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• 20 years later, Pokemon Red and Blue pals can finally be freed from their Gen 1 prisons with this homebrew

  20-03-2023 23:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're like me, you have an old GBA somewhere in your parents' attic which you've presumed to be the final resting place for so many Pokemon Red and Blue pals you caught during your childhood. Not so fast! Thanks to a new homebrew, you can rescue your old Pokemon from their Gen 1 prisons and add them to your current collection, including Pokemon Home and Pokemon Bank.For the uninitiated, the Pokemon games are impressively streamlined when it comes to trading between generations. Right now, yo
  
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• Shadow and Bone season 2 is called an "emotional rollercoaster" in positive fan reactions

  20-03-2023 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shadow and Bone season 2 has arrived – and everyone is crying, screaming, and throwing up.Per Netflix, the new season sees Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) and Mal Oretsev (Archie Renaux) on General Kirigan aka The Darkling (Ben Barnes) and his seemingly indestructible new army by rallying their own powerful new allies and beginning a "continent-spanning journey to find two mythical creatures that will amplify her powers. Back in Ketterdam, a chance at a deadly heist sends the Crows once agai
  
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• Warlock: Rebirth returns to the Infinity Watch era with the brand new Eve Warlock in tow

  20-03-2023 21:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Adam Warlock has been a cult favorite Marvel hero since he was revamped into his current cosmic incarnation in the '70s. And back at his peak in the early '90s, Warlock was part of a team called Infinity Watch that stood guard over the Infinity Stones (or the Infinity Gems, as they were called at the time).Now, in Warlock: Rebirth, writer Ron Marz and artist Ron Lim are returning to that early '90s heyday for a brand new adventure set against the backdrop of the Infinity Watch. But the veteran c
  
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• Willow showrunner says season 2 might still happen

  20-03-2023 21:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Willow may not be cancelled after all, despite earlier reports."A decision was made last week to release our main cast for other series opportunities that may arise for them in the coming year," showrunner Jonathan Kasdan wrote in a lengthy Twitter statement. "With all the TV and movies in production around the world, it feels unfair to limit an actor's availability without a clear sense of when you're going to need them again. It's further trivialized by the simple reality that the scripts
  
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• Jordan Peele's next movie announced: we know (almost) nothing and I'm already excited

  20-03-2023 21:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jordan Peele's next movie is set for a Christmas 2024 release – and that's basically all we know so far.Earlier today, Universal Pictures added "Untitled Fourth Film Directed by Jordan Peele" to its release calendar. This means the movie will open just one week after Avatar 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, both of which are projected to be blockbusters.And if that isn't cryptic enough, Universal also removed "Untitled animated film" from its September 27, 2024 slot and added an untitled film fr
  
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• A new symbiote, a new X-Men title, and more new characters will debut in Marvel's Voices: Pride 2023

  20-03-2023 19:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Voices: Pride is returning for 2023 with another installment of Marvel's anthology comic series which usually focuses on characters and creators from marginalized populations - in this case, members of the LGBTQIA+ community. And like with the 2021 and 2022 editions of Marvel's Voices: Pride, the publisher is promising the introduction of a brand-new character… in fact, several new characters.
  (Image credit: Marvel Comics)
  First up, a new symbiote character will be introduced in
  
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• If you win this Diablo 4 promo, someone will come to your house and do your chores for you while you play

  20-03-2023 19:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Diablo 4 sweepstake is giving you the chance to have an actual person come to your house and do your chores while you play the upcoming open beta.'In this highly unusual promo, Blizzard is giving away $200 gift cards to the US-based home services app Thumbtack, which you can use to hire local professionals to take care of that stack of dishes in your sink, do your laundry, or fix your squeaky fan. Basically, you're going to need the whole entire Diablo 4 beta weekend to earn that adorable
  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare takes up almost as much hard drive space as every 3DS game combined

  20-03-2023 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  New consoles and PCs come with a generous amount of hard drive space for installing your favourite games, but you can quickly run out of room by downloading just a few modern AAA titles. Of course, these games benefit from gorgeous graphics and gargantuan worlds compared to older games, but at a massive cost of hard drive space, so much so that you could store an entire library of games from an older machine for the same amount of space that one modern game requires. As spotted by Twitter u
  
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• Ben Affleck's Air called a "feel-good crowd-pleaser" in positive first reactions

  20-03-2023 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ben Affleck's new drama Air, which charts Nike's iconic team-up with basketball star Michael Jordan, is earning positive first reactions following its premiere at South by Southwest. In fact, it went down so well with attendees, it seems, that it landed "the biggest standing ovation" of the festival, according to Twitter.The movie centers on Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), the real-life sneaker salesman who signed Michael Jordan to his first endorsement deal with Nike back in the '80s. While the col
  
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• Paradox's The Sims rival Life by You gets September early access release

  20-03-2023 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paradox revealed more about its upcoming life sim Life by You today, including the game's open-world setting, customization options, dialogue system, and its all-important early access release date. During the Life by You announcement event, Paradox debuted a brand new trailer that showed off more of the upcoming game. As explained by The Sims veteran (and current Paradox manager) Rod Humble, Life by You is a completely open-world game - meaning it doesn't have any loading screens and you'l
  
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• Rachel Zegler calls out "senselessly mean" Shazam 2 reviews

  20-03-2023 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rachel Zegler has responded to negative Shazam 2 reviews. "Our film is actually really good! But mostly I just absolutely loved making it and the people i met whilst doing so :) go see it! give it a chance. we have an 85% audience score for a reason," Zegler tweeted."Some people out there and just being… senselessly mean. And it's unnecessary. And I know, I know, 'If you can't handle the heat…' and all that nonsense, and you're right. But our film is actually very good. It's j
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 episode 4 title sets up a major Grogu reveal

  20-03-2023 17:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3 episode 4 title has been revealed – and it hints at a big reveal about Grogu and Order 66. Carl Weathers, who plays Greef Karga in the Disney Plus series, confirmed on Twitter that he'd be directing episode 4, and he also unveiled the title (H/T Screen Rant). "YES it's true! Yours truly directed The Foundling and it's streaming this coming week on Disney+," he wrote in response to a fan question. The foundling in question is most likely Grogu, considering
  
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• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor trailer finally shows fan-favorite Merrin

  20-03-2023 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new story-centric trailer for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has released online, finally giving fans a glimpse of Merrin.Earlier today on March 20, EA and Respawn debuted the new trailer just below for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. This story-driven trailer for the sequel finally shows the return of Merrin, the fan-favorite character from Jedi: Fallen Order, complete with a redesigned look in the five years between the two games.This time, Merrin has a decidedly more serious air about her. The Nightsis
  
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• Diablo 4 players want one very specific change

  20-03-2023 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 players want the in-game chat window moved to the left side of the screen, please and thank you.Now that Diablo 4 has finally opened the gates of hell for players to enter in the past weekend's Early Access Open Beta, feedback has began circulating online. One popular, and very specific, topic of discussion is the chat window being on the right side of the screen, which is proving a big bug bear for plenty of players.
  Move. The chat window. To the LEFT. For the sake of our necks. from r
  
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• New content is on the way for last year's weirdest FPS

  20-03-2023 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  New content is on the way for Squanch Games' sometimes wonderful, always weird FPS High on Life. High on Life launched late last year to a very mixed reception. Some greatly enjoyed its wacky humour and chatty weapons, while others were less than impressed. Still, love it or loathe it, it appears that more content for the FPS is in the pipeline. Developer Squanch Games recently shared a tweet saying, "New High on Life content loading". This was accompanied by an 8-second video in which
  
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• Kingdom Hearts 4 got a behind-the-scenes pivot after its reveal, but its director won't say why

  20-03-2023 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts 4 director Tetsuya Nomura revealed that the upcoming sequel changed direction after it was announced, but didn't explain why or how. As revealed by Twitter user @aibo_ac7 (and translated by @aitaikimochi), Nomura made an appearance during the Kingdom Hearts Second Breath concert in Tokyo over the weekend, and revealed that something happened shortly after Kingdom Hearts 4's announcement which "determined the direction" of the series.Joining series composer Yoko Shimomura on s
  
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• Valheim's Xbox exclusivity lasts for six months

  20-03-2023 15:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valheim could come to PlayStation after its six-months Xbox console exclusivity period ends.As reported by Twisted Voxel, an email sent out to Xbox Game Pass subscribers notifies them of Valheim's console launch via the subscription service as of last week. However, the email also reveals via fine print that Xbox has a six-months console exclusivity period for Valheim.This could theoretically mean that Valheim launches on PlayStation devices after the six-month period ends. This detail hasn't ac
  
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• Elden Ring players died to Malenia more than 300 million times

  20-03-2023 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The total Elden Ring death count is well into the billions - and Malenia is responsible for an awful lot of that.In a new infographic released to celebrate the game's first anniversary, publisher Bandai Namco confirmed "over nine billion" deaths. 69% of those deaths came at the hands of official enemies, with another 29% coming from fall damage and status effects like Blood Loss and Scarlet Rot. The final 2% - still amounting to 180 million deaths - came at the hands of other players.The infogra
  
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• The Rings of Power adds Game of Thrones and Star Wars actors to season 2

  20-03-2023 15:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon has announced that three new actors will be joining the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 – including Game of Thrones and Star Wars alumni.Ciarán Hinds, Rory Kinnear, and Tanya Moodie will appear in undisclosed "recurring" roles for the Prime Video series, which is currently filming in the UK.It marks a leap from Westeros to Middle-earth for Hinds, who is perhaps best known to fantasy fans as Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones. The actor – who was
  
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• Netflix has got 70 games in development with partner studios and 16 with its in-house studios

  20-03-2023 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix plans to release 40 more games to its streaming platform this year, with 70 currently in development with its partner studios, and 16 on the way from its in-house studio.In a press briefing, Vice President and Head of External Games at Netflix Leanne Loombe revealed that the company has 40 games still set to release later this year as well as 70 games in development with Netflix's partner studios, not to mention 16 games currently in development at the company's in-house game studios. So
  
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• Shazam 2 director says no Black Adam crossover is "a missed opportunity"

  20-03-2023 14:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has opened up on the lack of a Shazam and Black Adam crossover in the DCU. Black Adam is a regular foe of Billy Batson's in the pages of DC Comics, but in the movies, the two have never crossed paths – and with the universe shortly rebooting for DCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, it seems unlikely that they ever will.  "No, not really," Sandberg told The Hollywood Reporter, when asked if he was disappointed at not getting the o
  
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• Scream 6 writers say they worked out who Ghostface should be while penning the script

  20-03-2023 14:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Scream 6. If you've yet to see the movie, proceed with caution.While Scream 6 switches Woodsboro for New York City and doesn't feature Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott, it still embraces certain traditions of the franchise – particularly when it comes to its killer reveal. Now, though, writers Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt have revealed that the twist wasn't actually their original plan.In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Busick
  
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• Rye Lane director reveals how she made that iconic cameo happen

  20-03-2023 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  New London rom-com Rye Lane is aware of its history, but knows it's paving the way for something different. The film, from director Raine Allen-Miller, pays homage to the British romantic comedies that came before it, with tongue-in-cheek references to movies like Bridget Jones. There are also a few fun cameos in the film, including by comedian Munya Chawawa, but one in particular stands out.  When leading duo Yas (Vivian Oparah) and Dom (David Jonsson) head to a south London burrito t
  
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• This Resident Evil 4 remake anime is the best thing you'll see this week

  20-03-2023 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Resident Evil 4 remake has a got a bonkers but downright adorable anime adaptation from Capcom.Well, maybe "adaptation" is a bit generous. The first episode of Capcom's incredibly creative marketing vehicle for Resident Evil 4 remake can be seen just below, showing a cutesy Leon S. Kennedy roaming around a village of deadly but undeniably charming villagers, before taking an axe to the head and summarily dying."I wonder where Ashley is," Leon wonders aloud to himself, before approaching a vi
  
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• The fate of your Wii U relies on a literal lottery

  20-03-2023 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Game preservation communities attempting to fix dying Wii U consoles are discovering that the lifespan of the console might just be a matter of luck.Over the weekend, YouTuber Voultar documented their efforts to bring "unrecoverable" Wii U consoles back to life after reports that not using the machine for a lengthy period of time could contribute to its untimely demise. As the system's eShop approaches its close, those reports sparked notable concern, as players would lose access to its games as
  
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• Reviews for new Netflix comedy-drama Beef draw comparisons to Succession and The Bear

  20-03-2023 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steven Yeun is back in a live-action leading TV role for the first time since The Walking Dead, as he joins Ali Wong in new Netflix dark comedy Beef. The pair play Danny and Amy, two strangers whose lives converge after they're involved in a road rage incident. Over the course of the show's 10 episodes, the pair's lives become more and more entangled as their feud consumes their lives. The first reviews for the show are now out after the series premiered at SXSW Festival, and critics are fu
  
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• Shazam 2 director says more post-credits cameos fell apart days before filming

  20-03-2023 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has revealed that more DC characters were supposed to cameo in the movie – but it all fell apart days before cameras were set to roll. A warning that the following will contain Shazam 2 spoilers, so turn away now if you haven't seen the movie yet! In the Shazam 2 post-credits scene, Jennifer Holland's Emilia Harcourt and Steve Agee's John Economos show up to try and recruit Billy Batson to the Justice Society of America, on behalf of
  
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• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves creators on expanding the existing D&D world

  20-03-2023 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The grandaddy of roleplaying gets an irreverent makeover in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. In an exclusive interview with SFX Magazine in the new issue, which features the movie on the cover, writer/directors Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, and Jeremy Latcham share how they created a new world for the movie, while still doing the world of Dungeons & Dragons justice.Although the team admits to occasionally bending the stricter rules of the gameplay in the name of dramati
  
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• Sonic Frontiers gets its first major DLC update this week, and it's free

  20-03-2023 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic Frontiers is getting its first major DLC update this week, and what's more, it won't cost you a thing. Sonic Frontiers launched late last year, and if you've already zoomed your way around the Starfall Islands and done everything there is to do there, then fear not, as new content is only a few days away.As reported by VGC, Sega has announced that Sonic Frontiers' first DLC, titled "Sights, Sounds and Speed", will be released on Thursday, March 23. This is the first of three content u
  
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• The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann teases season 2 with cryptic Abby post

  20-03-2023 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann has offered up some cryptic details about the HBO show's season 2, including the introduction of its complicated antagonist Abby Anderson. The Naughty Dog president, who wrote the video game in which the series is based, took to Twitter recently to share a seemingly fan-made poster – which doesn't feature all that much on it, aside from a muscular arm holding a hammer. Those who have played the game, though, instantly recognized the arm's as Ab
  
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• Disney Plus removes release date windows from several upcoming Marvel series

  20-03-2023 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  After The Marvels' release date was pushed back by a further four months, it seems that more MCU delays could be on the cards – Disney Plus has removed the release windows for several of its upcoming Marvel shows and replaced them with something much vaguer. Secret Invasion, What If…? season 2, and Loki season 2 have all had their respective release windows changed to read "coming soon" on the streamer. Secret Invasion was originally meant to be released in "spring 2023", while
  
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• Hideo Kojima finally comments on confusion surrounding Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes

  20-03-2023 12:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the ninth anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, director Hideo Kojima has reflected on the game's launch.Earlier today on March 20, Kojima took to his English-facing Twitter account to muse on the launch of The Phantom Pain's prologue. The director revealed it was originally his intention to have Ground Zeroes as part of The Phantom Pain, acting as a prologue to the wider game itself.Kojima goes on to explain that Ground Zeroes was an "experiment," meant to test the waters for an
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 could feature the "very cool" new dialogue technology Insomniac has been working on

  20-03-2023 12:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Insomniac's next game will feature "very cool" new dialogue technology, and this could mean it'll appear in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 or Marvel's Wolverine.As spotted by TwistedVoxel, in a recent livestream from Insomniac over on Twitch, lead engine programmer Elan Ruskin revealed: "There's some very cool dialogue technology coming out in the next game." Although exciting, this was all that the developer revealed, we're not even entirely sure what game Ruskin was referring to. Taking into consi
  
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• After a Starfield rating confirms no sex, fans are already turning to modders to change that

  20-03-2023 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Starfield fans are already turning to the game's modding community to address the lack of 'romantic' content in the upcoming RPG.Last week, the Australian rating board revealed its 'Restricted' rating for Starfield, basing its judgement on the game's "interactive drug use." That rating also revealed a 'None' listing under the 'Sex' category, suggesting that Starfield is an entirely chaste experience.That's not a huge surprise - Skyrim is a pretty sexless game, and when you do bump uglies in Fall
  
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• Tom Cruise has seen The Flash – and he's such a fan he cold-called the director

  20-03-2023 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise has not only seen The Flash, but he's such a fan he cold-called director Andy Muschietti to share the love, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Per the publication's sources, Cruise asked Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav if he could see the film, after the CEO mentioned how good the movie is in a meeting that took place in late February. The film was then taken directly to Cruise's home, accompanied by an employee for Warner Bros., who then spirited it away again when Cr
  
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• Zack Snyder is helping make a RPG based on his next movie

  20-03-2023 11:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zack Snyder is helping developer a RPG based around his forthcoming movie, Rebel Moon.Speaking on The Nerd Queens show last week, Snyder revealed some details surrounding Rebel Moon that even he didn't know if he should be talking about. Snyder reveals he was pitched a game surrounding his upcoming Netflix movie, Rebel Moon, and he jumped at the opportunity.Snyder talks briefly about how he's effectively gone all in on the game, offering up any lore bits and other information to the game develop
  
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• Shazam 2 director on bringing together *that* major DC cameo – and the "lame" backup plan

  20-03-2023 10:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has spoken about the sequel’s major DC cameo – and why he thought it wouldn’t actually happen.Spoilers for Shazam! Fury of the Gods follow."I don’t remember exactly how it came about, but we wanted a real cameo this time. Henry Cavill was supposed to be in the first one and that didn’t work out," Sandberg says on the Inside Total Film podcast, referring to the first movie’s post-credits scene which featured S
  
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