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• Marvel's 2099 world returns in Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis

  17-01-2023 23:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  2022 marked the 30th anniversary of Marvel's Spider-Man 2099 and the publisher revisited its alternate dystopian far-future with Spider-Man 2099: Exodus, a new series by writer Steve Orlando that revisited and expanded on that world.But it wasn't just a round number anniversary one-off, Orlando will return to 2099 in Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis, a five-issue weekly series in May that will force Miguel O'Hara to "defend his broken world from an overwhelming new threat!"
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• French Ubisoft employees push for strike and raises after CEO comments

  17-01-2023 23:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  In response to controversial comments from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, a French union representing Ubisoft employees is calling for a strike in support of 10% raises and a four-day work week.Ubisoft was "clearly disappointed" by the results in its latest financial report, which saw the company confirm the cancellation of three unannounced projects and reveal yet another delay for Skull & Bones. In the wake of that report, CEO Yves Guillemot sent an email to staff (via Kotaku) asking them to
  
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• A new Pokemon-like is flying up Kickstarter, and for good reason

  17-01-2023 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  The year's only just begun but a new Pokemon-inspired creature-collecting RPG has already popped up, and it's quickly found some big love on Kickstarter. At the time of writing, it's very nearly crossed its funding threshold with 20 days left in its campaign.LumenTale: Memories of Trey promises a storm of "mysteries, memories and emotions" between "exciting combat and boss battles." You guessed it: you play as Trey, a monster tamer exploring the land of Talea after regaining his lost memories. Y
  
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• Stadia dies tonight, so players are fighting for immortality on the leaderboard of its last game

  17-01-2023 22:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stadia fans (yes, they do exist) are mourning the end of the streaming platform in the best way they know how: by competing to be the best at Stadia's final game.Worm Game launched for Stadia on January 13 as the final entry in the platform's library. It's basically a multiplayer variant of Snake, the game you may remember from ancient Nokia phones where you control a serpentine creature that gradually gets longer as you eat bits of food collected around the screen. The Stadia devs used Worm Gam
  
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• Mario touches grass in his most important speedrun yet

  17-01-2023 22:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario has been the star of some of the most impressive and beautifully executed speedruns in the history of games, and thanks to YouTube j0rts, he's now the star of one of an amazingly silly one that many people can aspire to: touching grass.  "People keep telling me to touch grass so that's exactly what I did...by seeing how fast you can touch grass in every Mario game," the YouTuber says. The player starts with Super Mario Bros on the NES, where it takes almost 2 minutes before they final
  
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• Oblivion's Skyrim remake will launch by 2025, or about 50 years before The Elder Scrolls 6

  17-01-2023 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Skyrim has aged like a hundred different fine wines thanks to modders, but largely due to its age, Oblivion has received less love over the years. One big mod team is working to change that by remaking Oblivion using Skyrim's engine, and after years of work, they can finally see the finish line.  The mod, called Skyblivion, has been in the works for many years now, and a new trailer has finally confirmed when we'll be able to play it. According to the video, the project will launch sometime
  
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• Boy Thunder takes the next step to becoming's Kingdom Come's Magog

  17-01-2023 22:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC readers have known for a month now (since Batman/Superman: World's Finest #10) that Superman's long-lost sidekick David Nikela AKA Boy Thunder was Magog, the brutal anti-hero and antagonist of the classic DC event Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross.But Boy Thunder's evolution into Magog and what if anything that means for the future of the DCU was still a story to be told. January 17's Batman/Superman: World's Finest #11 by Waid, artists Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain, and letterer Steve
  
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• Julia Louis-Dreyfus ‘really wants to fight’ in Marvel’s Thunderbolts

  17-01-2023 22:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Julia Louis-Dreyfus is ready to kick ass and take names in Marvel's upcoming Thunderbolts movie."I actually pitched it," Louis-Dreyfus told Variety. "I told them I really, really want to fight. We’ll see if that happens. I haven’t seen the script yet. Ugh. I’d better get in shape."We saw Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Louis-Dreyfus) recruit the disgraced John Walker (Wyatt Russell) for an unknown project at the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, before doin
  
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• John Wick director to helm Rainbow Six movie starring Michael B. Jordan

  17-01-2023 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  John Wick director Chad Stahelski is set to helm Rainbow Six, the follow-up to 2021's Without Remorse.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael B. Jordan will reprise his role as elite Navy SEAL John Kelly and serve as an executive producer.Based on Tom Clancy’s 1993 bestseller of the same name, Without Remorse sees John Kelly set out on a path of revenge against the Russian hitmen who murdered his pregnant wife. Initially slated for a theatrical release via Paramount Pictures, the movi
  
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• Genshin Impact may have accidentally revealed the best banners the game's ever seen

  17-01-2023 21:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Genshin Impact usually doesn't unveil new character and weapon banners until those banners are just about to launch, but in a rare break from tradition, developer Hoyoverse has already confirmed the second round of banners coming in update 3.4, and it might be the best selection the game's ever had.We've known for a while that Hu Tao and Yelan will be rerunning alongside their signature five-star weapons, and that was already an incredibly strong lineup. Hu Tao is still one of the best single-ta
  
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• Channing Tatum is developing a remake of Ghost - that he might star in

  17-01-2023 20:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Channing Tatum is reportedly looking to remake Ghost, the 1990 fantasy romcom starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and the late Patrick Swayze."We actually have the rights," Tatum told Vanity Fair. "Yeah, we have the rights to Ghost."In the cover story, Vanity Fair reports that Tatum's production company, Free Association, is "trying to pull together a remake of ‘Ghost,’ with him potentially playing the Patrick Swayze role.""But we’re going to do something diffe
  
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• Switch still on top in US 2022 sales despite PS5 supply fixes

  17-01-2023 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite the fact that it got a lot easier to buy a PS5 in 2022, the Switch was still the best-selling console of the year - at least in the US.Nintendo Switch sold more units than PS5 in both the month of December and 2022 overall, though the pricier PS5 was bigger in terms of dollar sales for the same periods. Xbox Series consoles were in third place in both units and dollar sales. That's according to Mat Piscatella of analyst group NPD, which tracks video game sales in the US.PlayStation boss
  
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• The Titans replace the Justice League - what you need to know about Nightwing #100

  17-01-2023 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  DC hasn't made it a secret that in 2023, it is positioning the Nightwing-led Titans as its premiere superhero team, leaving the Justice League disbanded as they rethink their mission statement in the wake of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.In real-world terms, that means the publisher is giving the Justice League title a break for a little while before it inevitably returns in a triumphant relaunch sometime in the foreseeable future.
  Nightwing #100 variant cover (Image credit: DC)
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• Ash's "all-star" lineup of old friends makes his final Pokemon anime arc hit even harder

  17-01-2023 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ash's last team in the Pokemon anime is made up of a few familiar faces. If you don't want to know anything about Ash's final season in the Pokemon anime, we suggest you come back once you've watched the first episode to avoid spoilers. As revealed in YouTuber Elite Trainer Mark's video - which shares highlights of the first episode of Ash's final season - Ash and Pikachu are going to be reunited with several familiar faces over the 11-episode miniseries. According to the video, Ash's
  
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• We're never getting Bloodborne Remastered, but this 8K Lies of P trailer is pretty freakin' close

  17-01-2023 18:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Bloodborne remaster might not be on the cards, but this 8K Lies of P trailer comes pretty close.Lies of P, a game that blends the story of Pinocchio with gameplay that's straight out of a Souls title, is undoubtedly one of the year's most anticipated releases for action-RPG fans. The game dazzled players when it was first shown in 2021 and continues to well and truly wow us each time we see it in action.The latest trailer released by Neowiz and AMD shows never-before-seen content from Lies of
  
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• Genshin Impact 3.4 release time – here's when the Alhaitham banner starts

  17-01-2023 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  With the Genshin Impact 3.4 release time set for later today, the headlining Alhaitham banner is now just hours away.Genshin Impact update 3.4 will launch at approximately 7pm PT / 10pm ET / 3am BT today, January 17 (technically tomorrow for you Brits), though we may be able to log in early if maintenance finishes ahead of schedule, which it often does. Alhaitham's banner will be live when the update launches, so have your Primogems ready. You've still got time to knock out the time-saving pre-i
  
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• Giant spider horror comes to Dark Horse with All Eight Eyes

  17-01-2023 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many people are afraid of spiders - they are weird, eight-legged creepy-crawlers after all. But with Dark Horse's new horror limited series All Eight Eyes, that terror will ramp up in a big way - literally - in a story that invades post 9/11 New York City with giant monster spiders.
  All Eight Eyes cover (Image credit: Dark Horse Comics)
  Set in the time after the 9/11 attacks on the United States in which New York City, the site of the 2001 attack, was already in disarray, All Eight Eyes stars a
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 players are disappointed by this seemingly-excellent outfit

  17-01-2023 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 has added the outfit of a mega-popular character, but the addition has been met with disappointment from players.Earlier today on January 17, Square Enix finally made Gaia's outfit available to purchase on the Lodestone, letting players dress up as the popular (girl)friend of Ryne. Players can now don the outfit of the goth girl from the Eden Raid series, provided they're willing to shell out the cash for the garb.However, players quickly realized there's major compromises to Ga
  
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• Nightwing #100 features a Dick Grayson - Batman moment 82 years in the making

  17-01-2023 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've already seen the preview of January 17's Nightwing #100 by writer Tom Taylor and artists Bruno Redondo, Rick Leonardi, Scott McDaniel, Mikel Janin, and Javier Fernandez, you know the extra-sized milestone issue begins with Dick and Bruce meeting at the gravesite of Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce's long-time loyal butler and Batman's man Friday. Alfred's gravestone reads "Beloved Father and Grandfather," foreshadowing a pivotal moment later in the issue.
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• Marvel's Avengers takes off Thor's hat, charges $14 for new skin

  17-01-2023 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans are miffed to see a paid Marvel's Avengers skin for being resold at full price just because it now comes without a hat.Ages ago, the Avengers game got a Thor skin inspired by the hero's first appearance in the 2011 MCU film, available for 1400 credits, or about $14. Now, the Avengers game has gotten a Thor skin inspired by the hero's first appearance in the 2011 MCU film, available for 1400 credits, or about $14.The difference between the two skins? One has a helmet, and one does not. The n
  
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• Destiny 2's new Lightfall trailer channels Spider-Man and an iconic Year 1 scene

  17-01-2023 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bungie dropped a fresh look at Destiny 2 Lightfall earlier today, and it goes all-in on the Neptunian city of Neomuna as well as the enemies and allies we'll meet there. The cyberpunk vibe of Neomuna continues to inspire absolutely bumping music, and this is our best look at the neon-lit city yet. Neomuna's skyline has a new ornament in this trailer: a giant statue in the likeness of newly appointed Darkness general Calus, mounted to the front of a big-ol' battleship in the most Calus-like
  
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• Hades has had one hell of a glow-up in the Disney Lorcana reveal

  17-01-2023 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Along with a release date reveal, we've just had our first look at the Disney Lorcana product lineup - and it includes Hades absolutely killing it in the makeover department.Included within the Disney Lorcana gift set, 'Hades - King of Olympus' shows off what the lord of the underworld would be like if he took his brother Zeus' throne. For some reason, that vision includes godly-looking, shoulder-length hair rather than his usual, fiery locks (good for him).
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• Barry Keoghan talks mixed reaction to Marvel's Eternals

  17-01-2023 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's fair to say that Eternals got a pretty mixed reception. Despite having a handful of passionate fans, the Marvel movie earned a middling 47% on Rotten Tomatoes upon its 2021 release, and failed to completely win over MCU lovers. Now, one of its stars, Barry Keoghan, has defended the superhero flick against its naysayers – and tried to argue why it might not have gone down well with everyone."I think Chloé [Zhao] brought a whole kind of feel to it," Keoghan, who plays Druig, one
  
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• Red Dead Online superfan with 6,000 hours on Stadia got a Rockstar gift bag as a goodbye present

  17-01-2023 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Red Dead Online fan who caught Rockstar's attention after racking up over 6,000 hours of the game on Google Stadia is preparing to say goodbye before the service shuts down tomorrow.Streamer ItsColourTV has shared that they're gearing up for a farewell livestream where they'll be logging into Red Dead Online via Google Stadia for the very last time before the service shuts down for good on January 18, 2023. To commemorate the occasion, Rockstar has even sent the fan a goody bag, which will a
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 will be directed by a mix of returning and new directors

  17-01-2023 17:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3 has dropped a new trailer – and revealed the line-up of directors for the new episodes. The names are a mix of familiar and returning faces, with Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, and Carl Weathers all returning to helm new episodes after previously directing on the show – and Howard also directed the Mandalorian-heavy episode of The Book of Boba Fett. Plus, Weathers is a presence on-screen as well in the role of Greef Karga. New directors in
  
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• Jenna Ortega has regrets about her viral Wednesday dance scene

  17-01-2023 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jenna Ortega thinks she could have done "so much" more with her viral dance scene in Netflix's Wednesday.The clip, which sees Ortega bust a move to 'Goo Goo Muck' by The Cramps, has been viewed over 8 million times on Twitter, 50 million times on Youtube, and went viral on TikTok with hundreds of thousands of users recreating her mesmerizing moves."Some of the moves I had planned, some of it was [improvised]. That was one of the scenes that I stay awake at night thinking about," The actor t
  
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• Avatar 3 will have a different narrator to the previous two movies

  17-01-2023 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar director James Cameron has confirmed that the third movie in the sci-fi franchise will have a major difference to the first two installments – it won't be narrated by Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). "I'm going to take a moment when the dust clears to assess what people loved and what they responded to the most in this current release, and I may go back and tinker a little bit, and we may go back and do a couple of moments here and there," Cameron told the Soundtracking with Edith
  
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• With one week to go, we finally know the Forspoken system requirements

  17-01-2023 16:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  With just one week to go until Forspoken launches, developer Luminous Productions has finally lifted the lid on the game's system requirements.In a video posted on Twitter, Forspoken's creative producer Raio Mitsuno revealed the minimum and recommended system requirements you'll need to meet in order to play the game on PC. Also included are the ultra requirements if you want the action RPG running at its absolute best.Here are the PC requirements for Forspoken:Minimum system requirements:
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• Blizzard claims NetEase rejected deal to keep World of Warcraft and other servers alive in China

  17-01-2023 16:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has blamed NetEase for its game servers being turned off in China.As reported by Reuters earlier today on January 17, Blizzard China published on microblogging site Weibo to let followers know that NetEase had apparently rejected a proposal to keep Blizzard game servers alive in China. The deal would've kept servers alive for six months, giving Blizzard time to find a new publishing partner in China."It is a pity that NetEase is not willing to extend services
  
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• Chucky renewed for season 3 at USA and Syfy

  17-01-2023 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chucky, starring everyone's favorite murderous doll, has been renewed for a third season.Created by Don Mancini, helmer of the Child's Play franchise, the series follows Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur), a closeted teenager with a homophobic father and a plethora of high school bullies. When Jake happens upon a Good Guy doll at a garage sale and thinks it's the perfect addition to his art project, he soon finds out that the doll is possessed by the soul of vicious serial killer Charles Lee Ray aka
  
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• Starfield strives to give us the freedom to craft our own story in the stars

  17-01-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  What's out there? What happened to Earth? And what's next for humanity? These are big questions Starfield will let us explore this year as a member of 'Constellation', an organization that seeks to uncover the mysteries of the galaxy. But there's one other question I can't wait to answer, and it's one that looks set to play to the strengths of Bethesda's signature RPG blend: Who do I want to be?  In the sprawling expanses of space, the studio is treading fresh ground in a new, ambitious uni
  
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• Feline adventure game Stray has made a big difference to real-life cats

  17-01-2023 15:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The best feline adventure of 2022, Stray, has made a real difference in animal shelters.As reported by PBS (thanks, PC Gamer), Stray has been such a hit with cat fans that it's inspired a number of fundraising activities. As explained in the original report, Stray has helped to raise thousands of dollars for various charities that all help real-life stray cats and other animals. Using the feline-centric game to bring awareness to cat-related issues was apparently a "no-brainer" according to
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 trailer: 12 details and Easter eggs you may have missed

  17-01-2023 15:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for The Mandalorian season 3 is here, and while it's filled with all the action, adventure, and adorable Baby Yoda moments that you'd expect, it's also packed with Star Wars references and Easter eggs. We've broken down the 12 biggest details you might have missed here, with everything from the return of key planets to droid cameos to pore over for clues about The Mandalorian season 3. Plot details on the new episodes are scarce at the moment, but it's clear that Din Djar
  
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• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty took me on an emotional rollercoaster - by complete accident

  17-01-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is basically fine so far. That was the initial title for this preview, because the game took me through such emotional ups and downs that an exhausted shrug is the best I can provide right now. To summarise my feelings in advance, Wo Long is to Team Ninja's earlier game, Nioh, what Sekiro is to Dark Souls - something tighter and a little more focused than what came before, at the cost of both breadth and choice. Problem is, Dark Souls is a great game to build on, whi
  
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• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Preview – Rising Through The Ranks

  17-01-2023 15:00
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Publisher:Koei Tecmo Developer:Team Ninja Release: March 3, 2023Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s public demo gave players a chance to experience a more general idea of what this fast-paced action game offers, but Koei Tecmo recently gave us the chance to go deeper and play through the first two chapters in Wo Long in full. I’m starting to understand that developer Team Ninja is aiming for a wider swath of players with Wo
  
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• Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty | New Gameplay Today

  17-01-2023 15:00
  In today's New Gameplay Today, your hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Kyle Hilliard discuss Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, the upcoming Soulsborne from Nioh developer Team Ninja set in ancient China. The two discuss Wesley's excitement for the game after playing through its first two chapters, how it differentiates itself from other Soulslike games, and just how difficult Wo Long is when it comes to combat. You can listen to the two discuss all that and more in the Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty New Gameplay Tod
  
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• Tom Hanks is confused why no one asks him about one of his most important movies

  17-01-2023 14:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Hanks has admitted he’s unsure why no one mentions one of his favorite performances in 2002's Road to Perdition. The crime drama directed by Sam Mendes starred Hanks as mob enforcer Michael Sullivan.Set during the Great Depression, the gangster movie saw him enacting vengeance against the man who killed his family. It won several awards, and starred some huge talent too, including Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig – but he thinks it isn’t considered one of his biggest
  
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• The Last of Us star once wrote a letter to Star Wars' Dave Filoni asking to play live-action Ezra Bridger

  17-01-2023 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us star Gabriel Luna is keen to appear in a Star Wars project. So much so, in fact, that the actor, who plays Tommy Miller in the new HBO show, once wrote a letter to The Mandalorian's Dave Filoni asking to play a live-action version of Rebels character Ezra Bridger."It's a dream of mine. I mean, there's all kinds of possibilities there," he admitted on The Last of Pods. "I was just talking to [The Last of Us co-creator] Neil [Druckmann] at the party and I was like, 'Yeah, Neil, unti
  
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• Former Suicide Squad dev debunks plot leaks as new image appears to reveal a live-service battle pass

  17-01-2023 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is set to launch later this year on May 26. For the fifth entry in the Batman Arkham series, the developer Rocksteady Studios is swapping out the single-player Batman-focused formula for a co-op adventure starring the titular group of supervillains. With the game now mere months away, the rumour mill is well and truly in motion, with one leak claiming to reveal key details about the game's narrative and another suggesting it will have live-service elements.
  
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• Metal Gear voice actor hints at new announcements "in the coming weeks"

  17-01-2023 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance actor is seemingly hinting at news relating to the dormant franchise in the coming weeks.Earlier today on January 17, actor Quinton Flynn used his personal Twitter account to respond to speculation about forthcoming Metal Gear-related news. When a Twitter user hypothesized that Metal Gear Rising or Metal Gear Solid news could be coming soon, Flynn replied that they would have to "stay tuned for things to be announced in the coming weeks."
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• The Last of Us quietly retains two surprisingly influential actors from the first game

  17-01-2023 13:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us TV show actually retains two Clicker actors from the games. The Last of Us debuted its first episode on HBO this past weekend, and hiding among the credits were two names: Misty Lee as 'Female Clicker,' and Phillip Kovats as 'Male Clicker.' A weird fact is that these two weren't only responsible for Clicker noises in the HBO adaptation, but also in Naughty Dog's 2013 original game.
  Am so proud to be a (small) part of #TheLastOfUs team. Congratulations and HUUUUGE THANKS to @N
  
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• The Last of Us TV show may have already revealed how the initial cordyceps outbreak spread

  17-01-2023 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 1. If you've yet to tune in and don't want to know anything before watching, then turn back now.The Last of Us TV show begins by charting the harrowing early days of the cordyceps outbreak as Joel (Pedro Pascal), his daughter Sarah (Nico Parker), and his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) piece together what’s going on. In the background of the prologue, we see people getting infected while it’s suggested by the characters
  
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• Avatar 2 is closing in on $2 billion at the box office

  17-01-2023 12:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Way of Water continues to make a splash at the box office as it closes in on $2 billion after just a month in theaters.As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Avatar sequel has now passed $1.9 billion, making it the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time (when not adjusted for inflation). Next in the Na’vi’s sights: Spider-Man: No Way Home – which took home $1.91 billion at cinemas.The Way of Water is likely going to reach the $2 billion mark in the coming weeks, makin
  
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• New PlayStation ad reminds fans that the PS4 is too old for 2023 games

  17-01-2023 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new ad from Sony seems to have marked the beginning of the end for the PS4, as only eight out of 23 of the games shown in the trailer are available away from the PS5.The latest advert from Sony, titled 'Upcoming Games in 2023', gives fans a glimpse of what they'll be able to play before the year is up. The only catch is, you'll need to have a PS5 - and maybe even PSVR 2 - to play most of them. The video includes appearances from several highly anticipated games including Final Fantasy 16,
  
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• Marvel Snap criticized as Chinese Lunar New Year event celebrates Japanese heroes

  17-01-2023 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Snap's Lunar New Year event is being criticized over its handling of Asian characters. Marvel Snap just launched its Lunar New Event last week on January 13, and it'll be sticking around until later this month on January 30. The event encourages players to use characters Shang-Chi, Colleen Wing, Armor, and Psylocke, all of whom are Asian characters in Marvel comics. However, the Lunar New Year event has been criticized by some for focusing nearly exclusively on Japanese characte
  
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• New Ant-Man 3 teaser sees Kang the Conqueror try to manipulate Scott Lang

  17-01-2023 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's exactly one month until Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania reaches cinemas, and to get us even more excited for the third movie in the Scott Lang-led franchise, Marvel Studios has released a new teaser that fully emphasizes Kang the Conqueror's threat.In the clip, which you can watch above, Scott (Paul Rudd), his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton), Hope/Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) and Janet van Dyne, and Hank Pym all get stuck in the Quantum Realm. There, they meet Kang (Jonathan Majors), a versio
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 trailer has Star Wars fans speculating over an Anakin cameo

  17-01-2023 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ignore Grogu for just one second. The latest trailer for The Mandalorian season 3 features a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment that could be hinting at a cameo from Anakin Skywalker.The teaser, which debuted during Monday Night Football, includes a scene that appears to be from the attack on the Jedi Temple in Coruscant during the onset of Order 66 – a scene first shown during Revenge of the Sith and later glimpsed during Grogu's memories in The Book of Boba Fett.Fans, though, have not
  
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• Hogwarts Legacy art book leaks, revealing game maps and character information

  17-01-2023 12:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Hogwarts Legacy leak has revealed information about a number of characters, locations, and features ahead of the game's release next month.Last night, a number of posts across Twitter and Reddit suggested that the game's official art book had made its way to some customers early, with images from the book being shared across social media. On the game's subreddit, a moderator announced that the mod team had been able to confirm that "some individuals do have an early copy of the art book," but
  
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• Starfield seemingly replacing Halo as Xbox Series X flagship franchise

  17-01-2023 11:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield has seemingly begun replacing the Master Chief as the Xbox Series X's mascot. Yesterday on January 16, a Reddit post highlighted how a new Xbox Series X owner in China had their console's packaging adorned with Bethesda's Starfield. Typically, the rear of the new-gen console's packaging would've had Halo's Master Chief emblazoned all over it, but now that honor belongs to Bethesda's new RPG.It might seem little more than a throwaway detail at first, but this really points to Starf
  
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• God of War Ragnarok is cheaper than ever on PS5, thanks to this $20 discount

  17-01-2023 11:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the best games of the last 12 months, God of War Ragnarok, is now cheaper than ever before. Anyone that has been holding off a purchase for the blockbuster sequel might now be tempted to pick up the game, whether that be across PS5 or PS4, with the first sizable discount applied. By heading over to CDKeys, you can take home a digital version of God of War Ragnarok on PS5 for $49.89 – that's a 28% deduction over the typical $69.99 RRP, or equivalent to a $20 saving. Since moving
  
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