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• Mark Waid on Shazam's new nickname, the legacy of Kingdom Come, the Shazam Family, and more

  06-04-2023 23:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shazam! By now just about everyone is familiar with the magic word that turns young teen Billy Batson into a superhero, and that magic word will also be the title of his new ongoing Shazam! series from writer Mark Waid, artist Dan Mora, and colorist Fernando Sanchez.But the new title, part of 'Dawn of DC,' will bring some changes to the Shazam Family, with Billy Batson front-and-center, a new nickname for his superheroic alter ego, and a focus on returning to the most classic elements of the Sha
  
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• Emulators on Xbox Series X/S are being restricted by Microsoft

  06-04-2023 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Emulator developers are reporting that Microsoft has started to crack down on certain forms of emulator distribution on Xbox Series X and S consoles.Microsoft's official store policies dictate that "products that emulate a game system or game platform are not allowed on any device family," yet players have been bypassing that restriction for some time. You can't find emulators on the actual Xbox store, but various options exist to allow you to install homebrew applications, including emulators r
  
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• Steam users declare The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog the best Sega game ever made

  06-04-2023 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Whether you love or hate the blue blur, I think we can all agree: The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the best things to ever happen to the franchise. In fact, the free visual novel is now the top-rated game Sega has ever published on Steam.With over 11,000 user reviews on the game's Steam page and 98% of them positive, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is not just the best-rated Sonic game on the PC storefront, it's also garnered better ratings than the entire Persona or Yakuza series. Re
  
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• Vtuber fans spent 2 years making a fighting game about their favorite streamers, and I can't believe it looks this good

  06-04-2023 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The vtuber community, specifically the fandom around the streamers operating under Hololive, has produced some remarkably good fan games over the years, including what might be the best Vampire Survivors imitator. Idol Showdown, a new Hololive fighting game coming to Steam, might be the most impressive one yet. Developer *checks notes* Besto Game Team has apparently been working on Idol Showdown for over two years already, and it's now due to launch in Spring 2023. This being a fan game, a
  
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• Warzone 2 season 3 release date is next week - here's what's new

  06-04-2023 22:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2's season 3 release date has been set for Wednesday, April 12. Activision confirmed the launch date alongside a number of new details about Call of Duty's next season.Most of the big stuff from the Warzone 2 season 3 roadmap we've heard before, like the addition of Ranked mode and the long-awaited return of Plunder, but today's extensive blog filled in the details and provided some new information about what to expect from the new season.Massive Resurgence is a new
  
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• Bungie acknowledges Destiny 2 Lightfall's divisive launch, promises big changes players have been asking for

  06-04-2023 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a new blog post acknowledging that Destiny 2's new expansion launch hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows, Bungie unveiled some promising solutions to several of the game's biggest problems, including many highlighted in our own Destiny 2 Lightfall review. "We’re just over a month into the launches of Lightfall and Season 20, and there’s been a lot to take in," the dev team begins before passing the mic to game director Joe Blackburn, who seems to address the concerns that Li
  
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• Apple TV Plus drops first trailer for acclaimed Michael J. Fox documentary

  06-04-2023 21:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apple TV Plus has released the first trailer for STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie.Here's how Apple describes the documentary: "Intimate and honest, and produced with unprecedented access to Fox and his family, the film chronicles Fox’s personal and professional triumphs and travails, and explores what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease. With a mix of adventure and romance, comedy and drama, watching the film feels like… well, like a Michael J. Fox movie."
  
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• Deadpool 3 could be bringing back Vanessa, teases Morena Baccarin

  06-04-2023 21:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Morena Baccarin says Vanessa could very well be returning in Deadpool 3."Yeah, what is up with Deadpool 3? That’s a really good question. I have to be very diplomatic about what I say here. I’d like to be in it," Baccarin said on a recent episode of Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum. "They have called me about being in it. Right now, we have not agreed on terms, and everybody’s trying their best, and doing their best. It may or may not work out. I don’t know."Baccarin
  
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• Sex/Life star slams latest season of her Netflix series: "I'm never gonna work for them again"

  06-04-2023 21:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sex/Life star Sarah Shahi is unhappy with the Netflix drama's latest season."I’m not going to put it down, but I definitely did not have the support that I did the first season from the people involved in the show. It became a much different thing for me, and I’m not afraid to say that," Shahi said on a recent episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. "I struggled with the material. I just felt the thing that it had the first season — I mean, I’m never gonna work for
  
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• Steve Austin's love of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was a joke, but it's still real to me dammit

  06-04-2023 20:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, but like so many things in wrestling, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's love of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was, if not fake, then scripted.During an interview with Fox Sports analyst Ryan Satin (via TheGamer), Austin was asked about whether his professed love for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was real. "Zelda," Austin said with a laugh. "That was like a rib. An inside rib. My producer says 'hey, say this.' And it stoked so much stuff on soc
  
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• Spider-Punk, Miles Morales, Orb-Weaver, and more take the spotlight in Marvel's Voices: Spider-Verse #1

  06-04-2023 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's Voices: Spider-Verse #1 will take a deep dive into Spider-Man's now well-known corner of the Marvel Comics Multiverse, bringing back a whole cluster of Spider-Heroes for their own stories told by new and returning creators.The anthology comic series has traditionally been a way for the publisher to focus on characters and creators of marginalized backgrounds, but its recent entries have expanded the concept to putting a spotlight on different areas of the Marvel Universe itself, such as
  
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• FIFA 24 replacement EA Sports FC will be fully unveiled in July

  06-04-2023 18:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're going to learn a lot more about EA Sports FC, the publisher's replacement for FIFA 24, in July. For now, though, we've at least got a new logo to gawk at."Created for fans by fans, EA Sports FC is a new Football Club for the future of football we want to build together," the publisher explains on the game's new official site. "Our new brand identity is inspired by the triangles that have been part of EA Sports football for the past 30 years, from the isometric polygons that make up our gam
  
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• Sims competitor Life by You allows you to create custom careers and jobs for your characters

  06-04-2023 17:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Paradox's upcoming life sim Life by You will give players a lot of freedom when it comes to assigning jobs and careers to its character - so much so that it has a career creation tool.As revealed by Paradox Tectonic head and life sim veteran Rod Humble, Life by You will offer players several options when it comes to giving their characters a job. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Humble revealed that the game has "hotel jobs, retail jobs, hairdressing, salon, finance, regular white-collar
  
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• Star Wars Celebration 2023 schedule: dates and times for every major panel

  06-04-2023 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Celebration has gone across the pond to London for this year's festivities in a galaxy far, far away. But just because it's changed location doesn't mean it's not going to deliver shocks, surprises, and major announcements.There are panels galore at Star Wars Celebration 2023, including confirmed presentations on Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the Lucasfilm Studio Showcase.While it's unlikely you'll be able to watch from home (more on that below), it's worth knowing when you should be aro
  
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• Dark and Darker devs say they're moving away from free-to-play and providing an update on the next playtest "as soon as we can"

  06-04-2023 17:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dark and Darker is moving away from its original free-to-play model, and its developer has pledged an announcement for a playtest soon.Developer Ironmace has recently been the subject of an intense battle among employees. While a playtest was originally meant to take place later in April, the game was pulled from Steam last month in March due to a DMCA takedown request, which Ironmace later called "baseless". Right now, no one yet knows if the playtest is even taking place as originally planned.
  
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• Horizon Forbidden West's Burning Shores DLC introduces a new companion Aloy shippers believe is girlfriend material

  06-04-2023 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer Guerrilla Games has revealed that the Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC will introduce a new companion for Aloy, and the shippers are already starting to convince themselves that love is in the air.Burning Shores focuses largely on the Quen, the seafaring faction Aloy meets in the base game at San Francisco. During the expansion, which takes place after the end of the main campaign, Aloy will partner up with a Quen named Seyka."She’s an ambitious marine who has stepped u
  
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• Sony skewers Microsoft for canceling Redfall on PS5, calls revised CMA report "surprising, unprecedented, and irrational"

  06-04-2023 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony and Microsoft have released updated responses regarding a recent report from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority which walks back several of its concerns over the Xbox Activision deal, and what do you know, Sony is not happy while Microsoft is practically dancing in the streets. In its response to the addendum, Sony argues that "the CMA's reversal of its position on its consoles theory of harm is surprising, unprecedented, and irrational." Basically, the CMA is now focusing on t
  
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• Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic delves into the mysteries of Old Gotham this summer

  06-04-2023 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Terry McGinnis is stepping back into his high-tech Batman suit for a new adventure starting in July, with the previous Batman Beyond: Neo-Year creative team of writers Colin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and artist Max Dunbar reuniting to dig deep into the mysterious nature of Old Gotham and how the city relates to the world of Neo-Gotham.In Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic, Terry searches for missing children in Old Gotham, with the help of an underground splicer named Kyle the Catboi."Terry McGinnis defe
  
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• Guillermo del Toro spotted in Scotland scouting locations for new film

  06-04-2023 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Legendary Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro has been location scouting in Scotland for a new production.The Mexican filmmaker took to social media this week to share a selfie of himself in Edinburgh stood in St Andrew Square with the Scott Monument spotted in the background. Alongside the picture he tweeted "scouting for locations... day four", then sharing a second image of himself stood next to Guy Davis, an artist who is a frequent collaborator of Del Toro's. The pair previously worke
  
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• Demon Slayer season 3 release schedule: what time is Swordsmith Village episode 1 on Crunchyroll?

  06-04-2023 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Demon Slayer season 3 is almost here, though you might not be too sure on when exactly the Swordsmith Village premiere will release. That's okay. Unlike most popular shows in the west, it can be incredibly tricky to pin down when and where to watch the biggest anime shows. The Mandalorian season 3 release schedule is relatively simple, for instance. Demon Slayer's is not.That's where we come in. Below, we have the Demon Slayer season 3, episode 1 release date and time on Crunchyroll. We'll also
  
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• Disney Illusion Island Has No Combat And A Metroid Map

  06-04-2023 17:00
  
  Platform:Switch Publisher:Disney Interactive Studios Developer:DLALA Studios Release: July 28, 2023Dlala Studios recently shared an extensive hands-off presentation of its upcoming game, Disney Illusion Island, where we got a chance to see some of the game's early cutscenes and a substantial gameplay demo. Seeing the game in action answered a number of questions and presented a handful of intriguing new ones. For one, the game can be played alone, and though their animations differ, Mickey
  
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• Even God of War Ragnarok's Atreus wishes he'd stop giving puzzle solutions

  06-04-2023 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The actor behind God of War Ragnarok's Atreus didn't enjoy hearing his character giving away puzzle hints.When asked at the recent BAFTA Game Awards 2023 by IGN if he enjoyed hearing himself hand out puzzle hints to the player, Atreus actor Sunny Suljic replied with "actually, for me, no!" Suljic continued, saying "'cause I'm trying to do the puzzles, and I hear myself giving myself the hints and I just, I get so sick of hearing my voice sometimes."
  God of War’s Atreus actor Sunny Suljic d
  
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• Dark forces converge on Kasa and Adam in the final season of Breaklands

  06-04-2023 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  What would the world be like if everyone had super powers? Pretty damn messy, it turns out, if Breaklands is anything to go by. The hit post-apocalyptic series – described as being, "Mad Max meets Akira" – is returning for a third and final season next week, and we've got an exclusive preview of the new issue.For those not yet up to speed with the series, the story is set 150 years after an event known as The Break. This is the point where humanity developed psychic powers en masse -
  
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• Donald Glover is still talking to Lucasfilm about the Lando series

  06-04-2023 16:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Donald Glover says he's talking to Lucasfilm about playing Lando Calrissian again."We’re talking about it. That’s as much as I can say without [Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy hunting me down," Glover told GQ. The actor last portrayed Lando in Solo: A Star Wars Story, with a spin-off Disney Plus series announced back in 2020. Justin Simien (Dear White People) was attached as showrunner. – though we haven't really received any updates since then."Lando is charm incarnate,"
  
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• This heartbreaking Animal Crossing story about online friendships will make even the crankiest villager cry

  06-04-2023 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are not many instances where Animal Crossing breaks my heart, but this TikTok creator has managed to do just that by sharing the story of their first online gaming friend.TikTok user @tattletav has taken to the social media platform to participate in a trend where users talk about their online gaming memories. In their video, Tavi explains how, back in 2006, they had a friend on Animal Crossing: Wild World (released for the Nintendo DS back in 2005) called Kathleen who would regularly visi
  
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• Gamescom Opening Night Live returns in August

  06-04-2023 16:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gamescom's big Opening Night Live ceremony is returning later this year on August 22.As announced earlier today, on April 6, the Opening Night Live presentation will return to Gamescom to commence the festivities in Cologne, Germany, later this year. The ceremony will be taking place near the end of August as usual, this time falling on August 22, to be precise.As always, we can expect new announcements and reveals at the Opening Night Live presentation. The ceremony hasn't shied away from rolli
  
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• New Lego Star Wars sets announced ahead of May 4th: UCS X-Wing and Return of the Jedi dioramas

  06-04-2023 16:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new UCS X-Wing Starfighter Lego Star Wars set is sure to be a hot topic of discussion this weekend, on display at Star Wars Celebration Europe, and with two Return of the Jedi dioramas to boot, Original Trilogy brick builders will be frothing at the mouth like a wampa with a tauntaun drumstick. 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, so it’s not surprising that Lego has chosen to release a trio of 18+ sets that will appeal to its more mature, OG-loving fanbase. And
  
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• Seth Rogen says 1993’s Super Mario Bros. is one of the worst movies ever made

  06-04-2023 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Seth Rogen, who voices Donkey Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, has revealed his feelings towards the original Super Mario Bros. movie from 1993."When I was 11, I saw the original Mario Bros. movie and I was so excited," Rogen told Variety of the live-action adaptation, starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as Mario and Luigi respectively. "But it’s one of the worst films ever made. I was so disappointed. I think it made me realize that movies could be bad. That never occurred to me u
  
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• Every Elden Ring boss has now been beaten by a man with a Bop It

  06-04-2023 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  All one Elden Ring player needed was a prayer and a Bop It to slay every boss in FromSoftware's game.We're probably slightly accustomed to seeing Elden Ring players ditch their controllers to play the game with unconventional devices, particularly dance pads. What you might not be prepared for is someone picking up a Bop It, a noted childhood toy, and using it to defeat every single boss in Elden Ring.
  World's First Elden Ring All Bosses on a Bop ItWhat's next 👀... pic.twitter.com/lFnwRo
  
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• Diablo 3's next Season will be its last with new content

  06-04-2023 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 3 Season 29 will be the game's final season to feature brand-new content.As Wowhead reports, Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson has delved into the future of Diablo 3 at a recent group interview. Firstly, Fergusson reveals the forthcoming Season 29 will have a brand new seasonal theme, but it won't be as "rich" as Season 28, so set your expectations accordingly.Fergusson then reveals that Season 30 and onwards will feature repeated content, effectively reviving past season for players t
  
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• Former League of Legends MMO lead is spinning up a new studio to make a genre rival

  06-04-2023 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former League of Legends lead, Greg Street, has announced they are starting their own studio that will develop a new MMO or "something very MMO-like."In March 2023, it was revealed that Greg Street, the former head of creative development at Riot Games, would be leaving the company due to "personal and professional considerations." Now, a few weeks later, Street has revealed his next adventure and it's opening his own remote studio in Texas. On April 6, Street took to Twitter to share the g
  
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• Get a PS5 with 3 games for less than £500 in this great Currys deal

  06-04-2023 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now more than two years since the launch of Sony's next-gen console, we're finally starting to see legitimately great PS5 deals across the web. If you've been holding off on making the upgrade then today's deal from Currys could be the one to convince you otherwise.Currys is offering three new PS5 games with a PS5 disc console for £499. That's an extraordinarily good deal considering most PS5 bundles throw in just one game for that same price, or sometimes even none (depending on the retai
  
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• Five Nights at Freddy’s gets Halloween release date

  06-04-2023 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Five Nights at Freddy’s, the horror film adaptation of the viral video game hit, is coming day-and-date to cinemas and streaming this October. Production company Blumhouse has also revealed a first look at the movie.Producer Jason Blum tweeted: "You asked and we delivered. #FNAFMovie is coming this Halloween on October 27. 2023." Much like Halloween Ends, Five Nights at Freddy’s will be available on streaming service Peacock on the same day it hits theaters.On Instagram, Blumhouse po
  
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• Donald Glover is definitely in the Community movie

  06-04-2023 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Donald Glover has finally revealed that he's returning as Troy Barnes for the upcoming Community movie. While several of his sitcom co-stars, including Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, and Alison Brie, were confirmed to be back for the movie when it was announced last September, Glover's name was notably absent from the list.However, the actor and musician addressed the film in a recent interview with GQ, saying: "The Community movie, there’s some progress on it. We’re supposed to be shootin
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 lead reminds everyone cut content is "unused for a reason"

  06-04-2023 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cyberpunk 2077's quest director has commented on cut content surrounding not just CD Projekt's game, but all games in general.As first reported by PCGamesN earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 quest director Pawel Sasko hosted another livestream on his personal Twitch channel, where he regularly fields questions from viewers. This time, the topic turned to cut content, or rather, as Sasko prefers to call it, "unused content.""Unused content is unused for a reason," Sasko says. "When you're actually
  
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• Jack Black wants a Red Dead Redemption movie because it has an "even better story than The Last of Us"

  06-04-2023 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jack Black thinks that we should get a Red Dead Redemption movie next as it has an "even better story than The Last of Us."The actor, who recently starred as Bowser in the Super Mario Bros. Movie, has been promoting the film and giving his opinion on video game adaptations. In an interview with BBC, Black said: "I'm a fan of adaptations, when done right." The School of Rock allumni then gave an example, saying: "The Last of Us was fantastic. And what's crazy is how loyal it is to the origin
  
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• Jack Black confirms School of Rock 20th anniversary cast reunion

  06-04-2023 11:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jack Black says he’s getting the band back together for School of Rock’s 20th anniversary.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Black – who played substitute teacher Dewey Flynn in the 2003 comedy classic – revealed that plans are in place for a rock-n-roll reunion."All those kids – dig this – they were 10 years old when we made that movie and now they're all, like, 30," Black said. "We're gonna get together and have a 20-year anniversary. We like to jam. I'm loo
  
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• Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series comes to PS4 and Switch this month, finally fixes those fonts

  06-04-2023 11:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy's Pixel Remaster series is finally coming to PlayStation and Nintendo Switch platforms this month, and the font has mercifully been fixed.On April 5, Square Enix announced the six Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster games would be debuting on PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch systems on April 19. That's basically six remasters of the earliest Final Fantasy games, all bundled into one package or available to purchase individually if you want to revisit one game in particular.
  The Final Fantasy
  
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• Joker 2 wraps filming with new photos of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix

  06-04-2023 11:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Joker 2 has officially wrapped filming – and director Todd Phillips marked the occasion by posting two new photos of stars Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in costume as Harley Quinn and the Joker on Instagram."That’s a wrap," Phillips wrote alongside the images. "Thanks to these two (plus the entire cast) and the BEST crew that the film industry has to offer. From top to bottom. Gonna crawl into a cave now (edit room) and put it all together."The sequel to 2019's Joker is officially ti
  
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• First trailer for Riley Keough's directorial debut War Pony tells a tender coming-of-age story

  06-04-2023 11:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for War Pony, the directorial debut of Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, is here – and it promises to be an unflinching, tender coming-of-age tale.The movie follows the interlinked stories of two Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota: 23-year-old Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting) and 12-year-old Matho (LaDainian Crazy Thunder). We get a glimpse of Bill and Matho in the trailer, with Bill trying his hardest to make something of himself, while Matho is
  
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• Apple TV picks up Jonah Hill's next movie starring Keanu Reeves

  06-04-2023 10:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apple Original Films has picked up Outcome, a new movie directed by Jonah Hill and starring Keanu Reeves.Per The Hollywood Reporter, the dark comedy stars Reeves as Reef, a damaged Hollywood star "who must dive into the dark depths of his past to confront his demons and make amends after he is extorted with a mysterious video clip from his past."Hill co-wrote the script with Ezra Woods and will produce the film under Hill's Strong Baby production banner.Hill made his directorial debut
  
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• Diablo meets Hades in this cyberpunk action-RPG, and I need it right now

  06-04-2023 01:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Every once in a while there comes a game whose influences blend together so naturally that it makes you wonder why it hasn't been done before, and Farsiders is one of those games.Bangkok-based indie studio GambitGhost says Farsiders is a "real-time top-down hack-and-slash" action-RPG for folks who enjoy Hades, Hyper Light Drifter, and Death's Door, but - and this is probably partially because I can't stop thinking about the recent beta - but Diablo 4 also comes to mind. Finally, I also see some
  
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• Holy Sith, Star Wars Jedi Survivor takes up 155GB on PC

  06-04-2023 00:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has released its official PC specs, and your hard drive is going to cry when it hears how much space you'll need to install this absolute unit of a game.As flagged by the ever-watchful eye of Shinobi on Twitter, EA has revealed that Star Wars Jedi: Survivor takes up an eye-watering 155 GB of hard drive space on PC. To put that into context, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's predecessor, Fallen Order, takes up just 55 GB on PC - a whole 100 gigs fewer. Red Dead Redemption 2, an
  
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