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• The first Xbox exclusive of 2023 is a box of Oreos

  09-01-2023 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox has been in a bit of a hot seat after a quiet and delay-filled 2022 which ended with its near-total absence from the big year-end game announcement rush, with The Game Awards lineup spawning particularly unfavorable comparisons to PlayStation. Fortunately, the platform's kicked off the new year with a fresh new exclusive: Xbox Oreos. Let's get one big caveat out of the way: this is a Europe-only collaboration. It does include 22 European countries, though, the citizens of which will so
  
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• AGDQ 2023 makes an exception for a Borderlands speedrun to "save our runners' hands"

  09-01-2023 22:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 has dozens of games and speedruns on its lineup, and a recent run for Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced was one of the few to take the "unrestricted" approach and incorporate a tool, specifically to "save our runners' hands."
  So why do they call it Borderlands Any% Unrestricted, again? @zzzrules21 explains at #AGDQ2023: pic.twitter.com/4EocQBDPcdJanuary 8, 2023See more
  The AGDQ channel and runner zzzrules21, a Borderlands speedrun world record holder, explained
  
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• Nicolas Cage doesn't want to be in a Star Wars movie

  09-01-2023 22:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nicolas Cage has no interest in joining the Star Wars franchise.In an interview for Yahoo Entertainment (via Variety), Pedro Pascal, star of The Mandalorian and Cage's co-star in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, wanted Cage to join him on the Disney Plus show."I’m not really down," Cage said. "I’m a Trekkie, man. I’m on the Star Trek Enterprise. That’s where I roll.”“I thought [Chris] Pine was terrific in the movies,” the actor continued. “
  
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• Workaholics movie canceled just weeks before filming, says star Adam DeVine

  09-01-2023 21:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  A previously announced Workaholics movie is dead in the water at Paramount Plus, according to co-creator and star Adam DeVine."Welp, Paramount + decided to cancel the ‘Workaholics’ movie,” DeVine shared on Instagram. “Obviously, this news is the loosest butthole. We were supposed to begin filming in 5 weeks! [Paramount+] told us [we] don’t fit their new ‘global’ strategy. We are deeply butt hurt about this decision because we were so excited to bring the
  
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• Sons of the Forest solves the survival game grind by letting you tell companions to punch trees

  09-01-2023 19:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sons of the Forest, the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2018 survival darling The Forest, has a novel solution to the genre's resource-gathering blockade: dump it on someone else. Ahead of the sequel's impending February launch – the result of "one last" delay, you know, for old time's sake – IGN released a hands-on preview for Sons of the Forest earlier today, and the game's companion system is one of its more interesting tidbits. The most interesting part may be the CatDog-like
  
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• Xbox Developer Direct showcase reportedly coming this month

  09-01-2023 18:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Xbox showcase and the platform's first so-called Developer Direct will reportedly air later this month with new info on the likes of Redfall, Forza, and more. That's according to a new report from Windows Central, which has claimed that a new Xbox presentation has been in the works for some time, and has now clarified that a Developer Direct is coming January 25. The show hasn't been officially announced, and the outlet notes that this date is subject to change, but it is confident th
  
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• Help Baba file their taxes in this adorable Baba is You spin-off

  09-01-2023 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new spin-off game from Hempfuli, the developer of Baba is You, has players helping little guy Baba to file their taxes. Similar to Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion - except not at all really considering Baba is taking the moral high ground here - in this PC game players are tasked with helping the unspecified creature Baba complete their tax forms. 
  I've released a tiny Baba-themed game: Baba Files Taxes. Available for free on Itch, but unfortunately Windows-only: https://t.co/ZK1hY9YN
  
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• YouTuber Dunkey's controversial publishing label lands its first game

  09-01-2023 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  YouTuber Dunkey's divisive publishing label has landed its very first game.Back in September, popular video game YouTuber Jason Yevgeniy Gastrow, better known as Dunkey, announced he was launching a new publishing company Bigmode to support "the very best games out there." In a YouTube video announcing Bigmode, Gastrow said, "I understand what kind of ideas always work, what ideas never work, what kind of ideas are fresh or need to come back, and what is extremely played out." How
  
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• Wanted: Dead is a chaotic throwback to a different era of action games

  09-01-2023 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a casual defiance to the design of Wanted: Dead that you have to respect. This shooter-slasher hybrid probably won't be enjoyed by the masses, and if you listen to 110 Industries founder Sergei Kolobashkin, I think that's kind of the point. Wanted: Dead is speaking to a crowd who actively lament a perceived lack of risk-taking in AA development. The resulting experience is hard, it's weird, and it's kinda janky – framed another way: it's a throwback to a different era. "The audienc
  
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• Exodus takes the spotlight on April's Sins of Sinister Immoral X-Men #3 cover

  09-01-2023 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Immoral X-Men are on their way, and we've got a new look at the cover of the final issue of the three-issue limited series which replaces Immortal X-Men for the run of the upcoming 'Sins of Sinister' event.The X-Men are just weeks away from the start of the massive event in which Mister Sinister's villainous tendencies rear their heads in a big way, with the longtime X-Men enemy using a combination of his own science and mutant powers stolen from others to fully remake the Marvel Universe.Th
  
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• Redfall director thinks Arkane will return to "sealed" Dishonored-style worlds

  09-01-2023 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Redfall's director thinks Arkane will likely return to "sealed" worlds after the new horror shooter's wide-open map."I like and we will eventually probably go back to the very sealed kind of like immersive sim environments," Redfall director Harvey Smith told GamesRadar+ in a recent interview. Smith goes on to add that Redfall's co-op campaign and drop-in, drop-out multiplayer specifically benefits from an open world for the player to wander around in.However, the new direction for Redfall doesn
  
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• I used this Warhammer paint discount to build up a big collection for less

  09-01-2023 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although it's a modest saving at first glance, you can boost your Warhammer paint collection for a lot less with this sale. It's the cheapest method I've seen so far if you want more Citadel Colours or products from The Army Painter, anyway.Magic Madhouse is currently offering a variety of Citadel Warhammer paints from Games Workshop - including shades, Contrast, layers, base, and more - at a discounted price. And even though you're only saving between 50p and 80p per pot, that all adds up. Buy
  
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• The Last of Us concept art explains how virus-spreading 'Tendrils' could work in HBO show

  09-01-2023 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Concept art from the first The Last of Us game may give us an insight into how the virus is spread in the upcoming The Last of Us TV show. We already know from the TV show's co-creator Craig Mazin that The Last of Us HBO show changes how the fungus spreads. Rather than spores - which require the characters in the game to wear gas masks to avoid being infected - we may be getting a new kind of vector currently known as 'Tendrils'. This news comes from a recent Collider interview with Mazin a
  
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• 1899 star joins the cast of Doctor Who

  09-01-2023 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  1899's Aneurin Barnard has joined the cast of Doctor Who.The actor will play "the mysterious Roger ap Gwilliam" in the long-running show's fourteenth series according to the official Doctor Who Twitter account. The account also announced that Jemma Redgrave would return to reprise her role as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.Barnard played the dark and mysterious Daniel Solace in Netflix's 1899, the multilingual mystery thriller helmed by the creators of Dark. Daniel manages to escape from the Prometheus
  
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• After "drawing badly" for almost 800 days, beloved Zelda artist prepping for Tears of the Kingdom enters the home stretch

  09-01-2023 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Breath of the Wild sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is now just months away, and one weary artist is still counting the days by, as they've said in almost 800 posts at this point, "drawing badly." If you've given the Breath of the Wild subreddit even a passing glance at any point in the last 790 days, you've probably seen theDuckPancake around. The beloved community artist has been posting their self-described bad drawings virtually every day for over two years – inclu
  
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• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor gets gritty with words like "ass" and "bastard"

  09-01-2023 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a shocking turn of events, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will reportedly feature the words "ass" and "bastard."Earlier today on January 9, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was officially rated by the ESRB, the ratings board for North America. According to the new rating, developer Respawn's sequel will feature the words "ass" and "bastard" at some point in the new adventure.This could well be why Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has ended up with a "Teen" rating from the ESRB. If you look to the left side of the
  
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• You season 4 trailer teases a murder mystery as Joe Goldberg gets a taste of his own medicine

  09-01-2023 16:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for You season 4 is here – and life may finally be catching up with Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley).The new installment of the Netflix show will see Joe take on a new alter ego as he starts afresh in London after faking his own death at the end of season 3. Now, he's Jonathan Moore, a university professor mingling with the wealthy elite in the English capital. But it seems that he's unable to fully outrun his past."You're a murderer, Joe," old flame Marienne (Tati Gabrille) t
  
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• Best X-Men villains of all time

  09-01-2023 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The X-Men are seemingly about to face a new, atypical enemy later this year as Tony Stark and StarkTech Sentinels will play a significant role in the ominously-titled upcoming story 'Fall of X.'Before that, longtime X-Men enemy-turned-recent-ally Mister Sinister is about to take center stage as the apparent villain of a new crossover titled Sins of Sinister, which seems to pay homage to the classic X-Men story Age of Apocalypse.Sinister may be breaking back to bad, but that grey area of mutants
  
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• 8 video game trends to look out for in 2023

  09-01-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2022, we welcomed a number of blockbuster video games – not least Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarok, and Horizon: Forbidden West. We were well-served for games with creative flair, such as Immortality and Norco; and were wowed by super-stylish titles in the likes of Sifu, A Plague Tale: Requiem, and Pentiment. A number of big-hitters were also delayed over the course of the last 12 months, but, all told, the best games of 2022 gave us plenty to discuss and dissect. Those delays mean
  
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• YouTube could broadcast "Gamer's Lawsuit" against Activision Blizzard acquisition

  09-01-2023 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Parts of court hearings involving random gamers suing Microsoft over its Activision Blizzard acquisition may be broadcast via YouTube.Last month, it was announced that a group of gamers - from California, New Mexico, and New Jersey - were uniting to sue Microsoft over its attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Now, it appears part of the lawsuit could be broadcast for all to see via YouTube.The lawsuit will be heard in the Northern District of California. According to FossPatents, a blog
  
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• This Final Fantasy 7 mod over six years in the making adds full voice acting and swearing

  09-01-2023 15:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Final Fantasy 7 mod is bringing voice acting to the classic RPG 26 years after it was first released.Final Fantasy 7 was revolutionary when it arrived on PlayStation in 1997. But despite being spread across multiple discs, there still wasn't enough space to add voice files to the game, so the dialogue was strictly text-based. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, and a group of dedicated modders, we can soon enjoy the iconic role-playing game with full voice acting. The mod, dubbed
  
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• James Cameron regrets his "cringeworthy" Oscars speech for Titanic

  09-01-2023 15:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Cameron has some regrets about his Oscars acceptance speech back in 1998. The director won the Best Director gong for Titanic, but admits he now thinks his speech was "cringeworthy".Cameron discussed quoting a line from the movie to CNN’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? After thanking his parents in the speech, he said: "There is no way that I can express to you what I’m feeling right now. My heart is full to bursting, except to say, 'I'm the king of the world.'""What I l
  
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• Idris Elba on Luther’s franchise potential and Bond comparisons

  09-01-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  With his unmistakeable coat and red tie combo, not to mention his out-of-time London slang, Luther felt iconic the moment he burst onto TV screens in 2010. "John almost feels like a superhero – he doesn’t wear a cape, he wears a coat,” star Idris Elba tells Total Film in the upcoming Luther: The Fallen Sun cover story.Of course, for years Elba’s name has been spoken about in connection with another iconic - and memorably tailored - Brit character, James Bond. While Elba a
  
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• M3GAN may be getting a "way gorier" uncut version

  09-01-2023 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  M3GAN may be rated PG-13, but there's an uncut version of the horror movie that's "way gorier" and may be coming to our screens soon, according to the film's screenwriter. "There should be an unrated version at some point," screenwriter Akela Cooper, who also penned James Wan's Malignant, said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. "I heard it is on the books. But yes, it was way gorier. Her body count in the script was higher than in the movie. It wasn’t a Gabriel [in Malignant]
  
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• Andy Serkis on his Luther villain: "I don’t think I’ve come across anything quite as dark for a long time"

  09-01-2023 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  A standalone film requires a standout villain, and Luther: The Fallen Sun has just that. Yes, Idris Elba’s former DCI has gone up against a number of memorable wrong’uns over the years, but the film will crank things up a notch.The killer – who has had room to roam while Luther’s been banged up – is millionaire David Robey (Andy Serkis), a man tapping into zeitgeist fears of our tech spying on us and the potential of the dark web. Robey has tangled with Luther befor
  
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• Stardew Valley 1.5 mobile update will get several fixes shortly after launch

  09-01-2023 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Stardew Valley 1.5 update has now rolled out on mobile, with a few fixes expected to follow very soon.As revealed by the game's developer ConcernedApe (aka Eric Barone) on Twitter, a number of fixes for the Stardew Valley 1.5 mobile update have been submitted so will soon be live on mobile devices. This is the second batch of fixes for the update to be rolled out since the 1.5 update launched on iOS and Android on January 7. According to the patch notes provided by ConcernedApe, the nex
  
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• M3GAN has strong box office debut – and a sequel is reportedly in the works

  09-01-2023 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  M3GAN, the new horror film all about the TikTok dancing killer doll, has debuted to a strong box office total despite stiff competition from 2022's highest grossing movie, Avatar: The Way of Water. The horror film opened to $30.2 million domestically, with a global total of $45 million (H/T Variety). That's way ahead of predictions – the film was expected to open to somewhere between $17 and $20 million domestically – and also means it's currently the second biggest film in the
  
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• Persona 3 remake rumored to be announced this year

  09-01-2023 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Persona 3 remake is reportedly still in development and will be announced this year.Back in September 2022, ResetEra user lolilolailo claimed two details: a Persona 3 Portable re-release was in the works, and a Persona 3 remake project was also in development at Atlus. The studio would later announce Persona 3 Portable remastered for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch platforms, proving the first part of that claim to be accurate.As such, the claim of a Persona 3 remake project is lent
  
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• Avatar: The Way of Water surpasses Jurassic World to become 7th biggest movie of all time

  09-01-2023 13:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Way of Water is now the seventh highest-grossing movie of all time after another successful weekend at the box office. The sequel has overtaken Jurassic World and The Lion King (2019) after its latest figures were released – and is closing in on Spider-Man: No Way Home.Per Box Office Mojo, the movie has earned $1.7 billion internationally after its fourth weekend at the top of the box office. In the first full weekend of January, the movie grossed
  
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• Stephen King recommends his watch order for Netflix series Kaleidoscope

  09-01-2023 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stephen King is a fan of new Netflix series Kaleidoscope – and he has his own suggestion for the order you should watch it in. Released on January 1, the show centers around Leo Pap, played by Giancarlo Esposito, a career criminal who leads a crew attempting a $7 billion heist. The show also stars Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, and Jai Courtney.The miniseries' eight episodes can be watched in any order – although the episode titled 'White' is intended to be the series finale &nda
  
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• Idris Elba and the Luther team on adapting the TV show on a "much, much bigger scale" in The Fallen Sun

  09-01-2023 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The concept of a Luther movie has been discussed as far back as 2013, after the third season had aired, but there would be a further two series during the intervening decade before Idris Elba’s grizzled detective finally made the leap to a standalone feature.Luther: The Fallen Sun – starring Elba, written by series creator Neil Cross, and directed by S5’s Jamie Payne – arrives on Netflix this year. The film sees the incarcerated Luther busting out of prison to track down
  
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• Naughty Dog explains why it's taking more time over game reveals

  09-01-2023 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Naughty Dog has explained why it's taking it's time unveiling its next major game.Naughty Dog is a studio that typically likes to keep fans well informed about the virtual delights it's cooking up, often announcing games many years before they're due for release. Take Uncharted 4, for instance; Nathan Drake's latest adventure was announced back in 2013 and launched in 2016. The wait for The Last of Us 2 was even lengthier; first unveiled in 2016, the highly anticipated follow-up didn't appear on
  
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• Marvel's Midnight Suns drops to lowest-ever price since launch

  09-01-2023 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Midnight Suns has received an unexpected discount across multiple platforms, including PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. As the tactical role-playing game was only launched in December, this is a very welcome deal that will give you access to one of 2022's biggest surprise hits. By heading over to Amazon, you can take home Marvel's Midnight Suns for $40.19 via a Steam PC code. This is by far the lowest cost we've seen for the game so far, with a generous 33% discount applied,
  
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• Netflix cancels Inside Job after one season – and the creator is left "heartbroken"

  09-01-2023 12:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has canceled another show after just one season. Animated sci-fi comedy Inside Job, which was released in two parts across 2021 and 2022, has been axed at the streamer – and the show’s creator has revealed their "heartbroken" response to the news.Taking to Twitter, Shion Takeuchi said, "I am heartbroken to confirm that Netflix has decided to cancel season 2 of Inside Job. Over the years, these characters have become real people to me, and I am devastated not to be able to wat
  
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• Blaseball, the world's weirdest sports sim, returns today with a newbie-friendly reboot

  09-01-2023 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blaseball is finally making its grand return later today on January 9.After being away for roughly a year, the weirdest sports simulation game is finally back with a triumphant return. Developer The Game Band announced Blaseball would be returning later today on January 9, but there's just one tiny catch: the app for playing Blaseball isn't actually ready yet."To ensure players will get the optimal experience on the new mobile experience, The Game Band is taking the time during the first games t
  
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• Genshin Impact dev tells players to stay clear of Primogem and account resellers as it cracks down on phishing

  09-01-2023 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Genshin Impact developer Hoyoverse has reminded players to stay away from third-party websites and applications from “unknown sources” as it sifts through a deluge of phishing reports from players. As the developer explains in a blog post on its website, numerous players are dealing with their accounts being unwillingly accessed or outright stolen. The more Hoyoverse has looked into each incident, the more it’s found that these accounts have, at some point, accessed a thir
  
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• The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin defends deviating from the game for TV show

  09-01-2023 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin has discussed the difficulties of adapting the hugely popular game for the small screen – and the changes it necessitated. The HBO series stars Pedro Pascal as Joel, a hardened survivor of a deadly virus outbreak, who is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a quarantine zone. However, the series writers, Chernobyl showrunner Mazin and game creator Neil Druckmann, have discussed how the story will deviate from the game."Ultimately, adaptati
  
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• Idris Elba returns in an exclusive new look at Luther: The Fallen Sun

  09-01-2023 11:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Idris Elba’s badass detective John Luther has previously appeared in 20 TV episodes across five seasons, and now he’s finally getting his own movie. A film spin-off had been mooted for years, before Netflix made it a reality. And in the upcoming cover story of the new issue of Total Film, you can get the inside scoop on Luther: The Fallen Sun.Hard-boiled DCI  Luther of the Serious and Serial Crime Unit is a role that’s earned Elba a Screen Actors Guild award and a Golden G
  
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• A Hollow Knight: Silksong phishing scam is pretending to offer early access to the game

  09-01-2023 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  A YouTuber has warned fellow content creators of a Hollow Knight: Silksong phishing scam that's appeared in their inbox. As highlighted by @JohnWolfeYT on Twitter, an email - supposedly from Hollow Knight developer Team Cherry - is currently doing the rounds, offering players early access to the highly anticipated sequel. Thanks to a screenshot shared by the YouTuber, we can see the email which claims to be sent by the PR manager of the game's developer and says things like: "I have wa
  
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• AMC scraps two TV shows that have already been filmed

  09-01-2023 11:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  AMC has scrapped two TV shows, despite both already being filmed. The second season of legal drama 61st Street will no longer air, despite production being complete on all episodes, and neither will psychological thriller Invitation to a Bonfire, of which four out of six episodes have been filmed.The decision to stop the shows going to air was part of the network's new cost-cutting measures, according to Deadline. The company is looking to take write-downs on projects for up to $475 million, inc
  
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• Weeks from launch, Hogwarts Legacy is flying up the Steam charts

  09-01-2023 11:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hogwarts Legacy is gearing up for a massive PC launch, if its early sales are anything to go by.Twitter user BenjiSales, who highlights sales data and trends in the games industry, noted that despite being more than a month away from release, Hogwarts Legacy hit number four on last week's Steam best sellers list. It's far from unheard-of for preorders to make their way onto that list, but doing so more than a month from launch is definitely notable.
  Steam Global Top Sellers Last Week- Hogwarts L
  
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• James Cameron says the planned Avatar sequels will happen after Way of Water's massive success

  09-01-2023 11:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Cameron has addressed if those Avatar sequels will happen – and he's very confident the franchise will continue following The Way of Water's massive box office success. The director plans for five Avatar films in total, with the final movie expected in 2028. "It looks like just with the momentum that the film has now that will easily pass our break even in the next few days, so it looks like I can't wiggle out of this, I'm gonna have to do these other sequels," Cameron revealed
  
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• Alleged footage of PlayStation exclusive sci-fi RPG leaks online

  09-01-2023 11:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Footage of what's apparently a "sci-fi RPG" from PlayStation has leaked online.The footage itself, which lasts merely a few seconds, can be seen in the tweet just below, published over the past weekend. The Twitter account claims that this is an exclusive PlayStation RPG, possibly being made in Unreal Engine 5, and developed by Sony's XDEV studio in Liverpool, England.
  Eis o leak de um early game first party da Sony. Trata-se de um RPG Sci-fi, provavelmente feito na UE5. Estúdio seria o X
  
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• Another director is taking over Borderlands reshoots from Eli Roth

  09-01-2023 11:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The upcoming Borderlands movie is set to undergo reshoots – with a new director at the helm. Deadline reports that Deadpool director Tim Miller has been parachuted in for two weeks of reshoots. The original director, Eli Roth, stepped aside due to a scheduling conflict with his upcoming horror movie Thanksgiving.Borderlands, based on Gearbox’s hit looter shooter series, has been in limbo for some time now. Filming wrapped on the initial production almost two years ago, while first fo
  
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