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• Dead Island 2's all-new skill deck is the "most exciting addition to the game"

  28-01-2023 23:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dambuster Studios has opened up on one of the "most exciting" new features coming to Dead Island 2: the skill deck.Talking to Game Informer (thanks, NME), creative director James Worrall and lead narrative designer Khan confirmed that the long-awaited - and often postponed - sequel will take place in Los Angeles a full decade after the original game.The team said that LA will almost be a character itself due to "the amazing eccentrics and self-confidence of the city", and believes that the skill
  
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• Horizon Forbidden West multiplayer footage leaks online

  28-01-2023 23:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remember when we told you that a full sequel to Horizon Forbidden West was reportedly planning to incorporate multiplayer? Yup, you've guessed it – "very early in-dev" footage has leaked online.We already knew that Guerrilla was hiring for a dedicated multiplayer experience set in the world of Horizon Forbidden West, as the studio confirmed the rumor shortly thereafter. If real, however, this footage is our first in-game peek at the mode in action.Leaker u/BirdonWheels - who shared the foo
  
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• Atomic Heart developer denies claims that it's harvesting data for Russian authorities

  28-01-2023 00:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Atomic Heart developer Mundfish has denied claims that it's collecting user data and providing it to Russian state authorities.Earlier in the week, a fairly explosive report from AIN.Capital surfaced alleging Mundfish's Russian store website included a clause informing users that their data may be collected and sent to Russian state authorities including the tax office and the Federal Security Service (FSB), a Russian federal body with broad authority to implement government policy on national d
  
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• An oral history of the iconic 1987 Justice League

  28-01-2023 00:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  It started with a "bwah-ha-ha," and it looks like it will never end.It was an upset-the-apple-cart time at DC back in 1987. The company was making tsunami-sized waves with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. Within the DC Universe proper, Superman was getting a massive reboot courtesy of John Byrne and The Man of Steel, and the company was also in the midst of an all-hands-on-deck crossover called Legends.Into this time was born a new Justice League. The immediate prior incarnation was forgett
  
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