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• Steam Deck gets first-ever discount with 10% off all models this week

  16-03-2023 21:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been thinking of buying a Steam Deck, now's a pretty good time to pull the trigger as all models are 10% off for a limited time. This also marks the first time the Steam Deck has had its price slashed, so this is the lowest price yet across the board.You'll find these savings over on the Steam store as part of the 2023 Steam Spring Sale, where the base model Steam Deck with 64GB of storage is on sale for $359.10, down more than $40 from its normal $399 tag. Meanwhile, the 256GB model w
  
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• Here are 15 great games in the 2023 Steam Spring Sale that you can get for $2 or less

  16-03-2023 21:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The 2023 Spring Steam Sale has begun, giving us a full week (ending Thursday, March 23) to agonize over how much of our wishlist we want to impulse buy knowing damn well we won't get to those games for months. Or maybe you're more responsible with your time than I am. In my defense, I have gotten better about buying games without immediate plans to play them, but $2 deals like these can make it hard to resist. I've trawled the Spring Steam sale depths seeking the best super-cheap games arou
  
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• Fortnite adds Unreal Editor next week, enabling Roblox-like creator tools

  16-03-2023 19:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Epic is adding Unreal Editor to Fortnite next week on Wednesday, March 22, enabling players to design and publish their own content à la Roblox.Unreal Editor will bolster Fortnite's existing Creative mode with a suite of new tools and workflows including custom asset import, modeling, materials and VFX, Sequencer, and Control Rig. What this means for creators is that they'll be able to publish their own islands directly into Fortnite for millions of other players to explore and interact w
  
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• Shazam 2 - The comic history of the Olympian Gods

  16-03-2023 19:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam!: Fury of the Gods is all about the relationship between the Shazam Family and the Greek and Roman gods and heroes who give them their powers - some of whom have played significant comic book roles in the DC Universe.Helen Mirren's Hespera leads her fellow Daughters of Atlas in trying to reclaim the aspects of their divinity that were bestowed on the Shazam Family by the Wizard when he first gave Billy Batson his powers. Hespera is joined by Lucy Liu's Kalypso and Rachel Zegler's Anthea,
  
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• Best Nerf Elite Jr. blasters for your kids

  16-03-2023 18:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nerf Elite Jr. blasters are supposed to be easier for young backyard warriors to use than other Nerf toys, but that principle isn't very helpful when you've still got a few different versions to choose from. Which ones are best, and will some be easier for your little ones than others?I was able to try out the entire range and compare them against one another for a better idea of what the best Nerf Elite Jr. blaster is, and you can check out what I found below. (Although many are contenders for
  
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• New art for Dying Light 2 dev's next game suggests parkour might return

  16-03-2023 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dying Light 2's developer has teased their next project with new concept art and what could well be the return of parkour elements.Earlier today, on March 16, Techland tweeted just below, revealing a first glimpse at the studio's narrative-driven fantasy game. That sounds like quite the departure from Dying Light at first, but given the positioning of the sole character in the new concept art, it could well be that climbing and parkour elements could feature in the fantasy game.
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• The Penguin HBO series expands its cast, as James Gunn weighs in on Batman cameo rumor

  16-03-2023 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upcoming HBO max series The Penguin has added some new cast members to it’s line-up. The show, which acts as a spin-off to The Batman, will feature Michael Zegen, James Madio, and Scott Cohen in recurring roles.Per Variety, it’s not yet clear which characters they will be playing but Zegen has been linked to the role of Alberto Falcone. He’s the son of Gotham crime boss Carmine Falcone (John Tuturro in The Batman) and is the brother of Sofia Falcone, who will be played by Crist
  
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• DC brings Batman, Zatanna and Vixen webcomics to print

  16-03-2023 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Three of DC's ongoing webcomic collaborations with WEBTOON are seeing a print release later in the year. Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Vixen: NYC and Zatanna & the Ripper will each be published as collected editions this Fall.DC first teamed up with mobile comics platform WEBTOON back in September 2021 to create stories designed to appeal to fans of all ages, beginning with Batman: Wayne Family Adventures by CRC Payne and StarBite. The weekly series, which sees Bruce Wayne and his ex
  
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• Gears Tactics studio and FPS pro Shroud are making a survival game together

  16-03-2023 17:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The co-developers of Gears Tactics are teaming up with FPS pro Shroud to make a new survival game.Earlier today, March 16, UK-based studio Splash Damage announced it's teaming up with Shroud for its next game. This project, which is also in collaboration with content creator Sacriel, is going to be a brand new "AAA open-world survival game."
  Announcing #ProjectAstrid – a AAA open-world survival game, developed in partnership with @Sacriel & @shroud Find out more: https://t.co/nbHb6iaMf
  
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• Sony says Microsoft could make Call of Duty a "de facto exclusive" in latest attempt to block Activision deal

  16-03-2023 17:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a new response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority's ongoing investigation into the Xbox Activision deal, Sony argues that Microsoft "would have the incentive" to box PlayStation out of the Call of Duty market by making the series "de facto exclusive" to its platform. Sony argues that, "as well as a total foreclosure," Microsoft could pursue partial foreclosure – that is, neutering competition more indirectly – through several means. The most important point here is t
  
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• Exclusive: Disney Lorcana pricing, release date info, a new card, and your first look inside the Illumineer's Trove

  16-03-2023 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal exactly when Disney Lorcana (the new trading card game that's going up against Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon) will be releasing, not to mention how much it'll cost.Split up into two parts, Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter will land slightly earlier in hobby or specialist stores before seeing a full launch. More specifically, Set 1 will be challenging the best card games on shelves this August 18 in specialty/hobby stores, followed by a full mass-market reta
  
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• Exclusive: Disney Lorcana pricing, release date info, a new card, and more

  16-03-2023 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal exactly when Disney Lorcana (the new trading card game that's going up against Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon) will be releasing, not to mention how much it'll cost.Split up into two parts, Disney Lorcana: The First Chapter will land slightly earlier in hobby or specialist stores before seeing a full launch. More specifically, Set 1 will be challenging the best card games on shelves this August 18 in specialty/hobby stores, followed by a full mass-market reta
  
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• Win Owen King's new book The Curator

  16-03-2023 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stephen King is just one of the talented writers in his family. His son Joe Hill has also produced numerous horror and fantasy books, many of them adapted for the screen. And Joe's brother Owen is also a bestselling novelist. Owen's latest, The Curator, is a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm, where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals. Opening just as a largely bloodless revolution has turne
  
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• Scream 6 ending was inspired by the 1996 original – but not in the ways you might think

  16-03-2023 16:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Scream 6. If you've yet to see the movie, and want to remain in the dark until you do, turn back now.With no Neve Campbell and a new city setting, Scream 6 feels a bit more fresh than its predecessor – which introduced a whole bunch of new characters while still bringing Dewey, Gale, and Sidney back to Woodsboro to face off against Ghostface. Heck, the fifth film finale even took place in the same house as the 1996 original's!Turns out, tho
  
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• Win a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Blu-ray box set

  16-03-2023 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Standalone episodic adventures returned to the Star Trek universe last year with Strange New Worlds, a new show following the adventures of Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the Enterprise. And it was extremely well-received: SFX's reviewer called it "the best first season of live-action Star Trek since the original run in 1965", adding, "While the stories have a consciously retro feel, the series' nuanced characterisation allows it to sit happily alongside more contemporary shows."As o
  
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• Ben Affleck says he's not interested in directing a DC movie under James Gunn's leadership

  16-03-2023 16:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite rumors of directing a potential film for Peter Safran and James Gunn's new DC Slate, Ben Affleck wants nothing to do with it."I would not direct something for the [James] Gunn DC. Absolutely not," Affleck told The Hollywood Reporter. "I have nothing against James Gunn. Nice guy, sure he’s going to do a great job. I just wouldn't want to go in and direct in the way they're doing that. I'm not interested in that."Affleck clarified that he was previously interested in directing a Batm
  
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• Microsoft probably didn't just leak a PlayStation-exclusive Superman game

  16-03-2023 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft probably didn't just reveal a Superman game in the works at a PlayStation studio.Earlier today, on March 16, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority published Microsoft's response to the agency's provisional findings. On page 11 of the document, there's a reference to a "Superman" game as a PlayStation exclusive, which would appear at first glance to be a brand new, unannounced title.But let's pump the brakes on that quickly. This new "Superman" game is mentioned alongside Sony Sant
  
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• Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken filmmakers break down the DreamWorks movie's new trailer, working with Jane Fonda, and flipping expectations

  16-03-2023 16:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for the upcoming DreamWorks new movie Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken is here, and it teases an epic coming-of-age story. The footage, which you can watch above, marks the first real look at the animated story about a teenage sea monster in hiding, and also introduces its star-studded voice cast.The teaser begins in the ocean as Jane Fonda's voiceover warns us to forget everything we know about the feared sea monster, the Kraken. They're not the evil beasts feared by many, but are
  
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• I made a cryptid buy a Creme Egg in Disco Elysium's free update

  16-03-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Disco Elysium Collage mode releases today, a sudden free update that's clearly going to have the fan community salivating, as it's an art tool/photo mode that allows players to create scenes within the game itself! Any character, any location, any dialogue, with a range of filters, poses and more to tinker with. Revachol is about to get even more surreal.I got to toy with Collage Mode for a couple of days in advance, and in accordance with the tone of the game, the results varied from tragic
  
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• Naughty Dog won't confirm The Last of Us Part 3, but some fans have convinced themselves it's real anyway

  16-03-2023 15:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Naughty Dog probably isn't working on The Last of Us Part 3 just yet, but that hasn't stopped fans from convincing themselves that it is.Earlier this week, The Last of Us director and Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann revealed that the studio's next game has already been decided but gave us no clue as to what it might be. Although it seems unlikely that we'll be getting The Last of Us Part 3 so soon after The Last of Us Part 2, fans have already begun theorizing that Druckmann's comme
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 episode 3 sets up the return of a major villain

  16-03-2023 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3 episode 3 has set the stage for the return of a key villain. A warning that the following will contain spoilers for the new episode, so turn back now if you're not up to date! The latest installment in the Star Wars show takes a surprising detour from Din Djarin, Bo-Katan Kryze, and baby Grogu to focus mostly on Doctor Pershing, who is living on Coruscant thanks to a rehabilitation program aimed at former Imperials. There, he meets a group of other onetime Impe
  
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• Pedro Pascal shares hilarious BTS video from The Last of Us finale

  16-03-2023 15:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pedro Pascal took to Instagram to post a light-hearted montage of behind-the-scene images and video from the otherwise gut-wrenching The Last of Us finale.The video sees Pascal flub his lines and burst out laughing during a pivotal emotional scene between Joel and Ellie. "Beldro on the hill," Pascal captioned the post. "To The Last of Us cast, creators, and crew. I would stay alive for any of you. Apocalypse level gratitude."The series premiere drew 4.7 million viewers, making it HBO's seco
  
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• Elizabeth Olsen reveals what she'd like to see next for Scarlet Witch in the MCU

  16-03-2023 14:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elizabeth Olsen has opened up about what she hopes is next for her Marvel character Wanda Maximoff, AKA Scarlet Witch. "We can do anything with her now! I feel like we've done so much," Olsen told Screen Rant. "Now, we can really have fun; I feel like there's a lot more humor to be had with her. She's often the emotion of a story, and I'm curious to see what we can explore. And hopefully [we can] give her some redemption."Scarlet Witch was last seen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Ma
  
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• Microsoft is getting absolutely clowned on over its wave of Call of Duty deals

  16-03-2023 14:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft is signing partnerships with just about anyone who'll take them in its attempt to push the Xbox Activision deal over the line, and people are starting to take note.Yesterday, Xbox boss Phil Spencer announced Xbox's fourth 10-year deal in as many weeks. This time it was Ubitus, a company best known for its work on the Nintendo Switch's cloud-based ports, that got 10 years of access to "Xbox PC games as well as Activision Blizzard titles after the acquisition closes." That news came just
  
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• John Wick director says he and Keanu Reeves want to give the franchise "a rest" after Chapter 4

  16-03-2023 14:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The John Wick franchise will be having a rest after John Wick: Chapter 4, according to director Chad Stahelski."In our minds, Keanu and I are done for the moment. We're going to give John Wick a rest. I'm sure the studio has a plan. If everyone loves it and it goes kooky, then we'll take a quiet minute," Stahelski told The Hollywood Reporter."Wicks always, for some weird reason, always get the latest release date in Japan. It's always like, three months later. If it's the same this time, we'll d
  
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• Resident Evil 4 fans stunned after player shares 18-year-old trick to make its hardest room a breeze

  16-03-2023 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Resident Evil 4 Remake only a week away, one fan has revealed that the original's hardest room is a doddle if you know this straightforward trick. Oodles of fans, though, did not know this simple track and are now becoming unglued. When you reach the castle section of the game past the village, you'll eventually come to a pool-filled room known as the Water Hall. It's a pretty sudden difficulty spike, and it's a huge pain. Before entering the room, you have to navigate a whole other ch
  
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• FIFA 25 will be the "best egame for any boy or girl"

  16-03-2023 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  FIFA is confident that its EA Sports FC rival will be the "best egame."Yeah, whatever that means. As reported by The Times writer Martyn Ziegler, FIFA head honcho Gianni Infantino apparently said FIFA's new soccer sim would seek to go "head-to-head" with EA Sports FC. FIFA games will apparently always be the "best egame for any boy or girl," according to Infantino.
  Infantino says FIFA will go head-to-head with EA Sports by launching rival video game (EA Sports refused cash demands to keep FIFA's
  
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• First Evil Dead Rise reactions call it "vicious", "surprising" and a must-see for horror fans

  16-03-2023 13:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Evil Dead Rise reactions are here – and it's being called "vicious", "wild" and "the most extreme entry" in the franchise so far. Shortly after the horror sequel premiered at South by South West festival yesterday (March 15), critics took to social media to share their thoughts on the Lee Cronin-directed flick. Read on to find out what they've been saying..."Evil Dead Rise absolutely rips, (literally). It's gloriously unhinged, and downright depraved," Insider's Eammon Jacobs wro
  
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• Shazam 2 reviews say the film is fun but lacks the charm of the first movie

  16-03-2023 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam! Fury of the Gods reviews are in – and while they're generally positive, most critics agree that the heart that made the first Shazam! movie so special is missing from its follow-up. The film sees the return of Zachary Levi as the titular superhero, while Jack Dylan Grazer is back as his foster brother Freddy Freeman, along with the rest of the Shazamily returning to their roles. Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu join the franchise as villains Hespera and Kalypso, with West Wide Story'
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty won't feature an Edgerunners character after all

  16-03-2023 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty leak has been shot down by CD Projekt Red.Earlier this week, a Cyberpunk 2077 player claimed knowledge of several new quests in the forthcoming Phantom Liberty expansion. The player in question claimed that one mission of the new DLC features the Crystal Palace, a giant spacefaring casino alluded to in the main game and seen in one of its endings, and the return of Falco, one of the few surviving characters from the excellent Cyberpunk 2077 anime spin-off, Edger
  
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• The Sims 4 Growing Together release time - here's when the new pack comes out

  16-03-2023 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Sims 4 Growing Together release time is nearly here, though the latest swathe of content for the life sim hasn't been the easiest to keep up with, so let us break it down for you.Earlier this week, on March 14, EA released a free update for The Sims 4, including the wee babies central to the paid expansion. You've got the infants and all the new cribs, high chairs, bassinets, and toddler-specific CAS items you could need. There are also more build mode features.Growing Together, however, it
  
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• Forspoken reportedly cost $100 million to make, and players are baffled

  16-03-2023 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Forspoken reportedly cost more than $100 million to make.The LinkedIn account of the game's lead writer, Allison Rymer, describes Forspoken as "a fantasy AAA video game ($100,000,000+ budget) with release date set for Fall 2022" (the game's release window before its second delay).The discovery of Rymer's comments comes just a few days after Square Enix said that the game's sales had been "lackluster," and that its financial failings posed a "considerable risk" to its parent company. It's thought
  
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• Depressingly, Final Fantasy 15’s director is making a Metaverse JRPG

  16-03-2023 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 15’s director is now unfortunately heading up a Metaverse-based game.Earlier this week, Hajima Tabata took to his personal Facebook page to announce new details of the ‘Japan Metaverse Economic Forum’ project. In relation to the newly-revealed Metaverse project in Japan, Tabata’s company will create a new RPG based alongside the new platform.“This is the project that we had envisioned when JP GAMES was first established, a project to create a new RPG i
  
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• Silent Hill 2 movie reveals main cast and teases new monster "designs"

  16-03-2023 00:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Return to Silent Hill, the upcoming horror movie based on Silent Hill 2, has revealed its lead cast, and its director has teased some new monster designs.In case you missed its initial reveal, Return to Silent Hill is being directed by Christophe Gans, the director of the 2006 cult classic Silent Hill movie. At the time, we learned a few key insights from Gans and producer Hadida, chiefly that their intent is to respect "the will of the author," but we haven't heard heard much about the project
  
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