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• Thor and Doom battle for the timestream in Thor #33

  18-01-2023 23:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Thor is one of Marvel's oldest and most powerful heroes, and as such he's squared off with many of the biggest, most threatening villains in the Marvel Universe. Now, in his latest arc, he's facing down none other than Doctor Doom in a conflict that spreads not just across multiple worlds, but across time itself.In April's Thor #33 from writer Torunn Grønbekk and artist Nic Klein, the fight heats up as Doom uses the power of a so-called "time storm" to travel through the history of the Ma
  
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• PowerWash Simulator Tomb Raider DLC will let you clean up Lara Croft's filthy home

  18-01-2023 23:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  PowerWash Simulator is adding Tomb Raider DLC as a free addition for all players, letting you blast away the filth that's apparently covering Lara Croft's home.Developer FutureLab also announced that PowerWash Simulator is coming to PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on January 31. And while the Tomb Raider DLC releases on the same day, it's not exclusive to the aforementioned platforms - it'll be a free download for Xbox and PC players as well.Officially titled the Tomb Raider Special Pack, the exp
  
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• Wii Shop Wednesday, the best gaming account on Twitter, is calling it quits

  18-01-2023 23:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Friends, I have sad news to share with you today: Wii Shop Wednesday, the best joke account on gaming Twitter, is coming to an end.If you've been deprived of Wii Shop Wednesday all this time, you'll get the idea from the video below. Every Wednesday, this Twitter account would post the same comedy sketch featuring two dudes riffing on the Wii Shop Channel's now-famous background music, making up lyrics to the song based on the best retro games available through the service.
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• The Rocketeer returns in a new special by Hughes, Lee, Rodríguez, and Noto

  18-01-2023 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  in 2022 IDW celebrated the 40th anniversary of Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer in the limited series The Great Race. It looks like the Rocketeer won the race because he'll return in a May anthology one-hots featuring an all-star line-up of comic book creators including Adam Hughes, Jae Lee, Gabriel Rodríguez, and Phil Noto.The one-shot special includes three stories, and the project began during the production of a documentary about Stevens titled Drawn to Perfection. Its filmmaker Kelv
  
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• Death of the Venomverse arrives just in time for Summer of Symbiotes

  18-01-2023 21:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just as Spider-Man has his own Spider-Verse full of alt-reality spider heroes, so too does his arch-enemy Venom, who has his own Venomverse of symbiotes from across the Multiverse, who even had their own 2017 Venomverse event. In 2023, the Venomverse returns - but it may only be temporary, as the next story in the setting will be titled Death of the Venomverse.Death of the Venomverse was announced on Wednesday, January 18 with little to no details about the story or creative team. All that's bee
  
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• Loki gets his own Marvel Comics series just in time for his Disney Plus return

  18-01-2023 21:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Hiddleston's Loki (plus Sylvie and likely other Loki variants) will return to Disney Plus sometime in summer 2023 for season 2 of his eponymous streaming series.So what do you think Marvel Comics is gonna do?Yup! Loki will get his own four-issue limited series debuting in June. Loki will be written by Dan Watters making his Marvel debut along with artist Germán Peralta.According to the publisher, the newest adventure of the recently ordained God of Stories will introduce a collec
  
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• Sea of Thieves is making "targeted changes" to address unfair PvP practices

  18-01-2023 21:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sea of Thieves is making changes to address an increasingly popular PvP practice that many in the community view as unfair.When Sea of Thieves season 8 went live in November, PvP fans largely hailed it as one of the best updates since launch, but an unfortunate exploit has made it easy for cheaters to game the system and nearly guarantee a win. Put simply, the update's PvP system lets you join one of two factions and invade other players' games for on-demand PvP, with battles taking place in Adv
  
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• Exclusive: new Harry Potter Funko Pop lets you visit Hagrid's hut

  18-01-2023 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've ever wanted to visit Hagrid's Hut, GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal a new addition to the Harry Potter Funko Pop range - a diorama set based on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. (Or the Philosopher's Stone, if you're from the UK.)Featuring figures of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid himself against a backdrop depicting the groundskeeper's home, this Harry Potter Funko Pop recreates the moment where they arrive to find Hagrid warming a (very illegal) dragon egg on the fire. 
  
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• Halo and Starfield devs reportedly affected by Microsoft's 10,000 layoffs

  18-01-2023 20:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft has confirmed plans to lay off 10,000 employees, and reports indicate that gaming divisions like Xbox and Bethesda will be affected.In a statement to employees and investors today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company is "making changes that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce by 10,000 jobs" through the end of March. Nadella says the layoffs represent "less than 5 percent of our total employee base". The company is taking a $1.2 billion charge this financial
  
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• Destiny 2 reveals "Buildcrafting Evolved," game-changing mod updates coming in Lightfall

  18-01-2023 20:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2 Lightfall will totally change the way players create and use loadouts, from combat style mods and armor energy to Artifact mods and Champion counters, as Bungie revealed in a massive deep-dive fittingly dubbed "Buildcrafting Evolved."Let's start with the in-game loadout system coming in Lightfall, which will let Destiny 2 players create, save, share, and instantly equip up to 10 different loadouts without relying on apps like Destiny Item Manager. You will need to unlock the full 10 sl
  
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• Who will be the next Justice League? DC only has 2 real choices

  18-01-2023 20:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Justice League is dead. There is no Justice League. This is a bold statement from DC and Justice League writer Joshua Williamson, but it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Following Justice League #75, in which one of America's oldest superhero teams is destroyed, Dark Crisis will follow the DC Universe as it attempts to move on without legacy heroes Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Zatanna, Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Green Arrow, and Martian Manhunt
  
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• Warzone 2 season 2 delayed as devs make "several changes" based on player feedback

  18-01-2023 19:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warzone 2 season 2 has been delayed to give the developers time to implement several changes based on player feedback.In a statement shared to Twitter, Activision and Infinity Ward revealed that Warzone 2 season 2 is now set to go live on February 15 instead of February 1 as originally planned. In a separate tweet from Infinity Ward discussing the delay, Warzone 2 players are promised "exciting changes" that will affect the game's gulag, looting, and loadout systems."Our studio teams have been m
  
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• Drake shows off a $20,000 used PSP in his latest music video

  18-01-2023 19:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PSP you have kicking around in your desk drawer might get $100 on eBay, but Drake's here to show you what a $20,000 PSP looks like.As you might already have guessed, it looks like a normal PSP, except the plastic case has been replaced with one made out of solid gold. The gold PSP appears prominently in Drake's new Jumbotron Shit Poppin music video, alongside a selection of other extremely expensive odds and ends.Vanity Fair notes that many of these items were custom creations by Jacob &
  
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• This underwater survival horror is designed to "test your thalassophobia," and that's a nope from me

  18-01-2023 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death in the Water 2 is a new survival horror game designed to "test your thalassophobia," and thank goodness, it's launching on PC next week.I don't know anyone who isn't at least a little afraid of the deep sea - with its assortment of utterly godless killing machines like sharks, lampreys, giant squids, and those abominations with sharp teeth and lamps on their heads - and Lighthouse Games Studio seemingly aims to exploit that universal fear. According to National Geographic, we've still only
  
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• "Wind Waker meets Kiki's Delivery Service" is the best game pitch I've heard in a while

  18-01-2023 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  This gorgeous indie has been pitched as The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker meets Kiki's Delivery Service, and honestly, we are so here for it.Mika and the Witch's Mountain is an upcoming indie game that's due to go live on Kickstarter very soon. The delightful game really does look like it could fit in with Studio Ghibli's back catalog. It stars a red-haired witch who flies around town on a broomstick collecting and delivering items, very much like the witch protagonist of the Ghibli film Kiki's De
  
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• FromSoftware sent Ranni the Witch to collect Elden Ring's latest GOTY award

  18-01-2023 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring has bagged another Game of the Year award, and FromSoftware sent the one and only Ranni the Witch to collect its latest trophy. The New York Videogame Critics Circle crowned Elden Ring the best game of 2022 at the recent New York Game Awards. FromSoftware's open-world epic was also nominated for best writing, best music, and best world. It ended up winning best world as well, and Bandai Namco representatives were joined by an impressively dressed Ranni for their acceptance speech
  
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• Returnal PC release date set for February, and with better ray tracing and a lower price than on PS5

  18-01-2023 18:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Returnal officially hits PC on February 15, and a new trailer breaks down some of the improvements the PC port will offer over the original PS5 version.You'll be able to pick up Returnal via Steam or the Epic Games Store on February 15 for $59.99, a nice little discount over the game's $70 price tag on PS5. That new-generation tax proved pretty controversial at Returnal's launch, owing to a perception that the game was smaller in scale than other next-gen titles. But hey, Returnal's now beloved
  
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• Bong Joon-ho’s new movie Mickey 17 will be "heartwarming, wild, and funny" says star Naomi Ackie

  18-01-2023 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Naomi Ackie, one of the stars of Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Mickey 17, has dropped some hints about the mysterious movie. While all we’ve seen so far is a cryptic first look at Robert Pattinson’s character in a tube, the actor promises it will be an "amazing story"."I’m terrified to speak on it," Ackie admits to Total Film about the secrecy around the project, before adding: "The cast on it are incredible, director Bong is one of the most genius and kind me
  
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• For the second time this week, fans of this war game have leaked classified military info to win arguments

  18-01-2023 17:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  For the second time this week, a War Thunder player has leaked classified military intelligence documents to win an argument on a forum.As handily chronicled on a ResetEra thread (where everyone is just as bemused as you and I), a War Thunder player leaked classified military information yesterday on January 17. The user in question somehow thought it'd be a good idea to post classified intel about the F-16 fighter jet on the War Thunder forums to win an argument.If you love military leaks, then
  
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• After 10 years, one of Minecraft's most infamous bugs has been fixed

  18-01-2023 17:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Minecraft test patch has fixed two decade-old bugs, including one of the most infamous issues in the game's history.When you take damage in Minecraft, your character lurches to the left. That's been the case since 2012, but that's not how it's supposed to work. Instead, your character is supposed to react by lurching in the opposite direction of incoming damage. So if an arrow hits you in the back, your character is supposed to lean forward, which would give you a clear indication of where
  
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• One guy in the new Hogwarts Legacy trailer really, really hates owls

  18-01-2023 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Hogwarts Legacy trailer has introduced us to a potential villain that really doesn't like owls. The new trailer, which shows a new cinematic of the game, features a messenger owl that is tasked with taking a letter from one side of the wizarding world to another. During its journey, the little bird will pass through Hogwarts, crossing paths with students and what looks like Nearly Headless Nick, before eavesdropping on some of the Hogwarts professors, and narrowly avoiding the ja
  
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• 'A wild adventure': Brad Pitt, Damien Chazelle, Li Jun Li, and Jovan Adepo on the making of Babylon

  18-01-2023 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Babylon has been a long time coming. In fact, Damien Chazelle first started conceptualizing his eccentric, outrageous, cocaine-infused take on Hollywood's transition from silent pictures to talkies over 15 years ago. "It predated all my movies," he tells Total Film, "but it felt so big that I had to earn my way to it."And earn his way Chazelle certainly did. First, there was Whiplash, an arresting Sundance sensation that won J.K. Simmons an Oscar for his unrelenting performance as a ruthless jaz
  
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• Avatar: The Way of Water once had a Na'vi space battle

  18-01-2023 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar: The Way of Water at one point had a space battle involving the Na'vi, the film's co-writer has revealed. The James Cameron-directed Avatar sequel follows the family of Jake and Neytiri, who are forced to relocate to live with a water tribe by the villainous RDA's relentless efforts to find them. "There was one idea of a space battle with Na'vi," co-writer Rick Jaffa explained to Entertainment Weekly. "That idea got a lot of traction, and we talked a lot about it. We were struggling,
  
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• Dark Web: X-Men #3 gives Madelyne Pryor exactly what she wants

  18-01-2023 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Spider-Man/X-Men crossover Dark Web has focused on clone villains Madelyne Pryor/Goblin Queen and Ben Reilly/Chasm trying to destroy and subsume the lives and memories of their progenitors, Jean Grey and Chasm, respectively.In January 18's Dark Web: X-Men #3, the finale of the X-Men tie-in limited series from writer Gerry Duggan, artists Rod Reis and Phil Noto, and letterer Cory Petit, Madelyne Pryor gets her wish. And somehow, in doing so, she actually manages to somewhat redeem herself fro
  
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• Dead Space remake dev: "I can't play it with headphones at night – it's too f***ing scary"

  18-01-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Dead Space remake is in good shape. Officially unveiled in 2021, originally planned for 2022, and delayed to this year – January 27, to be precise – it's now set to become one of biggest new games for 2023, as well as one of the scariest. Not that its 2008 source material wasn't absolutely terrifying when it graced our screens some 15 years ago, but the reimagining, helmed by Motiv Studios and EA, channels the original's terror beautifully. That's according to our own Leon Hurley
  
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• Clea resurrects Doctor Strange with a kiss, Disney style

  18-01-2023 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been just about a year since Stephen Strange was murdered, leaving his ex-wife Clea to serve as Sorcerer Supreme of both her home realm of the Dark Dimension and of Earth itself in Doctor Strange's absence.Now, in Strange #10 from writer Jed MacKay, artists Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi, and Javi Tartaglia, and letterer Cory Petit, Clea's journey to resurrect Stephen Strange comes to its conclusion with his return to life and into the arms of his former paramour - literally on that last p
  
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• Sins of Sinister may be something totally different than what we expect

  18-01-2023 15:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Is Sins of Sinister everything it has seemed to be in its lead-up?The upcoming X-Men event has been billed as a revisiting of the concept of 1995's Age of Apocalypse event in which the entire X-Men line was temporarily suspended and replaced with a whole slate of titles set in an alternate reality ruled by the villain Apocalypse. Similarly, Sins of Sinister has been advertised as a glimpse into a world ruled by Mister Sinister, the mad mutant geneticist whose cloning technology has been a k
  
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• Persona 4 Golden reportedly runs better on Xbox Series X than PS5

  18-01-2023 15:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Persona 4 Golden reportedly runs better on the Xbox Series X than the PS5, capable of hitting 120Hz on Microsoft's platform.That's according to test conducted by The Mako Reactor earlier this week. According to the outlet, the new version of Persona 4 Golden can achieve a supreme 120Hz when played on the Xbox Series X, but is restricted to 60FPS when played on the PS5 console.However, there's a good reason for this. As we reported last year, Persona 4 Golden (along with Persona 3 Portable) are a
  
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• Mia Goth teases X and Pearl sequel: "It's the best movie of the three"

  18-01-2023 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mia Goth says MaXXXine, Ti West's upcoming sequel to X and Pearl, is "wild" and has the "best script of the three by far". While promoting her new horror sci-fi Infinity Pool, the actor claimed to Variety that the follow-up is "going to be the best movie of the three."  Goth continued: "We're all so tight now. This is going to be our third movie we're working on together and everyone's coming back, so it's bringing the band all back together again."We just have a shorthand with each other.
  
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• New Netflix trailer reveals first look at 2023's biggest releases, including Rebel Moon and Extraction 2

  18-01-2023 14:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has unveiled its 2023 slate of movies, and it looks like it’s going to be a jam-packed year for the streamer. Among those featured in the trailer is Rebel Moon, Zack Snyder's upcoming epic space opera. We also have new details about Extraction 2, Luther: The Fallen Sun (which features on Total Film magazine's cover), and Adam Sandler's Murder Mystery 2. As well as dropping new clips from several original movies (which you can watch above), Netflix also confirmed the release da
  
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• Glass Onion surpasses The Gray Man as it continues to climb Netflix's all-time top 10 chart

  18-01-2023 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is continuing to climb up Netflix's all-time top 10 movies chart – and it's now surpassed the Russo brothers' The Gray Man. The sequel has amassed more than 273 million hours viewed since it was released on December 23, 2022, after a limited week-long theatrical release. By contrast, The Gray Man was watched for 253.8 million hours in its first 28 days on the streamer after it was released in July 2022. Glass Onion, the sequel to 2019's Knives Ou
  
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• Naomi Ackie would love to return for another Star Wars project: "I’d jump on that horse any day"

  18-01-2023 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Naomi Ackie would love to return to a galaxy far, far away – if Lucasfilm will have her. The actor played Jannah, a former stormtrooper turned freedom fighter, in 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. "Of course, if they’d have me, I’d jump on that horse any day," Ackie tells Total Film at the EE BAFTA Rising Star nominees announcement. "I think it’s an incredible universe and I know that they're always telling more stories and making more links to the Star
  
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• Google Stadia is shutting down today, and its fans are starting to say goodbye

  18-01-2023 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Google Stadia is shutting down today, and its fans are giving it an appropriate send-off. The day has finally come, Google Stadia is shutting down today, January 18, 2023. Depending on your timezone, you've got just a few hours left to play your favorite games on Stadia before the cloud gaming service is gone for good on at 11:59PM PT / 02:59AM ET (Jan 19) / 07:59AM GMT (Jan 19).As demonstrated in the Stadia subreddit, fans of the cloud streaming service have mixed feelings about the whole
  
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• Jordan Peele explains the significance of the shoe in Nope

  18-01-2023 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jordan Peele has explained the importance of the shoe in Nope. Before we go any further, be warned that the following contains major spoilers for the movie! In the film, it's eventually revealed that Steven Yeun's Jupe is a survivor of a horrific chimp attack on the set of a sit-com he starred in as a child. While Gordy the chimp maimed Jupe's co-star Mary Jo and killed another, Jupe survived by hiding under a table – and while the rampage was ongoing, he focused on a shoe that was st
  
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• Miyamoto himself saved humanity from the threat of 'Walupeach'

  18-01-2023 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Mario Tennis lead wanted to create a Waluigi-like nemesis for Princess Peach, but Shigeru Miyamoto personally shot the idea down.Earlier this week, the Twitter user just below combed back through old interviews conducted by Japanese outlet Nindori in 2008. One of the interviews, with Mario Tennis lead Shugo Takahashi, reveals that the designer wanted to create "Walupeach" after conceptualizing Waluigi, but Miyamoto wasn't having any of it.
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• Steven Spielberg wants to direct TV: 'I would've directed Mare of Easttown'

  18-01-2023 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steven Spielberg wants to direct TV – and has revealed which of his movies he almost turned into an HBO show."I do have an appetite for longform, and someday, I will direct a longform series," the legendary director, who has only helmed films up until this point, told the Smartless podcast (H/T The Playlist). "I mean, if someone would have brought me Mare of Easttown, I would have done that. That was a beautifully directed story."Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet as a murder detectiv
  
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• Meryl Streep joins Only Murders in the Building season 3

  18-01-2023 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Meryl Streep has joined the cast of Only Murders in the Building season 3. Selena Gomez, who plays self-invented sleuth Mabel Mora on the show, excitedly shared the news on social media recently, as she and her fellow castmates confirmed the third installment has started shooting. In the TikTok video, Gomez introduces herself and her co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin. "Hi guys, we're on set. What are we shooting?! Season 3," she adds, as she pans the camera round to reveal Andrea Marti
  
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• BAFTA EE Rising Star nominations feature Star Wars, Peaky Blinders, and Sex Education stars

  18-01-2023 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The BAFTA EE Rising Star Award nominee shortlist includes stars of 2022’s biggest films, including The Woman King’s Sheila Atim and I Wanna Dance With Somebody’s Naomi Ackie.Also on the list are Sex Education stars Aimee Lou Wood, who recently appeared in awards-favorite Living, and Emma Mackey, star of Bronte biopic Emily. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande's Daryl McCormack, previously best known for a role in Peaky Blinders, rounds out the list. The BAFTA award is the only one vot
  
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• Hogwarts Legacy voice actor issues statement after casting backlash

  18-01-2023 12:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the lead actors in Hogwarts Legacy has issued a statement affirming their support of trans people after backlash following their decision to appear in the game.Sebastian Croft, who provides one of the two available voices for the game's main character, tweeted in response to a now-restricted post from a pro-trans account, saying "I was cast in this project over three years ago, back when all Harry Potter was to me, was the magical world I grew up with. This was long before I was aware of
  
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• God of War Ragnarok beats Elden Ring in PS5's best-selling games in 2022 on PS Store

  18-01-2023 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  God of War Ragnarok bested Elden Ring as the better-selling game for 2022 on the PlayStation Store.Yesterday on January 17, the PlayStation Blog charts for the PS Store throughout the whole of 2022, revealing which games sold the best over the course of the year. Although Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 took the title of the most-downloaded PS5 game throughout 2022 in North America, it was followed closely behind by God of War Ragnarok.In third position was NBA 2K23, while Elden Ring slotted in a
  
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• Netflix unveils its biggest-ever lineup of Korean movies and TV shows

  18-01-2023 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has unveiled its biggest-ever lineup of Korean content, featuring a total of 34 new movies and TV shows arriving on the streamer in 2023. Squid Game, released back in 2021, marked the boom in Korean titles for Netflix, with the show quickly becoming the platform's most-watched series ever, and the streamer is keen to replicate its success. "Over the last year, Korean series and films have regularly featured in our Global Top 10 list in more than 90 countries, and three of Netfl
  
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• Super Mario Odyssey fans want a sequel so bad that an email from Nintendo has got their hopes up

  18-01-2023 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Speculation surrounding a Super Mario Odyssey sequel has increased after Nintendo sent out an email about the game, five years after its release.As highlighted by Twitter user @NintyPrime, Nintendo customers are receiving emails from the company about Super Mario Odyssey. This is probably nothing more than a promotional email, but what's strange is that Nintendo has sent out an email dedicated to a game that has received minimal extra support in the years since its launch. 
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• Amber Midthunder teases potential Prey sequel

  18-01-2023 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amber Midthunder has given an update on a potential Prey sequel – and she's open to returning for more. The actor played Naru in the Predator prequel. "I don't have a date for you," Midthunder told Variety. "This is not an announcement, but I'm not saying it's not." She added: "We talk all the time about all kinds of things and that was probably one."When asked if she wants a sequel, the actor said: "Of course. I'm ready. I loved that experience, I love that movie and I would be happy
  
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• Channing Tatum goes into more detail on why his Gambit movie was scrapped

  18-01-2023 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Channing Tatum has again opened up about why his dream project, starring X-Men hero Gambit, was shelved following Disney’s acquisition of Fox in 2019."It got swallowed up into Disney by way of Marvel when they bought Fox, and ultimately I just think that the tone of the movie we wanted to make was very far from what they wanted to do," Tatum told Vanity Fair of the unmade Gambit movie, which began development in 2014 and ultimately had three different directors – Rupert Wyatt, Doug L
  
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• The Day Before: Everything we know about the new survival MMO

  18-01-2023 11:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Day Before is an ambitious upcoming survival MMO from developer Fntastic that has quickly become one of the most anticipated new games for 2023. Set in post-pandemic America, the open-world we'll be exploring is said to be overrun by zombie-like infected inhabitants who have a taste for flesh. But that's not the only threat we'll have to contend with – other survivors are willing to kill for valuable resources in the name of survival. First announced in 2021, The Day Before continues t
  
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• Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition gets vote of support from key European trade union

  18-01-2023 11:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The European Games Developer Federation has officially lent its support to Microsoft in its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.Earlier this week on January 16, the EGDF published its official statement on the potential acquisition, making its stance clear. "EGDF supports Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition, as its potential positive impacts on the competition in game markets, in general, outweigh the limited console and subscription market-specific competition concerns," the s
  
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