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• Immortals of Aveum drops a 6 minute gameplay teaser "putting the game’s spell-based combat on full display"

  22-04-2023 20:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the tail of its newly confirmed release date, Ascendant Studios has released a new gameplay teaser for its "magic FPS", Immortals of Aveum. The six-minute trailer provides an extended look at the groundbreaking single-player, first-person magic shooter and shows Jak battling Rasharnian forces, "putting the game’s spell-based combat on full display".The player here wields the three different types of magic – Force (Blue), Life (Green), and Chaos (Red) – and through Sigil
  
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• Cult of the Lamb's next update is "huge, free" and introduces a new post-game storyline and "deeper combat"

  22-04-2023 19:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cult of the Lamb's next "huge" free update, Relics of the Old Faith, is set to release next week.The update not only includes a new post-game storyline, but also features "deeper combat" and heavy attacks, as well as "revamped bosses and enemies", and new quests and progression systems, too. The update also ushers in a new photo mode, accessibility options, "improved cult management", challenge runs, Boss Rush, and permadeath."Our enormous free major content update to Cult of the Lamb is al
  
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• Apex Legends' gets a new time-limited mode next week

  22-04-2023 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Respawn has outlined Apex Legends' next time-limited mode (TMD) and its "all-new Veiled Collection Event" for Apex Legends: Revelry.Running from April 25 to May 9, Apex Legends: Revelry's TDM Unshielded Deadeye will feature Legends wielding limited rotating loadouts in a race to rack up 50 kills with no helmets or shields.But that's not all. To complement the new mode, Respawn is dropping 24 new cosmetic items, too, which can be unlocked throughout the event, including new Legendary skins for Wa
  
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• Dead Ringers showrunner weighs in on hopes for a season 2: "This has always been a limited series"

  22-04-2023 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dead Ringers showrunner Alice Birch has weighed in on the likelihood of a season 2 – and it's bad news for those wanting more of the darkly funny psychological thriller. Speaking to SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Star Trek: Picard on the cover, Birch was asked whether or not the show ends in the same way as the David Cronenberg movie in which it's based. She admits that it doesn't entirely, but that doesn't mean its conclusion is any less finite."There are millions more
  
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• Sons of the Forest update adds a new system for finding bunker locations

  22-04-2023 11:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Endnight has added several new features to its smash indie hit, Sons of the Forest."This patch adds a new system for finding bunker locations which are now not visible on your GPS tracker at the start," Endnight Games explained in a new Steam update. "Along with this, we have made a bunch of A.I. improvements, tons of bug fixes, the ability to name your save games, and a new action camera that is used to view found footage videos, along with the first of these videos with more coming in the futu
  
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• One of PC's best horror games from 2022 is on Switch now too

  22-04-2023 02:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mortuary Assistant, one of 2022's best horror games, has launched on Nintendo Switch.After launching on Steam and the Epic Games Store in August of last year, The Mortuary Assistant quickly became a favorite of streamers for its ability to, well, scare the (un)living crap out of them for their viewers' entertainment. Take heed: this scary game is genuinely terrifying, unlike publisher DreadXP's other horror game, the WarioWare-inspired Spookware, which also just launched on Switch.The Mortua
  
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• Xbox says Hi-Fi Rush was a success "in all key measurements" amid rumors of poor sales

  22-04-2023 01:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following rumors that Tango Gameworks' Hi-Fish Rush didn't meet sales expectations, Xbox marketing VP Aaron Greenburg is defending the "break out hit" as a success by all metrics.It's worth noting upfront that this whole kerfuffle was caused by a passing comment made during a recent episode of Jeff Grubb's Game Mess podcast - and one Grubb himself has since softened in follow-up tweets. See, Grubb mentioned during the podcast that he had heard Hi-Fi Rush "didn't make the money it needed to make,
  
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