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• Annapurna narrative puzzler Storyteller launches next week

  18-03-2023 20:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Described as "a unique and creative spin on the puzzle genre", the award-winning Storyteller will launch on March 23 on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch."You’re given a variety of iconic characters, settings, and emotions to build tales of love, betrayal, and revenge," teases publisher Annapurna Interactive, which is publishing Daniel Benmergui's game."You’ll create everything from supernatural fantasies and Shakespearean tragedies to myths of creation and much more!""Play with a lib
  
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• Bungie and Guerilla Games issue statements to honor Lance Reddick

  18-03-2023 19:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Two of gaming's biggest studios have issued statements to honor the life of iconic actor and voice actor, Lance Reddick. Destiny developer Bungie, and Horizon franchise studio, Guerilla, both took to Twitter overnight to share their collective grief over Reddick's shocking death."Thank you, Lance Reddick, for everything you’ve brought to the character of Sylens, for sharing your infinite talent and wisdom with us, for your generous warmth and inimitable presence, and for your profound
  
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• Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin says that cheese grater moment is just the beginning: "I definitely don't hold back"

  18-03-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  When the first Evil Dead Rise trailer landed online back in January, horror fans rushed to social media to comment on one particular moment in the red-band clip: when possessed mother Ellie uses a cheese grater on her sister's leg. Now, director Lee Cronin has "warned" genre lovers that there are plenty more shocking scenes where that came from in the supernatural sequel.In the new issue of SFX magazine, which features Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on the cover, the filmmaker expla
  
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• Chris McKay still wants to make his Nightwing movie – but hasn't spoken to James Gunn

  18-03-2023 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chris McKay still wants to make his Nightwing movie, though he hasn't spoken to DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn. Since Gunn and fellow co-CEO Peter Safran took the reins, the DCU has undergone a major shake-up; the duo announced their first stage of projects – part of Chapter One: Gods and Monsters – earlier this year, and the line-up includes the likes of a new Batman and Robin movie and a new Superman film. Speaking to SFX Magazine in the new issue, which features Dungeons &
  
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• Layers of Fear will release in June - here's a brand new 11-minute teaser to celebrate

  18-03-2023 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Horror masters Bloober Team has released a brand-new teaser of its upcoming reimagined horror, Layers of Fear.Containing 11-minutes of "gameplay walkthrough", the teaser sees us "follow the Painter from the original Layers of Fear, and join the Writer – a recently unveiled character – for a closer look at the latest installment in the Layers franchise"."As The Writer, enter the lone and ghastly Lighthouse – a newly-introduced location – and uncover an untold story that li
  
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• Rust dev cancels community meetup event following "IRL threat"

  18-03-2023 11:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rust developer Facepunch games has cancelled a planned community meetup at GDC following an "IRL threat".In a tweet posted to the studio's official Rust account, the team said that it was "not a statement" it was "happy to announce", but insisted that "developers are indeed humans" and had no choice but to cancel the event "when threats arise"."This is not a statement we're happy to announce," the message begins, as spotted by PC Gamer. "Due to an IRL threat we must take seriously, we're going t
  
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• Bella Ramsey says The Last of Us season 2 is likely coming "end of 2024, early 2025"

  18-03-2023 00:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey predicts the series' second season will premiere either in late 2024 or early 2025.The first season of the tremendously successful HBO series concluded last week, and it sounds like we could be waiting almost two years for a new episode. In an appearance on the Jonathan Ross show (via Independent), Ramsey shared this update about the filming and potential release timing of The Last of Us season 2:"It will be a while. I think we'll probably shoot at the end of thi
  
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