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• Fortnite's brain-melting new mod tools have already transformed it into Dark Souls, Silent Hill, and Call of Duty

  22-03-2023 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today, Epic launched Unreal Editor for Fortnite (or UEFN), an absurdly powerful set of mod tools that have already been used to transform the battle royale into entirely new types of games.Fortnite has allowed and encouraged robust custom maps and game modes for some time through its Creative mode, but UEFN adds much more in-depth creation features straight out of Unreal Engine 5 itself. That means that users will be able to create all-new games within Fortnite, similar to something like Roblox.
  
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• Hellblade 2 shows its face for the first time in 9 months, but it's literally just a face

  22-03-2023 21:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has reared its gloriously detailed head after nine months of silence, but after all this time, I was hoping for more than a facial animation showcase.That being said, the new Hellblade 2 footage from GDC 2023 is impressive as hell, showing the titular, wild-eyed protagonist Senua up close as she emotes through a range of intense expressions. "We're pushing the boundaries of realtime facial animation in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, as showcased at GDC23 with Unreal Engin
  
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• Counter Strike 2 release window and everything we know so far

  22-03-2023 20:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Counter Strike 2 is coming, and it's immediately become one of our most anticipated upcoming PC games of 2023. That's because it has been almost a decade since Counter-Strike: Global Offensive launched, and because Valve is teasing that "Counter-Strike 2 is the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history." There's new tech to reduce input lag, a focus on overhauled visual effects and lighting, and changes being made to the most iconic CS: GO maps. The Counter Strike 2 reveal
  
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• I really hope this Resident Evil 4 remake NPC's savage fakeout is just a fluke

  22-03-2023 19:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm psyched for the Resident Evil 4 remake, but this clip showing an enemy AI seemingly juking out a player has me nervous about my survival odds.In my opinion, the original Resident Evil 4 is a challenging enough game without NPCs busting out pump fakes like pro basketball players to land their kill shots. But that appears to be exactly what the baddie in this Reddit clip did to an unsuspecting player. Check it out:
  Enemy AI In Resident Evil 4 Remake from r/gaming
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• Final Fantasy 16 reignites an exhausting debate about video game squeeze holes

  22-03-2023 19:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  A brief new Final Fantasy 16 clip has revealed that the game features tight spaces to squeeze through, and these squeeze holes are reigniting one of the most exhausting debates in gaming.The clip was posted by the Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Twitter account, and is meant to show how your canine companion Torgal can help guide you to points of interest in the world. In this case, Torgal points to a crack in the wall, which leads to a secret area. Everyone's focus has been on the animation of Clive
  
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• Former Dragon Age lead explains how writing lore books led him to design settings like a tabletop RPG book

  22-03-2023 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former BioWare veteran Mike Laidlaw has popped up at GDC to give a talk on building a new intellectual property, leaning on his experience creating Dragon Age games and more to do so.As various people who attended the talk have now shared on Twitter, one piece of advice Laidlaw gives is to design your setting or lore like a TTRPG book. Simply put, it's entertaining, easy to learn from, and handy for sharing with others, online or offline. Laidlaw goes on to explain that working on Dragon Ag
  
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• Moon Knight #14 brings back long lost villain Morpheus

  22-03-2023 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Moon Knight has been busy tussling with new foes at his Midnight Mission in the most recent volume of his title, but now an old enemy returns. Here's an exclusive first look at Stephen Segovia's cover for Moon Knight #24, seen below, which brings back classic villain Morpheus after more than two decades away.Written by Jed Mackay with art by Federico Sabbatini, the new issue sees Robert Markham - AKA Morpheus - return to battle Marc Spector once more. The character, created by Doug Moench and Bi
  
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• BAFTA TV Awards 2023 nominates This is Going to Hurt, Bad Sisters, Wednesday, and more

  22-03-2023 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  This is Going to Hurt and The Responder have bagged the most nominations in the BAFTA Television Awards 2023. Each show, which star No Time to Die's Ben Whishaw and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Martin Freeman respectively, earned spots in six categories, including Leading Actor.Other series that were recognized include Bad Sisters, The Crown, Slow Horses, and The English, all of which received five nominations apiece. In terms of reality shows, The Masked Singer, RuPaul's Drag Race, and last
  
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• Little Nightmares developer shares a look at its next game, and ooh it's eerie

  22-03-2023 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Little Nightmares developer Tarsier Studios has teased fans with another small glimpse of its upcoming game.On March 22, Tarsier shared from its Twitter account a very eerie-looking screenshot that in all honestly, doesn't look like very much. The gloomy scene is hard to make out, but it's easily recognizable as a game from the Little Nightmares studio. If you zoom in on the bottom of the image, it does look as though a group of beings is sitting around some kind of light source perhaps in
  
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• Resident Evil 4 remake provides a workaround for a terrifying enemy

  22-03-2023 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil 4 remake will give you a way to counter one of the original's most dreaded enemies.If you're unfamiliar with the original Resident Evil 4, the terrifying Garrador is a blind enemy that uses sound to hunt you down. Oh, and deadly Wolverine-like claws attached to its hands. The enemy was a royal pain in the original game, but now Capcom is giving players a neat little trick to counter the Garrador in Resident Evil 4 remake.In the brief gameplay snippet just below from PlayStation's U
  
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• Here's how to access the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test

  22-03-2023 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Counter-Strike 2 limited test is here, allowing a select few to try out the next generation of Valve's FPS before its release this summer. Announced alongside the new game, the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test is described as the start of the journey, available to "select CS:GO players." Valve will be using the testing period to evaluate various features and iron out any issues before launch.
  How do I access the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test?
  Valve's put together a handy FAQ outlining how
  
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• Counter-Strike 2 confirmed by Valve, and it's coming, for free, this summer

  22-03-2023 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Counter-Strike 2, the next generation of Valve's iconic FPS, and the follow-up to CS:GO, has been announced after a lengthy period of rumours.Three new videos, announcing a "move beyond tick rate," levelled up maps, and responsive smoke grenades, dropped earlier today. At the end of those videos, Valve confirmed the game's title, as well as a summer 2023 release window and a limited test starting today.Hints as to the future of Counter-Strike have been appearing over the past few weeks, although
  
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• Counter-Strike 2 confirmed by Valve

  22-03-2023 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Counter-Strike 2, the next generation of Valve's iconic FPS, and the follow-up to CS:GO, has been announced after a lengthy period of rumours.Three new videos, announcing a "move beyond tick rate," levelled up maps, and responsive smoke grenades, dropped earlier today.This story is developing....
  
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• Redfall PS5 version was in development, but cancelled after the Xbox buyout

  22-03-2023 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  A PS5 version of Redfall was in development at Arkane, but was abruptly cancelled after Microsoft purchased Bethesda.In an interview with IGN France, creative director Harvey Smith said that "we were acquired by Microsoft and it was change with a capital C. They came in and they said 'no PlayStation 5, we're focusing on Xbox, PC, and the Game Pass'." Smith went on to say that the cancellation of the PS5 version was something of a positive; "It's [...] a good decision I think. [It helps to]
  
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• The first Final Fantasy MMO is heading to maintenance mode with no new update scheduled

  22-03-2023 17:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  The team working on Final Fantasy 11 has been scaled down, meaning the game is essentially in maintenance mode now. As revealed by the new Final Fantasy 11 producer Yoji Fujito (who will be taking over from Akihiko Matsui) in an official blog post, the development team working on the long-running MMORPG has been scaled down in order to give the team a chance to work on other projects and develop their careers. What this means is that there are less people working on the Final Fantasy game a
  
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• Resident Evil 4 remake anime parodies the original's most annoying feature

  22-03-2023 17:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil 4's second anime episode takes the worst thing about the original game and puts a hilarious twist on it.Earlier today on March 22, Capcom and Nippon Animation put out the second episode of their charming Resident Evil 4 anime series, which you can see just below. The sophomore episode is all about Leon finally meeting Ashley, whereupon the latter proceeds to be kidnapped and placed in perilous situations over and over again.Resident Evil 4 veterans will probably tell you this was o
  
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• Finally, some details about Horizon Forbidden West's Burning Shores DLC

  22-03-2023 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Burning Shores pre-orders are now live, and they're giving us some long-awaited information about the price and content of the Horizon Forbidden West DLC.We now know that Burning Shores will cost $19.99 / €19.99 / £15.99. You can pay that price right now for a pre-order which will get you access to two unique digital bonuses: the Blacktide Dye Outfit, which you can pick up from the first dye merchant you meet, and the Blacktide Sharpshot Bow, which will be with the first shopkeeper in
  
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• Redfall might not be always-online, after all

  22-03-2023 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Redfall might ditch its always-online requirement, if the devs at Arkane can find a workaround.Speaking to Eurogamer in a new interview, Arkane Austin studio director Harvey Smith spoke on the recent criticisms of Redfall's always-online requirement. When the feature was revealed earlier this year, even requiring an internet connection in single player, fans weren't pleased, and some even went as far as to boycott the game."We listen. And we have already started work to address this in the futur
  
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• Stranger Things writers just teased season 5 in the weirdest way – and we're here for it

  22-03-2023 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things fans are understandably excited for the hit Netflix show's fifth and final installment, as Eleven and the gang regroup to face off against Vecna again and save Hawkins. Now, the writers is ramping up viewers' anticipation by teasing the new episodes in the weirdest way – and we're here for it.The team took to Twitter to claim that "season 5 is like if season 1 and 4 had a baby. And then that baby was injected with steroids." In the replies, it seems as if people are taking
  
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• The Mandalorian fans can't get enough of Baby Yoda's big win

  22-03-2023 15:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3 episode 4 gives Grogu another awesome moment – and fans are loving it. Before we go any further, a warning that the following contains spoilers for the new episode! Turn back now if you're not up to date! In the episode, Din Djarin challenges a Mandalorian foundling, named Ragnar, to a duel on behalf of Grogu. Though everyone thinks Grogu is too young to participate in such a challenge, Mando insists. The weapon chosen is darts (though, thankfully, they fire p
  
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• M3GAN director reveals Justice League Dark plot - and how it could fit into James Gunn's DCU

  22-03-2023 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  M3GAN director Gerard Johnstone has revealed plot details from his Justice League Dark script."It was just a tough time for DC...I was told that they don't want to spend money on another new movie with a bunch of characters no one's heard of, and I understand that. It was a shame," Johnstone told Screen Rant, adding that he wrote the script after watching Guardians of the Galaxy."But I really was just halfway through the scriptwriting process with that one. So Deadman, Swamp Thing, Constantine,
  
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• How to watch the Future Games Show Spring Showcase Powered by Turtle Beach

  22-03-2023 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're wondering how to watch the Future Games Show 2023 edition this week, you've come to the right place.The Future Games Show will be returning for 2023 on Thursday, March 23. The showcase itself will be kicking off at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET/10 p.m. GMT/11 p.m. CET, and you can tune into the entire presentation in full on YouTube or Twitch, as well as TikTok. When the showcase commences, Final Fantasy 7 Remake fans are in for a real treat. The voice talents of none other than Briana Whit
  
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• Save up to £17 on Warhammer Hedonites of Slaanesh and Blades of Khorne

  22-03-2023 14:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new Slaanesh and Khorne Warhammer: Age of Sigmar armies are causing quite the stir a few days ahead of launch, and it just so happens that you can get a tasty discount on them if you're quick.Both Wayland Games and Magic Madhouse are always good sources of offers on Warhammer: Age of Sigmar kits and beyond, so it's no surprise that they're also knocking quite a decent chunk off the new armies ahead of their launch on 25 March. You can get basically all of the new gear associated with the Hed
  
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• Netflix's new Power Rangers movie is a Mighty Morphin nostalgia rush

  22-03-2023 14:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now for your daily dose of nostalgia: The trailer for Netflix's new Power Rangers movie is sure to hit '90s kids right in the feels.Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and Always is being released on the streamer next month to celebrate Mighty Morphin's 30th anniversary.It's not doing things by halves, either. Original Blue Ranger Billy Cranston (David Yost) is being joined by the first Black Ranger Zack Taylor (Walter Jones), and the second Red, Yellow, Black, and Pink Rangers from the franchise
  
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• Celebrated LGBTQ+ graphic novel Parallel gets first English translation

  22-03-2023 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Matthias Lehmann's acclaimed graphic novel Parallel is getting an English translation from ONI Press.The book, written and drawn by Lehmann and translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger, was a 2018 finalist for the Berthold Leibinger Foundation comic book prize. Set in Germany, it tells the story of Karl Kling as he looks back on his life and experiences as a gay man in the years between the end of World War 2 and the 1980s. Although fiction, the book is somewhat based on the real-life experiences of on
  
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• This anime dating sim will calculate your real-life tax returns

  22-03-2023 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The year is 2023 and you can prepare your Federal tax returns with the help of an anime girl assistant.This is all thanks to (or the fault of) MSCHF Product Studios Inc, who have announced Tax Heaven 3000, their brand new visual novel dating sim. The twist here is that instead of a straightforward romance with a charming anime woman, called Iris, you're instead preparing your 2022 US Federal tax returns with her help.
  Ok, video games have peaked.There's a visual novel coming out that supposedly
  
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• Developer of beloved Space MMO EVE Online announces new blockchain game

  22-03-2023 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developer of beloved Space MMO EVE Online has announced that its next AAA game is now in development and that it will utilize blockchain technology. As spotted by our friends over at PC Gamer, CCP Games has announced that it secured $40M for "an innovative new AAA game." According to a blog post by the developer on its website, the studio's next project "will further the company’s mission with a new title utilizing blockchain technology." The new game - currently titled Proje
  
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• Diablo 4's dungeons are intentionally similar, but "don't be too quick to judge"

  22-03-2023 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard promises there's more to come from Diablo 4's dungeons. While they are "intentionally" designed to have continuity with each other, game director Joe Shely says there's plenty outwith the beta players are yet to see.To get you up to speed, many who played the early access beta found the dungeons repetitive in design. Progressing through many requires finding items, such as a door key. Backtracking for one you missed feels inevitable, then, though the lull in action it creates can feel t
  
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• This RTX 3050 is down to its lowest-ever price on Amazon

  22-03-2023 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the not-too-distant past, the idea of RTX 30 series deals was completely out of the question. We've come a long way since the global pandemic, chip shortage days, and ludicrous price-hikes. So much so that the next generation of flagship GPUs from Nvidia are still readily available in the months after launch - a preposterous notion for GPU shoppers only a year ago!Looking at the entry-level side of things, however, prices are starting to get super reasonable. In the US today, we've stumbled u
  
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• Who is Kelleran? The surprise game show origins behind The Mandalorian's Order 66 Jedi

  22-03-2023 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3, episode 4 introduced a Jedi who may have been a familiar face to some but appears, on first glance, to be a wholly original Jedi. As you’ll soon discover in our quick guide to Jedi Master Kelleran Beq, that’s not quite the case. In fact, his origins lie in – of all things – a YouTube game show.
  Who is Kelleran Beq? Ahmed Best’s Order 66 Jedi explained
  (Image credit: Disney/Lucasfilm)
  Kelleran Beq (played by Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best) i
  
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• Renfield is a "direct" sequel to a Dracula movie from almost 100 years ago

  22-03-2023 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Renfield director Chris McKay is pretty adamant that the Nicolas Cage-led horror comedy is "the only direct sequel" to Tod Browning's Dracula, which was released way back in 1931. So much so in fact, that he tried to convince the marketing team to advertise the movie as such – but it didn't bite."I guess you could argue Dracula's Daughter is a sequel because the opening scene is the aftermath of the Tod Browning movie, but Bela Lugosi's not in it, it's a whole different set of characters,"
  
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• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor tries to play it cool after accidentally revealing release date

  22-03-2023 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor now appears to regret his role in accidentally revealing the sequel's release window.Yesterday on March 21, prestigious horror actor Tony Todd, who plays Venom in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, inadvertently revealed on Twitter that the new game was slated for a September release. Shortly thereafter, Todd took to Twitter again with a new statement, revealing there would be "no more hints about #Spiderman2."
  No more hints about #Spiderman2 it was all a fever dream Blame it on
  
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• Yellowjackets showrunner says season 2 will be even more intense

  22-03-2023 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yellowjackets is returning to our screens – and we can expect things to get way more intense than season 1, according to showrunner and writer Jonathan Lisco. "I will tell you that if you thought last season was intense, I think last season may seem sort of like a leisurely drive through wine country compared to what we have in store for you," Lisco teases in the latest issue of SFX Magazine, which features Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on the cover. "And when I talk abo
  
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• Mirror's Edge fans rally around the beloved parkour game amid delisting chaos

  22-03-2023 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mirror's Edge fans have been sharing their love for the DICE action-adventure game online following EA's (now amended) announcement that it would soon be delisting the game.On March 21, EA announced that it would be removing a number of its games from sale forever - including Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company (plus Bad Company 2), and Mirror's Edge. Since the announcement was made though, EA has removed mention of Mirror's Edge from the list of delisted games, seemingly indicating that
  
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• The Mandalorian season 3 episode 4 contains a major cameo from Star Wars royalty

  22-03-2023 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mandalorian season 3 episode 4 has finally cleared up a big mystery about Grogu – and it did so with a major cameo from Star Wars royalty. A warning that we'll be digging into major spoilers for the new episode ahead, so turn back now if you're not up to date! In the episode, while watching the Armorer at her forge, Grogu has a flashback to Order 66, the infamous Jedi purge seen in Revenge of the Sith. As the Jedi Temple is attacked, the Jedi there try to save Grogu, rushing him o
  
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• Succession cast teases a "dramatic" wedding, "completely different" dynamics, and more in season 4

  22-03-2023 12:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Succession is approaching its final act. The fourth, and last, season of HBO's hit comedy-drama picks up a few months after the explosive season 3 finale, in which siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook) teamed up to take down their media mogul father Logan (Brian Cox) – until their plan was foiled by Shiv's husband Tom (Matthew Macfadyen). In the season 4 premiere, Shiv and Tom are in the midst of a trial separation, with their rocky relationsh
  
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• Former Watch Dogs lead defends Ubisoft's new AI assistant writing tool

  22-03-2023 11:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  After Ubisoft's new AI-driven writing assistant tool was met with backlash online, one former developer has said it's not as bad as it first seems.Earlier this week, Ubisoft unveiled its 'Ubisoft Ghostwriter' tool, an AI-driven program that claims to help writers by generating barks and other dialog snippets for NPCs. The reaction to the tool hasn't been kind online, with plenty of developers and actors alike calling out Ubisoft and claiming the tool is something that writers simply wouldn't wan
  
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• Quest for the facts on Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves with the new issue of SFX

  22-03-2023 10:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The stars of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves are on the cover of SFX issue 364.Below we run down some of the highlights of the issue. UK readers, don't forget: you can use this store locator to find a stockist near you, or order a copy online for the same price it is in the shops.  
  Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 
  (Image credit: Future)
  We look forward to the latest movie adaptation of the daddy of all role-playing games with an eight-page feature, speak
  
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• Quest for the facts on Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with the new issue of SFX

  22-03-2023 10:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  The stars of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves are on the cover of SFX issue 364.Below we run down some of the highlights of the issue. UK readers, don't forget: you can use this store locator to find a stockist near you, or order a copy online for the same price it is in the shops.  
  Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 
  (Image credit: Future)
  We look forward to the latest movie adaptation of the daddy of all role-playing games with an eight-page feature, speakin
  
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• A Good Person: Zach Braff and Florence Pugh on tragedy, working with Morgan Freeman, and writing original songs

  22-03-2023 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zach Braff doesn't make many movies. A Good Person, starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman, is only the filmmaker's fourth in almost 20 years. That speaks to an actor-turned-director who is always waiting for the right story to tell. Unfortunately for Braff, like so many others, the COVID pandemic brought about a wave of tragedy. It's something he used as fuel to mold into his new project."During the pandemic, I had the time and I had a lot of loss," Braff tells GamesRadar+ ahead of the Sky O
  
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• This free horror demo has real-life influencers and the scariest monster I've seen since Resident Evil Village

  22-03-2023 01:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'll never forget the first time I encountered Resident Evil Village's scary baby, and likewise, the monster in the free demo for Unfollow, an upcoming horror about social media's impact on mental health, has been forever seared into my brain.Unfollow is disarmingly scary, with an unassuming synopsis about the dark side of social media and influencer life belying one of the most creatively horrific monster designs I've ever seen. It's not just the big bad that left me terrified; the brief demo
  
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