1.3 million from the sales of a Pride-themed Secret Lair to The Trevor Project, a charity for suicide prevention and crisis intervention for young LGBTQ people.A Wizards press release notes that nearly 60,000 card packs from the Let Your Spark Shine Secret Lair were sold, and this is "the largest Secret Lair donation and best-selling charitable product in the company’s history." A total of $1,337,850 was handed over to The Trevor Pr
  
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• Bruce Wayne and Damian come face to face in Batman vs. Robin #4 preview

  16-12-2022 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Batman Vs. Robin #4 promises "total annihilation" when it lands on December 20, kicking off DC's big 2023 Lazarus Planet event in which the DCU is remade and reimagined through the power of the life-restoring Lazarus Pit.But before all that, Bruce Wayne will come face-to-face with his son and opponent Damian, who is out to kill his own father at the behest of the villainous Devil Nezha, who debuted in a flashback story told in Batman/Superman: World's Finest (a title which is also written by Bat
  
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• A literal flamingo is tearing up Pokemon Scarlet and Violet speedruns

  16-12-2022 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The current Pokemon Scarlet and Violet speedrunning champion managed to beat the game in just under five and a half hours thanks in large part to a Flamigo. As spotted by Automaton, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet speedruns are now underway with the current roster (at speedrunning.com) ranging from around five to seven hours. At the time of writing, the one currently sitting at the top of the leaderboard is US resident Truely, who has managed to beat the English version of the game (any%) in jus
  
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• Fortnite players are already obsessed with the My Hero Academia crossover's OP Deku Smash

  16-12-2022 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fortnite has gone well and truly plus ultra in its My Hero Academia crossover, and even with all the new skins, the real highlight is the downright OP Deku Smash.Like the Dragon Ball Kamehameha before it, the Deku Smash is a mythic item that can be found in special themed drops - either MHA vending machines or giant All Might-shaped supply drops. The Deku Smash is basically a giant punch; you'll sail forward to carry out a melee attack, and the force will carry forward into a damaging air blast.
  
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• This mechs-and-airships JRPG is finally out after almost 4 years, and it's getting great reviews

  16-12-2022 18:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chained Echoes is finally here, and for fans of JRPG classics, the wait has certainly been worth it.Real-time action and realistic visuals might be all the rage in role-playing games these days, but if you've got a hankering for the isometric camera angles, pixel art graphics, and traditional turn-based battles seen in the JRPGs of yore, Chained Echoes could be just the adventure you're looking for.The game follows a group of heroes as they venture across the continent of Valandis, attempting t
  
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• 7 new Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, and Paramount Plus movies and shows to stream this weekend

  16-12-2022 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  As another weekend rolls around, so does another batch of streaming recommendations from us. If you're in the mood for a movie night, we've got you covered with everything from existential comedy-dramas to nail-biting horrors. On Netflix, Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his new movie, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, while Sundance favorite Nanny has arrived on Prime Video if you fancy a scare. There's also Barbarian on Disney Plus if you're
  
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• Pokemon is retiring Ash and Pikachu, and I'm a little heartbroken

  16-12-2022 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've often said that my first tattoo, if I were ever to actually get it done, would be Pokemon-themed. Other potential inspirations - bands, games, films, words - have all been important at some point in my life, but eventually their significance waned. Pokemon was the one exception, something I loved when I was six years old, and still enjoy now, 22 years later.That enduring fondness likely wouldn't exist without Ash and Pikachu. For more than a thousand episodes across more than two and a half
  
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• All of DC's March 2023 comics and covers revealed

  16-12-2022 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In real-world time we haven't hit most of the December holidays yet, but in comic book time, it's spring, and time for DC's March 2023 solicitations.March showers in the DC Universe bring the early stages of Dawn of DC, including the new Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent limited series, Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods, and the Unstoppable Doom Patrol.Things are always busy in Batman's world and March includes the finale of the One Bad Day one-shots - Ra's al Ghul. And DC is really celebrating
  
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• Alejandro González Iñárritu talks Bardo: "To make a film is relatively easy – but to go inward, it's a very scary place"

  16-12-2022 17:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu became only the third-ever filmmaker to win the Oscar for Best Director for two consecutive movies – and the first to accomplish that feat in 65 years. Now, Iñárritu returns with Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, and the awards have not exactly been forthcoming.After debuting on the festival circuit, Bardo received mixed reviews, with many critics complaining about its length and drea
  
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• It all comes down to Dick Grayson vs. Deathstroke in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7

  16-12-2022 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 brings the finale of DC's latest reality rebuilding event story, in which the Justice League was seemingly killed while being transported to prison-like pocket dimensions, leaving DC's core Earth without its most powerful protectors.In the wake of the League's absence, the remaining heroes of the DCU have stepped up to take on the Great Darkness, the evil force whose power was able to banish the Justice League in the first place. Now, in Dark Crisis on Infi
  
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• Ash and Pikachu get heartfelt goodbyes from Pokemon fans across generations

  16-12-2022 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon fans across the world are saying heartfelt goodbyes to Ash and Pikachu today, following the announcement that the pair will no longer star in the anime series. On December 16, it was revealed that after 25 years, Ash and Pikachu's "final chapter" is coming next year. What this means is that The Pokemon Company will air an eleven-episode series starting on January 13, 2023, that will finally bid farewell to the iconic duo. From then on, the Pokemon anime will star two new protagonist
  
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• Don't panic if a giant turtle invades you in Elden Ring – they're "just taking a walk" and give free Runes to chill hosts

  16-12-2022 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring's PvP Colosseum update has brought a thirst for blood to the RPG's community, but one would-be Invader is instead seizing the moment to promote peace and tranquility through idle strolls around the Lands Between. Their name is "JustTakingAWalk," and they are just taking a walk.JTAW goes by Anchorrr on Reddit, and they recently posted a short clip of a relaxing trip to Volcano Manor which has (rather fittingly) quickly caught fire. Elden Ring's enemies don't attack Invaders, you see, s
  
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• Horizon Forbidden West sequel was reportedly considering multiplayer elements

  16-12-2022 17:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  A full sequel to Horizon Forbidden West was reportedly planning to incorporate mutliplayer elements.Earlier today on December 16, it was spotted that Guerrilla was hiring for a dedicated multiplayer experience in the world of Horizon Forbidden West, which was shortly thereafter confirmed by the studio. Now, VGC is reporting via sources that Sony was originally keen to get this multiplayer feature into Forbidden West, but Guerrilla decided to save it for another project.This next project that the
  
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• Ubisoft's Star Wars game is looking for playtesters, but there's a catch

  16-12-2022 16:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Ubisoft Star Wars game is now seeking playtesters, but you need to live near the Swedish studio developing the game to participate."We are looking for playtesters for the Star Wars project," developer Massive Entertainment says in a tweet. "If you live near Malmö, we would love for you to sign up." You can sign up over at the official site, which will send you through a questionnaire asking you about things like your English proficiency and your gaming experience.It's unclear exactly wh
  
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• Austin Butler is Total Film's Man of the Year

  16-12-2022 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  After becoming an international superstar following his breakout role in Elvis, Austin Butler has been named Total Film's Man of the Year. But getting to this point took a long time – 20 years of working hard and praying dreams would turn into reality."It’s been such a ride, I’ve had a lot of dreams come true," he tells Total Film. "I’ve been working as an actor since I was 12, and hoping to do certain types of work, and work with certain people. But you never know what t
  
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• Michelle Yeoh is Total Film's Woman of the Year

  16-12-2022 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  As an icon of Hong Kong cinema and one of Hollywood's most in-demand actresses, Michelle Yeoh has garnered plenty of accolades during her prolific career, but she's still buzzing with excitement at being named Total Film's Woman of the Year. "Thank you!" she smiles over Zoom. "It's such a privilege."While the 60-year-old Malaysian actress has already enjoyed decades of fame and success, 2022 is the year that her career exploded like a supernova. That's all thanks to Everything Everywhere All At
  
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• Batman meets a new Gotham group called the Vigil this March

  16-12-2022 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Writer Ram V will continue his Detective Comics run into March's Detective Comics #1070, which kicks off what DC is billing as act two of V's 'Gotham Nocturne' story arc in which Batman has encountered a demonic presence in Gotham City.In the issue's main story by Ram V and artist Riccardo Federici, titled 'Fallen,' Batman will encounter a group known as the Vigil, who are called together to investigate sightings of the demonic creatures called Azmer which have been popping up in Gotham during t
  
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• Meet the 10 years retired GTA modder who's returned to make Vice City excruciatingly difficult

  16-12-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  How well do you know Vice City? At launch, way back in 2002 – a number which, in the year of 2022, reads like a typo – I played so much of Rockstar's Scarface-aping crime simulator that I knew its palm tree-lined boulevards like the back of my hand. From Downtown to Little Havana; Escobar International Airport to Fort Baxter; Prawn Island to Viceport – I was as familiar with faux Miami as I was with my hometown of Glasgow.For game developer Rob Wass, the same applies. But after
  
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• Marvel Comics March 2023 new comic books revealed, part 1

  16-12-2022 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Comics is marching into spring with the first half of its March 2023 solicitations (which will uncharacteristically be split into two parts this time, with the second half coming later this month).As the publisher shows off a chunk of its March 2023 titles, many of the new comics on offering have already been revealed, including March's plans for Avengers and Avengers Forever, the two core Avengers titles, which are currently in the midst of the 'Avengers Assemble' crossover which marks t
  
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• Fed up with years of bullying, Breath of the Wild Guardian turns the tables and trick-shots Link

  16-12-2022 15:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  After years of being tossed around by Link, this Breath of the Wild Guardian got its revenge with a spectacular trick-shot.Guardians are among the toughest enemies Link can come up against in Breath of the Wild. Found throughout Hyrule, these huge, mechanical spider-like creatures can quickly slice through your health supply with their laser if you're not careful. Being a resourceful bunch, Breath of the Wild players have discovered easier ways to despatch these enemies over the years, including
  
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• Have you tried... the sleeper hit, must-play JRPG of 2022, Astlibra Revision?

  16-12-2022 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Astlibra Revision is one of the most uneven games I've played all year, but I do not want to put it down. I happened to see this self-described 'Final Fantasy meets Castlevania' 2D action RPG last month, shortly after it hit Steam following a whopping 14 years in development, and it was sitting around 3,000 "overwhelmingly positive" reviews at the time. That has since jumped to 5,971 glowing reviews at the time of writing, making Astlibra Revision one of the highest-rated new Steam releases of 2
  
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• Horizon multiplayer seems a certainty as Guerilla hires for more co-op roles

  16-12-2022 14:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Horizon Forbidden West developer Guerilla appears to have confirmed it's working on a Horizon multiplayer game.New job adverts highlighted by content creator JorRaptor (via VGC) make the multiplayer direction clear. One listing, for a lead world designer, states that Guerilla is looking to "bring the expanding Horizon universe to a multiplayer audience."
  Guerrilla Games basicly confirmed Horizon multiplayer.New Job postings just went up noting 'online project' in the title. To design 'unique abi
  
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• Horizon multiplayer confirmed alongside new "solo adventures"

  16-12-2022 14:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Horizon Forbidden West developer Guerilla has confirmed it's working on a Horizon multiplayer game.In a tweet this afternoon, Guerilla said that it was "continuing to create epic solo adventures for Aloy," and that "a new internal team is developing a separate Online Project set in Horizon's universe." That game will feature "a new cast of characters and a unique stylized look," allowing players to explore the game along side one another.That comes off the back of new job adverts highlighted by
  
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• Diablo 4 lead doesn't want players to "feel like they can pay to win"

  16-12-2022 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The lead developers of Diablo 4 have stressed that they don't want players to "feel like they can pay to win" when the game releases next year. In a recent Diablo 4 livestream, game director Joe Shely, along with associate game director Joesph Piepiora, and community manager Adam Fletcher gave fans an update on all things Diablo 4, as well as gave an insight into how things will work ahead of the game's release next summer. During the stream, the trio discussed the Diablo 4 battle pass
  
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• As Demon's Souls PS5 devs tease a new project, fans are once again begging for Bloodborne

  16-12-2022 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  People are begging Bluepoint Games for a Bloodborne remaster after the studio appeared to tease a new project.Yesterday, Bluepoint Games posted a tweet wishing all their followers a happy Holiday season. Three of the gifts in the image below relate to Demon's Souls, God of War, and Shadow of the Colossus - three games that Bluepoint has worked on in recent years. Some fans, however, have taken the mysterious fourth present without any patterning to mean that the developer is teasing a new projec
  
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• What is the yellow liquid in Avatar: The Way of Water? Amrita explained – and what it could mean for the sequels

  16-12-2022 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The second Avatar movie isn’t all about The Way of Water. Another liquid – a mysterious yellow substance – is found during the latter half of James Cameron’s sequel. Confusingly, it’s only mentioned once and never again – despite having huge ramifications for Earth and its humans.So, what gives? And why should we be focusing on it now? Here’s what the yellow liquid is in Avatar: The Way of Water – and why Amrita could be so important to the future
  
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• Tomb Raider fans are divided over Amazon's involvement in the next game

  16-12-2022 13:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon is publishing the next Tomb Raider game, but many fans aren't sold on the idea.Yesterday, Tomb Raider fans were given the news that the next instalment in the popular treasure-hunting series will be published by Amazon Games. A joint press release from the company and Crystal Dynamic certainly talked the talk, promising a "confident and multidimensional hero Lara Croft in an environment that rewards exploration and creative pathfinding" alongside "mind-bending puzzles to solve, and a wide
  
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• Henry Cavill won’t return to The Witcher despite Superman exit

  16-12-2022 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Henry Cavill’s Superman exit left some wondering whether it could spell a U-turn for his role in Netflix’s The Witcher series. The actor announced earlier in 2022 that he was leaving the show after three seasons as the main character Geralt of Rivia, shortly after confirming his return as Superman.However, while his DCEU return has now been scrapped, Variety has confirmed Cavill will not be heading back to the Netflix fantasy epic. The Witcher season 4 is going ahead as planned with
  
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• Dead Space leads PLAY's huge Games Of 2023 special

  16-12-2022 13:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  PLAY #22 is out now, and it’s the time of year to look ahead. Within the pages of this Games Of 2023 special, we have heaps of incredible previews taking a look at everything that’ll be lighting up your life across PS5, PSVR2, and PS4 next year. Our cover game, Dead Space, will be kicking things off in a big way come January, with a luxurious PS5 remake that really pushes what’s possible on the new console.Subscribe to PLAY Magazine here to save on the cover price, get exclusiv
  
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• James Gunn intends to include "lesser known characters" in his new DC cinematic universe

  16-12-2022 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has outlined further plans for his new DC cinematic universe – including the use of "lesser known characters.""We'll be focusing on the most well-known and some lesser known characters simultaneously," Gunn wrote on Twitter in reply to a fan asking whether the co-CEO of DC Studios "intend[s] to make projects about minor characters."Gunn has teased several characters via images on his Twitter profile in recent weeks – with perhaps the most obscure being Mister Terrific, a g
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 restarts controversial housing demolition, to divided community response

  16-12-2022 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 devs have decided to resume the automatic demolition of housing estates in January 2023.Announced just earlier today on December 16, the automatic demolition of housing for Final Fantasy 14 players will resume with patch 6.3, which is scheduled to launch in early January 2023. After initially being suspended back in December 2021, Square Enix has decided the time is finally nigh to resume the feature.
  The automatic demolition of estates was suspended in December 2021; however, a
  
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• First Barbie teaser spoofs 2001: A Space Odyssey – but you can only see it in theaters

  16-12-2022 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser trailer for Barbie is here – but it's playing exclusively in theaters. The clip, which hilariously spoofs Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, was shown for the first time ahead of showings of Avatar: The Way of Water. Let's set the scene. In a desert setting, the iconic main theme music for Kubrick's 1968 space epic plays. However, instead of apes crowded around an alien monolith, a little girl is awestruck by Margot Robbie's Barbie. Struck by the inferiority of
  
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• First Barbie teaser spoofs 2001: A Space Odyssey and sees Margot Robbie as the original 1959 doll

  16-12-2022 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first teaser trailer for Barbie is here. The clip, which hilariously spoofs Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, was shown for the first time ahead of showings of Avatar: The Way of Water and is now available to view online. In a desert setting, the iconic main theme music for Kubrick's 1968 space epic plays. However, instead of apes crowded around an alien monolith, a little girl is awestruck by Margot Robbie's Barbie. Struck by the inferiority of her other dolls, the girl starts t
  
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• Witcher 3 devs reveal some PS5 players are missing expansions

  16-12-2022 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  CD Projekt is investigating new issues with The Witcher 3's new-gen versions, including missing expansions on PS5. Yesterday on December 15, a new post on the CD Projekt forums sprang up from a development staffer, pinpointing known issues with the new port. Included in the list of problems for The Witcher 3's new-gen versions are expansions missing for PS5 players who previously purchased them.Additionally, CD Projekt acknowledges that PC players are facing crashes. The developer advises p
  
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• The Witcher 3 thanks players for their support by giving Geralt new underwear

  16-12-2022 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  To celebrate the release of The Witcher 3 next-gen, developer CD Projekt has given players the ultimate reward - new underwear for Geralt. Okay so technically, it's a few new cosmetics that make up an entirely new outfit but we're not wrong - you can claim new underwear for Geralt. As announced by the developer, players can now claim the new set that comes with a sword, armor, gauntlets, trousers, boots, and more. According to The Witcher My Rewards website, these items can be claimed at th
  
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• James Gunn says Batman is "a big part" of the DCU – and reveals more Superman details

  16-12-2022 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has revealed more details about the DCU future of Batman and Superman. Gunn and Peter Safran are the new co-CEOs of DC Studios and have already brought in major changes to the universe. One of the biggest shake-ups is the news that Henry Cavill is officially out as Superman, just months after his Black Adam post-credits scene appearance and Instagram post announcing his return. Gunn shared an update that he is writing a new Superman film that will focus on a younger incarnation o
  
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• HBO releases new The Last of Us footage as premiere date nears

  16-12-2022 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the January release date of The Last of Us fast approaches, HBO has dropped a new look at the highly anticipated series. Two new TV spots show Pedro Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey's Ellie in serious danger.The first short clip begins with Joel setting some ground rules, ahead of their journey through post-apocalyptic America. "If you’re coming with me, there are some rules you’ve got to follow, are we clear?," he says. To which, Ellie replies: "What you say, goes." It seems
  
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